Patrick Walshe Mcbride Married Novels & Stories

Rossie was always the quiet one, the stick-to-the-rules person who doesn't go against her parents, and a very understanding girlfriend. She was all that until one night she decided on one shot. That one shot turned into a couple more, allowing her to carelessly say "I do" to a man she just met.

Blurb: When Elena Carter’s world begins to crumble, she’s forced to make an impossible choice—marry a man she doesn’t love to save the only family she has left. With her brother’s life hanging in the balance, she agrees to a one-year marriage contract with Damian Kingstone, a powerful billionaire whose heart is as cold as the empire he controls. To Damian, marriage is a business transaction—a convenient solution to fulfill the terms of his late father’s will. To Elena, it’s a lifeline. Their rules are simple: one year, no love, no strings attached. But as their worlds collide, the line between obligation and desire begins to blur. Beneath Damian’s ruthless exterior, Elena discovers a man haunted by loss and betrayal, while Damian finds himself drawn to the warmth he thought he’d forgotten how to feel. What begins as a contract soon becomes something dangerously real. But when buried secrets from Damian’s past threaten to destroy the fragile bond between them, Elena must decide whether to walk away with the money she desperately needs—or risk everything for the man who was never supposed to have her heart. In a marriage built on lies, what happens when love becomes the most dangerous truth of all?

Amara Kingsley agrees to a contract marriage with ruthless billionaire CEO Lucas Blackwood to clear her father’s crushing debt. Cold, powerful, and emotionally unavailable, Lucas makes it clear their marriage is nothing more than a business deal. Bound by rules and resentment, they swear to never fall in love. But living under the same roof sparks desire, jealousy, and feelings neither of them expected. When secrets from the past and dangerous rivals threaten their fragile bond, Amara must decide if loving Lucas is worth the pain of being betrayed. Because in a marriage built on lies, love is the most dangerous risk of all.

When love is repaid with humiliation, pain turns into strength. Aruna came carrying medicine and a slice of birthday cake for the man she loved—Revan. But when she arrived at his house, what she found was not the warm smile she had longed for, but a sight that shattered her heart: Revan kneeling down, proposing to another woman in front of everyone. The medicine she had bought with her hard-earned money was thrown away. The cake she had made with love was crushed underfoot without mercy. And Aruna… was left behind without an explanation—only pain and a pride torn to pieces. On her way home, an accident took not only her strength but also the life of the unborn child she carried within her.

Married for power. Divorced for betrayal. On the night of her wedding, Elena Hart is accused of corporate espionage and publicly humiliated by her husband—ruthless billionaire CEO Lucian Moretti. Branded a traitor, stripped of her title, and cast out of his empire, she disappears without revealing one life-altering secret: she is carrying his child. Five years later, Elena returns as a powerful CEO in her own right, leading a rising tech corporation that threatens Lucian’s dominance. She is no longer the obedient wife who begged to be believed. She is cold, strategic, and ready for revenge. Lucian built his empire on control and evidence. He does not forgive betrayal. But when he discovers the existence of a secret child—and uncovers signs of deception within his own inner circle—the lines between enemies and lovers begin to blur. As corporate war erupts and buried truths surface, this dark billionaire romance unfolds into a high-stakes second chance story filled with obsession, power struggles, emotional angst, and a long, satisfying groveling arc. In a world of wealth, dominance, and ruthless ambition, can love survive pride? Or will the devil she betrayed destroy her twice?

After my grandmother passed away, I returned from my countryside home to Oberis City, ready to tidy things up and prepare for my wedding. But no sooner had I arrived at the wedding planning company, ready to book an extravagant, luxurious wedding, than the staff there delivered a piece of news that struck me like a thunderbolt. The groom—my groom—had already gotten married. Three months ago, Cain Bassett, the eldest son of the wealthiest family's conglomerate, tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart, the daughter of the mayor of Lith City—Mary Schindler. Now here I stood, frowning in front of the grand gates of Cain's villa. But the thing is, I am Mary Schindler, the daughter of the mayor of Lith City.

One face. Two lives. A marriage built on a deadly lie. Grace thought the hardest part of her life was being an orphan—until she discovered she wasn’t one. Found by the wealthy biological family who abandoned her, Grace isn’t greeted with open arms. Instead, she’s greeted with a cold-blooded ultimatum: Become your sister, or watch your adoptive mother rot in a prison cell. To save the only woman who ever loved her, Grace must step into the designer life of her twin, Isabella. That means navigating a world of backstabbing elites and, most dangerously, marrying Sebastian Vane. Sebastian is a man who rules with iron and ice. He doesn't want a partner, he wants a contract. He doesn't want love, he wants a pawn to secure his empire. “No love. No expectations. No children,” he warns. Grace is happy to oblige. After all, she isn't even the woman he thinks he’s marrying. But as the lines between her life and Isabella's begin to blur, Grace realizes that Sebastian is hiding secrets of his own—secrets that link their families in a web of blood and betrayal. Now, trapped in a golden cage with a man who sees everything, Grace has to play the performance of a lifetime. Because if Sebastian finds out she’s an impostor, he won't just break the contract—he’ll break her. She’s living her sister’s life. She’s sleeping in her sister’s bed. But can she survive her sister’s husband?

Just when Elaine’s husband, Tan De Marco, needed her most, she left him. Taking along with her the five million pesos she'd asked as compensation for all the fruitless days she’d spent with him. After three years, Tan has moved on with his life and became a successful Surgeon. Just when he thought everything's sailing smoothly, he found out that his late grandfather Textile company was facing serious hardship in the operation and management. The only way to save the company was to remarry his heartless ex-wife who disappeared right after she got the money from him. For Tan, he'd rather dive into poverty than marry his ex-wife once again. Upon knowing about Daniel De Marco’s will, Elaine reappeared and approached Tan again. Surprisingly, in her own keen ways, Elaine was able to marry him again despite knowing that he had already fallen out of love with her. Elaine tried to do everything to win Tan’s heart back but her efforts were in vain. Until she met SPO3 Marco Figueroa who kept on saving her. Tan would be battling not only with the handsome cop but also with Elaine’s painful past. Will there be happy ever after in the end if Tan discovered the truth behind why she deserted him three years ago?

Solene Thompson went to the bar to celebrate her upcoming marriage with her long-time fiancé. But her forthcoming wedding won't happen anymore when she sees her fiancé with her best friend, Katelyn, having sex on the bathroom. After that day, she was mistreated by her relatives. She was treated as an unwanted lady by the Thompson family. She thought that her life would be more miserable, but everything changed when her grandfather decided to wed her to Bruce, a young man who saved their lives at the hands of the thieves. What will happen to Solene after she marries a poor man? What will happen to their marriage once Bruce discovers her secrets? Will Solene accept Bruce if she finds out that he just used her for his revenge? Will Solene accept the truth once she finds out that Bruce Wilson isn't a poor man but a HIDDEN BILLIONAIRE who wants to avenge her family?

After losing her parents in a mysterious car accident, Maya finds solace and eventually love with Damson, the boy who grows up beside her and becomes her husband. She sacrifices everything for him, believing love can survive poverty, hardship. But when a tragic accident leaves Maya deaf and heavily pregnant, the man she trusted turns cruel. Betrayed by her husband, abused by his mistress, and cast aside by the very family she called her own, Maya loses her unborn child and is left for dead in the mountains. She survives. Rescued by fate and scarred both inside and out, Maya disappears from the world that tried to destroy her. When she crosses paths again with Marcus a powerful billionaire CEO who once showed her kindness, her life takes an unexpected turn. Bound by a secret contract marriage and a shared desire for justice, Maya is reborn with a new face, a new identity, and a carefully planned revenge. What follows is a deadly game of deception, seduction, and downfall where every lie is exposed, every betrayal punished, and every sin brought to light. In the end, justice is served, the truth behind her parents’ deaths is revealed, and Maya must choose between vengeance and healing… because sometimes, the greatest revenge is surviving and reclaiming the life they tried to steal.