a contractual marriage? hell no

BOOK 1 She needs money. He needs a wife. The situation is a win-win for Anastasia and Caleb. To save her family, Anastasia signed a contract to marry Caleb for a year. Starting from a contract marriage, will it end up in a real marriage? Amidst the challenges, will they break a rule from the contract to survive in this marriage? or will they end up losing each other? ********************** BOOK 2 To gain freedom from her overprotective parents' hands, the sunshine Thalia Carter refused to have her internship at her family's company. In the end, she got accepted into a company she didn't expect.  As soon as he saw her resume, the grumpy Damon Kane immediately approved her internship. Not because he was fond of her but because he literally hated her surname. He plans to make her life a living hell. Hate filled the office, but what happens if love blooms without their knowing? Despite the 11 years between them, will this office age gap romance be possible for these two? ********************* This book combines Book 1 and Book 2 in the series. Book 2 starts after Chapter 130.

Emelda's life is a daily struggle of servitude and misery under the harsh control of her abusive stepmother, Juana and spoiled stepsister, Natasha. Just when she thought her life wouldn't get any worse, her stepmother filled with greed marries her off to a regular looking old man. Would this emotionless marriage change the course of events for her or is it just another living hell?

After finding out that her boyfriend was actually married to another woman with a child, Gina has decided that she's done with men. She hasn't had a relationship that ended well sadly and she has just decided that all men are scum. After dumping a plate of spaghetti on Billionaire, Henry Thorn who she thought was cheating on his partner, she's fired. Gina goes out to look for new job, only to find out her boss was Henry, and he would only give her the job on one condition, she becomes his wife.

Fiona loved Damon for ten years, and they finally walked into the church. However, on their wedding day, Damon told her that he couldn't deceive his own heart. He loved her sister, and he left Fiona alone at the altar. Fiona's heart shattered into a million pieces, but she would not allow them to humiliate her like that! She randomly found a man on the street to marry. After the wedding, she thought she had married a poor man, but surprisingly, he bore an astonishing resemblance to the enigmatic president of this city. When her company needed a million dollars, Bradyn immediately transferred 200 million dollars to her account. But when Fiona thought she had fallen in love with Bradyn, she discovered that a woman who looked just like her had appeared by Bradyn's side... Was she just a stand-in all along?

“But… but what about the contract?” I whispered against his lips. “The contract?” He responded, pulling my face closer to his. “It doesn't matter, it's only on a piece of paper.”  ****** Lenora Prescott signs a marriage contract with The prestigious CEO of the popular brand The House of Osvaldo; Richard Osvaldo, when he rescues her from a brothel, the contract holding several conditions but the most crucial one being that she wasn't allowed to fall in love with him. But what would happen when she falls for him, and he also for her?

"Hinding-hindi tayo maghihiwalay, kahit umiyak ka pa at magmakaawa, Alicia!" Sa loob ng tatlong taon nilang pagsasama, halos wala siyang natanggap na atensyon mula sa cold-hearted na asawa. Ikinasal si Alicia Molina kay Woodley Campbell, isang kilalang CEO at biyudo na may anak na lalaki. Mula't sapul, nasa bingit ng komplikasyon ang kanilang pagsasama. Lalo pa itong nag-init nang malaman niya mula sa mga biyenan na babalik ang ex-wife nito at magkakasundo sila ulit ni Woodley para sa anak nilang si Walter. Araw-araw, lalong sumasakit ang puso ni Alicia sa pagiging malapit ng dalawa. Dahil sa kapabayaan ng asawa, nagkasakit si Alicia at nadiskubreng may stage two leukemia siya. Sa sobrang sakit ng nararamdaman, nagdesisyon siyang mag-file ng divorce agreement. Ngunit hindi iyon naging madali. Tumanggi si Woodley sa kanyang gusto at ipinilit na manatili silang magsasama.

Stems from the crime of Casey Stoner's father who was corrupt in the company owned by Mrs. Felicia Dimitri, In the end, Rudd Stoner was reported to the police, Rudd Stoner didn't want to be in prison, he made a pact with Mrs. Felicia and vend her daughter to give birth to a descendant of the Dimitri family. Wasn't Mrs. Felicia looking for a woman all this time to marry her son? Mrs. Felicia agreed, she gave a deal and asked Rudd Stoner not to look for his daughter anymore and the relationship between father and son had to end after Casey Stoner became her son-in-law. Aldric Dimitri initially refused the marriage, because he felt that the marriage would only put him in a commitment he had been avoiding. but Ms. Felicia still forces Aldric to marry Casey Stoner and stop going to nightclubs. Aldric looked at Casey Stoner with hate, he vowed to hurt her until she left his life

BLURB Twelve years ago, Jeremiah Sokolov was betrayed and left to burn. Once the untouchable Pakhan of the Russian Bratva, now he rose from the ashes of his own destruction—scarred, ruthless, and unyielding. The man he was died in those flames, and what remains is a cold, vengeful king. The woman he swore to protect and make her his queen was the one who betrayed him, and he’s waited years to make her pay. He doesn’t just want her to suffer; he wants her to pay for every agonizing moment he had suffered. Now, vengeance drives him everyday into a dangerous game where obsession, power, and forbidden love collide. Nina has no memories of her past or who she was. There was only one thing in her life she'll do anything to protect, even make a deal with the devil himself. But her carefully crafted world shatters when her past collides with her present and she's kidnàppèd to pay for the sins she didn’t remember committing. And now, she's surrounded by men who'll test her every boundary, break her at every point and take pleasure in her tears. Lachlan Reed has always been Jeremiah’s shadow—his enforcer, his lover, his most loyal weapon. Tasked with infiltrating Nina’s life, Lachlan expects to unearth the lies Jeremiah warned him about. Instead, he discovers a woman who isn’t the cold, manipulative traitor she’s painted to be. Strong yet broken, fragile yet resilient, Nina awakens something in him he can’t suppress. Torn between protecting her and his loyalty to Jeremiah, he's in an impossible position, knowing his devotion to them both might destroy him. This is a twisted, dark MMF mafia romance where love is savage, hate burns deep, and survival comes at a deadly cost. MF-MM-MFM-Dark-Twisted-Betrayal-Amnesia-Revenge-NonCon-Mafia-Humiliation-Dominated-Controlling-Ruthless-Mystery-Thriller-READ-Trigger-Warnings

Si Jade Sy and epitome ng isang perfect daughter. Pinalaki siyang masunurin at mapagbigay to the point na tila nakakalimutan niya na kung ano ba talaga ang kanyang gusto at kung sino ba talaga siya. Itinatak sa isipan niyang dapat niyag sundin ang pamilya dahil sila ang nakakaalam ng makabubuti sa kanya. Sinunod niya ang lahat maging ang pagpapakasal sa isang lalaking walang ginawa kundi ipakita sa kanya kung gaano siya nito kinamumuhian. Is love enough to stay in a marriage that was loveless in the first place?

“Tyler Brooke, do you take Miss Becky Smith as your lawfully wedded wife?” “Yes, I do” I replied so firmly with a smile on my face. “And do you, Miss Becky Smith, do you take Tyler Brooke, as your lawfully wedded husband?” One minute, two, and some more minutes passed as she looked around. I wasn’t worried because i knew she had no choice, this wedding had to happen or she would lose everything. Becky's father asked her to get married to their gardener — a gardener she hired by herself to tend to the garden in her father's mansion. Of course, you wouldn't expect a classy woman like her, who has eyes for wealthy men, to accept a classless gardener as her husband, especially when she already has a fiancé. But what happens when her father uses her love for money against her by taking all her assets, putting her in a tight spot and leaving her with only one choice — to marry the poor gardener. What happens when she realizes that this poor gardener had a secret that could either make or destroy her marriage to him? She hates him, but he isn't ready to let her go. Will they be able to stand the test of time, or will they be overwhelmed by the dangers that lurked at every turn they took?