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The Eunuch I MarriedQin Wanzhi is the legitimate daughter of the Shenfeng Marquis house. She arranged to take another bride's place and married Xiao Xun, the eunuch who holds the regency and is spoken of in the capital as disfigured and cruel. Xiao Xun keeps a sealed imperial decree with the power to unseat the throne, and his widow would inherit it.
She played the attentive wife and carried medicine to him every evening. In the medicine she put poison, a small amount each night. Xiao Xun worked out what was in the bowl early and emptied it when she was not looking, and he said nothing to her about it. He then put on a bodyguard's clothes, gave the name Xiao Liu, and stayed close to her. From that position he watched her count and calculate behind the soft face she kept for the household, and he began to take an interest in her.
The court and the families around it were fighting over position through all of this, and the two of them worked the same side of it more and more often. She helped him hold up the story that he was a eunuch so he could get out from under the palace's hold on him, and he taught her how to move through the palace and reach the people who took her family apart.
Married To The Blind BillionaireA marriage contract in Lin Xiangxiang's family names her cousin Lin Yuan as the bride, and Lin Xiangxiang is sent in her place. The groom is Xie Wang, head of a large family in the capital. People say he has chronic headaches, that his eyes have gone bad, that he is cold and settles things without argument. Lin Xiangxiang comes from the countryside and goes to him afraid. He treats her gently, which nobody had told her to expect.
A year later his sight is close to coming back. Lin Yuan works out a scheme that drives Lin Xiangxiang out of the house, and the two of them are apart with no reason to meet again. A pregnancy test result brings them back into the same room, and Xie Wang finds the wife he had lost and keeps her with him.
My Sudden Marriage Wife, Wanna Kiss?Lin Xuqiu wants to stay out of the way, and the arranged marriage her family sets up is supposed to fall on her sister. When the sister runs from it, Lin Xuqiu goes to the meeting in her place, expecting the groom to refuse her outright. Zhou Wangjin is known around town as difficult, unmanageable, someone people warn others to stay away from, and she is the opposite of that. He agrees to marry her anyway.
After the wedding she is afraid of him, then gets used to him, then starts to overlook him without meaning to. He does not react the way she expects. Instead he grows jealous, dissatisfied, wanting more of her time and attention than she is giving him. Somewhere in this he gives her something like a family, which was not part of the arrangement either of them signed up for.
A year in, she draws up a divorce agreement and puts it in front of him. He takes her hand, forces the wedding ring back onto her finger, and tells her in a low, flat voice that he does not agree to it. Whatever composure he had been keeping up to that point starts to come apart from here.
Substitute MarriageThe Zhou family arranged a marriage between their heir, Zhou Wangjin, and the elder daughter of another household to seal a business alliance. The elder sister refused to go through with it. Her younger sister, Lin Xuqiu, was sent to marry him instead.
The wedding made them husband and wife on paper. Inside the house they kept apart, ate at separate times, and rarely spoke.
Lin Xuqiu took an internship at a magazine. Her first assignment was an interview with a young corporate heir who turned out to be Zhou Wangjin. She tried to get out of it, then went through with it while introducing herself to colleagues as unmarried. Word of the interview got back to him, and he asked her directly why she had called herself single. He started showing up at her office and at events she attended, telling people she belonged to him.
She kept trying to keep the marriage and the job in separate boxes. He kept breaking that arrangement, showing up where she worked, checking who she talked to, asking about the men on her assignments. Under the arguments the two of them started noticing each other, in the kitchen at night, in the car on the way to interviews, in the moments neither of them planned for.
The Noble's Little WifeHis young wife was won over by all his wiles. The restrained and disciplined tycoon, who always keeps himself in check, meets his beloved little sunshine and only longs to stay close to her every day.
Her Radiance, His PathThe world of a romance novel called The Tyrant's Caged Bird runs on the plot as written, and the girl passing herself off as the princess is written to die within three days. Alisa, who restores antiques for a living, wakes up inside the book as that girl.
Staying alive means staying close to the emperor Donis, whose warmth toward her covers a hatred he keeps out of sight. She works out each trap before it closes. Somewhere in the middle of that he begins to want her there, and she gets at what was done to him as a child.
A Contract Marriage? So what?Novi Kusuma's aunt was in trouble, and the way out was a marriage into the Scott family. Eloise took her aunt's place and agreed to marry James Scott, the second son. On the wedding day she saw the groom's face and recognized him as the male dancer she had met at a nightclub. James had known about the substitution from the start. He had been looking into the Scott family on his own, and Eloise had her own reason to be there, her father's death. They agreed to work together against Riko Nuraini and find out what happened. The arrangement was a transaction at first. It did not stay one.
What began as a deal turned into something both of them meant, and the fake marriage became a real one.
Sister, I Am the Empress!Su Tangyue killed her younger sister Su Jin'er. Both women then found themselves back in the period before either was married. Su Tangyue took possession of the marriage invitation and married He Zhiyuan. The place she gave up, entry into the imperial palace, went to Su Jin'er.
Su Jin'er recognized the arrangement as a trap. Recalling her birth mother's last instructions, she secured her standing as a legitimate daughter along with her dowry before going in. At the palace selection she was named to a low rank and was later raised to consort. Other women in the palace moved against her repeatedly without result. She exposed the schemes worked against her and cleared herself of the accusations. It also came out that the person who had saved the emperor years earlier was her. The empress dowager and the empress lost their positions. Su Tangyue's married life at the He household went badly.
The Love Rewrite: 5 Days to GoSu Wan and Lu Chenzhou are five days from their wedding when she finds out what he has arranged. Lin Yueyao, the woman he loved before Su Wan, has asked for one last wish, and to give her those five days he means to drug Su Wan into losing her memory for a while. Su Wan learns of it and only pretends to take the dose. For five days she plays along as his sister and watches the way he looks after Lin Yueyao. On the wedding day she puts Lin Yueyao at the altar in her place and goes.
She settles in North City and takes up painting again, which she had put down years before. Gu Huai'an owns a gallery there. He takes her work seriously and helps her mount an exhibition of it. Lu Chenzhou comes to North City after her and tries to come between the two of them, including by making public that Gu Huai'an is heir to a wealthy family.
Bye Mr. IceGina spent five years being the wife he settled for. Now she's letting her sister have the man she never really wanted. And he's discovering that some voids can't be filled, especially when the person who filled them is gone forever.
Crowned by PoisonEleanor is the wife of General Holloway, treated as the mistress of his house, and no one in it crosses her.
She came there through a marriage arranged for someone else. Her stepmother pushed her into taking the other bride's place. Before that she had spent ten years as a test subject for a poisoner, poisoned again and again as a matter of routine, and she had stopped expecting to live through it. The poison in her body turned out to be the one thing that could cure Holloway, and she became his antidote. She is now doted on in the Holloway residence.
Spoiled by Four Mothers-in-LawSeraphina wants to hold on to the position she has just been handed, wife in the Shen family, the richest family in the south. She was an office worker in the present day and woke up in ancient times as a bride. The marriage was arranged to bring luck to the Shen heir, who is sick. The old master of the family has just died, and the house is run by four mothers-in-law known for being hard to deal with. The Song family was supposed to give the Shens its own daughter and did not want to, so Seraphina, the adopted daughter, went to the wedding in her place.
She decides to treat the marriage as a job and do it properly. Her husband turns out to be faking his illness. The act is how he keeps the four women in the house at bay, and on top of that he has a second identity that he hides. When she flirts with him and then tries to back away, he blocks her and says, "Woman, tonight's task is to produce an heir." The four mothers-in-law, for their part, take to her and compete over who gets to spoil her.
The Substitute BrideMaid Evelyn loves Duke Alistair for 10 years. Forced to marry when her sister flees. Abused, framed, thrown from tower, loses twins. She fakes death, returns as High Alchemist, exposes sister's dark-mage affair. Rejects Alistair, throws his ring, sails away.Married to a Fool, Loved Like a QueenBetrayed by fiancé Ares who used her as his lover's shield, Diana switches brides at the wedding and marries "foolish" Crown Prince Anders. Her kindness heals him while Ares discovers she was his true savior. Anders recovers, becomes king, and crowns her queen.Our Brief Joy, Our Lasting SorrowVivian Winters discovers that the guard she loves is actually the Dragon Realm’s commander, using her to pursue her sister Cecilia. Heartbroken, she ends their relationship and becomes the bride of the feared commander Kayson Shaw. In her new life, Vivian rebuilds herself with courage and wisdom, earning true love and respect while Lucien realizes too late that she was his true savior.Betrayed HeiressIn a post-apocalyptic sanctuary, Elaira Valen is framed by fake heiress Celeste and exiled for five years. Returning scarred, she severs family ties and is forced to marry Blackridge commander Kael. With his respect, she uncovers the truth, clears her name, and builds a new life on her own terms.My Fake Rival Became Dangerously RealMia marries cold billionaire Adrian as a substitute bride after her sister elopes. Three years later, she fakes a lover to provoke him, unleashing his hidden obsession. He always loved only her.
How to Become a Dragon's Only OneScarred and magic-sealed by jealous Vivianne, Evelyn loses her Saintess title and enters Dragon Castle as a mere companion. But wounded Dragon King Alexei finds only she can calm his fury, and she may be his fated Saintess and mate.
The Demon's PreyLily, a physician from a fallen noble family, is forced to marry Dominic, the fearsome "Bloodthirsty Duke" of the North, as a substitute bride. On their wedding night, he gives her the "Heart-Devouring Elixir"—a deadly wager: if she falls in love within thirty days, she dies. Yet Dominic never relinquishes his physical possessiveness over her. Deep in the ancient castle, amid mutual wariness and testing, a tug-of-war between desire and emotional restraint unfolds.
Groom of the Beast‑KingYoung human Lynn cross-dresses as a woman and ventures into the orc realm to save his sister. At an auction, he accidentally triggers a Fated Bond with the ruthless Beast King. From hiding his male identity to laying their hearts bare, Lynn successfully turns the Beast King’s heart, sparking a romantic comedy of mutual devotion.
Pharaohs_Caged_LoverIn the palace of Thebes, Kael, Egypt’s fiercest guard, is Pharaoh Alexander’s secret plaything. When Alexander chooses the scheming Juliet over him, Kael risks his life to cure the Pharaoh—only to have Juliet steal the credit. Betrayed again, Kael fakes his death and escapes. Too late, Alexander learns the truth and vows to bring him back.
The Wrong BrideBanished to marry a crippled miner, unloved Elena accidentally rises as the empire's supreme Queen. Returning home with her son six years later, she faces her toxic family's ruthless mockery—until her royal identity drops, unleashing a brutal blood-revenge that annihilates them all!
The Empress’s Secret OmegaIn the Selene Empire, female Alphas rule and female Omegas are treated as inferior. When her twin brother flees his engagement to ruthless Empress Ella, Sophia cuts her hair, hides her identity, and takes his place to save her family—only to learn Ella already knows the truth and has reserved all her love and privilege for her.
The Vampire Duke’s Crimson BrideTo save her grandmother, fallen heiress Elena becomes the bride of feared vampire duke Victor Dracula. Her dawn-blood alone can soothe his deadly curse. As jealous nobles, blood hunters, and the elder council try to tear them apart, their bargain becomes true love. A staged death awakens his royal blood—and their reunion brings sunlight to the Black Rose Castle.
Cast‑Off Bride: My Max‑Level Kid And My Revenge ComebackCast off by her family, Lilian marries a banished duke in her stepsister's place—with her son Reo. When Reo awakens a storage power, they strip the Duke's manor bare under the guards' noses and steal her family's secrets. Lilian's hidden agent skills shield them from a cruel officer. In the frozen North, as everyone starves, she pulls warm feasts from thin air. But when a madman recognizes her tattoo, the truth behind the Duke's treason unfolds.
Accidentally Pregnant with the Dragon King's BabyCursed by dragon flame, the Dragon King discovers his cure on a fateful night—a moon elf named Eileen. She flees while pregnant. Her adoptive sister usurps her crown. Now, their one-year-old child's dragon flame shakes the entire empire. But with the false queen's constant interference, can he discover that Eileen is his cure—and that the child is his own daughter?
The Tyrant’s Regret: His Misjudged First LoveMarriages in this kingdom go by rank, and a family can hand a daughter to the crown whether or not she agrees. Thea and Kyle were together as teenagers and swore on a ring over it. His family's standing put an end to that.
Ten years on, Thea's family marries her to the king, and the king turns out to be Kyle, who has no memory of her. What he does to her at the palace is enough that she leaves it, and she is pregnant when she goes. She is sold to an old count before she can get clear. Kyle has the truth by then and goes after her and the child.
Claimed by the Lion: His Deceptive QueenAlice, Aurora's twin, kills Sius's sacred serpent and flees, forcing Aurora to take her place as the Beast King's bride. Aurora defends Sius from humiliation, stirring his cold heart. Set drugs her, but Sius rescues her. When Set exposes the swap, Sius draws his sword—then sees the scar on his chest, the one Aurora healed on the battlefield ten years ago. He was the boy she saved. He searched a decade. The lie ends; love begins.
Too Late, My PrinceTwelve years ago, Princess Cassandra of Achaea saved Leon, Crown Prince of Mycenae, but her sister Lila stole the ruby laurel crown and was mistaken for his savior. After years of betrayal, favoritism, and Leon’s cruelty, Cassandra gives up on him and agrees to marry the King of Thrace. Only after she leaves does Leon discover the truth. Devastated, he punishes everyone who wronged her—only to learn she is about to marry King Batus.
Dumped by My Ex，Married to His Billionaire BossA country girl is forced to marry a powerful heir in place of her cousin, terrified by rumors of his illness, poor sight, and ruthless temper. To her surprise, the man everyone fears treats her with unexpected gentleness. When his sight is about to return and another woman tries to drive her away, a pregnancy test pulls them back together and he finally brings his lost wife home.
Rejected SelenaUsed as a human shield by her fated mate, Selena endures brutal torture for her evil sister. Heartbroken, she drinks poison to shatter their bond and marries a crippled prince. As she heals him and conquers the throne, her ex discovers she was his true savior. He descends into fatal, bloody madness to steal her back—but it’s too late.Rejected SelenaUsed as a human shield by her fated mate, Selena endures brutal torture for her evil sister. Heartbroken, she drinks poison to shatter their bond and marries a crippled prince. As she heals him and conquers the throne, her ex discovers she was his true savior. He descends into fatal, bloody madness to steal her back—but it’s too late.
The Alpha’s Forbidden Vampire BrideAlpha King Lucan took the Vampire Castle. He then demanded a marriage. Princess Vesper was sent in place of her sister Elena and married him against her will.
A century earlier, Vesper had saved Lucan's life. He did not recognise her. The moon mark that would have identified her had scarred over, so he took her for an impostor.
Lucan's brother accused Vesper of treason and had her sent to execution. Lucan took her from the execution and stated in front of the others that she belonged to him.
The Sea Princess in Disguise!A sea princess in disguise enters a royal manor as a bride for hire just to escape trouble back home. The prince she's meant to save is poisoned and running out of time. Someone inside the manor knows what she really is and wants her exposed... But does the prince already know her secret too?
The Secret Side of My Rich HusbandTo save her critically ill mother, Nancy marries Gene in her stepsister's place. Everyone believes he's the black sheep of a wealthy family, but she discovers a kind husband instead. As she joins her dream company, she uncovers his biggest secret: Gene is its mysterious billionaire founder. But what is he really after?
No place for his late loveCynthia exposed the God of War's lies and married the Underworld God's son. She healed her true love and found happiness. The regretful Aethon could never win his wife back and eventually vanished. The heroine began a new life.
Fated to Meet, Doomed to PartVivian was betrayed by fiancé Felix for "true heiress" Alisa. On the wedding day, her parents forced her to marry Justin, who is a jinx. She chose Felix anyway, endured three years of coldness, then died heartbroken when he begged her to sacrifice for him and Alisa. Reborn, she chose to be with Justin, becoming Felix's sister-in-law...
The Leopard King's Runaway BrideMonths of uncertainty about her baby's father lead a pregnant woman to the feared Leopard King. When he learns she carries his child, he sends people to find her, while she moves between hiding places to escape the most dangerous man in the Empire.
Frozen Heart and the Alpha's FlameNaomi Azure was born without a wolf, and her pack has spent years abusing her for it. She agrees to marry Julian Cinder, the Alpha everyone calls brutal, mostly to get out. The marriage is arranged for convenience and then it isn't, because Julian turns out to be her fated mate. Protecting her costs him: he is condemned to death, and the sentence is to be carried out with a silver bullet. Naomi's need to reach him wakes something that has been inside her the whole time, the most powerful white wolf anyone has seen. The bullet is fired and she comes through the door.
Magicless Bride, Powerful RiseEvelyn is born into a noble house in a world where magic decides everything, and she is born without a mark. The law says the Markless are put to death. Her family passes her off into a marriage with Lucian, who everyone calls a monster, and the match is treated as a way to be rid of her rather than a match at all. She lives with him expecting to be handed over or worse.
Lucian protects her instead. Her magic wakes while she is under his roof. The two of them go back through the death of her mother and find that it was murder, and the trail runs into the same bloodline law that condemned her. Evelyn breaks the rule that has stood for centuries, and Lucian stays with her through it.
Replacing My Sister, the Knight for Me Wept in RegretSylvia's father beat her. Thorne, the man she was with, betrayed her. Her stepsister Lyra was the one meant to be married into Fantasy Forest, and Sylvia was sent in her place. Her blood woke the Elf King Eziel, who had been sleeping. He took her under his protection and came to love her. Thorne found out what had happened and wept over it. Sylvia turned him away. She brought into the open a plot laid by a king and began preparing to take the throne beside Eziel.
The Love Rewrite: 5 Days to GoFive days before her wedding, Vanessa learns her fiancé, Charles, plans to drug her to fulfill his former love's dying wish. As Charles returns with regrets, what will she choose between past lies and real love?
My Ex-Husband Is Too ClingyOn their wedding night, the woman discovered she’d married a disfigured heir. Though terrified, she still cared for him when he was in danger. This sparked the interest of the handsome man—who’d been faking his ugliness—in her. Little did he know, when the truth came to light, he’d be in for a long journey to win her back.
The Mystic Bride Who Defied DeathAfter reviving her dead fiancé with underworld ties, sheltered martial arts prodigy Miranda trades mountain austerity for eternal luxury.
Trapped in a Novel, Married to a WarlordTricked into marrying a ruthless warlord, Bianca uses future knowledge to survive—unaware he recognizes her by the song she hums!
Hit the Jackpot! My Broke Chef Husband Is a Billionaire?!A marriage promise made to a sick mother comes due, and Anna's stepfather sees money in it. He raises his price on the arrangement. Anna takes her mother's place as the bride and signs the marriage contract with the humiliation of it, and her fiance decides she is after money.
The fiance is Frank, who turns up looking like a chef who has gone bankrupt. What no one knows is that behind the apron he runs a food empire that operates worldwide, and he is watching the substitute-bride arrangement play out from the inside. Underneath the marriage are family schemes and business plotting that go back more than one generation.
Don't Mess with the MadamRaised in the mountains, the invincible but naive Yardena is forced down by an arranged marriage. Overwhelmed by modern technology in Dragon City, she believes everyone is powerful and danger lurks everywhere. Arriving at the Qi Group, she finds her betrothed, Quincey, already in his coffin! Desperate, Yardena reveals her "underworld connections" and revives him with a kiss. Now with a powerful husband, Yardena embarks on a life of luxury. Meeting Candy, Steven, and Aria along the way, her past begins to catch up with her present, forcing her to make a choice.
Betrayed by My Wife, Nowhere to BelongSimeon married into the General's mansion in place of his younger brother, but his wife Yasmine took the Purple Rhinoceros Pill for her true love, turning him into a laughingstock. Simeon endured in silence, only to be cruelly poisoned by Yasmine—and his child was killed. In the end, the Empress revealed his true identity, punished Yasmine severely, and Simeon's fate was completely reversed.
Taming a Fussy Billionaire: My Chef BrideAbandoned by her family, the heroine grew up mastering cuisine under a legendary chef. When she descended the mountain, she met the hero—an anorexic man searching for her master, who turned out to be her arranged husband. After finally tasting her cooking, he was cured. Despite interference from his first love, she returned to save his culinary career. Together, they found their way to love.
The Substitute Bride: Unveiling Her Countless SecretsCan't help falling for my magical substitute bride!
Fortune from MisfortuneAfter losing her parents and fortune, Teresa Mung is adopted by her cruel aunt, Faye Sung, and lives as a servant. As an adult, Teresa's cousin, Camila Leung, is betrothed to the notorious Bruce Hon for a business alliance. Faye devises a scheme to have Teresa marry Bruce instead. As Teresa enters the high society, she faces a life of luxury mingled with secrets. Will she uncover the truth behind her parents' deaths and navigate her new life?
The Substitute BrideMarried off in her stepsister's place, Gracelyn never expected to find love with her rugged yet gentle husband!
Every Sunday, Run to YouI'm Pauline. When my sister disappears on her engagement day, I become the substitute bride of ruthless billionaire William. He insists on a "Sunday Ritual" every week to learn what married couples do. It starts with a kiss and turns into a desire I can't resist—until my sister returns.Mafia Heiress Marries a Cripple, Actually a Hidden BossSwitched at birth, true heiress Elsa is raised by mafia boss Morgan Voss and returns to avenge her abused birth mother. Married to disabled heir Ethan Garcia in her impostor's place, she uses him for revenge while he probes her—until love blooms. When Elsa's mafia identity surfaces, Ethan drops his act, and they crush the Evans and Smith clans together.The War God's Arranged BrideForced by her stepsister into marrying a crippled Alpha, human Evelyn becomes the kingdom's biggest joke. What no one knows — her wheelchair-bound husband is the last Lycan War God, hiding in plain sight. When her family pushes her to walk through fire, Alexander unleashes his fury to destroy the shifter nobles, all to shield the one human bride he'd burn the world for.
Substitute Bride Turned Moon Goddess QueenEvelyn, an illegitimate daughter without the wolf spirit, is forced to take her elder sister's place and marry Kane, the Ice Wolf King rumoured to kill his partners on their wedding night. She once thought she was nothing but a sacrifice, only to discover that she possesses the lost bloodline of the Moon Goddess. Her true fated mate happens to be the prime suspect in her mother's murder.
Switched Bride, Secret Warlord SonAfter Little Sis swaps the marriage contract, Clara Sullivan must marry a “Fool”, unaware he’s the Military Governor’s hidden heir and the Hidden Dragon Society Chairman. Hiding her strength, she helps him seize power as Little Sis binds herself to a traitor. When his identity is exposed, who will rule?
His Curse, My DestinyHalf-blood Beta Luna is sacrificed to the terrifying Shadow Lord Kael, only to discover she can cure the deadly curse haunting him. Thrust into a brutal competition among nobles, Luna is mocked as a fake... until a mysterious masked High Lord steps forward and reveals who truly stands behind her.(Dubbed) Married To The Blind BillionaireForced to replace her selfish cousin, a poor girl marries a terrifying, blind billionaire. Expecting a monster, she instead finds a deeply gentle and protective husband. But when his sight returns, the evil cousin returns to steal her place and kicks her out! Hiding a secret pregnancy, she runs away. Will the powerful CEO find his true love?
love me againA girl saves a boy's life in a fire. They part with matching pendants. Years later, he is a CEO who can't find her. She is forced into an arranged marriage with him. A melody unlocks his memory. The pendant reveals the truth. She was there all along.