Selene doesn't like mistresses but if it comes to that with Xavier, she wants it hidden so she doesn't continue to shame her family name (it will come up in the future). Her father's name was tarnished and her husband brought home a human which is an insult to a pureblood. She wants a break and her not wanting to share Xavier will come up.
Selene sighed in relief. "Forgive me for looking so happy but I am not ready for that yet. If this displeases you in the future and you wish to share a bed with someone else, I only ask that you do not make it public. I might not be able to recover from it."
Selene Valor, a pureblood vampire, entered a marriage of convenience with her husband Gabriel Valor to protect herself from relatives eyeing what was left of her family's wealth. Six months into their marriage, Gabriel is sent away to war to fight for the kingdom. As time went on, news of his victories spread across the kingdom and he was labelled a hero.
Nearly six months later, Selene eagerly awaits the return of her heroic husband. Upon his arrival, Selene is faced with betrayal as he brings home a woman named Cassandra Avery, a human who he introduces as his lover. Selene is heartbroken and tries to save what was left of her marriage but soon there is news of Gabriel wanting to take Cassandra as his second wife.
Selene is left with the choice of accepting Gabriel’s wishes and staying protected or seeking a divorce. After a heated argument, Selene turns to someone she never expected to be her saviour. She finds refuge with Lord Xavier Blackthorn, another pureblood who seeks her hand in marriage.
Will she forgive her first love or move on to accept Lord Blackthorn’s love?
They say marriage is one of the greatest joys you’ll experience in life, but what does it say about your marriage when you can’t remember a single moment with the man you married?
Veronica experiences the strangest thing one day when she wakes up in a hospital room without any memory of how she got there. She is introduced to her family who appear warm and loving at first but she soon gets a glimpse of how they want to use her for her money.
Veronica is then surprised when a man enters the room and it is revealed he is not only her husband but a big hotshot businessman whose face is all over the news. She doesn’t understand how she got herself tangled up with such a man and later questions the accident which led to her losing her memories.
What happens when her once perfect marriage isn’t as it was portrayed to be or when she realises family doesn’t always care about you?
Years ago when she was only a young girl, Rose ran away with her two friends Alexander and Mathias, just when they were about to be branded as slaves and sold to work in a brothel. Misfortunate fell on the group as Mathias became stuck and to save them, Rose sacrificed herself to distract the brothel owner’s son Graham who hunted them.
Rose made her friends promise that in exchange for her sacrifice, they would return to free her. As the years passed and Rose reunited with her friends, she learned that all promises would not be kept.
Stuck in a brothel with a man who wishes to turn her into his woman, Rose starts an unexpected relationship with Zayne Hamilton, a general of another kingdom. Zayne offers to buy her from Graham and opens the way for her sacrifice to not be forgotten.
Scarlet Collins's life is flipped upside down after news of her divorce from her husband, Jack Humphrey, spreads around town. Despite her husband’s affairs being brought to light, Scarlet finds herself the topic of gossip as the town tries to find the answer to why Jack would leave the young heiress.
Already burdened with having to take care of her family, Scarlet now finds herself being forced to listen to the many reasons why her marriage failed. Said to be a woman with a heart made of black ice, the people in town believed their opinions would not affect her so they had no reason to stop voicing them.
During an afternoon out seeking peace, she finds herself starting an unlikely relationship with Lord Kingsley's bastard son, Ian Kingsley.
“I cannot come to you with my problems when you have the weight of the kingdom on your shoulders. I would rather suffer in silence so I do not bother the king-”
“Your husband,” Tobias corrected Hazel, placing his hands on her shoulders to comfort her as her eyes filled with tears. It pained him that he had not noticed how much the palace had been slowly breaking her. “I am your husband first. Do not hide your sadness from me,” he said, wiping away a single tear that slipped away with his thumb.
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Hazel Wallace never thought she would make it far when she was picked to enter the selection for the next queen. In a surprise turn of events, she finds herself tangled up with the future king, Tobias Castro.
Hazel once thought she would be strong enough to survive living in the palace walls. As queen and with Tobias by her side, she had nothing to fear. That was until the crown was placed on her head. Soon she realised the dangers in the palace and how not even the queen was safe from scheming men and women.
Each day she spent in the palace, Hazel felt like a piece of her was slowly breaking away. Eventually, Hazel wanted nothing more than to run out of the palace, but after betrayals from people she thought she could trust, Hazel sought to become the person she was before entering the palace and get revenge on those who sought to take away her crown.
Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order -
The King’s Unbreakable Wife
The Knight’s Mysterious Maid
The Duke’s Masked Wife
Rafael Callahan is a renowned Knight of the Castro Kingdom. After weeks out to fight against enemies and bring peace to the kingdom, Rafael returns to his estate where he meets the new maid Annalise Woods.
Strange. Brazen. Bold. Three words he would use to describe Annalise. Love should be the last thing on his mind when the King, Tobias Castro, is requesting his help safeguarding the border, but Rafael finds himself drawn to Annalise.
Annalise Woods is a maid for the Callahan household. Little is known about her family and her intentions for sticking close to Rafael. She had one goal when stepping foot in the Callahan estate, but soon finds herself intertwined with a man she should never love.
Quiet. Annoying. Loyal. Three words she would use to describe Rafael. Annalise knew she should never return Rafael’s love because the moment he learned who she truly was, his gaze upon her would change.
Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order -
The King’s Unbreakable Wife
The Knight’s Mysterious Maid
The Duke’s Masked Wife
“All I desire is a husband who can sit pretty on the throne beside me and keep his mouth shut while I rule. You don’t fit the criteria, Killian. I am not looking for a warrior.”
“When the men at court point their swords at your neck princess, you’ll need a warrior by your side instead of a puppet. You won’t be able to get rid of me so easily Amelia. Not when I have made up my mind to have you.”
“I am not something for you to simply have Killian.”
“Aren’t you? The men out there seem to be putting a good price on your future. Become my wife and I will become your weapon. I will make sure this throne belongs to you.”
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Fancy tiaras and dresses never interested Amelia Blackwell, current princess of the Backwell castle. It had always been the throne in the middle of the court that caught her eyes. The throne was the only thing she ever desired but the men in her life reminded her of how it would never belong to a princess.
When talks of her marriage flood the castle and news that her father wishes to make her cousin Fraser Adams his heir, Amelia takes matters into her own hands. She sets off to find her own husband and plots to take the throne.
Meeting the king of the north Killian Bune doesn’t make her life any easier. Along her way she finds love, betrayal, death, envy, and more as she tries to become queen.
“I promise you, this throne will belong to me.”
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The baron’s daughter, Alessandra Barrett, has worn a mask from a young age due to an injury. Many say if you were to see the face behind the mask, you would be cursed and die soon afterward. She is seen as a ghost, avoided by all who visit the baron's home until she becomes the duke’s wife.
No one could understand why the duke would pick such a wife. Did he wish to die?
What would become of the girl who once hid in the shadows but now had the spotlight on her as the duke’s masked wife?
What would everyone say if they were to learn the truth that she was in a contracted marriage with the duke?
Tales of Castro Nobility story timeline order -
The King’s Unbreakable Wife
The Knight’s Mysterious Maid
The Duke’s Masked Wife
In a trembling voice, she asked, "Where are you? Where are you watching me from?"
"Relax sweetheart. I am not peeking at you through a window if that's what you're thinking. Are you doing something a lady shouldn't be doing? Care to humor me?"
Aurora blushed, understanding what he was insinuating. She didn't like having the wolf in her mind. "I am not doing anything indecent but it is indecent for you to ask that. Are you not a proper man?"
"I guess I am an improper man."
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Growing up Aurora heard a beast would one day hunt her down and try to kill her. But Aurora believed it was just a story told to scare her when she misbehaved until she started to have dreams of a creature chasing after her.
“I will come to save you,” the creature promised her in the dreams.
Aurora was confused by these words because she believed she needed to be saved from the beast, so why was the beast promising to save her? Soon enough Aurora will discover the life she knew all along had many secrets and it wasn’t the beast who she needed to be scared of.
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An Evil Spirit, Goddess, Warrior, and a never-ending cycle filled with death. A love story between a Goddess and a human.
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Artemis lived alone, deep in the forest for as long as she could remember. She was the Goddess of the night and her duty used to be helping the humans who came to her to answer their wishes.
After the humans turned on Gods through the words of their Kings and she was exiled away from her true home in the sky, Artemis wanted nothing to do with helping those who turned on her.
But with the king wanting to explore what was hidden in the forest, her days of peace are over.
She meets Alexander who is loyal to the crown and obeys the words of his king.
Their meeting was the start of her death slowly tearing her apart.
“Let’s burn this world to the ground and descend to the underworld together.”
There’s more to high society than the glam and riches showed on television and magazines. If you open your eyes, you’ll see the truth of the world. There have been others among you who you believed were fiction.
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Helen Reed, known to many for her bold statements and strong personality, is an upcoming entrepreneur, ready to create her own empire in Harlow city.
Eli King, known to many as ice king, is an investor and business tycoon. Born into a society filled with riches, he practically had the world in his hands. But he carried a secret from the world outside the society he was born into. A secret that stained their mouths with blood.
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Helen is thrown into the spotlight of high society and must try her best to eliminate each factor trying to break up her and Eli. Being with Eli meant Helen now had to face the pressure, judgment, and even threats from high society.
Soon enough, she’ll learn high society is filled with many secrets. Could she survive, or do they underestimate her?
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Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord
Fantasy · Violet_167