From as far back as I can remember, I knew my mom hated me. She gives me sleeping pills when I'm three. When I'm five, she tries pesticide instead. But I'm hard to get rid of. By the time I'm seven, I've already learned how to fight back. If she refuses to give me food, I flip the table so no one can eat either. If she beats me up until I'm on the ground, writhing in pain, I go after her beloved son the same way, leaving him bruised and bawling. That's how we stay locked in battle until I turn 12. Everything changes when my youngest sister is born. I'm clumsily trying to help with her wet diaper when Mom suddenly shoves me against the wall. The look in her eyes holds both disgust and fear. "What were you trying to do to my daughter? I knew it. You take after that monster of a father. Why didn't you just die with him?" I hold my aching head. For the first time, I don't fight back. I believe she's right. My existence is a mistake. I should never have been alive.
Five years. One lost love. One secret daughter. Leaving behind her ugly-duckling past, Avery changed her name to Zoey. Now she stands before Easton as a complete stranger.The superstar QB’s heart recognizes her—even if his eyes don’t.
On the fifth day after I get born into this world, my biological mother chooses to abandon me. But I'm not sure what she's thinking when she's picking out the location, for she actually abandons me at the entrance of the Bianco family. When the beautiful women of the family notice me, they are quick to frown. "Why don't we take him in?" Since then, I have 109 sisters in my family. At home, I'm the bratty ruler among my sisters. In order not to cause them any trouble, I've been leading a normal life for more than a dozen years. That is, until I've encountered bullying in high school. Giovanni Rossi, a rich student, has me cornered in the washroom with his lackeys flanking him. Not only do they dump cold water on me and tear my clothes off me, but they also use their phones to take pictures of my face. "What are you glaring at, huh? You're just a low-income student, so why are you still putting on airs around us? As if a piece of trash like you can ever get into college!" But since the beating I've received is far too brutal, so I holler at the top of my lungs as I yank Giovanni and jump off the third floor with him. When I wake up, Marcella Greco, the school's nurse, berates me angrily. "All Giovanni did is beat you up, and yet you're already planning to kill him, huh? Shouldn't you be reflecting on yourself when others scold and lay a finger on you? How dare you plot revenge against him instead! "I want you to summon your guardian here right away! If you can't do that by today, you can forget about leaving!" All of my hair stands on end as soon as I hear the command. Weakly, I ask, "Are you sure you want to meet my guardians, Ms. Greco?"
"Cathy Sterling, a brilliant psychology student at Silver Oak University, has struggled with insomnia since a childhood drowning accident. Her life takes an impossible turn when she begins using SomniLink, a mysterious AI pillow that transports her—whenever she falls asleep—to the side of Liam Cross, the university's arrogant star swimmer.
Liam is handsome, competitive, and seemingly untouchable, but behind his confidence lies a young man crushed by family pressure and the belief that winning is his only value. Cathy wants nothing to do with him, especially because her protective brother, Noah, believes Liam sabotaged his swimming career. Yet every unexpected encounter draws Cathy and Liam closer, forcing them to confront their fears, secrets, and growing feelings.
As campus rumors, romantic rivals, academic pressures, and a buried doping scandal threaten to tear them apart, Cathy must choose between living by others' expectations and following her own heart. Together, she and Liam uncover the truth, heal old wounds, and discover that love is not about saving someone—it is about giving them the courage to save themselves."
Colin Prescott, the Prescotts’ long-lost biological son and a gifted rocket genius, returns home only to face abuse before his family leaves him to die and dumps his body in the river. Fate gives him a chance: reborn as billionaire heir Kai Barrett, he returns to take back everything and make the Prescotts pay in blood.
I once ruled the underground fight scene, but I walked away from that bloody life to build a legitimate company and protect my son, Apollo. Then my neighbor and her daughter accused him of sexual assault—and demanded five million dollars to keep quiet. Armed with bruises, a disturbing recording, hair samples, and DNA evidence, they turned the entire country against us. Overnight, I became the heartless father protecting a monster, while my company’s stock went into free fall. But I refused to settle. What they didn’t know was that every new lie only tightened the trap I had set. When I finally called Apollo to testify, the courtroom doors opened—and everyone realized the case was built on one unbelievable mistake.
Hydra’s founder Wanda gave up everything to save her dying husband. Ten years later, she returns—only to be humiliated by her son’s ruthless fiancée. With her family under attack, the true mafia queen awakens. She reclaims Hydra, crushes the Blood Hand, and shows the underworld who rules the night.
"I'm Isa Borgia, the only daughter of the most powerful Don in Corvina.
A marriage of convenience isn't something I can escape — every family in our world is bound by alliance, not love. But if I can't choose my husband, the least I can do is choose my own engagement ring.
At the mafia auction, the moment I raise my paddle for the final lot — a flawless diamond ring — an arrogant voice cuts in from behind me.
""A country bumpkin like you thinks you can compete with me? Do yourself a favor and leave.""
The woman who steals my ring is Sofia Lopez, the spoiled godsister of my own fiancé, Luca Marino. She humiliates me in front of the entire hall, orders her men to crush my fingers — and Luca, the man meant to protect me, just watches. Worse, he lets her go further.
They think I'm a nobody from nowhere, someone with no name and no power behind her.
Then my father walks through those doors.
In one single night, the balance of power in Norham City flips completely. The once-untouchable Marino family falls to its knees. The ""beloved godsister"" who tortured me ends up caged like the animal she always was.
But I'm not interested in simple forgiveness.
I want them exposed in front of all Five Families — stripped of every lie, every illusion of power — and I want to watch, with my own eyes, as they walk straight into the ending I've already written for them.
I'm a Don's daughter. I don't beg for love, and I never settle for losing.
This time, I'm the one who makes the rules."
I am a pureblood Alpha Female. My parents were tied up with pack affairs year-round, so I grew up at their side, living and breathing pack life. After my wolf awakened, every pack duty got dumped on me. When we finally got a break, the whole family agreed to take a trip. Before we left, Mom laid the plane tickets on the table. The five tickets belonged to my parents, Daniel Carter and Vivian Carter; my brother, Marcus Carter; my fated mate, Hale Bennett; and my adopted sister, Leah Foster. Years ago, Leah's father, Gavin Foster, had died saving Marcus during a rogue attack. Born into a frail Omega bloodline and left without a father, Leah had been taken into our family and pampered as one of our own for seven years. I stared at the tickets for a long time. There really wasn't one for me. When I asked Mom what was going on, her eyes darted away. "Don't you have border patrol coming up? I figured you'd be busy, so I didn't buy you one. "Leah finally got some time off. She's been so busy with her job at the council, and we wanted to take her somewhere to relax. The anniversary of her father's death is coming up. We just want her to be happy." Marcus was packing Leah's bags, carefully choosing her favorite pink suitcase. And Hale, my boyfriend of five years, was busy matching her outfits and carefully packing away her passport and boarding pass. "Beatrice, what are you standing around for? Pack up your ski gear and give it to Leah. Gavin saved Marcus's life. We need to show some gratitude." Dad waved at me, motioning for me to get moving too. I stood in the living room, watching my family bustle around. So they did know I existed. They were just using a life debt to wring everything they could out of me. Even my fated mate could defy his instincts and become just one more thing my family was willing to sacrifice to repay their debt to Leah. Since there was no place for me on this trip, I'd give them exactly what they wanted. I lowered my gaze to my phone. The Alpha King
When a special forces hero and his brilliant surgeon brother rescue two country sisters, one wild night changes everything. The surgeon falls hard for a married mother, while his marriage-averse brother accidentally gets her younger sister pregnant with quadruplets. Suddenly, love, family, and chaos come as a package deal.
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