

Days before Christmas, my girlfriend, Tessa Coleman, decides to take her assistant to the beach for the holiday. I don't argue or make a scene. I even help her pack her bags. But she sneers at me, mocking me for finally learning how to be sensible now that my legs are useless. As soon as she leaves, I reach out to her sworn enemy. In my last life, when I tried to stop her with my crippled legs, her assistant ended up brutally murdered at the beach. Tessa had acted like nothing had happened, but once I recovered, she hacked off my legs and killed me mercilessly. That was when I finally realized that she had hated me all along. This time around, I'll make sure she loses everything.

Tina rescued Zion, a mute slave in the fighting pits, under a mysterious identity while in Cloudon. She believed their love was a predestined redemption until Zion was exposed as the illegitimate son of the Stone family. Only then did she realize his approach had also been a transaction. Tina tried to cut ties, only to be dragged into the Stone family's internal strife. After seizing power, Zion drugged her to erase her memories of their past together and her former alter ego, sending her back to Jadeport to live as an ordinary woman. Now, he schemes to win her back with a whirlwind marriage, but as Tina's memories gradually return, the truth of their past begins to surface.

After the tragic death of her twin sister, Michelle Scott, during a shared mission, Alice Scott assumes Michelle's identity to comfort her grieving brother-in-law. She intends to reveal the truth only after bearing his child. But when Michael Thompson discovers the deception, he marries Diane Miller, leaving Alice shattered and drowning in despair.

At birth, Aeolus was cursed by a witch, doomed to bring misfortune to everyone close to him. As tragedy struck again and again, the family who once loved him came to see him as nothing but a curse.Then, during a hunting accident, Aeolus sacrificed himself to protect his younger brother, Lycus, taking the Goddess’s divine punishment in his place. But his family mistook his sacrifice for cowardice, believing he had simply run away to escape punishment.It wasn’t until his body was found and the truth finally came to light that they realized—the child they had rejected and despised had spent his final moments protecting the very family that had turned their backs on him.

Aria and Aurora are Luna wives to Alpha twins. When rogues attack, Aria begs her husband to save her and unborn child, but he chooses his stepsister instead. By dawn, Aria loses her baby, Aurora loses her wolf, and both lose faith in their mates. As sisters sever bonds and leave, the twins realize too late what they sacrificed. Will Aria and Aurora ever forgive the men who broke them?

After dying unexpectedly, Ivy wakes up inside an otome game as the villainess Diana, an overweight F-class Alpha princess destined to be killed by her four Omega fiancés. With only 30 days to survive, she must tame the men who hate her before they become her killers.

My husband, Dante, is the most untouchable Don of the Vance family in New York. He has one unbreakable rule: After 9 p.m., if he's out on family business, he does not take calls. I understood his devotion to the family, so for five years, I did my best never to disturb him. Until last night, when I was driving alone past the docks and walked straight into an ambush by a rival family's armed men. In a panic, I called Dante, begging him to save me. The phone rang for what felt like forever. When he finally picked up, his voice was ice-cold: "Nora, we've been married a long time. As the Donna of the Vance family, you should know the rules." Then he hung up. That night, I barely escaped the hail of bullets by the skin of my teeth. I spent the night in the hospital. But when I came home the next morning, all I got was a reproachful look. He accused me of interrupting a critical family shipment deal—and of sending a fake distress signal. I knew how hard he worked, so I swallowed my hurt. But later, when I used his computer, I accidentally saw his call log. One contact had been calling him almost every single night—always after nine. For five full years. I knew that number. It belonged to Alexa, the Vance family's Capo. The woman everyone in the family had agreed, for all these years, was the one truly fit to stand beside Dante. In that moment, every ounce of suppressed hurt came flooding back. After I calmed myself, I picked up my phone and found an invitation I'd received a few days ago—to an international art exhibition. And I clicked "Accept." In three days, I would disappear from his world completely.

After middle-aged hotel waitress May Wright reunites with and marries her first love, tycoon Hank Smith, she is humiliated by her son's in-laws before she can even share the news. At a birthday banquet, they go so far as to sow discord between her and her son—and even physically attack them when they refuse to comply. Just then, Hank arrives with gifts and witnesses the shocking scene.

Yuna loved her father’s friend, Julian, for ten years, but three years ago, Julian was drugged and forced to sleep with her, making him believe she had planned it all. After they married, Julian remained cold no matter how hard Yuna tried to please him. A month into their marriage, he took Mia and Bella abroad for three years, ignoring Yuna and their biological daughter, Sophie. Even after returning, Julian openly favored Mia and Bella. At a kindergarten family day, he stood by as Bella called Sophie a “bastard” and refused to acknowledge her as his daughter. When Bella pushed Sophie into a pool and nearly drowned her, Julian saved Bella first and used his influence to secure the city’s medical resources for her. Sophie only survived because Yuna’s father pulled strings to get her treated. Heartbroken, Yuna cut ties with her old life and took Sophie overseas. She built a successful career, her father stayed by her side, and Sophie grew up happy. Julian eventually regretted everything and chased after them, begging on his knees for forgiveness. But Yuna and Sophie refused to take him back. After that, Julian’s company went bankrupt, and he ended up either in a car accident or in prison—the ending was unclear. Meanwhile, Yuna and Sophie began a new life by the sea, knowing they no longer needed anyone else.

On college decision night, my entire family crowded around my twin sister, Lily. My brother Ethan pulled up a map of Boston and compared the distance between her dorm and his campus. Ryan, my childhood best friend, gave up his place at McGill because Lily admitted she was scared to start college without someone familiar nearby. My parents couldn't have been happier. Now Lily would always have someone ready to take care of her. It took them most of the evening to remember that I had a decision to make too. "Nora has always been our independent one," Mom said, choosing for me without so much as looking up. "She can go to UMass Boston. It's close to Lily, so she can help out on weekends." No one asked which schools had accepted me. No one knew there was still an offer from Scotland sitting in my inbox. If they had never planned to let me have a life of my own, I no longer owed them updates about it. I turned my laptop away from them and accepted my place at the University of Edinburgh. For once, I chose the place farthest from all of them.