Best Independent Stories & Novels Collection

I used to believe marriage was love's happy ending, only to realize it was the gateway to my personal hell. Staring into the mirror, my hundred-thousand-dollar wedding dress wrapped around me like golden chains, binding me tight, while my father's tears silently screamed of the doom I couldn't outrun. "This is bigger than us," he choked out, his voice trembling, each syllable slicing into my heart...

I was the mafia king's most treasured "little princess" - until the explosion that claimed my adoptive father and protector. Desperate, I clung to a man who wore his face, only to have him broadcast my desperate love confessions as a joke. The night I reached peak humiliation, the man who should have been buried in Sicily rose from hell.
Vincenzo Benedetti. My god, my ultimate sin. He shattered my...

My name is Claire Bennett, and at twenty-nine, I finally said "no" to that midnight call.

Twenty years. From pudding cups in an orphanage to a lakefront mansion in Seattle, I spent two decades proving I was "useful"—until a woman in La Perla lingerie told me to fetch her coat. Like a servant.

"Without me, what can you even do?" Ethan asked, standing among broken wine glasses.

I didn't know the ...

Thunder ripped me back from the edge of death—back to my 18-year-old bedroom, March 15, 2022 staring at me from the calendar. Seven days before Blake left me bleeding in the rain, before that drunk bastard finished what heartbreak started.

"Did you honestly think someone like me could love someone as pathetic as you?"

His words still burned as I grabbed the scissors and hacked off my hair. The c...

Clio disguises herself as a man and secretly dates her boss—until she catches him in bed with his secretary.

Before she can react, he sweet-talks her into going undercover in another city to investigate the most dangerous man alive: CEO Matthew Merikh.

The moment Matthew sees her, his gaze freezes. He can’t believe it—his fated mate is… human. And a man.

Clio struggles to maintain her disguise,...

"I never thought my fiancé would take another woman to a pregnancy test."
Kian froze before claiming that Chelsea was "sick" with mate sickness and just needed time to recover.
"Six months, maybe less," he said. "You can go abroad for training. Alpha Stone's program in Zurich sent you an acceptance letter, why don't you take it? It'll look like a career move instead of a scandal. When you get back...

"Divorce papers. Sign them, and let's end this farce."
With a single sentence, Raina was cast out—betrayed by both her husband and his assistant, stripped of her position at the company. That very night, the hospital delivered another shocking blow:
"The child you're carrying... it's not your husband's. It belongs to someone else... someone who simply needed a surrogate."
"I'll cut to the chase," ...

Alina Rojas married Bucky Ethelred, eloped, and gave up her inheritance, but was considered greedy, bullied by her mother-in-law, abandoned by her husband, and threatened many times by her husband's first love.
For love, she lowered her status, helped her husband, but then her bastard husband revealed his true face as a narrow-minded, selfish, stingy, and heartless person.
One day, Bucky threw a d...

“You're nothing but a cheating golddigger slut. Go back to where you came from. I don't care if you die on the streets. Just never show your face in front of me.”

After discovering her pregnancy Eva finds Viktor, the man she loved, cheating on her with her best friend, only for him to mock her and put the blame on her, accusing her of being a golddigger before throwing her out.

She was the innoc...

In one life, Valerie, Luna of the Eclipse pack had died for a man who didn't love her, for a sister who betrayed her. She had spent her life in misery with a family who didn't care for her and couldn't even be there in her last moments.

But no more.

After her untimely death, she woke up to find herself years in the past. This time, she knows what she has to do; renounce her Luna position and...

I never imagined my life could change in a single night. One moment, I was living quietly, keeping my head down, and the next… I was bound by a secret marriage, thrust into a world of power, obsession, and danger. Alexander Drake isn’t just any billionaire—he’s a man who commands attention, respect, and fear, and he has a side of him only I am allowed to see.

When he appears in my life, nothing m...

"Soulmate? Fated pair??" Eli scoffed, "There is no such anymore."

"They exist!"

"Not anymore. Because that's our punishment for choosing to live freely. We abandoned the moon goddess and she abandoned us." Eli said and in my heart, I knew he was right. We live- no, we werewolves pretty much rule over the humans now but as punishment, we no longer have fated mates.

This is a world where werewol...

“Maverick, you never loved me all these years, did you?”

“Be good. You're just a substitute.”

___ 

Never did Valencia expect that what her crush thought of her was a substitute for another woman. 

And never did she expect that the asshole would break the news to her after she gave herself to him a night before their wedding. 

Unable to take in the heartbreak, Valencia fled on her wedding ...

Cassandra Vale has built her world on perfection. Elegant, untouchable, and always in control, she knows that in high society appearances are everything. But when whispers of betrayal threaten to unravel her carefully constructed image, she needs a distraction fast, one so scandalous that no one will dare question her again. Enter Damian Cross. He is reckless, magnetic, and every bit the trouble h...

The champagne in my glass had gone flat, but I barely noticed. From our VIP box at the Vienna State Opera House, I watched my husband lean close to the pianist Lucia—close enough that she was practically sitting in my lap.

Five years of marriage. Five years of playing the perfect Habsburg wife, smiling through charity galas and dinner parties, pretending I didn't see the way other women looked at...

For nine years, I loved Jake, heir to the Steel Knights MC, like a fool—until I saw him tangled up with my own cousin in the garage… while she was carrying his child. They laughed at me, called me "just a mechanic," treated me like their loyal dog. But I'll show them—the most underestimated roses grow the sharpest thorns. From Texas to California, from a cast-out nobody to the underground racing q...

Elara's life takes a tragic turn when her parents are mysteriously murdered, and she is framed for the death of the man she loved. Imprisoned and separated from her children, Elara emerges from the depths of despair, only to discover the truth: her husband Liam Stone, whom she once loved, had orchestrated her downfall. Now, with a burning desire for revenge, Elara must navigate a web of lies, betr...

Most of Emma Knight's life she has been made to feel like an outsider, different from those around her. This sense of isolation has driven her to become a recluse, retreating into the safety and solitude of her own world. But one day, something changes. Maybe it's a chance encounter with a kindred spirit or a moment of epiphany that shakes her out of her self-imposed exile. Suddenly, Emma is thrus...

When investigative journalist Carter Hale vanishes without a trace, his ex-girlfriend Detective Maya Cross refuses to believe he simply walked away from his life. Her search leads her to Halstead, a forgotten town hidden in the mountains, where strange transmissions broadcast only at night and residents are either too quiet or too afraid to speak.

As Maya digs deeper, she uncovers evidence of a c...

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...

I saved Frank from an avalanche. He paid me back by locking me at home with a pregnancy monitor and a salt-free diet. When he announced to the world on television that he was single, causing me to miscarry in a blizzard that very night, I knew this man was beyond saving.
So, I made him drink a potion that erases memory. Now, he has completely forgotten me, his wife, and our dead child.
And my grea...

At eleven p.m., I'm staring at the charity foundation's financial report, barely able to focus on the numbers—Theron is "networking" again, but for three years now, his "networking" has always involved another woman. Then my phone rings. It's Tommy, the paparazzo: "Mrs. Sterling, your husband's on his private yacht, all over some 22-year-old blonde intern!"

Thirty-seven times. Have you ever tried...

New York’s underworld has always been bloody. The five Mafia families keep their fragile peace with a mix of threats, bribes, and unspoken rules. Vittorio Falcone, the kind of man whose voice can make grown soldiers rethink their loyalty, sits at the head of one of the most feared families in the city. His daughter, Francesca, was never meant to be a player in this dangerous game—she was meant to ...

Leslie’s hand clamped around Ruby’s jaw, forcing her to look up at him, his light brown eyes glinting.

“How dare you think you can make me jealous, huh? You’re mine, Ruby. My woman,” he growled, his voice low, vibrating against her chest as he pushed her back against the wall.

Ruby’s lips parted, a shaky breath leaving her as his body caged hers in. “I—I wasn’t. We are still at school."

His thu...

Elena Martin, a once-promising investigative journalist, loses everything when her father dies under suspicious circumstances and his inventions are seized by Cade Industries. Broke, desperate, and blacklisted, she agrees to perform at a high-profile party for money—only to discover the host is Damien Cade, the ruthless CEO who ruined her life. When Damien notices her defiance and intelligence, he...

A rich heir and a part-time barista—same world? Not even close.
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Isabella struggles in Christopher's arms. "Let go of me! Two years ago, you were just toying with me. Didn't your friends say I smelled like poverty? What do you want now?"
Desire smolders in Christopher's eyes, his voice rough with restraint. "Behave, or I can't promise what I'll do..."

"You're soaking through your panties for me already, aren't you?" he growled low against my neck, his fingers tracing lazy patterns up my inner thigh. "Open your legs for me, Wife, let me see how desperate that pussy is." I arched into him, spreading my thighs wide as his hand inched closer, my breath hitching while heat pooled low in my belly...

Alora Smith is barely holding her life together......

I was sent to Thornhill Academy to be tamed.
But I don’t follow rules—I break them.
I’m a siphon, born to steal magic, and the Council fears me for it.

Then fate bound me to five impossible mates—
a dragon, a hellhound, a professor, a warlock, and a demon king who calls me queen.
Our bond is forbidden. Our love, catastrophic.
And when the truth about the council's war comes to light,
the world wi...

My name is Sophia Blake, a small-town girl from Ohio who earned her way into Juilliard on a full scholarship. Three years ago, while playing jazz in a Greenwich Village dive bar, I was discovered by the mysterious Italian conductor Alexander Rossi, and my life changed forever.

He gave me the Lincoln Center stage, a luxury Manhattan apartment, and a music world I'd never dared to imagine. I though...

I clutched the diagnosis paper that read "Stage 4 Gastric Cancer," my knuckles turning white. For twenty-two years, no matter how bad things got, Ethan always said he could handle it. But this time, my call only reached his voicemail.

I still remember that snowy night when I was seventeen. Under that tree, he squeezed my hand and promised, "You don't have to be strong anymore. Just lean on me." H...

My husband's affair, my stepsister's betrayal—in this family, no one loves me.

I finally understood this harsh truth when I saw my husband push me away, preferring to pleasure himself to my stepsister's lingerie.

They merely grew up together—what's so special about that?

But when my childhood crush suddenly reappeared in my life, I thought: "First love truly outshines all who come after."

Falling in love with my arranged marriage husband is my sorrow.

Cedric York has countless lovers. Beautiful secretaries, bar girls, coffee shop owners... all could become his romantic interests.

I thought I had grown accustomed to handling these affairs for him.

But when I saw him entering a hotel with his first love, I finally understood that this endless cycle would only bring me pain.

I fil...

She came for vengeance.
He offered rejection.
But fate doesn’t care about their hate.

To avenge her family’s death, Mara infiltrates the Bloodfang Pack with one purpose, kill the ruthless Alpha, Ronald. But when their eyes meet, fate betrays her.
He isn’t just her enemy.
He’s her mate.
Rejected and stripped of pride, Mara hides her identity to survive among his wolves. Yet the bond between them r...

Dominic Volkov was born to rule the Bratva—cold, ruthless, and untouchable.
Love was never part of the plan… until one unforgettable week in Las Vegas changed everything.

Maggie was the light he never knew he needed—gentle, brave, and real.
For seven days, she made him forget the blood and power that defined his world.
And when he left, he thought he could leave her behind too.

Two years later, ...

I thought the day I put on that wedding dress would be the most beautiful moment of my life.

Until I heard my fiancé Marcus talking to his mistress in the next fitting room—"Does she really believe you love her?" "Of course she believes it. Sophia's so damn naive, I just gotta say some romantic bullshit and she gets all teary-eyed and grateful."

In that moment, my world shattered completely. Thr...

I died once.

Torn apart by the fiancée of the Alpha Prince who I thought loved me, bleeding out on a cold basement floor. But when I opened my eyes again, I was back in that luxury car heading to the Royal Territory—one year ago, about to walk into this beautiful trap because I saved an amnesiac stranger named "Alex."

In my past life, I was too naive, thinking that saving a wounded stranger woul...

When I woke up in the hospital after the crash, I croaked "Bro" at my brother. He stared back like I was a stranger and coldly shot back, "I'm not your brother."

Even more bizarre, he pointed at some guy with an IV stand and said, "That's your brother." I clutched my sheets, faking amnesia, and followed this "fake brother" home, only to discover his leukemia medication and hear him coughing blood...

I believed in our love story. Then I uncovered the truth in the company books: my husband was funneling my money to his mistress. He was paying for her spa and a child that wasn't even his. He betrayed me in our own bed, then laughed in my face, calling her his "real family." Okay. Challenge accepted. I'll show him a real lesson in loss, using the very wealth and influence he desires. Mess with a ...

His lips grazed her neck, slow and hungry, trailing lower until his mouth closed around her breast like he’d done it a thousand times. His hands gripped her bare waist, firm and trembling, like he needed her just to breathe. She didn’t even know his name.

One night. One wrong door, and everything changed.

Amelia Raine never meant to sleep with a stranger, let alone one that is a billionaire. But...

“You think I don’t have a heart, little one? You’re right. But if I did, it would already belong to you. And that’s far more dangerous.”

“You break the world with your hands, Nico. I mend it with mine. And maybe that’s why fate threw us together… to remind you even beasts can bleed.”

Born into one of the most powerful crime syndicates in Los Angeles, Serena Moretti has lived a life gilded with d...

Elena is a 15-year-old girl who grew up in an abusive and hostile home, unlike her twin sister who, despite growing up in the same house, had the life of a princess.

Eloisa grew up surrounded by luxury, fake smiles and the certainty that the world revolved around her.

A tragedy throws them into the mansion of the older brothers they never knew: Lorenzo, Vicente, Luca, Leonardo and Sandro - powe...

Cast out by her father and feared by her own kind, Kaelenya Moonshadow is forced into marriage with Roman Theo—the cold, ruthless Alpha who rules the entire wolf realm.
He gives her one year: to bear his heir, or live the rest of her life as his slave.
But in a union forged from power and desire, something ancient awakens within her—the forbidden Moonshadow power that no Alpha can control.
And whe...

Camilla. An Italian American whose parents were allegedly killed in an auto accident, is attending law school in New York City. Camilla was oblivious to what her parents had actually been doing with their careers, kept in the dark by her family for her entire life. Her brother completely cuts off contact with her after he graduates from high school. The only family she speak with is her Nonna, who...

In Sicily, Italy, family is more than just blood... it’s power.

Loyalty is earned with bullets, and betrayal costs lives.

Two strong Mafia families, the Bellantis and the Morettis plan to unite through marriage. It’s a careful deal built on years of violence and tradition.

Valentina Bellanti is the perfect daughter. She was chosen to be the bride, the symbol of peace between the families.

Mean...

Rowan Hayes was just another woman lost in the city—tired, broke, and invisible—until the day she threw herself in front of a van and saved a little girl’s life.

Now that girl, Emma Vance, refuses to let her go.
Her father, Asher Vance, refuses to let her stay.

With sharp suits, inked skin, and a voice that sounds like danger, Asher is the kind of man who gets what he wants—and never forgives wh...

Abandoned with unborn twins five years ago, I've returned with sons who mirror their father perfectly.

After surviving wrongful imprisonment, I raised my boys alone overseas. Now back home seeking peace, my ex-husband Benjamin has found us and demands we stay. My twins despise him, refusing to accept the man who left us. As old lies about the fire and Olivia's schemes unravel, I'm torn between ho...

I died at seventeen on a Christmas night, bleeding out on cold pavement while my bullies scattered. "If there's a next life, Mom... just go without me this time."

But I woke up back to that day—fifteen years old again, standing in the chaos of FBI cameras and reporters. The day they rescued us from that mountain hell.

In my past life, when the Whitman family found their long-lost daughter Rose, ...

He was Brett Wilson—every girl's dream on campus, yet he was obsessed with me, the coding "Ice Queen." When I proposed a "three-month relationship trial," he actually agreed? Learning to code for me, pulling all-nighters to debug algorithms, even skipping a crucial game to stay by my hospital bed… Everyone said I should be moved. But when I saw those unsaved flirty texts on his phone late at night...

“We are divorced, Adams.” She sighed and wanted to walk away, but he held her.

“It doesn't matter.” He answered, his voice laced with determination.

“I don't love you anymore.”

“That doesn't matter either. What matters is that I want you, and there's nothing you or anyone can do about it.”


Alicia's life has been a series of ups and downs. She suffered abuse from her husband and his fam...

Vanessa, an omega in the Blood Moon Pack, suffered a devastating blow when the Alpha's son spurned her in favor of another. Seeking solace elsewhere, she eventually returns to her pack, only to be greeted by tragedy: the untimely passing of the beloved Luna, the woman who raised her.

In the midst of grief and upheaval, Vanessa’s world is further rocked when she discovers she's been chosen as the ...