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Wallflower Of The King's Bed

King and Queen Kensleigh prayed for an heir. In answered prayers, hope is born as Princess Izrina Kensleigh. A young woman with scholarly wisdom and dance skills of a red-capped manakin. Put these aside... she knows nothing else. The prophecy of her glorious reign as when she shall be Queen spread like the third plague.  Just because, the universe enjoys twisted humor. When the clock struck midnight on Izrina's 18th birthday.  Her mother, Queen Karissa, is accused of high treason and usurpation. The officials stamped, signed, and approved an order to behead the entire Kensleigh family- but the wise Queen, who had kept her daughter hidden all these years after reading the last words of the prophecy. In her last breath, stowed her away with help from her most trusted friend. In nothing flat, once Princess Izrina, the one foretold to rule her kingdom with great wisdom, finds herself partially deaf and trapped in an enemy kingdom as a prostitute in the palace that serves the boisterous, chicanery, lecherous, and war-hungry twenty-eight-year-old king who only wishes to get her pregnant at every meeting. Who knew conquering kingdoms is easier than creating babies? To return home to her refined aristocratic betrothed, Princes Izrina is to serve the head of the devil-may-care king on a platter and escape the enemy kingdom. All with the help of her allegiant and faithful personal guard, who has loved Izrina right from their childhood. Hemmed in a waltz of feelings and with emotions on high-rise. Izrina must try to stay alive. Get back her crown and bury her family properly- Yes, Izrina needs a break. Loyalty! Forbidden love! War! Lust! Greed! Pride! Betrayal! Confucianism and Adjuration play Uno. Who will reveal their hand in the end? This is no satire... It is... Era of The Wallflower
Pluma_W143 · 11.2k Views

The Shadow of Great Britain

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.” Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?” The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?” Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!” “Oh!!!!” The audience erupted into thunderous applause. “Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately. The applause grew even more fervent... (The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)
Chasing Time · 260.8k Views

New World, New Life: I Became A Bigshot In The Ancient World

Excerpt Aristia could not help but stare at the platinum blonde a few steps in front of her. She seemed to sparkle with a glow that drew people in around her. Something that only happened to the main character of a novel. [Is that stupid book sure I'm the female lead?] She thought, her jaws almost going slack. At this point, she was sure she was deluding herself— or the book was deluding her. She didn't know why, but she already disliked the girl. [This is definitely not jealousy.] She rubbed her brows, watching how the innocent, naive looking girl exuding female lead aura was being flocked around already by others despite her low status. "F*ck, I'm really in deep shit!" — Aristia Andrews had just returned home from work and prepared to go to sleep, when she was given a novel. Nothing strange about that though, huh? But just after she had completed the novel, she woke up to find herself tossed into a whole new world. Taken from her world and the life she deemed perfect, and tossed into a not-so-ideal world. She becomes Aristia Amberale, the beloved five year old daughter of the only Grand Duke and Imperial Prince of the kingdom, said to be loved by all in the kingdom. Now part of royalty, she has to get accustomed to living in a backward world of Kings and Queens, Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts and Barons. Just the titles and hierarchy were enough to make her smart head spin. With beautiful and loving parents and relatives, a hopelessly adorable younger brother who just might be a sis-con, loyal-to-the-death servants, and a smart brain, join Aristia as she enjoys eating and making delicious cuisines, forms unique friendships, and creates successful businesses. However, she finds all is not as she thought it was; there just might be something bigger than she expected that the book did not reveal— something that could turn her well balanced world upside down. First of all, she discovers that her character is actually hated and not loved. Then, she finds out she's not really the female lead. Now... she has a lot of mysteries surrounding her to unfold, secrets to uncover, and a sad fate to avoid. But... "Hey, why are you looking at me with those eyes? The female lead is over there." "You, stop following me around, will you? You're supposed to hate me!" "Stay back, all of you! What's wrong with you?!" But most importantly... why are these obviously important characters not leaving her alone? And why was the cold, unloving soon-to-be Emperor husband of that powerful Empire paying attention to her instead of the female lead? It wasn't supposed to be like this...
Gray_Queen19 · 113.4k Views