Married Off as the Heroine’s Pawn

All my life, they called me the useless prince—the one born from a forgotten night and a mother no one rates. Now, the king forces me to marry the quiet, suffering cousin everyone calls the 'shadow princess.' But on our wedding night, I realize my gentle bride is hiding a razor-sharp mind and a secret that could shake the entire palace. In this house of betrayals, even peace can become deadly.

On Christmas night, my real sister Ifeoma’s scandal destroyed my engagement and turned me into the town’s laughingstock. Forced to marry as the unwanted junior wife, I watched Tunde—my fiancé—choose her, while his family and mine treated me like dirt. But when war tears our world apart and a dangerous prince enters my life, I swear: I will never bow again—even if I must break every rule to claim my own destiny.

Forced into a cold marriage for family pride, Amaka watches her husband Ifeanyi risk everything to protect the poor market girl he truly loves. At her own birthday party, Ifeanyi saves Halima from disaster, leaving Amaka bleeding and humiliated before the whole Okafor clan. Now trapped between loyalty to her family and the pain of being a wife in name only, Amaka must decide if dignity is worth more than gold—especially when even her husband’s gifts are just leftovers from another woman’s heart.

After twelve years as Chief Femi's most envied wife, Chichi is discarded for his true love and forced to marry a stranger. Betrayed by the man who once saved her, hated by the children she nearly died to bear, Chichi clings to the ashes of her lost babies—her only treasures left. But as she escapes in disguise, a secret plan and a stolen name become her only hope for freedom in a world where women are traded like gold.

After five years of loyalty, I discovered my fiancée’s secret affair with her married supervisor—complete with a hidden pregnancy and abortion she never confessed. As her family rushes our wedding, she smiles in my face while plotting behind my back, using me as her cover. Now, with evidence in hand, I must decide: expose their lies and shatter both families, or swallow the pain and keep living a lie?

Amarachi, a humble village girl who can’t even read her own name, is forced to marry Tunde—a man still in love with his childhood sweetheart—to save his disgraced father. As Amarachi navigates shame, family pressure, and a loveless marriage full of unspoken rules, she must decide if sacrificing her own happiness is worth it. With her heart on the line and gossip swirling, one answer could shatter or heal two broken souls.

Dragged to the village after her real identity is exposed, the fake daughter faces heartbreak, shame, and a stubborn husband who treats her like a stranger. As village gossip and hidden desires threaten her pride, she must decide if she'll rewrite her fate or let old secrets destroy her last shot at love.

After seven years of sacrifice, Morayo’s husband betrays her by bringing his childhood lover into their home as a lesson teacher—then crowns her the new wife. Even her own children turn against her, blinded by the rival’s sweet words. Humiliated and heartbroken, Morayo faces the shame of divorce and losing everything she built, but she must choose: hold on and be destroyed, or walk away and reclaim her dignity, no matter the gossip that will follow her name.

On the day our kingdom fell, my sister stripped herself of pride and purity, trading her own body to the ruthless rebel king just to save my life. Ten years later, she forces me into the palace as concubine to a forgotten prince, begging me to accept a quiet life—but my heart burns for revenge. I will destroy the Garba dynasty from within, even if it means betraying the only family I have left.

Amina, the nameless daughter, has lived in the shadows—secretly carried each night to Oga Presido’s bed, never allowed a title or a place. When her hope for love is shattered, she’s forced into a humiliating marriage as junior wife to the very son of the man who owns her shame. Now, her secret threatens to explode, and every step she takes could destroy her family, her pride, and the only chance she has at freedom.

On the day of my high society engagement, my brother exposes my darkest secret—my loyal village wife, Chiamaka, is alive and being forced into a coffin marriage to save my name. Betrayed by family, robbed of ten years and every kobo she earned for me, I must parachute into a burning village to save her from death, disgrace, and my own blood who want her gone. Now, I must choose: the ruthless city heiress at my side, or the woman I left to suffer for my sins—before tradition and greed bury her alive.

For three years, Amara has tried everything—candlelit dinners, sexy dresses, even swallowing her pride—to melt the heart of her powerful, distant uncle-husband. But when his bold secretary flaunts her victory and family secrets spill, Amara faces the ultimate betrayal: in this house, love is just another transaction. On the night of their anniversary, she must decide—stay and lose herself, or break tradition and fight for her own happiness, no matter the shame.