Best Runaway Stories & Novels Collection

A neglected duchess flees her cruel political marriage with nothing but a white rose sapling. A cold duke wakes up too late to realize he’s destroyed the only woman he ever loved.
After humiliating Eleanor in front of Britain’s entire high society, William Cavendish loses her to the quiet streets of East London. He chases her, humbles himself, and begs for forgiveness—until gunfire erupts on their...

The world I live in is more dangerous than I realized, ruled by two secret organizations—the Dukes and the Lords, whom I've found myself entangled with—but not as dangerous as the treacherous man my father, a Duke of Veross City, insists I must marry. I ran away before he could sink his claws into me. I find myself forced to beg my former best friend—Alekos—for help. Alekos agrees, but he has a pr...

After Martina Martinez and Benjamin Walker's breakup, paparazzi captured photos of the business tycoon entering the Walker family mansion with a mysterious woman late at night.

This caused a stir, and this wealthy family was bombarded by various media outlets.

During a phone interview, the gossip reporter asked, "Miss Martinez, how do you feel now that Mr. Walker has a new girlfriend?"

Ma...

{Sequel to Smoke & Mirrors}

It has been 10 months since Sapphire lost her family, 8 months since she escaped the clutches of a monster.

She might have escaped, but she is still a prisoner. She still has a part to play in an ancient story of love, war and betrayal. Her bonds to Damien might have been severed, but there are stronger ties that lay below the surface, ones that she may never be able ...

“I can smell your arousal, my dear Harper.” The man with wolf's eyes moaned and sniffed her. As soon as she felt him slowly working his whole length inside of her, she forced herself to swallow hard.

“You’re going to have to spread wider for me...”

Then, all of a sudden, Harper opened her eyes. She was choking on her own breath and sweating heavily all over her body.

Since she started working a...

​"I am a monster, Miss Hart. You wouldn't want nor wish to see me..." He is mysterious and brilliant, wealthy and prominent, but no single soul has seen him in person. Well, no one should see him—that's one of his many rules. No one can touch him either; that's another rule. Except for me because I have broken every rule. Now I'm extremely drawn to him. His peculiarity is out of this world, and hi...

"Take me, please." This time into his ear. He sat up some and grabbed my hips pulling me on to him harder. The deeper he went the more I lost control. I could tell he was holding back. Maybe he was afraid to hurt me. The bruises, because of what he knows about my past, He thinks he has to treat me like I'm fragile. I looked straight into his eyes. "I can take it, please, I want you to make me yo...

Harmony is no ordinary wolf shifter—she’s a hybrid of wolf and hound, the secret daughter of the Third Prince of Wolves. Hidden from the Council’s prying eyes, she’s been raised to live a quiet, human-like life, spared the fate of being trained to serve Xaxas, the ruthless High King.
But Harmony’s heart beats for the forbidden: she loves all living things, even humans—sworn enemies of the supernat...

The door kicked in like it was being hit by a train. “Where is she NOW!” He growled asserting his dominance. How did he find me?! I hid under the covers, afraid of what he would do if no one answered. Afraid he would carry out what he said to me, thinking I didn’t hear. Aggressive, irrational, and dominant for something that he didn’t know he had until I first shifted. Is he going to rip me apart…...

It’s an enormous wolf, I've never seen one up close before. I stare into the wolves’ eyes, they seem to shift from green to blue to violet, and I breathe heavily. Is it going to kill me? Think of it, I really don’t care. Its almost as I hope the wolf does me the favor.
” Promise me you survive” I look at the beast again.
“You are going to make me keep my word, aren’t you?”

The wolf sits down on...

“I Lucas Gray, Alpha of the Dark moon pack, denounce you Sophia Roman as a member of this pack!”


Sophia was denounced by her pack for shifting four years later than she was supposed too. Sophia thought that it was the end of her life, not knowing it was the beginning of a great adventure.

Two days after Sophia became a rogue, she was attacked by older rogues but was saved by t...

“I’m not gonna help you hunt down my only friend!” She huffed, crossing her arms.
“It’s not a request Fidelia.” He warned, making sure to keep eye contact. “It’s an order, from your Alpha!”
“Screw you!” She shrieked. “Don’t you dare try and use your stupid Alpha power to extort information from me!”
“You know she wasn’t human, didn’t you?” He accused.
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Nessa has spent her whole life r...

“I, Eleanor Bernardi, reject you, Alpha Killian Ivanov, as my mate and Alpha.” She said, glaring at the Alpha who shook his head at the woman, seeming unaffected by her words.
He walked toward her, his eyes fixed on her, as if a predator chasing his prey.
“Over my dead, fucking, body.” He said, connecting his lips with hers. “You’re mine, Eleanor, and I suggest that you keep that in mind.”
*******...

Ava Rose has always been dating Alpha Kane Rowland thinking that he would eventually marry her. However, things took a wrong turn when Alpha Kane betrayed her trust by marrying her sister Cynthia and making her the Luna of Midnight Pack. Ava suffered a bitter betrayal but she promised herself to revenge for the pain they caused her.

** "Make me the most beautiful girl in the planet. I want him t...

you are my queen, and I want to kiss you now,” he said.
I’m not sure that was what I expected him to say, but I had been waiting to hear it. I smiled playfully, looking at him. “Yes, my king,” I said.
Moments, his lips were on mine. The kiss was soft and gentle at first, his hands wrapped around my waist, pulling me close to him; I let my arms find their way around his neck. I felt his tongue gent...

“I asked when you wanted to mark me?” growling i spin to him. I steps back and he step forward slowly. We do this dance until I is up against the wall. “what did you say little one?” he is barely able to control himself, and i am pushing all his buttons. I smirks places my hand opens palmed against his chest. He can stop the purr that leaves his throat. “when did you want to mark my alpha?” my ton...

My darkest secret?
I allowed a complete stranger to dominate me.
He left me with two things that night: His first name. And his baby.
Now Dominic's back and he's not letting me out of his sight.
It all started with a flight and a wildly attractive older guy.
And ended with the most erotic night of my life.
But my first taste of submission ended in flames.
And I ran far enough never to see him agai...

He chuckled and leaned into me and my hands hurriedly held him closer.
"I'm the only one who gets to see you like this. You're mine" he whispered into my ears and it
sent hot shivers down my body and pooled at my core.
He looked me straight in the eyes.
"Do you understand?" He asked, and the look on his face told me he was being serious.
I swallowed and nodded slowly "Yes"
He smiled "That's my gir...

By the time I was pulled into the book, the story was almost over.
The hero and heroine had beaten every obstacle and found their happily ever after.
And the tragic second lead, Sebastian Cross, had lost not only the woman he loved, but his entire career.
On the day Marcus Wade married Isabella Lane, Sebastian slit his wrists.
I got him to the hospital in time. When he woke up, I sat by his bed an...

In the middle of the worst fight my husband and I ever had, Damian stared coldly at my stomach.

“Get rid of it.”

He said it as calmly as if he were assessing an inconvenient business matter.

“The timing’s wrong for a baby.”

In that moment, something inside me shattered.

“Okay,” I said, looking right at him.

But he was sure I was bluffing. Sure I loved him too much, down to my bones, to ever ...

On the seventh anniversary of my marriage to Alexander Moretti, I finally understood something.
In the Moretti family, loyalty was a rule everyone had to follow.
Everyone except the Don's son.
Over the past seven years, women had come and gone from Alexander's life. Actresses, models, daughters of allied families, and even my own personal assistant, whom I had once personally promoted.
Through it ...

Five years into my marriage to Julian Blackwood, on the first day of the new year, he vanished.
There was no signal at the castle.
I felt my way to the key card the driver had left in the front hall, woke our old chauffeur, and had him drive me across the Golden Gate Bridge to a police station in downtown San Francisco.
The last place anyone had seen Julian was the Blackwood headquarters downtow...

When Nathan's brother Michael died, Nathan promised to take care of his widow, Leah.

The day Leah moved in, she cried by the sunny windows of our bedroom.

She sobbed that her husband would never see the sun again, and that I was so lucky to wake up to all that light every morning.

So that night, Nathan asked me to move into the study.

A few months later, the acquisition I'd been leading was r...

The night I faked my death, the Alpha knelt in the charred ruins until dawn.

Later, he pulled every security tape. He watched his first love slap me to the floor, again and again. He watched me throw myself at the iron door he’d installed with his own hands, until my shoulder was a bloody mess. He found the pregnancy report in the envelope, where I’d written: “Happy marking day. I love you.”

At ...

The ticket scanner came back blank against the guest list, and the staff waved me off to the side. Jasper slapped his forehead and swore. "Damn it, I must have punched in Chloe's information by accident when I bought these VIP tickets." He turned to me, suddenly dead serious. "Well, the good news is she's a fan too. I should just go grab her — no way am I letting these seats go to waste."

I ended...

I was born with a one-track mind.
Give me an order that’s clear enough, and I’ll carry it out to the letter.
The Queen who raised me took my hand on her deathbed. “Always obey your brother. Love him and protect him for the rest of your life!”
I nodded. I’d heard her: love my brother for the rest of my life.
Years later, my brother wrested the throne back from our uncle the Regent and asked whether...

I was the perfect billionaire's mistress.
A tiny waist, a sweet voice, a pretty face, and just enough brains to know when to keep my mouth shut.
For four years, I'd been living like a princess under the protection of Alexander Whitmore, one of the most powerful men in New York.
Until one afternoon, I overheard him talking to his friends.
"Alexander, Vivian's coming back to the States soon. What ar...

Everyone in the Summer Court knew it: Princess Serilda Veyra had been spoiled rotten by her three consorts.
I won't deny it. I drank only the sweetest honeywine, ate only the lightest dewcakes, and wore nothing but dawnsilk. The moment anything displeased me, my consorts heard about it.
I was adored, so I never had a reason to hold back.
Then an outsider came to court.
Her name was Nerysah Zorvyn....

My husband, Daniel Whitmore, loves watching me lose my temper over Natalie. His childhood best friend. Every time I get jealous, he tells me it only means I love him more.

So every anniversary, Natalie gets to play "Mrs. Whitmore" for a few days, and our friends bet on how many hours pass before I snap.

The first year, Natalie puts on my nightgown and curls up in Daniel's arms for a photo. I'm l...

The Castellano family had a rule: before you turned twenty, you had to name a sponsor, someone who would vouch for you before the family.

Most people put down a parent. Some chose their fiancé. My parents had died years ago, so I put down Rafael. He was the Don of the Castellano family, and the man who had taken me in at twelve and raised me.

The next day, he sent the form back just as I’d fille...

My foot hit something under the passenger seat of Preston’s car.

I fished it out: a pair of cream Chanel ballet flats.

“Yours?” I held them up.

“Vanessa’s.” Preston kept his eyes on the road, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. “Her heels gave her blisters, so she keeps a pair of flats in here just in case.”

Vanessa is my best friend.

I stared at the shoes and suddenly thought...

I’d been secretly married for five years. My son’s fever wouldn’t break, and I had no choice but to bring him to work.
The chairwoman’s new male assistant threw a suspension notice in my face. “This is an office, not a daycare. Take your little bastard and get out.”
I laughed in his face, picked up my son, and pushed open the door to the chairwoman’s office.
In front of every executive in the comp...

"No need. She's adopted."
My mother said it at the closing table, while my sister signed her name on the deed to our new house. She said it to my teachers. To her coworkers. To anyone who would listen.
She even said it to a federal investigator—the man holding my security clearance, my dream job, my entire future in his hands.
I'm not adopted. But ever since my parents brought my long-lost sister ...

For three years, I’d been mated to Dominic Vale, Alpha of the Blackpine Pack. I used to want to tell him everything through our mate link.

What to have for dinner. Which dress to wear to a banquet. Even when the flowers on our balcony bloomed, I wanted him to know.

Until one day, he cut me off.

“Can you make a few decisions on your own? I don’t have time to listen to all this.”

Then he blocked...

"You locked me in a windowless psychiatric ward for an entire year just to please another woman. And now you think you can tell me how to live my life?"
I stared at my former mate, Adrian Rockwood.
Four years ago, he had dismissed my desperate cries as nothing more than childish jealousy.
He had believed Ivy over me. He had sent me away and never once looked back.
Now, he stood before me, his gold...

My daughter, who had always been so sweet and well-behaved, suddenly threw a crying fit, begging to go to Disney World.
If I didn’t take her, she said, she’d stop eating.
I had no choice. I took time off and flew her to Orlando, while her dad stayed behind in Austin, busy with work.
We stayed two whole weeks. I was exhausted, and she was still whining that it wasn’t enough, that she wanted a few m...

Before my husband married me, a girl chased him for five years like her life depended on it. But he fell for me at first sight.
Three years later, that girl came back to Boston a success—an internationally known photographer, dazzlingly beautiful.
And me? A stay-at-home mom, a hundred and forty-something pounds, with nothing to show for myself.
At a get-together, someone teased Julian.
“You know S...

Chloe had been taking my things for as long as I could remember.

And every time she wanted something of mine, Asher would step in front of me and tell her off.

On my eighteenth birthday, with all our friends hooting, he pulled me into a dark alley and kissed me.

He said that once college applications were done, he’d take me to New York, away from the parents who’d always loved my sister more.

...

A year into our engagement, Julian Vaughn kept telling me that, as the family’s future Donna, I couldn’t expect him to make every little decision for me, even about dinner.

As the young Don who ran Philadelphia’s docks and casinos, he already had plenty of people waiting for him to tell them what to do.

So I’d finalized my resignation and accepted the job in Seattle. When a friend asked me to br...

Ethan Blackwell was one of New York's most powerful businessmen, and he had never given a public interview.

Vanessa Carter got his first.

I'd been his secret for six years. I thought that had to count for something.

When I asked to interview him, he turned me down. He didn't do interviews, he said. Then he made an exception for her.

I lost the promotion. She took the prime-time anchor desk.

S...

My husband, Cassian Vasari, finally called after three days of me not showing up at his office to make a scene.

His voice came through the line, carrying a rare trace of satisfaction. "Looks like you finally understand that the Family's rules aren't just for show.

Since you've learned your lesson, I'll give you the pass to Larkspur House. And stop making a fuss over every little thing where Delp...

I was getting married. Damon, the boyfriend I’d lived with for eight years, didn’t know yet.
He’d just hired a young, pretty assistant named Fiona, and the two of them were inseparable.
For Fiona’s birthday, Damon ordered an enormous five-tier cake for the office.
At the party, everyone smeared cake everywhere. Some of it ended up on my face.
Damon had completely forgotten that I have a severe dai...

I stared at my reflection in the wedding dress, suffocatingly happy.
Kyle approached without a sound.
His chest was warm against my spine, his arms looping around my waist. His fingers idly mapped the line of my collarbone. His breath heated my ear, drawing a shiver from my body.
Face burning, I met his eyes in the glass. "Do you like it?" I asked softly.
He pressed a kiss to my earlobe. And with ...

I'm the Alpha's fated mate. I'm also the woman he uses to give his Luna the babies she can't have.

Three years ago, he took my newborn son from the healer and handed him straight to her. I begged until the healers had to hold me down.

This week, I gave birth to his daughter. They carried her out before I even saw her face.

My son calls her "Mommy" now. I'm not allowed anywhere near either of my...

At our twelfth attempt at a wedding, Elias was late again.
To keep the guests calm, I had to walk around with a glass of champagne, explaining to each of them one by one like an idiot.
That was when I got a text from Chloe, one of the researchers in his lab:
Stop waiting. He's not coming. He's still in the lab with me.
And here's a little secret while I'm at it: the only reason he proposed to you ...

I fell in love with my father’s friend, a man exactly twelve years older than me.
I was fourteen the first time I saw him. He was waiting at arrivals at JFK in a dark suit, broad in the shoulders and narrow at the waist, the most striking person in the whole crowd.
He smiled, ruffled my hair, and handed me a beautiful white dress. “Welcome to New York, little princess.”
The year I turned twenty, s...

Darius Blackthorn, my mate and the Alpha of the Silverpine Pack, had told me more than once that I was too domineering.
My parents thought I wasn't understanding enough. Even my own daughter, Lyra, had openly admitted that she liked Selene Vey more than me.
If everyone believed Selene deserved everything I had more than I did, then I would give her everything during the final three days of my life...

My father and brother had always favored my half-sister, Maren. Sometimes, I felt they hated me simply for being born.
At a Moon Festival, Maren and her friends shoved me into a freezing ceremonial pool and held me underwater.
I would have drowned if Viktor, Alpha of the RedEmber Pack, hadn't rescued me.
He wrapped me in his cloak and declared that I was under his protection.
He built me a castle,...

For eighteen years, no one had my trust the way Adrian Walker did.

Then, on the very night meant to honor my future, he pressed another woman"s hotel key into my hand and asked me to guard her reputation.

I offered him one last chance: meet me at the airport and pick the trip we had promised each other. Instead, he lied about a car accident, and I watched him wind a matching scarf around Sienna ...

Ten years after the apocalypse began, I died torn apart by Fiends.

Then I woke up five days before the Demon Seeds fell from the Emerald Star.

This time, I know what's coming. I know who will turn, who will betray me, and which monsters hide behind human faces. With only five days to prepare, I liquidate my assets, stockpile supplies, and turn my sanctuary in the San Juan Islands into a fortress...