cold cold heart tami hoag

Zoe Brown, a modern office worker, burns the midnight oil reading a novel—until she wakes up as the story’s clumsy heroine. Facing a cold-hearted male lead, a scheming adoptive sister, and clueless parents, she snaps, exposing their lies. But after one fiery showdown, she realizes the man’s overwhelming power leaves her trapped with nowhere to run.

On a stormy night, Yvette Searle, a powerful businesswoman, paid $3 million to buy five years of Jesse Sharp's life. Jesse was a violent underground fighter.Yvette didn't want a loyal servant—she wanted a weapon to help her destroy her enemies. She trained Jesse to survive in boardrooms, fight, and shoot. Over time, Jesse fell in love with her.He was willing to be both her weapon and her shield, helping her fight the Zeal family and build her power.As they took revenge, their relationship grew complicated. Desire mixed with power. Jesse wanted to be the only person in Yvette's life, but Yvette saw love as a weakness.When Yvette had to keep a marriage promise and their enemies set a deadly trap, they faced one last challenge: could they defeat their enemies without losing each other?

Casey Stone and Melly Stone, daughters of the Stone family—the strongest beast tamers in the beast world—awaken their beast-taming arts on their coming-of-age day. They must choose powerful beast-men for dual cultivation to enhance their spiritual power and summon mighty spirit beasts, becoming the Sovereign of All Spirits to consolidate beast tamers' rule over beast-men. In her previous life, Casey awakens the Beast Horde Summoning ability while Melly awakens Ferocious Beast Transfer, which she uses to frame Casey for all the savage beasts she summons. Casey is branded a disaster and dies miserably. But Casey returns to the past, and this time she awakens Beast Bloodline Evolution, the ability to upgrade any ferocious beast into an ancient divine beast. She's fully prepared to ruthlessly expose those who cause her death.

Catherine, a divorced middle-aged woman, runs a small flower shop by day and hosts adult live streams by night—all to pay off her debts. One fateful night, Liam, a young Mafia with fresh wounds, stumbles into her life, and Cathrine kindly offers shelter. As time passes, Catherine comes to a quiet realization: she is the one being protected. This unpredictable young man quietly acts like a loyal and sexy puppy, yet he harbors a long-buried secret. Liam is the underground King. And Catherine? She is the very person he has been searching for, for the past ten years.....

Casey Stone and Melly Stone, daughters of the Stone family—the strongest beast tamers in the beast world—awaken their beast-taming arts on their coming-of-age day. They must choose powerful beast-men for dual cultivation to enhance their spiritual power and summon mighty spirit beasts, becoming the Sovereign of All Spirits to consolidate beast tamers' rule over beast-men. In her previous life, Casey awakens the Beast Horde Summoning ability while Melly awakens Ferocious Beast Transfer, which she uses to frame Casey for all the savage beasts she summons. Casey is branded a disaster and dies miserably. But Casey returns to the past, and this time she awakens Beast Bloodline Evolution, the ability to upgrade any ferocious beast into an ancient divine beast. She's fully prepared to ruthlessly expose those who cause her death.

Amelia thought she’d keep her biggest secret to herself forever, but she didn’t expect her ex-fiancé Nathan to become the world’s greatest lawyer and come back for her. Amelia knows exactly what Nathan wants, but she can’t give it to him… she only wants him to achieve his dreams while carrying her heart in his chest.

Sandra Lovell, a corporate slave obsessed with the maiden game, wakes up as Lilith, the villainess who abused four devil butlers and met a deadly end. Holding a whip over the beaten Lyle, she faces Karlos and Mordred’s burning hatred. A system warns: win over your butlers to lower their corruption levels—or die. With Jormund on the brink, the first death plot has begun.

Shawn Quinn, the CEO of the Quinn Group, had searched across the country but had failed to find the woman with a peach blossom-shaped birthmark on her waist. This unique mark signified that the woman was the only pure Yin body in existence. Shawn had been born with a pure Yang body and had to marry that woman to dissolve the Yang poison within him. If he didn't do this, he would soon die.

On her third anniversary, PrimeNet host Jasmin was framed by her husband Quintin Sargent, who staged a fake affair between her and ""mystery man"" Macey Harrell. But Macey exposed the truth: Quintin drugged Jasmin and faked the scandal to destroy her—and planned to kill her for insurance money.Jasmin fought back with Macey, only to learn he was really Alisson Harrell, Quintin's ex-wife thought to be dead. Alisson had faked her death and set a trap, leading Quintin into financial ruin.Cornered, Quintin snapped and kidnapped Alisson. Jasmin arrived just in time—Quintin fell to his death. In the end, Jasmin and Alisson found strength in each other, ready to start over.

On her birthday, she ends up sleeping with a man, thinking of him as a surprise gift. Little does she know, she is unknowingly entangling herself with a big shot...

For three years, Ariana Chambers nursed CEO Elias Hawkins through a coma. After he awoke, their life grew tender, and on his birthday, she planned to reveal her secrets: she was both the legendary Dr. Genius and his childhood savior. But when her sister Veronica—his first love—called, he chose her instead. Heartbroken, Ariana decided to divorce and concealed her identity. Her departure shattered Elias, but as he fights to win her back, he uncovers the stunning truth: the wife he took for granted is the very doctor he's been begging to save Veronica, and the childhood savior whose heart he broke twice.

I always thought I had the perfect marriage until the day I saw my husband with another woman. Picking myself up, I am going to make him pay for the hurt he inflicted on me.

Bella Miller, a broke college girl, never expected one night with the cursed Lycan King to leave her pregnant. Worse, she's a human. Humans die carrying a werewolf heir, yet saving her means he must give up his own life.

Three years ago, Dylan Smith, heir to the Cloudrise Group, hid his true identity and chose a life of quiet obscurity at Wendy Lewis's side. In secret, he even used Cloudrise's name to rescue the Lewis family from collapse. His devotion was repaid with betrayal: his fiancée Wendy and her family turned on him, while Frank Lee's schemes left him humiliated and disgraced.No longer willing to stay silent, Dylan returned wielding the full power of both Cloudrise Group and Wilson Group. Calm yet relentless, he exposed Frank's lies and dismantled the Lewis family's deceptions piece by piece.At his side stood Rachel Wilson, the Wilson heiress who grew from a silent protector into his strongest ally. Together, they faced public humiliation, deadly traps, and ruthless battles for power. In this world of shifting loyalties,love and betrayal collide with revenge and redemption.Some rise to reclaim their throne, while others are left to drown in regret and loneliness.

Fresh out of prison, Linda Merrill sought redemption,only to be ensnared by Zack Shepard into a personal hell. Forced into a devil's bargain, she became his pawn in a scheme to seduce his own brother, Kyrie. But as deception bled into desire, Zack was consumed by regret—trapped in a trap of his own making, and utterly lost for a way out.

While abroad, Erin Bell rescues Nathan Finch, but a mishap leads them to spending a night together. Back in the country, Nathan returns to cancel his engagement—only to find his fiancée is Erin. Erin insists he honor the engagement to reclaim the company. Unaware of each other’s true identities, they keep missing each other, until the truth comes out and love finally wins.

Elise Pierre, a university student, has just stepped into the society when she accidentally spends a night with Louis Denton, a CEO who is known to be allergic towards women. A month later, at a career fair, their paths cross again in an unexpected twist of fate. While Louis initially assumes Elise is a gold digger, he arrives just in time to rescue her from being married off to an older man for a bride price of $100,000. When Elise opens her eyes again, she finds herself in Louis's luxurious home, where she begins to be enveloped in his love and affection.

Jana had an ugly birthmark on her face, causing her biological parents to reject her. In a stroke of luck, she saved Willard from being drugged, and miraculously, her birthmark disappeared. Grateful, Willard offered her a lavish gift worth billions, intending to marry her...