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In the heart of 19th-century The Aluyi Kingdom, the death of Litunga Mulambwa shakes the kingdom to its core. Princess Kandundu watches as her brothers vie for power, the Indunas whisper their plots, and the very river that sustains their people seems to shift under the weight of ambition. As the Makololo threaten to invade, Kandundu must navigate a world of spies, betrayal, and war, fighting not only for survival but for the soul of her people. Loyalties will be tested, lives lost, and a new generation born from impossible circumstances will carry the future of the Lozi. A sweeping tale of political intrigue, courage, and forbidden love, this novel traces the rise, fall, and resilience of a kingdom—and the women who dare to shape its destiny.

At sixteen, I thought I understood love. But love is never that simple. Between heartbreak, jealousy, and growing up, I found myself lost between two boys— my first love… and the one who truly loved me. This is my story. Chapter one – An Ordinary Girl

Note: Cover Photo from Pinterest and not mine. Credits to the owner Almera Constantine was offered to the Empire of Alessandria as the price of peace—meant to be a disposable bride in the harem of a feared emperor. But Almera carries secrets no one expects: the power to heal, and visions of a future soaked in blood and fire. Emperor Romulus does not give his favor freely. To survive his court—and his bed—Almera must prove she is worth more than her chains. In a palace where desire is a weapon and loyalty is bought with skin and blood, a hostage princess wagers everything to become an empress’s equal.

In an empire where women rule and men are claimed, a princess learns how intoxicating power can be. Princess Isolde is forced into marriage not once—but many times. Each consort is meant to restrain her, weaken her, shame her. Instead, she turns them into something far more dangerous. A general who resists her touch even as he obeys her command. A priest who calls her temptation and cannot look away. A court darling who chooses her first—and dares anyone to challenge it. A scholar whose restraint hides devastating devotion. A foreign prince who offers his body, his loyalty, and his ruin. Their bonds begin in ink and law. They deepen in whispered strategy, lingering glances, and nights where politics are planned behind locked doors. As rival princesses close in and the throne draws nearer, Isolde discovers that desire is not a weakness—but a weapon. And she intends to wield it.

Old people used to say—"Watch your mouth. Once a word leaves, it never comes back." Nonsense, I thought. Pure, unadulterated nonsense. At least, that’s what I thought before today. Now, I’m sitting in an office that smells like pure disappointment, staring at a boss who can only be described as a fat, bald rhino. And I mean it. Not a single strand of hair. Smooth. Shiny. Reflecting my bad decisions right back at me. And the horn? Judging by his face, it looked like the rhino tried climbing a mountain and got the horn stuck halfway. Impossible, right? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. But look at this—today, a rhino is sitting in a chair, in an office, acting like he owns the world. Clearly, anything is possible. Now, all of this was supposed to stay in my head. A thought. A private, safe, non-life-threatening thought. But me? Why would I act normal? Why would I choose peace when I can personally ruin my entire life? So, instead of walking out quietly, I said it. "You fat rhino. I quit." ... Ah. Beautiful. Truly, I had the aura of a domineering CEO. Except for one small issue: I’m not the heroine of some high-end drama. There was no background music. No slow-motion exit. No hidden identity. Just me. A nuisance with no powerful family and no backup. If my ancestors could see me right now, they’d crawl out of their graves just to beat me up themselves. But it’s fine. Because according to every story I’ve ever read, I just need to raise my fist, land one punch, and—Boom. He flies two buildings away and I become a local legend. My fist landed. A solid, direct hit. ... Why was the rhino not moving? Not even an inch? New plan. There’s a door. There’s a security. There’s exactly one decision left: Die or run. So, obviously, I ran. "Grab her!" That was the last thing I heard before everything turned into chaos. I’m fast. I really am. Feet hitting the pavement, breath tearing out of my chest—I was doing great. I was surviving. I— Wait. Weren’t there people chasing me? Why did it suddenly go quiet? Their mouths were moving, but no sound came out. What kind of horror movie logic was this? And why were they looking at me like— BAM. Something hit me. My body lifted off the ground before crashing down hard enough to knock the soul out of my lungs. Right. So that part wasn't just in the movies. Damn. If I had known I was going to die like this, I would’ve at least shoved that novel straight down that old rhino’s throat before leaving. Seven Years Later... "Young Miss… would you be willing to marry me?" "Shut up." Isla didn’t even spare him a glance as she shoved the boy aside. He stumbled back, stunned, while another immediately stepped forward, far too eager. "Miss, I think I’m the better choi—" Slap. The crisp sound cut through the air, leaving the second boy frozen, his cheek reddening under her palm. "Both of you. Get lost." Before the silence could settle, another rushed in, holding out a delicately wrapped box. "Miss, here is a cake for you—" "Get. Lost." Her voice dropped an octave, sharp enough to slice through his courage. "The Young Miss only likes me!" another declared, pushing forward with ridiculous confidence. "Miss, this is a doll for you—" The voices overlapped. Gifts appeared one after another—cakes, dolls, trinkets—as if they thought piling offerings at her feet would win her over. In the middle of it all, Isla sat frozen. Her face flushed a deep red—but not from embarrassment. Her fingers curled against her lap, nails digging into her skin. What the hell is going on…? Her gaze swept across them, sharp and almost feral. Aren’t the male leads supposed to kill me? Her jaw tightened. Then why—God! How did I end up taming these crazy psychos?

A prophecy names one true moon. ----- Lyria has spent her entire life in the shadows — scorned, scarred, and invisible. The illegitimate daughter of a king who pretends she does not exist, she has learned to want nothing and expect less. But when fourteen alpha suitors arrive to compete for her sister's hand, five of the most powerful men in the kingdom cannot seem to stay away from the girl they were never meant to notice. Each one is powerful enough to shake kingdoms. Each one is drawn to her in ways that defy reason. But Lyria can only choose one, and the road to that choice will cost more than she ever imagined. And Jacinta will burn the kingdom down before she allows Lyria to take what she believes is hers.

“No one looks at you. No one touches you. You’re a Whitehall now... And you’re mine.” Roman’s voice was a low, dangerous growl against her neck. She tilted her chin, meeting the predator in his eyes with her own cold fire. “I belong to no one, Roman, certainly not a beast in a jersey. If you want to claim me, you’ll have to do better than your father’s signature on a contract.” She spun her wheelchair to leave, but he was faster. His hand locked around her waist, dragging her back as his palm slammed against the wall beside her head. “Don’t you fucking dare me, Estelle.” — Estelle Rutledge was the Ice Queen of the Rutledge sports dynasty: national treasure, global brand, and the financial backbone of her family’s empire. Until one catastrophic crack on the ice shattered her career… and left her in a wheelchair. In the elite world of the one percent, a broken asset becomes a liability. With the Rutledge legacy collapsing under a mountain of debt, Estelle’s own mother did the unthinkable. She sold her daughter to the highest bidder, trading Estelle’s freedom for a check from Magnus Whitehall, the ruthless billionaire owner of a professional hockey empire. But Magnus didn’t buy Estelle for himself. He bought her to be his son’s leash. Roman Whitehall is the NHL’s most dangerous beast. A volatile heir with a scandal-soaked reputation and a temper that threatens the family’s billions. To the league’s board, he’s a loose cannon. To his father, he’s a problem that needs a wife to clean up his image. The command was simple: “Be the one thing he can’t avoid… or lose your legs.” Now Estelle is legally bound to a man who sees their marriage as a cage, and her as the bars holding him in. Roman believes she’s a fragile burden. Estelle thinks he’s a monster fueled by rage and secrets. But inside the Whitehall mansion, built on power, money, and lies, Estelle discovers a terrifying truth: she is not the first “Ice Queen” Magnus Whitehall has broken. Trapped in dynasty politics and a contract signed in blood, Estelle faces an impossible choice. Will she let the Whitehalls destroy what’s left of her… or join forces with the beast she hates most and burn their empire to the ground? Because even though she hates it, Roman Whitehall may be the only man who can help her stand again. Even if he has to break her first.

Being a book lover, Luna has always wished that if there was a next life, she would be transmigrated to one of the genres she loves to read about. It was just a wish though, but who would have thought it would happen so soon?! Reverse Harem - Check! Super handsome and hot men - Check! Being rich and pretty - Check! But are there really no take backs for a seemingly perfect life?

Malenia is set to become the ruler of Uzushio. Let's discover together what will happen to Uzushio under Malenia, the Sword of Uzushio. No romance um yea no. Fed up with Chinese works hope so i can complete this without loosing motivation. You can do one thing to keep me motivate-reviews :}

"Thousand lives, I've lived on. But none was like the one I live with you..." In mine each lives, I've suffered, suffered the pain, love and the betrayal. Suffering has always been followed me. Cause I didn't even realized when it reached thousand. And In the thousand of My life. l've Met you, Charles... What do you think will our lead will be able to live this thousand of her life till the end and break the cycle of the rebirth. Or will this thousand life or hers will be a biggest suffering of her lifetimes.

In a kingdom where the legendary Four Dragons of elemental harmony have been secretly imprisoned by a greedy Emperor, a young woman’s life is shattered by the very war his tyranny fuels. Yu Hui, a village girl with the blue eyes of the sea, loses her beloved brother to the conflict. Disguising herself as a man, she takes his name and place in the imperial army, armed only with grief, a mysterious silver pendant, and her mother’s old tales of the dragons’ lost peace. Recruited into the palace guard, Yu Hui’s quiet intelligence catches the eye of Princess Zhang Haiying, an obedient princess trapped in her own gilded cage, betrothed to a foreign prince to secure a false peace. Haiying sees through Yu Hui’s disguise and recognizes a kindred spirit—someone who hates the empire’s corruption as much as she does. The two form a dangerous, secret alliance: the princess with a scholar’s mind and a queen’s resolve, and the guard with a peasant’s strength and a legacy she doesn’t yet understand. Together, they unearth the Emperor’s original sin—the brutal, ongoing theft of the dragons’ essence to power his endless war. As their bond deepens from alliance into a fierce, hidden love, they embark on an impossible quest to find and free the dragons before the kingdom is consumed by war and spiritual decay. Their journey takes them from the frozen prison of the Water Dragon to the corrupted forges of the Fire Dragon, and into the heart of a battlefield to save the Earth Dragon. Yu Hui discovers her pendant is a relic of the Old Pact, and she becomes the living bridge to the dragons, their pain echoing in her soul and their power awakening within her. Through sacrifice, betrayal, and a love that defies every law, Yu Hui and Haiying must free the dragons, heal the land, and face the human armies still hungry for conquest—all while forging a new kind of rule, built not on greed, but on balance, truth, and a hard-won peace. The Guardian and the Crowned Grace is a sweeping romantic fantasy about grief turned to purpose, love as an act of rebellion, and two women who rewrite the fate of a world by remembering its oldest, quietest magic.

The bestial grin of totalitarian humanism Humanity races across the Cradle Galaxy aboard lightning-fast stream-trains. It is an era of marvels, glittering metropolises, and boundless knowledge. And of beings — genetically altered humans, legally stripped of their humanity. When Axel "Ax" Fontaine, a being and former elite stream-trooper — now head of security on the luxury express "Briareus" — begins investigating a terrorist attack on his crewmate alongside his old comrade-in-arms Phan Thi Linh, their search on one planet intersects with a far darker plot. Meanwhile, on another world, Wad-Prince Irfan AlNilam, a royal outcast haunted by his past, and his devoted bodyguard and lover Murad hunt for the kidnapped directors of an MT perinatal center. As the two investigations collide, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens to shatter the mighty MT Corporation and ignite a revolution across the stars. In a society built on genetic purity and corporate power, what is the true cost of phantom freedom? New chapters - every Monday and Thursday, twice a week!

[Obsessive ML, Indulgent, Forbidden Historical Romance] Read this if you crave a forbidden affair between two nobles. On the night meant to seal her fate in silk and candlelight, Caelith Emberlyn discovers her new husband cheating on her with her own cousin. Before the humiliation can swallow her whole, another man steps out of the shadows—dangerous, powerful, and far more terrifying than heartbreak. He is the feared Commander of the Shadow Imperial Guard, a man whose name alone stills the court and stains the capital with silenced dread. Where others see a cold enforcer of the throne, he sees only her—wronged, furious, and far stronger than she appears. And he offers her a choice. Stay. What her husband failed to give—loyalty, devotion, power—he vows to place in her hands in his stead. But this is no gentle rescue. Their alliance begins in secrets and smolders in the dark, a forbidden affair that could shatter reputations and topple dynasties. He is ruthless in war and relentless in love, determined to claim not only her presence at his side but the guarded heart she refuses to yield. Meanwhile, her repentant husband returns with soft words and tender promises, swearing to cherish her forever. Yet regret comes too late in a world where power is currency and affection is a battlefield. Caught between a contrite prince of light and a possessive shadow king who would burn the world to keep her, she must decide: Will she return to the safety of a love that broke her… Or step into the fire of a devotion fierce enough to consume them both?

She was just a teenage girl—until the Divine Phoenix Flame awakened. Lyra lived an ordinary human life, unaware that she was the long-lost Phoenix Princess of Ignis— bearer of the Divine Phoenix Flame, the strongest power ever recorded in the Aetherion Galaxy. When the ancient world of Ignis fell to darkness, a newborn princess was torn from her burning home and cast into a fragile, unfamiliar planet to survive. Now, as Lyra’s dormant power awakens, so does a prophecy capable of reshaping existence itself. Uncontrollable flames. Ruthless enemies. A fate written before her birth. Hunted by ancient forces, feared across galaxies, and bound to a destiny older than the stars, Lyra is forced onto the brutal path of cultivation—where every breakthrough is earned through blood, loss, and fire. From deadly trials and forgotten ruins to galaxy-shaking wars, she must learn to command a flame capable of both creation and annihilation. But power always demands a price. As darkness spreads across the Aetherion Galaxy and even the heavens begin to move, Lyra must choose: Be consumed by her own fire… Or rise beyond all limits and become the legend the galaxy fears. For when a phoenix rises— even the heavens will burn. Read Ahead & Support the Story: Want more chapters and faster releases? Supporters on Patreon get early access to 10 chapters ahead!—and help bring Rise of the Phoenix Princess to life. Join now to read ahead and witness Lyra’s rise before anyone else! https://patreon.com/Kalimex?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Lotus is the unexpected heiress in a lineage of gilded tradition, kept beneath chandeliers and behind velvet curtains. Raised to be an ornament, she hides a burning passion. She wants to act, sing, and write—but her family members silence her, manipulate her prospects, and groom her to serve their reputation. She also bears a private burden: a niece whose safety depends on Lotus staying useful to the household. When Lotus falls into a secret romance with someone who could open an impossible path to freedom, the relationship threatens scandal and exile. As she navigates betrayals, fragile friendships, and the dark realities behind her family’s public face, Lotus must decide whether to obey duty or risk everything for autonomy and love. An heiress with a hidden voice risks family ruin, and her heart, to free herself and the niece she loves, becoming the woman who destroys the system that silenced her.

“I gave you my soul in my last life. In this one, I’ll settle for your crown.” ~ In my first life, I was the devoted Queen. I waited two months for my husband, King Lauren, to return from the front lines—only for him to walk through the palace gates with a beautiful young maiden by his side and a decree in his hand: ‘She would be the new Queen’. And because of that evil beauty he brought to our kingdom, I died a discarded "nobody," executed for a crime I didn't commit. But death didn't take me. It sent me back. I woke up on the morning of his return. The crowds are cheering, the flowers are blooming, and my husband is about to humiliate me in front of the entire kingdom. But he doesn't know I've changed. He doesn't know I've returned with a special skill that makes me the most dangerous woman in the room. Before he can introduce his "New Queen," I hand him the one thing no one in this kingdom has ever dared to ask for: Divorce papers. In our land, a Queen asking for divorce is an abomination punishable by stoning. But Lauren thinks I’m bluffing. He looks me in the eye, tears my petition to shreds, and growls, “You are my wife. I will never stamp those papers.” He thinks he is keeping me trapped. He doesn't realize he has trapped himself in a palace with a woman who knows every one of his secrets—and is prepared to burn his kingdom to the ground just to see him sign his name. My goal is simple; I will make him fall... not in love, but to his knees. Since he spent my first life making me cry. I’ll spend my second making him bleed.

Adele de Frostfang, born a princess and a Luna by blood, she was never meant to be invisible. Yet at twenty-two, she remains unmated, powerless, and whispered about behind gilded doors. Her childhood spent in hospitals left her sheltered and naïve, while her younger sister shines effortlessly in the spotlight of society. In a world ruled by packs, power, and bonds, a Luna without a mate is seen as incomplete—and disposable. Tired of pity and ridicule, she makes a reckless decision: if fate will not give her a mate, she will choose one herself. She decides to learn the ways of high-circle from a rogue, what begins as lessons in confidence, society, and adulthood slowly turns into something deeper. But secrets cannot stay buried forever. This is a modern werewolf romance about choice, growth, forbidden bonds, and a no-mate Luna who dares to write her fate.

I was just acting with all my heart… and before I knew it, I had become a crazy woman no one dared to mess with.

She was never meant to leave the castle. Princess Nara was born with a crimson dragon mark sealed upon her shoulder—an ancient power that no one dares to understand. Feared by her own parents and locked away for the kingdom’s “safety,” she grows up as a prisoner in golden walls, dreaming of a world she has never touched. But something inside her is waking up. The more she longs for freedom, the more the dragon mark burns… as if it is alive. When betrayal rises within the royal court and a hidden enemy moves to steal her power, Nara is forced to escape the only home she has ever known. Now hunted, feared, and hunted again, she must uncover the truth behind the dragon blood flowing through her veins—before it consumes her completely. Because the mark is not a curse. It is a promise. And it is finally awakening.

“We might be mortals, but our legacy will never die.” When her land is attacked, and her family vanishes without a trace, a rebellious princess is forced to awaken something far greater than a crown - her destiny as the reborn Protector of the realm. But power does not come without cost. As war spreads across the realm and a mysterious dark enforcer rises in its wake, she must journey through treacherous lands, unravel ancient magic, and confront truths buried deep within her past… and herself. Bound by duty. Haunted by desire. Tested by temptation. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she begins to question not only her power - but what she is becoming. With time slipping away, she must decide Will she save her realm…or lose herself to the forces awakening within it? This series explores a world where instinct and humanity collide - where people reflect the spirit of their inner animal, and the line between power, identity, and divinity begins to blur. IG - Miss_Sxvage