Izalea Benson was Hollywood's golden girl, loved, envied, and adored by millions. But behind the luxury and glamour, there were secrets dark enough to destroy her. When a scandal shatters her world, she disappears, desperate to protect what's left of her life. In New Orleans, Izalea meets Ruel Clerk, a quiet and mysterious neighbor with secrets of his own. As their bond deepens, so does danger, and with it, a forbidden desire that jeopardizes everything she's trying to protect. Yet, something about him feels like both safety... and danger, all at once. With enemies closing in and her past catching up to her, Izalea is faced with a choice: flee from her past, surrender to fate, or risk everything for a love that was never meant to survive.
The flashing cameras, red carpets, and adoring fans; everywhere I looked, someone wanted a piece of me. I was living a dream that most people only fantasize about. But dreams can turn into nightmares.
A perfect trap, and I had walked right into it.
One of the agents firmly declared, "Izalea Benson, you're under arrest for money laundering and embezzlement of funds from the All-Star Best and Creative Agency. "
Handcuffed. Surrounded by FBI officers. The cabin I believed was my sanctuary was now overrun with law enforcement. Their voices were frigid and professional as they recited my rights. Outside, flashing lights from news vans lit the quiet, isolated location.
I felt like a criminal in a story I never wanted to be part of. The press had already swarmed, hungry for a story, cameras pointed at me like I was some spectacle. I knew the headlines were already writing themselves.
*Izalea Benson: Money Launderer. Embezzler. Fallen Star.*
The agents shielded me as best they could while escorting me to the FBI vehicle, but the barrage of questions was relentless.
"Izalea, is it true you've been involved in money laundering?"
"Who else in the agency is implicated?"
"How do you respond to the allegations?"
I kept my head down, refusing to answer. My mind raced, trying to piece together how my life had unraveled so quickly.
How did I get here?
It seems like just yesterday, I had been Hollywood's sweetheart, the industry's rising star, lighting up the screen and gracing magazine covers. Now, I was the lead in a scandal I didn't understand.
But that's the thing about betrayal. You never see it coming, especially from the people you trust the most.
As the agents pushed me into the back of the FBI vehicle, the gravity of my situation finally sank in. I shut my eyes and took a deep breath. I thought I had been careful. I thought I had kept myself safe.
The car began to move, and I stared out the window, replaying the last few months over and over. I was no longer Izalea Benson, an adored actress. I was a suspect. A cautionary tale.
And as I sat there, wrists shackled in cold metal, I realized this was just the beginning.
And one thing was certain: I wouldn't go down without knowing why.
Amid the glare of fame and the shadow of her secrets. Izalea Benson, a 5-star actress gets entangled in a web of scandals and mysteries. Izalea, desperate to restore her reputation and forced into seclusion, moves into the mystery world of werewolves and ends up in the arms of Ruel Clerk, an enigmatic strange neighbor who comes with his werewolf baggage; his presence stimulates a forbidden desire. The threats hovering in the dark grow closer as their bond forms, tied by fate but torn apart by circumstance, they embark on a perilous journey, leaving them with difficult decisions. Can love prevail over a forbidden romance and lethal circumstances, or will the forces attempting to pull them apart triumph?
Lindsey's fiancé was the devil's first son. Not only did he lie to her but he also slept with her stepmother, conspired to take away her family fortune, and then set her up to have sex with a total stranger. To get her lick back, Lindsey decided to find a man to disrupt her engagement party and humiliate the cheating bastard. Never did she imagine that she would bump into a strikingly handsome stranger who was all that she was currently looking for. At the engagement party, he boldly declared that she was his woman. Lindsey thought he was just a broke man who wanted to leech off her. But once they began their fake relationship, she realized that good luck kept coming her way. She thought they would part ways after the engagement party, but this man kept to her side. "We gotta stick together, Lindsey. Remember, I'm now your fiancé. " "Domenic, you're with me because of my money, aren't you?" Lindsey asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Domenic was taken aback by that accusation. How could he, the heir of the Walsh family and CEO of Vitality Group, be with her for money? He controlled more than half of the city's economy. Money wasn't a problem for him! The two got closer and closer. One day, Lindsey finally realized that Domenic was actually the stranger she had slept with months ago. Would this realization change things between them? For the better or worse?
She thought she was the love of his life, and he became the love of her life that fateful day she had seen him at the pack's party. Selene Grace was only a replica of Alpha Leo's real mate, and when he spotted her, Leo immediately claimed her as his Luna in order to suppress the rumors of him being mateless. Being unable to conceive turns Selene's marriage into a nightmare, and as if that wasn't enough, Alpha Leo finally reunites with his long time lover and mate, rejecting a pregnant Selene as a result. 5 years later, Selene, a now successful doctor, receives an invitation to the moon shadow pack in order to rid the pack of a deadly disease which has struck it. Will Selene return back to the pack which had caused her so much pain, and what would she do when she realizes that she is mated to the Alpha who had betrayed her in the past?
June Rivera was divorced by her husband after three years of marriage because he wanted to be with her sister who was pregnant for him. Kicked to the curb with a divorce and rejected by her parents,she struggles to make ends meet and get a job until she saves Luis Ambrose from an accident - the only child of Rafael Ambrose, a widowed man and the CEO of Ambrose Corporation. When little Luis asks to have her as a nanny, and Rafael's mother pressures him to get married, they draw a contract. To be Luis's nanny and his fake wife for one year in exchange for 50 million dollars!
Rose looked at the reports in her hand and was in shock... The reports said that she was one month pregnant, however, how can she get pregnant when she didn't have any man in her life... "Was it because of that dream? Could I get pregnant because I have sex in my dream?" She thought... She didn't have any mental problems, however, except for this she can't able to think about anything... However, she still didn't get out of her surprise when she met the man in her dream... Kevin Davis looked at the reports in her hand and asked, "Is this child mine?" However, Rose didn't answer but asked... "Was that night not a dream?" Kevin was angry because it was his first time and she thinks it was a dream... Kevin forced her to marry him however, Rose didn't want it... She wanted to abort the child but he didn't let her... In the end... Rose agreed to marry him... She looked at Kevin's blue eyes and said, "I will marry you, however, I had two conditions..." "First, after marriage, you can't control my freedom, I still had the right to do whatever I want. Don't worry I won't harm the child." "Second, if I ever found out that you had cheated behind my back then I will leave with my child and you can't stop me..." Both of them got married... However, after she falls in love with him... She found there are hidden secrets in his past...
For three years, Shane and Yvonne were wed, sharing heated nights, while his devotion clung to his ex. Yvonne strove to be a dutiful wife, yet their marriage felt hollow, built on desire rather than real warmth. All changed when she became pregnant, only for Shane to thrust her onto the operating table, warning, “Either you or the baby survives!” Broken by his cruelty, she vanished in grief and later returned, radiantly accomplished, leaving everyone awestruck. Haunted by remorse, Shane begged for another chance, but Yvonne only smiled and replied, “I’m sorry, men no longer interest me.”
The day Lilah found out that she was pregnant, she caught her fiancé cheating on her. Her remorseless fiancé and his mistress almost killed her. Lilah fled for her dear life. When she returned to her hometown five years later, she happened to save a little boy's life. The boy's father turned out to be the world's richest man. Everything changed for Lilah from that moment. The man didn't let her experience any inconvenience. When her ex-fiancé bullied her, he crushed the scumbag's family and also rented out an entire island just to give Lilah a break from all the drama. He also taught Lilah's hateful father a lesson. He crushed all her enemies before she even asked. When Lilah's vile sister threw herself at him, he showed her a marriage certificate and said, "I'm happily married and my wife is much more beautiful than you are!" Lilah was shocked. "When did we ever get married? Last I checked, I was still single." With a wicked smile, he said, "Honey, we've been married for five years. Isn't it about time we had another child together?" Lilah's jaw dropped to the floor. What the hell was he talking about?