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Crown and Commoner

Crown and Commoner

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James Taylor, a brilliant scholarship orphan, enters an elite university hoping education will lift him from poverty—only to become the target of Prince William Davis, a cruel, emotionally damaged heir who rules the campus through fear and privilege. Their explosive first meeting ignites a vicious power dynamic where William systematically bullies James, yet James refuses to break or submit. As forced proximity and psychological warfare escalate, their mutual hatred transforms into a dangerous, magnetic attraction neither can control, caught between royal duty, class war, and the manipulations of elite students like William's possessive fiancée Linda.

My Waitress Owns Your Empire

My Waitress Owns Your Empire

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Publicly humiliated, stripped of her scholarship, ordered to kneel for the cameras — she took it all in silence. What her tormentors don't know is that the broke caddie in cheap sneakers secretly owns the empire their whole world is drowning in debt to. She has thirty days to keep her name hidden, and one month to make them pay for every laugh.

I Own Your School

I Own Your School

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They laughed when she brought homemade cupcakes to the charity fair, and they crossed her eight-year-old off the concert list just to watch him cry. The PTA queens of Prescott Academy have never once wondered who signs the checks that keep their school alive. They are about to find out.

The Mafia Boss Was Faking It

The Mafia Boss Was Faking It

3.2k1.6k

Betrayed by her fiancé, her father, and her own sister, she marries the man the whole city believes is a vegetable after two years in a coma. Except he isn't sleeping — he's the most dangerous predator in town, and he calls her his equal. Now two empires answer to her, a child grows inside her, and her sister is aiming a gun straight at her stomach.

The Pregnancy Clause

The Pregnancy Clause

16.2k1.7k

A girl from the slums discovers she's pregnant after a one-night stand with a billionaire. Her abusive stepfather tries to sell her into debt bondage, but the tycoon rescues her at the last moment. Now she must live with him, carry his child, and endure the contempt of his circle. But no one knows that behind her modest appearance hides the iron will of a survivor. Can she turn an accident into a chance for a new life?

Knocked Up While He Was At War

Knocked Up While He Was At War

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He came home from war to find his fiancée pregnant with his brother's child—and her powerful family humiliating him before a room full of guests. What they don't know is that the man they crushed commands more power than their money could ever buy. And the truth about who fathered that baby is about to detonate everything.

Bound by the Jade Dragon

Bound by the Jade Dragon

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Li Mei, a kind-hearted nurse, saves the life of triad heir Liang Jun after an assassination attempt in her ER. That single act of mercy becomes her fatal mistake — Liang becomes so obsessed with her that he refuses to let her go, stalking her every move and forcibly announcing their engagement to her horrified family. When Li Mei tries to flee his control, she discovers there is nowhere to run: Liang already knows everything about her home, her loved ones, her past. Trapped in a dangerous world of violence and betrayal, Li Mei must confront the terrifying devotion of a man whose ruthless possessive love begins to turn into something she cannot resist.

Fake Wife, Real Love

Fake Wife, Real Love

42.6k2.8k

Billionaire Kai must get married before he turns thirty or lose his entire inheritance. With only two weeks left he offers a struggling waitress named Zoe one hundred thousand dollars to pretend to be his fiancee. But what starts as a fake marriage deal soon turns into something neither of them can control.

The CEO's Contract Child

The CEO's Contract Child

45k3.3k

A desperate young woman agrees to become a contract wife for a reclusive billionaire to save her sister's life. The deal is simple — a child, a year, no love. But a fateful encounter with a charming stranger changes everything, especially when she discovers he's the man she signed her life away to.

My Ex Smashed My $18M Violin

My Ex Smashed My $18M Violin

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She dumped him when he was a broke musician — and eight years later smashed an $18 million Stradivarius in the hands of a mere "mover" at her own auction. What she doesn't know: that mover secretly owns the empire that holds her auction house, her galleries, and her entire life. Now the clock is ticking, and the man she humiliated remembers everything.

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