Mystery Web Novels & Independent Face-Slapping Stories

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.

She died believing her sister's lies. She won't make that mistake twice. Seraphina Peterson spent five years learning exactly how far her adoptive sister would go. she was cuffed to a hospital bed in a psychiatric ward and listened to Evelyn confess every lie with a smile, while the fiancé who was supposed to love her stood by and let it happen. By the time her heart finally gave out, she'd spent those years clawing together everything she needed to burn them both to the ground: medical training, hard-won financial instincts, a folder of evidence no one ever let her use. She never got the chance to use any of it. Now she opens her eyes at her own 22nd birthday gala, five years in the past, a champagne flute in her hand and Evelyn's toast still ringing in her ears which was the same toast, the same smile, the same poison waiting in the glass. Nothing about this night has changed. Armed with a memory no one else shares and skills she paid for in blood the first time around, she sets out to dismantle her sister's carefully built house of lies one card at a time. Her only real gamble is Lucian Sterling, the untouchable head of the Sterling empire, who has no reason to believe a stranger's wild claims until she starts being right about all of them.

Elena Vale was never supposed to be the bride. When her twin sister vanished the night before her wedding, Elena was forced to step in and marry Dorian Blackwood her childhood crush, her sister’s first love, and now, her cold husband. Dorian humiliated her at the altar, treating her like a cheap replacement. But the nightmare truly began when her sister returned halfway through the reception, accusing Elena of kidnapping her to steal her wedding. Armed with a tampered voice recording, everyone turned against Elena including the man whose name she had just taken. To break her, Dorian handed her an impossible, failing business deal to fix overnight. He expected her to fail. Behind the quiet, unwanted daughter was a sharp mind capable of bringing his empire to its knees. As Elena begins uncovering the truth behind her sister's frame job, she exposes a web of dangerous secrets, lies, and a hidden identity that changes everything. Dorian Blackwood never wanted Elena as his wife. What happens when the woman he tried to break becomes the only one he can’t afford to lose?

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.

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.