Best Bittersweet Stories & Novels Collection

🔔🔔 Fair warning: this book contains steamy scenes, forbidden romance, stepdad and daughter taboos and languages strictly 18+

When desire crosses the line, hearts are bound to burn.

Isabella has always lived in the shadow of control until one night shatters every boundary she thought she could keep. Drawn to a man she can’t have, she’s caught between guilt and a passion that refuses to die.

Bu...

Five years ago, Aria was the Alpha's beloved daughter, deeply in love with Terry, the pack's strongest warrior.

When Terry lay dying from silver poison, Aria risked everything to find the life-saving moonlight flower in the forbidden Blood Moon Forest. But her half-sister Sera betrayed her—stealing the flower and pushing her off a cliff.

When Aria crawled back, broken and bleeding, Sera had alre...

Elena Martinez was an ordinary girl from Salem until her father's gambling debts caught up with him—debts owed to an underground vampire loan operation. When those pale, fang-bearing "creditors" showed up at her door, she learned that vampires were real.

The blood clan gave her a brutal choice: her family's death, or Elena would enter Crimson Rose Academy as a blood servant to pay the debt. To p...

Bianca Morena is accustomed to playing the dutiful daughter, but when her powerful family in Cape Townthe Morenas, who control vast wealth and trade routes—informs her she's been traded into an arranged marriage to solidify a corporate alliance, her compliance shatters. She is to marry Alessandro DeSanti, heir to a powerful Italian empire, a man she's never met and whose future she desperately wan...

"Three years ago, standing at the altar under the admiring gaze of hundreds, Gabriel declared that he would love only Catherine, unwaveringly, for the rest of his life.
Three years later, after receiving a diagnosis of infertility, he heartlessly threw divorce papers in her face and cast her out onto the streets with nothing.
Three years ago, Catherine, in her kindness, saved a girl who was about ...

Her twin was born to shine. She was born to be her shadow.

At eighteen, she discovered the Alpha’s son promised to her sister was her fated mate but that changed nothing until tragedy struck.

Her sister died on her wedding day, and she was forced to take her place as the Alpha’s wife.

Five years later, on the night of their shared birthday her sister returns. Alive. Beautiful. Changed and now...

I am Queen Seraphina of the Moonlight Empire. Ten years ago, I conquered the strongest Alpha, Lysander, on the battlefield but was captivated by his pride. Despite knowing his heart belonged to another, I forced a mate bond upon him.

I gained his body but never his heart.

For ten years, he channeled pure hatred through our bond—a slow poison that tormented me daily. Supreme queen though I was, I...

She thought he was just an ordinary law student, until that bloody night—

Nurse Esperanza is five months pregnant, but she can't tell anyone who the father is. After three years of passionate love and one brutal breakup, she thought she'd never see Dante Santangelo again.

Until that early morning when she's urgently called to the VIP ward, only to find him bleeding on a hospital bed, surrounded ...

At the most-awaited Mapping Ball, where fates are sealed, Lucianna's dream seems to come alive when she discovers her destined mate is Jacob, the alluring and powerful Alpha of the Shadow Pack.
But instead of love, she is met with a cold whisper of disdain.
"I despise weaklings like you," he sneers, a secret humiliation only for her ears.
Stunned and reeling from his venomous words, Lucianna, o...

Riley Matthews never imagined her first assignment as a sports journalist back in Texas would be covering the football team—where the star quarterback Mason Cole turned out to be the guy she'd had a massive crush on four years ago. And to make matters worse, he's her brother Chase's best friend!

"Chase's baby sister has grown up... and gotten beautiful." When Mason fixes those green eyes on her w...

They were the city’s perfect couple until the cameras caught their perfect breakup.

After three years of a loveless marriage to a billionaire CEO, George Robert, Lea finally files for divorce. The media named her “the woman who tamed the Ice King.”
They have no idea she’s the one who melted first and got burned.

The ink on their divorce papers is barely dry when fate brings them together again. ...

She loved him enough to die for him.
A thousand years later, she’s back to make him pay.
Seraphina Vale was once a witch with a pure heart and a dangerous gift. When the vampire Caelum Draven was hunted and left to die, she broke every law of magic to save him, binding her life to his forever. But love became a curse. Betrayal followed, and she lost everything, even her soul.
Now, Seraphina liv...

Ninteen-year-old Lila never expected to find her fated mate at her sister's wedding.
She definitely never expected him to be Adrian Blackthorn, the ruthless Alpha King who just married her older sister, Queen Celeste.
The mate bond snaps into place during the ceremony, but Adrian feels it too and his eyes promise silence.

The problem?
Someone in the palace knows their secret and plans to use ...

In a world of forgotten gods and crumbling kingdoms, Serenity is offered as a maiden to the divine—a sacrifice meant to save her people. But the gods do not come. Instead, Lucian, a dragon lord in human form, claims her for himself.

Bound by a forced alliance under moonlit vows, Serenity must navigate a bond she never sought. The more she resists, the closer her heart draws to him. And yet, lovin...

Handsome, hot blooded, hardworking, wealthy, and hard to handle Chief Kaave fought on the city streets of DIRTY SOUTH, where he staked his guts and brains to build an empire. An empire his very own daughter, Coco Kaave, would do any and everything for.

But when Roy, the charming, dangerous hustler with a heart as cold as hers crashes into her world, Coco finds herself distracted…dangling between ...

I was just a normal sports medicine student working part-time as a medical assistant. Until our hockey team started losing, and team captain Chase announced in front of everyone: "I think little Brie here has been a very helpful girlfriend. Helping their guys stay... energized for games." Other players joined in spreading rumors about my "sexual addiction," saying "She should just hook up with guy...

They shattered my art and labeled me "scholarship trash." When Willard, the MIT prodigy, dared to help gather the wreckage, I repaid him with cranberry juice all over his pristine jacket.
Now he's my forced art partner—all cold shoulders by daylight, but found in the studio at midnight, the scent of spray paint betraying his secret. So when the queen of our school tried to ruin my life again, he w...

Damian Cole lives in the shadows... a phantom, a name whispered in boardrooms and corners of the country as the Ghost CEO. No one knows his face, but every empire fears his name.

And there is one man he wants to destroy more than anyone else: Victor Lancaster, the ruthless tycoon responsible for shattering his family... Raped his sister, leading to her death, and killed his father in front of his...

After losing her mother, Rose’s world shatters further when her father, Thomas, remarries the cunning Melissa and arranges a loveless marriage between Rose and Connor Miller, the aloof heir of the wealthy Miller family. What begins as a forced union quickly turns into a tangled web of betrayal, power, and forbidden longing.
From the moment Rose meets her in-laws, she sense their genuine smiles . H...

Ursula Luthers has lost everything, her home, her faith in love, and the only family she ever had. Desperate to save her dying mother, she signs a merciless contract with Ethan Blackwood, a billionaire haunted by guilt and secrets. In exchange for money, Ursula must give him the one thing his empire cannot buy: an heir.

But living in Ethan’s world means more than wealth and power. It means betray...

His curse is her destiny . Her magic is his only hope. Princess Saraphina of the Fae Kingdom has one last chance to save the withering world: an alliance with the human king, Elias. A cruel twist of fate, for Elias's Kingdom has long been the Fae's bitter enemy. But there is a secret history between them, a mystical bond that makes their mutual hatred far more dangerous. They are fated mates.

Kin...

Mirella Throne has never been the favorite. Not at home, where her parents constantly compare her to her perfect sister, Celestine, and not at school, where her curvier body and sharp tongue make her an easy target. But Mirella isn’t the type to stay down. If no one wants her, she’ll build her own empire—and she does, starting with a secret group of outcasts called the Legion.

Then there’s Kaelen...

Chloe leads a normal life — overdue bills, a jerk boss, and zero glamour. But everything changes when she takes the wrong way home... and witnesses a murder. Now, the only thing between her and death is Dominic Moretti: a cold, dangerous man — absurdly rich and obsessed with power. His proposal? A fake marriage. In exchange, she lives. Simple as that. But living under the same roof as Dominic is l...

"I don't know what kind of trick you are playing or what powers you have, but I will have you locked up, until I can find a way to undo you. And I will be the end of you!!!"

Lucien Draco used to be the most powerful werewolf in existence, a born Alpha destined for greatness. But when his entire family was brutally murdered before his eyes, he made a choice that would curse him forever. He turn...

She saved his life.
He ruined hers.
Now they have another chance, but a secret could tear them apart.

Aria Blake is a new maid, unnoticed by the rich and powerful. But when tech billionaire Damian Cross is attacked at home, she's the one who finds him barely alive. She saves him, then vanishes.

The next day, she's fired for something she didn't do. She's silenced, embarrased and sent away.

Dami...

She is his death… He is her salvation.
He was born to love her… She was born to kill him.
She is his fated mate and also his fated calamity.
Born on the full moon, Izzy was marked as a curse. Her family was eradicated, but the moon goddess forbids her death.
The shed of her blood on the Lydrian Marsh pack was foretold to bring disaster, but torturing her will cause no harm and no amount of torture...

Ella has spent her life in the shadows, an omega with no voice and no choice. But when the Alpha’s rebellious daughter forces her into a dangerous game of deception, Ella is thrust into a world where one slip could destroy her. At the academy, she wears Lyra’s name, Lyra’s face, yet inside, she trembles with every step.

And then there’s Alex. The dark, commanding Alpha who has sworn to avenge his...

Guinevere of the Louisiana bloodline," Zara's voice echoed. "You stand accused of dangerous and uncontrolled magic, repeated destruction of coven property, endangering the lives of your sisters, how do you answer?"
"Guilty," I whispered.

Guinevere was stripped of her powers and banished from her coven by the witch who killed her parents, the high priestess Zara, because of her inability to co...

In Jacqueline Paige's Animal Senses Series, hearts and tempers collide with wild passions and animal instincts.

Animal shifters live among normal humans (one-forms) and have since the dawn of time. They blend in without any cause for notice until a crime organization finds out and starts hunting them to sell off across the globe.

The shifter alliance is formed to protect all their kind. Their te...

She was sold to her greatest enemies…four ruthless Lycans who ruled with power, danger, and desire.
But fate had a cruel twist… they were her fated mates.

Mira was never meant to be theirs. Traded by her father as nothing more than a breeder, she vowed to destroy the monsters who took everything from her. Yet the moment their eyes met, the bond ignited—a connection that burned hotter than hatred ...

Cassie had a whole life figured out she thought that she have everything going for her and everything in her life was perfect until an unexpected turn of events happened that would change the way she view life and love forever. After a failed engagement and finding out that her fiance had cheated on her and had been doing so for five years and has a child with someone else that she thought her fia...

I woke up in the middle of the night to my mark burning.

Through our bond, I could feel Xavier marking another woman.

Ten years of marriage and a seven-year-old son, all turned to ash at midnight when the blood moon rose.

When he brought Aurora home, I asked him, "What did you do?"

He said, "I couldn't stop it. She was my fated mate."

I was heartbroken, but then I found out something that mad...

The pain hits me while I'm arranging carnations.
One second I'm fine, the next I'm gasping for air.
It feels like someone punched me in the chest with a sledgehammer. I grab the workbench, trying to stay upright, but my legs won't hold me.
This isn't right. This is different from before.
I've had heart palpitations since I was a kid. Little flutters that come and go. But this? This is something el...

I order the same drink from the same coffee cart every morning. Until today, when I received bitter black coffee instead of my caramel macchiato. When I looked up to complain, those familiar eyes made my world stop. But this was impossible... he should be thousands of miles away, doing a completely different job. And those fresh scars on his hands...

Lucas: “You need the money, and I need a wife to shut my grandmother up. We’re a perfect match—don’t overthink it.”
Sophia: “You really know how to sweep a girl off her feet. Where’s the romance?”
Lucas: “I’m offering a solution, not a fairy tale.”
And that's how Sophia Lane got married to the Cruel CEO of Davenport and Co multi billion company, because of money and a burning hope to save her youn...

What do you want then?” She demanded through clenched teeth. “To sleep with me? An heir?” Her eyes burned into his, defiant, trembling.

“You reek of him,” he spat. “I wouldn’t touch what his hands have tainted, unless it belonged to me first.”
Her brows furrowed. Him? Andrien?

She lost her child. She was betrayed by her husband. Betrayed by her sister.
And when her pain should have ended, her fa...

My precognitive gift should have been a blessing. Instead, it became my curse.

At six, I could predict any sports outcome. My parents turned me into their money-printing machine—basement prison, electric torture, carved punishments for every mistake. They called me "princess" while salting my wounds.

When my gift earned them tens of millions, they showered me with the most expensive toys. When m...

Samantha's life took a drastic turn when her sister, Olivia, stole from Nicolas Lewis, the most powerful man in the city and the feared king of Wrath, a cold mafia lord. Olivia, the third child in their family, put both herself and Samantha in peril. Fearing for her sister's life, Samantha took the blame for Olivia's crime. However, Nicolas had no intention of sparing anyone who crossed him, belie...

When Abby Anderson rebels against her father’s plan to remarry, she escapes into the night and surrenders to a passionate one-night stand with a stranger. But her world shatters when she learns the man she can’t forget is Kevin Stone—her soon-to-be stepbrother.

Forced to live under the same roof, Abby and Kevin fight a losing battle against their desire, stealing kisses and moments that could des...

“Divorce? Divorce?” Camilla brokenly asked her husband. She couldn't believe what she heard.

“Yes, I think we should just get a divorce.” Caesar barked.

Camilla Garrison was betrayed by her fiance, by sleeping with her step sister.

That wasn't enough; she was also chased out from the house her maternal grandfather left for her and was tricked by her blood brother and father to sign her company ...

I came back to Willowvale to save my grandmother's coffee shop, not to deal with five years' worth of rumors about me and my three best friends. Apparently, the whole town thinks I'm some kind of heartbreaker who can't keep her hands off Knox, Sage, and River. The truth? They're like my brothers. But when the new vet in town looks at me like I'm exactly what everyone says I am, I realize coming ho...

Zara Alaric had always lived in the shadow of her stepsister, Selene was pampered, adored, and destined for a life of luxury. But when Selene disappears on the eve of her wedding, leaving only a letter behind, Zara is thrust into a world she never asked for: forced to marry Adrian Voss, a ruthless billionaire CEO with a heart as cold as his empire.
At first, Adrian despises her, and surviving his ...

"Tere bina jeena... ek Kargil hai."
"He gave me a folded flag. I wanted a future."
"I fight for India, but I dream of her."

In the snow-wrapped silence of Siachen and the scarred corridors of military hospitals, Waiting to be His tells the story of Major Shashwat "Lion" Rajput-a battle-hardened soldier with frostbite scars and unsent poetry-and Dr. Kavya Malhotra, a psychologist who saves soldier...

He was my father's best friend and my legal guardian. I mistook his obsessive control for protection—until the night of my eighteenth birthday, when he shattered that illusion in his study. For eight long years, I lived a double life: his pure, adopted daughter by day, and his dirty little secret by night.
I thought it was love. Then today, a Wall Street alert announced his engagement to a media h...

My marriage to sports management CEO Kieran Vale was supposed to be simple.
Two years. Two million dollars. Stay out of each other's way.
For eighteen months, we barely spoke. He was the ice-cold businessman, I was the broke boxing coach who needed the money.
Then something changed.
Suddenly, Kieran started caring about what I ate, where I went, how I felt. He hired nutritionists, canceled meeting...

Rule one: never love your stepbrother. Rule two: never trust a bad boy. I broke both.
The day Carter traded up and called me a "disgusting mistake," Liam—the most dangerous guy in school—knelt in the rubble of my life. "Want to make him pay?" he murmured, his grip firm on my chin. "I'll show you how."
It was supposed to be a game. But his lessons came with a secret: he'd been claiming me since the...

During the wedding ceremony, just as the priest asked if I would take my fiancé Derek to be my husband, the church doors suddenly burst open.

A muddy little girl rushed in, shouting at Derek: "Daddy!"

Derek looked completely bewildered, and I just stood there frozen, because this girl really did look a lot like Derek.

The girl said her name was Mia, that she was Derek and Isabelle's daughter fr...

The devil doesn’t wear horns. He wears a tailored suit.
Mara should have run the night she met Damian Hale—the city’s most feared CEO, a man with enough power to ruin nations. Instead, one reckless choice binds her to him in a marriage built on secrets and lies. He’s cruel, he’s dangerous, and he’s breaking her piece by piece… until she can’t tell whether she wants to escape him or beg him to nev...

Dusin loves Jenna and he has no doubts, but he still harbors feelings for his first love. When she comes back distraught, he ends up falling into her trap. By the time he realizes why Julia is after Jenna, it’s already too late– She’s left him.
Dustin finds out Jenna is living with another male wolf, whom she trusts more than herself.
What does Julia want from Jenna?
Who is Jenna living with?
Will...

She died at the hands of the man she loved most. Yet fate granted her a second chance at life.
Carrying the pain of betrayal, the memory of blood, and the terrifying white eyes that strike fear into everyone, she vowed never again to be the submissive, obedient Omega she once was！
With the memories of her past life guiding her, she navigates the deadly power struggles of the wolf clans, turning th...