Romance Novels

Romance novels center on a love story and an emotionally satisfying ending, spanning tropes like enemies-to-lovers, second-chance love, and forbidden romance.

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  • Cover of My Mate, My Executioner

    My Mate, My Executioner

    By midnight_chapters

    They say a severed mate bond will kill an Omega. Alpha Kael didn't wait to find out — he executed me himself to make room for Valeria. I died hearing my father's screams and

  • Cover of Married to His Crippled Brother

    Married to His Crippled Brother

    By last_page_crier

    After nine years of loving Marco Moretti, I caught him with his pregnant mistress. She was the runaway fiancee of his own powerful elder brother. Within two days, that brother,

  • Cover of The White Wolf The Alpha Rejected

    The White Wolf The Alpha Rejected

    By ao3_refugee

    For seven years I have been my pack's punching bag. The day I turn eighteen, my mate finally arrives — and the new Alpha rejects me in front of everyone. That night my first shift

  • Cover of The Heiress They Called Worthless

    The Heiress They Called Worthless

    By enemies_to_lovers

    Everyone calls me a failure. A beautiful nobody, flunked exams, drowning in debt. They are all wrong. Buried by my own family and forced to ghostwrite for my brother, I am a

  • Cover of I Signed Away the Husband Who Buried Me

    I Signed Away the Husband Who Buried Me

    By cliffhanger_coward

    He hands me the divorce papers, and I sign them smiling. Last time, I died betrayed. Reborn at the exact moment he hands me those papers, I know everything now: the mistress who

  • Cover of They Threw Away Doctor Sage

    They Threw Away Doctor Sage

    By 3am_revisions

    Thrown out in the rain with five thousand dollars. The Hale family crowned their “real” heiress and slammed the door. They never asked why the elite were bidding millions to meet

  • Cover of The Barren Wife's Secret Twins

    The Barren Wife's Secret Twins

    By one_bed_trope

    Hazel's marriage to CEO Adrian Sterling is already over in every way that matters. He flaunts his mistress openly while his family treats her like a servant. Then she learns she

  • Cover of The Billionaire Ex and Her Secret Son

    The Billionaire Ex and Her Secret Son

    By wip_whisperer

    One drunken dare threw me straight back into the arms of the billionaire I fled. Years ago I walked out on my ruthless fiance and raised his son in secret. Now I'm a nobody extra

  • Cover of The Dying Heir's Secret Surgeon

    The Dying Heir's Secret Surgeon

    By royalroad_drifter

    They sold me to a comatose tycoon and expected a funeral. Switched at birth, dragged home, married off as a stand-in for the fake daughter who refused him. What my cruel family

  • Cover of Reborn as a Billionaire's Secret Wife

    Reborn as a Billionaire's Secret Wife

    By tbr_mountaineer

    Betrayed, I died: my half-sister stole my jewelry designs, my father bartered me away. Then I wake on the morning after a drunken marriage to a cold, broke stranger, every memory

  • Cover of The CEO's Accidental Wife and Secret Son

    The CEO's Accidental Wife and Secret Son

    By plot_hole_patcher

    I married a stranger at City Hall, sure he was just a chauffeur. My half-sister drugged and framed me on my wedding day, and the father and fiance who never believed me cast me

  • Cover of Reborn to Divorce the Billionaire

    Reborn to Divorce the Billionaire

    By fake_dating_agenda

    I died on the stairs, six months pregnant, watching my husband choose his mistress. Then I wake more than a year in the past, before the betrayal, every memory of the future

  • Cover of The Alpha's Accidental Surrogate

    The Alpha's Accidental Surrogate

    By fake_dating_agenda

    One ritual went wrong — now I'm pregnant by the Alpha running for werewolf king. I'm Ivy Laurent, a broke private chef who only wanted a child. Lucian Ashford drags me into his

  • Cover of Forced to Marry Her Blackmailer

    Forced to Marry Her Blackmailer

    By slowburn_supremacy

    Celia Hart leaves prison for one night and wakes married to a stranger she never saw. The man is Dominic Ashe, ruthless chairman of Ashe Broadcasting, and his dying mother's only

  • Cover of Married to My Secret Billionaire

    Married to My Secret Billionaire

    By morally_grey_defender

    Two meetings. One marriage certificate. I expected nothing but a cold marriage on paper. The morning after our wedding night, my quiet stranger of a husband handed me a bank card

  • Cover of She Came Back Rich and Ruthless

    She Came Back Rich and Ruthless

    By fake_dating_agenda

    I died in an alley, framed as a stalker fan. My face burned on my rival's orders. Then I wake two days before my boyfriend's betrayal, every memory intact. This time, the

  • Cover of The Discarded Daughter Was a Hidden Surgeon

    The Discarded Daughter Was a Hidden Surgeon

    By plot_hole_patcher

    The night my family drugged me and sold me, I woke in a stranger's body. Two killers were already at the door. They expected an easy victim; they got a war surgeon who dropped

  • Cover of The Cold Husband's Forbidden Baby

    The Cold Husband's Forbidden Baby

    By enemies_to_lovers

    I was a foundling, raised only to be sold. To clear my family's debt, I must marry cold billionaire Dominic Hale and sign a brutal contract: no children, no claim, no custody. The

  • Cover of Secret Cub Claimed by the Pack

    Secret Cub Claimed by the Pack

    By wip_whisperer

    Warning: This is a steamy reverse harem romance. I survived a missing first love and a cheating husband. All I wanted was a quiet life in misty Pinehollow for my six-year-old son.

  • Cover of Pregnant with His Uncle's Heir

    Pregnant with His Uncle's Heir

    By slowburn_supremacy

    They married me to a man in a coma. I left pregnant with his heir. I was supposed to be the Wexford pawn; instead I vanished. Years later, Cole thinks the Wexford empire is his,

  • Cover of Sold One Night, Carrying His Heir

    Sold One Night, Carrying His Heir

    By plot_hole_patcher

    I sold one night for thirty thousand dollars to keep my dying mother's machines running. My aunt pocketed the money and pushed me into the wrong penthouse, into billionaire Damian

  • Cover of A Contract With The Cold Heir

    A Contract With The Cold Heir

    By morally_grey_defender

    Desperate women do bold things. I proposed to a man I barely knew. Three years after my fiance dumped me for my own half-sister, I'd survived the pity and the blind dates, until

  • Cover of Reborn to Reclaim My Stolen Name

    Reborn to Reclaim My Stolen Name

    By tbr_mountaineer

    Drugged, robbed of my name, drowned by my own best friend. My spirit watched it all. She took my place as the Brightwell heiress. Then I woke seven years in the past, an abused

  • Cover of What My Daughter Found in His Duffel

    What My Daughter Found in His Duffel

    By royalroad_drifter

    My six-year-old pulled a stranger's red lace from my husband's gym duffel. Seven years of marriage ended in one kitchen sentence. I locked myself in the guest room and called my

  • Cover of My Husband's Betrayal, My Divorce Gift

    My Husband's Betrayal, My Divorce Gift

    By cliffhanger_coward

    Not one tear fell when I learned the truth. Declan married me to hide his obsession with his brother's widow. The flawless wife became a rabbit with fangs. I slipped the divorce

  • Cover of She Took Everything But His Name

    She Took Everything But His Name

    By wip_whisperer

    For two years I played the meek wife of cold underboss Seo Jian. He never knew I was the lost heiress of a rival family. The night he slid divorce papers across the table for his

  • Cover of The Popstar's Secret Daughter

    The Popstar's Secret Daughter

    By cliffhanger_coward

    “Daddy.” One word from my little girl, and three years of hiding are over. I gave up everything but Posy when the boy I loved became a famous singer. I hid her from the world —

  • Cover of His Divorce Papers, My Billion-Dollar Secret

    His Divorce Papers, My Billion-Dollar Secret

    By 3am_revisions

    Sebastian is about to learn exactly what it costs to throw away a queen. He forced Mira out of his life with nothing but a plastic bag, choosing the fake heiress Mara over his

  • Cover of The Lycan King Bought a Prince

    The Lycan King Bought a Prince

    By cliffhanger_coward

    In my world, females are rare, hunted, and sold. So I was raised as Prince Eivar to stay alive. When the ancient Lycans cross the Frostfang Range to buy my sister as a slave, I

  • Cover of Seraya The Goddess Who Loved a Wolf

    Seraya The Goddess Who Loved a Wolf

    By midnight_chapters

    Three men killed my mother and father when I was eleven. Six years later I rule my pack with a cold hand and one promise: hunt the killers down. Then a scent pulls me into the

  • Cover of The Alpha Who Stayed

    The Alpha Who Stayed

    By slowburn_supremacy

    The day he was meant to become my Alpha, I rejected my cheating mate. I vowed to rule alone. Then a stranger drags himself bleeding from the river on my land — and he turns out to

  • Cover of They Tortured the Alpha's Tainted Mate

    They Tortured the Alpha's Tainted Mate

    By chosen_one_fatigue

    For eighteen years, my own mother made me eat off the floor like a dog. I am the Iron Ridge pack's dirty secret: a half-human abomination with fading bruises and shattered ribs,

  • Cover of The Lycan King's Human Mate

    The Lycan King's Human Mate

    By chosen_one_fatigue

    Not shifting made me the Black Pine Pack's punching bag. A runt. An omega. A human. The only soft thing I had was Riker, the boy I'd loved since before we knew what marking meant.

  • Cover of The Cursed Alpha's Arranged Bride

    The Cursed Alpha's Arranged Bride

    By draft_graveyard

    The man I loved chose my sister. My father sold me the same day. My buyer: Cassander, a scarred Alpha rumored to be cursed, a man who has already buried two brides. He wants no

  • Cover of His Rejected Mate, His Hidden Heir

    His Rejected Mate, His Hidden Heir

    By wip_whisperer

    I gave my fated mate everything at Alpha Roman Vale's birthday party. By morning, he rejected me. I went home shattered, to the Beta family who raised me, and vowed to live

  • Cover of The Heiress Who Took His Twins

    The Heiress Who Took His Twins

    By cliffhanger_coward

    Three years of marriage ended the night I caught Damien in his secretary's arms. I walked out with nothing but my dignity, then inherited an oil empire, a Louisiana estate, and

  • Cover of Carrying His Only Heir

    Carrying His Only Heir

    By found_family_fan

    Four weeks after one night with a stranger, I'm pregnant. I was hunting for my first job when I went home with the wrong man from a downtown client mixer. He's Cassian Marchetti —

  • Cover of The Son He Never Knew

    The Son He Never Knew

    By enemies_to_lovers

    I walked in on my husband in bed with my own sister. I signed away everything, left town, and raised the son Roman never knew existed. Three years later, a promotion drags me home

  • Cover of His Secret Little Heir

    His Secret Little Heir

    By royalroad_drifter

    For three years, I've kept one secret: my little girl belongs to my boss. Billionaire CEO Damon Voss claims he forgot our single drunken night. I guard the truth to protect my job

  • Cover of Carrying the Devil's Secret

    Carrying the Devil's Secret

    By last_page_crier

    One reckless night, I gave myself to a masked stranger. By morning I knew his name: Roman Whitlock, the cold billionaire twin of my cousin's husband, the man who once broke hearts

  • Cover of Her Useless Husband, The Shadow Master

    Her Useless Husband, The Shadow Master

    By redemption_arc_stan

    On our third anniversary, my wife handed me divorce papers. Vivienne called me a useless, live-in failure. To prove it, her brother smashed my only inheritance — my mother's jade

  • Cover of The Sister Who Took Her Place

    The Sister Who Took Her Place

    By wip_whisperer

    First my boyfriend cheated with my stepsister. Then, that same night, the news: she was engaged to billionaire Dario Vance. So I sent him photos of his fiancee's affairs from a

  • Cover of The Wife Who Wouldn't Cry

    The Wife Who Wouldn't Cry

    By chosen_one_fatigue

    On our silver anniversary, my husband's young mistress slapped me in front of everyone. I didn't cry. I didn't shout. I swept up the broken vase and kept living beside the man who

  • Cover of The Heiress Buried in Her Wedding Veil

    The Heiress Buried in Her Wedding Veil

    By slowburn_supremacy

    Theo ended our wedding over the phone: "It just won't be with you," he said. I stood alone at the altar in a pearl-trimmed gown, waiting for the boy from the next house. Then I

  • Cover of Ivanov's Reluctant Waitress

    Ivanov's Reluctant Waitress

    By 3am_revisions

    To pay my father's hospital bills, I took a waitress job at a mafia club. Owner Adrian Ivanov, the city's youngest Russian Don, mistook me for a stripper. The misunderstanding

  • Cover of The Mafia King's Forced Bride

    The Mafia King's Forced Bride

    By redemption_arc_stan

    My father sold me to the Castellanos to save his dying empire. I built my fashion house far from his crime world, but power needed an ally. Dario Castellano — cold heir to the

  • Cover of Sold to My Family's Killer

    Sold to My Family's Killer

    By tbr_mountaineer

    "Smile for your husband," they said. So I smiled, right before I drove a silver fork into Nico's thigh under the banquet table. Sold to the Marchettis to buy a ceasefire, I'm

  • Cover of The Cartel King's Personal Therapist

    The Cartel King's Personal Therapist

    By morally_grey_defender

    All I wanted was a quiet PT job and a clean license. Then my clinic hands me a private at-home patient at the Vega estate, and the man in the workout room is Roman Vega — kingpin,

  • Cover of The CEO's Discarded Billionaire Bride

    The CEO's Discarded Billionaire Bride

    By last_page_crier

    Everyone in Cresthaven thought Clara was just Julian Sterling’s pathetic, impoverished wife. Everyone was wrong. For three years, she endured his freezing neglect and his blatant

  • Cover of Seven Days With Mr. Blackwell

    Seven Days With Mr. Blackwell

    By morally_grey_defender

    Fifty thousand dollars. Seven days. That's what I sold at the auction — myself. I'm a broke pre-med student desperate to free my abused mother and little sister from my drunk

  • Cover of What I Found in His Hoodie

    What I Found in His Hoodie

    By royalroad_drifter

    On a perfect Sunday morning, I pulled a hidden ring from my husband's hoodie. It wasn't for me. Neither was the dark hair on his collar, or the secret booking at our old

  • Cover of My Sister's Husband, My Father's Lie

    My Sister's Husband, My Father's Lie

    By no_beta_we_die

    On my first wedding anniversary, I waited alone. My husband came home drunk: he'd married me to stay close to my sister. By dawn my father confirmed the rest: I was the daughter

  • Cover of He Said Her Name Inside Me

    He Said Her Name Inside Me

    By found_family_fan

    "I slept with my brother's fiancée. The wedding is in six weeks." Holt has loved the wrong woman his whole adult life. Marlowe has been someone's secret for two years. He keeps

  • Cover of The Affair He Forgot to Hide

    The Affair He Forgot to Hide

    By last_page_crier

    Nine months pregnant, on a stormy night drive, I overheard my fiance with another woman. Then I crashed. I woke two weeks later to a son I don't remember carrying, and to Roman, a

  • Cover of The Silent King's Stolen Bride

    The Silent King's Stolen Bride

    By wip_whisperer

    They call me Vena. It is not my name. I woke in a stranger's house with my memory in pieces — stolen by runaway lovers, drugged by Thornmist, wearing another woman's life. What I

  • Cover of The Mate Atlas Threw Away

    The Mate Atlas Threw Away

    By one_bed_trope

    Atlas Andino rejected me in front of his bullies and his girlfriend. By nightfall on my sixteenth birthday, I was on the highway with my mother, headed for the Iron Range Pack

  • Cover of My Husband's Revenge, My Terminal Secret

    My Husband's Revenge, My Terminal Secret

    By morally_grey_defender

    My billionaire husband spent three years destroying me, all to avenge his sister. Damien ruined my family, let our baby die, humiliated me daily. Today I hand him signed divorce

  • Cover of The Billionaire's Stolen First Night

    The Billionaire's Stolen First Night

    By slowburn_supremacy

    I lost my virginity to a nameless stranger at a party. One week later, my father announces an arranged marriage at a private dinner. The fiance turns around — it's him. And the

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