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The Bodyguard HusbandRetired top soldier Jack Carter has a whirlwind marriage with Madeline Smith, a CEO in an ugly disguise—they don't know each other after the wedding. Jack accidentally becomes Madeline's personal bodyguard and risks his life to protect her time and again. Madeline falls deeply in love with her bodyguard, never knowing he is her husband. Faced with countless crises and emotional entanglements, can the two finally uncover each other's identities and resolve their misunderstandings?
The Big Shot Mrs. BillionaireWhen Vera Brown's half-sister Wendy is about to marry Steve Carter, the man who once pursued Vera for four years, her mother Mary Burke forces her into a fake marriage scheme. But Vera soon discovers she is already legally married… to Steve's fourth uncle, Robby Carter. Determined to uncover the truth, she approaches Robby, who suspects she's after the Carter family fortune. In their battle of wits, Robby uncovers two shocking truths: Vera was switched at birth and is the real heiress of the Brown family, and she is also the famed "Dr. Browne." As secrets unravel, love slowly grows between them.
Oops, I'm the Villainess Pretending to Be His Girlfriend!Claire Brooks wakes up transmigrating into the villainess who faked being the girlfriend of the amnesiac tycoon Alex Drake. In the original novel, she emotionally manipulated Alex into doing laundry and cooking, seized his wealth and exploited him, only to be cruelly eliminated once he regained his memory. Now, seeing her fake boyfriend take off his delivery uniform to serve her, Claire is filled with dread and has to pretend to be affectionate while secretly plotting her escape.
The Billionaire Who Built a Home Around MeDivorced Jones, in an attempt to save a drowning child, left her daughter Yuanyuan on the shore, but unexpectedly, she was kidnapped by human traffickers. Since then, Jones has been raising her son Dapeng alone while searching for her lost daughter Yuanyuan. Twenty years have passed, and Dapeng has established his own family. Jones was looked down upon by her son's family for being from the countryside. To avoid putting her son in a difficult position, Jones took the initiative to leave. At a loss for where to go, the girl whose life she had inadvertently saved, Mengjie, introduced her to a quick marriage with Cesar Ford. Unexpectedly, this lightning married partner turned out to be a Billionaire！
The Substitute Bride’s RiseHer elder sister was reborn and refused to marry into Norwood Manor no matter what. Victoria Sterling, a transmigrated daughter of a concubine, was arranged to marry there in her place.
Years later, having amassed a fortune and raised her stepchildren to success, Victoria finally awaited the return of her long-lost husband—the very man her sister had described as infamous for favoring his concubine over his wife. But to her surprise, the reality was nothing like she had been told.
The Barren UnionElaine Harper was married to her ex-husband for seven years without conceiving a child. She was divorced simply because she could not carry on the family line. After the divorce, she remarried in a flash to the director’s son, who also suffered from infertility, just to get by in life. Unexpectedly, only three months into their marriage, Elaine became pregnant. The two, who had only settled for each other out of convenience, gradually developed a special bond as they awaited the arrival of their new life together.
Mr. Long, Check Your PrideMadeline Cole from the Central Hospital is young and beautiful, yet no one dares to pursue her. Little did they know, she secretly married Owen Long, the president of MBK, three years ago. The marriage began with Madeline’s long-standing crush on him but instead brought her nothing but coldness and betrayal. With a broken heart, she decides to file for divorce, only to face Owen’s furious refusal. The truth is, a fatal misunderstanding has lingered between them—Owen has always believed that their marriage stemmed from Madeline’s scheming. But just as he gradually uncovers the truth, all that awaited him was her divorce papers.
The Mute Wife He Destroyed to ProtectA mute orphan trapped in a loveless marriage to her brooding adoptive brother must navigate betrayal, hidden desires, and a vengeful matriarch to reclaim her voice—and her heart—in a battle for true love and legacy.
The Mad Heiress Strikes BackThe Lu family fortune passed to Sienna Harper's mother, and when her mother died, ninety percent of the family assets came to Sienna. Her father wanted that money. He, her stepmother, and her half-sister had her committed to a psychiatric hospital, and she stayed there three years. The place was violent and she learned to fight in it. She came out hard.
Sienna learned her stepsister was to marry Julian, heir to the Payne family, in her place. She brought other patients from the hospital with her to the wedding, walked in, and laid out what her stepsister actually was. Then she offered Julian a deal: the ninety percent she held, in exchange for a marriage.
On paper they are married by contract. Sienna takes back what her mother left her and is not gentle about it. Julian uses her reach to collect evidence against his uncle, who killed his parents. There are kidnappings, and each of them gets the other out. Between them they bring down both families.
Afterward Julian tells her he has been in love with her since school, and shows her a cherry blossom keychain he kept all those years. They go back to the running track at their old school.
Swapped Bride: My Beggar Husband Is the EmperorStabbed to death by her jealous sister in her past life, Elara is reborn on her betrothal day. This time, she walks away from the noble family that destroyed her, seeking a quiet life. But fate grants her far more: a hidden king, and the chance to make every enemy pay.
Meeting love, meeting happinessCornered by a greedy mother and sister, burger-shop worker Natalie asks rugged lumberjack Sebastian for an immediate marriage so he can protect her. She believes she has chosen a penniless woodsman, unaware that her husband is America's richest man living anonymously in the forest. The modest routine she expects becomes exactly the ordinary life he has wanted, and affection grows through their days together.
Modern Journey of an Ancient QueenMedieval Queen Heely is killed by her husband King Louis. After that, a ruby sends her soul into a modern woman. In this new life, she spends 100 million to reclaim that ruby, beats up a vicious bully, lands a movie lead, and wins back her cold CEO husband. However, Louis has crossed over too, plotting to use her blood to open a time rift and reclaim his throne…
My Sister Stole My Destiny, Now I Rule OlympusIn her past life, Leda was stabbed in the heart by her jealous sister, and they died together. Reborn together, the sister quickly steals Leda's fiancé and forces her to marry Damon, the disgraced and exiled God of War. But the sister has no idea that Leda was the real reason her ex became the High Priest. In this life, Leda decisively accepts the marriage and awakens her divine power as the 'Fate Oracle.' Teaming up with Damon, she crushes the gods' conspiracies, makes her fate-stealing sister pay a heavy price, and rises to become the Queen of Olympus.
My Beggar Husband is Lord ApolloApollo, punished by the Three Fates, had his powers sealed and wandered as Phos, redeemable only by true love. In plague-ravaged Epirus, Melanthos forged an oracle to sacrifice Princess Antheia. She refused, and the king wed her to Apollo, whom she knew from dreams. Touched by her virtue, Apollo unlocked half his power, punished Melanthos, and cured the plague with his lyre, though Paris stole the credit. At the ceremony, Antheia's bronze lyre shone, but she was accused. Apollo appeared, yet sensing Typhon's seal weakening, he left a laurel leaf and departed. After his leave, Antheia was sentenced to fire. Eros, tricked, shot an arrow, but the leaf shattered it, confirming the charges. Both were cast into flames, and the leaf crumbled. Apollo, having slain Typhon's remnant, felt his talisman break.
My Waste Husband is the God of MagicA "useless" daughter, cast out by her family, is forced to marry the city's most notorious fool. Two misfits thrown together, they bicker their way into each other's lives, only to discover the truth about each other—she is a sealed prodigy, he is the legendary God of Magic hiding for a thousand years. Together, they rise from the ashes, reclaim their glory, and break free.
Marry My Ex's Billionaire BossChloe signs a marriage contract with Evan, her boss, after her brother arrives from ten years in the future and tells her this marriage already happened. The same brother exposes that her fiancé has been cheating on her, which is what pushes her to accept the arrangement instead of walking away from it. Evan has a reputation at the company for being cold and exacting, the kind of boss who fires people over a missed decimal point, and the contract spells out the terms of the marriage the way a business deal would.
Chloe works as an accountant and keeps her job after the wedding, so she and Evan cross paths at the office as well as at home. His family does not take the marriage well. There are dinners where his relatives question her background out loud, and moments where Evan is expected to choose between what the family wants and what he agreed to in the contract. Chloe starts noticing things that don't fit the cold reputation: a birthday she never mentioned that he remembers, an old file with her name on it dated years back. It becomes clear he has been keeping track of her for longer than the contract has existed.
The two of them argue, make up, get pulled into schemes by people around them who don't want the marriage to work, and slowly stop treating the arrangement as only paperwork. Chloe's work draws attention on its own merits, separate from her being Evan's wife, and she starts to build a professional standing that isn't tied to him. The brother who started all of this does not explain everything he knows, and some of what he predicted about the next ten years has not happened yet.
Contract HusbandSofia Sterling was kicked out of her home by her father and had her assets frozen due to her excessive spending. With the help of her best friend Skye, she entered into a contractual marriage with Luke Carter. Initially, she only aimed to get money, but they gradually developed feelings for each other while jointly dealing with Vivian Thorne's provocation and the bankruptcy crisis of the Sterling Group.
Luke had already had a crush on Sofia since he was five years old and had kept the rosary and photo she gave him as treasures. In the end, they were open about their feelings, gained recognition from both families, and their contractual marriage turned into a real romantic relationship. Vivian and Zane suffered the consequences of their evil deeds, and the Thorne family went bankrupt.
The Country Doctor's Secret HeirsA mix-up with the wedding cars puts Peter Ortiz, who weighs a hundred kilos, into the wrong vehicle and married to Olive Knox, a CEO with a temper. The chain of accidents that follows leaves Olive with an injury she does not recover from, and she sends Peter off to a remote village, with an agreement that they will divorce in five years. Peter's sibling Riley hears about the marriage and works out that Peter has married into a great deal of money. Riley comes to the village with hired killers to settle the matter. At the point where the men close in, the soul of an ancient physician, who carried the same name, settles into Peter's body, and the fight ends quickly and badly for Riley. Peter stays in the village and opens a practice in traditional medicine, treating the people around him and building a reputation from nothing. A month later Olive finds out she is pregnant, and the pregnancy turns out to be quintuplets.
At 50, I Married My Ex's CEO BossOlivia ends a twenty-year marriage on the day her unfaithful husband wins the lottery. A face-saving scheme by her son leads her to hire a temporary spouse, but the stranger she impulsively marries is Atticus Cavendish, her ex's billionaire employer—and their staged relationship revives a connection that began on a consequential night two decades earlier.
Falling for Him at 40: My Mechanic‑Husband Is a GodfatherElena, a forty-year-old diner owner drowning in debt for her adopted son Leo, endures endless schemes from his pregnant wife Amber and her mother Martha. After a one-night stand at a casino hotel, she discovers she's pregnant with the child of Dominic, a mob godfather told he'd never father children. Disguised as "Old Don," a broke mechanic, he silently enters her life — beating a loan shark senseless, handing her a catering contract behind the scenes, and destroying every trap Martha sets, all without revealing his identity. When Martha finally hires men to kidnap Elena, Leo wakes up and takes a knife for his mother. Dominic arrives with armed men, wipes out the kidnappers, and stands before Elena as the undisputed king of the underworld. He drops the mask — and asks her to marry him.
Secret Love of the Mafia QueenElowen, a powerful and icy mafia queen, saves a wounded Jessie and discovers that Jessie is a woman disguised as a man. Jessie falls for her and publicly vows to marry her, but Elowen's family objects. To stop the marriage, Elowen's family rushes her into a wedding with her fiancé, Owen. On the wedding day, Jessie storms in with guns and henchmen, forcing Elowen to marry her instead. Gradually, Elowen is moved and drawn to Jessie. As her aunt and cousin repeatedly try to kill her to get the inheritance, Jessie saves her at great risk to herself, deepening their love. Finally, Elowen learns the truth about her brother's death, follows her heart, and stands by Jessie to protect the family.
(DUBBED) From Fat to FierceModern designer Judy wakes up in the 1980s as an overweight, poor housewife. Using her wit and modern skills, she slims down, starts a business, and wins over her aloof husband—transforming into the decade’s shining success story.
My Homeless Husband Is a Billionaire HeirAt the graduation party, socialite Lina was betrayed by her younger sister Ashley. Tricked into showing up in a revealing bikini, she was publicly humiliated. Her fiancé Callum called off the engagement on the spot and proposed to Ashley instead. Far from standing up for Lina, her parents decided to marry her off to an eighty-year-old count.
Overwhelmed by despair, Lina impulsively grabbed Arthur, a beggar standing at the entrance, and proposed to him in front of everyone. Arthur nodded in agreement, then rode away with her on his beat-up motorcycle.
Lina thought she had married a penniless vagrant, only to discover the truth: the man handed her a solid gold business card, his tattered tool bag was stuffed with keys to limited-edition supercars, and the junkyard was merely his hobby. In reality, Arthur was the founder of Star Glory Group, the world’s top conglomerate.
Arthur took Lina back to his sprawling hundred-acre manor and presented her with a ruby brooch that symbolized the matriarch of his family. Just as romantic tension was building between them, Lina’s mother called, ordering her to attend the wedding of Ashley and Callum.
Accompanied by her butler Harold, Lina showed up with an astronomically expensive wedding gift. However, Ashley publicly insulted her and snatched the ruby brooch away. To retrieve the heirloom, Lina was forced to dance barefoot on shards of broken glass.
In the nick of time, Arthur arrived via his private jet. He dragged Ashley down onto the broken glass to avenge Lina. Later, he devised a meticulous revenge plan: he signed a lucrative Star Glory Group partnership deal with Callum, letting the couple climb to dizzying heights before orchestrating their devastating downfall.
As the Malicious MotherZoe Shea unexpectedly transmigrated into a novel, becoming the villainous mother of a son who was written as the antagonist in the story. Determined to change her tragic fate, she set out to win over her high-IQ, adorable son, Yuri Foster, with her maternal love.
At the same time, she found herself entangled in a hidden marriage with Quinn Foster, a seemingly cold and detached film star, who secretly harbored a dark and possessive side.
Together, mother and son faced off against a scheming, two-faced woman who pretended to be innocent, but was actually manipulative and malicious. They healed childhood wounds along the way. In the end, they formed a happy family, finding their own version of happiness.
Flirting My Way to His HeartSelena Quill transmigrated into a novel as the vicious female supporting character of the same name. Her husband was Saul Reed, a rich wheelchair-bound tycoon. The original character, dissatisfied, constantly sought to cheat and was finally served with divorce papers. After transmigrating, Selena fell for Saul at first sight. She started flirting and getting touchy with him daily. Saul resisted, but when one day Selena hired four gigolos, he finally panicked.
Love Blooms in the CountrysideForced to marry countryside resident Keith Martin in her sister's place, Rachel Mitchell discovers that her seemingly ordinary husband is secretly a billionaire. As their rocky arranged marriage grows into love, she uses her wits to confront difficult relatives and expose schemers, while forming a warm bond with her mother-in-law.
Betrayal Burns, Power RisesEthan Evans, the sole heir to a business empire, abandons his inheritance and works incognito to develop a cure for his childhood sweetheart and fiancée, Willow Frost. Yet Willow betrays him with his assistant, Jason Irwin, publicly humiliates Ethan to protect Jason, and spreads lies about his incompetence.
Reborn Healer Ditches PrinceDr. Colin Tate, a modern physician, collapses from overwork and awakens as Claire Archer—a love-obsessed lady married to Prince Edward Whitmore. In her previous life, Claire was humiliated and framed repeatedly by her half-sister Emma Archer. Now armed with modern medicine and an independent mind, Claire sheds her old weakness. She saves a crown princess with a cesarean, performs surgery on a lord, cures the Dowager Queen of chronic back pain, and outwits every trap thrown her way.
Prince Edward, who once despised her, finds himself drawn to this transformed woman. Set against the intrigues of the Whitmore Residence and the Highcourt court, the story follows Claire as she breaks free from a marriage of convenience, while Edward gradually discovers that true power lies not in rank, but in the heart.