Sold to Survive: The Maid and the Missing Heir

Traded by her starving father for four pieces of cornbread, Molly’s only path to survival is serving as a maid in the ruthless Whitaker mansion. When she’s forced to compete against a beautiful rival for the young master’s favor—and a chance to escape a life of servitude—one misstep could cost her everything. In a world where dignity is a luxury and betrayal lurks in every hallway, will she risk her soul for freedom?

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.

For three years, I was forced to slip into the Callahan heir’s bed, a shadow of his fragile wife—my own identity erased in the darkness. When I begged for a place in his world, he offered only cold rejection and cruel truths: I was nothing but a servant, never worthy of love or status. Desperate to save my sister from a worse fate, I offered myself as a widow bride to a dying man—trading one gilded cage for another, as the man I secretly loved watched in stunned silence.

Maddie, the governor’s forgotten daughter, is bartered away in her sister’s place—her only reward, a box of lemon bars and the hope of a full belly. Abandoned by her family and mistaken for a pawn, she’s thrust into a brutal marriage alliance with the war-scarred conqueror of the northwest, who threatens to kill her for being a fraud. With no name, no allies, and only her stubborn hope, Maddie must survive a husband who wants her dead and a world that never wanted her at all.

Sold at fifteen to a mansion of secrets, Hannah survives as a hidden half-bed wife—never seen, never loved. When her forbidden face is revealed, every cruel rule in the Carter household threatens to shatter. She must risk everything: her heart, her identity, and her only chance at freedom.

Aubrey risked everything to support her husband, only to discover his chilling betrayal: he’s married to a powerful heiress and plotting to make her barren. Dragged from her home and branded a mistress, Aubrey must survive a mansion of enemies, a husband who loves her in secret, and a legacy of witchy secrets that could destroy them both. Will she fight for her freedom—or let her heart be crushed by the man she once called her own?

Trapped as a pawn in her half-sister’s ruthless marriage game, Sarah must fight for her unborn child and her only friend in a mansion where every kindness is a weapon. When betrayal strikes and alliances shift, Sarah risks everything to outwit her rival and survive the Montgomery estate’s deadly power plays.

Rachel spent three years struggling with Natalie, never knowing her girlfriend was a secret heiress playing poor. When her mother needed lifesaving surgery, Natalie’s cruel test pushed Rachel to marry a wealthy man instead. Now, at Natalie’s glittering wedding to another woman, Rachel must face the truth: she always knew the secret—and she chose survival over love.

I died as a mother, and was reborn as a maid—only to find the cold, feared mistress of the governor’s mansion is my lost daughter from a past life. Everyone whispers that Mrs. Reynolds is a monster who destroys anyone who crosses her, but I refuse to believe the sweet child I once loved could become so cruel. To protect her and uncover the secrets that broke her soul, I’ll risk everything—even if she never knows who I truly am.

To save her dying mother, Natalie sold herself to Chicago’s coldest billionaire, Derek Callahan. For years, she endured his ruthless love—until his true beloved returned and Natalie vanished, carrying his secret child. Now, five years later, Derek finds their daughter on her doorstep, and Natalie’s lies are about to shatter everything.

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 into a loveless marriage by her ambitious sister’s White House schemes, Natalie’s heart shatters as she’s ordered to wed the wrong Hayes brother. Betrayed by family and abandoned by the man she loves, her only friend vanishes under mysterious, violent circumstances—leaving Natalie trapped in a gilded cage of grief, secrets, and simmering danger. When her husband’s rage turns deadly, she realizes the real threat isn’t just losing love—it’s surviving her new life at any cost.