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.

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 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.

Elior is a slave, raised to seduce noble men for their wealth. Taught to soften his voice, lower his gaze, and become whatever noble men desire, he is passed from one manor to another, living only as he is instructed to live. He adapts. He endures. He becomes whatever he is required to be. Love is not meant for him. It is distant, fleeting, and never something he is allowed to keep. Until he meets him. Lucian, the lord of the estate. A man whispered to be fallen, distant, untouched by warmth. Yet Elior finds him far from the halls of nobility, working beneath the harsh sun as though he has abandoned not only his title, but the life that once defined him. And he falls in love. Day after day, Elior lingers at Lucian’s side. And though Lucian remains unaware of what quietly begins to form between them, everything changes when a woman from Lucian’s past arrives. In her presence, Elior sees the ease in Lucian’s gaze, the softness he has never once been given. So he does what he has always done. He leaves before he can be left behind. With a quiet smile and a heart he never learned how to hold, Elior returns to the life that awaits him, knowing he will soon be sold again. But even so, he tells himself it is enough. Because for a brief moment, he was allowed to feel love. Only when he is gone does Lucian begin to yearn. And when truth settles in, denial breaks, turning into a pursuit he can no longer unlearn.

"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.

"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?