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After her grandfather's death, Bai Hanyun was disowned by her parents and cast out of the Bai family. With nowhere else to go, she left the city and returned to the countryside. There, by a twist of fate, she discovered an antique mirror hidden in the basement of her newly purchased home. From that moment on, strange events began to unfold—until one day, she stumbled upon a prayer from a young general. Feng Xiyan, besieged by the Yuezhi Tribe and betrayed by the imperial court, had been driven into a desperate corner. With no access to water, food, or medicine, he and the citizens of Xiqiang City could do nothing but await death. But just as all hope seemed lost, Heaven intervened. From that moment on, the Feng Army and the people of Xiqiang City had enough food and water, living lives more prosperous than even the Emperor himself.

He's the President of the Iron Brotherhood MC. She's running from a past that wants her dead. Gunner survived hell as a Navy SEAL, but nothing prepared him for the curvy blonde who crashes into his life like a bullet through steel. Cristy Winston isn't just another pretty face, she's a witness on the run, hiding from the men who murdered her father in cold blood. One look and I know she's mine. Doesn't matter that she's eleven years younger. Doesn't matter that her cousin's betrayal runs deeper than we thought. Doesn't matter that keeping her alive might cost me everything. She's terrified. Broken. Beautiful. And under my protection now. When her best friend Helena, the underground fighter known only as Ghost—gets caught in the crossfire, the body count starts rising. Rival MCs. Dirty cops. Organ traffickers. They all want a piece of what's mine. But they forgot one thing: I'm not just some biker. I'm a trained killer. And anyone who touches my woman dies screaming.

On the night of her engagement party, Alayna Sandra discovers her future contract husband is cheating on her with her own sister. She's shattered, broken, and furious all at once. So when she finds his stepbrother, Dafa Halton, she marries him instead. But now, why is her ex fiance the one begging her to come back? And who would have thought that his useless stepbrother would turn out to be the best man she's ever met. -Love Reclamation: Escaping My Contract Husband, Finding His Stepbrother By Yuliaresi Anjelina

“That child is mine. And so are you,” he commanded, his viper-green eyes pinning her in place. Grace couldn’t believe that he—Carlos Benjamin, her new CEO and eight years her junior—was the father of her unborn baby. “You can go back to that deadbeat you call a husband, or you can come with me and have everything.” ===== For the last five years of her marriage, Grace Preston, 32, believed she was broken. She couldn’t have a child, and her deadbeat husband, Charles, never let her forget it, calling her useless while she worked tirelessly to fund his failed acting career. He didn’t just break her spirit; he shattered her trust by cheating on her with her own sister. Heartbroken, Grace fled to her office late one night, seeking solace at the bottom of a bottle. She wasn’t alone. A beautiful, blond-haired man was there, nursing his own wounds. He never told her his name, but he offered her a night of oblivion. Fueled by whiskey and a desperate need for revenge, she gave in to her darkest desires, pulling the willing stranger into her web. In her drunken haze, she thought, “If my husband can have his fun, then so can I.” She never worried about protection, convinced she was barren. Until a month later, when a positive pregnancy test trembled in her hands. Grace Preston, the ‘barren’ wife, was pregnant. In a single night, the stranger gave her what Charles couldn’t in five years. Now Carlos has made his claim, pulling her into a world of immense power and lethal secrets. Will Grace escape her toxic marriage only to be trapped in this captivating young billionaire’s golden cage? Or is trading one prison for another a mistake that will cost her more than just her heart?

In the end times, Gu Chengyu crosses over to an ancient and fictional Dynasty, becoming the most cherished peasant's son in the family. Since I have become a boy, let's lead the whole family to earn money and become prosperous! Who knew the old mother insists on becoming an imperial decree wife, how to deal with this matter? This text features a powerful golden finger.

Everly, a connoisseur of orphan-to-riches tropes, always assumed her origin story began with a dramatic abandonment at the orphanage gates. Turns out, her life was even more cliché than her favorite novels! She wasn't merely dumped; she was swapped—a long-lost heiress to a vast fortune. Just when she thought her life couldn't get any more tropey, a mysterious System materialized, offering her a chance at a "good ending." The catch? Its "abilities" ranged from the utterly bizarre to the downright mortifying, making Everly question if a happy ending was truly worth the existential cringe. *** System 006: [Host, please choose 1 of these 3 system abilities!] Everly: "They're all weird! Let me just pick random!" System 006: [Hehe... host, I forgot to say that each system will have consequences, so something will happen to you when you use it...] Everly: "!!!" Days later, having been reunited with her biological family and experimenting with the System's... unique function, the consequence were already glaringly apparent. Her beloved brother: "My little sister is precious, but I need therapy to keep up with her alien-like thinking." Handsome man 1: "She's a pervert! I'm scared she'll take my innocence..." Handsome man 2: "Every time she talks, I feel like killing her. Is that normal?"

“Please, let me touch you,” his voice breaks, pleading. I laugh, overwhelmed by the irony of the situation. Because the very man who persecuted me so much is now the one reduced to nothing before me. His hair is a mess, eyes baggy with dark circles that note the sleepless nights. Those eyes once only reflected hatred for me, but now they’re begging desperately. “Why won’t you just let me come to you? Why does that bastard have to be near you all he wants but I’m not given any moment to even smell you?!!” His rage is laced with pain, his voice filled with bitterness and evident fear. Fear of losing me. “Why?” I ask. My voice is low, but steady. “Why should I let the man who’s abused me for so long come anywhere near me? Why should I give the man who’s watched his family and everyone humiliate me every moment of my life a chance?” My eyes burn with rage, tears welling up as I think back to the countless torture I had to endure. “Tell me why I should come back to the man who’s questioned my dignity and let another woman take my place!!!” “No, Lei, no,” his voice shakes, quiet as though every word costs him. The sound of his voice is barely audible, like it is drowning in regrets too heavy to undo. He draws near, hands trembling with eyes wide with guilt and regret. “It’s all over now. Sign the divorce papers if you still have a bit of a conscience left inside.” His quivering face turns tight with anger. “Why? So you can run off to those good for nothing goons who leer lustfully at you?!” His voice lowers, but remain steady and stern. “I will never let you go, Lei. Never!” I smile. My defiant eyes alone telling all there is to know. Because for me, there is never going back to him. •••••••• Leiara Rhys, the sole heiress to the Rhys Development, has always faced life head-on with one motto: “If it isn’t death, how bad can it be?” When she’s forced into an arranged marriage with Colson Hayes, heir to a rival company, she braces herself like always, determined to bury the fear, the pain, the grief deep inside. But nothing prepares her for the cold hatred in her husband’s eyes. A hatred rooted in a grudge she doesn’t understand. As Colson quietly vows to ruin her, Leiara becomes a pawn trapped between two powerful families and impossible expectations. Abused and subjected to all sorts of violence by her husband, family and his lover, Leiara’s carefully guarded heart begins to fracture. After all, the human heart isn’t a diamond that cannot break, nor a barrel that cannot overflow. When Leiara discovers that she isn’t the main character in this marriage but merely the mistress, the world she built on pain begins to crack. Forced to coexist with the main character, the true focus of her husband’s affection, she must remain in the background as she always has. But just when she’s ready to stop hoping and let go, something utterly unexpected happens. The very man whose eyes once reflected only her mistakes and imperfections now holds a tenderness and longing she doesn’t know how to trust. A boundless love she cannot seem to fully explore. And for Leiara, the irony of it all is just too cruel, yet too breaking to ignore. But one thing is for sure; she is no longer a puppet to be mistreated as they see fit.

Soren and Angi are 19 years old and have always been inseparable. The charismatic older brother and playboy, Soren drags his younger brother into all his adventures: parties, encounters, and endless fun. Angi follows him everywhere, loyal and admiring, but hides a secret he has never dared to tell Soren. Between laughter, moments of closeness,tension, Hidden feelings, jealousy, and brotherly love intertwine in a story full of emotions, secrets, and revelations.

I thought my life was perfect. Sure, we never left our mountain or forest and my brothers were hard to keep in line, but my family had each other. Mother and father left every now and again to sell remedies and I kept my brothers in check… for the most part. Our quiet cozy life was relatively perfect. Then the war came knocking on our door and I found out my family was never what I thought it was. I was left alone to pick up the pieces and find a way to salvage what was left and I discovered my families power. It was left to me and I will use it to protect what is mine. I will also find my brother and protect them, even if it’s from themselves! My journey may be long and treacherous, but only I can travel this path now. I will not only bring back what I once had but also find more than I was looking for, gaining new love and loss along the way. —————————————————— The mother and father are not mentioned by name in the early story on purpose. The female lead, who is also the main character, is not focused on as much in the beginning to help build a foundation for what makes her her which is her family. The female lead and main character is also neurodivergent slightly. So if her actions or point of view seem a little different that is probably why. Chapter comments and paragraph comments are welcomed and encouraged! I’d love to hear what you think even if it’s not positive constructive criticism is more than welcomed. My book really starts to pick up speed at chapter 15. Please let me know what you think of my book! Thank you for reading!

Ilyra Noem was never meant to live in the shadows of power, but for years she kept an empire together without saying a word. As the wife of billionaire Ruvan Calderic, she worked without a title, power, or recognition, stopping disasters that no one could have seen coming. It was difficult to see how smart she was. No one has written down her sacrifices. Her access ended with her marriage. The Calderic Group starts to break apart in small but dangerous ways when Ilyra disappears. Contracts don't work. There are holes in oversight. People in charge pay attention. The man who once thought that power could replace loyalty now knows that he can't get back what he lost by using force. Ilyra doesn't come back to beg. She comes back as an independent expert who is untouchable, controlled, and ready. Questions shift from business to personal responsibilities, revealing their past and serving as evidence. Being quiet becomes a problem. Distance becomes unfeasible. Every attempt to conceal the truth demonstrated the deep connection between their lives. This story isn't about forgiving someone right away. It's the story of a woman who won't be forgotten just because she was loved and then left. It's also about power being regained and boundaries being enforced. Once people are held accountable, the focus changes from figuring out what went wrong to resolving the problem at its source. But who will have to manage the results?

She had money, status, and a future already written for her. He had nothing but a smile and a way of making everyone feel seen. When life became too heavy, they escaped to the same rooftop a place where she could breathe and he could forget. What started as quiet conversations became shared secrets… and then feelings neither of them were prepared for. But in a world where expectations decide everything, loving him might cost her everything she was raised to protect.

Julia Hale is a beastwoman of unsettling beauty, an emergency room nurse in a large, unforgiving city, and the mother of young twins still too innocent to grasp the cost of silence. Behind her clinical composure and carefully ordered routine, Julia carries the scars of years of domestic violence, relentless humiliation, and a past that has never truly loosened its grip. Separated from Theo Desmond, her charismatic and predatory ex-husband, Julia struggles to build a stable life. She works. She raises her children. She manages her body, her desire, her exhaustion. On the surface, she is moving forward. In reality, she is still surviving. Her trauma does not erupt in screams but in interrupted gestures, intrusive memories, conflicted desire. She is in love with a woman—Stella Vance—a one-sided, silent love never spoken aloud. This attachment becomes a mirror, reflecting both what Julia longs for and what she still cannot claim. Under the Skin of a Beastwoman is neither a revenge story nor a tale of miraculous healing. It is a fragmented, intimate chronicle of a woman learning—slowly, imperfectly—to detach herself from a life built on fear, while trying to offer her children a future she was never given. An R18 urban narrative, visceral and deeply personal, where the body, desire, and memory become battlegrounds for survival and reclamation.

Let’s be frank: my stepmother is human trash. She has always been, and she’ll always be. That’s just how life is. But I’ve got to admit that she’s outdoing herself today. ‘Cause, darn, she’s just told me, first thing in the goddamn morning, that I’m to be wed in a few hours’ time for the prosperity of the clan. That has the merit to be crystal clear, at least. Alright, sure. Fine. I can live with an arranged marriage. It’s not the worst thing she’s done. What’s not fine, though, is my spouse’s gender, age, and species. I want to make three points clear: 1. I’m not into men. 2. I’m not into older people. 3. I’m not into other species. Guess what? It appears my future partner is everything listed above. Male, old enough to be my ancestor, and a demon! ...Is it too late to run away? Asking for a friend. ______________________________ Doesn’t-give-a-fuck-anymore human x pampering older demon [BL] ______________________________ Free of copyright picture used for the bookcover by Leonhard_Niederwimmer

Ava and Aria; Two girls living completely different lives, yet sharing the same face. What would you do if your life was falling apart… and you met someone who looked exactly like you? You switch. Ava is an ordinary eighteen-year-old who values comfort over appearances. Hoodies over dresses. Sneakers over heels. She’s loud, carefree, and assumed to have a perfect life. Well, until her best friend of five years confesses his feelings for her. She feels nothing. And suddenly, her simple world becomes complicated. Aria lives a life Ava could never imagine. Polished posture. Perfect etiquette. Designer dresses. Crushing expectations. At eighteen, she moves like someone twice her age. Her future has already been decided for her, including an engagement to a man who openly admits he feels nothing for her. So when fate offers her an escape, she takes it. Separated at the age of four, Ava and Aria grew up in different countries, different families, and completely different worlds. They share no memories… no habits… and no personalities. Only the same face. Switching places was easy. Living each other’s lives is not. Because posture can be learned, but instincts can’t. Love can’t be faked forever. And secrets always surface. Will they end up fixing each other’s lives… or destroying them beyond repair?

​"I wasn't unloved. I was just... unnoticed." ​Elara lived her life like a ghost in her own home. There were no scars, no loud arguments—just a vast, echoing absence of affection. By twenty-five, she has become a master of the "Quiet," a woman who never asks for help and never expects a hand to hold. She has built a life out of permafrost: sturdy, cold, and lonely. ​Then comes Julian. ​Julian is a burst of color in her grey world. He is the first person to notice the way she shrinks into herself, and the first person to ask, "Are you okay?"—and actually wait for the answer. ​Falling for him is the most dangerous thing Elara has ever done. To let him in, she must finally admit how much it hurt to be left out in the cold for so long. She must decide if she is brave enough to trade her safe, frozen silence for the beautiful, terrifying heat of being truly seen. ​A slow-burn romance about childhood neglect, the courage to be vulnerable, and the man who refused to let her stay invisible.

*This novel contains dark fantasy themes, mature romance, violence, psychological trauma, seduction, and morally complex situations. Reader discretion is advised.* A stolen childhood, a found family, and the night Hell finally found them. Escaping poverty and loss, Victoria finally found peace with her stepfamily—until strange, non-human entities tore her world apart. Left bleeding on the road, hovering between life and death, she was met by an Angel—not a savior, but a Dealer of Fate. Her survival came with a cruel contract: Her family's lives in exchange for her soul—forever. Victoria was reborn with terrifying supernatural power. But every ability demands a price bound by merciless rules: a constant need to 'recharge' through intimacy, governed by true emotion, unavoidable attachment, and destined heartbreak. She can never risk falling twice. As Victoria is dragged deeper into the shadows, she uncovers the truth of Dark Heaven, a twisted realm ruled by Kill Wish (Aethna Montaug)—an expelled Angel obsessed with replacing God Himself. Aethna hunts a divine artifact called the Body Shield, a weapon shattered into twenty-one pieces that promises immortality and absolute power. What Victoria doesn't know—until it’s too late—is that one of those pieces is hidden within her own body. Her soul is already sold, but the fate of every world now rests in her hands. Will her reluctant power save the worlds caught between Heaven and Hell, desire and betrayal?

Zaria Remington. She is the light…. The heart everyone adored. Graceful, kind, pure as dawn… The kind of girl who made the world softer, just by being in it. She carried warmth wherever she went, never knowing the shadows that lingered behind her innocent self. Alexander Gonzales He is the darkness…. Sharp edges, cold eyes, ruthless, feared by many. A man who felt nothing, feared nothing, and trusted no one. He was built from ice and iron. Until he saw her. One glance, and the wall he spent a lifetime building began to crack. She was everything he couldn’t understand and everything he couldn’t let go. When their worlds collide, sparks ignite, shadows stir and fate trembles. One touch shatters his control. Buried secrets claw their way to the surface…

Synopsis: In the final moment before her destruction, Wanda Maximoff — the Scarlet Witch — is pulled into a void beyond time or form. Lost in the abyss of her guilt, a mysterious light touches her… and brings her back. Not to her world, but to another. One where magic is different. Where redemption might take shape: the world of Harry Potter. When a luminous figure — a doe — shows her the memories of a boy abandoned and mistreated by his relatives, Wanda understands her new purpose: to protect Lily Potter’s son. Though she doesn’t know why she was chosen, she accepts the deal. In exchange for a chance at redemption, she will care for little Harry. But Wanda is no ordinary witch. And this world is not ready for her. From the very first moment on Privet Drive, the Dursleys will feel that something has changed. With power, resolve, and growing compassion, Wanda will face a new destiny. Because this time… no one will touch the boy without facing her. After all, who better to protect the Boy Who Lived… than the Scarlet Witch herself? Author's Disclaimer: This story is loosely inspired by the initial premise of Strange Potter, a work I greatly admire and that served as a creative spark for developing this project. Although the plot, character development, and events are entirely original and distinct, I believe it's only fair to acknowledge that initial influence. Likewise, this is a non-profit fanfic that blends elements from the Marvel and Harry Potter universes, whose rights belong to their respective creators and owners (Marvel/Disney and J.K. Rowling). This work is made with respect and with the intention of paying tribute to these worlds that so many of us have enjoyed. I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com

Estania Laville and Gale Cartania are fated mates that could never be and their plight begins with one; Estania Laville’s engagement and two; the curse that separates them. Waking up in a new body, Estania Laville now known as Marina Chase is reborn as the third princess of Alvonia but when she notices traces of people from her past life, Estania Laville has just one question; “Is Gale Cartania reborn as well?”