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Liliana Bellator is living a normal life-or at least, as normal as life can be in a small village-until the night her world shatters.

Witnessing her father's brutal murder by the ruthless Centurion Atticus, Liliana is thrust into captivity and destined for the gladiator's arena. Desperate to uphold her family's honor, she grapples with the realization that survival demands transformation. Amidst the violence of the Colosseum, questions arise about her father's death.

Was it truly an accident or part of a darker conspiracy? With only the enigmatic Lieutenant Lucius offering any hope of assistance, Lily must navigate treachery and uncover the truth, all while fighting for her life and her family's legacy.

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Celestine by AkemiKitagawa

☆☆☆ Serena Castille was only seven years old, when her mother was killed. Ever since then, she swore to herself that she would have her revenge, but what if the killer was the Duke of Lunaria, her father? Her father trained her, forced her to be an anonymous assassin who puts the lower Lords of Lunaria back in their places, she became a monster, a cruel woman, and a heartless, unmerciful killer. Even though deep down, she was a healer, a person who tends to others, the kind of people who are the purest form of life, she devoted her life to kill and survive on her own Even when Serena knew who her mother's murderer was, as the Princess of Lunaria, she helplessly fell into her father's game of power. Her father sent her to the Suncrest Domain to retrieve the Emperor's Crystal Staff, which was left in the hands of the Duke of Suncrest, Lord Lucius Calyx, who was an elemental. As she tries to steal it from him, they get entangled with each other, and Serena unravels every single secret which both her father and Lucius hid from her. ☆☆☆

The Envoy of Darkness by maxanonymity

"Everyone loves a good fantasy, but my life was turned upside down by one." What would you do if you had the ability to control the air? How about if you were suddenly brought to a world where, despite your powers, you're at the bottom of the food chain? On a fateful night, Max Walker finds himself summoned to Asterisk and contracted to Liliana Lockwood as her familiar. Forced to leave behind his life on Earth, Max begins a precarious journey into the unknown world of magic. Training as a knight, learning to control mana, battling rogue necromancers and even being mistaken for Duke Walker's son... it's just one thing after the next. But as if that wasn't bad enough, Asterisk, a world which subverts reality as you know it, may just have something to do with Max's own heaven-defying origin... and a secret that could leave the universe hanging by a thread. By the way, this entire book is available on AMAZON KINDLE. If you like what you read, please consider buying it. Your support would mean a lot. Plus, you will get to read all the way to the end weeks before the last chapter gets posted here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08816QJND https://www.amazon.in/dp/B08816QJND This is Book 1 of a projected Trilogy titled "The Legacy". Schedule - Chapters will be published once a week, around Sunday. Bonus chapters might come in occasionally now that I have a stockpile. P.S - Feel free to comment, especially if you have any advice or criticism to offer. On that note, if you could leave a review/rating or state your thoughts about the novel as a whole that would be awesome too. Finally got the cover designed!

The Darkness Between Us by MountainGirl39

Liliana has spent her life running from the darkness that once consumed her. She has worked hard to rebuild herself, burying the scars from her past-both physical and emotional-beneath layers of routine and solitude. But no matter how far she runs, the shadows of her trauma linger, resurfacing as nightmares and fractured memories. As her 30th birthday approaches, her carefully constructed life begins to unravel. Haunted by a mysterious past, a protector who hides in the shadows has been watching over her for more than a decade. Adrian, a shifter whose own transformation was born out of pain and brutality, has pledged to protect Liliana at all costs. But his love for her has grown into something darker-an obsession. Torn between his desire to protect her from the men who once hurt her and his fear that she will choose another, Adrian's grip tightens as Liliana's past threatens to return. With unknown enemies hunting her, a dangerous secret lying dormant within, and Adrian's possessive love lurking in the background, Liliana's fight for control over her life grows more desperate. The line between protector and predator begins to blur as Adrian's obsession deepens, and Liliana's true power edges closer to the surface. In this haunting tale of love, trauma, and the supernatural, Darkness Between Us explores the fragile boundaries between protection and possession, the lingering grip of fear, and the power that lies hidden within the most broken of souls. Will Liliana reclaim her life, or will she become a prisoner of both her past and the man who claims to love her? Jp

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The Slave's Gladiator by Silverdawn_

When death is everywhere, what will you do to survive? All Hadriana remembers is slavery. Her home burned to the ground, she now works the fields of the estate, keeping a low profile to survive. That is, until she attaches the attention of a famous gladiator. Kind, confident, and wanting her, he whispers promises of a different life, a life free from the Roman's hands. That is until his skeletons, more dangerous and more violent then Rome itself, show their faces wanting revenge. Learning to survive is hard, learning to move on is even harder. However, unless Hadriana wants to find herself buried six feet under, she's needs to learn how to do both before his skeletons drag them both under ground forever. Lovely cover done by @final_girl13

Descendants of Rome (#3 in Gladiator Series) by milly_king818

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The Emperor's Daughter by MaiaLogan

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Celestine

☆☆☆ Serena Castille was only seven years old, when her mother was killed. Ever since then, she swore to herself that she would have her revenge, but what if the killer was the Duke of Lunaria, her father? Her father trained her, forced her to be an anonymous assassin who puts the lower Lords of Lunaria back in their places, she became a monster, a cruel woman, and a heartless, unmerciful killer. Even though deep down, she was a healer, a person who tends to others, the kind of people who are the purest form of life, she devoted her life to kill and survive on her own Even when Serena knew who her mother's murderer was, as the Princess of Lunaria, she helplessly fell into her father's game of power. Her father sent her to the Suncrest Domain to retrieve the Emperor's Crystal Staff, which was left in the hands of the Duke of Suncrest, Lord Lucius Calyx, who was an elemental. As she tries to steal it from him, they get entangled with each other, and Serena unravels every single secret which both her father and Lucius hid from her. ☆☆☆