"I stood at the edge of my heart and watched him choose her. In the end, I was not the one he needed. I was simply the one he settled for." - Noelle ~~~~~~~ I thought I was the one he loved. But a few days before our wedding, I saw him in a way I never had before. His eyes softened as he spoke to her. His first love, and the very woman who had left him in pieces. Heartbreak was something I knew too well. And as I watched the love he still held for her in his eyes, I realized what I had to do. I couldn't marry a man who wasn't truly mine. With no means to cancel the wedding and lacking the courage to confront him, I made a desperate choice to leave. I painfully gave his first love my treasured engagement ring thinking it was for the best and the only way to free myself. But when he saw that ring on her finger, the fragile world I had tried to escape began to shatter. His obsession to find me and bring me back ignited a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

“Ilya, what would you feel if I am pregnant with your child?” Natalia Volkova"For someone like you who lives off others' pain and carries my child? I would never dream of it.” Ilya Constantine ~Natalia Volkova was born into a world where love was a luxury and survival came first.As the daughter of a notorious Russian mafia family, she learned to hold a gun before she learned what a normal childhood looked like. So when she was arranged to marry Ilya Constantine, an elite heir who seemed to have everything her family never could, Natalia thought she had finally found the family she had always dreamed of.But she was wrong.Ilya never accepted the darkness of her upbringing. To him, Natalia was nothing more than a mafia heiress, a woman who lived off the pain of others.Then one night, everything changed.Pregnant with his child, Natalia gathered enough courage to ask the one question that mattered.But his answer shattered the little hope she had left.So Natalia disappeared.She left behind nothing but a divorce letter claiming she had been unfaithful, a lie believable enough for a woman like her and vanished from the world she had spent her entire life trying to escape.Now, hidden away, Natalia is determined to give her unborn child the life she never had.Unbeknownst to her, Ilya has been searching for her ever since she disappeared.A bounty has been placed on Natalia Volkova not to kill her, but to bring her back alive.Because the wife he once couldn't accept has now become the woman he can't live without.

Evelyn Liroux grew up knowing that love was a luxury the wicked couldn’t afford. As the daughter of a mafia, she learned to survive in a world where loyalty was currency and tenderness was weakness. Yet even in the filth of that life, she craved that beautiful kind of love. When she married Maximilian Cross, the most feared man in the underworld, she thought she might find it. But after a night in his arms, she discovers a truth that broke her. Before the ink could dry on their marriage contract, Eve ran away. She traded blood and bullets for devotion and found shelter in a distant orphanage where she found joy. Until he discovered she was gone. Now, the man who once ruled without mercy begins to unravel. The empire that feared him trembles beneath his fury, as obsession consumes what little humanity he has left. Because in a world built on power and vengeance, love isn’t salvation. Love is a weakness he never allowed himself... ...until her.

"She finds out she was just the vessel. But when she walked away, she took his heart with her." Diagnosed with early menopause at thirty-three, she agrees to an anonymous egg donation procedure—her last chance to carry a child of her own. But what she doesn’t know is that the egg belongs to the late wife of billionaire Kai Montclair. When Kai learns that his wife’s final gift is about to be inside a stranger’s body, and she plans to find a man to conceive with that same night, desperation drives him to do the unthinkable: become that man. A rushed night. A fake sense of love. Then a proposal he masks as responsibility to which the inexperienced Abigail accepts. But in a house full of luxury and lies, love isn't always what it seems… When the truth surfaces, Abigail who has fallen in love with Kai decides to carry the child and give it to him, as a final act of kindness. And on the day she gave birth, while Kai was lost in awe of the newborn, weakened Abigail silently gathers her strength and walks out of the hospital. She takes nothing with her. Not even his name. But what she doesn’t know is that he never meant to let her go. Now he’s holding their newborn son… in a house that feels colder without her, and the dark and twisted obsession to get her back.

She was meant to save the heroine, but now she's carrying the tyrant's baby. "Found you." He smirked, tightening his grip on Selene's arm. ~~~ Selene is an avid reader of dark romance and is currently obsessed with a tragic tale where the beautiful Rosalind, daughter of a fallen noble, becomes a servant and falls into the clutches of the ruthless tyrant king, Alaric. When Rosalind becomes pregnant, the king casts her aside for another woman, leaving her to die in heartbreak. Devastated after finishing the book, Selene's emotions overwhelm her-until, in a flash, she's pulled into the very world that shattered her heart. But to her surprise, she's no longer just a reader but Rosalind's loyal servant. She then accepts her destiny and becomes determined to rewrite the story and protect the female lead from the king's cruelty. Yet fate has a twisted sense of humor. As Selene tries to shield Rosalind from King Alaric, the tyrant becomes captivated by Selene's fiery defiance and wit. Instead of Rosalind, it's Selene who catches his eye... and soon, it is she who is carrying the tyrant's child.

When a one-sided love turns the other way around. "I could never see you as a lover. I could not even imagine kissing you." - Jonathan Reed ~~~~ Laura has spent her whole life loving Jonathan Reed, the boy next door who became her best friend. But as they grew older, Jonathan turned into the heartthrob who dated anyone that caught his eye-everyone except her. When she finally confesses her feelings, Jonathan, being the promiscuous man he is, takes advantage of her vulnerability. Something happens between them, but the next day, he acts like it never occurred, treating her as the same "ordinary" friend she's always been. Crushed, Laura is left feeling used and broken. That night, staring at the night sky, she wishes she could stop loving him. A shooting star passes, but Laura bitterly laughs, believing wishes never come true. Or so she thought...

"I finally know my place, Your Majesty. And that is not in your arms." - Isabel Archer "You shall not leave my side, Isabel. You are bound to me, body and soul." - King Lucian Devereux ~ Isabel is a commoner who has become a maidservant at the palace. Despite her status, the king, Lucian Devereux, falls in love with her, and she becomes his secret lover. But as their relationship flourishes, a rumor begins to spread that the king will marry a princess from another kingdom. As Isabel confronts Lucian directly, he confirms the gossip. She pleads with him not to marry the princess, but he rejects her plea, explaining that the marriage is for the kingdom's benefit. Heartbroken, Isabel who was only a mere servant, watches the man she loves marry another woman. When the new queen becomes pregnant with the king's child, the pain becomes unbearable. Isabel decides to leave the palace for good, hoping to forget the pain. But can she truly escape the grasp of the powerful and possessive king who notices her absence and begins to search for her?