Sold to My Stepbrother for Survival

After my father died, he came back—different, wild, and full of secrets. Just when I thought he'd save me, he sold me to a cold-hearted old teacher, breaking every promise and leaving me trapped, alone, and desperate. Now, my only hope is to survive long enough to find my sister... before another stranger decides my fate.

My little sister died as a decoy so the Sullivans could survive, and my father called it fortune. Now orphaned and branded by betrayal, I’m forced to serve the girl who once humiliated me—my childhood tormentor, now my master. But as secrets, blood money, and forbidden promises bind us, I’ll do whatever it takes to make them all pay for what they stole from me.

Caleb watched his mother die and was dragged into a nightmare, ripped from home with his little brother and sold to strangers who erased their names. Eighteen years later, he returns to the town that betrayed him, haunted by the memory of the day his family was shattered and the brother he lost in the darkness. Some scars never fade—and Caleb will risk everything to uncover the truth, no matter who must pay.

He called me worthless, then sold me to save my brother. My name is Jessie, and my family traded me for a dowry—no love, no regret. Forced into a marriage with a cruel, dangerous man, I learned that survival means more than silence; it means fighting for every scrap of dignity they tried to take. In a town where girls are currency and justice is just a rumor, I turned secrets into power and betrayal into a weapon. But when exposing my husband's darkest crimes sets the whole town against me, I must decide: will I save the family that broke me, or let them drown in the world they made? If justice means standing alone, is it worth everything I’ve lost?

Forced to choose between his future and his brother’s, Danny draws the long straw—then spends his life paying the price for his family’s favoritism. When fate gives him a second shot, he refuses to sacrifice himself again, risking everything to break free. But with every door slammed in his face, Danny must fight for his own survival—or lose himself all over again.

Tess clawed her way into the Carter family, desperate to belong—but Mason, her fragile stepbrother, became both her obsession and her prison. Their twisted marriage is a daily battlefield of power, guilt, and longing, each cruel test pushing Mason closer to the edge. When Tess’s last chance at escape is dangled in front of her, she must choose: abandon the boy she broke, or sacrifice herself to a family that will never claim her as their own.

Ten years ago, my sister traded her body to save my life, becoming the president’s captive bride. Now she’s arranged my marriage to the president’s castoff son—a fate meant to keep me safe, but I crave vengeance, not safety. I’ll use my new husband, seduce the vice president, and burn the regime that destroyed us, even if it means betraying the only family I have left.

Ryan sacrificed everything to save his family from ruin—only to be betrayed by the people he loved most. When he’s given a second chance on the day of his brother’s funeral, he vows to turn the tables and expose every dark secret. But revenge comes with a price, and one wrong move could cost him the only ally he has left.

When Derek races against a deadly storm to save a missing boy, a ruthless ferry woman stands between him and the only shortcut up the mountain. With his father’s keepsake on the line and every second ticking down, Derek must choose between sacrifice and survival. Will his past haunt him, or will he defy fate and become the hero his family needs?

When Natalie Grant’s mute brother is beaten to death by the local bully, the small town tries to hush it up with seventy thousand in hush money and a rushed cremation. Grieving, pregnant, and betrayed by her own husband, Natalie must face the parents of the killers demanding their money back—while the truth behind her brother’s murder threatens to tear the town apart. In a place where justice is for sale, Natalie is done being quiet.

I married into Chicago’s wealthiest family, only to discover my seven-year-old stepson is destined to become a ruthless, heartless villain—and I’m fated to be his evil stepmother. But I refuse to let this twisted house break him, or me. If I want to survive, I’ll have to tear down the Yu family’s rules, defy my cruel husband, and save the boy everyone’s already given up on—even if it means risking my own life and heart.

I was the sister who tipped off my brother’s real parents—and watched my family fall apart. In a sleepy Maine valley where secrets fester, Maggie’s childhood was haunted by the day her younger brother was trafficked, and the lie that bound them together. When the truth explodes in a swirl of police sirens, reporters, and old wounds, Maggie is forced to confront the price of her own survival—and the betrayal she can never take back. Each chapter peels back another layer of the trauma, hope, and resilience that shaped two siblings on opposite sides of an unthinkable bargain. But when the final reckoning comes, will Maggie find forgiveness—or freedom? When the past comes calling, who do you save: your family, or yourself?