

To everyone, Aaron Hudson is a penniless fisherman who married above his station. In truth, he rules California’s underworld. When his wife’s family tries to force her to marry another man, Aaron stops their plan without exposing himself. At his succession ceremony, he reveals the truth, destroys his enemy's ambitions, and brings his wife to the side of his throne.

Ethan Stone risks his fortune to protect a village from a deadly flood, buying land to keep its people safe. Instead, they accuse him of fraud and drive him out. The flood destroys everything, and the villagers lose their savings to scammers. Meanwhile, Ethan helps Oakglen strike it rich from rare-earth mining. Now, the people who cursed him beg for forgiveness—but Ethan has already risen to the top.
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Serena Rivers spends three years in prison for a crime she didn't commit and uses every single day of it. She trains under four of the most formidable masters the underworld has ever produced and walks out as something entirely different from the woman who walked in. On her first day of freedom she corners the cold prison warden Xavier Stone against the water dungeon wall and kisses him without apology. He is her insurance policy and she knows it. Outside, the fake heiress has stolen her shares, her younger brother demands she kneel, and her former fiance has already moved on with a new bride. She tears up the rejection notice on the spot. Moments later, the Stone family motorcade arrives, the warden reveals himself as the family patriarch, and he shows up with a hundred billion in betrothal gifts and absolutely no intention of letting anyone touch her again. Together, they dismantle every person who had a hand in her three lost years.

Maya Thornton, the Marquis Valen, is reborn six years after her death. Six years ago,moments after giving birth, she was murdered by her husband and his mistress while lying weak and vulnerable. Now, she wakes in the body of Talia York, a delicate and vain daughter of a military household. The original Talia has betrayed her fiancé, Tristan Wren, the Deputy Commander of the Regal Army, and become entangled with a frivolous young man. With her soul now in Talia's body, Maya secretly follows Tristan to the military camp while disguising herself as a man. There, on the very training grounds she once commanded in her past life, she throws herself into grueling training. She is determined to reclaim her martial prowess and returns to the capital to take her revenge and once again protect the realm.

Once a ten-time world boxing champion, he throws himself into brutal training after the DOC Championship Tournament. When the mastermind behind Scorpion Bale plots revenge following a failed IPO, danger closes in. As the truth behind his father's death resurfaces, he digs deeper, exposes the real culprit, and finally takes his revenge.

Blake Hardy has cancer. Determined to secure his family's future, he seeks the help of the powerful Arcadia to ensure that his spoiled son, Cedric Hardy, can inherit his legacy. Paige Fisk, Arcadia's new leader, returns to Juset as Cedric's fiancée, tasked with protecting him while settling old scores with the ungrateful people she once helped.

"I'm Isa Borgia, the only daughter of the most powerful Don in Corvina. A marriage of convenience isn't something I can escape — every family in our world is bound by alliance, not love. But if I can't choose my husband, the least I can do is choose my own engagement ring. At the mafia auction, the moment I raise my paddle for the final lot — a flawless diamond ring — an arrogant voice cuts in from behind me. ""A country bumpkin like you thinks you can compete with me? Do yourself a favor and leave."" The woman who steals my ring is Sofia Lopez, the spoiled godsister of my own fiancé, Luca Marino. She humiliates me in front of the entire hall, orders her men to crush my fingers — and Luca, the man meant to protect me, just watches. Worse, he lets her go further. They think I'm a nobody from nowhere, someone with no name and no power behind her. Then my father walks through those doors. In one single night, the balance of power in Norham City flips completely. The once-untouchable Marino family falls to its knees. The ""beloved godsister"" who tortured me ends up caged like the animal she always was. But I'm not interested in simple forgiveness. I want them exposed in front of all Five Families — stripped of every lie, every illusion of power — and I want to watch, with my own eyes, as they walk straight into the ending I've already written for them. I'm a Don's daughter. I don't beg for love, and I never settle for losing. This time, I'm the one who makes the rules."

Half a century ago, legendary treasure master Derek Blake gave everything to protect his nation's priceless relics. Fate transports his soul into the body of a penniless scrap collector in the modern world. Armed with unrivaled appraisal skills and miraculous medical knowledge, Derek rises from the bottom, changes his family's destiny, builds an empire, and dedicates his new life to preserving a civilization thousands of years in the making.

As children, Gigi Murray and Milo Sanford made a pinky promise to marry each other. Eighteen years later, Milo has become mentally impaired, but Gigi remains devoted and marries him. After a fateful accident, Milo regains his memory, only to discover that the person who killed his parents is none other than Gigi's adoptive father. Consumed by rage, Milo turns against Gigi. Amidst the turmoil, Gigi's true identity is revealed, uncovering a web of secrets and betrayal.

After dreaming of his murder by his lover and best friend, Wall Street heir Everett Grayson wakes to a terrifying truth—the nightmare is real. Now he’s taking back his fortune, exposing their lies, and rising from a humiliated kept man to the heir they never saw coming—with the woman who loves him at his side.