Story By Chris Darella
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Chris Darella

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OWNED BY THE DEVIL'S HEIR
Updated at Apr 26, 2026, 10:16
He was supposed to die the moment he saw too much. Instead, he was claimed. When struggling art student Elian Voss witnesses a brutal execution in Harbor City’s underworld, he expects to be silenced. But the man who should have killed him ruthless mafia heir Dante Morettia decides to keep him. As property. Trapped in a world of violence and control, Elian plays the role of a frightened, powerless boy. Quiet, obedient, and forgettable. But Elian isn’t innocent. He’s a survivor of the family that once tried to destroy Dante’s empire. And Dante didn’t just keep a witness alive. He brought an enemy into his home.
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HIS GENTLE CLAIM
Updated at Apr 28, 2026, 06:37
She was nobody in her own pack.Bound wolf. No rank. No future.When Alpha Ryker of Ironwood arrived for a treaty, nobody expected him to add her name to the contract. Not even her.She expected to be used. Instead he gave her a room, a warm meal and eyes that followed her like she was something worth protecting.She doesn't understand why he keeps choosing her.He doesn't understand it either.But every time she tries to disappear, he pulls her back.She was meant to be forgotten. He refused to let her be
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I WAS SOLD TO THE UNDERWORLD KING
Updated at Apr 26, 2026, 10:52
Sold to the most feared man in Raventhorn City, Kael expected pain, control… and survival at any cost. But instead, the Underworld King protected him, watched him and kept him closer, like he was something fragile. Like he was someone he once loved. But in a city built on blood and lies, Kael soon realized one terrifying truth— He wasn’t bought to be saved. He was bought because he looked exactly like the man who once destroyed the king.
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BENEATH HIS LIE
Updated at Dec 16, 2025, 15:08
When everyone wants you dead, who can you trust?Adrian Cole thought wealth would protect him—until his own family tried to kill him.When his doctor confesses a dangerous secret, Adrian realizes no one in his glittering world has ever truly loved him. They only love his billions.So he does the unthinkable: he walks away from everything and becomes invisible.That's where Amara Okoye finds him—a homeless stranger sleeping behind her family's restaurant. She has every reason to walk away. Instead, she offers him kindness. Then friendship. Then her heart.For the first time, Adrian experiences real love. But he's living a lie, and when his vengeful family tracks him down, the truth explodes in the most devastating way possible.Amara runs. Adrian breaks.He tested her heart. But can their love survive the truth?Tropes: Billionaire • Hidden Identity • Rags to Riches • Second Chance • Family Betrayal • Forced Proximity • Forbidden Love • Redemption • Faith & Healing • HEA
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PRICE OF PROTECTION
Updated at Dec 16, 2025, 02:21
Elena thought she'd never see Dante Moretti again until she takes a nanny job for an anonymous client, and he walks through the door. Two years ago, Dante disappeared without a word and married someone else. Now widowed and the single father of a grieving toddler, he's the last person Elena ever wanted to work for. But Mia, his fifteen-month-old daughter, clings to Elena like a lifeline, and she can't bear to walk away. For one month, Elena must live under the same roof as the man who shattered her. Dante claims he left to protect her and that he never stopped loving her. But Elena isn't sure she believes him especially when cracks begin to show in his story, and long-buried dangers start closing in. She survived his betrayal once. Can she survive the truth? Tropes: Billionaire • Second Chance • Nanny/Single Dad • Forced Proximity • Mafia Suspense • Found Family • Steamy
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ECLIPSE OF DESIRE
Updated at Nov 26, 2025, 16:41
Alexander Black, New York's most ruthless billionaire CEO, is running out of time. Cursed as a werewolf alpha, he's losing himself to the beast within and only his fated mate can save him. But there's a deadly catch. if he claims her before breaking the curse, the bond will drain her life force until nothing remains but a corpse. Sophia Reyes survived the vampire attack that destroyed her family five years ago. Fierce, independent, and scarred by loss, she spent years hunting the monsters who took everything from her. She should be the last person fated to an alpha werewolf especially one as dominant and possessive as Alexander Black. When their eyes meet across a crowded Manhattan street, the mate bond ignites with dangerous intensity. For Alexander, she's salvation. For Sophia, he's a complication she can't afford. But when the vampire coven responsible for her family's murder resurfaces with a deadly plan one that requires Sophia's ancient Luna bloodline neither of them has a choice. Trapped between a curse that's killing him, enemies who want her dead, and an attraction that threatens to consume them both, Alexander and Sophia have six months to do the impossible: break a three century old curse, destroy Viktor's coven, and survive a bond that could save them or destroy them completely. He'll burn the city to ash to keep her. She refuses to be owned by any man even destiny's choice. But in a world of monsters, sometimes the only way to survive is to embrace the darkness… and the alpha who refuses to let her go.
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BLOOD DOESN'T LIE
Updated at Nov 23, 2025, 14:09
A gothic romance where love becomes the deadliest haunting of all. When the Miller family moves into Ashwood Manor, all they want is a fresh start. What they get… is a century-old curse waiting for their blood. In 1924, Gabriel Ashwood was betrayed lured to his death by the woman he loved and murdered by his own cousins, who stole everything he had. His spirit never left the house. His rage never cooled. And the moment the Millers step inside, Gabriel recognizes them. They’re descendants of the men who killed him. He has waited a hundred years to destroy them. Nineteen-year-old Amelia Miller has always seen spirits but she has never seen one like Gabriel. Not a whisper. Not a shadow. A man. Beautiful. Broken. Dangerous. She should run. But she can feel his pain… and he can feel her fear. Gabriel wants revenge. Amelia wants answers. And the closer she gets to the truth, the deeper she falls for the ghost who wants her family dead. When Amelia uncovers the real story behind 1924, she learns the truth her family buried: she is an Ashwood. The monster Gabriel hates is in her blood. Now she must make a choice: Expose her family’s sins and set Gabriel free… or protect them and lose him forever. But Ashwood Manor has fed on Gabriel’s rage for a century. It won’t let him go. It won’t let her go. And it definitely won’t let them fall in love. In Ashwood Manor, love is not just forbidden it’s deadly.
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BOUND BY SIN
Updated at Nov 20, 2025, 08:42
One forbidden night. Two devastating betrayals. One secret that will shatter everything. Sister Aria never meant to fall. As a young novice sent to assist at a seminary youth program, she devoted herself to God until Damien, a brilliant seminarian, awakened feelings she never knew existed. One stolen night changed everything. When Aria discovers she's pregnant, Damien promises to take responsibility. He sends her abroad with money, swearing he'll handle everything. She believes him. She shouldn't have. Damien was never going to take responsibility he just wanted her gone. The moment she left the country, he cut all ties. Blocked. Abandoned. Erased from his life like she never existed. But the nightmare wasn't over. Her best friend the only person she trusted with her secret—spills everything to the Catholic press. Aria's scandal explodes across newspapers nationwide. Everyone knows a novice fell pregnant. Everyone knows her shame. But no one knows the father's name. Damien's reputation stays spotless. Aria's is destroyed. And while Aria suffers in exile, disgraced and alone, her so-called friend slips into Damien's bed. But karma is ruthless. The friend's greed leads her to seduce a wealthy married parishioner—and when his wife discovers the affair, she annihilates her. Publicly. Completely. The betrayer loses everything: her reputation, her future, her dignity. Eighteen years later... Aria has rebuilt her life on one foundation: teaching her son Adrian to hate the coward who abandoned them. But when Adrian is accepted into the country's most prestigious seminary, fate delivers a vicious blow his mentor is Father Damien Blackwell, now a powerful, wealthy priest who's buried his past. Neither knows the truth. When Aria is forced to return to the place that destroyed her, the lies begin to unravel. Damien discovers the son he abandoned. Adrian learns his hero is the man he was raised to despise. And eighteen years of buried rage is about to explode. Can a man who chose his reputation over his family ever be forgiven? Or will the truth destroy what's left of them all? A brutal tale of forbidden love, double betrayal, and whether redemption is possible for the man who destroyed everything
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The Alpha Billionaire’s Accidental Bride
Updated at Nov 14, 2025, 02:39
Emilia only wanted a steady paycheck, not a midnight job under the city’s most feared billionaire. Adrian Blackthorn is cold, powerful and secretly a werewolf. The moment he catches her scent, he knows she’s his fated mate. Mira wants nothing to do with monsters, but danger rises inside the pack, and she becomes the target. Now Adrian must choose between protecting his empire or claiming the woman destiny tied to him while Mira must decide if she’s safer running from him… or running to him.
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EMPIRE OF DESIRE
Updated at Oct 24, 2025, 12:02
Michael Phillips wakes up in billionaire James Hernandez’s penthouse, sold by his own husband to settle gambling debts. Trapped and forbidden to leave, Michael is forced into close proximity with the man he has secretly desired for years. Every glance, every touch, every command ignites a dangerous passion. But when James’s long-time rival emerges from the shadows with his own claim on Michael, desire turns into a war. Torn between two powerful men whose feud runs deeper than blood, Michael becomes the centre of a dangerous reverse harem desired, claimed, and fought over. He must choose a love that could destroy him… or embrace a bond powerful enough to save them all.
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