Romans Mystery & Histoires Independent Face-Slapping

Vivian’s world collapses when her best friend, Zara, steals her fashion designs and her boyfriend, Leo. Fired from her dream job and left with nothing, she stumbles upon an abandoned stone statue on a lonely highway. She drags it home, cries her heart out, and jokingly wishes it were her husband. Miraculously, the statue awakens into Stan, a handsome, powerful being from an ancient era. With Stan by her side, Vivian reclaims her confidence. Stan uses a touch of magic and fierce devotion to protect her from Zara’s continued sabotage and public humiliation. When a video of Stan saving Vivian from a runaway truck goes viral, the duo captures the public’s imagination. Vivian uses the momentum to launch a new collection, taking the fashion world by storm and building her own empire from scratch. As they work together, their bond deepens into a profound love. But their newfound joy is cut short. Stan reveals he is an ancient prince suffering under an unbroken curse—and he has begun turning back into stone. Refusing to lose him, Vivian embarks on a grueling trek up a frozen, sacred mountain to find the cure. Battling freezing winds and sheer exhaustion, she carries his stiffening form to the summit. As time runs out and Stan fully hardens into stone, Vivian's tears of true love and selfless sacrifice awaken ancient forces, breaking the curse permanently. Returned to the city, Vivian exposes Zara's theft, leaving her former friend ruined while Leo is left in regret. Free from their past and their enemies, Vivian becomes a renowned fashion mogul with Stan permanently by her side, proving that love can shatter even the heaviest fate.

Layla is the wolfless orphan who never should have gone near the future Alpha. Draven is the Alpha heir with a mate already chosen by the High Council itself. Fated or not, their bond is forbidden. For a few stolen nights, Layla gave herself to him. Then the male she calls father learns of their secret and forces her to choose: walk away from the future Alpha or lose everything. She walks away. Only to discover that she's carrying his child. Seven years later, she has built a quiet life as a doctor at the edge of the Realm. Hiding her past, her son, and the powerful secret in his veins. Until the day a wounded Gamma is rushed to her operating table. She looks up to find him standing there. The Alpha she abandoned. The male whose pack is still hunting what she took. Some secrets can be buried. Hers is about to explode.

Behind every great Queen stands no one; something Miliani Hwang learned from the early age of ten after she was forced to take over the Hwang Family Mafia when her parents died in a murder-suicide. In light of their tragic end, she built herself up from the ground for 11 years, trusting no man to stand behind or even beside her. The sheer sound of her name was enough to have even the toughest men on their knees and despite not ever taking a life with her own hands, everyone in the crime world knew they should never cross The Great Miliani Hwang. It doesn't surprise her when she is betrayed on her 21st birthday but she never expected her own blood to be the mastermind. She flees to Sicily with the help of the Ravello Crime Family, where she learns many secrets about her lineage and starts falling for the smug Vincenzo Ravello. Now a disgraced mob boss with nothing but her name and rage a lingering question lingered in the back of her mind; who was she now if not The Great Miliani Hwang? Vincenzo Ravello, the eldest son of the Ravello Crime Family knew all too well about the dangers that come with his title as heir to the Cosa Nostra. He's spent the past few years of his life reminding his enemies time and time again that he wasn't a man they wanted to mess with. His heart was made of stone and women, to him were nothing more than playthings until her. He would do anything for her. Every Queen needs a King to avenge her and Miliani must learn to trust her heart to stand beside hers because he will burn the whole world until all her enemies bow at her feet.