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Elena Rivera is determined to save her struggling bakery, Sugar & Hearth. When the powerful Vale family announces a private competition to choose the baker for their extravagant wedding, Elena knows winning the contract could change her life. But the moment she arrives at the Vale mansion, she comes face to face with the last person she ever wanted to see again. Adrian Vale. The same infuriating stranger who ruined her cake the day before. Adrian returned to Willowbrook only for his brother’s wedding, with no intention of getting involved in small-town chaos—or falling for anyone again. Yet the fiery baker with flour on her cheeks keeps challenging his patience… and breaking through the walls he built around his heart. In a competition filled with ambition, secrets, and family expectations, one thing becomes clear: The sweetest love stories often begin with absolute chaos.

Xu Ruyuan thought summer was just another season, until she met Wei Yichen, the boy who changed the way sunlight felt. From childhood innocence to the uncertain warmth of growing up, their story unfolds between gentle moments, laughter, and heartbreak. Because sometimes, the gentlest light can still leave the deepest mark. The Gentle Light of Summer is a story about growing up, falling in love, and finding beauty in fleeting moments when the world feels warm, even after the rain.

Sophia Reed has a ride-or-die best friend, Emma Sterling. Emma spent months raving about her second brother, Alexander—insisting he was rich, gorgeous, and impossibly tall. Her master plan? Get Sophia to marry him so they could be sisters-in-law forever. In a momentary lapse of judgment (and perhaps a bit too much vodka), Sophia agreed to the blind date. The Good News: She slept with him. The Bad News: She slept with the wrong man. The Insane News: She actually signed a marriage certificate with the wrong man the next morning. When Emma found out the "tragic" news, her world collapsed. Sophia tried to console her: “Don’t cry, Em! The husband I found is even hotter than your brother. I definitely came out on top!”

[18+ | Mature Content | Dark Romance] After her father’s business empire vanished in a single night of fire and blood, Lyra Belrose went from the city’s most eligible heiress to its most desperate debtor. With a ten-million-dollar price tag on her head and enemies closing in, she has only one move left. She breaks into the high-security penthouse of the most dangerous man in the elite circles—Silas Vane, the man they call the King of Sin. But Silas doesn’t want her arrested. He doesn’t want her apologies. He wants the one thing money can't buy: her total, unyielding submission. He proposes a deal that sounds like a lifeline but feels like a leash. "Ninety days, Lyra. You play the devoted wife to the world, and you follow every command I give behind closed doors. At the end of it, the ten million is gone." The last thing she wanted was to sell her soul to a monster. But for Lyra, the devil’s contract is the only way to survive. Sell your body to the King of Sin for three months. How hard can that be? Excerpt: "How many, Lyra?" I gasped, my fingers digging into the edge of the mahogany desk as the low vibration hummed inside me, relentless and cruel. "I... I don't know..." I said, letting out a moan of irresistible pleasure. "Count," Silas growled, his voice a dark warning against my ear. I could feel the heat of him behind me, the silver remote in his hand a silent reminder of his absolute control. "Three!" I shrieked as he dialed the intensity higher. "Wrong." My knees buckled, but he caught my waist, his large, calloused hand pinning me flush against him. "You missed the first two pulses while you were busy trying to defy me. Now, we start over. And this time, if you lose count, I won't just use the remote." I tried to turn my head, but his grip tightened on my hair, forcing me to look at our reflection in the floor-to-ceiling glass. "Move again," he whispered, his lips grazing my burning ear, "and you'll find out exactly why they call this a sinful debt." ~★~ A/N: This book is a work of fiction intended for adult audiences. All characters, locations, and scenarios are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to real-life events or persons is entirely coincidental. Disclaimer: This story contains mature themes, high-tension power dynamics, and explicit content. Please read responsibly. All rights reserved.

ALL OF HER LIFE, Rose has been the perfect honors student, blessed by her smarts and charisma, even with a single dad and a distant mom she’s never talked to. She never liked attention, often being irritated by the amount of people that see her as the perfect student council president, treating her as more of a machine rather than a person. All she wants to do is help her father get out of his overworking night job. This year, she had a few twists, meeting a girl named Eve, her friend Abigail suddenly acting weird, her father facing a turn of events, as well as figuring out herself. With Rose’s life running downhill at home and at school, how will she manage to live her life, if she even does…

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be known that this book wouldn't have made it this far without the support my dear writing buddy Rachel E. Canton who is a great writer of SINS OF THE SERAPHIM - https://www.webnovel.com/book/sins-of-the-seraphim_26438336605116805 and Derek J. Perna To Rachel & Derek, Thank you for everything! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the last heir of Ardel lost everything, fate would bring her to her rightful protector. Anna Adhemar, the forgotten princess, found herself betrayed by the Regent. Hunted by the Bargesians and the ruthless slave traders, she desperately fled for her life. Rescued by a mysterious man, her newfound safety was short-lived as she succumbed to a potent aphrodisiac. Then, she awoke in the arms of the fearsome Knight Commander of Gerhard, stripped bare, in a foreign kingdom. Fear, confusion, and a sense of profound devastation enveloped her. But the man before her declared, "I am your husband. I married you last night." Then, with unwavering determination, he vowed, " You're my woman now. No one can hurt my woman." --- Kyren Raychard, the Crown Prince who had chosen to forsake the throne and become celibate, led the Knights of Gerhard to safeguard his kingdom’s border from slave trading activities. Outside his camp, he found Anna poisoned and delirious. The healer informed him of the only cure, of which he must race against time to give and honour her. For the first time, he felt an overwhelming instinct to protect and claim her as his own. Unaware of his deepening affection, he belatedly realised his feelings as he stood on the brink of losing her. Bound by a soul-binding spell, their fates intertwined…

Bella is a simple, hardworking young woman struggling to escape poverty. Working as an ordinary staff in a big company in New York, she dreams of a better life for herself and her family. Her days are filled with early mornings, late nights, and the constant fear of losing her low-paying job. One ordinary morning, her life changes forever when the powerful and intimidating CEO, Mr. Alexander Raymond, suddenly promotes her from ordinary staff to his personal assistant. Shocked and overjoyed, Bella accepts the offer, unaware that this new role will pull her into a world of luxury, secrets, and unexpected love. As she spends more time with the CEO — riding in his car, visiting his expensive mansion, and handling his personal affairs — the line between boss and employee begins to blur. Mr. Raymond, a lonely billionaire who built his empire from nothing, starts seeing Bella not just as his loyal assistant, but as the kind, genuine woman who brings light into his cold world. Their relationship slowly turns romantic, filled with tender moments, passionate nights, and growing emotional closeness. But their love faces many challenges: jealous colleagues spreading rumors, an obsessive ex-girlfriend who refuses to let go, family pressures, and Bella’s own insecurities about coming from nothing. When Bella discovers she is pregnant with Mr. Raymond’s child, everything becomes even more complicated. Forced to confront their real feelings, they decide to get married in a heartfelt ceremony at the very company where their story began — surrounded by old colleagues, family, and friends who once saw Bella as just another ordinary worker. "The RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CEO" is a heartfelt rags-to-riches romance about an innocent girl who rises from poverty, finds true love with a powerful billionaire CEO, overcomes gossip and past shadows, and builds a beautiful family together. Will their love survive the pressures of wealth, jealousy, and secrets from the past? Or will Bella’s fairy tale finally give her the happy ending she truly deserves? A story of love, sacrifice, growth, and the power of believing in yourself.

Seo Yuna, a junior architect who reads buildings better than people, agrees to one thing: pretend to be Kang Inha's girlfriend for a single family dinner. The terms are professional. The compensation is a project credit she has earned. The exit is clear. What she does not account for is Inha, who has been watching her for fourteen months and chose her precisely because she does not perform. As the fake relationship outlasts its occasion and Seoul sinks deeper into rainy season, the space between almost and actually becomes impossible to measure. A slow-burn contemporary romance about two people who are exceptionally good at noticing structural flaws in everything except themselves.

“Where did you go?” He questioned, not bothering to adjust his unbuttoned shirt. I had run away but here I was coming to apologize for my actions. “You think you can come and go as you please?” His fingers pressed against my cheeks, firm but not painful, forcing me to meet his gaze. “No, I—I,” I stammered, but before I could finish, his lips almost grazing mine, he interrupted, his tone ice-cold. “You will go home this instant,” he spoke, his face dark. “And you'll stay there till I get back,” he barked out his orders, his eyes boring into mine. “Who do you think you are to order me around,” I thought to respond but my lips wouldn’t make a sound. I didn't fight back. I couldn’t. Without another word, I turned and walked away, his gaze searing into my back. ~~~~~~~~~~ After a steamy night with a sexy stranger, Elena finds out she is pregnant. She is sent abroad to study by her father. Unknown to her, when she comes back five years later her father arranged for her to marry Damien Landon, the illegitimate son of a powerful family. Feeling caged in a loveless marriage and finding out her husband has another woman, Elena decided to run away but the past she ran away from followed after her. Things get complicated when she meets her Ex Cornell Grey, who has now become a charming billionaire. He set his sights again on Elena, trying to win her back. Torn between the two powerful men asking for her back and haunted by secrets of her past, Elena must navigate love, betrayal, and the cost of a marriage built on lies.

Qin Yue, famous for his unlucky constitution felt like he had used up all his lifetimes worth of luck to leave the village. But that was it. Even after leaving, bad luck plagued him insistently and robbed him of various opportunities. That was why he was skeptical when his friend found him a cheap house. His rent had already expired and his old landlord refused to keep him. With the mentality of just going to check it out, he found out it was real, not some prank. A random person didn't snatch it seconds before he arrived, the landlord didn't faint and the house had to be sold to pay hospital bills.. nothing. Thinking that this was his second in a lifetime lucky break, he didn't hesitate to pay the rent for a year straight. After moving in, he found out his luck couldn't just be changed like that. Why didn't any one tell him this was a haunted house? And now the ghost was refusing to let him go.

Born as the Crown Princess of the Yu Empire, Yu Shayue dedicated her youth to the strength and survival of her nation. She endured relentless discipline, mastered martial and strategic arts, and sacrificed every fragment of her innocence in service of her family. Yet, in return, she was met not with gratitude, but with betrayal, scorn, and abandonment by those she trusted most. Wronged by her own blood, Shayue casts aside her former loyalty and rises with unyielding determination, to reclaim what was always hers. Her path to power leads her to a perilous alliance: a political marriage to Lin Yechen, the ruthless Crown Prince of the Lin Empire, an empire long bound to hers by generations of hostility and war. Feared for his cold intellect and merciless rule, Lin Yechen is a man whose trust is as dangerous as his enmity. Their union is not one of affection, but of calculated intent,two formidable minds bound by ambition, secrets, and quiet vengeance. Within the treacherous court of the Lin Empire, where every smile conceals a scheme and every step may lead to ruin, Shayue must fight not only for survival, but for control over her fate. Yet, as time unfolds and truths begin to surface, the distance between hostility and understanding begins to blur. In the silence between battles and beneath layers of guarded hearts, something unexpected takes root. What begins as a union of necessity slowly transforms, where suspicion softens into trust, and rivalry gives way to a love neither of them ever sought… nor ever believed they deserved. Will Yu Shayue succeed in reclaiming her destiny without losing herself in the process? And when vengeance and love stand at odds, which path will she choose?

As the adopted child of the Steward family, I was the glass child, the last child, the black sheep, the ignored. I wasn’t wanted, I was chosen. Chosen to become the one to uphold their ‘social standings’. They had no care for me, they picked me, they saw the quiet, bullied girl in the orphanage who was constantly picked on but couldn’t fight back. And they decided that I was the perfect choice, to be the poster child that cleaned their poorly received social standings. Now, I’ve been promised to the devil CEO in place of my runaway older sister who decided to run merely days before her engagement ceremony. Adrian was no sweetheart, he was cold and standoffish. Not a man of many words but a man with a commanding presence. I thought I would forever be miserable in the marriage but luck shined on me because my new husband wasn’t what the media and the rumor made him to be. He may very well be my fortune. But my happiness has never been guaranteed, just when I thought I could finally be happy, secrets, snakes and unfolded memories threaten to ruin it.

Beatrice has never experienced what it's like to be truly wanted and desired, believing she'd have to settle into some boring marriage and grow old in the most ordinary way. Yet one night, one gala changed everything. She catches the eyes of two men. One is the heir to the conglomerate families dominating Western economics. The other is the patriarch of the richest Swiss banking dynasty. Both are rivals — personally and professionally. Theodore clears his intentions on their very first bus ride. He doesn't hide, he doesn't manipulate. But Beatrice can't trust him, knowing he must be trying to use her to get information about the man she works for. Yet he remains persistent and adamant — and what first started as part of a plan, Theodore finds himself falling in love, something he swore he never would. On the other hand, Adrien is like the sweetest venom stuck in her throat. He is cold and ruthless but carries scars on his soul that only she is allowed to see. He doesn't know how to do anything halfway, and since day one, he wanted her — wanted to possess her, own her, worship her. But the misunderstanding between them is strong, and the difference in social status is inevitable. Once peaceful and boring, Beatrice's life suddenly becomes a whirlwind of passion, possession, power, hunger, betrayal, ache, and need. Love that breaks her into too many pieces, yet she keeps reaching for it. She finds herself in the web of history of five great families, each one hiding worse secrets than the last. Not a Cinderella story where she gets saved. Not a Cinderella where Prince Charming comes on a white horse. They bleed, they break, they plead, they yearn. And eventually — The story ends with her choosing one

The Setup Elena Thorne is a woman with a legacy to save. Her family’s textile business is on the brink of collapse, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of workers. Julian Vane is a billionaire with a cold reputation and a ticking clock; his grandfather’s will demands he marry by his thirty-fifth birthday or lose his position as Chairman of Vane Holdings. ​The Deal The two strike a cold, calculated bargain: a one-year contract marriage. Julian provides the five-million-dollar bailout Elena needs, and in exchange, Elena plays the role of the devoted wife to secure Julian's inheritance. The rules are strict: separate rooms, no real romance, and a clean divorce after 365 days. ​The Conflict As they move into Julian’s hollow, glass-and-steel penthouse, the line between acting and reality begins to blur. Their first public appearance at a high-stakes gala proves they are a powerful team, successfully fooling Julian’s suspicious grandfather. However, Elena begins to see the lonely, guarded man behind Julian’s "Ice King" persona, while Julian finds himself drawn to Elena’s genuine heart and fierce loyalty. ​The Stakes While they are partners in a "business transaction," the outside world is watching. With prying reporters, a skeptical family, and their own growing chemistry, the two must decide if they are just playing parts in a play—or if the only thing more dangerous than losing their companies is losing their hearts.

Mira never believed in being emotionally attached to celebrities. Until the music of a Korean rapper quietly enters her life. His lyrics feel like someone understanding feelings she never spoke aloud. What begins as curiosity slowly turns into admiration—and a world of imagination she calls her “Delulu World.” Through music, dreams, and quiet conversations that exist only in her mind, Mira begins discovering parts of herself she never understood before. MY DELULU is a heartfelt story about imagination, inspiration, and how sometimes the people we never meet can still change our lives.

The Story Begins... After the grand, emotional wedding that united the cold-hearted king, Mark Keifer Watson, and the resilient "Mutya," Jasper Jean "Jay-jay" Mariano, life was supposed to be peaceful. No more high school brawls, no more underground fights, and no more hiding from the shadows of the past. But for the former leaders of Section E, "peace" is a relative term. The Struggle of Domestic Life Jay-jay finds herself navigating the high-society world of the Watson Group, trying to balance her role as a billionaire’s wife with her "palaban" personality. Meanwhile, Keifer is learning that being a husband is much harder than being a gang leader or a CEO. He is fiercely protective, bordering on possessive, as he tries to shield Jay-jay from the cutthroat world of corporate politics. The Return of the Kings The quiet is shattered when the rest of Section E—Ci-N, Felix, Edrix, and the gang—find themselves entangled in a new conflict that threatens their old neighborhood. A new syndicate, believing Keifer has grown "soft" due to marriage, begins to target the people he loves. The Ultimate Choice When a ghost from the Hanamitchi past resurfaces, Keifer and Jay-jay must decide: do they stay in their safe, golden cage, or does the "King and Queen of Section E" return to the streets one last time to protect their family? ​In this final installment, the bond of the legendary Section E is put to the ultimate test. It’s not just about surviving school anymore—it’s about protecting the legacy they built together. note- This is a work of fan fiction. It is a transformative fan-made story created for entertainment purposes and is not affiliated with the original author or publisher of Ang Mutya ng Section E.

When he was presented as an omega, Eugene left his home to escape his father’s discriminatory ass. After years, he finally got his life together despite having a child out of a random and whimsical one-night stand with a stranger and raising his daughter as a single parent. A production house even offered to turn his award-winning short story into a featured drama. Under his friend’s persuasion and the need to save money for her daughter’s future education, he agreed to this plan and attended the meeting with the producer. But… “Why is there an alpha here?” “Why? Are you the type of omega who can’t stand alphas?” “That’s…” …not true—was what he wanted to say. The problem was…the alpha in front of him was the father of his daughter, and…that alpha didn’t know anything about it! With a mix of fluster and a high ego, Eugene replied harshly. “Yes.” And thus, a string of misunderstandings started as Eugene tried his hardest to hide the little carbon copy of the alpha, while said alpha tried his hardest to follow the traces of scents his memory kept conjuring whenever he was in Eugene’s proximity. The memory of a man he desperately wanted to identify but couldn’t due to his neurological disorder. A thrilling and romantic hide and seek with a child in the balance!

It is a story about a young girl who dreams of finding a place where she belongs. Her world is inhibited by fascinating beasts that have grown in the land for Millennium, and they can soar in the air like it was nothing. The dragons are her friends, and they have been around for millennia, creating Nations. There are two types of nations: one that watches over these magnificent beasts, and one that doesn't. The story highlights the dangers of evil lurking in the world, and the protagonist must decide whether to follow the right path or face the consequences of her actions. The story serves as a reminder of the importance of balancing good and evil in our world.

In the glittering nights of Kolkata, where power hides behind luxury and secrets move through shadows, Liora Sen lives a life most would envy—and one she secretly resents. Bound by expectations and a future she didn’t choose, she has learned to play her role perfectly. Until one night changes everything. A stranger appears where no one should be. Mysterious. Uninvited. Dangerous. Kael. He belongs to a world Liora has only heard about in whispers—a world her own family stands against. And yet, from their very first encounter, something pulls them together with a force neither of them can ignore. What begins as curiosity soon turns into something far more intense… and far more dangerous. Because in a city where alliances are fragile and enemies wear familiar faces, getting close to Kael doesn’t just risk her heart— It risks everything. As the line between right and wrong begins to blur, Liora must decide: Stay in the life she was given… or step into a world that could destroy her. --- In the end, some choices don’t just change your life… they change who you become.

Cecilia Adler always thought she was an orphan, until her father suddenly appeared and arranged a marriage for her. The man was handsome, from a good family, and generous to her; she was very satisfied. What she didn't know was that this marriage was one her half-sister had rejected. That sister had been reborn. Knowing the seemingly perfect husband's dark side, she deliberately set a trap for Cecilia to fall into. The sister also knew that Cecilia would one day become the wife of the richest man, enjoying immense wealth and doting affection. This lifetime, her goal in being sisters with Cecilia was to steal her life. Later, the sister got her wish and married the man who had been Cecilia Adler's husband in the previous life, waiting for her husband to become successful and for herself to become a wealthy man's wife. After a long and futile wait, Cecilia Adler became the richest person herself. Sister: "?"