Exiled by My Own Blood

He killed the boy’s parents and offered him a sword—expecting vengeance, not a plea for mercy. Ten years later, they’re master and apprentice: one raised on violence, the other desperate to break the cycle. When a simple meal spirals into bloodshed, Eli’s beliefs are put to the ultimate test, and Coach’s old ghosts come calling. But in a world ruled by blades and debts, can forgiveness survive—or will vengeance claim them both? When justice knocks, whose blood will answer?

Nate spent centuries fighting for a father who branded him a demon and a world that demanded his obedience. When his only friends—fellow outcasts Marcus and Derek—are forced into a rigged road trip across the realms, Nate faces the ultimate betrayal: his own ally sells him out to the gods. Now, with a stolen heirloom and a heart full of rage, Nate must choose—avenge his stolen childhood and destroy the heavenly order, or be crushed beneath the weight of family and fate forever.

After my birth family finds me, the girl who stole my life walks into the sea—and everyone blames me. Beaten, shunned, and framed by my own blood, I’m cast out and forced to choose between begging for love or building my own future. But when fate rewinds and gives me a second chance, I pick the one person who truly wants me—my outcast Grandpa—and vow never to crawl for their affection again.

Betrayed by my own family, I was forced into a loveless marriage as a cure for my cousin’s mysterious illness—never more than a shadow in his grand home. But when I try to set him free, his cold fury turns possessive, and escaping only binds me tighter to his secrets and desires. In a town that would rather see me a mistress than a wife, I’ll risk everything to reclaim my name—even if it means going to war with the man who owns my fate.

Caught between ruthless ambition and the ghosts of family betrayal, William Young Jr. and Michael Thompson battle for control of a fractured nation. As coups and scandals erupt on both sides of the divide, each must choose—sacrifice everything for power, or risk losing their souls to the sins of their fathers. In the shadow of a bloodstained legacy, the next move could save a country… or doom it forever.

After her family’s brutal betrayal and the murder of her only friend, Zoe Foster is forced to confront the darkest secrets of her bloodline. As the last Foster, she must reclaim the power her ancestors sacrificed and rise against the President’s golden protégé before everything she loves is consumed by fire. The world stole her peace—now, vengeance is all she has left.

Shamed before the world for witchcraft and betrayal, Michael Harrison is stripped of his legacy and locked away while his brothers turn on each other for the President’s favor. In a mansion crawling with Secret Service and venomous secrets, every family dinner is a battlefield—and Ethan, the quietest son, knows that one wrong move means exile or worse. The nation watches as the First Family implodes, but only one brother will seize the throne.

David Pierce was born to privilege, but when the President targets his family, he’s forced to risk everything in a hopeless rebellion. Hunted by old friends and haunted by the ghosts of his father’s legacy, David must gamble his life, love, and loyalty for a shot at freedom. With the nation’s fate and his own heart on the line, he’ll have to choose: surrender or burn the world down.

Derek poured his fortune into fixing the road for his small town—only to be betrayed and shut out by the very neighbors he helped. Now, as his family faces public humiliation and the threat of exile, Derek must confront the people of Maple Heights and reclaim what he’s owed. Loyalty, pride, and justice are all on the line when the town turns against its greatest benefactor.

My mother betrayed our country and traded my innocence for her own ambition, casting me as a pawn in her ruthless game. Forced into my stepbrother’s bed to escape my predatory stepfather, I became the ghost princess of a house built on blood and lies. Now, guilt and forbidden love threaten to destroy what little I have left—unless I betray him, too.

My own father strangled me to death—but that’s not where my story truly begins. Emily Walker spent her whole life as the family scapegoat, blamed for her father’s failures and haunted by the loss of the only person who loved her: her mother. After years of tiptoeing around Leonard’s rage, Emily claws her way out with nothing but determination and her mother’s last words echoing in her heart. But freedom comes with a price, and Leonard isn’t done with her—not when there’s money on the line, and not when the past refuses to stay buried. When your own blood is your biggest threat, how far would you go to break the cycle? And what if the only way to survive is to become the villain in your own family’s story?

My little sister died as a decoy so the Sullivans could survive, and my father called it fortune. Now orphaned and branded by betrayal, I’m forced to serve the girl who once humiliated me—my childhood tormentor, now my master. But as secrets, blood money, and forbidden promises bind us, I’ll do whatever it takes to make them all pay for what they stole from me.