Best Strong Female Lead Stories & Novels Collection

I swear, I hate my husband.

At my birthday party, my husband whispered to his mistress in French that he missed her. His voice was low, but I heard it all—the black lingerie, the bit about how pregnancy makes you more sensitive. His French clients around us were laughing. He turned and put his arm around me, claiming he was just helping his clients come up with sweet nothings.

He doesn't know I ...

For centuries, witches like me were born to belong to vampires—owned, controlled, and broken when we resisted. I knew my life would end in chains.

I just didn’t expect it to begin with him. Prince Silas Bancroft ripped me from my bed and killed my mother for my father’s crime. He claimed me as his property and dragged me beneath the streets of Paris, into a city where witches exist to serve and s...

I melt into this stranger's chest, my fingers fumbling with the remaining buttons of his shirt. "Someone drugged my drink. Please help me."
His voice drops to a low, dangerous register. "Do you understand what you're doing?"
"Please..." I peel his shirt open. "I need you to fuck me..."

My name is Cherry, and my life changed forever the night I was drugged and hooked up with a mysterious stranger....

Nothing good comes from a knock at the door after sunset—especially not when Javier Briar’s corpse is cooling upstairs, his blood still soaking through my silk sheets.

So when Detective Clive Morrow appears on my porch one suffocating New Orleans night, I expect fear, hesitation, the usual human trembling. Instead, he looks at me with steady calm, claiming he’s here to investigate Javier’s disapp...

On her twenty-first birthday, Ivy Hayes discovers two life-changing truths, her boyfriend Carter Blake is her fated mate, and he's rejecting her for her perfect twin sister, Isla.
Heartbroken and humiliated at Isla's Luna ceremony, Ivy agrees to a desperate bargain, marry Damon Crescent, the exiled Rogue King everyone calls "The Butcher." Damon needs a mate from the Hayes bloodline to reclaim his ...

Cursed for touching the Forbidden Tree, Princess Ella loses her elf powers and is cast out by her tribe—now half-human, half-shadow, and hunted for the magic in her blood.

Raine, a rebel wizard exiled for practicing forbidden magic, finds Ella on the edge of death. His dark spells are unstable, but her cursed blood calms them. Her curse is killing her—but his magic keeps her alive.

Bound by need...

A month before my wedding, I burned the dress I'd spent a year making with my own hands.
My fiancé stood there with his pregnant mistress wrapped in his arms, sneering at me. "Without me, you're nothing."
I turned around and knocked on the richest man in the city's door. "Mr. Locke, interested in a marriage alliance? I'm offering a hundred-billion-dollar stake—plus a future business empire, free o...

On our third anniversary, I gave my husband my pregnancy test results as a gift. What I got back was a photo—a man's hand on a woman's chest. The wedding ring on his finger told me everything I needed to know. He was my husband. And he was cheating.

On a dark summer night, two years ago, Lilith woke up in a strange house with no recollection of her life. The nice but eccentric couple who took her in had saved her life that night after finding her bleeding on their doorstep.
2 years later, Lilith has to leave the safety of her new home to join the ranks of mystics in Lixierra Academy.
She did, after all, set her bed on fire with a simple tho...

This is a three-book series.

Book 1 - Healing Broken Hearts - Anushka is a single mother and CEO of a profitable acquisitions firm. The last thing on her mind is getting involved with a man when her last relationship was filled with abuse and lies. However, when she and her daughter, Dakota, go on vacation, they meet Jordan on the beach, and her plans begin to waver. Once secrets are uncover...

By day, I’m Ysara Hartwell...curvy, chaotic office girl trying to look normal while wrestling emotions that hit like hurricanes. By night, I’m the wild little goddess of OnlyFans, known for the bio that made me internet famous:“If you wouldn’t chase me barefoot and naked through a forest and claim me, don’t bother messaging me.”

It was a joke. A fantasy. A little feral poetry. Then I made the sug...

Rebecca Smith thought she had her life mapped out; marriage, children, happiness. But one shattering night takes everything away: her parents’ death, her fiancé’s betrayal with her stepsister, and a reckless mistake with a stranger that leaves her pregnant.

When her uncle arranges a marriage of convenience to Derek Hemsworth, the notorious billionaire heir with a reputation for sin, Rebecca has ...

The kingdom of Costa Lunas is decaying beneath a weak king. Nobles compete for power in the royal castle. Revolts and near constant war in the far north strain the peoples of these lands. A conquered people yearn to break free from the son of their conqueror. A stone nest high above the royal palace hosts the few remaining Pegasi, worshipped by many as the messengers of the goddess of the air. The...

I married Rowan for love—he only saw a contract.

Desperate to turn our two-year arrangement into something real, I gave it all: my name, my body, even my silence about my deep feelings. But all I got were cold exchanges and closed doors—no emotional intimacy, no warmth, nothing real. Eventually, my heart shattered.

So I walked away: divorce, resignation, and a vow to rebuild on my own terms. My ...

I'm Riley. Orphan. Motorcycle mechanic. And the biggest fool in Texas.

For ten years, I thought oil tycoon Colt loved me. His adopted daughter by day, his woman by night. I actually believed his whispered promises in the dark.

Then I watched him announce his engagement to someone else.

"Your father saved my life. You're my responsibility," he said when I confronted him. Like I was some charity ...

I took time out of my busy schedule to come back and celebrate my husband's birthday, only to accidentally learn from my daughter that my husband had been maintaining intimate contact with his first love.

My husband still loved his first love and had been secretly involved with her behind my back.

Even though I had given him an adorable daughter, his heart was never with me!

What's the point of...

In her previous life, after her parents died in a car accident, her eldest brother took in the daughter of the driver who caused the crash just to save face. To keep up the pretense of fairness, her brothers drained Lily Roberts of all her resources, trampled on her dignity, and poured everything into supporting the driver’s daughter. Lily gave her all to her brothers, only to be kicked out of the...

My foster mother abused me, and my stepsister was a despicable bitch who often bullied and framed me. This place was no longer a home to me; it had become a cage, a living hell!
At this moment, my biological parents found me and rescued me from hell. I had originally thought they were very poor, but the reality left me utterly astonished!
My biological parents turned out to be billionaires, and th...

I was pregnant, but my husband wanted to divorce me because his first love had fallen seriously ill and had less than six months to live.

He wanted to divorce me and then marry his first love. He asked me to wait for him, to wait until his first love passed away so he could remarry me.

My heart was shattered. I was completely disappointed in this man. I terminated the pregnancy and decided to li...

My husband and I had a secret marriage for three years. When I finally got pregnant with his child, he demanded a divorce.

After the divorce, he immediately turned around and married his first love.

On their wedding day, I was rushed to the ICU covered in blood...

When he learned about this, when he found out I was pregnant with his child, he was completely stunned!

A centuries-old curse threatens to devour Black Hollow, reigniting the blood feud between werewolves and vampires. Forced into an uneasy alliance, werewolf heir Lyra Thorn and exiled vampire prince Cassian Draven must unravel ancient secrets before darkness claims their world. As violence and magic spiral out of control, their forbidden bond may be the only hope for peace. Together, they risk thei...

Betrayed by the man she once called husband, Cassia Munroe learned the hard way that love doesn’t always come with loyalty. She was never his first choice, but their child was everything. And when she asked for a divorce, she was forced to make the most painful sacrifice of all… leaving her five-year-old daughter behind.
That loss became her fire.
Years later, the world knows her name — not as the...

Vampire Queen Lyrathia the Eternal has ruled her kingdom for a thousand years, cursed to feel nothing—no softness, no desire, no warmth of love. The curse keeps her powerful, but also alone.

A prophecy says her heart will awaken only for the one destined to destroy her.

When a mysterious mortal warrior named Kael is captured near her borders, Lyrathia senses something impossible:
He stirs the fi...

"Open your mouth," he commanded, his voice a low growl in the darkness.
Before I could process, he forced himself past my lips, his raw, salty taste a shock to my senses.
His calloused hand tangled in my hair, controlling the brutal rhythm as he used my throat. He owned me in that moment, forcing me to swallow not just his seed, but the bitter truth of my new reality.
This was the predator claim...

The tide rises at midnight. And so does the truth.

In the isolated coastal town of Willow Lane, the sea has rules and so do its people. Cassia Marlowe knows them by heart. As the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, she’s learned that survival depends on silence, obedience, and never opening doors that were sealed for a reason. Some memories are safer buried. Some truths demand a price she refuses to pa...

Seren Vale has spent a lifetime concealing the forbidden magic that was never meant for her. But when this power blazes to life without warning, the kingdom brands her the Chosen One of a centuries-old prophecy—destined to slay the Shadow Prince, the terror who haunts every realm.
Her desperate escape leads her straight into the clutches of the very monster she’s sworn to destroy. Kaelith, cursed ...

On our third wedding anniversary, I excitedly told my husband the news of my pregnancy, but he demanded I abort the child and divorce him!

To protect the baby in my womb, I fled!

Five years later, I returned with two children and had become an unreachable miracle doctor in the medical field, with countless suitors!

My bastard husband regretted everything. He apologized through a live broadcast ...

I thought the worst betrayal was finding my fiancé in bed with my best friend.

I was wrong.

The worst betrayal was being drugged, bagged, and sold to the highest bidder in a supernatural slave auction.

Now I am standing on a stage in Toronto, surrounded by monsters I did not know existed, while two of the most powerful beings in the supernatural world are tearing the room apart... fighting over...

A FAKE MARRIAGE, A REAL OBSESSION.
Zara Crawford has everything—beauty, money, power and a marriage contract she wants nothing to do with.
Branded a spoilt heiress and famous for “accidentally” ruining every blind date her parents push at her, the world thinks she’s throwing another tantrum when she refuses her next groom – Aiden Knight.
No one knows that; Zara’s seen what loveless marriages can ...

Leather straps line the wall. Hooks. Chains. A St. Andrew’s cross. There’s a goddamn sex swing in the corner sitting above a bed. A glass case holds more toys than a fetish convention. I smirk.
“Well, this is interesting,” I say, pretending I’m not already dripping wet at the sight of the spreader bars alone.
I turn to Adrian. He’s standing silently, watching me like I’m prey and predator all in o...

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT. RATED 18+. 90% STEAMY

Selene never expected the thick darkness her life was about to plunge into. A young, new-adult wolf raised under the strict expectations of her aging father and the proud legacy of her ancestors, she’s lived by every rule—rules meant to keep her from losing to the rival dynasty threatening to claim the throne from her family, the prestigious Ravencro...

When Charlie's ghost couldn't let her younger sister Marlie live in peace, Marlie takes her sister Charlie's face to take revenge on Chad, Charlie's high school love and husband, together with his family members for the death of her sister.
Knowing so well the dark clouds surrounding the... family, she would stop at nothing to let her sister's soul rest in peace.
However, through that process, Ma...

Matilda was stunning, which explained why hundreds of patients flooded her clinic daily—half of them probably faking symptoms just to see her.

But nothing prepared her for this: a tall, built, ridiculously handsome man leaned against her desk and drawled, "Ms. Spencer, I've got an injury... down there."

She was about to throw him out when recognition hit—the powerful mob boss she'd had that chan...

One Betrayal. Two Packs. A Woman's Path to Vengeance.


Twenty-one-year-old Seraphine Hale should have inherited the Silverwood pack. She has the strategic mind, the combat skills, the alpha spirit—but she was born the wrong gender.

To her father, she's not an heir. She's a bargaining chip.

When Ravencrest's alpha Malachar Stone proposes a peace treaty, Seraphine pours three months into ...

Eleanor Shaw came to the Sterling estate with a sole and fiery intention-revenge. Disguised as a shy maid, she aimed to take down the person who gave the final orders to her parents' murder-The Sterling family.

The man she encounters, however, is a complex and calculating monarch, rather than a straightforward monster- Alexander Sterling, a cold and cunning mafia boss nicknamed 'The Ghost.' He al...

After Grace Foster married into the Hayes family, everyone eagerly awaited the day she would give birth to an heir for the ailing young master. Grace thought marrying Alexander Hayes meant she was doomed to a lonely life, especially since her husband was in a coma. But to her surprise, he suddenly woke up. Overnight, with nothing more than a divorce agreement, she was cast aside by the wealthy fam...

I lived as the Smiths’ daughter for seventeen years, only to find out one day that I was never really one of them—a fake heiress from the start. I didn’t hesitate. I cut all ties with the Smith family and returned to the struggling Johnsons. I didn’t even bother to pack—just took my phone and left.
People said I was in for a rough time. After all, I’d never gotten along with the Smith brothers, an...

Everyone envied me—a penniless orphan who married into a wealthy family. My husband, Gabriel Sterling, is handsome, charming, and filthy rich.
But what they don’t know is, our marriage is nothing but a show. We share a bed, but not dreams or words. To the world, he’s the perfect husband, but at night, he calls out another woman’s name in his sleep.
Even after I gave him twins, I couldn’t thaw his ...

For three years of marriage, Nicholas Harrison only saw me twice a month—each time, just to fulfill his marital duties.
He was indifferent, knew nothing about me, and when our three-year agreement was up, he couldn’t wait to chase after his true love.
I turned away with a smile. “Nicholas, let’s get a divorce. I’ll set you free.”
From that moment on, I stopped expecting anything from him and threw...

My wedding day was twenty-four hours away. Then, I hacked into my fiancé's messages.
"The father first. Then the bride."
With my life on the line, I made a deal with the devil they call the Ghost—the lethal outcast my own family betrayed.
"Marry me," I offered, "and the Corleone empire is yours."
I walked down the aisle in black. He stood waiting, a promise of vengeance in his eyes. When the bulle...

Ten years ago, eight-year-old him nearly died under wolf claws trying to save me. Ten years later, when I gathered the courage to return to this town, that little hero had become a dangerous man.

"We're strangers, remember?" The eyes that used to be gentle only for me now looked at me with cold indifference.

But why does he hold me tight every time I'm in trouble? Why is his skin burning hot and...

I'm Isadora Dubois, a Victoria's Secret supermodel who was supposed to marry Thomas, the "prince" of the Sterling family.
But from the moment I laid eyes on his uncle Alexander, I knew I'd picked the wrong man.
By the pool, he emerged from the water, droplets cascading down his perfectly sculpted abs. That devastating mature man magnetism—broad shoulders tapering to a narrow waist, muscular forear...

When I woke up, there was a stranger beside me. He said his name was Kieran, took care of me gently, answered every question with patience. My wolf was dormant, but my heart raced every time I saw him.

"Are you my mate?" I asked.

He was silent for a long time. Finally: "Just rest for now."

The days that followed felt like a dream. He made breakfast, walked with me, kissed me under moonlight. We...

My name is Iris Delmont. I'm 22 years old and just became a stepdaughter to the Cross family.

My stepbrother Nolan has a particular hobby—paying women to disappear from his life.

Twenty thousand dollars to make a single mother relocate from town, five thousand in "comfort money" to buy my silence, three thousand as a "cancellation fee" for his midnight confession.

He thinks money can solve ever...

Phone calls at 2 AM are never good news. Especially when the caller is my sister Emily—the one person I avoid unless I absolutely have to reach out.

Her voice was shaking as she told me it was a matter of life and death. I dropped everything and hopped on a flight to New Orleans, figuring I'd help her out of whatever mess she'd gotten into. What I didn't expect was that she wanted me to slip on w...

They say the most poisonous lies are often wrapped in the sweetest sugar coating.

The car accident left me crippled, but Blake descended like an angel—massaging my useless legs every day, feeding me medicine, gently stroking my hair when I cried in despair, whispering: "Don't be afraid, I'll never leave you."

I knelt on the ground thanking God for giving me such a man.

Until that anonymous USB ...

On the week of my wedding, my fiancé kissed his long-lost love in the pouring rain.
Everyone thought I—the replacement who clawed her way out of the gutter—should bow out quietly.
So did I. That's how I ended up on the ledge of London Bridge.
The one who pulled me back was a stranger in a ridiculous bear costume. "You'd die for a man like that?" she said. "Why not run away with me instead?"
I took...

I'll never forget that stormy night—when I thought the nightmare was finally over, it came knocking at my door.

Two years ago, Cooper abandoned me in front of everyone, fleeing our wedding for his precious Iris. It was Owen, his brother, who saved me from the humiliation, who married me when everyone else was laughing, who gave me a home.

Now I was carrying Owen's child, thinking I could finally...

I asked my husband for round two.
The first time was shit—mechanical, quick, him watching himself in the mirror instead of me. But I wanted to feel close to him. Wanted him to want me.
He pushed me away. Said he was tired. Then looked at my body and added: "Not everyone can afford to let themselves go, Kira."
Fifteen pounds. That's what made the man I found working for twelve bucks an hour—the nob...

After being bled dry by her own family, Isabella died in bitter resentment at her own homecoming banquet, only to miraculously return to four years earlier! This time, she cast aside her humility, tore off her people-pleasing mask, and ruthlessly crushed everyone who had ever wronged her.

Facing her once-cold family, she reclaimed everything that rightfully belonged to her with fierce defiance, e...