Best Modern Novels

After a tragic miscarriage, psychiatrist Jude Dixon hypnotizes his wife to suppress her trauma, allowing him to vacation with a patient. When he finally restores her memories months later, he expects her to resume her role as a doting wife and mother to their son, Oliver. However, the procedure has unexpected consequences. Though she remembers her life, her emotional connection to her family has vanished. Now, Jude and Oliver must face the reality that their manipulation has turned her into a detached stranger.

After losing her brother and sister-in-law, she dedicated herself to raising her orphaned seven-year-old niece. But a trip to the girl's prestigious academy for a parent-teacher meeting takes a shocking turn. When an aggressive woman smashes her windshield over a parking space and threatens expulsion by boasting about her school-board husband, the protagonist doesn't back down. Instead, she calls the school's president—her own fiancé, Redmond Grandpierre—to call off their engagement.

Underground fighter Cake Coogan lives by her fists until a chaotic bag swap puts her in the debt of mafia heir Nico Vescari. Intrigued by her spirit and a private journal, the ruthless Nico forces her into a year-long marriage to save her mother. Trapped in a world of lethal blood feuds, Cake must navigate dangerous politics and a burning desire for the man who ruined her life. As enemies close in, she refuses to be prey in a game of savage obsession.

A brutal rival pack attack stole her unborn child, but instead of comfort, her mate Derek offered only cold distance and betrayal with Cassie. Reeling from his unrepentant infidelity, she flees her old life to start anew. Working as a secretary for the mysterious Ethan, who shares her experience with grief, she finally begins to heal. Yet, just as she finds hope for a brighter future, an obsessed Derek returns, desperate to reclaim her.

Adam Sullivan endures a harsh existence in a damp apartment, working tirelessly to survive his mother's gambling addiction following a supposed divorce. His world shatters when his twin, Archer, sends him a link to a trending livestream. Adam discovers his entire life is a staged experiment; his parents never divorced and are actually billionaires. While he suffers in poverty, his family watches from a luxury villa, testing how different environments shape twins until adulthood.

Louisa Watson publicly flaunts her affection, yet she secretly takes the limited-edition sports car I reserved and gifts it to her assistant. Devastated by her betrayal, I decide I have had enough. I deliver my entire luxury car collection to her, letting her give them away as she pleases. With my father arranging an immediate blind date with the Scott Family, I am ready to walk away. I have wealth and looks—there is no reason to waste my life on someone who does not love me.

For eight years, I played the role of a volatile stand-in for Emily Kelley, destroying property to mimic her lost love. While others envied my control over the billionaire heiress, every outburst was merely a system mission. On our wedding day, she abandons me to marry her original flame, revealing I was never loved. Instead of the expected rage, I calmly offer my blessings. With their marriage finalized, my task is complete. The game is over, and I am finally going home.

Vivian's world shatters when her husband serves divorce papers on the very day she receives his cancer diagnosis. His family assumes she is the one dying and refuses to pay for treatment. He coldly claims she's pregnant and ends their marriage. Yet on the day she signs, Vivian weds a ruthless, untouchable tycoon. As her concealed identities emerge, the powerful man becomes dangerously obsessed, while her ex and his relatives drown in regret. Vivian only smiles: "You told me to give up treatment? Funny. You're the one who's sick."

After catching her husband’s secretary abusing her credit card and insulting her, Ms. Henson retaliates by freezing the account, leaving the assistant stranded at a French restaurant. Though her billionaire husband initially laughs off the incident as harmless jealousy, his true colors emerge on her birthday. He orchestrates an elaborate trap at the same venue, abandoning her with an enormous bill and a blocked card of her own.

Sex With My Neighbour presents an explicit collection of adult tales, featuring a high-stakes sex contract and intense group encounters. The narratives follow Paul Caspar, a man of peak physical prowess who is convinced no woman can resist his charms. He sets his sights on Arcadia, a stunning woman he is determined to possess. As their paths cross, a raw and inevitable attraction unfolds, leading to a series of provocative and carnal experiences.

A mother's world shatters when her young son, Kelvin Dorsey, violently strikes her with a formula can, injuring her face. It is all a calculated plot orchestrated by his billionaire father, Harold. To ensure she is outshined by a woman named Elia on an upcoming television show, Harold uses their son to manipulate her. Having signed the contract, Kelvin eagerly plots to publicly feign hatred toward his mother on TV, desperate to earn his father's approval and leave her behind forever.

When her daughter Elaine falls critically ill during a massive snowstorm, a desperate mother begs Colt Simpson for a ride. Instead, Colt abandons them to meet an "investor"—who is actually his ex-girlfriend, Amy Lane. Left alone to brave the freezing storm, the mother reaches the hospital too late, holding her daughter's lifeless body in agony. After cutting ties and disappearing for ten days, she returns home, only to face Colt's cruel, mocking disdain.

When she catches her husband, Jack Harper, sobbing secretly under the covers late at night, she can only conclude one thing: he is suffering from a massive heartbreak. Recently, Jack's behavior has shifted drastically; he has abandoned his phone, stopped working late, and suddenly started showering her with uncharacteristic sweet talk. Convinced that another woman has broken his heart, she turns to an online forum, asking her internet peers how to comfort a married man who has just been dumped.

For fifteen years, she harbored a secret love for Connor Delgado, a devotion that seemed rewarded when their families arranged a marriage alliance. But the dream shatters at the altar. Slipping a loose, oversized ring onto her finger, she notices it bears the engraved initials of Connor and another woman, Jade Winfield. With their vows newly spoken, Connor delivers a freezing warning, accusing his new bride of stealing Jade's life and warning her that he will never truly be hers to claim.

When my roommate fell for a man ten years her senior and ended up pregnant within three months, I tried to guide her toward a safer path. My advice to end the pregnancy was ignored, forcing me to intervene by contacting her parents. They took drastic measures, dragging her to the hospital. However, my attempt to help backfired terribly. Cornered at the school gate by her furious boyfriend, a sudden wave of sheer panic claimed my life before I could ever escape the fallout of my good intentions.

When his sister Lily is taken hostage, a desperate husband begs his wife, a professional psychological counselor, to negotiate with the kidnappers. Blinded by devotion to her former lover, she dismisses his pleas as a manipulative stunt to stop her from leaving. She serves him divorce papers and walks away, leaving Lily to be murdered. Devastated by the loss of his only family, his love turns to pure contempt. Yet, in a bitter twist of fate, it is his cold wife who ultimately loses her mind to guilt.

After working unpaid night shifts for two months, a grocery employee is wrongfully accused of theft, leaving them thirty thousand dollars in debt. Betrayed by family—with a daughter labeling them senile and a niece evicting them—they are left completely alone. As everyone anticipates their ruin, a secret piece of evidence remains in reserve. Laying this final card on the table will not only prove their innocence but also secure the manager's position in this ultimate act of retribution.

After seven years of misery and a tragic death at sea, Zoe Stone is reborn into the past. In her previous life, Dylan Xander blamed her for his lover's death, offering only cruelty until he sacrificed himself during a tsunami. Now back at the beginning of their forced marriage, Zoe decides to abandon her pursuit of his affection. This modern romance and mystery story follows her journey to sever their toxic connection and finally allow Dylan the freedom he once died to died to die for.

For five years, Chloe Hayes believed she had it all: a powerful husband, a luxurious home, and a cherished son. Then a blood test revealed an impossible truth—Ethan could not be her biological child. Rushing home, she found Julian doting on his young ward, Sabrina, while the boy she raised hid behind the other woman and demanded a new mother. Julian dismissed Chloe's anguish, threatened her reputation and finances, and vowed to keep Ethan. In that moment, Chloe understood the horrifying scheme: the IVF clinic, Sabrina's constant presence during pregnancy. She had been used as a vessel for her husband's affair. The obedient wife vanished. Chloe secured her assets, gathered DNA evidence, and left divorce papers behind, ready to reclaim her life through calculated revenge.

She thought she was signing a simple agreement, while the imperial heir intended to use her to escape an arranged match. Neither realized the document was legally binding until a marriage certificate arrived. Dismissing it as an error, she is stunned when the tycoon appears at her sister's party as her legal husband. Trapped between a family hiding the scandal and his ruthless relatives, her attempts to annul the union only tighten the snare.

After a tragic death caused by her fiancé and half-sister, Ailina is granted a second chance at life. She returns with a cold heart, determined to make her betrayers suffer. While society mocks her supposed lack of beauty and talent, Ailina stuns everyone by revealing her true, breathtaking appearance and secret status as a top film director. As her hidden identities surface, a powerful billionaire CEO steps forward to claim her, ending her solitude and aiding her quest for vengeance.

A decade ago, Chloe’s world collapsed when her boyfriend, Caleb, betrayed her. He forged emails, stole her innovative green city designs, and leaked fabricated photos to destroy her reputation. Stripped of her professional license, she retreated to a quiet Oregon coastal town to survive. Now, Caleb has returned as a wealthy New York real estate tycoon. While onlookers mistake his single status for lingering love, Chloe remembers the ruthless man who built his fortune on her ruin.

When Monica Lloyd discovered her unborn child had an extra Y chromosome, I advised my best friend to undergo an abortion. She seemingly agreed, only to betray me hours later. Kidnapped by Monica and her boyfriend, Liam Evans, I was brutally buried alive in a wasteland. But death wasn't the end. Reborn into the past, I find myself back at the very beginning of the horror. As Monica asks me once more whether she should keep the baby, I must play my cards carefully to escape my grim fate.

For four years, I stood by mafia boss Zaldy Corell as his trusted confidante and partner, harboring a deep love for him. But everything changes when his former partner, Maria Lee, returns from Paris. Cunning, sharp, and more powerful than ever, Maria immediately recaptures Zaldy's attention. As he becomes utterly captivated by her presence and shadows her every move, our long-standing bond is pushed aside. I am left to watch their powerful alliance reignite, helpless against the draw of his first love.