Best Character Growth Stories & Novels Collection

Blurb

Lila Hartwell, a famous actress, loses everything to a vicious lie and betrayal from people she trusts.

Desperate and alone, she makes a deal with cold billionaire Garrett Blackthorn: a marriage of convenience to save both their reputations.

But as they work to clear Lila’s name, old secrets and new enemies threaten their plan.

With danger closing in, can Lila and Garrett trust eac...

He was my dad’s best friend. Until he vanished. Now he’s my boss… and the one man I’m not supposed to want.

When I walk into Ryder Vane’s office, resume in hand, I don’t expect him to recognize me. He doesn’t.
Not the little girl he once read bedtime stories to.
Not the daughter of the man he betrayed.
Not the secret I’ve been keeping since the night everything fell apart.

Ryder is Hollywood roy...

His name is Andre Cimaro; Young, handsome and ruthless. He becomes the leader of the Red Cobra Mafia Family during a period of war between them and a rival family after his father dies. His tenure will prove to be the greatest in his family’s history and nothing can stand in his way…until he meets the beautiful, yet mysterious Gabriella.

With the face of an angel, the gaze of a predator and the h...

Yildiz was created by the Goddess Zarseti for one purpose: to uphold truth and justice in the supernatural world. Unlike her sisters, Yildiz came into being blind, but she sees beyond what others can.

For tens of thousands of years, she and her sisters continued their duties as the Delegation, but life just got more interesting for Yildiz. She learns her creator blessed her, of all people, with a...

“If you want MY Elite Warriors to find her then we need to know everything about her, her movements, friends, where she liked to go, etc.” Safyer told him, “you can’t expect us to walk in and automatically know where she is. You want us to just show up and poof! We know where she is.” She huffed. “Contrary to what you may believe, it doesn’t work that way.” She snorted. “We still have to investiga...

ONE GIRL CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

When Rosalie Morgan escapes the brutal werewolf who's been holding her captive, she inadvertently starts a war between two rival packs.

With a bounty on her head, the entire werewolf population is out to get her, and she ends up in the clutches of the Alpha Twins.

Aeron and Cain plan to sell Rosalie back to her hunters for a princely sum but when they realise she...

Born into a legacy of power, privilege, and bloodshed, she’s known only a life behind mansion gates—where even friends are assigned, choices are made for her, and cake for breakfast is a normal dilemma. But when her family arranges a marriage with a stranger from a rival empire, she decides it’s time to break free. Dressed as a servant, identity erased, she climbs the wall that separates her from ...

When her life fell apart due to a divorce, Amelia Carson never imagined she would be trapped in the dark world of the mafia. Losing everything and drowning in debt from a casino game at a nightclub, Amelia is faced with an ultimatum from Luca Devereaux—a deadly mafia boss: pay off her impossible debt or marry him in a contractual agreement.

A terrifying sham marriage with a mafia boss gives her a...

"Sooner or later , you will fall for me"

"Upon my dead body", I hissed out.

SOLD AS THE ALPHA’S MISTRESS
"I'm trying to be gentle", he murmured, his voice tight, strained. "But that's not me",

"Then don't," I whispered. "Don't hold back with me".

"You don’t know what you're asking for," he said, then pushed his dick into me and I saw stars immediately.

Amara Collins thought she had her future figured out—until she returns from a weekend business workshop and finds her live-in boyfriend, Derek Greene, tangled in bed with her childhood friend, Brittany Shaw.

Devastated and furious, Amara nearly books a flight back to Chicago, but instead ends up partying recklessly in a nightclub. After drinking too much, she shares a passionate night with a mys...

"Spread your legs for us, baby," Khuraan growled, voice rough and commanding. "We want to see what’s ours."

My breath caught.

Zarkhan leaned down, his breath hot against my throat. "You said you could handle all three of us. Prove it."

"And don’t even think about faking it," Hakkan added, his tone a silky threat. "I’ll know. I always know."

Their eyes bore into me—three alphas, three predators...

"You were never truly mine."

Those cruel words from my Alpha Rocco shattered everything I believed about love and loyalty. I never imagined the man who marked me had been orchestrating my family's destruction from the very beginning—or that I'd find him cheating on me.

The betrayal didn't just break my heart—it triggered a deadly condition that's slowly killing me. Now, with my father in a coma ...

Willa never wanted to be extraordinary. Shy yet resilient, she always found comfort in the quiet companionship of her soulmate and best friend, Ian. But on their shared 13th birthday—the day their powers should have awakened—everything changed. Ian was taken from her in an act of violence so sudden, it shattered her world. While the kingdom mourned, Willa’s grief became a cage, keeping her locked ...

"Is there a reason why I shouldn't fuck your brains out right now?" he ask and I shudder.
"Nnn... Nooo! I don't have a reason," I stutter.
"Good! I am about to forget you are my princess and fuck you like a slut," he promises as he fucks me.
"I am a slut, only for you," I murmur.


I have always had a crush on my dad's best friend but Jack never saw me as a woman and rather he always r...

When Lust Meets Fate, The 7 Deadly Sins Await. Join the journey of seven couples as they overcome envy, gluttony, greed, lust, sloth, pride and wrath to find their happily ever after. From teachers to rock stars, from homemakers to millionaires, everyone sins as they strive for happiness.
7 Deadly Sins Series is created by Haley Rhoades, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

“Reject me,” Naya sternly said with eyes full of hate.
Kael smiled. “Why would I do that? I told you, didn’t I? You’re mine now. And I don’t care about your mission. I’ll fill you up with my seed you will forget that damn mission of yours.”
He caressed her neck then his fingers went up and traced her lips. “Beg all you want but I will not reject you or let you go. You’re my possession, Naya, fro...

“Getting married to you was a terrific mistake. Sign the divorce papers and flee this place else I change my mind and call the cops.”

Having her husband stare at her with those dreamy eyes was all Genevieve wanted, making her put on a docile mask as she thought that he might like it.
Not until one day when it all came crashing down. Her husband came home with a woman by his side and threw a divo...

“What did I promise would happen if you threw another punch, Artemis?” Professor Lucian's silky tone hardened into a dark fascinating baritone.

“Let me see…” Artemis licked his lips with a menacing smile, his cold dark eyes piercing through the professor's oceanic ones. “You said you'll bring me to my knees but something tells me I'll do more than just begging.”

The air in the room shifted as...

When the world ended, Elara thought she would die alone.
Instead, she found him.

Xavion is not human. Towering, armored, alien — a creature born of hunger, silence, and secrets. But in the ruin of a collapsed Earth, he saves her. And together, they do more than survive — they become.

Bound by instinct. Changed by love. Hunted for what they are becoming.

From forgotten settlements to the edge of...

One summer, Callisto and his family visited the town of Isabela, the place where the legendary Mt. Octover could be found. In a short time, Callisto met and fell in love with a strange girl named Stalin. However, their relationship wasn’t easy because Stalin had been cursed by a goddess named Estrella, and she had lost her sanity.
During their vacation, Sebastian and Dorothy, Callisto’s parents, r...

“Still no call from you huh?” I smiled with an emotionless feeling, Thomas hadn’t cared about me all this time, why would now be any different? I laid my head back onto the pillow, thinking back at the when I longed for things to be different between him and I; between me and my family. But no more, soon these people will be nothing more than an extended nightmare that I’ve finally waken up from....

I’m Andria Gregori—spoiled and the only daughter of Italy’s most feared Mafia empire. But I was never supposed to fall for the one man paid to protect me.
Luca Bianchi. My father's most trusted bodyguard. A man with secrets darker than his tailored suits and eyes that have haunted me since I was sixteen. When threats close in and betrayal strikes from inside our mansion, my parents send me away wi...

HOPE BONNARRO
She is the daughter of the most influential Capo of the Bianchi Mafia, the organization that rules the American underworld. She grew up following three rules: she cannot fall in love, marry, or draw attention. In exchange, she was granted the freedom to study Medicine at university. An attack on the convoy that protects her puts Hope’s life in danger when her brother is seriously inj...

Elara, a broken Omega werewolf tormented for years of slavery by the Nightfang pack for her treasonous parents' sins, is forced into the deadly Bloodmoon Hunt as prey. Her repressed, seductive siren pheromones, made dysfunctional under torture, call forth the stoic and unattached Silverfang Alpha trinity; Ronan, Kieran and Talon. They take her in the brutal chaos of the hunt, shattering her chains...

I’m Sophia, an adored and indulged Lycan Princess, who naively believed that true love conquers all.
Driven by romantic ideals, I hid my true identity to marry Alpha Lucas of the Starlight Pack. I thought happiness was within reach, but I never expected that shortly after our marriage, Lucas's fated mate Aria would appear.
From then on, I became the most unwelcome person in the entire pack, and e...

[Where is Bryce?] I signed.

Serena's lips curled into a cruel smile. "Looking for your husband?" She tilted the phone away from her face, panning across the rumpled sheets until the camera revealed Bryce.
 
He was naked, sprawled across the king-sized bed, fast asleep. One arm stretched beneath Serena's neck, the other hand rested possessively on her bare breast.

"He's exhausted," Serena whispe...

She was promised to a monster. He was hired to protect her. But fate had far more dangerous plans.

Hazel Voss, the obedient daughter of a ruthless billionaire, has spent her life silenced, groomed, and caged. When her father arranges her marriage to a powerful, predatory ally twice her age, Hazel sees her dreams slip away—until a forbidden fire ignites in the eyes of her bodyguard.

Tristan Wolfe...

After returning from work, Clarissa found out hee husband and her sister was having an affair. Broken, she couldn’t stop herself from being noticed.

She found out she was being poisoned and she couldn’t stop their conspiracy as Lilly hit her with a chair which caused her death.

She wished desperately for a second chance before her breath dropped. She opened her eyes to a flash of light which t...

On modern- day Earth, Belia Is just an high school student who hated school. She was mostly bullied at school because of her timid personalities. However, everything changed upon her strange encounter in the school library. She was transmigrated into a fantasy world. Minister Zhao daughter? Lord of the seven realm? Bride competition? Just what the hell is going on here. Follow Belia as she journey...

One night. No names. No rules.
Willow thought it was just a wild, unforgettable mistake.
Until she walks into class the next morning—and meets Professor Declan Ashwell.

They agree to keep their distance.
But the tension in the room is electric, and the line between right and wrong begins to blur.
As secrets unravel and emotions deepen, Willow and Declan must decide:
Is love worth the risk... or w...

Larkin thought she had the perfect life. After a tragic accident as a young girl leaves her family broken, she finds happiness later in her husband Eric and their children. During her last pregnancy however she discovers that the two people closest to her have committed the ultimate betrayal. Faced with the impossible Larkin finds an ally and love where she least expects it, and he waste no time ...

"You're just a pathetic slave wolf. This bond means nothing!" Beta Marcus sneered as he shattered the fake mate medallion, revealing years of deception in front of the jeering pack.
As a slave wolf born into servitude, Lyra has known nothing but chains and cruelty her entire life. When she discovers what she believed was her mate bond with the pack's Beta was actually an enchanted lie designed to ...

When Kessia Thorn wakes up chained in a diamond-encrusted collar at the sinister Crimson Auction, she discovers she’s not just any prize - she’s a siren whose voice commands wolves. Sold by her own brother to pay a deadly debt, Kessia’s fate is sealed in the hands of Mafia Alpha and billionaire arms dealer Vexx Dravyen. But Vexx doesn’t just want her - he needs her voice to soothe his hidden pain....

Laura Smith life falls apart when her mother introduced a new man that she wanted to marry, two years after her father's death, which she cannot accept, but the worst part is that she will have Cole James Huntsman--the campus darling as his future step brother.

Every girl at the age of eighteen, if left unmated, is volunteered for the Alphas Hunt. Hazel is no exception and also the only one who sees it not as a chance to find a strong Alpha to take care of her, but rather as a ceremony that strips you of your free will and sends you out into the woods to be hunted like a deer.

If she is claimed she will be his. If she is not, she will return in shame ...

This book is a compilation of the hottest age-gap stories.
Packed with steamy encounters, sexual seduction, and forbidden love that will keep you on edge. Dominated By Him is more than just a story— it’s a sexual experience.
This book includes age-gap stories, stepfamily dynamics, BDSM, gay and lesbian series, all in one book.


He was quick to push against the pussy lips and open them up...

[A contract marriage service where you pay to have a wife for a duration]
"I'll marry you" Xavier heard. He turned to see a beautiful woman with black running eyes. He looked at her and thought why she would be doing this to a stranger.

"I will marry you," Jessica said again.

"What?" Xavier said dropping the phone from his ears to look at this girl. How could she just think of getting marri...

Olivia is the daughter of Alpha.She tried everything to have a child with her Beta mate, but he betrayed her and mocked her infertility. Devastated, she got drunk and spent the night with a hot stranger at a bar. Later, she discovered she was pregnant—and that stranger was the most powerful Alpha in the city

When Annie learned that her husband Eric was still with his ex-girlfriend Mia and that Mia was pregnant, she rejected him and left for good by faking death.
When they meet again, Annie is a completely different person. Eric's eyes on fire. He wants to devour her. But he's interrupted.
“Mommy who’s that?” "A stranger."
“Say that again? Who am I to her?!”

When you give up your dream job for an abandoned baby at your doorstep,
Five years later, a mysterious billionaire sends you to the police station?!
Him: How dare you steal my daughter?!
Turns out, his daughter and your adopted girl are twins?
And now, you're forced to move into his mansion...

when Olivia's fiancé walked out of their wedding for another woman
she ran into the pouring rain in her wedding dress💔...
Her bf's Alpha brother took her home.
"I make the rule, dear.Just say yes. l would bury him six feet beneath the ground. In Pieces."

When your bf cheated, you slept with his best friend for revenge.
It's an ONS. You never expect to run into him again.
Yet, he became your stepbrother.
"Hello Sister. Behave yourself. Or your moan will be heard. "
He smirked and caged you against the wall, kissing your neck.
Door's open. Parents downstairs.

After three years of secret marriage with a famous playboy F1 racer, Aria finally got pregnant. But she discovered that Liam was staying with his ex, who is also pregnant…
She was heartbroken, and left the city to raise the baby on her own.
6 years later, while back in town, Aria ran into Liam as her new boss.
Him: "I bought a mansion for our child. Stay."😳
Her: "Sorry, he has no father. "😒

Betrayed by her boyfriend and best friend, Raven seeks solace in a solo vacation, only to be swept by a storm into the dangerous and primal lycan empire.
There, she meets her fated mate, Neil—a brutal lycan prince who suspects she’s a werewolf spy?!
Neil needs a temporary fiancée to secure the throne, while Raven is desperate to return to her own land. In exchange for her help, Neil promises to s...

When I found out my bestie Amanda is pregnant with my Alpha King husband David's child, my world was turned upside down. I couldn't believe they have planned to use me and ditch me ever since we were 18 years old.
Killed by their poison, I was luckily granted another chance by the moon goddess to relive my life, starting right before my wedding.
I knew I wouldn't waste this chance. I had to stop...

When Kayla searched for her fiancé everywhere in a wedding gown,
only to find him cheating on her with her best friend...Heartbroken, Kayla wanted revenge.
Later, her fiancé found Kayla and his big brother in bed,
His Alpha brother: "Kiss me. Show him who you belong to now."

In a world divided among three powerful rulers—the Lycan King, Alpha King, and Rogue King
Grace Windsong, a strong-willed Luna, finds herself betrayed by her Alpha husband. Unable to bear children, Grace is cast aside as her husband openly embraces his fated mate.
Determined to seek revenge and reclaim her dignity, she strikes a deal with the Lycan King, Alexander Black, her husband’s fiercest ri...

Harper, the unloved beta's daughter, was ruined by an accidental one-night stand three years ago. ......
Until the most ruthless lycan king found her and took her to his palace.
He told her to hand over the child she gave birth to.
But she was never pregnant...
He said coldly, “Stole my genes and now you want to run away from me? You're mine now.”

When you're accidentally involved in a gang business,
the mafia king saves you before they wipe you out.
He's handsome and looks familiar
As he pulls the trigger, you notice the ring on his middle finger
The same ring you gave your ex-husband 8 yrs ago before he disappeared....

Aria’s just an ordinary housewife, an orphan-turned-Luna.
On she and her alpha king husband's anniversary,
The alpha king auctioned off her favorite necklace at a high price...
She's excited waiting for him to come but only to see him putting it on another woman.
Turns out this wasn't just their anniversary but also the day his first love divorced...


3 years after divorce,
Some say his house...