I'm Zhang San. Reborn today, I decided to live differently. In my past life, I was pathetic. This time, I became ruthless. From restaurant server to underworld boss, I crush my bullies and outsmart my father-in-law. I learned that when you stand firm, the world yields to you.
One night with a stranger leaves Hazel with a baby and a gold watch. Forced to sell the watch to save her child, she unknowingly leads Montana's most powerful man back to her. Now, he's come to claim his family, spoil her, and make everyone who hurt her pay. But her enemies aren't done with her yet.
Dragon God poses as a beggar and marries Cynthia Whitmore, then vanishes after one night. Five years later, Cynthia and her daughter are tortured in the Iron Maiden, near death. He awakens, leads his dragon army to smash the temple dome, holds her amid shattered glass: “I’m here. You still dare hit her?” He declares: she is my only Queen! Her abusers kneel, begging.
Legendary bounty hunter Harry Quinn—the Black Knight—hunts gangs only for money. After his wife dies, he swears off guns. Twenty years later, he hides as a timid saloon keeper. His deputy daughter Maggie idolizes the Black Knight, unaware he is the father she despises. When the Rattlesnake Gang traps Maggie, Harry must draw again.
The U.S. nuclear medical professor, Charlie Clare, quits his career for his family, but is abandoned as his wife and daughter favor his love rival Isaac. After suffering his family's ignorance, he decides to leave for the Unicorn Project, which he designed to heal his daughter's neuro-skeletal birthmark as his life's work.
My Fiancé Flirted with My Best Friend in Italian, But It Was My Native Language
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At our engagement party, my fiancé, James Pierce, and my best friend, Rachel Bellini, slipped into Italian again. Years ago, the two of them had gone off to college in Milan together, leaving me to study alone in America. Right before our engagement speeches, James leaned close to Rachel's ear and murmured in low, husky Italian, "If you were the one standing here beside me today, I'd be so much happier." I turned to stare at him in disbelief, every ounce of joy draining out of me in an instant. But James just smiled at me, all innocence, and switched to English. "What's wrong, sweetheart? Nerves getting to you?" I had lost count of how many times James and Rachel had talked in Italian right in front of my face. At dinner, they critiqued the dishes in Italian. At the movies, they joked about the plot in Italian. Over afternoon tea, they traded old stories and private jokes in Italian, things only the two of them understood. I had protested. We had even fought about it. But James would only say impatiently, "Isabella, this is how we lived for four years of college. Can you stop making a scene over nothing? If you can't understand Italian, go learn it yourself!" Rachel glanced at me, smothered a laugh, and went on in Italian, "Look at that shocked little face. She clearly has no idea how hard you went at it with me the night before your engagement party." James answered with utter contempt and absolute certainty. "So what if she found out? You think she could survive without me?" The note card with my speech slipped from my fingers and landed without a sound, but the weight of it hit me like a blow to the chest. They had no idea. My father is Italian. I was born in Italy. After my parents divorced, I moved to America with my mother, Eleanor Bennett, when I was ten. I understood every word they said in Italian.
Abandoned half-blood Liam is dragged into a political marriage and humiliated publicly.He’s saved by Severin—the most powerful Vampire Prince, his wife’s stepfather, and Liam’s drunken one-night stand. The prince confesses his love and vows to awaken Liam’s vampire powers.
He married her mother, yet kept him trapped in his embrace. Eric, the heir to a wealthy family, was forced to marry the maid Fiona, but in reality, he fell in love at first sight with Fiona's son Samuel. Within the wealthy household, the two engaged in one secret tug-of-war after another.
To fulfill her late foster mother's final wish, she hides her true abilities and returns to her birth family, only to be bullied and underestimated. After saving the Vance family's patriarch, she enters a fake engagement with a powerful CEO. But as secrets unravel and danger strikes, can a marriage built on a deal turn into true love?
On my wedding day, I slept for six hours inside my own dressing room. By the time I reached the DeLuca family chapel in the Hudson Valley, Matteo had already completed the entire ceremony with his childhood friend, Sofia Rinaldi, the daughter of one of the DeLucas’ oldest allied families. She wore the gown I had spent six months designing and the pearl tiara passed down through generations of DeLuca women. Allies from New York, Chicago, and Sicily had witnessed everything. No one had saved a place for the real bride. Matteo looked at my pale face and explained calmly. “Sofia put the sedative in your tea. She only wanted one wedding. The dose was small, so there is no reason to make this into something bigger.” Everyone waited for me to cause a scene. I only let out a quiet sigh and looked at Matteo with disappointment. My family had given me one final chance to marry for love. Now that the wedding had failed, I had to return to Sicily, obey their decision, and inherit the family.