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A blindfolded woman. A captor who speaks calmly to the camera. And a video the whole world can’t stop watching. Late one night, a disturbing clip goes viral—showing a young woman tied up, her captor’s voice echoing in the dark. While the internet debates whether it’s real, her boyfriend reports her missing. The victim is Mitra, a software engineer and small-time social activist… and the key witness in an unresolved kidnapping from two weeks earlier. Trapped and threatened, Mitra refuses to break. Instead, she engages her captor—who calls himself Sashi—in a dangerous psychological battle of truth and lies, probing into his secrets as he digs into hers. As Vishal races against time to find her, Sashi releases more videos to the public. Each one is a twisted interrogation. Each one paints Mitra not as a simple victim—but as a guilty person with a hidden past. The clues lead back twelve years, to a quiet town, a brutal murder, and a past neither Mitra nor Vishal ever escaped. This is not just the story of a kidnapping. It is the unraveling of a chain of murders spanning more than a decade—and an obsession that was waiting to be exposed. When the truth finally surfaces, who will be left standing?

At a glamorous art auction, Kang Siwoo meets Go Hamin, the charming singer he once loved—and lost. What starts as a tense rivalry over a coveted artwork soon unravels years of misunderstandings, regrets, and lingering desire. Behind the glittering façade of fame and wealth, old wounds resurface, forcing them to confront what they truly feel. In a quiet penthouse filled with art and memories, they face the question they never dared to answer: Can first love survive betrayal, pride, and time?

A story of twisted love triangle where affection exists with with redemption, revenge and betrayal.

A thousand years had passed since they first met. Percia looked down at the familiar behind stuck in a mimic chest and closed her eyes. She doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

What happens when a drunken night honeymoon turns the heat up in the life of a NewlyWed Wife and takes her on a path of newfound desire to stray from loyalty and explore something new.. Adultery & Cheating.. Things that she had never done before but now become a part of her new, thrilling, sneaky cheating life.. Come along on an rollercoaster adventure of Molly's life as she walks through the shadows of the unspoken rule of married life.. 'It's not wrong, if you're not caught..' You can find me on Instagram - @sanjana_sripada23

A disgraced jester is exiled from his homeland and forced to live as a slave in a foreign court. High Court life is always been dangerous—especially when a princess draws him into a dangerous plot, entangling him in a high-stakes conspiracy. Slight warning: this is fast pace romance so some of the earlier scenes will involve some spice. The romance is in a slower pace.

Jayden Cross lies about his age for one reckless night with a devastatingly controlled older man. It was supposed to be anonymous. No names. No strings. No consequences. The next morning, that man walks into his lecture hall “Good morning. I’m Professor Roman Ashford.” Now the one-night stand is grading his papers. Roman is divorced, respected, and obsessed with control. Jayden is reckless, shameless, and very hard to ignore. They should stay away from each other. They don’t. Jealous classmates start whispering. An anonymous complaint hits the Dean’s office. Rumors spread across campus. Roman has everything to lose. Jayden has nothing to protect except the one man who refuses to stop looking at him. “You don’t have to call me Sir.” Jayden smiles. “That’s not the problem.”

A one-night stand becomes a lifetime of forbidden desire. Julian, a 30-year-old man, never imagined falling into the obsessive orbit of Lucian, an ancient vampire with wealth, power, and a hunger that goes beyond blood. Every encounter drains more than life—memories, emotions, and even his very identity slip away under Lucian’s parasitic hold. In a world where love is dangerous, morality is optional, and obsession rules, survival comes at a price—and surrender may be the only way to live.

Aveer wanted distance. Aarav wanted closure. But fate gave them neither - only a single room, old wounds, and a silence, heavy enough to drown in. What begins as resentment soon turns into something darker, softer, and far more forbidden. Because the heart doesn't forget - even when it's been taught to hate. "The world called it sin - They called it love Because when love becomes a sin, desire becomes rebellion".

His neck burns. The spot where his mating mark should be burns the closer Travis got. He is shaking, aching all over, and he knows Travis’ touch would soothe him. But he is hurt and bleeding. He doesn’t want to repeat his life all over again with the alpha. Not when it led him to lose everything. And everything was him, Travis. Someone who once awakened him has done it again. His fated mate. Things have changed. He is a different person now. But his stupid omega is making a fool out of him by reacting in all the worst ways. “Don’t,” Day holds his hand out, heart racing. He doesn’t know why this was happening. His body and mind are clashing again, like they always do whenever they do this. “I am not some weak omega who is going to present to you simply because you were once mated to me. I am not going to submit to you. You are not my alpha.” Gods, how he wishes he could give in just this once. He can already feel the slick trickling down his thighs. Soiling his jeans. And going by the way Travis’ pheromones flare, nose twitching, he knows the alpha can smell he is losing the battle. … Day can find nothing wrong with his life. He is now enrolled in university, a whole new life away from his cage, finally growing up and discovering who he is. Then crosses paths with Travis. The alpha who makes him feel like he is being born and dying all at the same time. A thread is pulled every time he locks eyes with him, talks with him ... feels him near him. Every time his scent wraps his body like the softest cloud. With each tug, the life that has been carefully woven and fed to him starts to fall apart. Day realizes he isn’t who he has been told he is, and he was someone different once. Something else, but it was all taken away. Travis was taken away, too. All the scars unravel themselves on his bones, and he is once again breaking apart.

⚠ 18+ Restricted Content: Explicit sexual content, power imbalance, high emotions, and morally grey characters. One stolen wallet. One little girl screaming “Daddy!”. One alpha mafia lord who never lets debts go unpaid. After catching his cheating ex selling him out, male omega Shin Seoha loses everything in a single night: his home, his inheritance, his pride. Desperte to survive the night, he steals from the first well-dressed stranger he sees. That stranger is Kang Taesan; CEO of Mountain Atelier by day, ruthless underworld captain by night. Instead of accepting an apology, Taesan offers Seoha a deal: repay the black card debt by working under him, at his company, at his side, and move into his penthouse to play daddy to the daughter who refuses to let Seoha go. It’s only until the debt is cleared, only until the child stops crying and only until Taesan decides he’s had enough that it ends. But debts grow, and Seoha is only starting to learn just what he has been pulled into, it's a world where secrets can kill and the ex who betrayed Seoha isn’t done yet. What started as punishment turns into possession. What started as survival turns into surrender. Because mountains don’t forgive. They claim. And Taesan has no intention of letting his little thief escape.

Mei Lin thought she was accepting a simple caregiving job in a remote mansion. She was wrong. The estate belongs to Alpha Alaric Mooncrest—a powerful werewolf ruler crippled by guilt after the accidental death of his Luna. Broken in body and spirit, Alaric has rejected healing, the moon, and himself. Mei is human. Or so she believes. As she grows closer to the Alpha, strange dreams awaken, the moon begins to call her name, and secrets buried within the mansion rise to the surface. Chosen by the Moon Goddess herself, Mei is marked to replace a fallen Luna—an impossible fate for a human woman. Bound by destiny and divided by guilt, Mei and Alaric must confront forbidden love, ancient laws, and a bond that could either save them both… or destroy the pack. Because under a broken moon, some hearts are not meant to remain human.

Maya Windget moves to New York City ready to embrace independence and begin a new chapter of her life at NYU. There, she meets Calvin, a charming local whose warmth and confidence quickly draw her in. Not long after their friendship begins, Calvin proposes. Six months later, Maya says yes, believing she has found the love she has always dreamed of. But what begins as devotion slowly turns into something else—dependency, distance, and heartbreak. Shattered but determined, Maya must rebuild herself piece by piece. In the process, she discovers her own strength, her worth, and the power of loving herself first. Along the way, she meets Rege, a charismatic and mature man who shows her what healthy, fulfilling love truly feels like. Resurgence is a story of heartbreak, resilience, and a woman rising again—stronger, wiser, and unafraid.

“Fix my grandsons.” That was the only instruction the old billionaire gave. “Turn them into proper heirs… and I’ll change your life.” How could Eli possibly do that… when he’s just a broke college student juggling six jobs to survive. His goals are simple: 1. Survive college without drowning in debt. 2. Escape his wicked stepmother’s house. 3. Definitely not become someone’s sugar baby… or sugar daddies’ emotional support toy. But sometimes life throws you into the wrong fairytale. After a disastrous cleaning job in the Donovan mansion, Eli finds himself sitting before the terrifying grandfather with a contract that could change his life: Live in the mansion as the housekeeper And turn the billionaire grandchildren into responsible heirs before the old man retires. Which already sounds impossible enough. What happens when the coldest grandson in the family suddenly proposes something even more outrageous? A contract marriage! Now Eli isn’t just the help anymore….he’s the contract fiancé of a Donovan heir, living in a mansion filled with four chaotic heirs who clearly have no intention of behaving. And if he thought that was bad… They are acting very naughty about it. Way too interested, curious, and pushing him toward trouble he never asked for. But the mansion hides more than bratty billionaires and family drama. There are secrets buried behind locked doors. Dangerous family politics. And someone might be planning something that ends with a body on the floor. The deeper Eli gets into the Donovan family, the clearer it becomes that the grandfather didn’t choose him by accident. The old pocket watch Eli inherited from his mother…might hold the key to a secret tied to the Donovan empire itself. Now Eli has to survive….. A fake marriage. Four chaotic heirs. Secrets strong enough to ruin the entire family. And the terrifying possibility of falling for the one man who was never supposed to love him back. If he’s not careful… Eli might not make it out of this mansion alive. Help! From the author of: Glass Hearts [BL] and The Pleasure Letters

Luciel, the immortal king who defied the gods and death for far too long, receives a message from Selenos, the enigmatic Moon God. Morthea, the Goddesses of Death, has grown tired. After a century of allowing a mortal to escape her embrace, she is determined to end Luciel’s existence once and for all. Only another god can truly protect Luciel and help him keep his eternal life. The beautiful Rusalina, one of the most loyal followers Selenos has, is chosen to deliver this message. She’s the one who must convince Luciel to betray the Demon Lord and make an alliance with Selenos. Long ago, the Demon Lord took something precious from Selenos. A loss that has haunted the god ever since. Luciel is the only one who can return what Selenos once lost. And if Luciel succeeds, the Moon God promises to grant him anything his heart desires… or so it seems. Some treasures are too precious to be willingly gave way. And Selenos has a treasure, he holds her close to his heart. Warning: This story contains occasional violence, mild gore, and non-explicit mature themes.

[Mature Content || Dark Romance || Drama.] What would you do if your husband comes home with a new daughter and your abusive half-sister as his mistress? That is exactly what happens to Claudia Hoffman. She once believes her life with Miles and their daughter, Aurora, is a romance straight out of a novel. Until the night he walks through the door with Clarissa, her half-sister, and the child they share. They push Claudia aside, dismissing her outrage as madness. Then comes the ultimate betrayal: they frame her for attempted murder on that fateful night. Desperate to clear her name and protect her comatose daughter, Claudia is forced to seek help from the psychiatrist assigned to her case—her devil of an ex, Ray Gatlin, the man she left on bitter terms. Ray is cold, calculating, and dangerously powerful, a certified sociopath with immense wealth, influence, and a decade-old grudge against the woman who once humiliated him. He agrees to help her, but only if she signs a “pet contract” that binds her to him, granting the devil complete control, even over her own body. With no other choice, Claudia signs that insane contract . Now trapped in a dangerous bargain with the man she once loved, she must navigate a twisted game of revenge, obsession, and lingering desire. But as old emotions resurface and buried truths unravel, she discovers something far more terrifying: Ray may have had a hand in her downfall. Can she thaw the heart of a devil and prove her innocence,
Or will she lose herself to the contract she signs? * Commissioned cover art by @durudara Follow and contact me on Instagram: @foreverpupa *

"Sign it. I don't want your money, and I don't want your daughter." For seven years, Rong Ci endured CEO Feng Tingshen’s freezing indifference. She thought her deep love could eventually melt his heart of ice. Instead, he fell in love at first sight with another woman. The final straw wasn't his neglect. It was flying thousands of miles on her birthday, only to find him treating that woman like a queen. It was watching the daughter she raised with her own hands tug on the other woman's dress, begging her to be her new mommy. In that moment, Rong Ci's heart died. She left the divorce agreement on the table, abandoned her custody rights, and walked away without looking back. Everyone laughed, waiting for the abandoned housewife to crawl back to the Feng family. Instead, Rong Ci returned to the business world and effortlessly built an empire worth hundreds of billions. Now a flawless, untouchable billionaire queen, she waited for her divorce certificate. But it never came. The cold, noble CEO who once loathed coming home now blocked her against the wall, his eyes red with desperate obsession. "Divorce?" his voice trembled. "Rong Ci... even if I die, I won't let you go."

Jeanne Weels is just a 22-year-old woman—an ordinary bank teller who only wants a quiet life. But everything falls apart when she becomes trapped in a deadly time loop. Each time her life is taken, Jeanne wakes up to the very same morning again—carrying memories of pain that hasn’t even had the chance to fade. In the midst of despair, she encounters an eccentric Special Detective Unit, along with a shadowy world of crime and occult organizations lurking beneath the surface. To break the curse, Jeanne must confront the trauma of her past and accept the fate she hates most: becoming a detective. Can Jeanne save the people she loves, or will she remain forever isolated—trapped in the endless echo of death?

In her native agricultural town of Kantine, Amelia served as an operative. The dream of her whole life since childhood was to leave her city and home and go... well, anywhere far enough from here. After several unsuccessful attempts to “escape”, find work and a new life in the capital of the Mainlands, she takes a boring unsuitable job in a smaller city... but outside the walls of the house. Not perfect. But much better. New place, new life, new hopes... But not everything is rosy. Will the foreigner be able to find a place in the city of witches?