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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

Zoya lives a quiet, ordinary life in Busan — a world of hostel rooms, shared laughter with friends, and midnight prayers whispered into the stillness. She never imagined her path would cross with Joen.J, the most beloved idol in the country. His voice reaches millions, but behind the flashing cameras and perfect smile is a man longing for something real. When Joen.J’s beloved dog, Bamson, goes missing, his world is thrown into chaos. Thousands join the search, but it’s Zoya and her friends who find the frightened dog by chance. Bringing him home should be simple… but in their strict hostel, pets are forbidden. Keeping him means risking everything. After days of secret care and sleepless nights, they make the only choice they can — to return Bamson without being seen. One quiet evening, they leave him at the doorstep of Joen.J’s family home with a small note: “He was safe with us. Please take care of him, always.” Joen.J returns to find Bamson waiting, along with the mysterious note that stirs something deep in his heart. He doesn’t know who brought his dog back… but fate has already begun weaving an invisible thread between him and the girl whose kindness he’ll never forget. His Heart, My Faith is a story of love born from silence, bound by faith, and tested by the worlds that try to keep them apart.

Su Wanyan read a novel that a friend recommended to her, saying how she'll have a love-hate relationship with it. However, what she didn't expect was that she's going to get transmigrated there—as the Alpha cannon fodder, no less! Armed with her knowledge in the novel, she decided to live a salted fish life and stay far, far away from the main plot. However, due to circumstances, she kept getting pulled right in! “While Moonlight (FL), if you keep this up, I'll be thrown in the gutters!” _-_-_-_-_-_-_ Hello! This is my first work, so please bear with me. Oh and this isn't a translated work, I just used Chinese names and settings as those are what I often read, so I thought, “Hey, why not?“ Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this! {Oh and the cover photo is AI generated, if you aren't comfortable with that, then it's up to you whether you still want to read this. Have a nice day!} _-_-_-_-_-_ https://discord.gg/QBeNvd9j7G this is the discord server for this novel, guys! join now (so we can all bite our dear moderator/beta reader)!

After being betrayed by her family, Bai Meiyue found herself struggling in the flourishing age where zombies and mutant animals ruled. And that too with a big belly! Though people called her crazy for being stubborn, Bai Meiyue didn’t regret keeping the fruit of her one-night stand. What she regretted was not protecting her child and trusting those whom she should have killed at the very chance that was handed to her. In the eleventh year, Bai Meiyue lost her child and died while taking revenge on those who took her son away. However, just when Bai Meiyue thought it was the end, she returned two months before the beginning of the doomsday. Carrying the grudge of two lifetimes, she swore to make life living hell for those who harmed her and her son. With the heavens blessing her with a barter system, Bai Meiyue was intent on giving her child everything that he deserved. But why was the child’s father chasing after her? Hello? We only shared a bed for a night. So why was he clinging to her? Her child’s father: From the best medicine to education, you have given our child everything, Meiyue. But what about a father?

【Career-oriented female protagonist + Love-struck male lead + Entertainment industry + Variety show + Satisfying sweetness】 Renee Morgan, a newcomer in the entertainment industry, learns of her predetermined fate as a minor female supporting character in a dream. She is the queen of minor roles, the resilient type, blazing with fighting spirit, illuminating many female stars. Renee Morgan: "...To hell with being a minor character. Anyone who dares use me as a stepping stone, I'll make sure they fall flat." Wendy Aldridge, also a newcomer in the entertainment industry, wants to use her as a control group. Renee Morgan: Ok~ Half a month later, Wendy Aldridge, who was supposed to become famous as part of the control group, ends up being cyber-bullied and is urged to leave the industry? Renee Morgan, who was supposed to be cyber-bullied out of the industry, becomes an overnight sensation and a top-star. The rival company's leading actress, backed by influential figures in the entertainment circle, snatches the main female role, leaving only the role of the female third lead for her. Renee Morgan: Ok~ Four months later, this drama explodes in popularity, all supporting roles become famous, and the female third lead role becomes a classic. The biggest stars, male and female leads, are left with no buzz? ... Later, Renee Morgan finally achieves her dream, winning the Best Actress Award with her acting skills, and announces her relationship on the day she receives the award—she is in love. He's just a regular person. One day, Morgan all over the country sees familiar figures appearing in the news and rushes online to share: Is this the Best Actress's ordinary boyfriend?

Paradise. A place I’d only heard whispered about in stories too bright, too perfect, too impossible to be real. Yet running for my life through the Forest Packs dragged me straight into the arms of the one place I never believed existed: Novaterra Pack. The paradise of shifters. The kingdom that rivaled human nations. The home of the Alpha King himself. And somehow… they accepted me. A runaway. A branded traitor. A boy with no pack number, no family, and a past wrapped in blood. I told myself I was here temporarily. Just until they figured out who I really was and tossed me to the wolves like I deserved. But then I saw him. The man with the red eyes. Kastiel Novaterra. The Alpha King who built paradise with his bare hands. The one man I should never look at, never want, never crave. His presence terrifies me. His gaze burns through my lies. And his scent makes my knees weak in ways I never believed were real. Falling in love is the last thing I should be doing in a place that isn’t meant to be my home. But the more I try to run from him… the more Paradise itself pulls me in. And Kastiel. Kastiel never lets go of what’s his.

After leaving a broken marriage behind, Julie Madrigal takes her two children to the only place that has ever felt like home—the Scottish Highlands. Except she'd never actually been there. She had only seen its misty mountains, ancient castles, and endless green hills in books and videos. Yet something about the Highlands had always called to her. She never expected to find him there. Duncan McLaren, the Laird of the land, is everything Julie should stay away from—charming, protective, impossibly handsome, and far too good with her children. For the first time in years, Julie begins to wonder if she could have a life beyond survival. And Duncan? He has dreamed of her long before they ever met. Meeting Julie and her children feels less like coincidence and more like fate finally keeping a promise. He would gladly give up his title, his secrets, and everything he has ever known to keep them safe. But Duncan is hiding something. Something buried deep beneath the history of the Highlands. Something that could destroy the very future he's finally found. Because Julie came to Scotland hoping to escape her past. She never expected to find love waiting for her. And Duncan never expected that loving her might cost him everything.

After living as a famous Korean vlogger-slash-mukbanger, Neoma died a (shameful) death and regressed to her tragic first life--- the life where she has to live as a hidden princess with a tyrannical father and a yandere twin brother. She died at the hands of her psycho brother in her first life. But luckily, she charmed her "big brother" this time. Her father remains a sc*mbag, though. But a blessing in disguise happened when her twin brother got "sick." Because of that, she has to pretend as the "Crown Prince," forcing her father to treat her well. She thought she was finally on the road to becoming a lady of leisure. But, despite her laziness, she still ends up completing royal duties that put her closer to the throne than her sick twin brother. The next thing she knew, they already prophesied her to be the first empress of their very patriarchal empire. Now Neoma finds herself in the middle of the succession war she never wanted to be involved in! *** [EXCERPT 1] “Neoma de Moonasterio, the first princess of Moonasterion Empire. From now on, you’ll live as Prince Nero’s proxy.” [The hell is this psycho saying?] Neoma, despite her confusion, still smiled at her father--- the emperor. “Father, what do you mean by that?” “From now on, assassins sent by my enemies would target Nero,” the emperor explained. “Until he’s strong enough to protect himself, you’ll pose as your twin brother.” Her smile froze, but she still acted innocent. “But Father. If I take my brother’s position, then wouldn’t the assassins mistake me for him and…” She stopped talking when she realized that was exactly what the emperor wanted her to do. [This sc*mbag wants me to be bait?!] “You’re no longer a princess, Neoma de Moonasterio. From now on, you’ll live as Prince Nero de Moonasterio,” Emperor Nikolai said coldly while looking down at her with glowing red eyes. “Try to survive until your twin brother comes back to take his rightful place, understood?” Neoma was too shocked to react. [Are you f*cking kidding me, you sc*mbag?!] *** [ORIGINAL BOOK COVER. Artwork by sola_cola.] *** [EXCERPT 2] “I’m so sick of your tyrannical a*s,” Neoma yelled at her father aka the emperor. “I won’t forgive you for hurting Lewis and Tteokbokki!” “What will you do about it then?” Nikolai asked with a smirk. “Kill me?” “Yes! I’ll f*cking kill you, sc*mbag!” “Language,” he warned her, upset that his five-year-old daughter curses like a sailor. “Using vulgar words is unbecoming of the future Crown Prince.” “I’m a princess!” Upon yelling those words, the royal princess’s eye color changed from ash-gray to red. [This is getting serious.] “Stop it, Nero,” Nikolai told her sternly. “If you keep that up, the royal knights will come and–” “I’m not Nero!” Neoma screeched angrily. Then she jumped in the air with her left fist, ready to punch him. “In the name of the moon, I’ll punish you!” [What…?] And Princess Neoma, pretending as the Crown Prince for her sick twin brother, punched Emperor Nikolai, her father, in the face.

# Don’t Invade My Solitude He never asked her to stay. She never stopped doing so. Two strangers. An apartment divided in half. A meeting in the dark that should have meant nothing. He is cold, essential, built on silences that leave no room for anyone. She is everything he has learned to avoid — curious, present, incapable of pretending indifference. Every gesture between them is small. An umbrella passed without a word. A figurine chosen without a stated reason. A good morning that weighs more than any promise. But some people don’t need to be invaded by force. **You only have to stay.** Even when he asks her to stop.

This is a short story about a 41-year-old Marisol who died eating instant noodle at midnight. Alone. Skipping dinner to save money. And somehow, she didn't realize it was just the beginning of the worst week of her afterlife. She's stuck in the afterlife's broken bureaucracy with one impossible deal: collect three lost souls... or lose her second chance at life forever.

Veronica went from college boyfriend-girlfriend to husband and wife with Jonathan Rollings. They got married and on Jonathan’s request, kept their marriage a secret. He even gave her a silver band saying one day he would change it to a diamond ring. Two years after their marriage, Jonathan met Imelda who promised to help him build his business for a favor. Fulfilling this favor, seven years have passed by. Today, she’s still legally married to Jonathan Rollings, now one of the city's most powerful men, yet she serves wine at his parties in a server's uniform while Imelda openly calls him her fiance. Not only this, to the world, her husband is dead. Even her daughter cannot call her father Jonathan and must call him “Mr. Rollings”, while Imelda’s son calls him “dad” in public. She has endured it all in silence, hoping one day he will accept them in public. But after seven years of silence, she gives up. Behind Veronica’s back, something else was quietly unraveling. Marriage records changed, money she never received, correspondence she never heard of. Imelda didn’t want to make Jonathan forget Veronica, she was erasing her from his life. But when she saw not only her health but her daughter’s life was also affected, she decided to give up and stop sacrificing anymore. Now, with a countdown running, Veronica decides to give Jonathan the last chance to choose her or Imelda, and finally she takes the decision. Some could lose everything they thought they were protecting. Some will find they never left them. And one woman, who was a secret for seven years, will become a truth no one can deny. Veronica survived being erased. The only question is, whether Jonathan can see through Imelda’s schemes and win his love, Veronica, back or not.

Kang Haneul’s once-happy life was shattered by tragedy when his family was struck by a devastating traffic accident. His parents died and his sister fell into a coma. He worked himself to the bone to support his comatose sister’s medical expenses. Yet fate dealt another cruel blow. Just as his sister passed away from heart failure and he received a grim diagnosis of stage 4 cancer, he found himself in the path of an oncoming truck while saving a child. Facing death, he unexpectedly encounters the king of the underworld, who offers him a remarkable gift for his selfless act: a chance to rewrite the past. With determination burning within him, Haneul seizes this opportunity to change the course of his life and fulfill long-lost dreams. But wait- why do these people keep calling him an Omega? What the heck is an Omega??? #BL #Omegaverse #Idol #notsmut

Firion is a elf soldier who was betrayed by his people after his lover of centuries committed infidelity for nobility. Wounded, a corrosive acid thrown in his eyes, and then tossed over a bridge. Miraculously he survives, and finds himself being treated by a kind maiden named Kaida. But he quickly finds out that she is of the blue horn tribe, otherworldly people branded as demons for their appearance and strange practices. They were also the ones who destroyed his childhood. But he soon finds himself questioning if Kaida is really such a demon, or does he wish for something else from her?

We've all had those moments in our lives that stop us cold and freeze us to the bone, pull the air from our lungs and force us to face ourselves. Moments that force us to re-evaluate all we've ever known about certain people situations or even ourselves. Sometimes it’s a sentence someone drops in passing. Sometimes it’s a mistake that leaves a scar. Sometimes it’s an unexpected kindness that softens a part of us we never knew was hard. And sometimes, it’s the quiet, painful realization that what we believed and built our world on, was either a test or was never true at all. Some lessons come gently, like a whisper brushing the edge of our awareness. Others land like a blow to the chest. And some hide inside stories, fictional or not, that reflect us so clearly it feels as though someone has read our thoughts before we voiced them. The Moment It Hit Me is a collection of those turning points. Each chapter captures a piece of life as we live it... messy, beautiful, painful, even hopeful. Many will teach you something about self-care, emotional strength, realities, and the strange, steady ways we grow. And if I’ve done my job, a few will stay with you long after you close the book, the way the most meaningful moments always do. This book is my attempt to share those moments with you: the ones I’ve lived through, witnessed, heard and fictionalised to mirror the truths we all carry. And who knows? Somewhere in these pages, something might hit you too. When it does, don’t keep it to yourself. Share your own life-changing moments. Someone out there needs to hear them, just the way you may need this book right now.

Kim Sohyun wins a contest and finds herself transported into her favorite apocalyptic novel. A System activates, warning her of the Ten Disasters destined to destroy the world. She armed with foreknowledge and the system's aid, she strives to alter the plot to save her favorite character—the male lead who never received a happy ending. But every change comes with consequences. The world drifts away from the story her once knew. Amidst the devastation and a fractured destiny, she must battle something even more ruthless than monsters— the plot itself.

Clara, upon dying, found herself lying in an unfamiliar bed within an unfamiliar room, with lots of unfamiliar faces greeting her, being addressed as someone who is very important in a whole nation. Only to found out that she have entered the book she used to read when she was in her previous world. And not just that, but as someone who is fated to die and kill herself because of her family's ill treatment towards her! However, as she live with her family, she realizes something...that the things that are happening with her current life is completely different from the book! How is she going to live in that world not knowing what's going to happen next?! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hii! Cat here! I just want to tell everyone that English is not my first language, so my choice of words may not be related to what I'm trying to imply. But, I'm sure that I'll get better as I continue writing this story. Please bear with me! By the way, the image on the book cover is not mine and I only found it from Pinterest! If the owner wants me to take it down, please notify me and I'd gladly obey! Additionally, the setting of my story is not placed in Earth but in a different world, only thought of and created by my little brain. Everything about this universe will be explained as the story goes by, so please look forward to it! Thank you! - cathcatya

Is being someone's shadow a blessing or a curse? Can you live your present happily? Or that person's past will punish every single moment of your life? This story tells how three families are bound together by a common thread. But who is the one who has put knot in it? Will this knot ever be resolved? Or will this thread itself break? How two lovers got separated and the one they sacrificed everything for will betray them because of a misunderstanding. Their separation will become a reason of disaster and revenge between the people they love the most. A girl whose only happiness and reason to live is her grandfather. She never expected anything from her fate but one proposal changed her entire life. In one night her world turned upside down. Loosing her lifeline and taking revenge for it, she drenched herself in blood of her own people.

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