"My sword is one inch away from slicing your neck. My victory is one inch away, yet why can't I do it, Althea? What kind of spell have you cast on me to have me thinking about you all day?!" ----------- Byeol meets a tragic death at age nineteen, but instead of passing on to the afterlife, she finds herself reincarnated into a novel she read in her past life. Now living as Althea Asten, the villainess, who is also bound to lose her life at age nineteen, she realizes that if she doesn't do something to change her future, she will die at a young age in this life too! Now fully motivated and confident, she is ready to rewrite this story until she can escape this empire. Aias Solace. The male lead in the original novel is ruthless and cold at heart. There's one person he hates more than his emperor father, Althea Asten. She who has been blessed by the goddess, is seen as a threat to the throne by him. He shall do anything in his power to make sure Althea falls from her power, taking the temple down with her. His plan is perfect - all he has to do is execute it. What happens, though, when he realizes Althea is acting... strange? Like she's not exactly... Althea. - First book in the echoes of life and death series - [A/N] All art belongs to their respective owners. None of the art (in the cover, in the headers etc) is mine, only the storyline. -Detailed murder scenes -mature language

In her dreams, Li Meiyu always sees him-the man with haunting eyes who whispers her name like a curse. In the daylight, she is a brilliant journalist in modern-day Shanghai, investigating a string of disappearances that mirror an old folktale about a vengeful ghost bride. But when a near-fatal accident sends her soul spiraling into the past, she awakens in the body of a woman from the Qing Dynasty-a woman who was once deeply loved and brutally betrayed. Caught in a web of fate and deception, Meiyu is thrust into a dangerous love story spanning lifetimes. In her past incarnation, she was the sheltered daughter of a noble family, promised to a man who adored her beyond reason-a man willing to carve his name into history through blood and sacrifice to keep her by his side. But their love was doomed, twisted by obsession and dark rituals. Now, in the past, Meiyu must unravel the truth before history repeats itself. The man who once loved her in life-and hunted her in death-is still waiting. And in every timeline, his promise remains the same: "Even time cannot keep you from me." But does she belong to him... or is she meant to escape him?

Li Xiang is the Priestess of the Moon, she can see read the stars and fortune as well as misfortune to her people. However, the life of a Priestess consists of nothing but loneliness: she can neither leave the palace nor meet with anyone but the Emperor and his advisors. One day a mysterious servant boy named Rui sneaks into her room, daring her to go outside if he wins against her in a game. Upon meeting him, she also befriends a female warrior and a scholar, and realizes life is much more than the palace. When the day comes she can either choose to go down the road her heart truly desires but bring ruin to the kingdom, or ignore the one chance she will ever have to leave this life? *** "My fate has been decided for me." "There's no such thing as that," he said. "We all make our own fate." "But the stars tell me--" I stopped talking when he holds my face in his hands, warm hands cupping my cheeks, brown eyes looking into my eyes. "Then stop looking at the stars. Look at me." A love story about fate, finding one's identity, stepping out of your comfort zone, and, most of all, choosing between your happiness or the happiness of others... [[Word Count: 80,000-90,000]] Wattys Fantasy Winner 2021

In a reality where the living and the dead intertwine, Gesar, the once mighty king, roams his ancient Tibetan castle as a ghost. His heart, as cold as the snow covering the mountain tops and consumed with bitterness, melts when he meets Nur--a woman like a warm summer breeze, who is drawn to forgotten histories and untold tales. As their fates meet, Gesar's long-dead heart stirs with an unfamiliar warmth, and Nur faces an impossible choice: to save the cursed soul she's grown to love or condemn him to eternal solitude. Amidst the snow-capped peaks and forgotten ruins, their love defies time and human greed, but the shadows of ancient conflicts threaten to extinguish their fragile hope. *** Note: It's loosely based on The Epic of Gesar of Ling. The grand winner of the Immortals' Conquest 2022.

Seven young boys, trained to be assassins, cold blooded contract killers. They owe their lives, their very existence to the Master and Mistress who had saved them from the streets and certain death. Do not trust anyone, do not love, do not have friends, do not give anyone anything to hold against you. Those were the Rules. Kill swiftly, efficiently, leave no evidence unless instructed otherwise. But what happens when one of them finds out all is not what it seems? That he had been lied to all his life?