Six years ago, Aaliyah Beckwood carried a stranger's child for money.Six weeks ago, she learned that decision cost her far more than it paid.Aaliyah drifts through Barcelona as an industrious ghost, working, breathing, existing. Never living. Then she meets Lu‑lu, the precocious boy whose eyes mirror her own. One look shatters her self‑imposed numbness and tells her what her life has lacked: the child she once surrendered.Claiming a place in Lu‑lu's world means stan...

On paper, Clara's got the life story of a modern-day Cinderella: a distant father who couldn't pick her out of a crowd, a stepmother so calculating she could probably run a hedge fund, and a pair of step-siblings who think the world revolves around their whims (spoiler: it doesn't). Ignored, underestimated, and generally treated like yesterday's leftovers, Clara seems destined for a life of background noise.But Clara's no damsel in distress. She's fiery, resourceful, and knows how ...

Rhett Beckett has the face of a heartbreaker and the emotional intelligence of a hyper-caffeinated toddler. He's Hollywood's rising star—arrogant, impulsive, and perpetually late. It's his long-suffering agent, Maren Jensen, who makes sure the chaos stays firmly off the tabloids. With her no-nonsense attitude, razor-sharp composure, and seemingly endless patience, she's the only person who can keep Rhett's career from careening into a disaster zone.The problem? Rhett likes to provo...

Marie is scared of her boss. So is everybody else at the company. Chris Damon isn't just any CEO; he's a fire-breathing dragon, armed with a razor-sharp mind and an even sharper tongue. He sets standards so high they might as well be on the moon, and if you can't keep up? Bye-bye.But Marie also knows something her colleagues don't. Beneath the sharp edges and fiery glares, Chris isn't a dragon at all—he's a hedgehog. Prickly on the outside, soft as a marshmallow on the inside. He s...

Aylin Kaya used to be simple. Quiet. Slow. That's what everyone said, and for a long time, it was true. Until the day her mind cleared—and she realised she'd been played.Her father and sister have sold her off, dressed her in a bridal gown, and sent her to marry Levent Kurt in her sister's place. He's a feared name in Starfall Port's underworld, a man who once ruled by force and precision, until a betrayal left him a cripple, half-forgotten and half-pitied.They think he won...

Aria Eversleigh is used to being in the spotlight. A B-list actress desperate for fame and love, she's more than just a pretty face—she's got ambition and a bite that's about to break through the surface. But when she crosses paths with Alistair Drummond, everything she thought she knew about passion, danger, and desire gets flipped on its head.Alistair's aloof charm hides a deadly secret: he's a vampire, and he's been hiding in the shadows for centuries, watching the world move on...

Aline Everly's life is a battleground. The memory of her twin sister, Arlene—gone too soon, claimed by a tragic accident—is a constant ache that gnaws at her soul. She can't escape the crushing guilt that it was her fault, that she could have saved her sister. The world of fame and fortune offers no solace, only betrayal, broken promises, and backstabbing in the shadows of Hollywood.But it's Dylan Barclay who haunts her in the deepest, most twisted way. Dylan, Arlene's lover, accus...

Coralie Dubois is a woman so effortlessly cool and intimidatingly intelligent that her mere presence can send grown men scurrying for cover. Unfortunately, one such man happens to be her fiancé, Kai Lennox—a guy blessed with everything money can buy (and then some): devastating good looks, a body sculpted by the gods (or his personal trainer), a last name that screams old-money prestige, and a brain… well, let's just say that part was left on backorder.Kai's grand life philosophy b...

Violet Cooper, once known as the "Shrinking Violet" of St. Oswald's, had a reputation. No, not the kind that involved a raucous social calendar and a trail of admirers. Rather, it was the reputation of a girl who shied away from conflict like a cat from a bath. But little did anyone know that beneath the soft-spoken, polite exterior, Violet possessed two secrets: a brain sharper than a surgeon's scalpel and the hidden strength of a she-hulk on a particularly good day. The problem? She'd be...

Isabella. Seraphina. Valentina.They've got nice girl names—and kill lists longer than your grocery receipt.As the cold-blooded bosses of The Serpent Syndicate, these top-tier assassins rule the global underworld while running high-profile legit companies on the side. Private jets, diamond-lined weapons, corporate takeovers, bloody turf wars—they've done it all.But when a call from their parents drags them back home, the girls are forced to swap bulletproof ...

I have a friend.No, scratch that—I have MANY friends.I hobnob with the fabulously rich (or at least those who convincingly pretend to be), the sworn bachelors, and even those poor souls who've been buried in the graveyard of marriage, only to be exhumed, reburied, and exhumed once more.Some of my pals are sneaky thieves; others helm Fortune 500 companies—and if you're surprised, well, don't be. It's not unusual for a CEO to moonlight as a robber when the mood strike...

Detective Sergeant Callum Brody has never been one for hand-holding. He's proud of his work and isn't about to let anyone dictate how he does it—not even when a headless body turns up floating in a sewage river, and no one's got the faintest clue who it is. For weeks, it's been nothing but dead ends and frustrated sighs, so when the higher-ups decide it's time to bring in an 'outside consultant,' Callum isn't exactly thrilled.Enter Leon Faulkner: forensic pathologist, dressed like ...