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Zhang Ruo Chen was the sole male heir of one of the nine emperors of the Kunlun Field. Ruo Chen's father was known to all as the "Enlightened Emperor", however Ruo Chen didn't just leech off his status as emperor's son. He proved himself to be a dragon amongst men, possessing a heaven defying body, and managing to cultivate to Greater Perfection within the Yellow Horizon Realm, at just the young age of 16.But even though he stood at the summit of the younger generation and had a boundless future, he sadly died at the treacherous hands of his own fiancee at a young age.Reincarnated 800 years later in the body of a young boy who shares his name, he found out his former fiancee already unified Kunlun's Field and built the First Central Empire, and was now known as Empress Chi Yao Empress Chi YaoHer Majesty governed the mortal world and enjoyed prestige in all directions as well as an eternal life.Zhang Ruochen stood outside of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, looking at the statue of Empress Chi Yao, and the flames of hatred burned in his heart. "After I practice for 13 years, I shall send the empress to her doom!" - Description from Novelupdates

Ning Shu had dropped dead. But in a burst of good fortune she became a task-taker in charge of counterattacking for pitiful cannon fodder. Thus, Ning Shu, in one world after another, took all kinds of life roles, encountered all kinds of you're heartless, you're ruthless, you're making trouble for no reason' people. She encountered all sorts of white lotus flowers, green tea b***hes, scheming b***hes, by the batch.Does any true beauty still exist in the world!? bellowed Ning Shu angrily. You annoying trash! I'm just here to counterattack, please don't get in the way of me completing my task. Transmigration main character, reincarnation main character. There's only a lazy task-taker, no undestroyable main character halo. Ning Shu had no choice but to painfully gather moral integrity in each of the worlds.Group Number: 579396123. Will once again reiterate, only talents with over 2000 followers can enter. If you do not have followers, do not join for the time being in order to avoid being hurt when you get rejected. When joining the group, attach a screenshot of your followers. Little darlings are welcomed to join. - Description from novelupdates

Tuzi embodied what her name meant; a short, somewhat curvy and bubbly woman who was always down to have a good time with almost everyone. She was as active as a bunny even on her worst days, and she kept that up for her entire life... even though it cost her life. The problem with having fun with just about anyone meant that sometimes her partners were already taken, and one day a jealous lover found her and... well, she just wished she had gotten hit by a truck instead.After all, she 'woke up' after being brutally murdered to find herself standing in front of a true bunny; a Goddess who thought that this woman named after her was quite fascinating and entertaining to watch, so she was sent to another world to try it all again.The problem was she had no system, no help, no guide or special cheat... all she had were her wits, her wiles, and her charm to attempt to just survive in this new world, let alone entertain a Goddess with incredible feats!Join Tuzi as she travels through a fantasy world relying only on herself to achieve... well, perhaps greatness, or perhaps just a typical life for a Bunnykin; sex in abundance with the occasional baring of some deceptively sharp fangs.This is going to be a smut book primarily with action and adventure in roughly equal parts, and it will also have some scenes that will be dark. Tuzi won't be an OP system wielding MC, she won't be flawless, she won't always even be the main focus sometimes because of where she is and who she is with.The book will continue along with my usual ruleset; all futanari and women, hentai logic when it comes to sex, more focused on the people and how they interact instead of nonstop action... if that sounds good to you, come read, otherwise I wish you find a novel somewhere else that satisfies your wants.

Legends say this world has immortals!Chen Li: There might be, but there are more demons and ghosts and monsters!Once traversing into the vast unknown, hastily scurrying for meals amidst the busy throng, everyone says how great it is to cultivate immortality, yet who has seen skeletons exposed beside the road...?

Ryan, a normal office worker who could be considered an extra in a boring world, did his job regularly and spent time here and there.He found himself, by mistake, being killed by a female reaper. Yet, the only thing he received as justice was a chance to transmigrate into a new body with his memories intact.Meanwhile, that female reaper faced a very small punishment: her powers were suppressed for ten minutes, leaving Ryan with nothing but a mocking smirk from the reaper as she ridiculed him for being a meager human with no life that belonged to him. He was left with no choice but to stand in front of the one who had granted such "justice" and watch the reaper laugh while turning to leave the place.In front of him was the reincarnation pool, and beside it stood the woman smirking at his misery while completely powerless for a whole ten minutesthere was no justice for him here. With his hands clenched, he decided that if he was really going down, he would take her with him. Swiftly tackling her, he pushed the reaper and himself directly into the reincarnation pool.The next moment he knew, he found himself being born as a extra disposal substitute of the Ducal Prince, destined to die at the hands of the princess in his stead.Soon enough, he understood that instead of some random world, he had been transmigrated into the last novel he was reading and a fan ofInvincibility Starts with Marriage and Having Lots of Children.[ Disclaimer: First POV for main charcter is mixed in chapters with Third POV of other characters ]( Disclaimer: There could be mistakes in the chapters, not because I am weak in grammar or something, but when one has to write 8K a day, the chances of things being left out are pretty obvious. So, if you understand what that sentence means, just ignore the minor mistakes, but if you want to point out grammatical mistakes, please do so. I will correct them as soon as possible.)

A part-time job contract. He became the cold CEO's imitation boyfriend. He merely wanted to earn a few small bucks and live a comfortable life, but a pity, he was in constant turmoil since then. Well, life had something else for him despite his wishes."That beauty, will there be an increase in wages for conversion from boyfriend' to husband'?"

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The 27-year-old genius beauty doctor Xia Qing dies in surgery!She is reborn!She is reborn in the ward she's most familiar with, in the body of a 200-pound pregnant womana woman who had died from pain during a Cesarean section due to her requests to not use anesthesia.She can't help but worry about herself. This body was useless except for being young.How could Xia Qing tolerate this?On the menu arerevenge, losing weight, and snatching the idolized man of a scumbag girl in passing. Although she's overweight, she strives to live well. Being overweight isn't the end of days. They still deserve love."Have you heard? Boss Pei has a child out of wedlock. He's getting married!""Who's he marrying? Who?""That 200-pound fatty from the Lin family of South City!""Is Second Master crazy?"Lin Xiaqing turns her head to look. "You think I'm fat?"Pei Zhengyang looks at the voluptuous woman. "Not at all, just nice to the touch."

Cifer was offered as a sacrifice to the devil by his own family. Instead of dying, was given a chance to live in another world. The One True God has given him a mission. Stop the higher being calling themselves gods from snatching soul from the life stream and restore balance.An adventure will begin from a devil's sacrifice to be one of the most powerful beings seen.With a body of a titan and souls of devils, grasp power and devour everything for happiness and freedom.

In previous life, she was ignorant and naive. She was a "villain" owning a horrible reputation ever since childhood. She was framed by her friend, betrayed by her beloved, and ended up alone and died miserably. When she was reborn in the 1980s, she vowed to recognize the true nature of the people around her and work diligently. In this life, she would never let her younger sister die for her again. She will be an excellent female soldier, a pious daughter, and a qualified elder sister.Let's watch how she goes all in, saving her sister from great distress. She will turn the tide and lead her family through the reform and opening-up, striving for prosperity and a better life.

Luo Huian was the most beautiful, strong and narcissistic- Cut! Cut! Cut! Take two, and do it over.Luo Huian was the most beautiful, strong and wisest immortal in the realm of peace and harmony.Her two fathers doted on her, and she had a generous supply of resources and pills.Her life was perfect.However, her perfect life came to an abrupt end when Luo Huian, an immortal whose responsibility was to bring peace to those who had reached their ends and had run out of faithWatched a man jump down a building.Because of her inflexible beliefs and sense of justice, she did not save the bully. Unfortunately, that man was the son of the heavens.The loss of his life brought infinite trouble in Luo Huian's life and she was punished by the heavens.She was sent to the world of humans where she had to rescue at least five hundred people by saving their lives when they were at the end of their wits.For an immortal this was an easy job, right? Wrong.Her grandmother sent Luo Huian to a world where Gloom Rocks had wrecked chaos. Beasts and monsters were given birth to by the Gloom Rocks that sucked every ounce of happiness from humans.This world was dominated by hunters who could kill the beasts with the powers that they had awakened.And in this cutthroat world, Luo Huian got the short end of the stick. She woke up in the body of an F-class hunter!Dang it.If that wasn't worse enough, the previous owner had confessed to her cousin-in-law and was kicked out of the family.Double frog in the hot crock.With not a single penny in her pocket Luo Huian goes out to complete her mission.But what would happen when Luo Huian who was an F-class hunter annihilated the Z-class Glooms and Hollows that even the S-class hunters could not?Watch her fend against the dangers and at the same time save the lives of people. But in this small mission, there is a small obstruction The three alluring temptations.***********Resisting the temptation take 1:"MMPH," Luo Huian pushed against the mer who had pushed her down on the bed while sitting on her waist. "Get off.""I can't," answered Qi Yongrui as he took off his shirt. "Daddy Shun said that he is envious of Uncle Wang. He also wants to hold a grandchild. So, wife let's work hard tonight alright?"Luo Huian: Dear Heavens save me, I am a woman of no desire!****Resisting the temptation take 2:"Do you think he is good looking?" Fan Meilin questioned the woman who stood next to him.Even though he was the one who won the race and the trophy, his wife was looking at the other mer."Well yes," Luo Huian, who was an appreciator of beauty, agreed at once. "Why are you asking this though?"Fan Meilin's eyes flashed as he smiled at her and leaned in closer to her body as he whispered in her ear, "He might be good looking but I am a better driver. Not only on the track but also in bed, do you want to try darling?"Luo Huian: Resist the temptation! At all costs! I am an iron-hearted woman.*****Resisting the temptation take 3:"Is this necessary?" Luo Huian questioned as she sat on the couch, watching the mer trace his fingers on her curves while she sat in nothing but modern swimwear.The mer nodded as he wrote on his small notepad, "I need to trace every inch of your skin to create my finest creation, so don't move." After he finished writing, he handed the notepad to Luo Huian, his fingers brushing against the curve of her bosom, waist and Luo Huian: My virtue is at extreme risk!**Fl who is trying to do everything to save her virtue from being taken as it would slow down her cultivation X Mls who are trying their best to snatch it from her.***********Trigger warning: though the book is set in a comedic setting, there might be some uneasy topics that would discuss depression and loneliness.***********

Reincarnated into a Dating-Sim sounds fun? But what if you have never heard about that "World of Myst" game? And that is exactly what happened to Sam Roland. Poor Sam with only basic-dating experience, had no idea he was supposed to "capture" the women he is hiding from.

One hundred fifty-eight years have passed since humanity first spread beyond the bounds of Earth. It has been two years since we made first contact with an alien race. Two years since the war began. A war we are losing.We have been driven back to our last bastion, Earth. Our colonies lie in ruins, our fleets decimated. Our enemy is at our doorsteps, and soon our fortress may fall, but we have one last hope. A new ship that may change the tide of this war, and provide salvation for our race. That ship is humankind's first ship capable of breaking the lightspeed barrier and bringing the fight to the enemy. Will that ship be able to save our race? Or is she doomed to fail?Note: This is a rewrite of my Earlier work Nomads of Sol.

"Some connections are written long before two hearts ever meet."Arjun never believed in fate, just another lost soul buried in the noise of textbooks and deadlines.Ayesha was a quiet storm, hiding a fragile heart behind glowing smiles and disappearing messages.They were just two strangers, separated by borders, bound by pixels on a screen.But what starts as casual texts in the dead of night slowly turns into something neither of them can explain.A bond stitched through unseen heartbeats.A love whispered through endless silences.But every heartbeat carries secrets... and some secrets are too heavy to cross the distance.When time begins slipping through Ayesha's fingers, Arjun finds himself caught between holding on or letting go.Will their hearts find each other in the silence or will destiny write their last message before they ever meet?

All I know is this is just wrong. I was just reading the latest chapter of One Piece in my computer. And an annoying survey popped up asking me if I want to play One Piece new beginning. Thinking nothing of it I said yes.And selected Realistic' difficulty.There was a game loading screen. Loading gibberish, and warning me that the world has a lot of surprises in store for me. Not all things are same, because I had to choose the developer's time-line'.And then telling me to brace for Character Synchronization. And before I knew it, I was no longer your average Joe. And this wasn't earth either no this was One Piece.And, I was Monkey D. Luffy. The future King of pirates.I mean what could go wrong? If Luffy could do it, so could I.But this wasn't the same One piece world I remember. Some changes are small like Kuina being Zoro's rival who's alive.While others were huge. Like did you know, Whitebeard had an actual beard?! Man looked like Santa Claus on steroids. Jaked and shit!Just what did I get myself into?But does it matter?No.Because I'm going to have the time of my life. This was going to be one heck of an adventure.

After his soul transmigrated into the world of Teyvat, Luo Qing was selected to become the new Trainee Fatui Harbinger, and he was about to be sent to Liyue on a diplomatic mission (to cause chaos). To his surprise, he awakened a "Frustration Value Collection System" as long as he frustrated others, he could collect frustration points, which he could use to participate in a lottery.As he stared at the list of items in the lottery interface, Luo Qing fell deep in thought:"Spirit Speech: Time Zero," "Multi-Shadow Clone Technique," "Thunder Breathing Style," "Golden Experience Requiem," "Railgun," "Gomu Gomu no Mi..."Why on earth were these things appearing in the world of Teyvat?!Given the notorious reputation of a Harbinger, Luo Qing knew that if he didn't grow strong, he was certainly doomed to a miserable end. Thus, his style became... increasingly abstract...---Years later, to prevent the infamous Fatui Harbinger, Luo Qing, from causing havoc everywhere, the people and political leaders of the Seven Nations united to issue a formal protest to Snezhnaya.In response, the Fatui in Snezhnaya issued an official statement:"This Harbinger is only a trainee. He has been dismissed."

While playing the online game "Convergence of Ten Thousand Realms," Yan Luoyue suddenly found herself transmigrated into the body of a newly hatched baby turtle in the cultivation world of the turtle clan.Fortunately, her system account had come along with her, and the skill books and equipment in her inventory were still intact.However, there was a bug in her account information.Year after year, Yan Luoyue watched as her health bar grew infinitely longer.Every year on her birthday, an extra zero was added to her health bar.In the first year after her transmigration, Yan Luoyue used all her divine artifacts to ensure her fragile self wouldn't choke to death on her own saliva.By the tenth year, she removed all her equipment and casually strolled through the forbidden grounds of her clan.The sealed demons and monsters surrounded her, hacking away for three days and three nights, until they collapsed, foaming at the mouth.A hundred years after her transmigration, Yan Luoyue looked up and realized her health bar now spanned the entire continent.Someone once asked Demon Venerable Yan, "Does being invincible make you lonely?"Yan Luoyue kindly replied, "Silly child, how could being invincible be lonely? It's absolutely amazing."Synopsis Two:Wu Manshuang was covered in poison, the last of the Teng Serpent (celestial serpent) lineage in the world.The closer anyone got to him, the deeper the poison would affect them.So, Wu Manshuang wrapped himself up tightly. He hid in a pitch-black cloak, avoiding all living beings. He thought his life would pass in solitude, untilA young girl's slender, warm hand touched his cheek."Your health-draining debuff is pretty strong, huh?"Wu Manshuang quickly pushed her hand away. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?""Relax," the girl said with a carefree smile. "I'm way stronger than you."From then on, the little serpent gently coiled around the turtle's shell.And thenThe world gained the divine beast Xuanwu.Reading Tips:1. This is my take on cultivation with personal world-building, possibly a lot of it.2. A long, slow-burn progression story with a gradual narrative style.3. A cultivation story with an ensemble cast.

Are you a crazy person who is utterly bored of seeing Shonen characters who know what to do at any point of the Series? And also the fact that there boring? Do you want to see blood and a ruthless manic character who hate humans? Or are you really a manic, like the mc to see blood scatted across the world as heads go flying left and right. Do you want to see a character raise up to be the greatest and actually put effort and hard work to raise up and not just get lucky and suddenly the MC is overpowered as fuck? Well I mean sure this guy is going to be overpowered at some point but the normal way well depends on what you define as normal.Sirus gets reincarnated as a demon in a fantasy world. Where you will see his loved ones die but also take revenge and does whatever he wants.... most likely. Sirus shall be known as The Great Demon King.After sheer effort and hard work unlike..... that Shonen character who didn't do shit.One day he will rule his own kingdom unlike any other Kingdom and he will do this with bloodshed or without it. And there will definitely be bloodshed, and flying heads or something.It will be a long journey but he will not fail! Of course, he won't because he's the protagonist, but life isn't a walk in a park so some shit is bound to happen.You're still here? Well go and fucking read the novel![Mature Language][Use Of alcohol][Gore, intense violence][Strong Language][Mature Humour][Abuse]Viewer discretion is advised] Mature 17+

"I am Bianca Valestra, Witch of the Frozen Night, an enemy of Humanity. By choosing to follow me, you will be fighting not just humansbut the entire world. I no longer wish to lie to you, Elian. If you wish to walk away or choose another path, I will let you."Yet the boy shook his head and laid his hand gently over hers."I am no longer human. I just committed what I think to be genocide. I am not afraid. For youthe one who saved me, gave me purpose, and my only desireI will fight. I do not care how many come. I will kill them all."___In the year 2030, everything changed.Portals to other dimensions appeared without warning.We called them dungeons.And from them came monsters that knew only destruction.But in humanity's darkest hour, a sliver of hope emerged.People began awakening strange abilitiesTalentsto fight back.Years passed. A fragile normal returned.Our story begins with Elian Reeds, a teenage student born in this new worldwithout a Talent.A Defect, they called him. Useless. Broken.That is, until he meets her.A fallen villainess whose name still strikes fear and reverence alike:Bianca Valestradivine in beauty, and colder than death.This is the tale of their meeting.The chronicle of their journey.And the legacy of their triumph.

They stole his future and crippled his body. Now, he'll rewrite the history in blood.Damon was on the verge of greatnessfirst in line to claim Bloodreign, the legendary artifact said to grant unmatched power in Earth Online, the world's first fully immersive VR game. But his best friend betrayed him, stealing the item, and leaving Damon broken, crippled and nearly deleted. Kicked from the guild, mocked by the community, and trapped in a weak, crippled body, he was forgotten until his last desperate attempt somehow brought him back in time to the day when it all began.Now Damon was back and he knew what he was going after.A hidden lineage. A cursed class. A bloodline sealed since the dawn of the multiverse.Last time he played fair. Last time he trusted. This time he would hunt and devour. With years of knowledge of every exploit, every secret quest, every bugged mechanic, he will climb straight to the top. Armed with the blood of the first Vampire King, he was an apex predator now who stood at the very top.However, unbeknownst to him, a catastrophe lurks in the shadows. Damon finds out that the game itself might not be as simple as it seemed and the entire future of the humanity might depend on this game.

While browsing an online gallery, I was summoned to a tower.I obtained a gallery that allows me to communicate with those who have completed the tower.

Somehow, I ended up possessing a character in an academy setting."Our school has a strict no-alcohol policy for students.""Huh?"I'm a Drunken Fighter who gets stronger the more intoxicated I am, but alcohol is banned.

First Simulation: You are transported to a world of cultivationYou become a refugee fleeing famine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brotherYou rely on each other, becoming each other's supportAt the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fadesSecond Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexistYou immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your studentYou teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the godsAt the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespanOne simulation after another, one encounter after another.Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"

Isabella was supposed to be sipping champagne at a luxury spa, not waking up in the middle of a forest. Worse, a SYSTEM had attached itself to her like some clingy ex, spouting nonsense about survival, quests, andoh, hell nomanual labor."System, I was NOT built for the wilderness! My ideal roughing it' experience involves a five-star hotel with bad WiFi!"Now, instead of lounging in silk robes, she's being ordered to farm? To hunt?"A farming quest? You want mea city girlto grow food? System, I once killed a cactus by overwatering it. This is NOT my calling!"And don't even get her started on the hygiene situation."You want me to bathe in a cold river? Darling, I require warm water, scented oils, and an ambience! What do I look likesome barbarian?!"Unfortunately, the localsbig, muscular beastmendon't seem to understand the concept of self-care. The women? Neglecting their skin like it's a crime to be radiant. The men? Walking hygiene disasters."Ladies, if your man can smell you before he sees you, we have a problem.""You see this? This is lotion. It exists so you don't look like a dried-up leaf. Use it.""A beard should be majestic, not tragic. Let me fix it."And the beastmen? They don't just stare at her like she's an oddity. No, they hover. They smirk. They lean in too close, fangs flashing with amusement."Why do you keep looking at me like that?" she huffed, crossing her arms.The panther grinned, his tail flicking. "Because you're fascinating when you're annoyed."No, absolutely not. She was not here for this nonsense."If you have time to stare, you have time to moisturize."She didn't ask to be here. She didn't ask to be their savior. But if she has to suffer through this world, she's making everyone around her suffer lessthrough skincare, style, and some serious attitude."If I hear one more We don't season our food here,' I'm launching a war.""If you have time to gossip, you have time to do squats.""You want to impress a woman? Start with not smelling like the battlefield."Survival isn't just about fighting monsters; it's about looking good while doing it. So what if the System keeps throwing impossible quests her way?"What do you mean you can't skip quests'?! Since when?! Where is the skip button?! I demand a skip button!"But somewhere between dodging ridiculous quests and fixing these people's tragic grooming habits, Isabella found herself in situations. Uncomfortable, heart-racing situations.Like being trapped against a tree by the red python, his red eyes half-lidded as he murmured, "You talk too much, little star. Should I silence you?"Like waking up with the lion lord's fur-lined cloak draped over her shoulders, his deep voice gruff, "You shiver in your sleep. I'll fix that."Like the phoenix watching her every move, his burning gaze searing into her skin as he mused,"You cause chaos wherever you go, but I find that I don't mind."Oh, hell. No. She was not about to fall for four beastmen. She was too pretty for this much stress."If you insult me again, I'll make sure your soul needs a beauty upgrade.""I refuse to be disrespected by anyone who dresses like an unwashed tree branch."And yet, when a rival tribe came to challenge her, when danger lurked too close, those same beastmen stood beside hersmirking, taunting, fighting for her."A beastman growled at me today. I growled back. He ran. I am the alpha now."Isabella isn't just surviving. She's thriving. And this world better keep up.

In a world of countless schemes, where you are being manipulated at every moment,often without even knowing it.A world where you can't be sure if what you see is reality or just another illusion crafted as part of a deeper scheme.This is the story of someone who survives it all kind of schemes both small and vast, some he understands, and others he never even realizes.Even he, who is constantly being schemed against, crafts schemes of his own against others.This is a world ruled by deception and Yuan will persevere it, shape it, and rise through it.------------English is not my native language, so please understand if there are any mistakes

Destiny splits before me into two unrelated, straight lines:one leading to a palace and city ablaze, the Kingdom overthrown, the Earth bearing suffering, and Life enduring torment in this Fire.And the other leading to the pinnacle of Ancient Kings, where deities in the clouds personally crown me. I don the laurel wreath, basking in the cheers of the mountain. My gaze pierces through the mists of history, my Knights conquer lands for me, my Sword cleaves through obstacles, leading my people to victory.I take up this Scepter, holding the Authority of the World in my hands. I overlook the multitude, altering the course of history.I am Brand, King of Vorn, and this is my Legendary tale..........................Plain version synopsis: This is a story about a Senior Warrior with memories of rebirth, crossing back into the World he once fought for to alter the strands of history and make a mark in the sands of time.

After dying in an oddly anticlimactic vending machine accident, Kazuki Ren is reincarnated in the demon realmnot as a hero, not as a villain, but as the only human male student enrolled at the mysterious Academy of Ruin, a school where all the professors are demon lords and all the students are powerful, beautiful she-demons.Ren is told he has one task: survive.But there's a catch. The Academy's darkest secret is about to awaken, and Ren holds a hidden power that could either destroy the demon world... or rule it.Now surrounded by seductive demons with hidden motives, eldritch tomes, forbidden dungeons, and twisted exams, Ren must master his abilityor be consumed.Magic, mystery, danger, and temptation await in this dark academia harem fantasy.

She was the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy familyabandoned by her father, oppressed by his legal wife, and humiliated by the so-called sister. She watched her mother perish in a raging fire and was thrown into the flames herself.Her name was Janice. And she died in that fire.Ten years later, under a new identity and the name "Janet," she survives in silence. Forced by her stepmother to marry a wealthy heir rumored to be "paralyzed and disabled," she becomes entangled in a vicious struggle of family betrayal and ruthless power games.With cold eyes, she watches the hypocrites who once trampled her into the mudone by one, they will become prey on her road to revenge.Her wheelchair-bound "husband" Philip, the feuding brothers Charles and August But what she didn't expect was that the boy who once quietly handed her a handkerchief all those years ago would become the most unpredictable piece in her game of fate.She has returnednot for hatred, but to personally end the past that was once crushed beneath their feet.

Marked as cursed and a murderer after a mysterious death, Penelope becomes the Lockwoods' outcast. Despite the towns' interest in ruining her, the crown prince ignores all pleas not to court her. With the help of the prince Tyrion Castro, Penelope unravels secrets linked to her parents' past and reclaims her innocence. Betrayal, danger, and love collide in her fight for the truth.

"Look at me," he said, voice barely above a whisper, like he wasn't just asking her to see himbut to choose him.She did.And oh God.The moment her eyes met his, it was like the floor tilted. His gaze wasn't cold anymore. It wasn't guarded or teasing. It was raw. Fierce. Wrecking. Like he saw through every layer she'd tried to hide.She swallowed hard. Her legs trembled.Her heart betrayed her, pounding so hard against her ribs it seemed like it wanted to break free.Why did his eyes soften like that, as if she was delicate glass, and he'd do anything to keep her from shattering?She swore she was going to melt right there.And he didn't even kiss her.Didn't have to.That one lookhis fingers brushing against her skin like he owned the right, it was more than any kiss she'd ever had. More dangerous. More intoxicating.Her lips parted, maybe to speak, maybe to breathe, but nothing came out. Nothing could.The tension between them tightenedthick, electric, blinding.If he moved even an inch, it would be over.But he didn't.And that restraint? That maddening, infuriating, goddamn beautiful control made her want him even more."Let me handle this," he whispered. "You don't have to trust Conor. Just trust me."Her eyes dropped to his lips. They were so close now she could feel the whisper of his breath. Her heart pounded harder, like it wanted to escape."Please stop doing that," she murmured. For a fleeting second, nothing moved, then he dropped his hand.His brows drew together. "Doing what?""Touching me," she whispered. "Especially when you're trying to make a point. You did it in the restroom too.""Why do you think I'm doing that?" he asked, voice husky now, softer.Synopsis:At an elite college, falling for the rich, cold son of a bi-llionaire wasn't part of the plan, especially when his brother is tied to her mother's mysterious death.But from the moment Merlina steps onto campus, the chemistry is undeniable. He's detached, arrogant, and everything she should stay away from. Yet no matter how hard she tries, she can't ignore the pull.She's here for a degree, but her real mission is uncovering the secrets of her mother's past at this very school. As sparks fly between her and the guy she should keep her distance from, she's torn between two things: exposing the truth and protecting her heart from falling for him.The deeper she digs, the more dangerous things get. Anonymous threats, dark secrets, and a guy who's starting to think her obsession with the past could ruin everything. When the truth finally breaks free, it threatens everything she's worked forthe truth, her heart, and the fragile bond she shares with him.With everything at risk, she must choose: expose the truth, or hold on to the one person who makes her feel truly alive.