Serena Crystal

There is no price for which a good man sells his daughter."The night Aria Bennett's father knocks on her door at eleven o'clock, she doesn't know she's being sold. She only knows that something is wrong – the rain, the late hour, the stranger waiting in the study downstairs.Dominic Hargrove is not a businessman. He is a kingpin. A killer. A man who has spent fifteen years building walls around a heart shattered by his first wife's mysterious death. When RaymondBennett comes to him with a debt he cannot pay, Dominic sees an opportunity – not just for expansion, but for something he has denied himself for years.A wife he doesn't have to love. A marriage he doesn't have to feel.The contract is simple: two years. A credible performance. No feelings.But Aria Bennett is not a woman who performs. She is a woman who survived her mother's slow, suspicious death. She is a woman who reads books and writesin notebooks and refuses to be impressed by things that impress everyone else. And when she looks at Dominic Hargrov – really looks – she sees past the locked doors and the dark suits to the man beneath.The man who is watching her. The man who chose her. The man who will burn the world down to keep her.As Nicolai – a rival kingpin with a fifteen-year grudge – closes in, as secrets about Aria's mother begin to surface, as the line between performance and reality dissolves, they will both learn the truth:Some contracts are made to be broken. Some loves are worth dying for.And in a world of locked doors and bloodied hands, the most dangerous thing of all is not the enemy at the gate – but the wife who refuses to be owned.

Aria, a neglected Omega, is bound by fate to Ethan, an Alpha still shattered by the loss of his first mate. Rejected by the very pack she is destined to join, Aria must endure cruelty, betrayal, and constant doubt about her worth. As old wounds refuse to heal and dangerous enemies threaten the pack, Ethan finds himself torn between the memory of the mate he lost and the woman fate has chosen for him. Can a broken Alpha open his heart again, or will the shadows of his past destroy his second chance at love before it begins?

Kael Voss was a man feared by everyone—an unstoppable force in the ruthless world of the mafia. Cold, powerful, and loyal to the darkness that raised him, he believed love was nothing but a weakness. Until he met her. Mira was not just a beautiful bartender with a mysterious past. She was a woman carrying the pain of betrayal and a burning desire for revenge. When their worlds collide, secrets begin to unravel, and the enemy they both thought they knew reveals a darker truth. Bound by danger, revenge, and an undeniable attraction, Kael and Mira must choose between the sins of their past and the love that could save them. But in the mafia world, trust is deadly… and love can be the most dangerous weapon of all. Can a ruthless mafia king find redemption through the woman destined to destroy him?

Xander Reynolds, 28, is the ruthless and arrogant CEO of Reynolds Builders. He cares only about his money, his business, and his younger sister. Determined to secure a lucrative contract, he agrees to a marriage of convenience with his personal assistant. Nichole Winston, 24, is a kind-hearted and beautiful young woman who would do anything for her family. When her father needs expensive medical treatment, she agrees to a temporary marriage to save him. Two complete opposites are brought together in a six-month marriage arrangement. What begins as a business deal soon becomes far more complicated as emotions grow, secrets are revealed, and unexpected feelings develop. Will Xander and Nichole find love with each other, or will their hearts lead them in different directions? Read His Hired Wife to discover their journey from a contract marriage to a possible happily-ever-after.

Rewrite the summary Rewrite Here is a polished, engaging rewrite of your text. It corrects the grammar, enhances the sensory details, and maintains the compelling tension of the original idea. A tall, devastatingly handsome guy stands by the door, his hazel-green eyes locked onto mine as if searching for my very soul. My gaze drifts to his lips, and I instinctively bite my own, a sudden, overwhelming urge to close the distance between us washing over me. It’s like an invisible thread pulls me toward him, and I can hear my heart pounding in my ears—this dizzying, all-consuming feeling is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. It's love at first sight. Then, he speaks a single word that shatters the moment: "Mate." Stacey lost her parents in a brutal rogue attack, leaving her with only her two elder brothers. Desperate to protect her from the constant threat of being hunted, they uproot their lives, moving her to a new town and a new school. But fitting in is nearly impossible. As a human in a world of werewolves, she’s treated as an outsider, bullied and shunned for being different. Just when she thinks things can’t get worse, everything is upended by the shocking revelation that she is the Alpha’s fated mate—the one person destined to be by his side. Yet, how can she accept a bond with a creature responsible for the death of her parents? Will she be able to see past the monster in her mind and trust the man before her?