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Iris gave up everything for love and was divorced for it. Once, she was a devoted wife standing beside a rising man, hiding her true background so Neil could shine without feeling small. She believed love meant sacrifice. And when he fell into a coma, she took his company to new heights. But the day Neil wakes up, Iris' gratitude is met with divorce papers, accusations she never saw coming, and a flimsy check to ‘compensate’ three years of marriage. Overnight, she becomes the villain in a story she quietly built with her own blood and sweat. Left with nothing but her dignity, Iris walks away… and returns to a world of power she once abandoned for Neil. She plans to heal quietly until Sebastian enters her orbit. Cold, aloof, and dangerously powerful, Sebastian is the widowed CEO of the country's largest conglomerate and a single father to a three-year-old daughter. He has loved Iris from a distance for years, stepping back for her happiness. Now, watching how she was discarded, his restraint snaps. As Sebastian helps Iris reclaim herself and confront those who wronged her, Neil begins to realise he may have lost far more than just his wife, especially as everything he once stood for starts to crumble. MATURE CONTENT (R18) ************** This book is participating in WSA 2026 Contest. Please, Kindly Support Me.

Lin Xue was once the treasured daughter of a powerful family, admired and protected by all. Betrayed by the one she trusted most, she was disfigured, poisoned, and sold like trash, meant to die forgotten in a filthy place. But fate did not let her end that way. On the edge of death, her body becomes the vessel of another soul. Aurora, a woman from another world, awakens inside the ruined body. Calm, ruthless, and sharp-minded, she inherits Lin Xue’s memories, hatred, and unfinished grudges. With no cultivation and no backing, she survives using intelligence, medical knowledge, and terrifying combat skills that do not rely on mysterious power. Hunted, poisoned, and abandoned, Aurora escapes into a forest filled with fierce beasts and hidden dangers. There, she crosses paths with Shen Yu, a cold and powerful man whose strength is unfathomable. Their paths intertwine briefly, then part, as Aurora walks her own bloody road. As she continued her journey, she faced cultivators, noble heirs, and deadly ambushes. One by one, those who look down on her pay the price. With bare hands and ruthless precision, she kills those who try to take her life, leaving behind fear and unanswered questions. But this is only the beginning. With enemies spreading hunting orders, her face destroyed, and her identity stolen, Aurora sets her goal clearly. She will heal her body, reclaim her fate, and make Sun Xiao, who was living Lin Xue's life, suffer a fate worse than death. In this world of cultivation, beasts, and power, the Phoenix has returned to burn her enemies to ashes.

In a world where the sky remembers every sin ever committed beneath it, peace is nothing more than a fragile lie. Kazuka lives in the quiet mountain village of Arashima, a place untouched by war and forgotten by history. Like many boys his age, he dreams of adventure but expects a life no greater than the one his parents lived before him. That illusion shatters the night a creature born from a broken realm descends from the heavens and turns his home into ashes. Dragged into forces far beyond his understanding, Kazuka awakens a power long thought erased—a legacy bound to ancient pacts, shattered worlds, and a truth the world buried out of fear. Marked as a bearer of something both coveted and cursed, he becomes a target for factions that rule from the shadows: empires built on blood, hunters sworn to erase his kind, and beings that should not exist in the waking world. Forced to flee, Kazuka begins a journey across dangerous lands where survival is never guaranteed and strength is earned through pain. Each battle pushes him closer to the truth of who he is—and further from the boy he once was. Along the way, allies with hidden motives and enemies with twisted convictions blur the line between salvation and destruction. But power alone will not save him. As ancient seals weaken and the sky begins to fracture once more, Kazuka must confront the question no legend dares to answer: is he meant to stop the coming collapse… or is he the key to its completion? In a world where fate is written in blood and memory, Kazuka is a tale of loss, growth, and defiance—an epic fantasy adventure where every step forward risks awakening the end of everything.

I was murdered by the two people I loved most—my fiance and my stepsister. Sickly, weak, and foolishly kind, I couldn’t even fight back. As I lay dying, I remembered all the novels I used to read—stories where villainesses lived fiercely, beautifully, without regret. I wished I could be like them. Then a voice echoed in the darkness. "Congratulations, host. You’ve been chosen for the Villainess System." Now, I’ve been reborn in a new world—strong, powerful, and feared. This time, I won’t be the victim. I’ll be the villainess… and I’ll decide how this story ends.

Jasmine Towers married billionaire Keith Acland in an arranged marriage meant to benefit two powerful families. There was no love, no romance—and Jasmine accepted it. As the CEO’s wife, she devoted herself to maintaining the perfect image and raising her son to become the rightful heir of the Acland family. Everything collapses when Keith’s former lover returns… with a child she claims is his. Overnight, Jasmine’s position is questioned. Her son’s inheritance is threatened. And the woman who once stood quietly beside her husband is pushed out of her own home. Betrayed by her husband and abandoned by high society, Jasmine is forced into a ruthless battle for survival—where losing means watching her son lose everything. Jasmine must fight to protect her child… and reclaim what was stolen from her.

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.”

Jade was nothing but a mocked student in oversized hoodies until she agreed to help her trainer with last-minute gym inventory on New Year’s Eve. However, a single mistake—sending a private video to the wrong contact—shatters her life in seconds. Publicly humiliated at a New Year’s party, betrayed by her boyfriend as part of a cruel bet, Jade stood drenched in filth and laughter, stripped of dignity in front of the entire school, until the Alpha Triplets arrived. And with it, a ruthless bond shackled her to all three, as well as revealing she was the lost daughter of the Lycan King. The Alpha Triplets, known for their coldness and brutality, searched for their mates to break their feral curse before their 25th birthday. But when they found their mate in the form of a weak, frail girl, disdain was all she got. With a new identity and a transformation in her life, Jade is tossed into deadly Lycan politics, brutal mate bonds, a fourth bond, a throne soaked in blood, and an attraction from the Rogue King himself. What will she do when she discovers not everything is as it seems? How will Jade survive the chaos that follows in her quest to win the Lunar Crown Student of the Year and evade the dangerous love of her fourth mate, now turned enemy, who sought out her heart? Four Alphas. One girl. And Fate's Twisted Game of Love and Power.

A reverse harem with a twist. The most notorious female killer, Alice, is arrested and jailed after two decades of her reign of terror. She is gunned down while attempting to escape, and instead of that being the end of her story, she finds herself in a different reality and in the body of a doppelganger, Lisa, who happens to be the heir of a criminal empire. She wakes up at Lisa's fathers funeral and is confronted with a well established criminal empire at her beck and call and enemies who will stop at nothing to see her dead. The top six men in Lisa's organization and also the firstborn sons of the six families in the criminal empire were promised her hand in marriage. With a criminal empire in one hand hand and six stunning suitors in the other Alice cannot wait to make the world and her new husbands scream her name.

[Mature Content - R18+ | Lustful Romance] The law says you must fall in love in six months. But what if you’ve already sinned with the wrong man in one night? In the Kingdom of Arindale, marriage is not a contract—it is a performance. The egotistical Emperor and his romance-addicted Empress believe they are the world’s greatest matchmakers. Their law is simple: every high-society couple has six months to "fall in love" through a series of mandated, intimate courtships. To fail is to insult the Crown; to succeed is to secure the bloodline. Lady Kaia Taryn is the black sheep of a decorated military house, a rebel with a sharp tongue and zero interest in the "perfect" life. Her sister, Victoria, is the empire's darling—the woman destined to marry the Paragon of Arindale: Prince Aeron Valdamar. To the ton, Prince Aeron is a statue of virtue—cold, disciplined, and untouchable. But Kaia knows the truth. She knows the way his hands feel when they aren't wearing white gloves. She knows the dark, voyeuristic hunger in his eyes. And she knows exactly what he sounds like when he’s breaking every rule of "respectable" society. Because one month ago, under a mask of anonymity and a haze of spirits, Kaia and Aeron shared a night of depravity that should have remained a ghost. Now, Kaia has been moved into the palace, promised to Aeron's soft-spoken younger brother, Prince Beckett. She is forced to watch her "perfect" sister be courted by the man who branded her skin in the dark. But Aeron has no intention of playing the saint for long. Behind the silk curtains of the palace, a treacherous game begins. It starts with a lingering look during a royal promenade. It escalates to secret touches beneath the Emperor's banquet table. Soon, Aeron is demanding more than just her memories—he wants to watch her break, and he wants her to watch him ruin her. Between the Empress’s forced romantic dates and the constant threat of the gallows, Kaia and Aeron are spinning a web of lies. They are supposed to be falling for their betrothed, but in the shadows of the Arindale court, they are busy committing the most delicious treason of all. Falling in love was the law. Falling in lust was their death warrant.

The most unlucky woman in the world vs The most mysterious man in the world. A piece of paper declaring a marriage alliance between two enemy families was not her business. Because she would never be picked as the bride anyway. Officer Tai Liwu's bad luck was not just broken heels, exploding cars or birds pooping on her head. It also extended to her dating life--which did not exist. She had resigned herself to a lifetime of arresting bad guys and surviving death with zero romance. But when her sister has a panic attack before walking down the aisle, Tai Liwu is shoved into the bridal hall and told to smile. On the other side of the aisle, City Lord Shen Weijun was dealing with his own disaster: his twin brother, the intended groom had drugged him, put him in the grooms clothes and bolted! Forced to step in under a false identity, Weijun expects nothing more than a political farce. After all, their families are sworn enemies and this wedding is supposed to be a ceasefire, not a love story. But trouble brews when Weijun finds himself falling for the sharp-tongued police officer who can arrest a pickpocket with one hand and chase after her hat with the other. And yet, he is reminded all the time, that this is not his wife, but his brother's. And Liwu, her "bad luck" takes a twist when on her wedding night, she awakens a bad luck system!

Just One Puff is a neon-fantasy adventure about chasing freedom in a world that runs on crowns, coins, and clouds of smoke. Oscar, a streetwise dark elf with a dream of making his name in the green trade, wants nothing more than to sell good weed, smoke in peace, and drift from city to city collecting stories and scars like souvenirs. His plans go sideways the night he crosses paths with Stephanie, a runaway princess desperate to escape a gilded cage and a future written by royal ink. Together, they tumble into a glowing underworld of black markets, turf laws, rival syndicates, and kingdoms that don’t like their rules being broken. Between late-night blunts, close calls, and unexpected bonds, their journey becomes more than a hustle or a getaway—it becomes a search for what freedom really means, because in their world, sometimes just one puff can change everything.

She was drowning in poverty. He was paralyzed by grief. Emily Greene is barely surviving, working multiple jobs to care for her sick mother and seven-year-old daughter. When billionaire Victor Hawthorne offers her an impossible salary to be his caregiver, she can't refuse. Even if the wheelchair-bound recluse treats her like the enemy. Victor Hawthorne spent five years building walls no one could breach. The last thing he needs is a compassionate woman who sees past his cruelty to the broken man beneath. But when his company's board demands they need stability by him getting married or lose everything, he makes Emily an offer, become his wife in name only. Three years. No emotions. Just business. What begins as a cold transaction transforms into something neither expected. As Victor learns to walk again, both physically and emotionally. Emily discovers a strength she never knew she had. But when shadows from his past supposedly return and betrayal threatens to destroy them, Emily must build her own empire and Victor must prove he's worthy of a second chance. Because real love is never just business.

A man from the 21st century opens his eyes in Rome in 87 BC and discovers that he can clone himself without limit. In a time of chaos and ambition, he will use his ability to survive, crush his rivals, and build a power that could change the fate of Rome.

Ethan has SUKUNA level cursed energy { 20 fingers } He has inherited the Ten shadows technique. Will he be able to tame the Divine General?? or Will he be another potential man!!? Watch Ethan travel through the problems of both MCU and JJK.

SSS-Class Suicide Hunter follows Kim Gong-ja, a low-ranked hunter living in a world where mysterious towers grant power, fame, and wealth to those who climb them. Bitterly aware of his own weakness, Gong-ja envies the strongest hunters—until he awakens a strange, seemingly useless ability: he can copy another person’s skill, but only after experiencing death. Using this ability, Gong-ja begins challenging the tower in an unconventional way. Through repeated trials, reversals of fate, and encounters with legendary figures, he slowly rewrites outcomes that once seemed inevitable. As he grows stronger, the story shifts from simple power progression to deeper questions about heroism, regret, responsibility, and the cost of changing the past. What starts as a dark, ironic take on tower-climbing stories evolves into an emotional and philosophical journey, where Gong-ja learns that true strength isn’t just about power—but about understanding others, bearing consequences, and choosing how to live.

Reincarnated back in time as the son of a now deceased businessman, you now have the chance to do what you always wanted to do. Make money, make movies and enjoy life. But all is not black and white(maybe it is) as you don't know anything about Hollywood and have to start as a newbie. But you have done things like this before and can also do it again. Who knows, maybe you will even get an Oscar or a hot actress as your girlfriend? Anything can happen. AN: I am currently rewriting this. this may contain some sports themes but does not go too deep into it. Just buying a club and enjoying watching your team play. Mostly about entertainment industry

In her previous life, Bethany was a top-tier survivor in an apocalyptic world where clean water and food was rarer than diamonds and betrayal came quicker than bullets. Ruthless, smart, and fiercely adaptive, she rose to become the leader of The Red Dawn Alliance, a powerful syndicate of Awakened ability users. But just when she thought she'd secured peace for her people, her most trusted aide and the only friend she dared to have stabbed her in the back in exchange for power. Literally. Now, Bethany wakes up… not dead, not in the apocalypse but inside a historical Chinese novel called Crimson Blossoms Under Heaven, a dark revenge drama she had once binge-read for the plot (and the hot male lead). She’s not the heroine. Nope. Instead, she had become Lan Yue, a lowly handmaiden doomed to die after betraying her mistress, the novel’s brilliant heroine. A cannon fodder side character destined to be nothing more than a footnote. But Lan Yue had no intention of playing her role. Why fight for someone else’s glory? Why throw herself into dog-blood drama filled with betrayal, revenge, and endless schemes? All she wanted was simple: Eat good food. Sleep as much as she wanted. Live quietly, far away from the chaos. Unfortunately… the heroine had other ideas. At first, her smiles were sweet, her words dripping with warmth. But the more time passed, the more Lan Yue noticed something was wrong. The heroine’s touches lingered too long. Her gaze burned hotter than it should. And instead of chasing the male lead, she clung closer and closer to her. “Lan Yue,” the heroine’s lips curled in a chilling smile, “Where do you think you’re going? You’re mine.” Lan Yue: “...” Wait. Weren’t you supposed to love the hero?! Please also check out my other books Why Is Every Male Lead Obsessed With Me?! (BL) #Quick Transmigration Love Me, Bury Me: Restart the End #Isekai

Aaron thought he was doomed when he transmigrated to Blue Star—a world eerily like Earth, but steeped in supernatural chaos. On the day of the Awakening Ceremony, where power is everything, he drew a blank. No talent, no hope, just a one-way ticket to mediocrity… or worse. Until BAM! [System Bound Successfully! Host, Welcome to the Lucky Spin System!] With a single spin, Aaron’s fate flips: SSS-rank Lucky Halo unlocked!Another spin? Vampire Primogenitor bloodline acquired! One more? Abyssal Dragon summoned as his ultimate ally! Armed with a system that dishes out game-changing rewards every day, Aaron defies the odds, shocks the world, and claws his way to the top. In a realm ruled by talent, this nobody is rewriting destiny—one lucky spin at a time! join the discord server if you can. promise you won't regret it https://discord.gg/dncyhU4jdu

Marco is deeply in love with his best friend’s daughter. Will his love survive while he tries to keep his sanity and principles? or will love eat him alive?