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The Unbound Gothic Romance • Spiritual Rebellion • Fantasy Drama Elena Rosaria was born a witch in chains—branded by the Church, betrayed by her own blood, and forced to survive in the shadows of an empire that hunts her kind. But when her life collides with Viscount Seamus Matteo—a brooding heir with a taste for danger and a heart drawn to her fire—their connection sparks a forbidden passion that defies the Church’s rule. As war brews between the old faith and a rising resistance, Elena must reckon with a violent past, prophetic visions, and the price of power. Seamus would burn the world to protect her. But it is Niegal Matteo—his exiled uncle and a gifted healer—who may hold the key to not only Elena’s survival, but the fate of magic itself. In a land of holy inquisitions, blood-bound magic, and saints who are not what they seem, three haunted souls must choose: surrender to the roles they were born into… or become something unbound.

I died the way I lived—cheap, broke, and naked. One freak laptop accident later, I wake up in my younger body… back when I still had hair, hope, and zero rent money. But this time, I’ve got something else. A system. One that talks. One that levels me up. One that feeds off... intimacy with women carrying “Yin-rich energy.” And the first target? My mysterious landlady. She’s mature, curvy, and definitely hiding more than just a killer figure under that robe. To grow stronger, I’ll have to seduce, satisfy, and survive the “Dual Cultivation Trials” the System keeps throwing at me—each more insane than the last. It’s time to become the strongest lewd cultivator in the modern world. And I’ll start... by paying my rent.

A soul transmigated and awakens as Shisui Uchiha, on the very day he was fated to die, just right after Shisui has revealed his Mangekyo to Danzo and other higher ups of Konoha....

When medical student Lior Atheria desperately needs money for her mother's cancer treatment, she never expected salvation to come from the arrogant billionaire she insulted at a coffee shop. Lucien Pembroke owns half the city and controls a multi-billion dollar empire, but he can't complete the most important merger of his career without a wife. The solution? A contract marriage with the defiant little woman who dared to call him "unnecessarily complicated." But Lucien's world is darker than Lior ever imagined. Family secrets, dangerous enemies, and a past betrayal that shaped him into the ruthless man he is today. When their fake marriage puts her in the crosshairs of his enemies, Lucien will do anything to protect what's his. Even if it means keeping her captive in his penthouse prison. Warning: Contains mature content (18+)

All she wanted was to save her brother. And all he wanted was a child. He bought her, bound to a contract to give him a child and disappear from his life afterwards, but what hit her like a storm was love... falling for the masked monster who bought her body. Andrew Sterling hated greedy women, and every woman he'd contracted to bear his child, heir to the Sterling Enterprises, had been just that. When Anne, his third contracted surrogate, showed up, he saw her as the very same type of woman until she peeled open his stone-cold heart. What ties them next isn't just a baby contract, but an unexpected marriage formulated by Andrew's grandfather. But a man who has always despised marriage will never be tied down, not even by his contracted surrogate, because the minute she gave him the child he needed, he would send her out of his life. But when the tables turn on him... He says to her, "With a husband as rich as me, right now you're the wealthiest woman alive." "We're only married till I give birth," she retorted. He frowns at that, feeling internally displeased. "It doesn't matter how long we're married for. From now on, everything I own is yours. If you want heaven and earth, I'll buy it for you. My wife will never be found lacking a single fucking thing." She stared at him in disbelief. When did he start feeling something for her? He couldn't remember.

From General Kyle to Guardian Arthur. From Earth to Zolgar. During his time on Earth, he was once a feared General of the Army, who chose to walk in the path of destruction that ravaged through the battle. Alas, the world fell into war and during the battle, General Kyle died. However, he had one regret. He wished to spend more time with his loved ones. As if his regret was heard, the General was reincarnated as Arthur Luminosity in the world called Zolgar. With his new life, he vows to not walk in the path of destruction again, and to cherish his loved ones in his new life.

"What’s the point of love when all it does is break you?" I’ve asked myself this a thousand times. I’ve been carved open by betrayal, hollowed out by empty promises, and left to stitch myself back together—only to be torn apart again. Love isn’t beautiful. It’s a wound that never fully heals, a scar that throbs when you least expect it. So I shut the door. Swore I’d never let it in again. No more whispered lies in the dark. I was free. But the universe doesn’t care about declarations. Just when I thought I’d outsmarted the pain, it found me anyway—not in the way I expected, but worse. So much worse. And now, drowning in a grief I never saw coming, I have to ask myself one last time: Was love ever the enemy? Or was it the only thing that could have saved me? —— After a devastating heartbreak and a near-fatal accident, Eleanor’s life takes an unexpected turn when she begins experiencing unnatural abilities—things no ordinary human should be capable of. Then she meets the enigmatic CEOs of Vexxons, a powerful tech empire, and feels an inexplicable pull toward them, followed by soft voice whispering in her mind. When the Vexxon triplets—the tycoons to the most advanced tech firm in the world—cross paths with Eleanor, their inner wolves recognize her. She is their destined mate. But Eleanor is human… or so they thought. Now, torn between her painful past and a dangerous, supernatural future, and a prophecy, Eleanor must navigate a world of power, secrets, and primal instincts. Can she embrace her true nature and heal from the betrayals that once broke her? Or will the shadows of her old life destroy her before the triplets can claim what is theirs? Fate has chosen her. But will she choose them back?

Reborn into a new life, Lin Langtian finds himself as a character in Martial Universe, yet he refuses to remain a mere supporting character and begins his journey to turn fate around! Female leads: Ling Qingzhu, Ying Xiaoxiao, Tang Xinlian... Golden finger (cheat ability): Nine Nether Flame Sparrow Title: Heavenly Ancestor No system, does not oppose Lin Dong, and does not steal the protagonist's opportunities. If you can, you can subscribe to support me patreon.com/Franklin1

At just sixteen, Xiao Yu thought her life couldn't get any worse—until she was sold like cattle to Long Shan, the cold-blooded Chinese mafia king whose name alone makes grown men tremble. But Long Shan doesn’t want a lover. He wants obedience. Silence. Control. To him, Xiao Yu is just another pawn—something pretty to keep, punish, and bend to his will. But Xiao Yu isn't the quiet, scared girl he expected. She’s fierce, reckless, and maddeningly defiant. He gives her orders. She gives him attitude. He builds walls. She tears them down with one stare. As the nights grow hotter and the games between them more dangerous, Long Shan finds himself craving the one thing he swore he’d never need again—love. And Xiao Yu, trapped in his world of blood and secrets, must decide: is she just his little slave, or the only woman who can bring the king of the underworld to his knees? Sold to the mafia. Owned by the devil. Desired by a man who doesn’t know how to love. Let the war between pride and passion begin.

Hazel Rogers never imagined her mother’s failing heart would force her into the arms of a stranger. With hospital bills piling up and no time left, she signs a desperate contract— as a surrogate for a billionaire who she doesn’t know. Ace Milan is cold, calculated, and devastatingly powerful, a man who built his empire on control and keeps his heart locked behind a fortress. Hazel is just a transaction to him. But when a scary accident forces her to move into his home, the lines blur. He becomes cruel, unpredictable—testing her limits with sharp words and colder actions. Yet beneath his ice is something else, something broken, watching her with eyes that never quite soften. As her pregnancy progresses, Hazel stumbles upon whispers of the woman who came before her—the first surrogate. The one who vanished. No one speaks of her, and Ace refuses to explain. But the house holds secrets. Locked rooms. Late-night phone calls. Half-truths wrapped in charm. And suddenly, the child inside Hazel becomes more than a contract—it becomes a target. Torn between protecting the life growing inside her and uncovering the truth about the man she’s starting to feel dangerously drawn to, Hazel is forced to make a choice. Walk away before she ends up like the last surrogate… or risk everything to unravel the darkness Ace has spent his life hiding. One thing is clear—nothing in this arrangement is what it seems. And some secrets are buried deep for a reason.

Ethan transmigrated from earth to a post apocalyptic martial world with a system. His system has only one function: Double the attribute every day

Mike wakes up in the body of a reptilian creature on a savage world. To survive, he must kill and consume other creatures—each meal evolving his body into something stronger, more dangerous, and less human. Driven by the hope of returning to his wife and haunted by the life he lost, Mike climbs the food chain, but there are no answers—only silence, rage, and the voice in his mind that seems to be watching everything. Years later, after destroying the world’s final apex predator, Mike wakes up in a hospital room. Fifteen days have passed on Earth—but in his mind, it’s been years. Scarred, feral, and changed beyond recognition, Mike may have escaped the other world… but he didn’t return as the man who left. The world he returned to had fallen into chaos with the emergence of mythical and divine beings from history. How will Mike endure this new savage world of angels, demons and ancient gods?

A blind date set up by her meddling parents turns unexpectedly steamy when she finds herself across the table from her ex’s boss—an aloof, high-powered lawyer with no interest in small talk or second chances. But when they agree to fake a relationship to get their families off their backs, the act begins to feel dangerously real… Soon, they're questioning whether it's still just an act. In Falling for the Wrong Mr. Right, the heroine thinks her fake relationship with a powerful man is just for appearances — until she discovers a hidden truth about their past that makes her question whether he manipulated her life all along. It’s a moral twist that tests whether love can survive betrayal. This is a story that talks about how the hero’s connection to the heroine when they met for their fake relationship contract wasn’t just love at first sight, but he had a hand in her past without her knowledge and it became more of an obsession than real love So basically, the hero connection to the heroine didn’t start when they met for their fake relationship contract, he had a hand in her past without her knowledge and it was more of an obsession than real love.

After transmigrating to the Harry Potter world and being reborn as Grindelwald and Dumbledore's flesh and blood, Blake had awakened the Emotional Treasure Chest System! Make someone's blood pressure soar and you'll get a treasure chest! So … Blake: "Review? You've just learned something, how can you forget it so quickly? " Hermione (deep breath): "Hermione, you have to calm down!" [Ding! Silver Treasure Chest 1!] Blake: "What a handsome cat!" (Takes out a cat stick!) Professor McGonagall: "!!" [Ding! Gold Treasure Chest 1!] Blake: "Professor Snape, do you want to eat hotpot together? It's delicious! " Snape: "That's my crucible! How dare you! I'll deduct 50 points from Hufflepuff! " [Ding! Diamond Treasure Chest 1!] Blake: "Professor, my surname is Grindelwald." Dumbledore: "Hmm? What did you say your surname was? " [Ding! Supreme Treasure Chest 1!] Blake: "Soupy, where's your nose?" Voldemort: "Avada …" … Blake: "I'm just a little badger who wants to become stronger. What bad intentions can I have?" (Hands up) ============ DISCLAIMER: This is a Translation of 霍格沃茨：小獾能有啥坏心思呢？ If you like a Shameless Mc then this is for you

In the fifth year of the apocalypse, when it was coming to an end, Sunshine Raine died, killed by her cousin and her fiance. Sunshine only had one wish, if she could go back in time, she would not make the same choices she had made. In this dog eat dog era, she would be the top dog. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back in time, one month before the apocalypse. A few changes had happened, one, she was in bed with Hades Quinn the father of her foolish fiance in her last life. Not just that but they had a marriage certificate! Two, her sister was also reborn and in this life, she had chosen to marry the foolish scummy ex. It made Sunshine his stepmother!! Granted he was adopted by her husband but it was all the same, she was now his mother and her cousin's mother-in-law. Despite the surprises, Sunshine focused on the upcoming weather disasters, monsters in the mist and humans that were more savage than those monsters. With a system in hand and knowledge of what was coming, she used her wealthy husband's money to stockpile, sold the family property and went on to rise again as the apocalypse queen. While her cousin was being starving and suffering with the man that was pretending to be a fool, Sunshine was being pampered and kissed by the male lead. While her sister was being forced to work by the fool, she had three step sons to work for her. As promised, she became top dog. This novel is participating in the WSA, please support.

This novel is for readers who love multi-layered progression fantasy built on intricate power dynamics. and sprawling world-building. The first few chapters might feel like a puzzle but if you stick with it — everything clicks into place. A nameless street rat triggers the hidden System, turning raw zero into stolen power. Now every bounty hunter, mage, and cosmic lawmaker wants him dead before he cracks the Twelve Spectra wide open. He started with nothing; he might end with everything.

Tiana Kings has everything—beauty, fame, and a billion-dollar fashion empire built on making women feel powerful and irresistible. As the CEO of Diamonds, she’s confident that she can have any man she wants. After all, they all want her... until she meets Dylan Haven, her new personal driver—calm, mysterious, and completely immune to her charms. Dylan isn’t impressed by luxury, seduction, or Tiana’s carefully curated image. In fact, he barely acknowledges her at all. Rumors whisper that he doesn’t even like women, which only fuels Tiana’s ego—and her obsession. Determined to break through his cold exterior, she turns their daily drives into a game of flirtation, temptation, and challenge. But what starts as a seductive pursuit quickly unravels into something far more dangerous. Tiana finds herself drawn not to Dylan’s resistance, but to his authenticity. As he becomes the only person who truly sees past her glamorous mask, she begins to question everything she thought made her powerful.

“The board doesn’t care what you believe. It only cares that you play.” At 12:01 a.m., time stopped. Not for the world. Just for us. Ashworth Vale never meant to reopen the past. But when he finds a sealed box buried beneath his family’s statue—marked with a crown torn in half—he knows something was left behind for him. Inside: six cursed pieces, one folded board, and a message: "You know what you lost. This is your chance to reclaim it." Now the Legacy Circle—six students bound by blood, betrayal, and secrets—must play the game that was never meant to be found. One move at a time. One soul at risk. But the board doesn’t play fair. And some pieces remember too much. When the dead return and reality begins to crack, Ash must face the truth buried beneath the rules: The only way out… is FORWARD

Damien veyne, a psychopathic liar, manipulator, murderer, scum of the earth - known as the devil was destined for hell when he died. However, Lucky for him, hell wasn't exactly how humans described it. Firey, and painful? Yes. But it also led the way to redemption. Seven circles stand in Damiens' way from freedom, seven trials testing the hellbound's virtue and sin. Is the magic stemming from his sin and virtue enough to carry him through hell, or is it where he belongs? Will Damien indulge in his sin in the depths of hell, or will he reform? Can the devil find redemption? There's only one way to find out.

Alpha Kieran Never Took the Same Woman Twice... Until Her! Exiled. Betrayed. Broken. Autumn knew love was a luxury,a blunt lie...until the most ruthless Alpha in the realm claimed her as his mate… only to publicly reject and humiliate her before his entire pack. But when the moon rises, his hands tell a different story. Night after night, he drags her into his bed, his teeth grazing her throat as he growls: "You are my property, little thief.Never forget that!" Secrets lurk beneath his cruelty. Lies poison their bond. And when Autumn discovers her long dead sister is alive...and wearing Kieran’s mark.. she will have to choose - Trust fate, trust the Moon Goddess who never favoured her. Or trust her guts! [ Disclaimer : There might be scenes that resemble or are near r*pe scenes. But definitely not in the exemplary way. They are there for a reason in the story. It reflects some reality of the brutal world they live in. It unfolds as we move ahead. If it bothers you, please stay away. And please keep in mind, this is a story about a kickass female lead, despite all her suffering, she still kicks balls. So if you want someone whimpering, shy submissive...stay away from the book. PS : This book will gradually introduce you to other supernatural creatures and lores that might not be typically connected to werewolf books. So keep an open mind and try to immerse yourself in the experience. ] So if you are ready...grab your seat belts and lets go on a ride. #HappyReading everyone