Trap of Lies, Fire in Her Veins

Elias Barrett gifts cash to everyone except his partner, dismissing her with excuses about shared finances. However, a hidden notification reveals he is secretly funding another woman named Jamie. In this gripping romance and mystery, the protagonist chooses cold retaliation over a confrontation. She quietly cancels their upcoming wedding and shreds the medical consent form that would have saved Elias’s life through her kidney donation. Once the holidays end, his time will officially run out.

While recovering from a painful miscarriage, I watch my husband, Zion Gilbert, enjoy a vacation with another woman. Reminded by my mother-in-law that I am merely a replacement who owes their wealthy family everything, I endure their cruel treatment. That night, Zion brings his mistress home, forcing me out of my own bedroom to wait in the hallway. As they mock my obedience, they forget one crucial reality: my five-year term is up, and I am finally free.

Billionaire Mason Blackwell is a man defined by total dominance, but his composure shatters upon meeting Harper Voss. The young artist’s refusal to submit sparks a dark, relentless fixation. Mason begins orchestrating events to strip away Harper's independence, yet she counters his arrogance with bold defiance. When a dangerous rival targets her, Mason’s protective instincts turn deadly. He is prepared to break every rule to ensure she remains his forever.

During a family trip, a woman develops the eerie ability to see numeric timers floating above everyone’s heads. Her husband’s count promises decades of life, yet she and her parents are only granted six hours. The grim reality of these digits is confirmed when she watches a nearby driver die in a violent collision the instant his clock reaches zero. Now, she realizes their upcoming flight is a countdown to disaster, leaving her only hours to prevent a fatal catastrophe.

After saving a young woman's life, the protagonist is shocked when she appears at his home demanding marriage as repayment. The situation turns into a high-stakes mystery when she forcibly removes his younger sister and attempts to illegally transfer his family property to her own greedy parents. Refusing to be a victim of this bold criminal scheme, he turns to the legal system to stop her. This action-packed modern novel follows his fight to protect his legacy from a dangerous drama queen.

Mortimer chose humanity over arrogance, saving a heatstroke-stricken scavenger instead of chauffeuring his wife Estelle’s entitled secretary, Lincoln. But Lincoln’s manipulative lies twist the truth, provoking Estelle’s fury. On their wedding anniversary, she promises Mortimer a surprise, only to blindfold and abandon him in a brutal, wild-animal-infested wasteland. Stranded as revenge for her beloved secretary, Mortimer realizes his marriage is dead. Left to survive, he activates his satellite phone, ready to leave both the wilderness and his toxic wife behind.