ares by penny dee

Mafia

On my wedding day, my father sold me to the Chicago Outfit to pay his debts. I was supposed to marry Alex Moreno, the heir to the city's most powerful crime family. But he couldn't even be bothered to show up. As I stood alone at the altar, humiliated, my best friend delivered the final blow. Alex hadn't just stood me up; he had run off to California with his mistress. The whispers in the cathedral turned me into a joke. I was damaged goods, the rejected bride. His family knew the whole time and let me take the public fall, offering me his cousins as pathetic replacements-a brute who hated me or a coward who couldn't protect me. The humiliation burned away my fear, leaving only cold rage. My life was already over, so I decided to set the whole game on fire myself. The marriage pact only said a Carlson had to marry a Moreno; it never said which one. With nothing left to lose, I looked past the pathetic boys they offered. I chose the one man they never expected. I chose his father, the Don himself.

Werewolf

Mate. Something every werewolf looks forward to. The thought of finding someone tailor-made by the moon goddess for you alone in the entire world is exhilarating. At least it was for me. For a while. I waited for what felt like forever. Everyone finds their mate once they turn eighteen. I'll be e

Fantasy

Ares wants revenge and for that alone, he has returned to Olympus, but he will meet a muse who will make him rethink his priorities. Although it may not seem like it to him. War has always been his only love, the only reason for his existence, he enjoys the pleasures that his divinity grants him but

Romance

She lost everything the night her parents died. He built an empire out of shadows and blood. Neither expected fate to tie them together. Amara Hayes has spent her life striving-through grief, running from danger, and from a past soaked in secrets. When she earns a scholarship to Grandcrest Universi

Literature

Greek-American novelist Belle K. Maniates wrote romantic novels that explored the clashes between the social classes in the early 1900s. Heroines like Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley (1915) and Penny of Top Hill Trail (1919) harbor secrets and ambitions that are played out in passionate romances with

Modern

The searing pain from my C-section was nothing compared to the shock of my husband' s first words. "Did the doctor give you the final bill? The C-section costs more. You need to cover it." I had just brought our daughter, Lily, into the world, a difficult birth that required emergency surgery to

Literature

Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key by Joan Clark

History

What would you think of someone riding around the countryside snatching bride and bridegrooms? Is he insane, bisexual? Gay? What if he were only five ? Why then? Here we have the tale of Yun Canglan, who was born into an ancient past after perishing accidentally in the modern world. Her first thou

Romance

To ensure her sister's happiness, Mia began investigating her future brother-in-law. After all, she couldn't just let her sister marry a total stranger- even if he were Ethan, one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. However, she got caught spying on him. Suddenly, Mia's world got tu

Werewolf

Aurora, a mute Luna, had it all - a powerful husband, Elijah, Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, and a loving sister, Indigo. But on their sixth wedding anniversary, her world comes crashing down because Elijah's infidelity with Indigo was the final blow. Publicly rejected and heartbroken by her husband

Mafia

"120 million, going, going," the auctioneer announced, a proud smile gracing my face as I became Jaylen's dollar price doll. The smile faded the moment I heard, "200 million," some random young man raised his number with a smirk on his face from the other side of the hall, I guess this person was

Romance

This is a two in one Christmas holiday story. PLOT ONE: HIRED FOR CHRISTMAS Blair is a reporter who had been dating her childhood sweetheart, she is asked to come home for Christmas but her boyfriend Zade suddenly breaks up with. To pay her boyfriend back and make sure no one in her family feels

Billionaires

Inaya, a law student, the queen bee of her privileged world, where champagne toasts and designer heels are the norm but when her sister runs away on her wedding day, Inaya's life gets a major reality check. Suddenly, she is forced to marry her sister's groom, a complete stranger and that strange

Romance

Madison breaks up with her cheating Rich boyfriend Xavier, on that same day her bestie decided to take her to a bar to feel better. madison gets drunk and had a one night stand with a smoking hot man, who's name and face she barely remembered. on getting home, Madison decided to treat all infecti

Romance

The day Irene was dumbed by her boyfriend was the same day that she got engaged. Drunk in sadness and alcohol, Irene found herself answering a tipsy "yes" to Aaron's invitation to marry. By the time she sobered up, she found herself whisked in a marriage with a man she barely knew. At first, each

Romance

Her mother's scheme granted her a wild one night stand with a stranger. But as soon as the sun rose, her family's debts were paid off, and everyone disappeared on her. At that time, she found herself miserably abandoned. Five years later, she had already become a famous painter once she returned to

Literature

Stand By by Hugh McAlister

Billionaires

MARRIED BY MIDNIGHT A slow-burn billionaire romance full of heat, heart, and one accidental "I do." Sloane Hart thought landing a job as executive assistant to Manhattan's most powerful CEO would change her life. She just didn't expect it to change her last name. Grayson Astor is cold, calculating

LGBT+

"No, don't go," he said wincing in pain, tears pricked in my eyes. unable to witness such a scene. "You need help Christian! I can't fix this on my own" I plead with him to let me go but he pulled me closer "You are enough" he smiled painfully, and held the back of my head pulling me closer to his

Romance

Bound by an unexpected one-night stand, She finds herself coerced into marriage with a mysterious man whose family demands an heir. Unbeknownst to her, he is affluent , the wealthiest man in G City, exuding both charm and arrogance. Despite his impeccable reputation, Her heart belongs to another.

Werewolf

Serafine Collins, weak as a child was bullied and molested by her pack members. She felt everything was going to be better when she met her mate, Silas King who ended up betraying her. Broken by his betrayal she rejected him. Silas king is not going to back down without a fight, he swore to make