Best Modern Novels

Daisy’s life hangs by a thread when Zoey Berg, a doctor and Ian Broker’s close friend, deliberately triggers her arrhythmia by tampering with her drinks. Despite Daisy’s visible agony and paralysis, Ian remains cold, convinced by Zoey that his girlfriend is merely putting on a theatrical performance. Trapped in a nightmare where her cries for medical help are mocked as bad acting, Daisy realizes Ian won't save her. Desperate for survival, she sends a final SOS to an outsider.

Wild Epic Pleasures follows Susan as she executes a bold plan to seduce her best friend's fiancé, Steve, moments before his wedding begins. Clad in a dress designed to steal the spotlight from the bride, Susan successfully draws Steve into a heated encounter. Though she initially sought a fleeting thrill, the experience shifts her motivations entirely. Now determined to take him for herself, she risks everything to break the couple apart in this modern romance anthology.

Dragged from the countryside, she is sold by her father as a substitute bride for her sister, forced to marry mafia Don Damien Valachi, a man whose brides never survive. Her stepmother calls it an honor; her sister cannot hide her triumph. She smiles coldly and demands twenty million dollars. When her father schemes to reclaim the money after her death, she transfers every cent out before the wedding, leaving him nothing. At the estate, the butler sends her to the service entrance. She switches to an armored vehicle, floors the accelerator, shatters the gates, and stops at the main steps. Crushing a railing under her heel, she shouts, "The bride is here." She knows Damien is watching. Dusting off her skirt, she raises her voice: "What, the Don doesn't dare come out to meet his new wife?"

In Refused to Split Dinner, a husband joins his wife, Winona Zachary, for a tense Christmas Eve at her family home. While the rest of the family ignores the preparations, his mother-in-law, Jenny Stroll, creates a hostile atmosphere through loud insults and complaints. To keep the peace during his first holiday visit, he takes over the kitchen duties. After finishing the labor-intensive meal, he sits down to eat, only for Jenny to demand a financial settlement before anyone can take a bite.

Everyone expected me to fall apart and make a scene when Marlaux Kennedy bought his new girlfriend a rose garden on my birthday. Instead of playing the fool for their entertainment, I ignore his late-night texts. I am far too busy wrapped in the warmth of his famously aloof, hard-to-get roommate. Kelvis Gabriel pulls me close in the dark, his hoarse voice whispering against my neck as he demands the goodnight kiss I have yet to give him.

Once a highly respected physician, my dedication to saving lives became my ultimate undoing. After treating a patient, he drugged and assaulted me, posting a malicious video online that ruined my reputation. Abandoned by my boyfriend, facing ashamed parents, and fired from my job, the relentless online abuse drove me to end my life with a scalpel. Yet, death was not the end. I have been reborn, standing once again at the fateful crossroads where I must decide whether to save my abuser.

Hella Greco never meant to summon a devil. But Nero Vitale—Don of the Vitale clan—is no horned figure from a story. He rules the House of Vitale, a fortress where enemies simply vanish. When Hella's father flees his debts, leaving her and her sister Amara to answer for him, the clan takes Amara as payment. Desperate, Hella walks through the Vitale gates to bargain for her sister's return. It is the worst decision she could make. Once inside, the outside world is gone. She is trapped in a dangerous underworld she cannot escape. What she doesn't realize is that the Don has already marked her as his own. And Nero Vitale does not release what he claims.

After five years of isolation on a remote island, the once-proud heiress of Hedgewood returns to a life of servitude. Dylan Crewe, the man who seized her family empire and drove her parents to their deaths, has finally broken her spirit. Now, her existence revolves around tending to Dylan’s Doberman and acting as a literal punching bag for his new mistress, Tammy Bates. Forced to start her days at dawn, she endures constant humiliation in the manor she once called home.

After booking a five-person family cruise using my hard-earned scholarship funds, my parents make a shocking decision: I am left behind so my sister's golden retriever can take my place. Dismissed by my siblings and given a mere hundred dollars by my father, I watch them depart with the dog. Left alone in an empty house where I was always treated as an outsider, I make a life-altering choice. I contact my academic advisor to accept a prestigious, highly classified five-year research program abroad, permanently leaving behind the family that abandoned me.

After her father's murder, the youngest Blythe daughter saved her three brothers by donating her liver, a kidney, and even her heart—replacing it with a mechanical one. Five years later, the brothers have built a massive mafia empire, but their loyalty shifts to a young intern named Sophia. When Sophia needs a transplant, they force their sister back onto the operating table. Her death during the procedure finally triggers a wave of devastating regret.

In this emotional billionaire romance, seven years of marriage end in the ultimate betrayal. On the very day the protagonist undergoes surgery to donate her kidney to her mother-in-law, her husband, Daniel Brooks, commits an unforgivable act. Instead of using her hard-earned savings to hire a crucial caregiver for her recovery, Daniel steals the money to buy a luxury Chanel outfit for his cousin, Chloe Miller. This heartless act exposes the true, devastating reality of her marriage.

After a coma left my daughter hospitalized and plagiarism claims ruined my career, I trusted my husband to protect us in isolation. Two years later, I discovered he and my best friend orchestrated the accident and stole my art. To keep me silent, he threatened to end our child's life support and forced a divorce. He thinks he has stripped me of everything, but my lawyer brother ensured I walked away with it all instead.

Eva Voss spent years playing the perfect queen to Cassian Moretti, the merciless head of a crime syndicate. But behind the luxury lay a devastating truth: he offered her everything except fidelity. When his betrayal shatters her world, Eva erases her identity and flees. Refusing to lose what he owns, an obsessed Cassian launches a relentless hunt to reclaim her. Now, Eva must fight a fierce battle for her freedom before his dark, merciless world drags her back in.

Throughout their marriage, Lucas has never treated his wife as his true mate. But tonight, a seemingly intoxicated Lucas crosses the line, pulling her into a passionate embrace. Despite her initial protests to his sudden, intense advances, his deep voice and ocean-blue eyes weaken her resolve. As he claims her body, she chooses to fully submit to her husband, hoping this long-awaited night of desire finally seals their bond.

While retrieving wine for a gala, Scarlett sees supernatural comments revealing that her fiancé, Tristan, is hiding in a freezer with another woman. Noticing a scrap of Tristan’s clothing caught in the door, she realizes his 'platonic' devotion to Daisy is a lie. Instead of a confrontation, Scarlett discards their clothes and locks the unit. She alerts her boss to a supposed break-in, ensuring the cheating pair is caught in a humiliating, frozen trap.

Orphaned by war, a young woman grows up under Don Moretti’s protection alongside his twin sons, Marco and Santino. Despite two decades of shared history, both heirs reject her loyalty, choosing instead to propose to an enforcer’s daughter. When they allow their new fiancée to poison her with a lethal tradition, the betrayal is complete. From a hospital bed, she reaches out to the rival Luciano Syndicate, trading her secrets for a vengeful new alliance.

After Zack Fenton allows his students to trash his wife's laboratory for a birthday party, her life's work lies in ruins. He dismisses her rage, believing he only destroyed a treatment for her aging father. However, the truth is far more devastating. While her father's medicine was already completed, the unique pathogen sample shattered on the floor was the only existing cure for Zack's own terminal illness. His arrogance has cost him his only chance at survival.

After her grandfather dies on a covert mission, a woman trusts her fiancé, Isaac, to organize a grand funeral for the decorated hero. However, she arrives to find her grandfather’s legacy insulted; his portrait has been tossed aside to make room for a memorial for a pet dog. When Isaac’s adopted sister defends the switch and threatens the engagement, the protagonist must confront the family that once begged for her hand in this high-stakes tale of billionaire arrogance and betrayal.

Don Lorenzo rules New York’s criminal underworld, yet he is the man who orchestrated his own wife’s downfall. When Cassandra Viti murdered her father, Lorenzo manipulated the evidence to ensure his wife took the blame. Following three years of incarceration, she is finally free, greeted only by a black card and a chilling explanation. Lorenzo claims he owes Cassandra three wishes; only once that debt is settled can his wife return to her position as the mafia’s Donna.

Sinful Desires(steamiest Short stories) presents a curated anthology of modern romance stories focused on the allure of the forbidden. These narratives delve into clandestine meetings and sudden bursts of passion, providing readers with a provocative escape where boundaries are tested and inhibitions fade. Designed for those seeking brief yet intense encounters, this collection explores the depths of human longing through a series of evocative and fictional short tales.

Desperate to say a final goodbye to their dying grandmother, the protagonist arrives early for a crucial flight. However, a gate agent judges them by their worn attire and denies boarding due to overbooking, while elite passengers breeze through. When the agent mocks their plea and sarcastically asks if their family owns the airline, the protagonist stops begging. They realize it is time to reveal the truth: their family actually owns the entire company.

Accused of stealing client gift cards by a jealous rival, an ordinary intern is abruptly let go from his position at the bank. While the president watches in silence, the intern calmly packs his bags and walks away from the petty drama. They believe they have purged a low-level thief, but they have made a catastrophic mistake. They do not realize that out of the bank's twenty-three million dollars in total annual deposits, twenty million belongs to him. He is the one keeping them afloat.

On her birthday, a woman is forced from her hospital bed to attend her sister's party under threat of financial ruin. There, she discovers her fiancé’s infidelity and is framed for theft by her sister. After exposing the affair, she is assaulted by her parents and falls into a pool. While her family saves others, she nearly drowns until a bodyguard intervenes. Choosing to leave her toxic relatives, she ends her engagement and walks away forever.

After leaving Texas for a new life in Washington, Katherine intends to keep her distance from her mother’s new family. Her plans for isolation shatter when she discovers one of her seven stepbrothers is the same man she shared a passionate night with days earlier. As she struggles to resist their undeniable chemistry, she realizes all seven brothers are determined to pursue her. This young adult romance follows her complicated journey of desire and survival in a house full of temptation.