Best Unrequited Love Stories & Novels Collection

What could go wrong if your prison pen pal ends up being the son and heir of the head of the Castillo cartel? What more could go wrong when your overprotective dad is a DEA agent who is determined to take him down?

When Elena Torres, the daughter of a DEA agent, lost a bet and decided to write a prisoner, she had not expected to get in contact with the son of a cartel boss, Marvin Castillo.

Wha...

I felt his lips brush against my earlobe, a soft brush that suddenly made my toes curl. His breath lingered on my neck before he finally whispered, "I own you Crystal. The sooner you get to accept that the better for you. I'll make sure you submit yourself to me, be it the hard way or the easy way. And I'll break this ego of yours. I promise you"


He was her beast and she was his bea...

"This marriage is a lie, our relation is a lie, it's just a stupid contract."

He was a pro, in the game of lies he was a king. he pulled me to him by my waist like it was the most natural thing he did, I gasped lightly. Everywhere he touched my skin tingled, he held my waist possessively, like showing ownership in some weird way I liked it.

Erika Price has been married to Dimitri Price for alm...

Stefan was leaning over the crib, stroking the baby's back. "No, I swear to you, princess, nothing is ever going to hurt you. I'm here for you, even if Mommy doesn't want it. I'm not going away. And I'm going to protect you. You can count on it."

Alana's throat tightened.

"I'll slay your dragons for you, princess. I give you my word of honor." Stefan continued.

Tears burned in Alana's eyes.

"...

Riley Matthews never imagined her first assignment as a sports journalist back in Texas would be covering the football team—where the star quarterback Mason Cole turned out to be the guy she'd had a massive crush on four years ago. And to make matters worse, he's her brother Chase's best friend!

"Chase's baby sister has grown up... and gotten beautiful." When Mason fixes those green eyes on her w...

I spent five years as Axel Blackthorn's tribute, his toy, his trophy, but never his mate. The moment he felt our fated bond, he rejected me. Then he kept me anyway. Played with me. Broke me.

I stayed by his side, clinging to a sliver of hope that maybe things could change. That maybe we could have a different future.

But the day I miscarried alone, while every healer in the palace attended to hi...

Paisley is the campus-recognized "Dating Queen," specializing in orchestrating perfect romances for her best friends—never failing. Until she encounters a mysterious rival—a love coach calling himself "TexasCoach," who's actually coaching her target crush on how to counter-flirt!

When the two matchmaking masters face off head-to-head, Paisley is shocked to discover that this legendary love guru i...

I'm marrying the man who carries my dead brother's heart. But his secrets could destroy us both.
I thought Ryan's proposal was a dream come true. But when I discovered his connection to my brother's widow, Stella, my world collapsed. He calls her his "first love." He went to jail for her. And he’s only marrying me to get closer to her.
But I have a secret too: the man who truly loves me now carrie...

In her previous life, Aria was the last Alpha King bloodline of Silvermoon Kingdom, fated to Kael, leader of the Frostbite clan, as mates chosen by the Moon Goddess.

After two years without offspring, Aria discovered Kael was infertile due to war injuries. To fulfill his dream of kingship, she secretly took forbidden medicine to conceive his child.

But the child was born only as a BETA!

Kael fl...

I died with Vivian's smile burned into my memory.

She shot my sister Emma, and my husband Damien just stood there and watched. As my heart stopped, the last thing I saw was Vivian's triumphant smirk.

Then I opened my eyes.

I was back on the day the nightmare began, the morning Damien announced he wanted to keep both me and Vivian.

In my past life, I cried, I fought, I resisted. And finally, I ...

My husband and I had an arrangement.

Ten years of marriage, him keeping mistresses while I pretended not to see. He called it a "modern open relationship." I called it "dignified mutual betrayal."

I thought we'd live like this forever, cold and calculated.

Until that night when his little lover brought him home, declaring her territory right in front of me.

In that moment, I suddenly smiled.

...

. “Now come here.” He says as he grabs my hands pulling me to my feet, he guides me to his desk and placing me in front of his chair lifts me up and sits me on top of his desk facing his chair, he than sits down in the chair. Sliding his hands up my legs to my panties he firmly grabs the edges and pulls them off me, spreading my legs wide he then leans his face towards the entrance to my pussy in ...

He was my father's best friend and my legal guardian. I mistook his obsessive control for protection—until the night of my eighteenth birthday, when he shattered that illusion in his study. For eight long years, I lived a double life: his pure, adopted daughter by day, and his dirty little secret by night.
I thought it was love. Then today, a Wall Street alert announced his engagement to a media h...

I almost gave up admission to a top-15 university for my childhood sweetheart Brent, fantasizing he would finally confess his love.

Until that afternoon when I overheard him telling his friend dismissively: "Without me, she's nothing."

Turns out I could never compete with Sienna, the blonde beauty who transferred here three months ago. Turns out he chose Michigan State because the pretty girl ne...

To avenge my father, I married Philadelphia mafia don Salvatore and poisoned him with my own hands on our wedding night. I thought my revenge was complete, until I met his son Matteo at the funeral—a cold, handsome,dangerous man.

Matteo suspected from the start that I'd killed his father. According to plan, I was supposed to get close to him, seduce him, then kill the last Rossi heir when he trus...

They say unrequited love hurts the most.

They have no idea.

Ten years. Ten years of stealing glances at Caspian Brooks across training pools, memorizing the way his eyes crinkled when he laughed, treasuring every casual touch like it was made of gold. Ten years of pretending friendship was enough while my heart bled every time he looked through me like I was invisible.

I thought if I was good e...

When big city lawyer Jake Morrison returns to his sleepy hometown of Millbrook, he just wants to help his sick father and start fresh. But two shocking cases land on his desk the same day: rich boy Tommy Whitfield is accused of killing his girlfriend, while poor kid Danny Santos faces arson charges that could destroy his family. Both boys swear they're innocent, and Jake believes them.
But in a to...

I am Scarlett King, heiress to a Texas oil empire and a woman who has died once before.

In my past life, I thought my marriage to cowboy Colt was nothing more than mutual respect and distant politeness. It wasn't until I was sorting through his belongings after his death that I discovered the truth—those yellowed photographs, handwritten love poems, a decade's worth of secret devotion...

"She is...

Lilac Hunter had been abandoned at the perimeters of the Red Claw pack when she was barely a teenager. Wounded, alone and afraid, she had no idea where she how she ended up at the doors to the most feral pack in all of Kansas. But finding out what happened to her pack is the last thing on her mind as she comes face to face with Alpha Krimson, a man with a vicious reputation and an even vicious tem...

We both ran towards each other, when we got face to face, we smashed our lips together, kissing passionately. Then pulling at each other's clothes until we are naked, I gently lay her down in the grass. I could not control myself, or should I say my wolf could not. My hands roamed all over her sexy curvy body. I got one hand on her breast playing with her nipple, while with the other I inserted...

At the press conference, my husband Thaddeus Getty publicly declared his love for his first love in front of all the media.
In an instant, the whole world knew I was a wife who wasn't cherished by her husband.
Heartbroken but not defeated, despite my deep love, I chose to leave.

Five years ago, I knelt on marble floors, cleaning wine with my own dress while they laughed.

Five years later, they knelt before me, begging for forgiveness while I walked away.

They thought three hundred thousand dollars could buy my soul. They thought I was just another disposable substitute, another broken girl desperate enough to sell her dignity for her dying mother's medical bills.

Caspi...

Falling in love with my arranged marriage husband is my sorrow.

Cedric York has countless lovers. Beautiful secretaries, bar girls, coffee shop owners... all could become his romantic interests.

I thought I had grown accustomed to handling these affairs for him.

But when I saw him entering a hotel with his first love, I finally understood that this endless cycle would only bring me pain.

I fil...

As an Omega, Stella suffers from a rare condition called frequent heat syndrome, enduring burning desire every week. But her boyfriend Alexander grows increasingly cold, preferring to "study" with the scheming Madison until late at night rather than help ease her suffering.

When another heat cycle arrives and Alexander abandons her once again, Stella finally breaks down. She turns her attention t...

The two loves of my life—one died because of him, the other wishes me dead. My seven-year-old daughter only wanted to make a lamp for her "afraid-of-the-dark" daddy, but died from electrocution instead. She'll never know that her father was using this very opportunity to plan a new life with his mistress. When I held my terminal diagnosis in my hands, I cried silently. Look, Patty—Mommy will be co...

Adele Monroe thought she had love all figured out—until betrayal shattered her world. Now, starting over in New York, she wants one thing only: to survive the city without letting anyone close enough to break her again.
Then she meets him.
Liam Lancaster, the untouchable billionaire CEO everyone fears. Ruthless. Controlled. Infuriatingly magnetic. The kind of man who builds empires with one hand a...

My name is Rose. Nine years ago, I was dying from congenital heart disease when Leonard saved my life. My parents' car accident took everything from me, and made this handsome, austere heart surgeon my godfather.

From age 12 to 21, I watched him grow from a young doctor into Boston's youngest department chief. I also grew from a little girl who needed protection into a woman who made his gaze dar...

Mates of Auroville is a collection of two stories.
Part one of the story (Despicable Mate) revolves around Kiara and Kevin.
Kiara is turned into a poisonous wolf by an evil witch. She is planted as the mate of Kevin, the future alpha of a powerful pack. Unfortunately, he turns out to be Kiara's, real mate.
She has to struggle to keep him away from herself. A single kiss from her can be fatal to ...

Finer Points Of Vampire Affairs showcases vampire society especially the Ton is deeply rooted in their rigid traditions, politics, and wickedness. One event — the Annual Summit — forces the high ranking politicians and the members of the Ton to come together. The events of this Annual Summit sets in motion a sequence of events that will turn their entire world upside down.

When NASCAR champion Kyle Harrison awakens from a crash with no memory, he discovers he's caught in the ultimate paradox: he's now the secret lover of Zoe, his former arch-rival, who holds complete control over his existence.

Designer clothes, oceanfront mansion, luxury lifestyle—all his, but at what cost? He's become Zoe's kept man, living in constant fear that her husband might walk through the...

"I should kill you," Ava whispered, blade poised against his chest.

"And yet," Ethan murmured, his smile dangerous and knowing, "you haven’t moved."*

Ava Morales was forged to hunt monsters. Trained by the Church in shadows and steel, every kill sharpens her—but nothing dulls the ache of losing her family to the wolves she was raised to destroy. She was never meant to feel… until Ethan Blackwood...

She was the girl he saved.
Now, she's the woman who refuses to let him go.

After escaping a lifetime of illness and pain, Holly is no longer Ava’s sick little sister—she’s fierce, fearless, and obsessed. David Hunt, Aka Mason Brown, the ex-spy who once betrayed her family and saved her from their murderous father, disappeared the moment she got him out of prison.

But Holly hasn’t stopped thinki...

A 10-day contract. A dangerous obsession. A love that breaks all the rules.

Vera Santos thought she could survive ten days as her boss’s personal plaything. But Jackson Taylor is more than dominant, he’s damaged, dark, and devastatingly irresistible.

As lust turns into something deeper, secrets, stalkers, and betrayal threaten to destroy everything.

She wanted freedom. He wanted control. Neith...

Love can bind. Love can break. Sometimes, it even curses.

In this haunting anthology of paranormal romance and horror, six interwoven tales explore the beautiful, brutal, and often terrifying power of desire. From ghostly lovers to deals forged with death, from divine destinies to deadly obsessions, each story pulls a thread tighter in a tapestry of secrets, sacrifice, and unholy passion.
Story O...

"I am not your mate! You rejected me, remember?" The words tore from her throat like shattered glass, raw with ten years of buried pain.
Nick's eyes blazed crimson as jealousy consumed him—seeing her care for Henry, another vampire, had pushed him past his breaking point. In a heartbeat, he moved with supernatural speed, pinning her against the cold stone wall, his body trapping hers.
"I didn't wa...

When 23-year-old Halo Quincy is adopted into the glamorous, icy world of the Wolfe family, he never expected to come face-to-face with Lucian Wolfe—the elusive billionaire widower and the man from a one-night stand he never forgot.
Lucian doesn’t remember him.
Lucian doesn’t want him.
Lucian certainly doesn’t love him.
But none of that stops Halo from breaking the one rule that should have kept...

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 ...

After her high school was over, Aileen moved into her new family in Seattle. Her mom got married to The Alpha of the Sabertooth pack, David McGarten. But her suppressed feelings come to the surface after seeing David again in two years.
Not wanting to create any trouble in her mom’s life, who’s married to David, she decided to forget her feelings for him.
But on her 18th birthday, she finds out ...

“I want you safe, Candace. And to prove that I’m not just out to get laid, I promise you that I will stay completely brotherly the rest of your time here, if that’s a day, a week, a month or forever. Okay?”

She nodded dazedly, already feeling a sharp loss. “Okay.”

“Good.” He pushed away from the wall. “We have a deal. You stay, and I act the perfect gentleman.”

“Yes. Okay.” She’d stay, not onl...

The journey of Ace Knights, son of rich billionaire businessman, Mr. Xavier Knights as he swims through life's difficulties to his destination of being an astronaut while being bewitched by a certain nowhere in sight, a woman named Veronica Sullivan. Ace Knights grew up submerged in his books and in search of knowledge and all his life he had thought that he was going to remain like that, pillared...

"I hate you Thunder. I will never forgive you."

Living a life becoming a wife of husband, how long would Jewel handle the pain cause by Thunder? Will it takes long for her to stay? Or she'll choose to stay away from him and continue her life without the presence of her husband?

A question that keeps lingering to her mind and trying to find answers but she'll end up setting it aside and continue ...

In their 6-year marriage, Nora never succeeded in making Austin fall in love with her. Upon learning of her stage-IV cancer, she only begged for ten months. "After ten months, I will divorce you. Please, don't hate me." "What game are you playing?" "I'm tired and want to be free." Childhood sweethearts grew old as time passed. Nora loved Austin for 13 years, while Austin gave all his love to someo...

Rico was exhausted went he went home, He is a lawyer and he just won another case he handled today. Rico looked at the picture on his desk beside his bed. It was his picture together with Alice… it has been 3 years already when Alice left him without a word. Rico's past with Alice is still fresh in his memory… it's because… Alice is Rico's first love.

3 years ago...

"Will you marry me, Alice?"...

Lily De Silva had been married to the devilishly handsome CEO of Bradford Enterprises for four years, but their marriage came to an abrupt end when he asked for a divorce due to her inability to bear him another son. Reluctantly, she let him go.

Meanwhile, Grey rekindled his romance with his first love, Natalia, a stunning Italian model, and got her pregnant.

Months later, after their legal divo...

Perfect Luna. Devoted wife. Dead woman walking.

Ciara O'Callahan thought she had it all. A divine mate bond with the powerful Alpha Ronan O'Donoghue, a beautiful daughter, and the respect of her pack. Until the night she discovers her husband's dark secret: he shares more than just blood with his twin brother Ewan. Much more.

But uncovering the truth comes at a deadly price. Betrayed and murdere...

Memories of past lives begin to flood her mind with clarity unlike anything she has ever experienced before.
With each vision, she inches closer to discovering her true identity, the reason behind her endless rebirths, and the mysterious figure who has waited lifetimes for her return.

Lyra was a beloved philosophy teacher who died a hero, only to awaken as a three-year-old orphan in an unfamiliar...

"ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ᴍᴇ ʀᴀᴜʟ" ɪ ᴡʜɪꜱᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴍʏ ʟᴀꜱʜᴇꜱ.

Angel's life has been quite a roller coaster ride since she graduated with an exceptional degree from one of the finest schools in her hometown.

Securing employment proved to be challenging, and her responsibilities as the primary provider for her small family added to her burdens. She had to support her brother's education as ...

"When love turns to despair, can a replacement fill the void?

Evan Hart's heart aches as he watches the man he secretly loves suffer from the disappearance of his fiancée who is also his older brother. It's even more painful because Evan knows the truth—His elder brother wasn't kidnapped; he ran off with someone else, abandoning everything.

Unable to bear the sight of Nathan Collins, the man he ...

For years, Moses has loved Timothy in silence, masking his longing behind the role of the loyal best friend. As Timothy chases fleeting romances, Moses buries his feelings, offering support while his heart breaks. Graduation nears, and with it, an arranged marriage looms under his family’s pressure. But when Timothy finally sees the truth of Moses’s devotion, a confession ignites the night before ...

Alex Rivera has always been the quiet, dependable one—the best friend who stays in the shadows while everyone else shines. For years, he’s hidden his love for his best friend, Ethan Carter, watching him date one woman after another, smiling and wishing him well while his own heart breaks in silence.

When Alex’s family arranges a marriage with Sophia Martinez, a kind and intelligent woman, Alex ...