When broke and desperate Ella agrees to a one-year contract marriage with ruthless billionaire Xander Knight, she expects nothing but cold stares and transactional terms. But sparks fly in the most unexpected ways. Behind Xander’s icy walls is a man scarred by betrayal—and behind Ella’s strength is a heart learning to hope again. Can this fake marriage turn into something dangerously real?

When 19-year-old Aria moves to the quiet, mysterious town of Silver Hollow to live with her estranged aunt, the last thing she expects is to fall in love—especially with someone like Lucian, the brooding loner with haunting eyes and secrets buried beneath his skin. But the deeper Aria falls, the closer she comes to uncovering the truth: Lucian isn’t human. He’s a werewolf, cursed to a life of solitude and hunted by those who fear him.As danger closes in and ancient rivalries rise from the shadows, Aria must decide: will she fight for the love she never expected, or run from the beast that lives within the man she loves?

When seventeen-year-old Mira washes up on the rocky shores of a forgotten fishing village, she has no memory of who she is or where she came from—only haunting dreams of drowning and a strange birthmark shaped like a tidal wave. Taken in by an old widow who claims she’s seen this before, Mira begins to uncover the village’s dark legend: a sea curse that steals the souls of the lost and binds them to the tides. As Mira delves deeper into the mystery of her past, she discovers that she may not have been shipwrecked by accident—but summoned. Now, as the waters rise and the curse awakens, Mira must choose between breaking the chains of the sea or becoming part of it forever.