Betrayed & Bested: Payback's Mine

After her father is imprisoned, Amara Adeyemi seeks retribution against the man she holds responsible: the stoic heir Khalil Bello. She enters a tactical marriage with him, intending to dismantle his life from the inside. Everything changes when a single night together results in a surprise pregnancy. As hidden truths surface, Amara realizes Khalil may be shielding her, leaving her torn between her quest for revenge and an unexpected, risky romance.

To the elite world, she was Connor Lynch’s hopelessly devoted fiancée, enduring prison and physical injury just to keep him happy. Everyone assumed she had discarded her dignity for love. Yet, when Connor calls off their engagement, she walks away without a single tear. Her years of sacrifice were never for Connor. It was all a calculated system mission to save the man she actually loves: Colton Lynch, Connor’s older brother and the family's true heir.

On the day she discovers her pregnancy, a woman also receives a terminal cancer diagnosis. Meanwhile, her husband, Anderson, indulges in a hundred-day affair with Katlyn to dodge his upcoming paternal roles. He remains oblivious to her declining health, dismissing her symptoms as mere pregnancy side effects. After he abandons her on their last night to celebrate his mistress, he realizes too late that she has ended the pregnancy, filed for divorce, and vanished.

Dante, a cold-blooded mafia leader, brutally punishes his wife after his mistress frames her for destroying a family heirloom. He remains unaware that his wife is the hero who saved him many times. Following the assault, she leaves him and disappears. Three years later, Dante discovers her secret diary and realizes his error. He finds her in Paris to plead for forgiveness, but his former victim has found peace and coldly orders him to drop dead instead.

When Daryl Carson's child with his lover, Jennie, requires an emergency transfusion, he makes a fatal choice. Ignoring his wife’s desperate pleas to take her own blood instead, the billionaire forces her young twin sons to endure a massive draw. He dismisses her terror, but the extreme blood loss kills the boys. While Daryl celebrates the child's survival, the devastated mother clutches her sons' lifeless bodies and begs his mother to let her leave the family forever.

When Alpha Edric Holmes breaks their bond at 11:47 PM, his rejected mate is left kneeling in the mud, desperately trying to patch the silver wound in his chest. With his other mate, Lira, poisoned by wolfsbane, Edric makes a devastating choice. Yet, she holds the sole cure in Ironcrest—a rare dose she spent three grueling years perfecting. This fantasy novel of dark betrayal and sacrifice explores the ruinous consequences of a leader's final, desperate decision.