Alice Beaumont was an ordinary girl with an unremarkable life-until tragedy struck. Caught in a sudden explosion, her life was snuffed out in an instant. But death was not the end. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself reborn as Charlotte Everthorne-the infamous villainess of the very novel she once read. The cruel, cold-hearted princess of the Eldoria Kingdom, fated to meet her demise at the hands of the male lead. Armed with the painful knowledge of her inevitable death, Charlotte refuses to accept the fate written for her. With every calculated step, sweet smile, and carefully chosen word, she is determined to rewrite her destiny. But changing the story is not as easy as it seems-especially when the people around her expect the same wicked villainess they've always known. With danger lurking at every corner and the story's plot threatening to trap her, Charlotte will do everything just to not die-even if it means playing the villainess in a different way. Because this time, she won't let fate decide her ending.

Rebirth of the Forsaken Empress - Synopsis Betrayed and left for dead, an elite assassin awakens in the frail body of Empress Selene Valeria-reviled, abandoned, and imprisoned in the Cold Palace. Once discarded by the emperor and falsely accused of poisoning a favored concubine, Selene wasted away in despair. But this is no longer her story. Determined to rewrite fate, the assassin refuses to beg for love or power. Instead, she vows to reclaim her dignity, outmaneuver the treacherous court, and most of all-protect the one person the former empress abandoned: her son, Crown Prince Caius. With sharp wit and deadly skill, she will show the empire that she is no longer a helpless pawn but a ruler in her own right. And if anyone dares to stand in her way, they will learn-too late-that this empress was once an assassin who never failed a mission.