Raised by My Enemy, Bound by Blood

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.

My parents tried to save us by marrying me off to one of the boys I grew up with—but they humiliated me, rejecting me at the dinner table like I was nothing. When I was kidnapped by the same kids who once called me family, only Marcus—the one who hurt me most—came to my rescue, drawing me into a cruel game of fake love and brutal betrayal. I thought he wanted to heal me, but it was all a bet—my heart was just another prize for the boys who broke me.

He was my childhood friend—the boy who once baked me cupcakes in a cold attic. Now he’s the president who holds my life, and my brother’s, in his hands. To save my family after the fall of the old regime, I married the man who hates me most, enduring years of cruelty for the sake of the only person I had left. But when betrayal and lies twist the knife, and my brother is killed by the one I loved, I’m forced to choose between my unborn child, my shattered heart, and the ghosts that haunt these gilded halls. In a world where loyalty is a weapon and love is a curse, can I ever break free—or am I doomed to become a memory, lost to history and longing? When revenge and regret collide, whose heart will survive?

Some marriages are a war. Mine is a battlefield of curses, wolf tails, and secrets I can’t outrun. I torment my half-werewolf husband Ethan, but when a mysterious chat predicts he’ll turn the tables—locking me up and claiming me for himself—I’m forced to question every cruel game we play. Our love curse binds us together, even as old obsessions and betrayals rip us apart. When a single touch, a desperate kiss, and a blood-soaked confession threaten to shatter everything, I must choose: keep fighting for a love that was never mine, or face the monster I created in the man I can’t let go. Can humiliation turn to hunger—or is our tragedy already written in blood?

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.

Morgan, a monster forged from pain, risks centuries and her very heart to resurrect Derek, the infamous dark lord of the supernatural underworld. But when Derek’s obsession with his phoenix lover Lila eclipses Morgan’s sacrifice, Morgan must decide if love is worth more than her own soul. In a world of betrayal, longing, and impossible choices, only one heart will survive the darkness.

Natalie has always played second fiddle to Aubrey—the girl her parents brought home instead of her. When Aubrey's desperate act exposes the family's true loyalties, Natalie faces the ultimate betrayal: she's the one they're pushing out. With her future and her heart on the line, Natalie must choose between clinging to a family that never wanted her or daring to find freedom on her own.

Emily’s father dragged a mysterious woman from the Blue Ridge, unleashing a spiral of abuse and small-town superstition. When her mother dies and vengeance haunts the town, Emily faces a choice: obey her monstrous father, or become the weapon of her mother’s revenge. Blood ties, curses, and forbidden love twist together in a fight for justice and survival.

I drugged Caleb to force a marriage, but he’d rather see me ruined than save me. When a coup turns me from governor’s daughter to prisoner, Caleb chains me to his bed and makes me pay for every sin—his words and silence cutting deeper than steel. After my suicide, I wake up on the day I doomed us both, given one last chance to undo the scandal that destroyed our lives.

Pinned in the Idaho dust, I learned the truth: I was never just a beta—and Major General Chase Whitaker, my adopted brother, was never just family. One shift, one bite, and my world flipped from order to chaos. Now, locked in a remote Army base with his S-tier alpha hunger burning through me, every secret we buried claws its way to the surface. Betrayal, forbidden longing, and a mark that can never be erased—how do you fight your own blood when your body wants to surrender? When the only man who can save you is the one who wants to claim you, can you ever escape? Or am I doomed to want what should never be mine?

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.

He was my sun, my secret, and my undoing. As the Lane family’s loyal attendant, I grew up loving Ethan from the shadows—until the day he traded my trust for his own ambition, poisoning me and selling me to Magnolia House. Stripped of my voice and dignity, I become a silent prize in a world of velvet cruelty and whispered deals, caught between the ruthless Marquis Carter and the man who once swore to save me. Yet every humiliation is a test: how much pain can love survive, and how far will power go to bury the truth? When a forbidden night puts me back in Ethan’s sights, will I find freedom—or lose what’s left of my soul? What does a broken boy do when even hope becomes a weapon?