Best Modern Novels

In a frozen world where heat is currency, Elara is traded by the Summer Court to settle a debt. As a living battery for the industrial Winter Spire, she faces extraction by King Silas, a cold monarch needing her solar fire to save his city. However, their forced connection creates a heretical soul-bond. With the Council looming and rebels rising, they must navigate a link that could save the kingdom or ignite a revolution as the ice begins to melt.

After thirty years together, I discovered my fiancé Javen’s love was a lie. He used me as a corporate shield to hide his true girlfriend, Keely. Worse, I learned he caused the crash that killed our unborn child and left me infertile just to protect her. Driven by betrayal, I exposed his infidelity at our engagement gala. Now, I am building my own jewelry empire and partnering with his powerful brother to systematically destroy Javen’s world.

Betrayed by her husband Keaton and sister Kaylene, Blair discovers their secret child is a ploy to steal her family's empire. After Keaton abandons a wounded Blair to protect his mistress during a violent confrontation, she fakes her death and flees to Ireland. However, the truth about the child's paternity triggers Keaton's dark obsession. He tracks Blair down, refusing to let go of the woman he once discarded, determined to reclaim her by force.

Five years into a supposedly perfect marriage, a laptop notification shatters a wife's reality. Her husband is invited to a christening for a son she never knew he had with influencer Hayden Cleveland. Confronting the truth at a church, she witnesses him embracing a secret family, exposing years of lies and betrayal. Reclaiming her stolen future, she finally accepts a prestigious fellowship in Zurich, choosing to leave her deceptive life behind forever.

Ivy’s world shatters after a crushing betrayal destroys her stability. Seeking a way to rebuild, she accepts a marriage proposal from a mysterious, influential billionaire. Their arrangement is strictly professional, governed by a cold contract that forbids any emotional attachment. Yet, as they face the pressures of their elite social circle, the boundary between duty and desire begins to fade. Ivy must decide if she can guard her heart against this unexpected passion.

Elena’s world shatters when she is exposed as a fake heiress of the Sterling family. Replaced by their biological daughter, she is discarded as a fraud. To find her true identity, she dives into a dark world of corporate conspiracies and old scandals. Amidst the chaos, she enters a risky romance with a cryptic rival. Now, Elena must reveal the hidden truth and survive her enemies' attempts to silence her before she can reclaim her life.

When Jayden, a powerful Mafia king, weds the seemingly unremarkable Ryann, the public reacts with relentless scorn and cruelty. However, the mockery turns to terror when her true identities as a legendary healer, elite scientist, and lethal mercenary are exposed. Overwhelmed by the chaos, Ryann serves divorce papers and vanishes. Now desperate, the enigmatic president sparks a national frenzy as he launches a massive search to reclaim his wife.

Tech prodigy Aria’s world shatters when she discovers her boyfriend, Ethan, in bed with her best friend, Jasmin. Seeking solace at a bar, she meets the lethal mafia leader Luca Kings. Their connection turns perilous as Luca reveals a grim truth: Aria’s father murdered his mother years ago. Caught between blood loyalty and a magnetic pull toward a man bent on vengeance against her family, Aria must make a choice that will redefine her future forever.

On her anniversary, a wife discovers her husband, Julian, gifted a sapphire necklace to his stepsister, Seraphina. When confronted, Julian demands she tolerate Seraphina's presence as her new boss. After Seraphina steals her work and Julian forces her silence with shares, the wife catches them together in a car. Realizing he abandoned their wedding night for her, the pregnant protagonist decides to divorce him and vanish with their secret child.

When a billionaire forces his wife to undergo an abortion to provide her sister with a life-saving transplant, their marriage is irrevocably shattered. Devastated by this cruel betrayal and his cold priorities, she chooses to leave him behind forever. Now, she must navigate the pain of her loss while rebuilding her life from the ruins. This is a journey of healing and independence as she seeks a fresh start away from the man who destroyed her trust.

Once discarded by her affluent relatives, a woman returns to the cutthroat world of the elite to reclaim her stolen heritage. No longer an easy target, she skillfully navigates a landscape defined by billionaire schemes and secret motives. As her cold strategy for retribution unfolds, a formidable man enters the fray, challenging her focus. Now, she must decide if she can secure her revenge while balancing a surprising new spark of romance.

After a decade of building her husband Connor’s empire, Haven is betrayed when he chooses to save his young mistress, Gemma, over her during a deadly standoff. Haven survives a leap into a freezing canal, but the trauma costs her the secret child she fought years to conceive. Now, she has returned to the city as the Queen of Connor’s greatest rival. Having traded her wedding ring for a crown of vengeance, Haven is ready to ignite a war that will destroy everything he loves.

Desperate for a solution, Samantha Williams enters a six-month marriage contract with the icy billionaire Adrian Wolfe. Their arrangement forbids emotion, maintaining a facade of perfection for the public while staying strangers in private. However, cold rules cannot stop a rising attraction. As secrets emerge and jealousy flares, Samantha learns the true cost of her deal. Adrian soon finds that the one woman he vowed never to love is the only person he cannot lose.

After donating bone marrow for her husband, Jake Hayes, a woman discovers a viral video that shatters her world. In it, Jake confesses he only married her to save his true love. Heartbroken and recovering from surgery, she realizes her marriage was a calculated sacrifice. She quietly processes her discharge, bids the orphanage farewell, and vanishes. Now, the man who used her is desperate to find her, searching everywhere to bring her back.

After dying in agony from her husband and sister's betrayal, Elena is suddenly transported back to her wedding day. Armed with future knowledge, she refuses to be a victim again. She enters a dangerous world of elite power and greed to systematically destroy those who deceived her. As Elena carries out her cold-blooded revenge, she faces a new dilemma: can she open her heart to a persistent billionaire, or has her quest for justice left her unable to love?

Elena, a struggling artist, sees her world shift when she signs a high-stakes contract with Julian. To appease his family, the cold billionaire hires her to play his fake fiancée. As Elena is thrust into a life of luxury and corporate intrigue, the boundaries of their business deal begin to dissolve. Amidst the deception, she struggles to guard her heart against her faux partner. Can a calculated lie eventually guide them toward their true destiny?

Elena’s world is upended when she learns her brilliant, demanding professor shares a close bond with her stepfather. Caught between her scholarly goals and a forbidden pull, she enters a secret romance that shatters every societal rule. As the boundary between guidance and fixation vanishes, Elena navigates a landscape of hidden passion. One mistake could destroy her reputation and unveil the scandalous truths she desperately tries to conceal.

After sacrificing a kidney to save her boyfriend Lucius, Lola is cruelly discarded. Lucius suffers from amnesia, wrongly believing his manipulative ex, Scarlett, was his savior. Betrayed and alone, Lola aligns with Kingsley Reid, a ruthless tycoon offering the influence she needs to strike back. No longer a victim, Lola transforms into a seeker of justice. To dismantle those who ruined her, she must now master the art of taming a billionaire.