The Distant Echo

The moment I was born, I took her life. They called me a murderer. Marcus used to burn me with cigarette butts, and Dad would say it was my fate. “You’re a curse. If you had any conscience, you’d have gone to join Mom a long time ago to repay what you owe.” When Marcus was diagnosed with kidney failure, that same cold, distant father knelt in front of me. “Please… save him…” I put my hand on Dad’s shoulder. “Dad, I’ll do the surgery. But can you promise me one thing?” Dad performed the surgery himself. It was a success. He saved the son he loved most and took the life of the daughter he hated. But after I died, Dad turned himself in to the police, and Marcus lost his mind.

For three years, Ava believed she was living a love story. She never knew she was part of a lie. When Matthew survives a car accident and claims to lose his memory, he becomes cold, distant—and unrecognizable. While Ava fights to save their marriage, his ex-fiancée steps back into his life, and his family pushes Ava aside. But the truth is far darker than forgetfulness. Matthew remembers everything. When Ava uncovers the betrayal and realizes her marriage was nothing more than a calculated scheme for her wealth, she stops begging for love and starts planning her revenge. This time, she won’t walk away empty-handed. Love made her vulnerable. Betrayal made her dangerous. Will Matthew earn redemption—or lose the woman he never deserved?

"You were never her, Aria. You were just... there." Jason's words echo in my head as I stand in the back of the church, watching him mourn another woman on her sister's wedding day. Isabelle. The perfect dead girlfriend. The ghost I've been competing with for three years. I thought I could be enough. I thought love could grow where grief once lived. But when I find the evidence, when I see the hotel receipts, the text messages, the photos of Jason with Isabelle's sister Violet, I realize the truth. I was never the love story. I was the intermission. What I don't know yet is that nothing about my marriage was real. Not Jason's cruelty. Not Violet's affair. Not the stranger's rescue. They've all been playing a game, and I'm the prize they're willing to destroy each other for. When the truth comes out, when I discover why Isabelle really died and who's been pulling the strings, I'll have to decide: Do I let them destroy me, or do I burn their whole world down?

I’m Isabella Russo, the mafia princess everyone loves to hate. Adrian Moretti—ice-cold underboss in a tailored suit—was sent to “discipline” me. I torched his villa, wrecked his meetings, even tried to make him lose control. At night, he did. Against glass, leather, marble—he taught me surrender and I hated how much I craved it. Then I learned the truth: Adrian was only a mask. His real name is Leon Moretti—heir to the empire and the fiancé promised to me since birth. It should have been a fairytale. Except my parents crowned a miracle sister who wasn’t a miracle at all. Elena slipped into my room, my heirloom, my future—and into his arms. When I was framed, caged in a walk-in freezer, whipped for a lie, he chose her. So I sold the engagement for $200M, left a single recording as proof, and vanished. By the time Leon becomes Don, he finally listens—to the tape that proves Elena’s an impostor… and to the echo of my footsteps leaving him for good. Now the most dangerous man in New York is done being careful. He’s hunting the woman he broke.

Cassian shattered her after one reckless night, leaving only memories and the echo of his touch. Now he wants her back into his world, to wear his name, and fight a war beside him. Three months ago, Aria Ravenwood walked in with pastries and dreams. She left with a broken heart, after finding the man she loved in bed with someone else, and not even with a woman. One betrayal. One party. One spiked drink that dragged her into the darkest night of her life… and into the arms of the cold, commanding and addictive Cassian Wolfe. They shared a single night; reckless, raw, unforgettable. By morning, he was gone. Now he’s back. Not with apologies, but a contract. One year. One marriage. No love. No lies. Only vengeance wrapped in silk and whispered promises. Aria says yes not for love, but for power. To reclaim what was stolen. To burn every bridge and make them all regret ever crossing her. But Cassian Wolfe isn’t just a weapon… he’s a storm. And every kiss, every touch, every look threatens to turn revenge into surrender. Because the real game isn’t survival. It’s learning how to win… When your heart is the first thing you’re willing to sacrifice.

My wife doesn't love me. She doesn't love our child either. On the day our son is born, she doesn't even look at him. She just drops him into my arms. Later, her first love returns. For the first time, the cold, distant woman drinks herself drunk at home. She laughs as she holds our son in her arms, and he wraps his arms around her neck in surprise. "Daddy, what's wrong with Ms. Sutton?" he whispers afterward. I kneel and hold him close. My eyes are red as I explain, "Someone Ms. Sutton loves has come back. We shouldn't bother her anymore. It's time for us to move out."

Emily Gills harbored a stunning secret—she was born into a powerful family and was an heiress of a renowned company. Yet, her distant husband divorced her without ever learning her true identity. She endured mistreatment from his family and his mistress, leaving her devastated. Five years later, she resurfaced at an auction, flaunting her newfound status and accompanied by a child who bore a striking resemblance to her ex-husband. With her return, she exacted revenge on those who had wronged her. Her reappearance shocked everyone, and to her satisfaction, her ex-husband, Logan Michaelson, began to regret his actions. Determined to win back both his child and Emily, he swore to reclaim her from his business rival, Collins Morgan, who was now involved with Emily.

In a world where magic is a distant memory, where humans have the ability to harness a dormant power within them called Battle Force... A man from modern Earth suddenly awakens in the body of Norton Lorist, a young man of noble ancestry who has been exiled from his northern homeland by his family to Morante City, the capital of the Forde syndicate, under the guise of furthering his education. Little did he know what was in store for him when, years later, he received a summons from his family to return to the northern lands and inherit the position of head of the family... This is the story of his life before the summons... This is the story of his journey north and the allies he gathers along the way... This is the story of his rebuilding of his family's dominance and his protection against other power-hungry nobles... These are the "Tales of the Reincarnated Lord".

Lyra Vale never wanted magic. But the crystal chose her. During the Awakening Ceremony, a forbidden shadow power stirs within her — a power long thought extinct, belonging to the ancient Shadow Queens. Overnight, Lyra becomes a threat, a mystery, and a target. Sent to the Royal Magic Academy under the watchful eyes of the brilliant yet distant Prince Kaelen, she must learn to control her dark magic while surviving rival students, deadly secrets, and a kingdom that fears her very existence. As her powers grow, so does the danger — and the forbidden tension between Lyra and Kaelen. In a world where trust is scarce and betrayal is everywhere, she must decide: embrace her destiny as the Shadow Queen… or risk losing everything she loves. Dark magic. Forbidden love. A kingdom on the brink. Will Lyra master the shadows… or be consumed by them?

Camille Thompson's first love and husband-James Parker is in coma and has been hospitalized for three months since the tragic accident he had on his way out after a heated fight they had. Still guilt-ridden and blaming herself for the circumstance, Camille finds herself in another loop when she falls in love with her husband's distant cousin – Liam Scott, who's way younger than she is – when she meets him for the first time. When she finds out she's pregnant for Scott, and that her loving husband had kept his infertility problem a secret for the past 11 years they've been together, will she forgive him or go after a new lover who's obsessed with her but not ready for a family yet, without giving heed to reasoning?