Amara John has a talent for ruining things—mostly by talking too much, thinking too fast, and never reading the fine print. So when she accidentally signs a contract that makes her the wife of billionaire Ethan Blackwood, her already chaotic life spirals into something far more complicated. Ethan is everything she’s not—controlled, composed, and dangerously precise. But the more Amara disrupts his perfect world, the harder it becomes for him to ignore her. What starts as a mistake quickly turns into something neither of them expected. Until the truth comes out. Because love built on chaos is never simple… and some secrets are too dangerous to forgive.

Celestine never believed in love while growing up with her parents. Her mother always had to tolerate her father's taunts and violence all in the name of loving him and what society might say. Betrayed by the father who murdered her mother to settle a debt, she was thrust into sexual slavery, surviving only by refusing to let her spirit be broken or her willcontrolled. Celestine Moreau becomes a legend in the underworld. Passed from one brothel to another. She lands in the clutches of Shantel. "The Viper," the city's most vicious madam who owns a velvet pleasure house. Celestine's beauty becomes her weapon and her curse, but her stubbornness and defiance make her impossible to control. When Chantel couldn't break her nor clip her wings, she auctioned Celestine off to the most dangerous man in Perrysilvia Bay. The ruthless billionaire crime lord, Rodrigo Vale. The ruthless billionaire with a reputation built on silence, fear, authority, and power. He doesn't want obedience but demands control. However, Celestines swears to make his life hell and never gives him an ounce of affection. She argues with him at every turn, ignites his temper, and swears she will never belong to him. But an unexpected twist turns out when neither of them expects a dangerous pull growing between them. The hatred and explosive anger turn into a forbidden passion. Celestine begins to crave the very monster she despises. Until she uncovers the truth behind her past, her world shatters. Because the man she's falling for is the very man her father owned. The one whose debt was paid in blood, the man who was the reason behind her mother's death and her own enslavement as a payment. Now Celestine is left with a choice: whether she will kill the man she's falling for or burn the wall down to keep him.

Poppy expected an apology from Damian—or maybe even a second chance. Instead, she watched him kneel in a crowded restaurant and propose to someone else. The ring sparkled. The room erupted in cheers. And Poppy stood frozen, her years of quiet devotion reduced to silent applause for another woman's joy. He'd always told her she wasn't enough. Too soft. Too much. Too embarrassing to claim in public. Seeing him choose someone slimmer, sharper, perfect—it only proved the cruel words she'd already started to believe. Heart shattered, Poppy lets her friends pull her into a bar to drown the pain. One too many drinks, one reckless night, and she finds herself under the watchful eye of Marcus—the brooding bar owner who looks at her like she's worth protecting. Worth wanting. His concern turns possessive, intense, a dark pull she can't resist. But when Damian spots her again—glowing, desired, no longer chasing his scraps—his regret twists into something vicious. One poisoned drink nearly ends it all, until Marcus drags her back from the edge and into a fire neither can control. Yet Marcus isn't the only one who's been watching. Lucas, her best friend's boyfriend, has hidden his love for years. As Poppy falls deeper into Marcus's arms, Lucas's silence finally breaks—igniting betrayal, shattering friendships, and forcing Poppy into a storm of guilt and raw desire. Trapped between a man who would burn the world to keep her and another who would sacrifice everything to have her, Poppy must face the hardest truth: will she finally choose herself... or fall back into the arms that once broke her?

I thought I had the perfect man. Damiel was everything I ever wanted: sweet, caring, protective. He made me feel like I was his whole world. But behind that smile was a darkness I couldn’t run from. His love came with bruises, his anger with fear. When a black van started following me, Damiel’s suspicions grew, and suddenly I became the enemy in his eyes. I couldn’t breathe under the weight of his rage. Then I met Pedro Locca, the man I once saved, who saved me in return. With him, I felt seen, safe, and finally free. My heart wanted to believe in him. But I was wrong. He wasn’t Pedro. He was Adric De Luca, the most feared mafia boss in the country. And somehow… I had fallen in love with him,