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Mature (R-18+) Three years of marriage. Three years of silence, loneliness, no recognition, and now... betrayal. Elara Frost thought love meant patience, that one day her husband would finally see her emotions, her love, and her care, and choose her, cherish her as she did. But the only thing he gave her was loneliness and indifference. And thus, when his affection for his secretary shadowed her entirely, shattered her illusions, and made her realize that she was never anything to him, never more than a pawn, she walked away. Everyone who knew them thought she would fade away without him, that she wouldn't survive a day without the luxurious life her husband provided, but did they really know her, the real her? She didn't leave to disappear; she went to return as someone untouchable, someone her ex couldn't dare to provoke, and someone every man desired and every family wanted as their daughter-in-law. When her real identity was revealed, it left everyone shocked. She returned as the real heiress, with connections to the underworld. She returned as the woman everyone needed to bow to and fear, wrapped in diamonds and draped in the drapes of vengeance. After being betrayed once, Elara vowed she would never fall in love again, but the queens aren't safe from love either. She isn't left with much choice when her childhood fiancé returns from abroad, promising her the world she never had. Snippet: "I would be a fool to fall for a man again after everything that life has made me go through," Elara confessed, her expression edgy, a solemn hint crossing her eyes. "In that case, don't fall for me, Miss Elara. Instead, let me fall for you. Because I know for sure, you are worth fighting for," Daniel Macros said, his eyes holding nothing but pure obsession, something she had never experienced before. Elara thought dealing with one persistent pursuer was hard enough, but what would she do when her ex-husband knelt before the entire world, begging for her to return? Will she let the old flame of her love burn again, or will she let Daniel's calm presence sweep her off her feet? Disclaimer: The story is participating in the Viral Book Call 2025. Please support. The more you support me, the more motivated I'll be to write. Follow me on Instagram—@angelinabhardawaj. Bonus chapters- One magic castle = 10 chapters+reader's announcement on this book for three days.  One spacecraft = 15 chapters+ reader's announcement on this book for a week.  One golden gachapon = 20 chapters + reader's announcement on all my socials and this book for two weeks. 

Xia Lihua was born with a beautiful voice. A voice as sweet as hers was hard to find. She used to be her cousin sister's shadow singer. Her family exiled her to the United States when she was set up by her cousin sister and stepsister. She returned to her own country after completing high school in America only to discover her father had given orders for some guys to murder her. After narrowly escaping death, she was saved by a friend who rushed her to the hospital and with the help of a genius hacker she was able to eventually escape from the country, hiding in Milan for two years. Except for her grandfather who doted on her, the rest of the Xia family assumed that she was dead. After three years, she returned, stronger than ever, to face-slap the scumbags and exact retribution. She is now the nation's sister- a top idol and a movie queen. She is also known as the Ice Empress in business world! People called her the Nightingale because of her melodic voice, little did she know that she will be become the night songstress of the man whom she hated the most. She didn't know that she was the reason why the demon king couldn't sleep at night. All he could think about from morning till dusk was her. He could wreck devastation on earth for her, and this time he would do anything to keep her. The devil bigshot has made up his mind and is chasing her! Netizens: Is Emperor Yang pursuing you, sister Hua? Xia Lihua: No! He is just my ex-fiancé and a die-hard fan. Emperor Yang: What ex-fiancé? Bullshit! Tell them that you are my wife, little bird. Author note: The author is not Chinese and this is her own story. THIS IS NOT A TRANSLATION. [ Update: Cover art by- @dixerqua ;) (DO NOT STEAL!!!) ]

Driven by his determination to secure custody of his children, billionaire Kerill Wang is forced to hire a woman to act as their mother for three months. That decision leads him to Charlene Rosarios, a simple provincial girl who comes to Manila in search of work. He offers her a contract worth one million pesos and in her desperation, she accepts, unaware that she is about to step through the gates of hell. Kerill’s children are anything but kind. Used to seeing their father introduce a different woman into their lives again and again, they do everything they can to drive Charlene away. Will Charlene survive the cruelty she must endure inside that massive mansion? How long can she tolerate Kerill’s cold, cutting words about who she is? Will she ever win the hearts of the children? Follow this heartfelt story filled with humor, pain, and love, a journey that begins with nothing more than a signed contract. Can true love be found when everything is only meant to last for three months?

Maeve Thompson got an acceptance letter for a live-in maid job she never applied for. The pay was insane—enough to clear her debts and then some—so she figured the universe was finally throwing her a bone. She packed a bag, hopped on the bus, and showed up at the address. The gate alone made her stomach drop. Black iron wrought like thorns. Marble driveway stretching forever. The name on the plaque: Moretti Estate. Exactly like the over-the-top mafia mansion from that trashy romance novel she’d been roasting online for weeks. She laughed it off at first. Coincidence. Weird branding. Then she pulled the letter out again to double-check the details. Handwritten envelope. No company logo. Just her name in sharp black ink. Inside, one single line: “You said you could write a better story. Then write it.” Signed: the author’s pen name...Isabella Rossi the same one Maeve had been dragging in every snarky comment section. Before she could turn and run, the gates clanged shut behind her. Now she’s inside Bound by the Blade, dressed in the maid uniform, holding a bucket, watching Dante Moretti and Isabella Rossi glide past with those stupid golden spotlights haloing their heads like they’re the only characters who matter. Everyone else is background. Disposable. And Maeve? She’s the snarky extra who was never supposed to last past chapter ten. She knows how this book ends for people like her: stray bullet, poisoned tea, convenient “accident” to raise the stakes for the main couple. The writer’s challenge hangs over her like a guillotine. Fix the story. Rewrite the clichés. Survive the plot.

I died betrayed, humiliated, and powerless. But fate gave me a second chance—reborn as Lin Xinyue, the daughter of one of the city’s most feared billionaires. Wealth, power, influence—all mine. But so is one man I never expected to see again. Feng Jiaran, the cold, untouchable CEO who ruined my first life, now stands in my path. This time, I won’t be a pawn. I’ll rise, I’ll play, and I’ll make him notice me—whether he likes it or not. In a world of high-stakes business, dangerous secrets, and forbidden attraction, trust is a luxury I can’t afford. Every step I take draws me closer to revenge… and to a love that could either save me or destroy me. Will I claim my second chance, or will the past repeat itself, leaving me broken once again?

A transmigrator from Earth, our protagonist arrives in a new world as an orphaned outcast, oppressed and betrayed by those he once loved. His low-level talent during the awakening ceremony leads to abandonment, even by his love interest. However, with the activation of the Supreme Cultivation System, he rises to unimaginable success, wealth, and power, ultimately ruling all, all while surrounded by numerous love interests.

Nadia Afcarina, a devoted wife, felt her world shatter into pieces when she found out her husband had been having an affair for a full year. The betrayal felt even more bitter because Nadia had sacrificed her career, complying with her husband’s request to become a full-time housewife. After learning about his affair with a civil servant, Nadia did not hesitate to file for divorce. With renewed spirit, Nadia went back to job hunting. Fortune favored her, and she was hired at a well-known company as a secretary with a salary far higher than her ex-husband’s income. However, this happiness came with a new challenge—Nadia had to work as the secretary to the company’s CEO, Ranu Manggala Dewa. Ranu is a handsome, charismatic man, yet cold and hard to approach. He is known as a firm and perfectionist leader. Initially, Nadia had met Ranu while she was on vacation in Singapore. They had a one night stand there and fell in love with each other. However, Nadia is still hesitant to trust love. She is traumatized by the betrayal she experienced. Additionally, she also feels unworthy of Ranu—a successful and established CEO. On the other hand, Ranu also harbors the same feelings for Nadia. He is drawn to Nadia’s intelligence, firmness, and kind heart. But he too has experienced betrayal from his former fiancée. Will the two of them manage to trust love again? Or will they not believe in second chances?

She was betrayed, broken, and burned alive - the world's brightest mind, undone by the people she loved most. When Lu Mian opens her eyes again, she's back - reborn with every memory, every scar, and a heart that's finally learned how to stay cold. This time, she won't waste her genius saving ungrateful hearts. This time, she'll live for herself, ignoring all those who caused her pain and were unworthy of her love. But fate has a way of laughing at plans. The moment she saves a stranger in the rain - a man with eyes like midnight and a voice that can quiet a crowd - everything starts to change. They call him Huo Shen, the ruthless power who rules the city from the shadows. To the world, he's untouchable. To her, he's a puzzle wrapped in silence - a man dying from an illness no one can name... until she walks into his life. She wants to live, to shine. He wants her. What begins as a deal between two broken souls turns into something neither can control. She heals his body, he guards her heart. He pampers her like she's fragile, yet his love burns with a dangerous edge only she can tame. And when the past claws its way back, they'll fight not just for survival - but for the chance to stand side by side, unshaken, and finally shine on their own terms.

Aria never wanted power, wealth, or a loveless marriage—she wanted her best friend safe. When Kaya disappears without a trace after a night out with Lucien’s notorious friend Ron, Aria’s world fractures overnight. The police move too slowly, her family refuses to care, and the only man with answers is the one she distrusts most: Lucien —cold, controlling, and dangerously untouchable. Forced into a strategic engagement meant to unite powerful families, Aria makes a decision born of desperation—she will marry Lucien to find Kaya. Inside his mansion, she becomes both prisoner and predator, smiling on the surface while secretly hunting for clues. Surveillance cameras, locked rooms, hidden corridors—every inch of the estate feels like it could be hiding a truth no one wants uncovered. Lucien is everything Aria hates: dominant, unreadable, always ten steps ahead. And yet, beneath his ruthless reputation lies a man bound by rules—especially one he refuses to break: consent. Their relationship turns into a volatile game of push and pull, hatred tangled with attraction, suspicion laced with moments of unexpected care. Meanwhile, the truth behind Kaya’s disappearance begins to surface. Ron—the so-called playboy—is not the villain everyone assumes. Trapped by a carefully orchestrated setup involving drugs, deception, and surveillance, he becomes another pawn in a far more dangerous game. As Aria secretly uncovers CCTV footage and hidden messages, she realizes the disappearance wasn’t about desire—it was about control. At Ron’s birthday party, which doubles as the public announcement of Aria and Lucien’s engagement, secrets collide. Disguises are worn. Truths are overheard. And a single misstep sends Aria falling—literally—into Lucien’s arms, blurring the line between enemy and protector. As trust begins to crack the walls between them, Aria is forced to confront an unsettling reality: the man she planned to use may be the only one capable of helping her survive what comes next. Because Kaya isn’t just missing. She was taken. And whoever did it never expected Aria to fight back.

He made one mistake—he chose revenge instead of mercy. Luna’s sharp tongue and careless drunken words should have been harmless. Instead, they mark her as a target for Daimen Blackwell, a billionaire who doesn’t forgive and never forgets. What begins as punishment turns into possession when he forces her into a contract that binds her to him as his mistress—his rules, his house, his bed. Luna is naïve in love but not in spirit, and her defiance slowly becomes the one thing Daimen can’t control. Somewhere between power plays and stolen moments, he wins her heart—only to destroy it. When Daimen betrays her, Luna leaves with nothing but shattered trust. And that’s when he discovers the truth: she is the woman he has been searching for all his life. This time, the billionaire has nothing left to bargain with. Only regret. Only groveling. And the hope that love might survive the damage he caused.

One kiss was all it took to trap her with a billionaire. Clara Bennett never believed in fairy tales—until she met Lucas Blackwood. He was everything she despised: arrogant, untouchable, and a man with a plan. But when an innocent, impulsive kiss sparks a scandal that shakes the foundations of both their worlds, everything changes. Now, she's caught in his web of power, wealth, and deception, forced into a marriage she never saw coming. With one year on the clock and the threat of ruin hanging over her, Clara has no choice but to play his game. But the deeper she goes, the more dangerous it becomes. Can she keep her heart intact as she navigates the ruthless world of business, betrayal, and passion? Or will she fall for the man who once seemed like nothing more than a charming monster in disguise? One kiss. One year. One chance to escape.

Willow wakes in a hospital bed injured, medicated, and alone. She is informed that her life, as she understood it, ended weeks earlier. Her fiancé is there. Calm. Controlled. He explains that they broke up before the accident and that the separation was mutual. He says he remained by her side only out of decency. He is already involved with someone else, his boss’s daughter, and speaks as though this version of events has always been established fact. No one in the room challenges him. The doctors attribute Willow’s disbelief to concussion and trauma. Nurses lower their voices and repeat the same explanation with careful reassurance until it becomes official, documented, and final. Each repetition strips away her certainty, replacing memory with doubt. When Willow looks to the one person who could contradict him, she finds no relief. Her fiancé’s closest friend, a man who has never hidden his dislike for her, says nothing. He offers a brief nod that confirms the narrative without words. With that single gesture, the past is closed. Every detail they present contradicts what Willow knows she lived. Weeks have been erased. Conversations have been rewritten. A relationship has been reassigned without her consent. If she resists, she will be labeled unstable, emotional, and unreliable. She will be the only one insisting that reality has been altered. So Willow stays silent. Within that silence, something colder begins to take shape. She begins to question why her fiancé needed the past rewritten at a moment when she cannot safely object. She begins to wonder why his closest friend chose this precise moment to agree. She begins to realize that decisions were made about her while she lay unconscious and defenseless. The Quietest Knife is a dark psychological romance centered on gaslighting, betrayal, and power disguised as care. It follows a slow, deliberate descent into manipulation, control, and revenge, where harm is inflicted quietly and authority wears the mask of concern. This is not a story about forgetting. It is a story about being rewritten calmly, professionally, and without resistance.

Aira was never the girl people chose. She was the temporary one… the easy one… the one everyone used and left behind. Her whole life, she kept saying sorry— sorry for existing, sorry for loving too much, sorry for not being enough. But one night, at her lowest, Aira decides she’s done begging for love. Now she wants money, glow-up, power, and revenge. So she starts writing her pain into a book… hoping it’ll finally change her life. And then a comment appears. From an anonymous account with a cat profile picture: @whyisthiscatreading “Your book… it didn’t feel fictional.” Aira doesn’t know who he is. She doesn’t know his face. She doesn’t know his real name. All she knows is this— someone out there is reading her pain like it belongs to them… and the more he reads, the more obsessed he becomes. Because this time, Aira won’t be the girl people leave behind. This time… she’ll be the girl they’ll regret losing.

Sara Falcone, the eldest daughter of the prestigious Falcone family, has always been bright, ambitious, and determined. Groomed to take over her father’s empire, she quickly rose to prominence as the company’s CEO, earning respect in the business world. But when Falcone Industries teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, her world begins to crumble. Desperate to save her family’s legacy, Sara turns to the last person she ever thought she would, her greatest rival, and once, her secret crush: Luca De Augustino. Cold, calculating, and infuriatingly powerful, Luca offers her a way out, but at a cost. In exchange for rescuing her company, she must agree to a contract marriage with him. Luca De Augustino, heir and CEO of the mighty Augustino Group, was raised to lead without compromise and to never bow to anyone. Yet there was one person who always challenged him, Sara. Years ago, when she confessed her feelings, he shattered her heart with cruel rejection. Seven long years have passed since that day, but fate brings them back together. Now, bound by a one-year contract marriage, Sara must navigate a dangerous game of pride, power, and unresolved emotions while Luca sees this as his chance to finally claim the one woman who once loved him. ~~~~~ “You think I'll help you just because you pathetically kneel in front of me!” Luca chuckled. “What happened to the woman who always held her head high in pride?” “If you don't want to help me, then just say so!” Sara raised her voice. Standing up, she turned to leave when Luca grasped her hand, thus making her turn to him. “Fine, I'll help you. But there's a condition,” Luca pronounced. “And what's this condition?” asked Sara. “Become Mrs. De Augustino. In short, marry me, Sara Falcone.” ~~~~~ *All the names and places used in the story have nothing to do with the reality. It's a fiction.*

“In this life, I will rise from the ashes—and make them regret ever touching me.” Betrayed by the two people she trusted most—her husband and her best friend—Elena Ashford, heiress of the illustrious Ashford family, met a cruel end: burned alive in the flames of her broken marriage. But fate grants her a second chance. She wakes up five years in the past, her heart hardened and mind sharp with memories of betrayal. This time, she won’t be the obedient daughter-in-law, the loving wife, or the naive friend. She’ll destroy those who wronged her, piece by piece—using power, wit, and every tool at her disposal. But just when her world is fueled by vengeance, an unexpected bond forms. Enter Mila Blackwood, a bright and curious little girl who clings to Elena with innocent affection. Mila runs to her father Lucas Blackwood... "Dad, that pretty Auntie... I like her a lot. Can she be my mother?" "I won't get married again in this life," Lucas ruthlessly rejected his daughter. Lucas Blackwood is the cold and enigmatic CEO of the Blackwood Industries—who hides his own scars behind an icy exterior. On the path of revenge himself, will he make way for love in his life?

[Warning R18+ Mature Content] In her previous life, Aria was the devoted fiancée of Lucas, the golden boy of the entertainment industry. She gave him her resources, her fame, and her heart, only to be betrayed. He cheated on her with her "innocent" stepsister, Bella, stole her inheritance, and left her to die in a cold mental hospital. When Aria opens her eyes again, she is back in the hotel room on the night she was drugged and ruined. But this time, she doesn't run into the trap. Instead, she stumbles into the forbidden penthouse suite—and into the arms of Damien, the terrifying tycoon and Lucas's uncle who holds the entire city in his grasp. He is dangerous, ruthless, and plagued by a violent, agonizing nerve disorder that drives him to the brink of madness. No doctor can cure him... except Aria. Seeing a chance for the ultimate revenge, Aria suppresses her fear and presses her thumb against the lethal pressure point on his neck. "Mr. Damien, I can stop the pain. In exchange… marry me." From rejected fiancée to the untouchable "Little Aunt," Aria uses her new status and medical mastery to crush her enemies in the showbiz world, all while managing a contract marriage that is quickly becoming dangerously real. *** Let's Connect: Instagram: dolly_.roma Discord: DollyRoma#7887

After the death of Reed's parents and first love he vows never to fall in love with anyone ever again. Until he meets Fiona Williams, and everything changes. His aunt tried to forge an alliance through an arranged marriage but Reed is quick to bring in a new bride. His aunt doubts if his relationship with his wife is real or merely a means for Reed to escape her trap. It all started with a contract.

[WARNING MATURE CONTENT] In the wealthy and influential Jejjuk family, family dynamics and societal expectations reign supreme. Jinho, the second son, is bound by duty and tradition. His life takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of Bobae, a maid to whom he's betrothed due to family obligations. Despite their arranged arrangement, Bobae's affectionate nature and devotion to Jinho start to grow on him. Meanwhile, Minho, Jinho's charming and charismatic friend, navigates a world of admirers, including Lizzy, who harbors a long-held secret crush. As Minho's playboy facade begins to crack, Lizzy must find the courage to reveal her feelings. As Jinho struggles with his feelings for Bobae and the weight of family expectations, Gunpyo and Clara's presence adds complexity to the relationships. Will Jinho and Bobae find love amidst duty and tradition? Can Lizzy confess her feelings to Minho? Genre: Romance, Drama