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I Fed My Mother to Maple Heights
In Maple Heights, nothing is more coveted—or more cursed—than a taste of 'unborn lamb.' For years, the narrator has lived in the shadow of this secret dish, whispered about with pride but never questioned—until a violent night tears their family apart. When a charismatic outsider's arrival triggers scandal, betrayal, and a brutal beating, the narrator's mother is left battered and alone on the infamous Ironwood Ridge. As the town closes in with its own demands, a chilling request for 'unborn lamb' exposes old wounds, forbidden truths, and a horrifying connection between family loyalty and sacrifice. Why does the town crave this dish? What price will the narrator pay to protect their mother—and themselves? When love, hunger, and cruelty mix, who survives the feast?
Dumped the Heiress, Married for Survival
Rachel spent three years struggling with Natalie, never knowing her girlfriend was a secret heiress playing poor. When her mother needed lifesaving surgery, Natalie’s cruel test pushed Rachel to marry a wealthy man instead. Now, at Natalie’s glittering wedding to another woman, Rachel must face the truth: she always knew the secret—and she chose survival over love.
I Married My Enemy to Save My Brother
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?
He Chose Her at the Altar
Natalie thought her marriage to small-town golden boy Derek would heal old wounds—but his heart is still haunted by another woman. When betrayal resurfaces at her own family’s doorstep, Natalie must decide: keep pretending for the sake of her daughter, or finally break free from a love that was never truly hers. Will she ever be more than his second choice, or is heartbreak her only inheritance?
Traded as the Heir’s Secret Bride
For three years, I was forced to slip into the Callahan heir’s bed, a shadow of his fragile wife—my own identity erased in the darkness. When I begged for a place in his world, he offered only cold rejection and cruel truths: I was nothing but a servant, never worthy of love or status. Desperate to save my sister from a worse fate, I offered myself as a widow bride to a dying man—trading one gilded cage for another, as the man I secretly loved watched in stunned silence.
Bride of the Snake Curse
Forced into a twisted marriage with a monstrous snake to save her brother, Hannah’s sacrifice turns her family’s desperation into a dangerous secret. As her younger sibling fights hunger and the pull of forbidden meat, the family teeters on the edge of ruin and betrayal. But the curse lurking beneath their roof is growing—and promises alone may not be enough to survive.