Marriage Novels

My life seemed solid enough. I was a hardworking union foreman, diligently putting away savings, especially the $5,000 for my dad' s critical surgery. Then the bottom fell out. I opened my banking app, and the bucket labeled "Dad' s Health" was empty. $5,000, gone, Zelle-paid straight to my deadbeat brother-in-law, Kevin. My wife, Brenda, just shrugged. "It was just savings, Jack. Kevin needed it for his image." Oblivious. For years, she' d drained our family' s hard-earned money for his endless, failing schemes - crypto scams, drop-shipping websites, even secretly covering his mother's rent. She saw my sweat as an endless resource for her family, completely disregarding our daughter Chloe' s future. How could she prioritize a grifter over our own child' s future, or my father' s life-saving surgery? The rage boiled when I discovered she was planning to give him another twenty thousand for his latest absurd venture, even after my fake layoff to prove a point. I snapped. Enough was enough. I wouldn't just quit this marriage; I would make her desperately want to leave. I had a plan, a meticulously calculated game that would reclaim my life and rescue my daughter from the financial and emotional wreckage Brenda had created.

Amanda has been living happily in the village for years. Her ancestor, a Mage who helped the Hero in subjugating the Demon King about 500 years ago, made sure that the village became rich and abundant. Along with her friends – Irene, Jessica, and Grace – they promised to spend the next harvest festival together as they did this year. Until Jessica suddenly left with her lover. Amanda found it mysterious. After a year, Amanda was introduced to a noble during the Harvest Festival. It was supposed to be a routine marriage interview until she woke up in a place that she did not recognize. In the mountain beyond the thick forest that surrounds the village, a large castle looms with darkness. Will Amanda find the truth about her situation, or will she find love instead?

Hannah Fox dedicates all her time and life to her husband and son. She thought her marriage was going well and her life was perfect. However, one day at a dinner party, she witnessed Jason Howard, her much-loved husband, kissing another woman's lips. The betrayal shook Hannah's life. At that moment, she realized everything she had done for her husband was in vain. However, fate brought her together with Chris Walker, who had also experienced failure in his marriage. They both had been betrayed by the partners they loved, and the betrayal had brought them to the lowest point in their lives. What happens to Hannah's life next? Will she find happiness with Chris?

At 27, Cherry Bueno thought she had it all-a husband, a child, and the promise of a happy family. Married to Alfred Llaguno, a man she once believed to be kind and loving, Cherry clings to the hope of peace at home. But reality paints a different picture-one filled with disappointment and emotional distance. Just when things seem irreparable, fate throws her a curveball: her ex-boyfriend, Jared James Velasco, reenters her life. Still carrying a torch for Cherry, Jared sees their reunion as a second chance at the love they once shared-adding fuel to an already fragile situation. Can Cherry and Alfred rebuild what's broken, or will their crumbling marriage pave the way for Jared to step back into her heart?

Alpha Edward and I were once deeply in love. But then, a tragic accident tore us apart. He thought I had abandoned him, and that belief turned him cruel. He forced me into a marriage full of humiliation, parading his affairs, especially with Alice, right in front of me. When he finally learned about all my sacrifices, he took his anger out on Alice and tortured her. Later, at my new engagement, he tried to save me, but I pushed him away. In the end, he knew the truth that all what I did was to protect him, yet it was already too late...

In the final days before the world collapsed, Ivy Brooks died... betrayed by the very people she trusted most. She had fought, struggled, and sacrificed everything just to survive the apocalypse only to be pushed into death along with her three daughters at the very end by her own husband. With her last breath, Ivy made a vow. If she could turn back time...she would never be weak again and of course protect her daughters. This time, she would stand at the top. When Ivy opened her eyes, she found herself back in time with her still rounded belly of her third baby.... Twenty days before the apocalypse. Armed with memories of the future and a mysterious system in her mind, Ivy moved without hesitation. She hoarded supplies, secured weapons, and took control of every resource she could get her hands on. While others laughed, doubted, and wasted time... Ivy was building her empire along with her daughters. In this life, she would not be prey but will be an hunter. With danger closing in and only twenty days to prepare, Ivy must outplay enemies both old and new, uncover the truth behind the system, and carve out her own kingdom in a collapsing world. Because this time...she wasn't just going to survive the apocalypse. She was going to rule it along with a man, a love interest from the past before her marriage collapse. He provided everything Ivy needed. Money especially in change of a marriage with her and when the apocalypse started too....he ruled it with her as well as her daughters.

"$100 MILLION REWARD for verified information about CEO Lucius Hunt's REAL wife........ .......... What would you do if the husband you've never met turns out to be the boss you're falling for? I married a stranger named "Lou" to escape my father's loan shark. We exchanged vows through lawyers and phone numbers through his grandmother. We've never seen each other or know each other's real name, We're practically ghosts to each other. It's simply one signature that set me free. Or so I thought. Now I work for Lucius Hunt, Cedarville's coldest CEO. A man who looks at me like I'm a problem he needs to solve. The way he looks at me makes me forget I'm married. Lucius is everything I want but shouldn't want. I told myself it's just attraction. Just my body betraying my marriage vows to a man who thinks I'm a golddigger. But the worst part is? Lucius is married too. To a woman he's never met. And that wife is me! Turns out my ghost husband Lou and my cold boss Lucius are actually the same person. But I realized it too late. Now my own best friend is pretending to be his real wife. His desperate ex wants him back. His uncle wants us both dead. My psychotic ex won't stop stalking me. And my father's loan shark? He insists he wants me as payment, not the money. Five enemies. One target. And across the city, Lucuis's ex-convict rival just handed his contract wife divorce papers -- not knowing his contract wife has one ultimatum before she'll agree to sign. And it's the one thing he swore he would never give. Two cities. Two debt brides. Seems like Being Mr. Hunt's Wife comes with a bounty on my head.

When Natalie's hearing returned, betrayal was the devastating truth waiting for her. She repaid the cheating pair with sharp slaps, then took her sister's place in an arranged marriage. Her groom, Nathan, was rumored to be frail, vicious, and unable to satisfy a woman. Their wedding night, however, demolished every warning when he pinned her against the glass and challenged the rumor himself. Three relentless days proved the gossip laughably wrong. Later, her groveling ex begged her back. Nathan asked for a knife to deal with the "pest." Everyone saw a monster. Natalie alone knew his madness hid a love that burned only for her.

I woke up on silk sheets that smelled of expensive cedar and cold sandalwood, a world away from my cramped apartment in Brooklyn. Beside me lay Ezra Gardner-my boss, the billionaire CEO of Gardner Holdings, and the man who could end my career with a snap of his fingers. He didn't offer an apology for the night before; instead, he looked at me with terrifying clarity and proposed a cold, calculated business arrangement. "Marriage. It stabilizes the board and solves the PR crisis before it begins." He dressed me in archival Chanel and sent me home in his Maybach, but my life was already falling apart. My boyfriend, Irving, claimed he had passed out early, yet his location data placed him at my best friend's apartment until three in the morning. When I tried to run, I realized Ezra was already ten steps ahead, tracking my movements and uncovering the secret I'd spent twenty years hiding: my connection to the powerful Senator Grimes. I was trapped between a CEO who treated me like a line item on a quarterly report and a boyfriend who had been using me while sleeping with my closest friend. I felt like a pawn in a game I didn't understand, wondering why a man like Ezra would walk up forty flights of stairs on a broken leg just to make sure I was safe. "Showtime, Mrs. Gardner." Standing on the red carpet in a gown that cost more than my life, I watched my cheating ex-boyfriend's face turn pale as Ezra claimed me in front of the world. I wasn't just an assistant anymore; I was a weapon, and it was time to burn their world down.

***Excerpt*** "I am not as sinful as you think I am. I am way worse," his lustful eyes drank in the sight of her, "I've had a taste of you, Natalie. Nobody else will do." Natalie was meant to be upset... Angry... Yell at him... Flee from him... But somehow, she was intrigued as to the sinful things he could possibly do to her. "So many sinful things I want to do to your innocent body and I don't want anyone else to touch you until I am done. That is if I'll ever be done..." He meant every bit of those words he had just uttered. *** Natalie, a very young, successful lady got married to the man she loved at a young age. A few weeks after her marriage, her husband, Ashton, began to act in a way that wasn't very funny to Natalie. Starved of good sex, attention, affection, and even conception, she fell right into the hands of her hot brother-in-law, Roan, who became obsessed with her. Natalie finds herself in an entangled web of forbidden romance with her brother-in-law, Roan. The more she tries to escape that web, the harder she falls into it. What happens when she finally stumbles upon a truth about Roan that would leave her completely shattered just when she had served her husband divorce papers? Let's find out in this Steamy, toe-curling, jaw-dropping romance story.

The Modern Library recently placed Sons and Lovers ninth on their list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. The autobiographical novel tells the story of Paul Morel, sensitive and talented son of an English coal miner in Nottinghamshire. His mother, Gertrude, the educated daughter of Puritanical middle-class parents, has married the miner in the heat of physical attraction. The marriage soon disintegrates; Walter Morel takes to drink and beats his wife and children, and Mrs. Morel pours all her possessive love upon her sons, especially Paul. The novel is concerned with Paul's painful introduction to the commercial world, his discovery of books and art, his growing discontent with his background of poverty and gloom, and his developing talent for painting. It records his lover affairs with Miriam and with Clara Dawes. Because of the strong bond of love between him and his mother, he is never able to give his affection wholly to either of the women. Sons and Lovers, which was attacked on its publication because of its frankness in dealing with sexual matters, is more naturalistic than Lawrence's later work. It is remarkable for its portrayal of English mining life, its vivid characterizations, and its poetic descriptions of nature.

Contains extremely hot erotica and sexual abuse. Abuse is intended only for arousing but not to hurt anyone. Lilly controlled her pain and tried to get up, but couldn't. She did not understand how to call Jasmine's name, as the pain was getting increased. Jasmine who saw the shadow of Lilly trying to get up turned towards her, and asked her what happened. END OF PART ONE She couldn't hear what Lilly was saying and asked her to write on the paper. Lilly who was shouting with pain couldn't write anything and dropped the paper by touching her stomach. Jasmine memorized that Lilly was taking medicines for her stomach pain, and ran into her room to bring the medicines. Finally, after a few seconds of searching, Jasmine saw medicines and ran towards Lilly who was shouting in pain. She gave pills and water glass to Lilly and began to rub her stomach without knowing why Lilly was taking medicines. The pain was slowly relieved, and Lilly thanked Jasmine with tears saying that God gifted her a child though he took pregnancy from her life. Jasmine couldn't understand what Lilly was saying but felt happy that her pain got reduced, and slept in her arms. A girl marries a person she doesn't like but couldn't leave the relationship due to specific commitments. At the same time, she wants to cross all the societal morals to enjoy with her stepbrother. She saves her virginity even after marriage without even letting her husband touch her. But she brings her stepbrother onto the bed and enjoys an extramarital relationship with him. Why did the girl cross the morals and fuck her stepbrother, leaving her husband? Lilly took his dick outside and popped her right eye, asking him to fuck her like a bitch. Tommy pushed her onto the bed and looked at her vagina, which was leaking her precum juice. He licked the wet juice and released his hot breath on her vagina. "AHHHH. Make me your whore. I can't bear this pleasure. Please fuck me like your slut." Lilly moaned loudly and pushed his face towards her vagina. "Sister....." Tommy said, licking her clitoris. Lilly became horny with that word and pushed him deeper toward her vagina.

It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but Carrie made the mistake of falling in love with Kristopher. When the time came that she needed him the most, her husband was in the company of another woman. Enough was enough. Carrie chose to divorce Kristopher and move on with her life. Only when she left did Kristopher realize how important she was to him. In the face of his ex-wife's countless admirers, Kristopher offered her 20 million dollars and proposed a new deal. "Let's get married again."

"Be careful, miss," He said to me. He made sure to increase the tone of his voice since the blaring music in the hall blurred out our voices. "I am good, I am good," I said, trying to maintain my stance, as I depended on his support. Victoria Walls, a reserved young lady had her life spiral out of control when she got pregnant. Her boyfriend, unaware of her pregnancy, ended their relationship in the worst way. With this, she vowed to protect her son from the world. Her son's needs coupled with the worsening health of her mom drove her into signing a contract marriage with Samson Young, the city's most eligible billionaire. As Samson began to find himself drawn to her reserved strength, he wanted to show that he was willing to give her the world. But suddenly things started to take a darker turn, what would Victoria do when she finds out that all her life from childhood has been a lie? What if she and her son had just been Puppets in someone's game? Who was the controller?

"You will be declared dead, Gregoria." That's what Agent Christian told me. My life as an FBI agent was about to end, replaced by a ghost. No contact with my past, not even my husband, Darwin. But then, a week before my staged death, I walked into our home office and saw it: Darwin's laptop, open, displaying a live video feed. My husband, shirtless, with his assistant, Elyssa Daniel. They were kissing. My world tilted. I watched, frozen, as he kissed her. The sounds they made were obscene. I recognized the unique lines of his body, the watch I gave him for our anniversary. I stumbled back, my hand shaking as I reached for my phone. I had to confront this nightmare. I hit the call button. On the screen, Darwin froze, then answered my call. "Hey, honey. What's up?" His voice, so normal, so full of lies, broke something inside me. The phone slipped from my grasp. My heart, my love, my entire world had been a lie. I spent the night on the office floor, replaying the video. The evidence of his betrayal was a digital tombstone for our marriage. Each time I watched, disgust and pain grew. I looked at my wedding ring, a mark of my foolishness, and threw it across the room. He thought I was weak, predictable. He thought I loved him so much I'd believe the sky was green. But the woman who loved Darwin Mcintosh died on that office floor. And in that moment, my mission, my fake death, felt like an escape.

"Sign it," he said. Three years of marriage ended with a line and a pen that trembled in her hand. It wasn't the papers that hurt-it was the way he didn't even flinch when she did. Amelia Hart walked out of his penthouse that night with nothing but a suitcase and a broken heart. She'd given Daniel Sterling everything-her love, her identity, her silent devotion-only to be discarded the moment she became inconvenient. But when the empire he built begins to fall, when the cold CEO who never looked back suddenly needs the woman he threw away, he returns with the same hands that once let her go, now reaching for what he destroyed. Only this time, there's a clause he didn't read...

I am the undisputed ice queen of the ER, a doctor whose life is built on absolute control. A month ago, I impulsively married a stranger to create a legal shield against my ex-mentor's betrayal. Our prenup had one strict rule: a fake marriage with zero interference in each other's lives. But tonight, my "husband on paper" was wheeled into my ER, unconscious, reeking of cheap whiskey, and suffering from a bleeding ulcer. To authorize his emergency surgery, I had to sign the consent form as his wife, detonating a gossip bomb among my colleagues. Worse, his overbearing family found out he was hospitalized. To stop his terrifying mother from flying in and exposing our sham marriage, I had to lean over his hospital bed and take a fake, loving couple's selfie. I didn't understand why this disciplined math professor was suddenly drinking himself to death, nor why my chest tightened when he looked at me with exhausted eyes and begged for homemade soup. My perfectly ordered, untouchable life was crumbling into a chaotic mess, and I was losing my grip on the narrative. "We should probably spend some time together beforehand. We could be roommates." To prepare for an unavoidable family dinner and a wedding, my stranger husband just asked me to move into his apartment. The ultimate uncontrolled variable has just crossed the line, and our fake marriage is about to become dangerously real.

She needs millions to save her family home. He needs a wife for twelve months. Neither expected desire to become part of the deal. When Isabella's family is given only forty-eight hours to settle a devastating debt, she has nowhere left to turn. Then billionaire Adrian Blackwood offers her an impossible solution: marry him. Twelve months. Public appearances. No interference in each other's private lives. And absolutely no falling in love. It should be simple. But Adrian isn't the cold, ruthless billionaire Isabella expected. Behind his controlled exterior is a dangerous intensity that makes her question why he chose her when he could have any woman he wanted. And the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the undeniable attraction burning between them. But Adrian has a reason for wanting Isabella by his side-one he refuses to reveal. As their fake marriage begins to feel dangerously real, Isabella must uncover the truth before she loses more than her family home. Because she may have signed a marriage contract with the devil... but she never expected to desire him this much.

After three years of marriage, he abandoned her, but treated Maria Harris like a treasure. He ignored her and treated her harshly. Their marriage was like a cage. Linda Abels is very patient, because she loves Shane Harvey deeply! Until it rained heavily that night, he left her pregnant and flew abroad to accompany Maria', while Linda's legs were bleeding and she crawled out to call an ambulance... She finally breathed a sigh of relief: some people's hearts can never be covered. Linda wrote down the divorce agreement and left quietly. ... Two years later, Linda came back with countless suitors around her. Her scum ex-husband pressed her on the door panel and forced her step by step: "Mrs. Linda, I haven't signed yet! Don't want to be good to others!" Linda smiled and said lightly, "Mr. Shane, we have nothing to do with each other!" The man's eyes were slightly red, and he tremblingly said his vow when he got married: "Linda will never leave him in his life, and divorce is prohibited!"

In the glittering skyline of Lagos, where power and ambition rule, twenty-two-year-old Cynthia-Rose dreams of success but is trapped in the relentless grip of family struggles. When the enigmatic and wealthy Chief Fredrick Mba, a man old enough to be her father, offers her a life of unimaginable luxury... at a price, her world tilts on the edge of danger, desire, and deception. It is a deal of power, control, and temptation. A marriage not born of love, but of circumstance. As Cynthia-Rose steps into Fredrick's world of opulence, she finds herself caught in a dangerous game of desire, manipulation, and secrets that could destroy everything she holds dear. In a city where nothing comes free, and love has a price. Can Cynthia-Rose navigate the delicate balance of all give and all take, or will surrendering to temptation cost her more than she ever imagined?