Biotech CEO Helena Ward fires billionaire Dante Vale before dawn, only to learn he controls the cold chain protecting her patients—and her brother’s secret.

Security CEO Sloane Mercer auctions her own staged kidnapping, only to be won by Cassian Vale—the secret lover tied to her biometric conspiracy.

Shipping CEO Maeve Kincaid wakes aboard an Arctic icebreaker to learn Nikolai Volkov has bought her fleet—and a ghost ship is hunting them.

Solar CEO Celeste Vale discovers the stranger from her launch-night mistake is Adrian Cross—the billionaire shorting her orbital empire and demanding control.

Wedding architect Meera Vardhan owes seven dead brides their stolen lives—and only Rakshasa King Arav can carry the karmic storm into his palace.

Court matchmaker Tachibana Reika bargains with a nightmare-eating yōkai prince as one hundred lantern votes transform lies—and her body—into truth.

Royal ritual director Han Seo-yeon loses her name to Dokkaebi King Mu-jin, whose body becomes the monster every rumor claims he is.

Funeral fixer Shen Lianhua falsifies one tyrant’s grief and awakens ghost judge Wei Zhen, whose bridal contract may save her life—or erase it.

Courier Nima carries a living mountain-heart beside the wingless storm prince as the peak climbs upward to escape a world-eating creature.

Memory smuggler Sable steals the last summer from a sentient glacier and awakens every war the Ice Emperor froze out of history.