Isabella is desperate for her own independence, but her overprotective father stands in the way of her future. When she demands that she attends a University two hundred miles away from her home, her father only has one exception; a bodyguard. Elio is dedicated to his career to honour his late sister, but when he owes a favour to an ex-mafia boss, he takes body-guarding to a completely new level. Isabella is reckless and likes to push her bodyguards limits. Elio has zero patience and a desire to punish his client. When things start to get heated and unexpected feelings get in the way, their forbidden relationship becomes a distraction when Isabella's life is on the line. Elio is desperate to not let down another important woman in his life. But he can't save everyone, including his own bleeding heart. Tropes: - Mafia Romance - Bodyguard - Age-gap (8 years - FMC is 21 and MMC is 29) - Forbidden Love - Brat FMC/Grumpy MMC - Light BDSM (sub/dom vibes) - Size difference (5'4 & 6'6) - University/College Setting - Past Trauma/Healing - ANGST (so much of it)

For eighteen years, they have known each other's names. For eighteen years, they have known they are destined to marry. For eighteen years, they have never been allowed to meet. A prophecy declared that Yuvrani Nandhini Devi Mahadevan of Chandravali and Yuvraj Rudra Veer Pratap Suryavanshi of Suryagarh are bound by fate. But the same prophecy carried a terrifying warning: If they see each other before the White Comet returns eighteen years later, one of them will die. Now the comet is returning. As destiny prepares to unite them at last, Rudra finds himself chasing the truth behind his elder brother's murder-a mystery buried beneath secrets, lies, and powerful enemies. Together, Rudra and Nandhini are drawn into a dangerous hunt for the truth, uncovering conspiracies that threaten not only their kingdoms, but the future fate intended for them. And somewhere between prophecy and reality, duty and desire, grief and healing, they discover a love far deeper than destiny itself-a bond built on unwavering trust, fierce loyalty, and a connection that feels as though their souls have always belonged to one another. A story of fate, love, royal intrigue, family bonds, hidden enemies, and two hearts destined not only to find each other-but to become each other's greatest strength.

More than two thousand years ago, the Western Han dynasty was founded within the lands of China, opening a new chapter in the history of a unified empire. Set against this dynasty, and centered within the palace complex of Weiyang, this book follows a host of real women of the imperial court, tracing the love and longing, fear and desire, and the collapsing destinies that intertwined in the shadows of the deep palace. Step into the hidden depths of souls whose tenderness and suffering were long erased by official histories- empresses, consorts, handmaids, abandoned wives... Their beauty and infamy, their glory and their downfall, quietly overlapped beneath the will of the emperor and the sweeping tides of their age. Under the weight of imperial destiny, they gave their youth, dignity, and even their lives in exchange for one illusory splendor after another. Though history leaves only a few sparse lines about them, in these pages they regain their vivid heartbeat.

A fearless modern girl decided to ignore the real history and go with her flow. Becoming a proper young lady who is abandoned by her own family was indeed hard. However, the worst has yet to come. Until one day, she was summoned to go back to her family manor. ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ••• His presence alone exudes the dignified air of a noble. Wearing a mask caused people's fear. Her fearless actions impressed him, and at the same time, he drew a line between them. 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙧𝙖?

Hey everyone, if you're underage, I won't stop you, though I doubt you'll listen... but proceed at your own discretion. WARNING: This story is definitely not for kids. It may get steamy, intense, and *cough* extremely wild. The city sparkled below, lights twinkling like a thousand whispered secrets. From her penthouse, Amara Miller watched the world with practiced detachment. She was used to control, to predictability, to being the architect of her own life. And then he walked in. Ian Anderson. Sharp, deliberate, impossibly composed-and utterly infuriating. One glance, and the steady rhythm of her world fractured. She didn't know him. He didn't know her. Yet something about the pull between them was undeniable, a dangerous kind of curiosity that neither could resist. Sometimes, life didn't ask for permission. Sometimes, it demanded surrender. And for Amara Miller, surrender was the one thing she wasn't willing to give... yet. Join Amara and Ian on their exciting journey! WARNING: Mature content.

Status: Revised and Completed. Cerys keeps dreaming of lives in different eras, and part of her believes they are not just dreams but memories of lives she has already lived, lifetimes where she meets the same man again and again. And now, she lives as the heir to Montclair Sciences, a multinational biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporation on the edge of collapse. With enemies circling and expectations closing in, the last thing Cerys needs is dreaming of a man grieving as she dies in his arms. Determined to prepare for the role she will soon inherit, Cerys enrolls in a university where she can live quietly as an ordinary student. That's where she meets Yi-an, the brilliant and composed son of one of the most powerful families in the country, living the same low-profile life she hoped for. The dreams suddenly feel less like fantasies and more like memories, because his face and his voice mirror the man she sees in her sleep. But then she met his group of friends, and something unsettled her more. Ron, Yi-an's sharp-tongued best friend. The troublemaker who seems utterly indifferent to her presence yet somehow keeps her constantly on edge. He is not the man from her dreams, and yet, every instinct in Cerys tells her he matters more than he should. Because if her dreams point to Yi-an... Why in the world does her heart keep choosing Ron instead?

Surrounded by people who always seemed sharper, quicker, more effortless than her, Amelie looked like the outcast who never quite fit in. And so, it was so easy for anyone to judge her. And maybe everyone was right about her. Because she's the daughter of Roberto who killed her best friend's parents. The daughter of a mistress. And the flirt who seduced the guy who once loved her best friend. But it was just as easy to misunderstand Yi-an for being perfect. Being the only son of the owners of the Lauzière Group, a global multi-industry empire. Calling him perfect is almost an understatement-he's brilliant, composed, and damn emotionally intelligent. But Amelie never chose her parents, and Yi-an never chose to be the only son of two powerhouse moguls. Amelie never wanted to be her father's pawn, and Yi-an was simply too good at hiding what he truly felt. They were just two broken people caught in the disaster of their family's greed, and two people who stood outside a tale they barely understood. It made sense to become each other's anchor-each other's comfort. Their decisions should've been easy, but some choices crack in all the wrong places, and some consequences fall on people who were never meant to be part of their problems to begin with. And so, Amelie and Yi-an were left to choose-between becoming the people their parents designed, or risking everything to become who they actually were. ___ STATUS: On-going Highest ranking: #4 Romance

They killed the villain in the end... but what if the villain gets another chance to play the game? I was just a regular college girl - stressed, heartbroken, and constantly binge-watching fantasy dramas to escape reality. But after one freak accident, I woke up inside my favorite novela... as Celestine Ravena, the most hated villainess in the empire! Everyone expects me to be cruel, cold, and doomed to die again. But if I'm stuck in this world, I might as well rewrite the ending. This time, I won't die a villain. I'll live like a queen.

Who would have thought that a single ice cream could make Celestine's life flip in an instant? One moment, she is a clinical psychologist living a quiet, orderly life in a major hospital. The next day, she is pulled into the military's shadowed world as an embedded civilian advisor tasked with psychological and ethical oversight for AFP's most elite military unit: SINAG. There, she meets the men who live in the margins of war: Rowan, the smooth-talking sniper who never misses; Silver, the sharp-tongued and brutally honest EOD expert who sees explosions as equations; and Kai, the youngest sharpshooter, fierce in combat yet awkward with anything resembling affection. And at their center stands Commander Captain Tres Levi-disciplined, impenetrable, and carved from duty. In stolen glances after missions, in quiet debates about morality, in the fragile silence where fear lingers unspoken, their guarded hearts begin to shift. To Kiss The Thistle is a slow-burn romance about restraint, trust, and the kind of love that blooms not in softness-but in survival.

Still haunted by her traumatic past, Kalisz Roman finds it hard to trust the people around her. But when her heart starts to beat for someone she just met, can she finally overcome her fears and start anew? *** Running away from her traumatic past, Kalisz Roman tries her best to live normally by working as an editor. She often secludes herself and dresses up like a grandma to take away others' attention. But when the need to leave the place she's staying in arises, Kalisz contacts her friend, who offers her a place to live. There, she meets Kronack Crown, the guy who suddenly makes her heart beat fast. Kalisz knows she's not supposed to fall for him, let alone trust him, but she keeps finding herself drawn to him. When she thinks she's finally living happily, her past suddenly crawls back, scaring her to the core. Afraid to trust again, can Kalisz finally choose to face her fears and fight the demons clouding her thoughts? Or will she leave everything behind again and hide, even if it means breaking her heart? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano