Terrified Synonym Novels & Stories

After losing her father, Emma Hayes is reduced to a servant by her cruel stepmother, Vivian, and spoiled stepsister, Sophia. When billionaire Damien Blackwood comes looking for the bride promised to him years ago, Sophia is thrilled—until she hears rumors that he’s a cold-hearted monster incapable of love. Terrified, Sophia forces Emma to marry Damien in her place. Emma enters the marriage expecting nothing but misery. Instead, she discovers that behind Damien’s icy exterior is a wounded man who slowly falls deeply in love with the woman everyone else discarded. But when Sophia realizes she gave away the perfect husband, she vows to steal him back even if it means destroying Emma’s life.

Billionaire Julian Thorne built an impenetrable empire to protect his genius wife, Maya. But when a ruthless tech-syndicate led by Maya's own father breaches their fortress, Maya makes the ultimate sacrifice to save their newborn son: she surrenders herself, and her memories are brutally wiped clean. Julian tears the ocean apart to bring her home, only to rescue a terrified stranger who views him as a monster. Now, the Ice King must fight to win back the heart of the only woman he’s ever loved. But the memory wipe was a trap. Her father left a deadly sleeper code buried deep in Maya's mind, turning her into a lethal weapon. Locked inside their own high-tech penthouse, Julian faces his most agonizing battle yet: surviving the woman he would burn the world down to protect.

I was supposed to be collateral. A body left in an alley to settle a blood debt. Varek was supposed to be my executioner. Instead, Vespera's most ruthless syndicate boss put a diamond on My finger. He thinks he bought a terrified pawn. He is dead wrong. I Maevia isn't a nameless stray from the outer wards. I am the last heir of a slaughtered royal dynasty. The blood in my veins is worth billions on the black market. And the men who butchered my family are finally coming to finish the job. Varek thought he caged a bird. He's about to realize he locked himself in with a queen. When the global syndicates kick down his door to claim my bounty, Varek faces one choice. Hand over his wife. Or drown the world in blood to keep Me.

"Marry me." He said with a straight face, casually, as if he was talking about the weather. "You're joking right?" "Why would you ask me that kind of question?" He frowns "It's because you sound ridiculous," she bit out harshly. "You know what's more ridiculous?" he smirked darkly, showing his straight white teeth. "A lifetime of debt." Emily breathed harshly, knowing Sebastian as she has for four years, he could be brutal when he doesn't get what he wants, she had never been on the receiving end of his competitive side when it comes to closing deals, yet here she was facing him, chills running down her back, heart beating fast as if she ran a marathon. She was terrified of what the future holds.

Sofia believed that love meant sacrifice. She gave her heart, her body, and even her future to the man she married. But the day she gave birth—bleeding, terrified, begging for help—she realized love was never supposed to hurt like this. Her baby was taken. Her cries were ignored. Her body felt like it was dying, and the only person who was supposed to protect her stood across the room… with another woman in his arms. Her mother-in-law tried to strangle her. Her husband told her to pack up or find her own way home—like she was nothing. But Sofia isn’t done. Not yet. She may be broken. She may be grieving. But she’s still breathing. And now, she has nothing left to lose.

Six years ago, tech titan Cassian Vale forced his terrified secretary into marriage after she witnessed him kill a man in his office. He treated her with icy cruelty until the day he discarded her. Now Vale Dynamics is weeks from total collapse. The only person who can save his empire is his ex-wife — Seraphina Laurent — the woman who vanished after signing the divorce papers and quietly built her own rival tech empire worth billions. She holds the capital, the lifesaving technology… and the one eyewitness testimony that could send him to prison. Sera offers him a deal: ninety days as her husband again — in public and in her bed — with zero mercy. This time, she makes the rules. This time, the devil will kneel.

From standing at the altar, ready to marry her childhood best friend, to being forced into a wedding with the most feared man in Maython City—the Don himself. Salvador is the living incarnation of Hades, a man of cruelty and border line disdain. Those who cross him are marked as his branded dogs for life. Catalina Maria never imagined her fate would take such a cruel turn. It was her fiancé who betrayed the Don, stealing from him and scorning his power. Yet, it is she who must pay the price. Because to Salvador, Catalina isn’t just an innocent bystander. She’s his collateral. She is everything he is not. Soft where he is hardened. Kind where he is ruthless. Terrified of his eyes, while he finds himself unable to look away from hers. Oh, mercy.

Crown Prince Logan Alfredo has it all, strength, strategy, and a throne to inherit. But the one thing he’s cursed to never find? A mate. Until a single voice shatters his curse. Daciana Black, the nation’s most beloved superstar, is invited to perform at a royal concert meant to distract a terrified city. But on that electrifying stage, one look, one scent, and her destiny changes forever. As love sparks between the cursed prince and the luminous singer, darkness looms. Ruthless rogues, betrayal from blood, a secret born of dark magic and a seduction plot gone wrong that shifts the kingdom’s fate. When treachery erupts from within the palace walls and a deadly ritual threatens to steal everything, Logan and Daciana must fight for their bond, their kingdom, and the life of their unborn child.

Lily Carter never expected the clumsy tourist she rescued from black diamond slope to have the bluest eyes she’d ever seen or a smile that made her chest ache. Teaching him to ski was supposed to be easy. Keeping her feelings in check? Not so much. Jake seems sweet, awkward and almost too grateful for her time… but he’s hiding something. Because Jake Rylan isn’t just another tourist—he’s one of the most powerful billionaires in the world. She’s falling for the man behind the mask. He’s terrified she’ll hate him when the truth comes out. When secrets melt and sparks turn into fire, will their story end with heartbreak or a love worth more than all the billions in the world?

Bridgette Valdueza accepted that her life would be miserable when her father remarried another woman. Despite the fact that her stepmother mistreated her, she never blamed her father for marrying her. But she had no idea her stepmother was plotting something against her. Bridgette was shocked to learn that her stepmother intended to sell her to a wealthy man. She was terrified and disobeyed the plan right away. She fled, despite her reluctance to abandon her younger sister. She has no choice but to flee the unfortunate fate she is about to face. But fate is cruel to her when she learns that her younger sister is in danger and that she is the only one who can help them. She was now anxious and eager to meet the man she's bound to marry. Will they be able to stand together, or will it all end in disaster?