Thriller

The Empire Within
Story Description

Elena Cruz has it all—a billion-dollar tech empire, a corner office in Manhattan, and a reputation as one of the most brilliant CEOs of her generation. She built CruzTech from the ground up, transforming her father's modest import business into a global powerhouse. But success comes with a price she never imagined paying.
When her father, Antonio Cruz, is found...

He left without a word.

Now he’s back — holding a gun and calling himself my bodyguard.

Silas Raveen was my father’s deadliest weapon.

Cold. Precise. Untouchable.

I loved him anyway.

Three years ago, he disappeared the same night my mother was murdered.

Now I’m engaged to a man I don’t love, trapped in a family falling apart.

And Silas? He’s been assigned to protect me.

He won’t say w...

FBI Agent Sarah Mitchell thought she'd left her dangerous past behind when she took a desk job after her messy divorce. But when a federal witness under her protection is murdered, Sarah becomes the prime suspect—and the next target.
Enter Jake Thompson, an elite bodyguard with a reputation for keeping his clients alive at any cost. Assigned to protect Sarah while Internal Affairs investigates her...

"I promise you if Trinity gives me the slip, then I am pinning her to a tree."

Just thinking of her sends shivers up my spine and belief me that they are not the good shivering kind. I love a beautiful woman both in my bed and to look at. To be surrounded by ugly for almost a full day is seriously going to put a damper on my ego.

But time to push that thought to the side, for our location has ju...

Nicole Pearson, goes by Cole (Current alias), most feared vampire throughout this relm and any relm unlucky enough for her to step foot in it. She's walked the Earth for over five hundred years. Most do whatever is necessary to stay off her radar. Her crankiness and pettiness know no bounds. Imagine her surprise when a werewolf decides to get uppity and demand her services. Despite her massive mag...

“I don't want the cops.” Thompson resumed. “I want you. You're one of the very best detectives I know,"

A wave of silence passed, causing Thompson to grab his glass and finish whatever drink was left in it. He dropped the glass and turned into his friend one more time.

“I need you to help me find out who killed my wife and took my daughter.” The words poured out of him slowly. And dangerously...

After escaping an abusive relationship, Angela moves to a quiet village in Italy, hoping to leave the shadows of her past behind. What she doesn’t know is that this new beginning will draw her into a world filled with mysteries, magic, and supernatural beings. On her journey of self-discovery, she encounters three enigmatic men — Zane, Theo, and Damian — each possessing an uncontrollable power and...

To the rest of the world, Dante "The Butcher" Moretti is a monster, a man who carves his way through the underworld with cold, surgical precision. But to Bianca Vitale, he is the man who dismantled her life. When her father’s gambling debts and failed shipments push her family to the brink of extinction, Dante offers a deal that is less of a mercy and more of a death sentence: Bianca’s hand in mar...

Eliot and Revean must face the sins of their fathers and hope that at least one of them survives. Our parents decided our future long before we were born. We have no say in what happens now.
Well, she doesn't, because she's mine. I will make her pay for what was taken from me.
All her dreams of a normal life are about to vanish. Replaced by a nightmare from hell. Death might be her best option.
Bu...

Nate, a 25-year-old software developer with a quiet intensity, works at ZenithTech, a rising Chicago tech firm. He lives with Liam, a 32-year-old senior project manager who mentored him after Nate’s parents cut ties over his sexuality three years ago. Nate’s gratitude has morphed into a hidden affection, which he buries in late-night code experiments on his laptop. At ZenithTech, Harper, a 26-year...

This is not your typical love story. This is so much deeper than that. This is a story where they find themselves and also find out things they didn’t know about each other. Hell, you might find out some things about yourself. This story is for your adult smut pleasure. This is a story of fiction (unless you have a story like this one). But, are they the only ones wanting him? Or is there somebody...

One wants to own her. One pretends to protect her. Falling for either could kill her. Catrina Bernardi thought the worst betrayal was catching Marco, her husband in bed with another woman. Then she got into a car crash that killed her unborn baby… and discovered he had orchestrated it out of jealousy after she threatened to leave him.
Desperate and out of time, Catrina turns to the last man she sh...

Deep in the ocean is an ancient power. A god. A monster. A lover. Whichever depends on who you asked for the story.

"Oh dove, my vile, sick dove," his voice wrapped around me, thick as the deep, forcing itself into my lungs like I was drowning in him.

"You're vile," I panted, my body pinned against the cold glass of the tank, his inhuman strength keeping me right where he wanted.

His mouth ...

Iliana Dimitri, a member of the Shadow pack and a spy for the Shadow pack, meets Alexander Robinson, the alpha of the Silver Creek pack —the pack Iliana was sent to as a spy. She soon finds out she has no way of escape but to collaborate with Alexander as his mate until her mission is complete. In her attempt to collaborate with this alpha, she notices too many significant changes in her personali...

When Grace Parker witnesses a brutal murder in Chicago, she thinks her biggest problem is staying alive long enough to testify. But when the witness protection program relocates her to the sleepy town of Cedar Falls, she discovers the killer's reach extends further than anyone imagined.
Sheriff Jake Morrison doesn't trust the beautiful city woman with too many secrets and a fake identity. But when...

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When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
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In the world of supernatural divides, Seraphina, a rejected werewolf, discovers a chance at redemption through a forbidden alliance with Elias, a vampire. As they strive to unite their fractured communities, love blooms amidst secrets and prophecies, but old wounds threaten to shatter the fragile moonlit harmony they seek. Will Seraphina's journey mend more than just her own broken heart?

In the heart of Alaska’s wilderness, I, Anna Carter, an FBI agent, am called to investigate the mysterious disappearances of young girls. Reluctantly, I bring my husband, Rowan, who’s recently recovered from mental illness. But something changes once we arrive.

His touch becomes more intense, his kisses more desperate, and I start to feel a shift—one I can’t explain. What I thought was love quic...

In the murky world of espionage, Alex Hawke, a battle-scarred spy, hunts the cunning criminal mastermind Viktor Sokolov, whose cyber and biochemical weapons threaten global stability. Navigating betrayal and danger from Vienna to Istanbul, Hawke faces physical wounds and emotional turmoil, haunted by a traitor within. Driven by an unyielding code of justice, he remains a resilient ghost in the cha...

Selina’s marriage has been a prison of neglect. Two years of cold touches, empty nights, and a husband who refuses to notice her desires have left her aching for more than affection… aching for pleasure.
When temptation comes in the form of the household gardener, Selina can no longer resist. What begins as a stolen moment of lust quickly spirals into a dangerous, forbidden game. But the real shoc...