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Maya Hayes is a straight-A student with one goal: study hard, escape her violent father, and never look back. But when she stumbles into a tattoo parlor — fleeing a beating — she comes face-to-face with Oakridge High's resident rebel, Jude Sinclair. Soon, the well-behaved scholar and the rich kid with a broken past are thrown together as desk mates. Late nights turn into shared secrets. Insults give way to understanding. Bit by bit, they begin to see through each other's armor — and find something real underneath. Together, they make a pact: break free, fight back, and burn down everything that tries to keep them down.

I, the Black Dragon King, had just returned from slaying a god when my own brother betrayed me. My soul barely escaped into a dragon egg, only to be summoned and turned into a little lizard. As if that weren't enough, the woman who formed a contract with me immediately commanded me to swallow her necklace. I incinerated it with a single blast of dragon fire. From there, I rose back to power—one-shotting bosses, transforming into a half-dragon, and taking down everyone in my way.

Mia's impulsive kiss with mysterious bartender Troy pulls her into the violent underground fighting world where he reigns undefeated. When she saves his opponent's life during a police raid, their dangerous attraction ignites. But Troy harbors a devastating secret. His manipulative girlfriend Amanda uses this pain as a weapon, while crime boss Serge plots revenge for his own dark reasons. When Mia is kidnapped and used as bait to destroy Troy in the ring, she must save the man she loves from becoming the monster he fears. In this brutal world, love becomes the ultimate fight for redemption. He stole her pulse. She might save his soul.

Katie Walker is the janitor’s adopted kid — bullied, humiliated, a nobody. Then the golden Maddox brothers show up looking for their long lost heiress sister: Katie! But the school’s queen bee steals her place. Now it’s Katie’s turn to level up, take back her crown, and make them all regret underestimating her.

After Ashlyn dies in a sorority hazing “accident,” her identical twin sister June takes her place to get revenge on the real killers — Ashlyn’s back-stabbing bestie and her frat-bro boyfriend.

"Ivy, a human teenage girl, suddenly finds herself homeless after her family goes bankrupt. She's forced to live in her car-- a shameful secret she needs to hide from the vicious bullies at her elite private highschool. One day, she discovers that she's the mate of both Sebasian, the werewolf heir, and Zane, the vampire prince. These two supernaturally handsome boys have opposite personalities: one as passionate as fire, and the latter as cold as ice. Which one is her true love? Ivy later discovers that there's more to her real identity than she thought. It's a secret that could destroy everything."

Single mother Evelyn Bennett spends everything on a school-district property to get her daughter Lily into a State-ranked elementary school. On registration day, she is shocked to find Lily's enrollment slot maliciously stolen by the neighbor's son, Bradley Crawford. The ruthless neighbors, Vance Crawford and Diane Crawford, not only steal the enrollment slot but constantly harass and vandalize her home, traumatizing Lily and putting her in the hospital. With her husband Arthur away on business, Evelyn faces the bullies alone, only to be smeared in the media. In the battle for the enrollment slot, Evelyn is forced to fight fire with fire. A fierce war for her child's future, family dignity, and justice erupts over the school-district property.

Connor Reed, the most powerful arms dealer in the world, saves a Charlotte Hayes and spends the night with her while he is undercover. Four years later, while still hiding, Charlotte shows up... with their child. Now Connor must keep both of them safe... without revealing his true identity.

Archer is nowhere to be seen on his wedding with Alice—rumor has it he died in an explosion during a firefighting mission. Alice’s greedy parents try to marry her off to a sleazy suitor, Philip. At the new wedding, Alice finally sees her husband again—but he’s now engaged to someone else.

A modern female doctor unexpectedly travels back in time to become Elara, second daughter of the disgraced Blair family. To save her family, she disguises herself as a man and becomes the close servant of the war god, Noah Croft. Using her talents and modern medical knowledge, Elara repeatedly saves lives in times of crisis. Noah develops feelings for her but struggles with his perception of her gender until her true identity is revealed. Then, together, they overcome challenges and forge a magical romance that transcends time.

An immortal was tricked before his death into marrying a foolish granddaughter of a powerful family. Initially, he planned to ignore her, but he soon discovered that her unique bloodline was essential to his cultivation. Reluctantly, he decided to secretly protect her. The female lead was once infamous as the "madwoman" of her family, known for her violent and unpredictable personality, as well as her unfathomable skills in poison. However, when faced with her savior, she chose to hide her true self, pretending to be an obedient and gentle girl by his side. Yet, her younger sister, driven by greed for the family fortune, relentlessly bullied and oppressed her. Forced into a corner, the female lead had no choice but to transform into a ruthless figure in the shadows, hiding her true nature from her savior as she navigated the challenges and dangers that surrounded them.