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27-year-old Lilith Hill has never been with a man. When her friend pushes her to get into a secret relationship with the sexiest man alive, billionaire Kai Rivera, she jumps at the opportunity. But powerful men come from powerful families and she is just a little author who has no one backing her. What will she do when an unexpected pregnancy rocks the world. Will Kai forgive her for her deception? [Warning: Mature Content]

9.5

94 Chapters

The Lycan's Rejected Mate

"She is a murderer!" Everything changed for Anaiah Ross when she inadvertently killed someone following her first unexpected Shift into her wolf. Now hated, abused, and mistreated by the members of her pack, her fated mate, Alpha Amos, rejected her instantly and ordered her thrown into the dungeons. Her heart shattered almost instantly and begrudgingly, accepted his rejection, resigning herself to a life of misery at the mercy of her pack. But on her eighteenth birthday, fate seemed to take pity on her and revealed her Second Chance mate as non other than a dangerous and powerful Lycan King, but Amos realizes that he simply can't let her go. With two men fighting for her attention and desperate to win her love and acceptance, her life becomes increasingly complicated. Anaiah discovers sinister plots at work and fights to discover the true power that will change the course of her life for good, making her the prime target for the evil that lurks in the shadows. Can Anaiah survive the evil thrown at her and finally, find happiness with the man that she chooses? Or will she succumb to the darkness and lose herself, and everything she knows completely? Trigger warning: The first chapters of the book contains Abuse. Read at your own risk.

9.3

174 Chapters

My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict!

The fiancee of the wealthiest man in the city, Jackson Valor, had died. The perpetrator of the car accident that killed her, Serenity Lewis, was sentenced to three years in prison.After her release from prison, Serenity unexpectedly gets entangled with Jackson.Serenity knelt on the ground as she pleaded, "Jackson, please spare me."Jackson simply smiled and replied, "Woman, I'll never let you off."Rumors have it that Jackson was a cold-hearted man, but he fell in love with a former inmate who was working as a sanitation worker. However, when the truth about the car accident three years ago surfaced, it destroyed all of Serenity's love for Jackson, and she ran from his side.Years later, Jackson knelt before her as he said, "As long as you return to my side, Serenity, anything is possible."Serenity coldly looked at him and spat out, "Then go to hell."

9.4

3373 Chapters

Oops! I Married A CEO By Mistake

Blurb:Abigail Mason wanted a husband to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend and her step sister. With the help of her friend she was supposed to meet a model at a diner, who was broke but could be an ideal husband candidate. Flash news? He was .However, when she reached there she proposed to the wrong guy who was smoking hot and married him the same day.Who was that ruthless and cold guy? Why was he helping her? Why did his eyes twinkle whenever he looked at her? Was he playing some kind of game? Was he developing feelings for her? Or he just wanted to taste her?Join this roller-coaster ride of love, treachery, friendship with Abigail Mason and Hunter Levisay and discover how love can change one as a person.

9.7

177 Chapters

His Sweet Bella

What happens when attraction turns into obsession? Heart breaks, blood spills, and life ends. Arabella, a naive eighteen-year-old orphan girl takes up the job of caretaker for a paralyzed little girl, not knowing a simple decision was going to change her life upside down. Killian Serrano, 26, is the don of the Spanish Mafia. He is vicious, heartless, and downright sadistic. But his gorgeous looks make up for all his shortcomings. The man has not been denied for anything. But what happens when he gets attracted to his niece's caretaker and she doesn't reciprocate his advances. Her purity and innocence tempt him to taint her. The denial makes him want her even more. So much, that he doesn't refrain from going to extreme extents to make her his.-Mature contentTrigger warnings-Lots of EroticaDarkest shade of ObsessionAn overly obsessive male lead and an angel like female lead

9.8

128 Chapters

Mine - The Alpha's Possession

After living with her father and evil stepmother in their werewolf pack for the last year, Taylor is finally asked to return to her mother and her original pack. What she had been wanting the whole time she was living with her father. But upon her return she learns that the pack has been taken over by another pack and is under a new Alpha after the previous Alpha disappeared. She needs to adjust to a whole new pack then the one that she thought she was going home to. But she knew that her friends were there and that's what she was counting on getting her through this terrible time. Little did she know that the terrible times were just starting, and the Alpha, he wasn't the enemy that she was facing. With a lot of betrayal from the people that she trusted the most and the family that she never knew that she had, she is in for a lot of surprises and a lot of suspense and surprises that she never would have seen coming in a million years.

9.1

635 Chapters

How Do Authors Write Knaves With Redeeming Arcs?

4 Answers2025-08-31 10:23:23

I get a little excited thinking about this, because knaves who find their way back are some of my favorite study cases. To pull it off, I think of the arc like a damaged mirror that slowly gets polished: you need scenes that expose the cracks (their selfish choices, brutal logic, or small cruelties) and then scenes that show light catching on a cleaned edge—moments that reveal why they can change without erasing who they were.

Start with sympathy without excusing. Give the knave a vivid, specific need—money, respect, safety, revenge—so when they do something selfish it feels grounded. Then plant a recurring human touch: a child’s question, a dying soldier’s last words, a song, a recurring scent. Those tiny anchors make later acts of kindness believable. Make redemption costly. A scene where they must choose between old instincts and a fresh, painful responsibility sells the internal flip.

I also love using mirror scenes: repeat a past misdeed in a new context so the contrast is clear. Let allies doubt and sometimes refuse forgiveness; keep the moral ambiguity intact. The nicest arcs aren’t tidy—people don’t become saints overnight—so end with a small, earned triumph or an ongoing atonement rather than a cinematic absolution. It feels truer, and I always leave the page wanting to keep watching that person try to be better.

Which Soundtracks Best Suit Scenes With Knaves?

4 Answers2025-08-31 01:55:31

When I'm picturing a knave on-screen — the sly pickpocket slipping through a crowded market, or the charming conman spinning a story over cheap wine — my ears go straight to music that feels both playful and a little dangerous. Think of tight, plucked strings and a muted trumpet, a kind of jazzy-lounge sneer that hints at mischief. Composers like Ennio Morricone (yes, cue the whistling mood from 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' if you want that western-twang roguishness) or modern minimalist jazz give that perfect sideways smile.

For quieter, cunning moments I reach for sparse piano with a high-register rubato, maybe a celesta or music box texture layered underneath to make the scene feel intimate but untrustworthy. For faster con sequences, a swing rhythm with upright bass and brushed drums—imagine something that could sit between 'Pulp Fiction' energy and a burlesque house band—keeps the audience grinning while they realise they’re being duped.

If I actually score these in my head, I toss in anachronistic touches: an accordion for streetwise European knaves, a harpsichord when the scene tilts toward aristocratic deceit, or a synth bass to modernise a grifter’s hustle. Ultimately, the best soundtrack tricks the viewer itself: heisting sympathy for a scoundrel while letting the music do the moral wobble. I love that tension; it’s the heartbeat of every great knave scene to me.

What Movies Feature Knaves As Main Antagonists?

4 Answers2025-08-31 14:10:34

Some nights I find myself rewinding villain monologues just for the deliciously knavish performances — there’s something irresistible about a character who smiles while steering chaos. If you want big-screen knaves, start with 'The Dark Knight' and 'Joker' (2019): both portray the Joker as a classic trickster-knave who delights in subverting rules and social order. He’s less about brute force and more about corrosion, which is exactly the knave’s vibe.

On a lighter but still treacherous note, animated films often give us sharp-knuckled knaves: 'Aladdin' has Jafar scheming for power and using deception as his main tool, while 'Frozen' surprises a lot of viewers with Hans — a charming suitor who reveals himself as a cold opportunist. Then there’s 'The Usual Suspects' where Keyser Söze is the ultimate knave: a mastermind whose identity and lies are the whole point of the film.

If you like the rogues who manipulate with a grin instead of smashing things, mix these into a movie night. I usually pair a Joker-style psychological spin with a lighter animated betrayal to keep things balanced — popcorn helps, because some of these reveals sting a little.

How Do Knaves Influence Game Narratives And Quests?

4 Answers2025-08-31 17:33:26

There's something delicious about running into a knave in a game world — they rearrange the whole vibe of a quest. I love how they slip into a storyline and make what looked like a simple fetch or kill into a knot of motives. One minute you're following a breadcrumb trail, the next you're wondering whether the NPC who handed you the task is lying, being manipulated, or actively setting you up. In 'The Witcher' and 'Dishonored' style moments, knaves force you to choose not just how to act, but which truths you want to live with.

A personal moment: I once accepted a seemingly minor contract from a silver-tongued merchant who promised coin for a lost heirloom. Halfway through, clues pointed to the merchant having orchestrated the theft to move players out of a city sector while his gang looted a caravan. That twist wrecked my trust meter and made subsequent dialogue heavy with suspicion. Knaves aren't just flavor — they're the mechanics of mistrust, catalysts for branching quests, and the engines of regret and replay. They push games toward moral improvisation rather than tidy heroism.

What Fanfiction Tropes Involve Knaves In Romance Plots?

4 Answers2025-08-31 07:39:40

There's something irresistible about a charming rogue who breaks the rules and your heart in the same breath. I get pulled into so many fanfics where the 'knave'—the thief, the scoundrel, the charming con—drives the romance engine. Common tropes I see are: the redeemed knave (redemption through love and sacrifice), the enemies-to-lovers knave (they steal from you, then fight for you), the fake-dating or marriage-of-convenience with a knave (practicality turning into real feelings), and the secret-identity twist (a noble masquerading as a streetwise thief or vice versa).

Beyond those, there are more niche favorites: partners-in-crime romance where the heist cements intimacy, the protective-knave trope where the scoundrel becomes a borderline guardian, and the trickster-mentor where the knave teaches the naive lead the art of survival and the lines get blurred. I love how these tropes layer—pair a redemption arc with an enemies-to-lovers setup and you get messy, emotionally satisfying fallout.

If you want to spot these in the wild, watch how the knave's skills become metaphors for emotional vulnerability: lockpicking turns into unlocking past trauma; pickpocketing becomes an accidental confession. Classics like 'Lupin III' or novels like 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' give great tonal references, but fanfiction mixes these with fluff, angst, and occasional smut. Personally, I adore when the knave's moral ambiguity is treated with nuance rather than excused wholesale.

What Manga Reimagines Knaves As Complex Allies?

4 Answers2025-08-27 05:23:58

If you want a knave-turned-ally who’s actually written with depth and emotional baggage, pick up 'The Seven Deadly Sins'. Ban is basically the textbook example: he starts as a thief archetype, obsessed with immortality and selfish desires, but the manga slowly peels back why he stole, what loneliness did to him, and how that trauma makes him fiercely loyal once he chooses a cause.
Reading it felt like watching a grumpy stray become part of a found family — the thief jokes and petty crimes are still there, but they’re balanced by real stakes, heartbreaking backstory, and moral grey areas. The series treats the knave not as comic relief but as someone whose flaws enrich the group dynamics. If you like a mix of action, dark humor, and surprisingly tender moments, Ban’s arc in 'The Seven Deadly Sins' nails that transformation from rogue to indispensable ally

How Do Knaves Differ From Rogues In Fantasy Fiction?

4 Answers2025-08-31 19:46:32

I get oddly excited when this distinction comes up at conventions or around a gaming table — it's one of those subtle fantasy things that tells you a lot about a story's tone. To me, a knave is primarily a social animal: charming, verbally nimble, a con artist or trickster whose weapons are lies, misdirection, and a flawless poker face. Knaves thrive in crowds, courts, and taverns; they manipulate reputations and legal loopholes, and their plots often revolve around schemes, scams, and turning other people's assumptions against them. Think of the clever swindler in 'The Lies of Locke Lamora'—not just a thief, but a performance that rewrites who everyone thinks they are.

Rogues, on the other hand, feel more tactile and survivalist. I picture someone who grew up picking locks and learning to move like a shadow. They excel at stealth, traps, reconnaissance, and getting you out of a sticky situation with skills rather than a tall tale. In party dynamics, a rogue is often the one disabling alarms or slipping a dagger between ribs; the knave distracts the guard with a story while the rogue does the dirty work. Their moral shades overlap, but the knave is theater-first and the rogue is craft-first — both thrilling to write or play, especially when a character flips between both roles mid-heist.

Which Novels Portray Knaves As Sympathetic Protagonists?

4 Answers2025-08-31 21:13:03

There’s something delicious about rooting for a charming rogue, and my bookshelf quietly proves it. If you want old-school knaves who still feel human, start with 'Moll Flanders' — she’s a survivor, a schemer, and Defoe writes her with a surprising amount of sympathy. I also love the Spanish picaresque tradition: 'Lazarillo de Tormes' gives you a protagonist who lies, cheats, and endures, and you come away feeling for him because his mischief is born of necessity rather than malice.

For a modern, morally slippery ride, I can't stop thinking about 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' — Tom is terrifying and magnetic, and Highsmith makes his mind so intimate you almost forgive the worst of his choices. On the lighter side of roguish charm, 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' is full of lovable cons: Locke and his crew are knaves who steal from worse knaves, and Scott Lynch writes their jokes, scars, and loyalty in a way that makes you cheer loud enough to wake the neighbors. Each of these books treats deception as a survival strategy, or a trait tangled with vulnerability, so sympathy arrives naturally even when the protagonist does terrible things.

How Do Anime Adapt Knaves Into Antihero Characters?

4 Answers2025-08-31 09:30:16

I still get a little giddy whenever a clever knave on screen gets the antihero treatment — there’s something delicious about watching a scammer or thief move from pure troublemaker to morally gray lead. For me, the trick is all about framing. Directors and writers recast the knave’s selfishness as survival instincts, or give them a code of honor that clashes with the world’s cruelty. You see this when a smooth-talking thief reveals a soft spot for kids or animals, or when a con artist’s heists expose worse corruption. It flips the audience’s loyalties without asking them to forget the character’s flaws.

Visually and sonically, adaptations lean hard on charisma: slick camera work, close-ups that linger on a sly grin, and a soundtrack that makes every heist feel cinematic. Voice acting also plays a huge role — a charming cadence or weary growl can make a liar feel lovable. I binge-watched late nights and noticed how episodes that prioritize intimate flashbacks or moral dilemmas turn a knave into someone you root for, even when they’re doing awful things. Shows like 'Lupin III' or the episodic moral ambiguity of 'Cowboy Bebop' are great at this.

Another move is to make consequences real. When a knave-turned-antihero is haunted by their past or forced to protect someone, it earns empathy. The best adaptations don’t redeem instantly; they allow small acts—refusing a final score, saving a friend—to build a believable shift. That slow erosion of cynicism, combined with stylish presentation and a believable inner code, is how knaves become antiheroes in anime for me.

How Do Costumes Convey The Moral Ambiguity Of Knaves?

4 Answers2025-08-31 06:42:45

At a convention last summer I watched someone transform a simple tailor's booth into a storytelling stage, and it hit me how costumes do the heavy lifting for knavish characters. They don't shout 'villain' or 'hero'—they whisper contradictions. A silk waistcoat threaded with gold trims and a pair of scuffed boots say, with a wink, 'I can afford luxury but I’ve been on the run.' That tension is the whole point: clothes that blend refinement with wear trace a moral gray zone.

From a sewing-and-sipping perspective, the trick is in small, deliberate choices. Asymmetrical hems, hidden pockets, and mismatched buttons imply improvisation and secrets; a collar turned up on one side suggests defiance. Think of 'Loki'—playful elegance, but with a wardrobe that can flip from princely to predator. Even color choices play games: warm jewel tones make a rogue charming, while dirtied pastels make them unreliable. When I cosplay, I layer stories into every seam, and the audience reads the knave before the first line is spoken.