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Blurb; "I don't love you and I will never love you, Isabelle Yang!" I froze as the hatred in his eyes held me captive. I knew he wasn't happy with this arrangement. Neither was I. "But I am your wife, Emerson." "Wife?" He scoffed, stepping closer until my back hit the wall and I was trapped between his arms. "You mean wife... or just the woman chosen to carry my heir?" His words were the truth. That was the only reason I was here. Still, they hurt more than I expected. "You hurt my girlfriend by coming into our lives," he continued coldly. "And I plan to make you feel twice the pain you caused her." Then he did something worse than yelling-he sanitized his hands after touching me, as if I disgusted him. He walked away, leaving me heartbroken and shaking, wondering what I had done to deserve so much hatred. ... Isabelle Yang never imagined that her life could spiral into more darkness after catching her boyfriend and twin sister in bed on the night meant to celebrate their two-year anniversary. Before she could even recover, a call from home changed everything. Her marriage had been arranged with the Winters-one of the most powerful families in Europe. And her husband? Emerson Winters, the ruthless heir who cared about only two things... himself and his childhood sweetheart, Salma Hayden. But what happens when his love isn't enough to bear an heir, and he is forced into a marriage with Isabelle-a woman he sees as a mistake, a burden, an obligation? What will become of two hearts trapped in a marriage where hatred and resentment rule the day? Read this book to find out; The Billionaire's Unwanted Wife A novel by Queenebunoluwa15

My fiancé, Griffin Cooper, was turning me from a wild heiress into his perfect trophy wife. My father approved, eager to tame the rebellious spirit I' d inherited from my mother. A near-fatal car crash was my wake-up call. But the real horror began when Griffin punished me for defending myself at a gala by throwing me into an icy fountain. As I shivered, bleeding from my period into the freezing water, his orders were chilling. "Let her bleed," he told his guards. "Perhaps it will teach her a lesson." That was before he scalded me with boiling water and locked me in a panic room, where my venomous stepsister tasered me until I passed out. I finally understood. He didn't want a partner; he wanted a prisoner to break. So on his wedding day, I arranged a little surprise. I sent my stepsister down the aisle in my place, blew our family mansion to smithereens, and boarded the first flight to freedom. My revenge had just begun.

I secured the lifeline investment for my fiancé's company and went to his office to surprise him. Instead, I caught Preston sleeping with his top actress—the woman he publicly claimed as his stepsister. Through the cracked door, I heard him call me his "scarred, ugly bitch shield" to hide their sickening affair. I didn't cry. I hacked the live broadcast of the Star Awards and played their sex tape to two thousand people. But that night, drunk and reeling from the agonizing nerve pain in my facial scar, I stumbled into the wrong hotel penthouse. I was pinned down by a drugged billionaire, Josephus Hodges. The next morning, he left me a million-dollar check and a Plan B pill. When he later tracked me down to offer a cold, calculated fake marriage just to absorb Preston's ruined empire, I threw the contract at his chest and told him to go to hell. But when I got home and looked in the mirror, the chronic, burning torture in my scar was completely gone. His touch during that terrifying night had somehow cured the agony that had ruined my life. I had just declared war on the only man on earth who could heal me. Just then, my ruined ex-fiancé called, begging me to save him with a PR press conference. "I'll do it, but I control the venue." I booked it at Josephus's heavily guarded hotel. I was going to slaughter my ex on live television, and force the apex predator to look at me again.

Seventeen years after going missing, Brooklyn was finally brought back to her ultra-wealthy biological family. But instead of a tearful reunion, her parents and sisters treated her like infectious garbage, mocking her cheap clothes and calling her a country bumpkin. They dumped her into a remedial class to hide her away, cut off her allowance, and threatened to lock down her trust fund to force her into absolute submission. One night, Brooklyn stood in the shadows of the estate and overheard a conversation that shattered everything. She hadn't wandered off as a child. Her parents had deliberately thrown her away because a fake fortune teller claimed her birth chart was a jinx to the family's wealth. They felt zero remorse, only plotting to banish her again the moment she turned eighteen. Her biological father thought he was putting a leash on a helpless, uneducated girl by cutting off her pocket change. He had no idea that Brooklyn was the anonymous VIP who casually dropped sixty million dollars on an emerald at the city's most exclusive auction. He didn't know she was the elusive medical genius that the world's most powerful billionaires were currently tearing the city apart to find. The last microscopic shred of hope for a family withered into cold ash in her chest. "Lock down my trust fund?" She pulled out her encrypted phone and activated her shadow networks, severing herself entirely from their pathetic surveillance. Since they believed she was a jinx, she was going to show them exactly what a real curse looked like.

Forced into a marriage of convenience to save her family's failing legacy, fragile heiress Elena finds herself bound to the ruthless billionaire Silas Vane. Known for his cold heart and iron grip on the corporate world, Silas views her only as a business asset. However, as Elena navigates the treacherous waters of high society and her husband's icy demeanor, hidden passions ignite. Can their fragile union survive dark secrets and corporate enemies?

Trapped in a burning building, Chloe is devastated when her billionaire husband, Eric, ignores her pleas and rescues his mistress instead. This ultimate betrayal shatters her heart and ends their marriage. However, after narrowly surviving the blaze, Chloe chooses to disappear and rebuild her life from the ashes. Years later, she returns as a powerful woman, ready to make Eric regret choosing another over the wife who once loved him.

Elena Carter is a quiet seamstress trying to survive on the little her late mother left behind. Her family's tiny tailor shop-barely holding two old manual sewing machines-is the only thing feeding her siblings and keeping her mother's legacy alive. She never dreamed of luxury or fame. All she wanted was peace. Until her best friend secretly enters her into a nationwide fashion competition hosted by Aryan Cole-the cold, ruthless billionaire behind one of the biggest couture brands in the world. From the moment they meet, Aryan sees Meera as nothing but another name to crush. But when her designs start gaining attention, he changes his strategy. Pretending to care, pretending to believe in her talent, he makes her fall for him... all so he can quietly steal the very design that could save his collapsing company. And Meera? She falls. Hard. Only to have her heart shattered when the truth comes out. Worse, she discovers the past is even uglier than she imagined-his powerful family is the same one that destroyed her mother's career and reputation years ago. But Meera isn't the same soft girl stitching clothes in silence anymore. She disappears. And when she returns, she's unrecognizable. Bolder. Louder. Dressed in red, fire in her eyes and revenge in her blood. This time, she's not here to win love. She's here to take everything he built-with the same hands he once tried to break. But what she doesn't know is... somewhere along the way, Aryan stopped pretending. And now? He'll do anything to get her back-even if it means burning the empire he stole just to touch her again.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, a woman discovers her husband’s blatant infidelity. Heartbroken and seeking a way out, she finds herself entangled in a clandestine affair with her spouse’s most dangerous rival. When she realizes she is carrying the enemy's child, she must navigate a world of corporate power and betrayal. As secrets threaten to unravel her life, she struggles to protect her unborn baby from her husband’s wrath and the truth.

When a global anomaly awakens dormant powers within them, a neuroscientist, a physicist, and an artist discover they are connected by a force that defies time itself. Mert sees the memories of strangers. Elena witnesses the fabric of reality crack. Kai paints symbols from a past he never knew. Thrown together by fate, they are not alone. Across the globe, others are awakening too-gifted with extraordinary abilities. But they are not the only ones. A powerful cabal-a ruthless financier, a tech mogul, and a charismatic influencer-sees the anomaly not as a warning, but as a weapon. Their ambition shatters the timeline, scattering the group across history: from the smog-choked streets of Victorian London to a transhumanist future, and into a terrifying parallel present. Broken into three teams, the group must hunt their enemies through time itself. To survive, they must master their new powers and forge bonds of love and loyalty strong enough to bend the laws of physics. Their final battle will not be fought in any single era, but at the crossroads of all realities, where the key to existence-the very heart of time-is at stake.

I was eight months pregnant with the heir to the city's most powerful crime family. My husband, Austen, told me he was hosting a private celebration to honor me and the baby. But when I walked into the warehouse, the steel doors slammed shut behind me. I wasn't in a ballroom. I was locked inside an industrial glass freezer. Through the thick glass, I saw Austen standing with his assistant, Deb. They were laughing. He told me he didn't care about his son; he only cared about the trust fund that would unlock upon my father's death. "Cool her off," he ordered. His men dumped buckets of ice water onto me. The shock was instant. I begged him to stop, screaming for the life of our child, but he just watched with cold eyes. As I collapsed into a slush of ice and my own blood, I felt the baby fade away. Austen thought he had won. He thought my father, the Don, was dead and buried. He thought I was just a helpless, spoiled princess he could dispose of to seize the throne. He was wrong. With my last ounce of strength, I looked through the glass and mouthed three words: "He is coming." Before Austen could react, the warehouse doors didn't just open—they exploded inward. And through the smoke walked the man Austen thought was worm food. My father wasn't dead. But my husband was about to wish he was.

Sienna Jones only wanted a one week escape in Miami but woke up one morning legally married to a stranger who happens to be Eric Macmillan, a British Billionaire heir. Before Sienna can process the disaster she accidentally signed up for, the internet has crowned her the mystery wife of a billionaire. Now, stuck navigating lawyers, paparazzi, angry parents, and a marriage they never meant to happen, can Sienna and Eric keep things civil until they quietly annul it?

It was supposed to be her sister's wedding. But in an instant, Aurelia was forced to take her place becoming the bride to a man she barely even knew. To pay off her family's debt and protect her parents' dignity, Aurelia spoke her vows to Gian, a cold man who never wanted her there in the first place. Without love, without the blessing of her own heart, Aurelia married Gian Alvaro, the man who was meant to be her sister's husband. The frigid reception, the disappointed looks from Gian's family, and a silent wedding night marked the beginning of a life she never wished for. Their marriage began with obligation. But as Gian's gaze slowly softened and the walls around him began to crumble, Aurelia found herself facing an unsettling truth. Love doesn't always come easy... and the secrets behind this marriage are far from fully revealed.

When a brutal accident leaves her severely injured, a devoted wife expects her husband to stay by her side. Instead, he abandons her in a pool of blood to rush to his former lover’s aid. This ultimate betrayal shatters her heart and forces her to face the cold reality of their marriage. Left to recover alone, she must find the strength to walk away from a man who never truly prioritized her, choosing self-respect over a broken love.

In this modern young-adult romance, a quiet protagonist finds themselves misunderstood by everyone around them. As high school life unfolds, hidden layers of their personality begin to surface, challenging the superficial assumptions made by peers. When a genuine connection forms with someone unexpected, the truth behind their guarded exterior is finally revealed. It is a story about the gap between public perception and the reality of one's true identity.

Coleen Maine hated Hayden Michaels with her entire heart. After high school graduation, she thought she had escaped the hell that being a classmate to Hayden was. Being his academic rival was enough to put her, Coleen, at the top of his shit list. To make matters worse, he's the hot, popular jock with a full-ride scholarship he doesn't need, because he has all the money that she doesn't. When Coleen finds herself in close contact with Hayden again out of no free will of her own, she expects things to be the same. But somehow, somewhere between summer and starting their first year at college, something changed. Now, Coleen isn't sure Hayden hates her anymore. Between her new job, college, and her friendships, she finds herself wondering what lies behind Hayden's deep gaze towards her.

Forced into a marriage of convenience, a young woman finds herself bound to a cold billionaire who treats their union as a mere business deal. While she struggles to navigate the high-stakes world of the elite, hidden secrets and old wounds begin to surface. Despite their initial resentment, a dangerous attraction grows between them. Now, they must decide if their tangled vows are a cage or the foundation for a love they never expected to find.

For five years, Liam devoted himself to building a massive business empire for Seraphina, the woman he loved. However, his loyalty is met with a cold-blooded betrayal when she sacrifices everything he built to save another man. Discarded and heartbroken, Liam realizes his devotion was a mistake. Now, as he rises from the ashes of his former life, he seeks to reclaim his power and make those who played with his heart pay for their cruelty.

After a devastating public rejection by her longtime boyfriend, a woman rebuilds her life from the ashes of humiliation. Rising through the corporate ranks with fierce determination, she eventually secures the top executive position at a major firm. Her path to success takes a dramatic turn when she discovers her former flame is now a subordinate at her company. Now his CEO, she navigates a complex world of professional power and romantic tension.

In this modern billionaire romance, a high-stakes world of wealth and power sets the stage for a complex emotional journey. As the moon descends and shadows stretch across their lives, the protagonists must navigate the intricate web of their own desires and the pressures of their elite status. This story explores the deep connections formed in the quiet hours, testing whether their bond can survive the harsh light of their reality.

For years, my marriage seemed flawless, but a dark reality lurked beneath the surface. My husband was living a double life, maintaining a secret second family with the woman I trusted most: my best friend. As his elaborate web of lies and betrayal unravels, I must confront the devastating truth about those I loved. Faced with this ultimate deception, I am forced to navigate a maze of mystery and heartbreak to reclaim my future.

In the high-stakes world of elite business, a powerful billionaire finds himself entangled in a complicated web of hidden emotions and unspoken promises. When a chance encounter reignites a connection from the past, a mysterious and invisible bond begins to pull two souls together. As secrets threaten to surface, they must navigate the pressures of wealth and social status to discover if their love can survive the truth of their shared history.

When Chloe discovers she is pregnant, her joy is shattered by her billionaire husband, Ethan. To shield his returning first love from scandal, he cruelly denies the child is his and demands a divorce. Betrayed and heartbroken, Chloe is forced to navigate her pregnancy alone while Ethan prioritizes a past flame over his own family. As secrets unravel and the truth of his deception emerges, Chloe must find the strength to leave her toxic marriage behind.

Our grandfather had always been a strange man, but what he did before his death shook my brother's and my world to its core. Stas had already come to terms with the fact that the entire inheritance would go to me as the older one. But the will changed everything-our lives, our bond, our closeness as brothers. The family business and property would go to the one of us who married the granddaughter of our grandfather's best friend-the small, awkward, unattractive girl who had been pushed on us our entire lives. The old men had long dreamed of becoming family, and when they failed to earn our sympathy, they chose a far more twisted solution. Back then, we couldn't even imagine that the ugly duckling would one day turn into a swan... or that our rivalry for the business would fade into the background.

Five years ago, my fiancé and stepsister murdered my parents and stole our fortune, leaving me-eight months pregnant-to die. Now I'd returned under a new identity, hiding my beauty and marrying into the richest family. People whispered that I'd soon be cast out, but when I shed my disguise, layer after layer of my true self stunned everyone. My ex-fiancé's family crumbled, and he begged on his knees for mercy. My husband, powerful in both business and the underworld, pulled me close and declared to my ex, "Do you really think my wife needs your love?" Headlines revealed: I was his true love all along. My stepsister's face contorted with fury as she shrieked, "What are you so smug about? You're just a stand-in! Once his true love comes back, you'll be the town's laughingstock, just like I am!"