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Harley Hartwell came back to Grayhaven for one reason. The truth. Once an FBI investigator, she now works Major Crimes in the same city where her parents were murdered twenty years ago. But the deeper she investigates, the clearer it becomes— The past was never buried. And someone has been waiting for her to return.

[18+ | Mature Content | Dark Romance] After slaving away for years as Ares King's sole overworked secretary, Catherine has finally had enough of his domineering and heartless attitude. She wants to quit and use the severance pay to settle her family's debts, and spend more time with her long-term boyfriend. But soon after she hands her resignation letter, she finds out that her boyfriend cheated on her. He claims she's a wreck with no future, and he's better off without her. Heartbroken and devastated, Catherine is grasping at the last straw when her boss, Ares King, proposes a contract out of the blue. "Become my wife for one year." "Why me, Mr. King?" "Because we work, Ms. Lane.” The last thing she wanted was to make a deal with the devil. But this offer is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sell your soul to the devil for one year. How hard can that be? ********** Excerpt: "How many?" I froze. Did he expect me to count? "How. Many?" "I-I don't—Ah!" Ares spanked me again, continuously. My eyes stung, and sweet pain overtook me. I should feel sick from deriving pleasure from this, but strangely, I wasn't. "Two?" I teased, purposely getting the numbers wrong. "You shouldn't have done that." Just as I thought, he started again, but this time he drove each hit with more force until my ass was burning. "Fifteen!" I yelled, shaking. "Wrong." My heart momentarily stopped. "I got it right!" "You missed one." He pressed his hand on my searing bottom, and I moaned. I tried to squirm away, but he trapped my hands behind my back, his voice dark with warning. "Move again, and you'll regret it." ~ A/N: This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.

Tara didn't panic when she woke up holding a cup of poisoned tea meant for her notoriously ruthless, billionaire husband. As a professional script doctor, she had fixed worse plot holes before. Bound to a glitchy System that projects its warnings in 16mm vintage film, Tara has one impossible job: travel across infinite dimensions, rewrite the tragic fates of doomed villains, and make them fall in love with her before the world's "Protagonists" can kill them off. Her first assignment? Transmigrating as the despised, cannon-fodder wife of a paralyzed heir, just seconds before she is supposed to assassinate him. Instead of following the script, Tara dumps the poison, outsmarts the golden-boy "hero," and starts rewriting the narrative from scratch. But there is one twist the System didn't warn her about. The villain isn't just surviving his doomed fate—he’s becoming terrifyingly, possessively obsessed with the woman who keeps breaking the world's rules to save him. Let the original protagonists have their cheap melodrama; Tara is here to give the villain a masterpiece.

Imrie Monroe was tossed aside by her family at the age of seven simply because she wasn't a Dreamwalker,a person with the ability to control their dreams and harness powers and abilities from them. Disgusted by their actions, she's taken in by the ruthless boarding school students and teachers. Not long after, she discovers that she is a Dreamwalker. But she had no intention of ever returning to her family. That was until she was ordered to return to her long forgotten family when she was just about to graduate.

Jiang Cheng, a translator proficient in five languages, finds herself inside a book. In the book, the original protagonist's parents are deceased, and she is tricked into the Lin Family, where she works hard for three years under the title of elder sister-in-law. Three years later, her fiancé returns with the female lead whom he has married. The original protagonist is manipulated by the Lin Family into becoming their goddess daughter and continues to work hard. When the male and female leads face difficulties in starting their business, she is... Upon reading this, Jiang Cheng feels that a hundred "pah" are insufficient to quell her indignation. Once inside the book, Jiang Cheng carefully plots and ingeniously sets up a fake diary to tear down the Lin Family's facade. Assuming the persona of Jiang the Rebuker, she steps in directly. "All the abacuses in the world have been perfected by your Lin Family!" "Talking money harms feelings; without talking money, how do I know you have feelings!" "I am young; you are too old. There's a high probability you won't live to see me succeed. Have a good journey." Years later, Jiang Cheng, once seen by others as a weak and naive scapegoat, has transformed into an outstanding translator, offering her expertise to major factories to translate imported equipment, providing strategies, and becoming a prominent figure in the industry. With the most polite language, she delivers the most powerful statements and reaps the most foreign exchange. Meanwhile, the male and female leads, crushed by life, huddle in a cramped rented room, clutching a newspaper, watching Jiang Cheng, whose demeanor and appearance are exceptional, advance even further. At this moment, they are not even qualified to be envious. * Jiang Cheng walks out of the airport and spots the tall Shen Que from afar. As her smile blossoms, she is suddenly embraced by two people. "Sister-in-law, I've missed you so much!" "Sister-in-law, you're finally back!" Shen Que, who is pushed aside from afar, wordlessly reaches out and pulls Shen Xing and Shen Yue away, saying, "She's my wife." Shen Xing and Shen Yue say in unison, "Hello, brother-in-law!"

This entire story is fictional. All regions, countries, and cities described within are imaginary!!!!! [ torrential rain, floods, blizzards, extreme cold, extreme heat, pollution, insect plagues, acid rain, endless night, earthquakes... ] On April 1st, a natural disaster struck Azure. A massive torrential rainstorm swept across the globe, followed by earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, rising sea levels... one disaster after another. Evelyn Ford is reborn before the disaster strikes. In this life, she frantically hoards supplies just to survive. [ No special abilities, no zombies, pure natural disaster survival, no bleeding hearts. ] Male Lead: The ultimate support + a deadly weapon Female Lead: Spatial storage + an ordinary person [ apocalypse, survival, hoarding, base building, farming, gourmet food, animal husbandry... ]

The legitimate younger sister insists on exchanging marriage, sending me to become the Marchioness. 【The main wife of the Marquis Mansion only wants to make money, whether love is involved depends on her mood + exchanged marriage group + hair-pulling + rough man self-strategy】 After Qin Yuan was reborn, she discovered that her legitimate younger sister was also reborn. Not only did she snatch Qin Yuan's previous life's husband, the poor scholar, but she also strongly facilitated Qin Yuan's marriage to her previous life's brother-in-law, Dingbei Marquis. Although it's strange why her legitimate younger sister did this, when a pie falls from the sky, you have to catch it! In the previous life, the legitimate younger sister was envious of her: "Since childhood, Qin Yuan could only pick what I didn't want. Why did she become the Prime Minister's wife and enjoy honor and glory, while I was abandoned by my husband, dominated by concubines, and suffered alone all my life?" In this life, the legitimate younger sister is desperate: "Why is Qin Yuan living even better?! Where is my Prime Minister's wife position? Why is my husband still a sesame official? Not only is the mother-in-law difficult to deal with, but there is also a childhood cousin coveting him fiercely!" Qin Yuan chuckled: "This forcibly offered position of Marchioness is quite nice, tut tut... I can do business, excel in medical incense, have strategies, and possess brilliant plans. In the previous life, it was all due to my own efforts that I schemed to become the Prime Minister's wife. My naive good sister." In the previous life, her husband locks himself with her legitimate younger sister, but in this life Qin Yuan won't expend any effort pushing him upwards; isn't it better to achieve it by herself? — Dingbei Marquis, who postponed marriage to protect the borders, is a War God in armor, and a handsome gentleman without a beard, with a line of women fond of him reaching a myriad. On the wedding night, he abandoned his young wife, thinking coaxing her is enough. Later... He discovered she didn't care at all and was constantly coaxing him for fun. Marquis Mansion daily: Dingbei Marquis kneels at the door: "I know I exist in your heart, madam, please give me another chance." After a while, Qin Yuan: "Depends on my mood." Others: Tut tut, The Marquis is just the Marchioness' lickspittle, professional.

Ding Ancheng, a math teacher at County First Middle School in Huaixi County, is a highly eligible young man whom countless girls aspire to marry. He has good looks and a good job. Although his personality is a bit cold, this is not a flaw; his decisiveness in rejecting others assures a sense of security. However, such a fine man was snatched up by Yi Roujing, who is only beautiful but supposedly brainless, leaving many girls in despair. The brainless Yi Roujing... No, she is not like that. She is a lucky girl blessed with beauty and intelligence, thriving in this age where material goods are in short supply. Ding Ancheng discovers that the wife who was so eager before their marriage has changed… Oh, he has changed too, becoming a devoted follower of his wife!

New book, "My Wife is the Star Lord," seeks your support~ [Strong Female Lead + Doting Love Interest + Ancient Martial Arts + E-sports + A Touch of Fantasy] The Sinclair Family's second daughter, who has spent years practicing Ancient Martial Arts in the deep mountains, is returning to Kingsford for the college entrance exams. The Sinclairs are terrified: "The second daughter is a jinx! She brings misfortune to her father, mother, and the entire family. Stay away from her at all costs!" The young masters of Kingsford sneer: "A country bumpkin from the mountains will be easy to control. A little sweet-talking and she'll fall for it." Only an old Daoist, who seems like a quack, pokes Aurora Sinclair's head with a serious expression: "Don't cause any trouble for your master when you go down the mountain!" *** Half a year after returning to Kingsford— The Sinclairs, with eager faces: "Our second daughter is the hope of our entire village; don't get in the way of her making money!" The young masters of Kingsford, bruised and swollen: "Aurora Sinclair isn't a woman! Her fists are harder than a man's!" The old Daoist, gazing at the night sky, mutters mysteriously: "The Star of Romance is stirring! Which foolish boy is it?" The precious young master of a certain secret laboratory lets out a loud sneeze! The expressions of all the experts and professors change drastically: "Hurry and get a doctor!" *** Male Lead: Alvin Morgan (Top Researcher) Female Lead: Aurora Sinclair (Hidden Bigshot) 【Please add to your collection, send red beans, recommendation tickets, and monthly passes. The more, the better~】

【Transmigration + Famine Escape + Farming + Infrastructure】Professional white-collar worker Xiao Cheng accidentally dies while saving a drowning child and transmigrates to a small mountain village, believing she's in a farming story. However, the system says, "Host, we need to survive by completing tasks first." What? Fighting tigers? No, no, isn't that Wu Song's thing? I can't do that! What do you mean we have to migrate? I've just gotten my footing and you want me to move? Oh! Foreign enemies are invading? Then pack up quickly and run. What about becoming a City Lord? Too troublesome. I just want to be a slacker. Being a concubine? Get lost, you average guy, dreaming in broad daylight! Something or other every single day! I'm done, I want to retire and enjoy a leisurely life with my family! ----- However, the system doesn't allow it and keeps popping up to demand attention, "Host, hurry, there's another task. If you don't do it, you'll be erased." "You lousy system, I want to apply for retirement." System, "Host, your application has been processed and rejected." It's infuriating, how is this never-ending? I'm going to complain to Ah Mo......

After struggling to survive for three years in the apocalypse, Chu Jiangyue is betrayed and killed by her best friend. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself reborn—one day before the apocalypse begins. Her original plan is to stockpile supplies and lie low. However, fate has other ideas. Instead of hoarding goods, she’s bound to a hotel system. She's running a hotel at the end of the world. Her former best friend—the one who killed her—wants to freeload? Chu Jiangyue thought, "Sorry, please top up before shopping." A bizarre guest wants Chu Jiangyue to marry her son and take over the hotel? Chu Jiangyue thought, "If you don’t want to stay, you can say so directly. There's no need to beat around the bush." When meeting a clueless student looking for a free ride while trying to be kind on the road, Chu Jiangyue thought, "Little girl, I run a hotel, not a charity." … Zombies everywhere—no place is truly safe? Chu Jiangyue said, "Hotel rooms have zombie-shielding protection; guests can check in and stay secure." Extreme heat waves are causing constant heatstroke; stepping outside means instant sunburn? Chu Jiangyue said, "Want to try temperature-control suits and ice-cold drinks?" Extreme cold plunges to minus 100°C, freezing even zombies solid? Chu Jiangyue said, "You could enjoy cold-resistant thermal gear in our hotel!" … Someone covets the hotel and wants to seize it by force? Chu Jiangyue said, "Dear guest, you have received a hotel eviction package. Please sign for it." When people witness someone vanish into thin air, those harboring ulterior motives quietly abandon their plans. Chu Jiangyue declares, "If you want to stay here or buy supplies, no matter if you're dragon or tiger, you'll have to behave yourself on my turf!"

She was originally a notorious villain who made all realm strategists tremble with fear, tearing apart all systems in a fit of rage. Because she was too bored being trapped in the small world, Qian Yan grabbed a system and forcibly bound it, starting a new mission. Qian Yan discovered that almost every realm had a familiar person following her, constantly wanting to be with her. But she only wants to complete missions, pursue a career, and has no interest in falling in love!

After dumping the Obsessive Tyrant, I was entangled ###### [Sickly Obsessive Maxim Sinclair VS Cunning Little Fox Summer Lowell] President of Sinclair Group, Maxim Sinclair, is ruthless, unfeeling, and notoriously uninterested in women, never rumored to be with any woman. However, only he knows that the woman bold enough to come undercover beside him, achieving her goal before fleeing, has haunted his sleepless nights for an entire year! Until that day, she unexpectedly returns to the country, parachuting in as the design director of a rival company... "Director Lowell, you used me and threw me away. Did I agree to this?" "Feelings fade, naturally things end. Why must President Sinclair pursue relentlessly?" "Summer Lowell, let me tell you, even if I have to go to hell, I will take you with me!" ... People gasp in sympathy, assuming this reckless woman is doomed to a fate worse than death. Little do they know, he has long laid an inescapable net, waiting for her to walk right into it. "I will trap you in a place where only I can see you, forever!" ——— [The Heroine is Career-Oriented, The Hero is Pathologically Obsessive, Known as the Jealous King of the Demon Capital!]

Lin Wanwan slips a jade bracelet onto her wrist—and steps between two worlds. Side A: neon lights, 5G, instant ramen, MRI machines—an age of abundance where food is fast and friendships sometimes slow. Side B: Tang-dynasty sunshine, cracked earth, locust clouds, emperors who ask villagers to skip meals so soldiers can march. A “golden age” that growls with hunger. Lin has no grand plan—only a wish: let the little bean who waits for her at the gate eat his fill, let the gray-haired elders who calls her “treasure” sleep without fear of famine. Lin Wanwan wants to bring small changes to the world she loves, so the family she cherishes can live a little better, then a little better still—because "I has finally found the place that calls my home."

Shen Qinglan was a retired top assassin. She had only one wish: to live a life of leisure until her end. Little did she know, fate had other plans. On a sunny, cloudless summer day, lightning struck her down. - Upon waking up, she found herself in a different world. She was in a small village and was considered a foolish girl. She had initially planned to live as a carefree fool, but her family had too many mouths to feed, and there was never enough food to go around. - The first time they crossed paths, he approached her and greeted her, but she ignored him. The second time they met, he was her landlord, and he asked, “Miss, want to be friends?” She nodded and agreed. Delighted, he gave her a house and money, claiming it was to help a friend in need. The third time they met, he brought her a gift. Then, the fourth, fifth, and sixth times... Every time she saw him, she received a new gift.

Xu Ying, a veteran veterinarian, died suddenly from overwork and became a new animal rescuer at the Desert Rescue Station. Good news, crossing over gives you a permanent position! She now has an iron rice bowl! Bad news: she starts off being thrown into a no-man's land by a malicious coworker and is about to starve to death! When she was about to starve, Xu Ying was surprised to discover that she could understand the little animals speaking in the desert! By communicating and seeking help from the animals, she successfully returns to the rescue station, embarking on a journey of easy wins! In the desert where materials are scarce, ear fox cubs are hungry? A rugged and handsome guy who owns a thousand-acre ranch races cars to deliver baby bottles and formula; Is getting rich difficult? The sand cat sheriff helps her catch a spy, and each capture earns her half a million! Are the living conditions too poor? She rescues a rich beauty abandoned by her boyfriend in the desert, and the beauty's CEO uncle dispatches a plane loaded with supplies and a renovation team to upgrade Xu Ying's dormitory! Is the work atmosphere bad? She helps the sand rats move, and the Little Desert Rat helps her discover oil! Everyone relies on her to succeed, and Xu Ying's expressions become the cues for colleagues and leaders! Painlessly becoming a mom to a bunch of adorable, nationally protected little animals, netizens are envious to tears, flocking to Xu Ying’s live stream to virtually raise cubs every day. When a disaster strikes, Xu Ying leads the Animal Rescue Team to save countless compatriots during prime time. With the help of the fur babies, the desert turns green, shocking the world! The country treats Xu Ying like a beloved daughter! She gets featured on news reports, receives public commendations, and is assigned a handsome agent for protection, while a team of smart techies takes orders from her! With a permanent position, Xu Ying enjoys her dream life of raising furballs comfortably. Her only worry is that there are too many handsome guys around, leaving her dazzled!

Hunted for the Alchemical Book in her hand - Mu Ruyue wakes up in the body of a wastrel in Shenwu Continent - a martial arts dominated world. Her fiancé has jilted her in favor of her foster sister. Her father condones her abuse. Her younger sister wishes she was never born. And the whole country ridicules and insults her for being a first-rate wastrel. Wastrel? Not at all. With the Alchemical Book in her hand, what pills and elixirs can't she refine? Jilted? She'd rather marry the pure and innocent Ghost King, Ye Wuchen. ---- Mu Ruyue: Stop calling me Sister! Ye Wuchen: Can I call you Wife then? Mu Ruyue: Not that either! Ye Wuchen: (about to cry) Mu Ruyue: (sighs) Suit yourself. Ye Wuchen then leans forward and kisses the corners of her lips. Mu Ruyue: …Did a child just steal her first kiss? ---- Brother 1: Let her go! Brother 2: She is my mother, why should I let go of her! Brother 1: Don't ever think of robbing my mother! Mu Ruyue: Let me introduce you, Jing'er, this is your younger brother. Huang'er, this is your elder brother. Huang'er: Mother, this stupid boy bullied me. He's not my brother. Jing'er: Little guy, from now on, you must listen to me. Ye Wuchen: (How exactly do these two regard him? They dare fight over his wife in front of him...)

She is the true daughter of a prestigious family in the Federation, who was lost outside and grew up in a garbage heap, and is also a waste with only F-level spiritual power. Her parents' abandonment and favoritism, the exclusion and framing by her green tea fake daughter sister, the cultivation sect in crisis. She can only regain her cultivation and turn the tide by participating in the Federation Planet's 'God Creation Game'! "No way? Someone with only F-level spiritual power can also enter the 'God Creation Game'?" "Maybe just to make up the numbers." "With only 3 attack points, even a gust of wind can kill her, right?" Josh, the sickly waste not favored by everyone, casually summoned a Divine-level Monster in the dimension. Just when everyone thought she was going to kill all sides, she smiled slightly: "Open for fortune-telling, divining the location, weaknesses, and treasures of monsters, looking at dimension feng shui, monster physiognomy, one divination for 3000 points, scan the code to pay, thank you!" Barrage: "What's wrong! 3000 points, what idiot would go there! She's a fraud!" Contestant: "Me me me! I want a reading, I want a reading!" "I was here first!" "Don't cut in line!" Barrage: "......" Are these the star contestants they've fostered with points?

Bai Xiqin only survived for three years in the apocalypse before dying. Returning to the time before the apocalypse, she unexpectedly unlocked a Personal Space, which even came with an ancient Mountain and Sea Exotic Beast. To her surprise, this time around, her whole family became elites. Before the apocalypse—— Bai Yifan asked his sister, "Did you dream the apocalypse is coming? What happened to me?" "You didn’t run as fast as mom and dad, but it's alright – better to keep it in the family!" Bai Xiqin responded calmly. Bai Yifan: ??? After the apocalypse—— Funeral Master Bai Mother waved her hand casually, and the Zombie was roasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside by the Thunder Ability. Bai Mother frowned instinctively, "I really want to give them a makeup touch-up!" The forensic doctor Bai Family Grandma calmly dug out a Crystal Core, "Its lower jaw protrudes, clearly an underbite, even with makeup it wouldn't look good." Bai Yifan shook while holding a sack to collect Crystal Cores, bravely holding back tears. The teacher Bai Family Grandpa and top lawyer Bai Father heated oil in the pan, using the strongest Superpower to withstand the harshest blows, to make the most delicious meals. The Mountain and Sea Monsters with extraordinary skills—— Qin Yuan, being rubbed against the ground by Bai Xiqin: "Master, today you seem as gentle and kind as ever!" Taowu: "Move aside, you are blocking me from hanging clothes for the master." Water Python: "Someone, tie me to the tree as a clothesline." Leng Yebai's Chapter—— Recently, Leng Yebai keeps dreaming, dreaming that he is being experimented on and sliced, along with an elegant girl. He always thought it was just a dream until one day, the person from his dreams appeared right in front of him.

Thea Shaw travels from the modern society to the Women's Respect Country, diligently working for thirty years to reach the position of Great National Master. She is forced to travel back again. Before traveling, she was the Miss Sutton who was mistakenly taken by another family, spending twenty years in the countryside, while a fake heiress replaced her in the elite Sutton Family. Her parents are indifferent to her, relatives awkwardly look down on her, and the fake heiress is superior in every way, treating her with politeness. Originally feeling indignant and extreme about her fate and ready to fight for everything, Thea's sharpness is blunted by thirty years of living in a female-dominant society. She thinks, just get by, what else can you do? So the Sutton Family is astonished to find that the daughter lost in the countryside for twenty years is not demanding her status or proving herself, but is instead waving the banner of feudalism. Great National Master—controls national destiny, primarily fortune-telling, with a side of persuasion. Later on, everyone is talking: "Have you had your fortune told by Thea Shaw? She's really accurate, but when you go see her, you must wear formal attire." —— Landon Ford, the heir to the Ford Family, the strongest in Aethelgard. He is known for being erratic in temperament, with a terrible temper, mostly dealing with others without a smile, infamous for being a lunatic. The first time he met her, she had an ethereal aura about her as if she could ascend at any moment, solemnly requesting him to button up his open collar, and sincerely advising: "Boys, reputation is the most important." Landon Ford slants his eyes, grabbing her hand and pressing it against his heart: "Now, I have no reputation, and you must take responsibility." Thea Shaw: … Young people these days lack virtue in their actions. (Silly and Zen-like Little Fairy X Crazy and Rebellious Heir)