Natalie Bishop had it all—until she came home early on her anniversary to find her husband in bed with her best friend. Devastated but defiant, she walked away, vowing never to trust another man. Two years later, she’s no longer the betrayed wife but the ruthless CEO of a billion-dollar empire, her success the ultimate revenge. Enter **Liam Sterling**, a rival billionaire with a reputation as cold as his piercing blue eyes. When Natalie’s ex-husband tries to sabotage her company, Liam offers an irresistible deal: *fake a relationship to ruin him for good.* But their arrangement is anything but simple. Behind Liam’s calculated charm lies a man with secrets darker than her own, and every stolen touch blurs the line between revenge and desire. As their game of pretend ignites into something real, Natalie must decide: Is Liam just another man who’ll break her heart, or the one who’ll teach her to trust again?

When Elena Vega’s crumbling marriage ends in betrayal, she claws her way back into the corporate world determined to rebuild her empire—and herself. The last thing she expects is Damien Kane, her new boss, heir to a ruthless business dynasty, and the one man who thrives on breaking rules… and women’s defenses. Forced to report directly to him, Elena becomes the pawn in a dangerous game of power, deception, and temptation. Damien wants her loyalty. He wants her trust. Most of all, he wants her submission. She wants her freedom. But in a world where every contract is a weapon and every touch feels like a trap, the question isn’t if she’ll play his game— It’s how long she can survive it

She was the price of betrayal.He was the executioner wearing a crown of ice.When her father’s betrayal shatters the fragile alliance between two of Russia’s most feared mafia dynasties, seventeen-year-old Alina is handed over as payment—a bride to the cold-hearted heir of the Kuznetsov empire, Viktor.Silent. Merciless. Untouchable.Viktor doesn’t want a wife. He wants obedience. He wants revenge.But Alina is no porcelain doll. She’s fierce, defiant, and unwilling to bend—even to a man with blood on his hands and power in his veins. Especially not to the man she once saw kill… a man she didn’t know was trying to take her life.Thrown into a world of darkness, secrets, and broken oaths, Alina must survive a game where love is a weapon, and trust is deadly.But the deeper she falls into Viktor’s cold world, the more she begins to see the cracks in his armor. And what started as a twisted punishment begins to feel dangerously like fate.Because even kings of nothing… can bleed.