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Arianne Summers was once the most feared woman in the business world—until love became her fatal mistake. Publicly betrayed by her fiancé, her empire stolen in a calculated corporate takeover, Arianne vanished from the spotlight, determined never to return. Five years later, her quiet life is interrupted by an unexpected knock. On her doorstep stand two scheming four-year-old twins holding a handmade sign: “Marry Our Uncle!” Their uncle, Franz Rochefort, is a world-famous actor reluctantly thrust into the role of CEO after his brother’s death. Overwhelmed, underestimated, and struggling to keep both his company and his family together, Franz needs help—even if he doesn’t know it yet. What begins as a logical, temporary arrangement quickly spirals into chaos as fake dates turn real, old enemies resurface, and two tiny matchmakers launch Operation: Make Uncle and New Aunt Fall in Love. In a world where power is currency and love is a liability, Arianne must choose—revenge against the past, or the unexpected family she never planned to have. A ruthless CEO. A reluctant superstar. Two scheming children. And a love story that was never part of the plan. #ceoromance #reversedroles #slowpaced #loveaftermarriage special thanks to @schreient_rui Join my new discord server: https://discord.gg/pj5ad3QgRk

CONTENT ALERT -MATURE CONTENT- R18 She was addicted to his eyes. She had to get over it. It was painful, but she was free from the toxins of love. He grew up to become cold and indifferent. The kind that she hated even more. After not sparing her pennies of affection. He wanted to own her.

Caroline Etham, who had worked hard her entire life, died alone in her room because she was too lazy to eat. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself living the life she always dreamed of — a noble princess with servants at her beck and call. But the peaceful, lazy days she imagined are nowhere to be found. If anything, her new life is even more chaotic than before. All This Princess Wants Is to Be Lazy. So why won't the world just let her?

Nadia Voss has spent a decade being the backbone of the Ironstone Pack. She built its defenses, funded its watchtowers, trained its warriors, and raised its heir. She was also, slowly and without anyone noticing, given less and less in return. When the Ashveil Curse claims her, the pack's healer names a cure: the Silver Moon Rite, performed within forty-eight hours. Her Alpha mate, Cassian, gives it instead to Lyra- the adopted sister Nadia herself brought home at seventeen, who has spent the years since taking everything Nadia owned, one piece at a time. Nadia does not scream. She does not fight. She signs every document they put in front of her with a steady hand and a composed face. But in the three days before her death, she moves with the precision of someone who has been planning longer than anyone realized- locking assets behind bloodline seals, registering evidence with neutral-territory law, writing a letter that will be released only when the people who wronged her have begun to relax. She dies alone on the third day. Then the trap begins to close. And fourteen months later, in a neutral-zone legal office, a woman places a document on a desk and begins the process of returning to the life she was owed. Blood and Silver is a story about what strength actually looks like when no one is watching- and what the patient and the precise can build, even at the end.

Neva and Rhett—two young souls—find their heartstrings woven in love. But just as passion and peace begin to bloom, fate intervenes. Bleak, haunting circumstances scatter blades across their romance, threatening to tear them apart. Ishmael—a man with a heart of thorns—yearns to mend the wound of losing Neva. And in the end, rays of love and joy filter through the clouds of horror that darken his world—as Neva appears before him once more. Twisted fate entangles them all, revealing the Game of Sphere, as misery scorches their souls. A concealed life beyond turns its pages—one after another—gathering sin and virtue, tragedy and fortune, strength and frailty, creation, love... and hate. Illusion is where we live—in the garden of Eden before the fall of man. Illusion is serenity—an evermore sanguine of love. The vision of paradise in the New Earth sows hope deep in the soul. The delusory pleasures of this world ignite the flames that burn in oceans of fire. Illusive Eden is rapture. Illusive Eden is tragedy. The fall of man—even now bleeds red. The whisper whirls the dawn of a man—he who pretends to be the hero. --- The girl who once vowed to be his forever Now forbids him to ever appear. She refuses to recognize him, Disregarding all he ever was. He vows to protect her. Yet he is the terrifying truth she prays is a lie. He trips her, rips her apart— He's the living tragedy looming over her life. He once was her Elayne, now her hiraeth. He is the villain—pretending to be the hero. --- The Lord is the way— Steady through the wilderness. The King is the truth— Burning through the lies. The Father is the life— Breathing spirit into dust. She kneels before the Ruler, The God who shaped galaxies— He has called her a poet. Her tongue shall be anointed. Her poetry shall be the rivers of His word. She will scatter seeds in broken fields, And He will send the sun. He will send the rain. He will draw the roots down deep. He yields to the Ruler, The God of blazing holiness— He has called him a soldier. His fists shall be unclenched. The sword of the Spirit rests in his grip. He will shield the sower of the seeds, As storms rise against the harvest. His strength will be not his own, But drawn from the marrow of grace. This faith shall shake the mountains, For He has conquered the filth of the flesh. This flame will cleanse the shadows. For He has defeated the darkness. This love shall live on for eternity, For He has overcome the mortal world.

Christina has spent her life in the shadows of a past she barely remembers. Separated from her father at the age of five under mysterious circumstances, she grows up sharp-tongued, reckless, and brilliantly chaotic—surviving on instinct and unanswered questions. All she knows is that her father was a hero… and that he vanished. Years later, her search leads her to Swellview—and to a hidden lair beneath Junk N’ Stuff. Breaking into the Man Cave is easier than expected, mostly because Schwoz already knows exactly who she is. He’s been waiting. The only problem? Ray Manchester—Captain Man himself—has no idea the girl standing in his lair is his daughter. Christina isn’t impressed by heroes, especially not loud, egotistical ones in red spandex. And Henry Hart—Kid Danger—is everything she can’t stand: righteous, annoying, and always in her way. From their first clash, sparks fly in the form of insults, rivalry, and constant sabotage. They don’t trust each other. They barely tolerate each other. But as Christina gets pulled deeper into the world of heroes, secrets begin to crack. Missions go wrong. Feelings get complicated. And the line between enemy and ally blurs—especially when Henry starts to see past her chaos and Christina realizes that caring might be more dangerous than fighting. With her identity hidden, her father unknowingly training beside her, and her heart caught in a battle she never planned to fight, Christina must decide what she really wants: revenge, answers… or a family she thought she lost forever. Enemies. Chaos. Secrets. And a love that was never supposed to happen.

Sisi’s life becomes a nightmare on her birthday when her adoptive father tries to rape her. After she fights back valiantly, he beats her half to death and throws her into a ramshackle shed to rot. She believes she would die alone, until she discovers a wounded wolf cub hiding in the shadows. Drawing on her experience caring for infants, Sisi nurses the injured cub, only to learn he is no ordinary animal but a young wolf beastman named Jojo. When her father discovers Jojo and captures him, he threatens the cub’s life to force Sisi into his bed. Cornered and desperate, Sisi’s dormant faerie powers erupt. On that fateful night, she escapes with Jojo into the depths of the forest, vanishing where no one should be able to follow. Lost and hunted, the human girl and the little wolf beastman cling to each other for survival, until Jojo’s father, an Alpha wolf who had been crowned the new Beast King, finds them. Without warning, he seizes Sisi and declares: “My son has imprinted on you as his mother. You must take responsibility.” “H-How do I take responsibility?” Sisi whispers, terrified of being separated from Jojo. The Beast King pulls her close, his voice low and solemn. “Come with me. I will make you my official mate.” * PS: This story is about found family and motherhood, as well as a true love between a lone wolf and a faerie. Tags: Beastman, werewolf, faerie, slow burn romance, no rape, babyraising, possessive ML. - You can follow me on Instagram: @foreverpupa

Our family was different. In a world where Alphas rule, our family was the weirdest, or, should I say, my grandfather was the most bizarre man I ever saw. To suppress and teach his children to fight for the century-old wealthiest household of Kings, he, like a clever fox, brought an outsider, who doesn't look like us to be our new ruler. To be precise, to replace my father and eventually me, the eldest Alphas of the families. In relation, she became my aunt and in position she became the successor of my family, someone who is not one of us. Well, what happens when the grandfather dies? What happens when a terrible war breaks out inside the house? Will the outsider successor survive? I will get what is rightfully mine. I am the successor, not an outsider like you, Aunt.

Synopsis In the quiet, lush countryside of Qingyun Township, Lin Meiying has always known simplicity. She is engaged to her childhood sweetheart, Chen Weiliang, and dreams of a quiet life while working hard to support her younger brother Lin Yutang’s ambition to become a doctor. But when her father passes away, Meiying discovers a devastating secret he left behind: a crippling gambling debt that threatens to take away everything she holds dear including their family home and the land she planned to sell for Yutang’s education. To settle the debt, her father made one final, desperate arrangement: Meiying is to marry Li Yuhan, the son of the wealthy and powerful man her father owed money to. Yuhan is a figure from the bustling, modern metropolis of Shanghai, a man shrouded in mystery and surrounded by the cold, imposing world of high business a world far removed from Meiying’s rural roots. Refusing to let her family lose their home or her brother lose his future, but equally unwilling to marry a stranger and abandon her love for Weiliang, Meiying travels to Shanghai. She heads straight to the gleaming Li Tower, ready to beg Yuhan to release her from the engagement, offering to repay the debt however she can. To her shock, Yuhan agrees without hesitation, promising to return the title to her home and land. But just as Meiying’s relief begins to settle, Yuhan does something that shatters her world completely: he pulls her into a passionate, searing kiss that leaves her breathless and confused. In that single moment, the clear path she thought she was walking becomes tangled in ways she never imagined. As Meiying returns to her life in the countryside, she finds herself torn between the familiar love she has always known and the magnetic pull of the man who set her free only to leave her heart in turmoil. With family secrets slowly unraveling, old debts refusing to stay buried, and emotions she can no longer control, Meiying must navigate a future that is no longer hers alone to decide. Will she choose the life she planned, or will she follow a new path paved with unexpected passion and promise?

Summer’s marriage to Gideon had been nothing short of a fairytale. Their days were filled with joy and peace until one incident ruined everything completely. The man she loved the most accused her of cheating. ======= “Who is the father of the child?” Gideon thundered, squeezing her shoulders. His crushing grip made her wince in pain and fear. “It’s yours. Why won’t you believe me?” “I wanted to. But these reports tell different story.” He threw the paternity test reports at her. “Hope is not my child?” The ground shattering revelation rattled Summer. She tried everything to save this marriage, but it didn’t turn well. Hidden conspiracy and betrayal tore her world apart, costing her everything, including her own life. The moment she thought it was over, she found herself gone back in time. She had been reborn. Armed with the knowledge of what was to come, she vowed to protect herself and her family. ====== “Since I’ve been given a second chance, I’ll not let the history to repeat.” She thought she would stay far away from Gideon, but fate had other plans. He appeared in front of her again six years later. This time, he didn’t want to kill her. He wanted to trap her, torment her, and own her. Would Summer let him ruin her again? Would she be able to change her fate this time? “In this life, you can never escape me,” Gideon hissed. Summer looked into his eyes coldly. “We ended things six years ago. I’ll never let you crawl back into my life again.” Pinching her chin, he declared, “No one can stop me from reclaiming you, not even you.”

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I gave six years of my life to a man who promised me forever only to be betrayed on the eve of our wedding. Cast out by my own family, pregnant and unwanted, I thought I had lost everything. But when the shadows closed in, another man appeared one who swore to protect me even if it cost him his life. He’s dangerous, infuriating, and nothing like the prince I once dreamed of. Yet every time he bleeds for me, every time he stands between me and the world, I start to wonder— Did I truly lose everything that night… or did I find something far more powerful? Now Jethro wants me back, my family calls me a disgrace, and the child I carry has become a prize everyone is willing to fight for. They think I’m broken. Disposable. Helpless. But they’re about to learn... I may have been betrayed, but I refuse to be destroyed.

When Ukraine Song is assigned a nerve-racking mission to investigate an immortal woman, he thinks his life is over. He luckily lands a job as the woman's personal assistant and his bitter-sweet days commence. Little by little, he starts learning more about the supernatural woman, and finding out that she's nothing like everyone said. He's then faced with a choice of either proceeding with the mission which ends brutally for the woman or forsake his family and the mission and protect the woman from the world of the cruel. •••••• Kro has been alive for over 5 centuries. She's a cursed immortal who never bleeds. Her past is comprised of painful betrayal from the people she trusted the most, and her fate turns cruel. After witnessing deaths of everyone she cared about, her only wish is for her to die. But as the witch declared her fate, she's to be stabbed to death by the man who hurt her the most in the past. Now Kro awaits his reincarnation. But will she recognize him when he comes back into her life again? ..... Point to note: This novel comprises of two parts, the present story and a past story to tell more about the mysterious woman’s origin. (Don’t be confused) •••••• *Instagram @ _nzungu *Story by Teemzie (Original work) Thanks!!

Melissa thought her life was already complicated—until fate dragged her straight into the world she was never meant to survive. After years of running from a past she barely understands, Melissa unexpectedly finds herself working for Antonio Castello, one of the most powerful and feared mafia lords. What begins as a dangerous job quickly unravels into something far more personal when long-buried truths surface: Melissa is not a stranger to Antonio’s world. She is the woman he was once meant to marry—the woman he believed had died. He ends up marrying her adopted sister. Their lives become entangled in ways neither of them can control. But Melissa isn’t the only one fighting battles beneath the surface. Sunny is caught in an emotional storm she can’t escape. Alejandra, intense and unpredictable, keeps reappearing in her life like a ghost that refuses to stay buried—awakening feelings Sunny doesn’t trust. Meanwhile, Olivia stands on the sidelines, steady and patient, offering a kind of love that is safe but uncertain. Torn between chaos and comfort, Sunny must decide what her heart truly wants before it destroys her. Ariana, on the other hand, steps willingly into danger for love. She marries Roberto Gonzalez—her former boss and a powerful mafia figure—believing she understands the risks. His family welcomes her with open arms, and for a moment, everything feels right. But months into their marriage, Ariana discovers a secret that shakes her foundation: Roberto has a child he never told her about. Now she must question everything—his honesty, their love, and her place in a life built on secrets. At the center of it all is Melissa, holding the threads together while hiding secrets of her own—secrets powerful enough to destroy not only the fragile lives they’ve built, but the dangerous empire they are now a part of.

Human heart always finds someone to love.... Knowingly or Unknowingly. No matter how hard we try to stop. "Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up." - James Baldwin "He is not a lover who does not love forever." - Euripides "Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own." - Robert A. Heinlein "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." - Sarah Dessen There are so many defination of "LOVE". But First love hits different. It sounds funny when we explain it. But the feeling is full of ecstasy. We were immature back then, not even knowing the meaning of love, we fell in love with someone who was never supposed to be ours. The magic of first love lies in our innocence, believing it will last forever. That is why it becomes unforgettable- a precious memory that never fades from the heart. ....... Hriday Dwivedi, 18 years. Having all the responsibilities of his family on his shoulder but still however making it to get 1st position in everything is quite frustrating, isn't it? The golden "NERD". He is cold but not a jerk. He doesn't believe in love. But you can't predict the future, right? ...... Yashvi Raj Chaudhary, 18 years, Sanskari girl on the show. Even after coming from a Richy rich family, she never forgot her manner. Quite bubbly and friendly girl to everyone. Always adorns that million worth smile on her face. But behind that smile, what happens, no one knows. Maybe because no one tries to find out. ..... Join these two in their journey. If she was Selenophile then he was the moon. They are bound to be together but do they realize that?

Harutora didn't lead a troubled life- he was about as normal as they come, with solid grades and a normal-enough girlfriend. His normal existence however, one day came crashing to an all-too-abrupt end when he collapses from a heart attack seemingly for no reason at all-! Turns out, mages from another world rarely wait for a good time to summon you. Thrown into a world that he doesn't know or understand, Harutora finds himself hunted as a "Failed summon"- but more than that, he's become a woman?! A demi-human, no less!! Fleeing from a nation that wishes to exterminate the botched summons, Harutora must adapt to his new guise and choose between fight or flight. What is a young man to do, though, when faced with the horrors of war, and shoved headfirst into the darkest truths of the world, when he'd known nothing but peace, before? //Will be posting this story on Royalroad.com as well just for exposure, under the un Tunabun Please feel free to join the discord if you want sway on story decisions, or just to chat, theory craft or argue about your favorite characters haha; https://discord.gg/RShwN2C8

Journee, an NYPD officer and Archer, an FBI agent are after a common mafia boss, but they don’t know it. They cross each other’s path at every corner and involuntarily destroy each other chances to make a case against him. Each unknowingly keeps sabotaging the other. If they get a chance, they will kill each other. Finally, they decide to work together to put him behind bars and… fall in love.

In her previous life, Han Ruochen was tricked into marriage and was forcibly made the wife of the foolish brother of her husband. She failed to escape, and her legs were broken by her cousin, Han Ziyan, who not only stole her husband but her destiny. She thought that after giving birth to a son and a daughter for the fool, she would be allowed to leave, but unfortunately, fate had other plans. She was killed by her foolish husband, who beat her up until she died, and her entire family was razed by Han Ziyan, whom they had kindly adopted. Han Ruochen hated Han Ziyan to the point that she couldn’t even close her eyes even when she died. However, when she opened her eyes, she was reborn in the nineties, before she lost everything. Armed with the knowledge of her previous life, Han Ruochen started to guard against Han Ziyan and her mother, Meng Yunhan, for she knew that Han Ziyan wasn’t her cousin but her mother’s illegitimate child! And the two of them were determined to snatch her father’s fortune and ruin her siblings to fill the pit made by Han Ziyan’s biological father. But by a stroke of luck, Han Ruochen gained a ‘Golden Finger’. Not only did her strength increase by leaps and bounds, but the sea also became her golden fishing ground. She left on an empty boat and returned with tonnes of expensive seafood. That wasn’t all. With the money and strength, she straightened her siblings and made them walk on the righteous path, where they started to respect the elders and care for the young. Thefts? Corruption? What was that? Come here and let your sister straighten you up with her fishing rod!

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