Best Calm Protagonist Stories & Novels Collection

"And now, he's certain your life is over because he kicked you out. They're probably already placing bets on how long it will take for you to bow and beg at their feet to take you back. But..." He said coldly.

"But..." I breathed.

"Imagine suddenly returning with a husband so wealthy he makes them look like paupers. Not only is he filthy rich, but he's hopelessly in love with you, spoiling you r...

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When Sarah David discovers her sister is marrying the only man she’s ever loved, her ex-boyfriend turned Hollywood star, Aaron Bourne, her world shatters. A reckless night of passion with Aaron leaves Sarah carrying the one secret that could destroy her family: his child. Forced to hide behind her loyal best friend, she watches Aaron marry Zara, even as his obsession with her grows. But whe...

I rescued Frank from an avalanche, and he traded my salvation for control. His "hero" became his shameful secret, locked away in a gilded cage. Then, on national TV, he denied I ever existed—a lie that killed our unborn child. My revenge was a potion of forgetting. Now he roams the mountains, a madman begging for clues about the wife he lost. And he just asked me, looking me in the eye, "Have you ...

He marked her as his… Now there’s no way out.

Isla Monroe is a struggling college student with big dreams—until a single night changes her fate for good when she crosses paths with Damian Cross, the dangerous and charming powerful heir to a ruthless mafia empire.

With one claim, he marks her as his. But Damian didn’t choose her by accident—his secrets are tied to her past. As enemies close in an...

New York’s underworld has always been bloody. The five Mafia families keep their fragile peace with a mix of threats, bribes, and unspoken rules. Vittorio Falcone, the kind of man whose voice can make grown soldiers rethink their loyalty, sits at the head of one of the most feared families in the city. His daughter, Francesca, was never meant to be a player in this dangerous game—she was meant to ...

Divorcing my striper husband is a love story that unfolds the two birds who have been enjoying their lives until Ava gets hired at her former college colleague who owns the company and this made Herman jealous and they kept on having fights from time to time.
Ava one day saw Herman entering a restaurant while holding a waist of one girl and she started suspecting that her husband was cheating on h...

I am Seraphina Cross, a professional heartbreaker who specializes in destroying arrogant, self-important men.

My target was tennis prodigy Phoenix Ashford, but after one wild night, I discovered I'd slept with the wrong man—his twin brother Caspian, heir to a business empire.

One mistake. One bloody game unleashed.

I drove Caspian to obsession, made Phoenix willing to die for me. When both brot...

Naomi Trent was thirty minutes late for the most important interview of her life. She expected the door to be shut, the chance gone. But instead, the CEO himself told her to sit. Lucien Kings was cold, powerful, and not known for second chances. She didn’t understand why he chose her, only that from that moment on, nothing felt normal. He gave her the job. Then the rules started changing. Commands...

From the moment she was born, she was an anomaly: a wolfless daughter of an Alpha, heir to a pack she could never truly lead. She was destined to rule with her best friend and fated mate at her side, but he shattered her world by rejecting her and siding with tradition. Her heartbreak and humiliation were absolute, leaving her a leader without a pack, an outcast in her own home.
Miles away, a rogu...

Chiara was raised in the orphanage of the Silver Aspen pack. Not an overly large Pack, but a strong Pack. As a human, she takes the brunt of the pack's bullying, especially the "Ranked Squad" as she calls them. When she turns 18 earlier than she thought, and gets a wolf, will she be able to accept what she is after all the abuse? Accept her wolf? And accept the Twins as her mates? Or will she retr...

Five years ago, my world shattered in a single night.

On my wedding anniversary, I found my husband, Ron Whittaker, in the arms of his ambitious protégé—Serena. She was carrying his child. Hours later, my family's tech empire collapsed under Ron's betrayal, and my father was left comatose, the victim of a ruthless corporate coup. Broken, pregnant, and hunted by secrets, I left everything behind a...

He didn't love her but she became his Mrs. Jack. She couldn't interfere with his personal behavior and couldn't tell others that she was his wife.

When his ex-girlfriend returned as promised, she handed him the divorce agreement, saying, "She's back, and I'm returning your freedom."

But he just laughed and said, "Mrs. Jack, you have made me fall in love with you again,Where else do you want to ...

Marrying my ex-fiancé's baby brother? The boy who was supposed to call me "sister"?
When Knox abandons me at the altar, twenty-one-year-old Theo becomes my only option to save a multi-million dollar merger. Three years of marriage, separate bedrooms, purely business. What could go wrong with a shy virgin cowboy who blushes when I get too close?
Everything, apparently.
Theo Sterling is full of dang...

He was Brett Wilson—every girl's dream on campus, yet he was obsessed with me, the coding "Ice Queen." When I proposed a "three-month relationship trial," he actually agreed? Learning to code for me, pulling all-nighters to debug algorithms, even skipping a crucial game to stay by my hospital bed… Everyone said I should be moved. But when I saw those unsaved flirty texts on his phone late at night...

"This is kidnapping," my voice cracked as I followed him. "You can't keep me here."

"I think I can," he chuckled, tge sound low and dangerous. He draped his coat over the kitchen counter, then turned back to me.

"And that's what I plan on doing."

A violent shudder ran through me.

He meant it.

"It won't be long before someone realises I am missing," I said, hoping that logic would reach him....

I thought I'd die in that blizzard after being nearly beaten to death by my tyrannical father Terence—the crime boss of Chicago's South Side. Then Michael, a mechanic, rescued me and offered warmth and safety I'd never known. I couldn't help being drawn to him; he taught me to fight back, awakening my long-dead heart.

But I began to notice his gaze—complex and conflicted. I feared this was just a...

It was supposed to be one night with a stranger, with absolutely no chance of ever seeing him again.

Until the next evening, when Aurelia walks into dinner and finds him sitting beside her stepmother… as her fiancé.

Kilian Moretti, her one-night mistake is her stepdad-to-be.

Aurelia has known loss all her life. Her mother died when she was just a child. Years later, her father’s sudden, suspici...

$20,000 a month - that was our deal to make me his contract girlfriend.
Everything changed when he sent me to care for the woman carrying his child...
Standing heartbroken in that hospital with baby gifts in hand, I discovered a truth that shattered my world.
I thought I could play this game that started with money, but I'm losing badly - because somehow, I've really fallen for my boss.

One invitation letter changes Lio’s entire life.

He never expected to be chosen for Moon’s Mate University—a place where powerful alphas can claim any omega they desire.

But what Lio doesn’t know is that fate has something extraordinary in store for him.

Not one, not two, but four alpha brothers will claim him as their destined mate.

“You are bound to me. No one can take you away.”

Each of th...

Street artist Lucy Carter has spent years hiding behind her graffiti tags and emotional walls, scraping by in Chicago's underground art scene. When her mysterious benefactor offers her a legitimate gallery showing, she thinks her luck has finally turned. Instead, she inherits a deadly game of stolen masterpieces, murder, and family secrets that someone will kill to protect.
In an art world where f...

""Stay away from my brother. He is a player, doesn't love anyone and I wouldn't want to see you being hurt by him." Jason's warning should have been enough,but one reckless kiss changed everything. Now Liam finds himself caught between Ryan the bad boy with a reputation of breaking hearts, and Brandon, the campus golden boy whose charm is a facade.

"You'll be my Luna until I find Viviana. Then you'll step aside like the good little Omega you are."

“And if I refuse?"

“Then you'll break your grandfather's heart when this engagement falls through. Your choice, Isla."

When Isla stumbles into the wrong room at a hotel bar, seeking escape from her shattered heart, she never expects to wake up in the bed of Alpha Tristian—the most powerful werew...

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When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
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She stepped into his world with a stolen name and a secret that could destroy them both.

I never meant to lie my way into the mansion,up until desperation gave me no choice. From a fake ID and borrowed identity. That’s all it took to enter Nathan’s world of ruthless, luxury and famous life.

At fifteen, my childhood ended the day my mother’s health collapsed. Overnight, I became the sole pillar ...

In the hotel waiting room, Ethan pinned me against the wall. "Damn it, you asked for this," he growled, kissing down my neck. My pussy pulsed with need; his hard cock pressed against me, raw desire electrifying my skin.
I got a second chance to rewrite my fate. At my engagement party to Blake, the man who ruined me in my past life, I saw Ethan—the one I once hated, now the one I couldn't live with...

When John McKinley brought his items into Susan's checkout line, she had no idea how her life was about to change. She had her suspicions early on, but didn't really know what kind of man John was. She was destined to find out as she let her suspicions lead her into the dark world John lived in.

After Three Years of Trying, I Finally Got Pregnant—Only for My Husband Arthur Williams to Have a Child with My Sister

She wore my nightgown, slept in my bed, and took everything from me.

When I asked for a divorce, he refused. Returning to work proved nearly impossible.

He had planned it all along—using our marriage as a prison, clipping my wings to keep me by his side.

Possessive and obsess...

I'm Emily. I used to have everything—until my father's sudden death, my mother's illness, and greedy relatives who stole our fortune. Michael appeared when I needed help most. As the truth about my father's death was uncovered, I needed Michael's help. I used him, but also fell in love with him. What should I do when he discovers the truth?

Emerald Peterson thought marriage to billionaire Dan Cross would save her from financial ruin. Instead, she finds herself trapped in a cold, controlling contract where every move requires permission — even sleep. Isolated in Dan's lavish but eerie mansion, Emerald stumbles upon a hidden room stained with blood and chains, uncovering a dark secret beneath the family's glittering facade. Her only so...

Five years ago, she ran for her life. Now he wants his family back… at any cost.

Once trapped in a loveless marriage to Dario Moretti, Italy’s most feared mafia king. Elena Caruso barely escaped with her unborn twins and her life. Framed for betrayal by Dario’s cunning stepmother and humiliated by his affairs, Elena was cast aside like trash. When he tried to kill her and their child, she vanishe...

After an arranged marriage for family interests, Aria's fiancé vanished on the day of their contract ceremony, leaving her to endure three years alone.

During her time wandering, she met a down-and-out alpha and gradually fell for him.

But later, witnessing Isabella nestled against him, she mistook it for his affections having shifted elsewhere and left.

By the time Marcus finally realized that...

After a devastating betrayal and heartbreak in her modern life, Isabella thought her story had come to a tragic end. But fate had other plans. She awakens in the body of Lady October Catherine Windsor—an outcast noblewoman in a world pulled straight from the pages of a manhwa.
October’s life is far from a fairy tale. Born of a scandalous love between a Duke and a common pianist, she is scorned by ...

Valerie Patterson has always been the unwanted daughter, the one with the scar birthmark. Valerie's
parents rejected her from the moment she was born, because she has an ugly scar on her face.
Valerie's parents hid Valerie away and despised Valerie so much. After years of enduring her father’s
indifference and her mother’s cruelty, she has one thing to hold onto, the promise, that her birthmark
wi...

Dirk wakes up in a magical world with low stats and a bag full of ordinary Earth items. He completes strange quests, gains friends, and uncovers secrets, others begin to realize his hidden power is far beyond anything the realm has ever seen. While Dirk believes he's weak, the truth is—he might be the strongest of them all.

Mark, is caught in the deep web of choosing between his reputation, and falling in love with his roommate.

However, he ends up in love choosing the later. He unapologetically falls in love with his male roommate, amidst all the adversities.

How'll he be able to navigate this new path?

Briar should be terrified. She should run.
Instead, she finds herself drawn to the heat in his golden eyes, the hunger in his touch, the way his possessive growls make her ache in ways she doesn’t understand.
But Kade is keeping secrets. Dark ones. Primal ones. And when Briar finally pushes him too far, she’ll learn the truth the hard way…
He hasn’t been following her.
He’s been hunting her.
And ...

Her cousin was convinced that a blind date would finally end her single streak.

Spoiler? It blew up in her face—spectacularly.

Charming, normal, and good-looking? Apparently, that was code for walking red flag. Dorian Delacroix wasn’t just trouble; he was the whole bad-boy danger package—magnetic, secretive, and undeniably lethal. Sure, sparks flew, but there was no easy escape from ...

Kaima never imagined that a simple departmental bonfire night could change so much in her life. She had been focused on her studies, content with the occasional laughter shared with Chelsea and the reliable presence of Chuma. But then came Obinna, the charming, confident third-year student who seemed to have an effortless way of pulling people into his orbit. Their friendship had grown quickly, fr...

Isabella De Luca thought she had gotten away to live in New York, like the artist she is, simply and quiet from the family and the mafia. Her world unravels when her brother is murdered, unleashing the thrilling underworld she escaped. Isabella has no choice but to unwillingly ally herself with Mafia boss Lorenzo "Enzo" Romano.

To most, Enzo Romano is a feared man with cold precision and implacab...

Raella had one simple goal for the night: a carefree escape at Vincenzo Marinelli’s lavish party. Disguised as Carmela, she planned to let loose, nothing more. But when her dress tore and she collided with the towering, dangerous Vincenzo, her night took an unexpected turn. He didn’t just catch her—he proposed.
"Marriage," he said, "for protection."
What started as a simple, calculated agreement s...

Because of an invitation letter, I arrived at a mysterious island. On this island, there is an enigmatic hotel where everything is so eerie, so thrilling, and so beyond belief! Watching the people around me die one by one, I realized that this is a land of death...

"What did you do to me?" he muttered, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath.

"You're going to pay for making me so damn hard last night, and you're going to pay for making me have a wet dream about you last night... but not today," he said, leaving me so confused.

"Get ready, Bluey, because you're going to be seeing this face often, and I promise you our next encounter will be you lying on m...

"He's not just your son, Olivia—he's the heir to a power greater than any of us. If you run, you’re putting a target on his back—and yours!"

Olivia Sinclair's voice broke as she stepped back, cradling her son. "Stay away from us, Ethan. You’ve lied to me before. How can I trust you now?"

Ethan Cross, billionaire Alpha and the father of her child, met her gaze, his golden eyes filled with unrele...

He stalked forward. Like a predator circling prey.
"You were talking about sex."
My heart tripped.
"No, we weren't."
His dark brows lifted.
"Messier," he drawled. "Your words."
Heat bloomed in my chest.
"You were eavesdropping."
By the time I got there, he'd gotten down on one knee and sat down in front of me, one hand on the armrest. His scent hit me---smoke and cedar. "And I didn't like what I ...

In the year 2040, humanity thrives alongside humanoid robots. However, these robots are more than tools—they have emotions, thoughts, and aspirations, but tragically shorter lifespans. Ayla Kross, a brilliant yet disillusioned programmer, is tasked with advancing the robotics industry by creating the first completely self-aware android, Ravyn-9. But Ravyn-9 isn’t like the others; he begins to exhi...

"I hate you," Aïssata spat, her chest heaving with fury as she glared at Koffi. "You think you can just claim me as your own?"

Koffi's dark eyes glinted with a mixture of frustration and something far more dangerous. "I don't want to, but I will. You're the key to everything, whether you like it or not."

In the heart of Silvercrest, where wolves rule and forbidden desires burn, Aïssata Doumbia i...

As the last of his kind bound by royal blood, Kai never expected to fall for a human. Raised to be cold and calculating, the alien warrior has one goal: to protect his war-torn planet from an ancient enemy. But when he rescues Maya, a fearless human who’s crash-landed on his territory, Kai finds himself drawn to her in ways that threaten everything he’s ever known.

Trapped in a land of strange cu...

He pushed me on the bed and climbed on top of me, cuffing my hands over my head and tied it.

“What are you doing?” I exclaimed, tears forming rapidly behind my eyeballs.

I lay on the bed with my hands tied, crying, sweating, and scared to death. Praying for someone to save me.

Mark unzipped his pants, threw his waist-belt away, and then leaned in closer to me with an evil grin "Do you know w...

The day before her wedding, she witnessed her boyfriend, whom she loved for nine years, having an affair with his big brother's fiancée. He was even plotting to marry his future sister-in-law as she's carrying his baby.
While this disgusting truth broke her heart, a reserved man stepped into her life. He offered a sophisticated solution.
"Marry me instead, so my shameless brother and fiancée will ...

I never imagined I’d end up as Mrs. Alexander Kane. The cold, enigmatic billionaire barely notices anyone—let alone me. But when his grandfather's will demands that he marry and have a child within 18 months, I become his unexpected choice after he dismisses dozens of other women.

Why me? I don’t know. But I’m determined to make him see me as more than just a convenient solution.

Life in his wor...