Web of Lies

Across eleven volumes, this collection uncovers a world of dangerous secrets and reckless physical attraction. These stories span various settings, from academic lecture halls to royal courts, focusing on the intense friction of obsession. Relationships between teachers and students, bodyguards and singers, or monarchs and maids are tested. Every chapter navigates the complex dynamics of power and submission, where former lovers turn into enemies and forbidden desires take hold.

Returning from a business trip, a husband receives a strange call from his local pharmacy regarding a failed transaction on his membership card. His wife, Catherine Francis, claims she purchased heart supplements to cope with work-related stress, even offering to reimburse him tenfold to appease his frugal nature. However, her explanation fails to mask a deeper deception. Sensing the betrayal behind her smile, he calmly requests a divorce, ending their marriage on the spot.

Elena’s desperate cries for help echo through the clearing as she faces sheer terror and agony. When she spots Hayden Sundown—her broad-shouldered mate and supposed protector—she believes she is saved. Yet, instead of coming to her aid, Hayden’s golden eyes flicker with an unreadable emotion. Turning his back on her, he walks away without a word. Left to the mercy of her attacker, Elena is stung by a betrayal far sharper than any physical bite, screaming in sheer disbelief and fury.

As she prepared a silk nightgown for a surprise visit to her fiancé Donald in New York, a shocking photo from her stepsister Cindy revealed their affair. The image showed them intimately entwined, with Donald wearing the custom bracelet she had designed for him. Cindy's mocking message and a later intercepted call, where Donald dismissed her as a 'boring, good girl,' confirmed their cruel deception. Refusing to be a victim, she channels her cold fury and MIT computer expertise to hack their hotel suite, orchestrating a public exposé at the year's most prestigious charity gala.

Miley spent a decade devoted to Julian Asher, only to receive his scorn in return. After he dies saving her from a courthouse fire, his grieving family brands her a murderer. Overwhelmed by guilt, Miley takes her own life, only to miraculously reincarnate during her university years. Faced with the moment of their engagement once more, she vows to end the cycle of misery. Instead of sacrificing everything for a man who loathes her, Miley decides to step aside and let Julian pursue her stepsister, Jennifer.

Serena Hart’s life shatters in a single day when she receives a dual diagnosis: cervical cancer and an unexpected pregnancy. Rushing to share the news with her fiancé, Andy Parham, a sudden landslide buries her car, leaving her trapped for two agonizing days. With her phone battery rapidly dying, Serena desperately calls Andy for rescue. Instead of help, she hears the voice of his beloved ex-girlfriend, followed by Andy's dismissive, intimate remarks, leaving Serena abandoned in the dark.