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In a past life, Daphne was a concubine whose beauty won the Emperor's heart, but earned the Empress's wrath. Betrayed and poisoned, she died a tragic death,spending her final moments in the arms of a cold, powerful general who swore to find her in the next life. But fate has a different plan. Daphne is reborn, returned to a time before her family's ruin and her own gruesome end. Armed with a mind sharpened by a lifetime of regret and a body she now vows to make unbreakable, she forges a new path. She will not be a pawn again. This time, she will protect her family and defy the destiny that once took her life. General Alaric , the man who had loved her secretly in her past life is unaware that she's been reborn. He is a living legend, a name whispered with of awe and terror on every battlefield. Yet, beneath his calm surface lies a fiercely possessive nature. What Alaric desires, he claims, and what he claims, he holds with an unbreakable grip. This possessiveness is the darker twin to his battlefield prowess, a ruthless, unyielding trait that ensures once he decides something is his, be it territory, or a woman, he will stop at nothing to secure it. In the mood for a doting and extremely obsessive husband? You're in the right place.

Julie Marie Navares seemed to be a typical young woman. Her father wished her to go to the same school as her brother, Christian Navares, which is why she moved. She thought school would be quiet because she thought her secret—her hidden talent for singing and her alter ego on stage as the POP PRINCESS—would stay with her family. But what would happen if Mark Cielo Villanueva, a friend from childhood who she hated, found out? They had just met again. Could she still keep her secret and her peace?

Isabella "Bella" Romano, 24**, has spent three years working double shifts at a rundown diner, her fingers raw from scrubbing grease, her dreams buried under medical bills for her dying mother. She's invisible—just another exhausted girl in a city that chews up the desperate and spits out bones. Then one blood-soaked night, she witnesses a execution in the alley behind her workplace. The killer's cold eyes meet hers. She should run. She should scream. Instead, **Dante Salvatore**—the Ghost of Chicago, the most feared mafia boss in North America—makes her an offer: become his tool, his perfect weapon disguised as innocence, or watch her mother die without the experimental treatment that could save her. Bella has no choice. She becomes Dante's **"little bird"**—his spy in high society, his bait for enemies, his alibi when bodies drop. She wears the designer dresses he buys, attends galas on his arm, and learns that monsters don't always have fangs. Sometimes they have empty eyes and blood on their Armani suits. Dante Salvatore has never let a woman past his bed. Love is weakness. Attachment is a target painted on your back. His empire was built on ruthlessness, and he's survived by feeling nothing. Women are transactions—pleasure exchanged for jewelry, then forgotten by morning. But Bella is different. She doesn't flinch when he kills. She doesn't beg for mercy or luxury. When he barks orders, she obeys with fire in her green eyes. When he bleeds, she stitches him up with steady hands, asking nothing in return. The tool is becoming something else. Something dangerous. As Bella navigates assassination attempts, deadly rivals, and the twisted politics of five crime families, she discovers the truth: Dante isn't just a monster. He's a king haunted by the massacre that orphaned him at twelve, forced into power by his uncle's cruelty, and imprisoned by a legacy of violence he never wanted. Then **Nico Moretti**—Dante's childhood friend and underboss—betrays them. The experimental treatment for Bella's mother? Funded by the Bratva, who want Dante dead. Bella's mother's illness? Poisoned deliberately to recruit Bella as their inside agent. Bella was never supposed to be Dante's tool. She was meant to be his **assassin**. When Dante discovers the conspiracy, he's faced with an impossible choice: kill the woman who betrayed him, or trust the girl who taught him what it means to have a heart—even if it gets him killed. Because in the underworld, love isn't a weakness. **It's a loaded gun pointed at everything you care about.** And Isabella Romano—the girl who scrubbed floors—is about to prove that queens aren't born into power. They're forged in fire, crowned in blood, and built by the men who underestimated them.

Sakuya was used to the chains by now. Old and heavy, made from metal that wouldn't rust. A collar just shy of being tight enough to choke. But in the end even stone turned into dust, and time was the only thing she had. So she would wait, for freedom or death, whichever came first.

SYSTEM NOVEL - TIME-TRAVEL - HISTORICAL - BABIES!! Lin Xu, a fierce and independent thirty-year-old businesswoman, had only one wish in life, children of her own. But fate was cruel. The day she found out she was barren, she drowned her sorrow in alcohol, slipped down the stairs, and died. But death wasn’t the end. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in the body of another Lin Xu a minor character from a popular TV drama in her town. This Lin Xu was a pitiful woman who died tragically at the hands of her cruel in-laws. Her three children were left to suffer alone until her missing husband returned years later, only to find her long gone. But this time, things would be different. This Lin Xu wasn’t weak, and she wasn’t going to die so easily. She had lived alone as an orphan, built herself into a force to be reckoned with, and now she had a second chance not just to live, but to raise her children on her own terms. Forget the in-laws. Forget the husband. She would rise again, build an empire, and give her children the life they deserved With the help of her "Supermarket System" she was going to take the world by storm. --- Excerpt "Young Master, Miss Lin has just opened a massive bun shop." "Really? Buy everything. Leave not even a crumb." "Young Master Mo, Miss Lin returned all the coins and houses you sent her." "She did? Then send triple the amount and throw in a farm while you’re at it." "Young Master Mo, Miss Lin and the children were bullied by your uncle and aunt." "Oh? Send fifty men to smash their home. Make sure not a brick is left standing." "Young Master, Miss Lin is laughing and talking with that fisherman Gu." "Is that so? Seal off the entire coast. Buy every net, every boat, and every hook. Let’s see him fish in the desert." "And tell Miss Lin… if she dares smile at another man, I’ll show her what it really means to challenge the General of the Guan Empire." "If I can’t have her heart, then no man will." --- Genre: Historical Time-Travel Drama, System. Romance: Slow Burn Note: Book cover not mine.

Waking up in your ex's body is worse than heartbreak. Seo Minjae thought he could hurt Baek Yuna and move on-but now he's her. Every glance, every choice, every emotion is hers. The girl he once dismissed is now his reality. Trapped in her body, he vows to do everything to make her life better... if he can survive long enough to fix the mistakes of his past.

What if the tragic story you once mocked… becomes the world you were thrown into? Xiao Zhi is an editor who loves tearing apart novel manuscripts for their cliche plots and cruel twists. But one day, she wakes up inside one of those very novels, as the unlucky princess destined to die a tragic death. The script says she will be married off to a barbaric prince, tortured, and killed tragically. But Xiao Zhi refuses to accept that ending. Armed with her editor’s sharp eye and modern wit, she vows to rewrite her fate, outsmart her enemies, and survive. The problem? No matter what she does, the story stubbornly plays out as it was written. Every move she makes only brings her closer to the death she’s trying to escape. How can she survive a story that refuses to be rewritten?

MIRA A Dark Mafia Captive Romance "Speak not a word to her. Let none of you lay your hands or eyes on her. She is mine to deal with. This is my only warning. Defy it, and the consequences will make you beg for death, yet death will not come." MIRA When Ken hurt me, I shattered. But I never gave in. I refused to feel. I refused to love. Then my father, who hates me, and my mother, too afraid to protect me, send me away. I expected peace. What I got was the White Lion. The mafia king of the continent. A legend soaked in blood. He claims me with no mercy. Protects me with no kindness. Says I belong to him. Proves it with every threat and every body he leaves behind. I swore I would never surrender. But how do you fight a devil who looks like salvation and kisses like sin? SCAR After my mother died from my father’s recklessness, I made myself a promise. No love. No women in the mafia. No weakness. Then I saw Mira. Too proud to beg. Too pure to touch. I made her a game. A test. A punishment. But now she is the obsession I never expected. And I have brought the devil to her doorstep. I cannot leave. And I will never let her go.

They once called her daughter. Adopted into the Falcon pack as a baby, Andria knew only love until the day her adoptive mother gave birth to a "real" daughter. Overnight, affection turned into neglect, and her sister Lena made sure lies poisoned the last shred of love left for Andria. Framed, humiliated, and punished for countless sins she never committed, Andria finally walks away. Changing her identity to Aria Wolfsburn, she hides her past and the truth of what she is: a vampire raised by wolves. At Moonstone Academy, an elite werewolf school, she thought she could just… disappear. Upon arriving at the academy, she encounters the three powerful, arrogant Alpha Successors, all sons of the kingdom's stronghold families, and her vengeful ex. As if that was not enough, on the night of her 18th birthday, she was shocked to discover she wasn’t just a vampire, but also a werewolf… a hybrid. Meeting them after that, an irresistible bond forms between her and the Successors, including her ex, revealing all four of them as her fated mates. And fate isn’t done with her yet. After bonding with her ex and the three Successors as her fated mates, chaos erupts when the king himself handpicks her for a marriage alliance… making him the fifth Alpha drawn to her. Now caught between fate, duty, and dangerous desire, Aria must make a choice… Will claiming her power mean choosing one of them… or losing them all?. You can chat me on discord @refulgent26_32700

(trigger warning. This book contains mature themes) ****** "I can't..." she gasped between broken moans, her voice trembling somewhere between pain and pleasure. Every thrust seemed to blur the line between surrender and defiance. Then she whispered a name between her sweet cries ...it wasn’t mine. I froze. A slow, humorless smile curved my lips as the sound of his name filled the space between us. “Raph…” she breathed. I leaned in, my mouth brushing her ear. Feeling her tremble from touch until my teeth nibbled her earlobes hard enough to make her whimper and her fold to clench around my fingers. “Wrong name, Lynn.” I hissed, withdrawing from the warmth of her insides. I felt her body tense. She clawed at my shoulders, a desperate plea in every touch. “Don’t…” she whimpered. Those jade-like eyes unravelled me that moment. I could feel the ache in my trousers. A troublesome little viper. A cruel smile traced my lips hiding my emotions. “You called the wrong name,” I murmured, my voice low, dangerous. “And bad girls deserve to be punished.” Her glossy eyes met mine... so full of confusion, want, and power she didn’t yet understand. If she only knew how close I was to breaking. Because the only name she should be calling… was mine. Lucien. I craved it as badly as the air I breathe. ****** For better or for worse, till death do us part. That was their vows at the altar, but he broke them first.. He claims an open marriage is the solution to their childless marriage and that it's to protect her own interests. But all Braelyn sees is a prison built from guilt and lies. One heartbroken night, she stumbles into a karaoke bar and into the arms of Lucien. A man shrouded in mystery, rebellion, and danger. His very presence tells her to run but it also gives her the solace she craved. She never expected to see him again after she ran, forgetting his sinful existence, but life wasn't done making a joke out of her. Lucien isn't just any man, but one who can destroy everything she believes in. The man she was never meant to meet. Her husband's uncle The black sheep of the Volkov dynasty. A man whose desire will ruin her. Lucien knows she can't be his, but he was never a man who respected social norms. He doesn't care about anything but her every sin and touch. All he wants… is her, no matter how sinful it gets.

What happens when a bored and hungry zombie woman who reads to fulfill her basic needs transmigrates into a dungeon apocalypse novel, the book that caused her accidental death? If she was a cannon fodder, it would have been better. Instead, she was the passerby who died after handing the female lead, the special ring- a great golden finger that ended the apocalypse. And she wasn't even mentioned by the female lead, who claimed all the credit for being the world's savior, forgetting her sacrifice. After understanding the situation and losing the ring, her first thought was to look for food and sleep. She doesn't want to be the hero of the world, she is kind to leave it for the female lead to hug all the glory. But the two men she saved randomly always hung around, unwilling to leave her alone, and a reborn female lead who kept staring at her with hatred. Update Time: Tuesdays and Fridays with two chapters each. (⁠〃ﾟ⁠3ﾟ⁠〃⁠)

Park Soyeon's life was perfectly ordinary: medical school, instant ramyeon, and an unhealthy obsession with Chinese historical novels. That is, until her best friend dragged her to visit a mudang and she accidentally fell through a magical wardrobe into ancient China. Now she's Su Yan, a mysterious woman in a world of emperors, concubines, and deadly palace intrigue. Armed with nothing but her modern medical knowledge and a sharp tongue that keeps getting her in trouble, Soyeon must navigate a dangerous game between two princes: Prince Liang Jian, the cold, scarred Second Prince whom everyone has abandoned. The illegitimate son with eyes like winter storms and a heart locked away. The man whose life she saved, and who now refuses to let her go. Crown Prince Zhao Yifeng, the charming, untouchable heir with a smile that hides secrets. The prince who could have anything, except the one woman who keeps refusing him. One prince wants to protect her. The other wants to possess her. Both want her heart. But Soyeon just wants to find the wardrobe and go home... doesn't she?

Hermione Hale gave her heart, family and future to the people she trusted most. On the eve of her wedding, they crushed her. Her fiancé married her stepsister. Her family cast her out. Her inheritance was stolen. Her mother’s death was covered in silence. Left with nothing, Hermione vanished. Five years later, she returns as a woman reborn and dangerous. Behind her stands James Blackwood, the mysterious man who once saved her life and is now willing to destroy the world for her. Her ex is on his knees, begging. Her stepsister is losing her mind. Her stepmother is running out of lies. And Hermione is done being gentle. This time, she will ruin them all. But as she tightens the noose around her enemies, she cannot deny the truth rising within her heart. Is she falling for James, the man whose secrets run deeper than her own?

Tammy Curry is a teen girl who lives in Huntington Park, California, with her parents. She goes to visit her father at his new job in Vernon, where he is working as a mechanic for a vintage car repair shop called “Vinton’s Vintage Repair”. There she meets Mr. Vinton, the owner of the shop, and his son Zack, who’s a real cutie. As Zack and Tammy become acquaintances, their fathers bring a new car into the shop, which they’ll be repairing for a TV producer. The producer tells them the story behind his newest collective item, and it's quite the gruesome one. One day, as Tammy is being taken to school, she sees the aftermath of a tragic car collision, which she initially thinks is an accident. However, as the story unfolds, it appears to be something more sinister. As more suspicious crashes begin to occur around their neighborhoods, Tammy, Zack, and the police will soon realize there's something very wrong going on, and it might be related to the old car the shop is fixing.

For five thousand years, the prophecy slept. So did the gods bound to it. Until the world began to burn. The Arcalis Empire collapses under rising monsters, dying lands, and a sky that cracks open with ancient light. When the final border falls, four comets descend — and from them step the legendary beings the world once worshipped: Aelion, God of Sky. Kaelith, God of Flame. Seryon, God of Tides. Draeven, God of Stone. Dragons. Alive. Awake. And looking for one thing. Their fated bride. The empire panics. The prophecy is forgotten. No one knows who the chosen woman is. No one… except the dragon gods, who recognize her the moment they see her. Rhea Ardenwel, the quiet princess with healing magic and a soft smile, the girl who spends her nights secretly saving commoners, the woman who never believed she was special — is the missing Heart Core, the element that completes their power. She is the one born to bind all four of them. Their strength. Their destruction. Their destiny. When the dragons demand her in exchange for saving the empire, Rhea is forced to face a fate she never asked for — a fate wrapped in ancient fire, jealous instincts, forbidden desire, and a ritual that requires all four gods to claim her as one. But the prophecy hides darker truths. The gods are waking with scars. A forgotten enemy rises from the shadows. And Rhea soon learns that her magic alone cannot save anyone — not herself, not her empire, and not the four divine men who begin to unravel every piece of her heart. Between war and destiny, past sins and blooming desire, Rhea must choose: To fear her fate… Or to become the bride powerful enough to bind gods and restore the realm.

Jade Morrison never wanted to be special. While her social-climbing sister watched the annual Academy Lottery like it was the Super Bowl, Jade was content managing her late-night shifts at the campus café and avoiding anything that smelled like ambition. Then her name flashes across every screen in the nation—she's this year's lottery winner, chosen to attend Regency Academy, where tuition costs more than most people's houses and the student body reads like a Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Before Jade can pack her thrift store wardrobe, she's thrust into a glittering world of designer uniforms, political intrigue, and students who treat million-dollar galas like casual Fridays. Any hope of surviving unnoticed dies spectacularly on Day One when she crashes into Crown Prince Alexander Rothschild—literally—drenching his custom suit in cheap coffee. Alex, the ice-cold future king who's never forgiven anyone for anything, declares war. But he's not her only problem. There's Dante Morelli, the Italian duke's son and campus heartthrob who finds her refreshing honesty irresistible. Kieran Zhang, the tech billionaire's heir and resident genius who discovers she's the only person who challenges his intellect. And Ezra Knight, the mysterious scholarship student with secrets darker than her own, who recognizes a fellow outsider. When Jade uncovers that her lottery selection wasn't random—that she's connected to a scandal that could topple kingdoms—she becomes the target of a conspiracy that wants her silenced. Permanently. As assassination attempts escalate and hearts entangle, Jade must decide: run back to her safe, small life, or stand her ground and claim her place among the elite, even if it means breaking every rule—and falling for four princes who were never supposed to be hers.

Crimson, a draconic warrior of the Goddess of the Heavens, is summoned to the world of Avi to protect mortalkind from the Fallen Queen's malevolent army, but the Queen has other plans in mind. When Crimson finds herself in chains, a war wages in her mind between righteous hatred for the evil Queen and a burgeoning forbidden desire for her. As the Queen's plots unfold and Crimson ends up in the Heavens once more, she conflicts with her ex-girlfriend, Hilde, who wants to know the truth of what happened to her in the Hells. Now caught in between the eternal war between the Goddess Aurora and the Fallen Queen Umbra, and facing a lifetime of constant harassment and torment for being a crossbreed, Crimson's loyalties are tested as her morals and her desires clash. When she is finally pushed to the breaking point, Crimson must decide what she fights for, and who she wants to fight alongside. Hilde, the dignified, compassionate, groveling ex-girlfriend, or Umbra, the dominating, overprotective, seductive evildoer. WRETCHED is a fast paced and intense journey through fierce emotional turmoil, drastic character developments, and dramatic developments in plot and setting, rife with gorgeous imagery and scenery, unique and unusual characters, as well as a deeply fantastical conclusion. CW: WRETCHED deals with sensitive subjects including dubious consent, enslavement, genocide, eugenics, war, depictions of violence, child death, mass murder, and corrupt religion.

"A rule-bound doctor. A reckless K-pop idol. Chaos is guaranteed." Sienna Ben expected her new life in Seoul to be all work—until a certain patient turned it upside down. Ryu Noran, the country’s hottest K-pop idol with a fragile heart, is convinced he doesn’t need a doctor—especially one who can outwit him at every turn. One wrong move, and his carefully guarded secret could be exposed. As awkward meetings turn into dangerously close moments, can Sienna and Noran navigate the thin line between duty and desire? Warning: Patient may be dangerously charming.

Saya has a special arrangement with a dragon. She gets tied to rocks. He gets the gold. They scam villages with fake sacrifices, overcooked rituals, and a convincing act of “damsel in distress.” She’s no maiden — just a fast-talking harlot with sharp instincts, flexible morals, and a talent for moaning on cue. He’s no terrifying beast — just a very old, very gay, very arthritic lizard with a hoard, a temper, and joint pain from shapeshifting too much in the bygone ages. It’s all going swimmingly until heroes start showing up. Cults get nosy. Other dragons get ideas. And Saya begins to wonder what exactly she's doing in a world where virtue gets sacrificed and livestock counts as treasure. A sword-and-sandals fantasy with scams, sarcasm, sensuality, and sheep.

Aria Chen has lived in Ethan Park's shadow since kindergarten. He's the golden boy—student council president, varsity captain, heir to Park Industries. She's the scholarship student who tutored him through calculus, covered for his mistakes, and let everyone believe they were practically dating because it made him look good. For six years, Aria accepted being his "almost girlfriend"—the girl he'd hold hands with at fundraisers but never kiss, the one he'd call at 2 AM for advice but never ask on an actual date. She told herself being close to him was enough. Until transfer student Isabella Laurent arrived from Paris. Suddenly, Ethan had no time for Aria. The gentle teasing turned vicious. He "joked" about Aria's secondhand uniforms in front of their friends. He excluded her from study groups. And when Aria won the National Merit Scholarship—the one thing that would guarantee her escape to an Ivy League school—Ethan publicly demanded she give it up. "Isabella's family lost everything in a business scandal," Ethan announced at the scholarship ceremony, his arm around Isabella's waist. "She needs this more than you do, Aria. You're smart—you'll get financial aid anywhere. Be a good person for once and step aside." Two hundred students watched. Waiting for Aria to be selfless. To be small. To disappear. Before Aria could respond, Kai Winters—the tattooed, motorcycle-riding delinquent everyone feared—grabbed the microphone. "If Park doesn't want the school belle, I'll gladly claim her instead," Kai announced, his dark eyes locked on Aria. "She's brilliant, she's gorgeous, and she's mine now. Anyone got a problem with that?" The auditorium exploded. Aria stood frozen as Kai pulled her off stage, away from Ethan's shocked face and Isabella's smirk. "What are you doing?" Aria hissed once they were alone. "Saving you from wasting yourself on someone who never deserved you," Kai replied. Then he made her an offer: fake date him for the rest of senior year. He'd give her the space to heal and the armor to face Ethan. In return, she'd help him maintain the minimum GPA needed to keep his own secret scholarship. Aria knew accepting meant war with Ethan and social suicide. But as Kai's hand found hers, warm and certain, she realized something: maybe it was time to stop being the good girl everyone took for granted. What Aria doesn't know is that Kai has watched her for years, memorizing every smile she wasted on Ethan, every tear she hid in the library. He's not faking anything—and he'll burn down anyone who tries to hurt her again.