"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

After dying in the most absurd way imaginable, thirty-year-old Rowan wakes up as an 18-year-old butler-in-training in the enigmatic Celestarchate Empire. With a vow to live quietly this time, he keeps to the shadows, perfecting the art of being invisible. But when a simple errand inside the palace spirals into something far more dangerous, Rowan finds himself entangled in secrets, schemes, and an identity that was never meant to be his. The empire whispers of an assassin in the dark-but Rowan just wanted to serve the wine.

Being reborn as Adrianna Deor, the villainess of this novel, could be seen as her greatest fortune, in her life full of misfortunes. After her reincarnation, she used all her knowledge to change the novel's plot into her favour. With so many tricks up her sleeve, she was invincible and wielded unimaginable power. However, all she had worked for ever since reincarnation, begins to tumble down, starting with the heroine betraying her, her fiancé cheating on her and many other bad events. And now, being backed against the wall, she decides to get married to the male lead, who was one of her many pawns at disposal. Before anyone else's, her happiness mattered the most. Only the villainess could emerge as the victor in a world full of abuse, betrayal and greed. But is Adrianna as invincible as she thinks? ___________ Cover by @Flushrose An Original Novel By @Adivonna

Original Work I am a 30 years old woman who lives alone. My parents passed away in my early days and I became an orphan. I strive so hard in life to earn anything that I want. I worked so hard that I didn't even bother to look for a partner in life. All that matters to me is my cafe that I worked so hard to built. But all of it went for naught when I suddenly found myself reincarnated in some kind of fantasy novel. It is one of the best selling novel back in seoul. It's all about the male lead's abusive and dark past in the dukedom with his tyrant mother. Now come to think of it, I reincarnated in the novel as the duchess and guess what!!! I reincarnated inside this novel, just after the consummation night!!! ©LIZZANNAWRITES