Sarah Dessen Books Novels & Stories

May Austin is left to care for her sick younger sister, Lily. Struggling to afford Lily’s medical treatment, May signs a surrogacy contract with the powerful Stones family, agreeing to bear a child for Damien Stone, the ruthless and handsome CEO. The procedure is impersonal—they never meet, and Damien only glimpses her in dimly lit rooms. May gives birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The family takes the boy, leaving May to flee with her daughter and sister, disappearing abroad to build a new life. For five years, she raises her daughter Aria while Lily grows healthy and excels academically. Their paths cross unexpectedly at an airport when Aria bumps into Damien. He feels an instant, inexplicable attachment to the girl, unaware she is his daughter. Sparks fly as Damien encounters May professionally when she returns as a director at his company. Attraction, tension, and unresolved pasts begin to surface. Meanwhile, their children play a pivotal role in reconnecting their parents. Damien’s grandfather, Daxton Stone, disapproves due to class differences and manipulates circumstances to challenge May and Damien, while Damien’s parents wholeheartedly support May. Corporate intrigue, sabotage, and a vindictive fiancée create further tension, especially as May’s son, Aiden, suffers domestic abuse and entrusts May to protect him. Alongside a parallel romance between Damien’s boyfriend, David, and May’s best friend, the story weaves love, resilience, and family into a gripping tapestry. As truths emerge and past grievances confront them, Damien and May must navigate threats, heal old wounds, and embrace the family destiny they never imagined. One Pregnancy, Two Babies is a story of love, sacrifice, second chances, and the unbreakable bonds of family, where children are the bridge that reconnects hearts separated by fate.

I slept with my brother's best friend. And I didn't even know who he was. --- The first time I saw Rafael De Luca, he was a stranger by the pool with sin in his smile and hunger in his icy blue eyes. He kissed me like I was air and he'd been drowning. Then I learned his name. My brother's best friend. The heir to the De Luca empire. My family's sworn enemy. I should have walked away. Instead, I let him ruin me. One night of passion. One whispered "my little sunshine" against my skin. One secret I took with me when I disappeared without a trace. Now I'm back. Six years later, Rafael is colder than ever, Chicago's most feared mafia prince, and the man I'm being forced to marry. He doesn't know why I left. He doesn't know about the five-year-old secret waiting at home with his father's blue eyes. And he definitely doesn't know that one look from him still sets me on fire. "You're mine now, sole," he whispers against my lips on our wedding night. "And I'm going to find out why you left. Every. Damn. Reason." He thinks he's in control. He thinks he's the one ruining me. But Rafael De Luca doesn't know the truth yet. I didn't just sleep with my brother's best friend. I gave him a son. And when he finds out, this monster who wears obsession like armor will have to decide: Destroy me for my betrayal... Or surrender to the passion that could save us both.

Aria Collins was invisible. A struggling art student drowning in debt, surviving on scholarships and late-night shifts, she never expected one wrong turn to change her life forever. Then she witnesses a brutal murder tied to the city’s most powerful family. Now she’s being hunted. Her only chance of survival comes from the last man she should trust: Lucien Moretti. Cold. Dangerous. Untouchable. The billionaire king everyone fears offers her protection under one condition— Marry him. To Lucien, it’s nothing more than a contract. A temporary arrangement to silence rumors and keep Aria under his control. He doesn’t believe in love. Only power, obedience, and survival. But Aria refuses to be another pawn in his ruthless world. And the more she fights him, the more obsessed Lucien becomes. What started as a fake marriage soon turns into something far more dangerous: need, addiction, and a love powerful enough to destroy them both. Because enemies are closing in. Lucien’s darkest secrets are resurfacing. And Aria is beginning to realize the terrifying truth— The man protecting her may be far more dangerous than the people trying to kill her. She was supposed to be his wife in name only. Not his weakness. Not his obsession. Not the woman he would burn the world to ashes for.

I never thought a dance could bring me disaster Tonight, at the annual Moon Goddess Festival, my brother, the heir of the Silver Moon pack, Aiden, and I performed a dance together. We won a lot of applause. Aiden made me the star of the festival. Unexpectedly, after the dance, Aiden's mate came with a group of sorority members to bully me. "How dare you flirt with Aiden? Omega! "Break her legs!" “No!No!No! I am Aiden’s sister!” I tried to explain, but they gagged me. I struggled desperately, but it only provoked an even more brutal beating. "If she's so horny, strip her naked and throw her into the boys' restroom," Bella said, standing nearby with her arms crossed. Tears of despair streamed down my face. Just then, Aiden arrived. "I'll make every one of you pay for this!" he roared.

A story about an abused girl and a mafia boss leader. He killed him. He killed my father! How can he do that to me? I HATE HIM! What happens when they both cross paths? What happens when he kills her father?

After being betrayed by her boyfriend and thrown out of her apartment, Elena Hart makes one reckless mistake… A one-night stand with a dangerously handsome stranger. The next morning, he’s gone. Weeks later, Elena discovers two shocking truths: She’s pregnant. And the stranger is none other than billionaire CEO Damien Blackwood — the cold-hearted man known for ruining anyone who crosses him. Damien offers her a deal: Move into his mansion, carry his heir, and follow his rules. No love. No emotions. No expectations. But living under the same roof with a possessive billionaire quickly becomes dangerous when obsession, jealousy, and hidden enemies enter the picture. Because Damien Blackwood may have sworn never to love again… But he’s already falling for the woman carrying his child.

Blurb: swooned by her art of seduction, billionaire Arlan reef meets and is instantly attracted to a young seductress, saraya who turned out to be the only daughter and heiress to Newman empire. An e famous fashion brand owned by Alex Newman who is also Arlan's business partner and best friend...

I spent my whole life in the shadow of my gorgeous sister, letting my family treat me like the backup plan while I hid the strange, ancient magic humming under my skin. When the moon goddess chose a legendary, highly successful Alpha as my fated mate, I thought I had finally won my freedom from their cruelty. But my sister’s jealousy changed everything overnight. Coveting my successful mate, she got our parents on her side, and together they forced us to swap places, leaving me bound to the cruel, cold Alpha she was originally arranged to marry. They expect me to break under the weight of this stolen destiny, but they have no idea what kind of power they just unleashed into the wrong pack house.

Penelope Fox was raised in the Supernatural Academy and thought that she would be the next superstar celebrity. She didn't realize she was getting groomed to be sold as a breeder. Gamma Black of the Moon Stone Pack purchases Penelope intending to put her in his strip club/brothel. Thrusted into a world that only wants her for her body, Penelope has to navigate how to survive when she's still a virgin and has an innocent mind so she doesn't know how to do the things expected of her. No one anticipated that Alpha Stone would want her too.

"Sit down, pet." Those words echo through Raya's mind as she thinks about how her drastically her life changed in the past 24 hours. She knew her entire life that she wasn't like everybody else, that she was actually a half-vampire. She always wondered who her father was, but it seemed to be the one secret her mother was determined to take to her grave. Raya knows next to nothing about her heritage or this other side of herself and what she is capable of. Now that she is stuck with three hot vampire brothers that want answers she has no idea what will become of her.