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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.

Damon thought he had lost her forever due to Katherine's schemes only to find that she had been locked inside the tomb for 145 years waiting and hoping that he would find her. She was determined to keep her and Damon's Child safe so with what magic She could siphon she cast a spell pausing her baby's growth effectively saving her baby until she could get free. Damon will find his love only to be put to the test in his vow to keep them safe. What will Mystic Falls throw at them in the quest for a peaceful life for their child.

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT +18 If she was a character in a book, she would have been the perfect villainess created to disrupt the leads in their pursuit of true love. Born with a silver spoon, Sarah lived her life like a hooligan, loved like there was no tomorrow, and pursued whoever made her heart flutter. What is love? This question had always tormented her, daunted her, and haunted her for most of her life. Love made her unruly, made her happy, led to her fall, and made her lose everything that meant everything to her. Living a life filled with so many unanswered questions it wasn’t easy; that was until she finally found out what role she had been playing in the so-called book if she was a character in one; a pitiful cannon fodder. Unknowingly used by an enemy she had never met, Sarah found herself losing everything and everyone around her because of a love that was doomed from the beginning. And when she thought that everything was lost and gone, she found herself bound to a system that promised her riches, fame, and, above all, a second chance to rectify her wrongdoings. How will she use this opportunity? Will she forgive and move on with her life? Will she open her heart and find love? Or will she choose to have it all? Read more to find out!!!!!!!!!!!! Excerpt [Ding! Mission: Find a baby boy in 12 months. Reward: 1 skill art.] [Ding! Mission accomplished. The host successfully brought the first boy home. Keep up the good work and spread the word about what a fantastic cougar you are. How can you have just one boy as a qualified cougar?] [Ding! Issuing a chain mission. How can you, a great cougar, be satisfied with just one baby boy? Make it your mission to bring in as many boys as possible. Don't you think it's nice to have a lot of people around you who love you, care for you, and protect you?] [The mission's duration is indefinite, and the host should always keep in mind that all boys must be seven years younger, or more and rewards will be issued. I look forward to your commitment.]

Mario De Cruze is the "Ghost King" of Chicago, a ruthless billionaire and mafia boss driven by a singular childhood trauma: the massacre of his orphanage at the hands of the Red Blood (the Sanchez family). Unknown to Mario, he is actually Pablo Sanchez, the lost second son of the very monsters he seeks to destroy—sold into trafficking by the De Silva family to secure their own power. His cold world is disrupted by Desderia Davids, a brilliant, struggling law student working three jobs to survive. Desderia is fueled by her own quest for justice for her murdered best friend, Alice, unaware that Alice was a spy caught in the crossfire of Mario’s war. When Mario and Desderia collide, an intense, forbidden romance blooms. As they peel back the layers of a 20-year-old conspiracy, the truth emerges: Mario is a Sanchez, and his biological brother, Martin, was the one who ordered the orphanage fire. The tragedy culminates in a brutal siege at a limestone quarry. Realizing that their five-year-old daughter, Sabrina, will never be safe as long as the Sanchez legacy exists, Mario and Desderia make the ultimate sacrifice. They trigger a massive explosion, burying themselves and the core of the Sanchez leadership under a million tons of rock to ensure their daughter’s escape. Mario’s sister, Secilia, flees into the night with the young Sabrina, disappearing into the shadows of Europe. Eighteen years after the fire and stone of the limestone quarry claimed her childhood, Sabrina De Cruze daughter of Mario De Cruze and Desderia David's, returns to the rain-slicked streets of Chicago. She is no longer the "Scholar" her mother, Desderia, tried to protect; she is a phantom forged in exile. Under the alias Sasha De Clare, she secures a high-level position at Sterling & Vane, the elite law firm that serves as the legal backbone for the New Red Blood Syndicate.

Her husband had a dream to become the strongest Alpha and unite the Eastern regions. So for five years, Rena Mirel buried herself in research to create something that could make her husband's dream come true. Yet, just when success was within reach, Rena realised her entire life was nothing more than a lie. After discovering her marriage was nothing more than a carefully staged sham, she lost everything in one devastating blow. And the man she once called husband was preparing to marry another woman, as if their life together never existed. As though to him, she was simply disposable. To the world, she was foolish. But grief is a dangerous thing when it hardens into resolve. So when Rhys Carter, Rogue Billionaire, powerful, ruthless, and nothing like the weak man she once loved, shows interest in her research, she is faced with a choice. Stay broken… Or rise. This time, she’s not choosing a scumbag. She’s choosing power. And the Alpha she plans to pick does not lose.

When jealousy and envy eat away at a person's heart, no one knows what will happen, how things will turn out, or when the tables will turn.

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

Su Xia is a well-known top-tier celebrity in the entertainment industry, a household name, a queen of hit dramas, and a film queen with numerous highly prestigious awards. She has had no scandals in her five years in the industry, except for one thing that shocked everyone: the revelation that she was a huge fan of the film emperor Lu Jingyao! Everyone exclaimed that even a film queen is a fangirl. Then one day, Su Xia participated in a variety show and was asked by the host what the luckiest thing in her life was. She tilted her head and smiled sweetly: "That's probably getting together with my idol." This shocking revelation immediately stunned all netizens. Later, paparazzi photographed the aloof and reserved film emperor affectionately feeding his "little girl" ice cream. And then... Netizens coldly commented: "Please, film emperor and actress, restrain yourselves! I'm too full of this dog food!" Alternative title: The Best Actor and Actress are Showering Us With Sweetness Again!!!   　This is a lighthearted, illogical story with a focus on romance and wish fulfillment.

Kael Voss is the second son of a great noble house in the kingdom of Vaereth, where bloodline magic determines everything — your power, your land, your name, your worth. His blood is the weakest in four generations. His ability, dismissed by his family as a consolation prize, lets him feel what people carry emotionally. Not a fighter. Not an heir. Just a young man who notices things that everyone else has decided not to see. When a quiet, precise archivist named Nara arrives at the estate with forged credentials and a hidden name, Kael is drawn to her in the way you are drawn to someone who occupies silence the way most people occupy noise. What begins as an intellectual partnership in the family archive slowly becomes something neither of them planned for — because Nara did not come to the Voss estate to fall in love. She came for the truth. The truth is this: sixty-three years ago, Kael's grandfather orchestrated the complete annihilation of a rival noble family — the Marens — forty-seven people including children and infants, erased through an ancient illegal ritual that transferred their entire bloodline's magical strength into the Voss family. Everything the Voss name stands on — the estate, the standing, the power that Kael's brother Seran wears so naturally — was purchased with forty-seven lives. Nara is the granddaughter of the only survivor, an eight-year-old girl who was carried through a river crossing in the dark and spent her life knowing exactly who had done it. As Kael unravels the buried documentation and confronts his family one by one — his brother who has known for three years and chosen silence, his father who inherited the secret as a young man and built a life of deliberate goodness around it, his mother who chose the living over the dead and has maintained that choice with flawless, suffocating composure ever since — he is forced to ask the question that sits under all the others: can you love people completely and also hold what they have done? There is no clean answer. The love is real. The crime is real. Both things occupy the same space and neither one cancels the other out, and Kael — the overlooked one, the weak one, the one who was never supposed to matter — is the only person in the house willing to stand in the middle of that and refuse to look away.

I was embodied in a novel as a supporting, villainous character destined to be killed like a hound. The second male protagonist lives aimlessly despite saving the empire alongside the crown prince... But now... "Mother, you're the best mother in the world." "How can you say you could save Walter?!" "..." "Prove it, my lady..." I kidnapped the second male protagonist of the novel.

On a storm-lashed night in 1805, an orphaned infant is brought to De Montfort Duchy and claimed as one of its own. Raised among four brothers in one of England’s most powerful noble houses, Sophia de Montfort grows from cherished child into a young woman of rare beauty, wit, and quiet strength. By the time she reaches society, she is everything the marriage market desires—graceful, spirited, and the daughter of a great estate. Suitors circle. Alliances are whispered. Futures are negotiated in drawing rooms and candlelit corridors. Sophia, believing in love, sets her heart where it chooses—unaware of the deeper currents moving beneath the surface. For Laurence, the Duke of De Montfort and her not-by-blood brother, devotion has always been simple: protect her, provide for her, ensure her happiness. Yet as she steps into womanhood and toward marriage, that devotion becomes far more dangerous—and far more difficult to contain. While Sophia navigates the trials of love, reputation, expectation, and betrayal, she remains unaware that the fiercest heart in the room beats not among her suitors… but beside her. A sweeping Regency drama of desire, loyalty, and forbidden longing, this is the story of a woman every man wants—and the one man who must never claim her.

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

At eighteen, Riele Anderson has everything people dream of—fame, beauty, and a name the world recognizes. But behind the flashing cameras and perfect smiles is a girl who lost her parents too young and grew up learning how to survive, not how to live. Tired of being seen but never known, Riele does something reckless and brave—she hides. At her new school in Los Angeles, she becomes Ryerson Anderson, a quiet boy with no spotlight and no past. For the first time, she tastes normalcy: real friendships, laughter without cameras, and a boy named Noah Rivers who makes her feel safe in ways she never expected. But Noah has a crush on the girl Riele pretends not to be, and every moment with him blurs the line between truth and betrayal. While Riele hides her identity, her cousin Vera lives loudly—flashy, confident, and fearless. When an online romance follows Vera into real life, it brings danger, humiliation, and secrets she never saw coming. What starts as a teenage mistake slowly unravels something far darker. As lies pile up, buried truths resurface—about adoption, wealth, and a powerful family whose past refuses to stay hidden. Every character is tied together by secrets they didn’t choose and names they never fully owned. When identities are exposed and the truth finally comes knocking, Riele must decide who she is willing to lose—and who she is brave enough to become. Because some names protect you. And others destroy everything you’re trying to save.

Hawkins is small, but its secrets are big. Will Byers has always kept to himself — sketching in quiet corners, surviving on routine, and hiding from the chaos that seems to follow him no matter where he goes. Mike Wheeler has his own battles: trying to fit in, trying to be brave, trying to keep himself together when everything feels like it’s spiraling. When fate (or recklessness) throws them together, they discover something neither expected: someone who sees them, someone who matters. But the quiet comfort of connection doesn’t last long. A night out spirals into tragedy. Chrissy Cunningham, a friend, is found dead, and Eddie Munson — a boy who’s always been different — is accused. The town turns on him. Loyalties are tested. Friendships are stretched to breaking. And the lines between right and wrong blur with every step through the dark streets and shadowed woods of Hawkins. As Hopper hunts for the truth, as Jason and his friends chase vengeance, and as Max joins the hunt to protect those she cares about, Will and Mike find themselves not only confronting danger but their own feelings, discovering what it truly means to trust someone — and to be brave enough to love, even in fear. The Quiet Things We Hide is a tense, cinematic, small-town drama about friendship, first love, moral grey areas, and the costs of loyalty when everything you care about is on the line. Disclaimer This story contains sexual themes, strong language, and explores queer identities and relationships as a central focus. If you are homophobic, uncomfortable with LGBTQ+ topics, or sensitive to discussions of sexuality, identity, and emotional intimacy, this story is not for you. Please choose to leave now. This space is not up for debate.

When the LaRusso family moves to Southern California, Jennifer LaRusso expects sun, beaches, and a fresh start. She doesn’t expect to watch her older brother get humiliated by Cobra Kai’s golden boy. Johnny Lawrence is everything Jennifer hates — proud, ruthless, untouchable. And when he makes Daniel his favorite target, Jennifer decides she won’t stand by and cry. She’ll do something smarter. Instead of fighting the snake… she’ll charm it. Jennifer pretends to admire Johnny. Laughs at his jokes. Softens his edges. Slowly, carefully, she works her way past his guard — all to stop him from hurting her brother before the All Valley Tournament. It’s just a strategy. Until it isn’t. Because beneath the arrogance, Johnny isn’t what she expected. And the more time she spends with him, the harder it becomes to tell what’s real and what was part of the plan. But Cobra Kai doesn’t believe in softness. And when John Kreese begins to suspect that Johnny is hesitating… someone will have to pay for that weakness. With Daniel training in secret under Mr. Miyagi and the tournament drawing closer, loyalties fracture, hearts betray, and the line between manipulation and love begins to blur. Jennifer thought she could strike softly. She didn’t realize soft things can break the hardest.

After living her life as one of the creators of the almighty empire, empress is punished for the wrong doings in her life. Hunted by the memories but also by someone else. In that reality she can either be caught or catch the hunter. The question is what are they willing to sacrifice in order to achieve the final goal and how much are they willing to sacrifice. You are invited to join this royal hunt. May your stay be comfortable and may God be with you.

Dilarah never believed in forever. A dedicated veterinary doctor with a fragile heart and a guarded soul, she has learned the hard way that love comes with conditions — and pain never leaves without scars. Baran, on the other hand, is a man who carries storms in his silence. Powerful, emotionally distant, and fiercely protective, he has buried his past beneath control and discipline. Love is not something he trusts — nor something he allows. Their first meeting sparks irritation. Their second ignites tension. And before they realize it… hatred turns into something dangerously tender. But love is never simple. Old wounds resurface. Family conflicts threaten to tear them apart. Secrets from the past shake the foundation of trust. And when letting go seems easier than holding on, one question remains: How far can you go for the person whose name beats inside your heart? In a journey of healing, possessiveness,emotional battles, and slow-burning desire — two broken souls must decide: Will they surrender to pride… Or die in each other’s name?

I reincarnated as the aunt of the main villainess in a romantic otome game. Ever since I took on this role, my main goal has been to properly raise my niece so that she would not suffer the fate of her character in the original story. But... why has the world around me become so strange ever since I moved into this game? The love interests of the main heroine, who suddenly started hanging around me, even though they are supposed to be with the heroine! The main heroine, who suddenly said to me: "Aunt Grace is the best!" And finally, my niece, who was the main villain in the game, was definitely the strangest of all. "You promised that you would take care of me, didn't you? So how can you break your word now?" No, damn it, I was only trying to raise my villainess niece properly... so what is wrong with this strange world?!

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?" NOTE: Please disconnect all logical circuits before proceeding with this novel, as it's an absolute chaotic comedy where the MC, Everly, has several screws loose in her brain. Don't expect much normalcy here—sanity checked out long ago and never came back.

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?”