She's always wanted her forbidden stepbrother. He wants her to fake date his best friend. Freya Zilinski has one secret she's never confessed: she's been in love with her stepbrother, Grey, for as long as she can remember. Seven years ago, just before he left the country, they kissed. Their parents caught them in the moment and Grey left the next day, claiming he had to further his studies.Now he's back.Freya is determined to make him see her, to make him admit what they both felt all those years ago. But Grey has other plans. Instead of returning her forbidden feelings, he asks her for a favor she never saw coming: pretend to date his reckless best friend, Miles Kreeve.Two can play at that game.What starts as a fake relationship spirals into dangerous territory: old wounds reopen, jealousy flares, and the truth about why Grey really left threatens to shatter everything.A toxic, forbidden romance full of tension, betrayal, and slow-burn obsession-perfect for fans of twisted love stories, fake dating gone wrong, and the kind of stepbrother romance you can't put down.

Jenna Afify has spent her whole life looking over her shoulder. Now, running for her life, the only man standing between her and death is Niko Levin, the tall, ruthless mafia bodyguard sworn to protect the Pakhan. He's dangerous, loyal, and maddeningly out of reach.If she could make him see her-not just as someone to guard, but as a woman-maybe he'd save her again. But Niko's heart seems to belong to her best friend, and Jenna knows she can never compete.Yet as enemies close in, the lines blur between duty and desire, safety and obsession. Being protected isn't enough anymore. Jenna wants more, his touch, his devotion, his love. But Niko would rather burn the world to keep her safe than ever let himself have her.

One night, one mistake, one dangerous husband… and now she’s trapped in a world of guns, passion, and a man who would burn it all for her. --- Claire Morgan never expected her one-night stand to turn into a marriage proposal—especially not from Aleksei, the cold, dangerous man every woman secretly fears and desires. She’s just an ordinary woman, betrayed by a cheating boyfriend, until she’s swept into Aleksei’s world of crime, power, and scorching obsession. He’s ruthless with his enemies, cruel with his words, and yet… he only has eyes for her. Even when his ex—beautiful, perfect, and everything Claire isn’t—comes back, Aleksei makes it clear: his bride is the only one he wants.

My twin sister was the perfect bride, beautiful, adored, and marrying the man I secretly loved.Esmeray “Ray” Morales has always been the quiet twin. The invisible one. The shadow standing behind her golden sister, Elena. When Noah Spark chose Elena over her, Ray left, leaving behind the man who never saw her.Three years later, Elena is gone.Now Ray is back to care for her sister’s son. To help Noah survive the grief. To keep her own forbidden feelings buried beneath guilt and loss.But moving into Noah’s house, raising his son, and slipping into her sister’s world blurs the lines she swore she’d never cross.