Sold for Thirty Bucks to the Villain

Dragged into a world of humiliation over thirty-six cents, a struggling driver is forced to choose between survival and dignity when a wealthy customer turns a night out into a brutal test of pride. As money, violence, and shame swirl around him, he clings to the memory of his parents’ hopes—until a single, shocking act flips the power dynamic forever. Will he reclaim his worth, or be broken by a system rigged against him?

One coin, seven days, and a city hunting for blood. When a down-and-out magician is named heir to a billionaire’s fortune, everyone he’s ever known—friends, family, even his best friend—turns into a potential traitor. With each betrayal, he discovers the coin’s deadly magic: every time he dies, he comes back, but at what cost—and how many lives does he really have left?

I’m the disposable rich girl—destined to be a side character, never the heroine. But when I pay the campus outcast to fake-date me, I discover he’s the secret villain the system wants me to fear…and the only one who ever truly sees me. As my family crumbles and the main couple’s love story devours my future, I must choose: betray my role, or risk everything for the boy I was supposed to ruin.

When a destitute ex-professor is handed a hundred-dollar bill by a viral livestreamer, the world expects a heartwarming charity moment. Instead, two people die in front of a hundred thousand viewers, and all eyes turn to her. With the police closing in and the internet thirsting for blood, no one suspects the real experiment she's running—or the next person on her list.

Offered $150,000 to burn cash for the dead, I thought I’d found the perfect payday—until the ritual began stealing my youth and feeding it to my client, the charming but monstrous Aunt Martha. Every bill I burned aged me years, while she grew young and beautiful before my eyes. Now I’m trapped, ancient and helpless, as she hunts for the last of the money—and my only hope is a childhood lucky charm and one desperate gamble.

Mia pawned her future and her mother’s last gift to save Sean, the golden boy who faked cancer just to break her heart. Betrayed, humiliated, and branded a villain by the queen bee and her clique, Mia claws her way to the top—only to discover the trust fund kids want her ruined or theirs. If they want a villain, she’ll show them just how far a snake can strike.

After losing their parents, I’m left raising my withdrawn little brother—future villain of a romance novel—while we scrape by on pennies and broken dreams. Our aunt’s betrayal left scars, but the real heartbreak is watching Caleb blame himself for wanting a family. I swore to protect him, but the comments in my head whisper he’s destined for darkness—and I might not survive his rise to power.

Everyone thinks I’m the cold, controlling father ruining my daughter’s life and my wife’s happiness. No one sees the years I spent sacrificing everything—until the voices in my head start cheering for my downfall. When my family finally pushes me too far, I decide to stop being their villain and walk away, but what happens when the ‘heroine’ daughter and ‘princess’ wife have to face the real world without their scapegoat?

He’s the city’s coldest rich kid. I’m the farm boy paid to warm his hands—and maybe his broken heart. The job was supposed to be simple: mop floors, keep secrets, and never ask questions about the mansion’s golden son, Julian. But one midnight meltdown, a forbidden kiss, and a ten-thousand-dollar betrayal later, I’m tangled in a web of family power games, dangerous brothers, and a pop star with bite marks on his neck. Every touch blurs the line between comfort and control. Every secret I keep for Julian is a lie I owe his enemies. When the pills run out and the music stops, will I save him—or destroy him for a paycheck? What’s the price of being the only warmth he trusts?

Waking up as the villainous side-chick in a vampire soap opera is not on anyone’s bucket list—especially when your only hope of survival is to out-cling, outwit, and outlast both heartthrob vampires and a vengeful heroine. Savannah Carter is trapped in the body of a cautionary tale, faking love for the gentle second lead, dodging the real heroine’s wrath, and stumbling into one supernatural disaster after another. With deadly rumors, midnight rituals, and an ancient vampire alliance lurking behind every rose bush, Savannah must flip the script before she becomes the next blood bank—or worse, falls for the very monster who’s supposed to end her. Will she rewrite her fate, or is she doomed to play the villain until the credits roll?

When his bullied daughter is pulled lifeless from the river, Derek refuses an autopsy and takes hush money from the rich girls’ families—earning the town’s hatred and his ex-wife’s scorn. But behind his cold mask, Derek is hunting for the truth, even as the parents of the guilty turn to violence and revenge. In a town obsessed with SATs and status, how far will a father go when justice is for sale?

I bought a broken man at the market, never knowing he was the governor’s son—and now the whole town wants him back. Every night, I wield the whip and the leash, but his silence cuts deeper than any blade. The real heroine is coming for him, and when she does, I’ll lose everything—unless I break him first.