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All In for a LifetimeIn a haunted gambling session, Charlotte, Julian, Vera, and Oliver battled fiercely over chips and life energy. Deadly confrontations, psychological warfare, and mystical duels ensued. Charlotte used a Yin-Pact Severance to save her mother and turn the tide. Some triumphed, others begged for mercy. Was the deadly crisis ultimately resolved?
Echoes That ShatterAfter his coronation, Blake Sterling was torn between duty and love. Emily Harrington remained loyal but proud, while Emma and Vera Sutton schemed for power. A mysterious jade pendant revealed secrets of time travel and ignited war. Betrayal and vengeance ensued, ultimately shattering both the pendant and their bonds.
Boy or Girl? Who's the Pro?Lydia’s brother was forced to quit the esports tournament due to an eye injury. To fulfill his dream, Lydia disguises herself as a boy to join an esports team. She rises to fame overnight and makes it to the Finals. But problems follow: now living under the same roof with three male teammates, how can she keep her secret that she's actually a girl?
The Jade Ring of LoveJa-young, a woman who quit her career for 30 years, uses a magical ring inherited from her mother to take revenge on her husband and mother-in-law in this comedy fantasy.
The Walls Between UsWinter trusts her former lover's claim that husband Simon married for her fortune, turning away from Simon and even abandoning their daughter in danger. She does not know Simon has secretly sustained her business while the man she believes is loyal steals both her assets and Simon's research. When the scheme is exposed, remorse cannot restore the family: Simon chooses the woman who long loved him, their daughter accepts a new mother, and Winter is left alone with the consequences.
God Damn KidsJeonghui has spent her life acting as parent to three unruly younger siblings. A terminal diagnosis finally forces this indefatigable older sister and the family she raised to reconsider what they mean to one another.
Go Prodigy: Fight for ClearviewA man who calls himself the Chess Demon needs one thing: his wife is being held by the Chess King, the only person who knows what happened to their missing son, and to get her back he needs someone who can beat the King at go in front of everyone. So he goes through the city challenging players, and the wager he sets is their fingers.
Liam Ellis is eight, and good enough at go that his master, a former go saint, has forbidden him to touch a board for three years. He comes down from the mountain to look for his parents and finds his senior sister staging an attack on her own chess club, which she is doing to keep everyone away from the man taking fingers. The challenger arrives, she loses game after game, and Liam breaks the ban to step in. He wins three in a row and beats the man down completely, and the man kneels and begs him to help save his wife. Liam refuses at first, then hears that the man lost a child and his family, and changes his mind.
After the final match against the Chess King, the King says who Liam is: the son that the Chess Demon and his wife lost nine years ago.
Alliance to Win: From Broken Union to BlissElias Mercer abandons Eleanor Sinclair at their wedding for Julia Foster while still coveting the Sinclair assets that funded him. Eleanor answers by allying with his rival Liam Bradford, whose steady support helps her confront Elias and Julia in business as their strategic partnership begins to warm into love.
Blinded by DeceptionAfter sacrificing a decade and a promising aerospace career for his wife's company, Shen Mo discovers that Lin Nian is cheating with his rival. A bitter divorce leaves him stripped of his assets and forced to endure humiliation as the other man's assistant, but the rival's fraud eventually brings Lin Nian's company down while Shen Mo secures a better future.
Walton's Banquet ShowdownThe Walton family faces fierce disputes over inheritance and status. Amidst severed ties and marriage conflicts, Alexander Stanton and Roger Stanton intervene, exposing hidden truths and resolving tensions at the banquet. Justice prevails, revealing the true identity of key characters.
My Resignation, Your DepressionLucille Holt is engaged to the son of the chairman of Graham Group. To help him, and to prove she can make it on her own, she hides that she is the only daughter of the richest man in the city and takes a job in the company's sales department. She becomes its top seller and brings in half of its business.
The chairman falls seriously ill. He knows the company runs on her figures and on her family's backing, and he tells his son several times to treat her well when the son comes home from studying abroad to take over. The son comes back arrogant and already involved with a woman on the staff. She resents Lucille's numbers and uses his authority to push her down. Lucille refuses to give way and answers back. He sides with the other woman, dismisses what Lucille has brought in, and announces in front of everyone that she is fired.
Word of the insult reaches her father. He arrives at Graham Group with bodyguards, ends every contract with the family, calls off the engagement, and pulls the support that had been quietly propping the company up. With Lucille's identity out in the open, a fight over the succession starts inside Graham Group, the son loses ground, and another member of the family comes forward as heir. Lucille begins digging into the corruption inside the company and who has been behind it, and her family starts short-selling Graham Group's stock.
Five Years to Find YouLeukemia runs in the Seth family, and Rita Seth's father is the one who decides whether the bone marrow transplant that treats it goes ahead. Rita runs Seth Group. Five years ago she got together with Drake Barton, who worked on a construction site, and they had a daughter, Dana. Her father was against the two of them because of the difference in where they came from.
Rita's leukemia came back and her life was in danger. Her father told Drake there would be no transplant unless he left her. Drake agreed to it and went. Rita found out what her father had said and went after Drake. She got there in time to see a car hit him, and she passed out on the street. While she was unconscious her father left Dana at the scene of the accident.
Blue Crush On YouWen Man's father, Wen Boyan, is facing prison on charges that Gu Changqing arranged. Gu Changqing had been Wen Man's boyfriend for years, and she learned on their anniversary that he had gotten engaged to Huo Mingzhu, the daughter of the Huo Group. The lawyer she needs for her father is Huo Shaoting, Huo Mingzhu's older brother and a top lawyer in Hai City. She had already met him once, on a night she drank too much after the engagement came out and ended up in his bed. He took an interest in her after that, though she kept her distance.
Now she tries every way she can think of to get close to him. He wants her for her youth and her body, and he offers his help in exchange for it. Gu Changqing will not let go of her either. The woman Huo Shaoting never got over comes back, and everyone around them gets pulled into the mess. Through all the back and forth, Huo Shaoting starts to feel something for her.
Retreat from the Python NestA corporate retreat descends into terror upon discovering a genetic lab and its monstrous escaped snakes. As colleagues vanish, trust dissolves into betrayal and ruthless self-interest. Stranded in a villa crawling with snakes, every attempt to call for help deepens their conflict. Who can be trusted?
When Love Is GoneIsaac Merrill believes the kidney that saved his life after an accident came from Olivia Hale. It came from Emma Sterling, who gave it and said nothing, and Olivia took the credit for it while working to frame Emma and keep her from the truth.
On the eighth anniversary of Isaac and Emma's relationship, Isaac kisses Olivia in front of a crowd and leaves Emma standing there. Emma walks away from the eight years and marries Gavin Whitaker, the match arranged between the two families. Isaac learns where the kidney came from after that and falls apart. Olivia, once she is exposed, tries a kidnapping and fails at it. At a charity auction Isaac decides to give the kidney back. He spends a long stretch trying to win Emma back, through misunderstandings, revenge, betrayals and trouble around the wedding.
Two Faces: The Teller's FallRiley Miller's bank card vanishes into an ATM after an indifferent service clerk refuses to help, and she then discovers ten thousand dollars missing from her account. Just as the bank leaves her with nowhere to turn, the broken machine begins showering the lobby with cash.
From Heartbreak to HeadlinesAfter realizing the truth about Peter Langley's neglect and Kelly Porter's intrusion, Julie Sanders donates a kidney and divorces him. She then becomes an acclaimed international war journalist. At the celebration party, Julie uncovers a conspiracy and severs ties with Peter, choosing to study abroad. During an awards ceremony, Harold Turner reveals her identity and presents her the top journalism award.
Dad Was a Street KingLeon Hart once ran the Northlands underworld and nobody argued with him. He quit years ago and sells pork now. A group of young thugs comes around demanding protection money, and Damon, who used to work under Leon, turns up with bodyguards and puts a stop to it. Leon tells him why he walked away: he wanted his son Felix to have an ordinary life. Then the phone rings and Felix is in trouble. Three hours earlier Felix had been at a bathhouse with Lillian, a friend he has known since childhood. Casper, Damon's son and the heir to the richest family in town, started on them with his men. Casper's girlfriend turned out to be Tamara, who is engaged to Felix. She looked at his money and took Casper's side in mocking him. For entertainment Casper had Felix and Lillian shut into a sauna turned up high and left them there. Leon reaches the bathhouse, puts Casper's men down without much effort, and forces the sauna door. Casper, cornered, produces an illegal handgun and demands a round of Russian roulette. Leon takes the challenge calmly and tells him what he thinks of his arrogance. Casper's finger is on the trigger when Damon comes through the door with armed men, shouting at his son to lower the gun.
Flip the Day: The Bouquet of RevengeThe bouquet Cora Quinn wants back is carved from glass-grade jadeite, worth millions, and it is the last piece her grandfather ever made. In the life she has already been through it did not stay with her. Elsie Reed, the daughter of the Quinn family's old housekeeper, was shown some kindness and took the jade bouquet, then Cora's fiancé, then her brother. Cora died on the street.
She wakes again on her wedding day with Elsie holding out a plastic bouquet that cost 9.9 yuan. Cora snorts at it. This time she keeps her grandfather's work in her own hands, tells Elsie that the bouquet is a national treasure and that none of them are fit to put a finger on it, and carries it in herself.
Reborn from the Ashes of LiesAfter 33 rounds of IVF, Lily finally achieved her miracle pregnancy. Her joy shattered when she discovered her husband Jack's affair and the devastating truth that the baby wasn't even his. It all turned out to be a scheme. Jack and his mistress, Chloe, were plotting to steal Lily's company shares. Knowing the cruel reality, Lily decided to leave.
Don’t Mess With HerSheila Collin arrives to visit her brother Nathan, and Nathan's fiancee Megan takes her for a poor relation and abuses her in front of the household. Megan does not know that Sheila is the head of the Collins Group. Megan's family had tried to frame Sheila earlier and failed, which is what put the two of them on opposite sides, and Sheila had been away since. She moves against the family's arrangements, protects Nathan's holdings, and at an auction answers the insults from Megan and the people with her by saying who she is and laying out what they have done. A birthday gala follows, and the rest of it comes out there.
Triplets' Revenge: A CEO’s RegretAt university a man fell in love with Aria Denton and never told her. A senior student got to her first, and the two became engaged. On the night of their engagement party the man booked his corporate group's reception into the same hotel. During the party he found out that the fiancé and Aria's younger sister were working together to ruin Aria's name and have her thrown out of the Denton family. He called in his assistant and had the pair put under watch.
That same night he was unwell, went into the wrong room, and slept with Aria. Aria then learned what her sister had done and left the country. She was pregnant from that night, with triplets.
Six years later he is still searching for her. A woman who is infatuated with him gets in the way of the search. Aria comes back with the three children, all of them gifted, and sets about exposing the lies told about her, taking back what was hers, and making the man who set her up pay. The children keep watch over their mother and set tests for their father.
The Closest StrangerA mother sacrifices everything for her family, battling illness and revelations for family reconciliation and connection with her autistic son.
Flowers BloomShelly Lynn lifts coffins at funerals to save her “terminally ill” son. But a shattered marriage certificate, hidden accounts, and a forbidden affair hint at a darker truth. Was her sacrifice ever real? Exposing the truth, she returns to her wealthy family, and files for divorce… He lied for five years. Now, cry me a river!
Her Cruel Revenge: Mistaken IdentityChris Green’s sister, Riley Jackson, was mistaken to be the former’s lover. This angered Janine Shaw, who had a crush on Chris and thought that he was her boyfriend. She tortured and humiliated Riley in public. What would happen when Janine finds out Riley really was Chris’s sister? Would Riley get her revenge?
Embers of LoveMatthew and Nora’s marriage had unraveled under tragedy and betrayal. As family and corporate tensions mounted, a fire and a false-pregnancy scheme deepened the chaos. His mother’s death, inheritance disputes, and an affair with his secretary tore them apart. When the truth emerged, Matthew was filled with remorse…
The Boy Who Made Her QueenWhen Evelyn rescues little Cole from danger, the powerful Hoffman family offers her something unthinkable: control of their empire. A poor woman suddenly wielding unimaginable power.
But her own son Richard and his family have spent years abusing her. And now their cruelty is about to be exposed to the family that can destroy them.
What happens when the woman they tortured becomes the one person they need mercy from?
They Mocked the Wrong WomanAt Summers Department Store, Claire Summers clashes with the Howard family over a stolen and fake bag incident, involving mistaken identity, slander, and family conflicts. After intense arguments and conspiracies are exposed, Claire's real identity is revealed, the Howard family's misconduct is condemned, and family tensions worsen as the truth emerges.
Back to 2002: I Built My EmpireSingle social elite Hanson Craig is reborn in 2002 on his way to college. Armed with the memories of his previous life, he leverages his knowledge to build connections and launch the courier company Rocket 101, capitalizing on the e-commerce boom. But as his success grows, Hanson faces a heart-wrenching dilemma: choosing between the sincere Carmen Swann and his long-cherished first love, Riley Snow.
Heiress at WarKathy Grant exposes Yvonne Carter and her mother's scheme, leading to conflicts over property and identity, involving impersonation, debt collection, and inheritance. The Grant family faces internal strife, including dismissing the butler, tense father-daughter relations, and acts of revenge, revealing a complex web of fraud and familial discord.
Paths of HealingBenjamin Carter, Elaine Ford, and Monica Wilson find themselves embroiled in a conflict sparked by a medical accident and personal grievances. Monica is falsely accused and detained. As multiple factions, including the mayor, cops, and the Special Operation intervene, the power struggle intensifies. Ultimately, Monica's renowned medical skills are unveiled, and Vern Carter passes away due to the medical mishap.
Architect of Her Own DestinyLauren Hayes faces betrayal in work and love, dealing with plagiarism accusations and identity doubts. Reunited with twin sister Abigail Hayes, she exposes Julia Hayes' deceit. With Colin's help, Lauren proves herself, protects the Starshore Tower project, and DAS Design Studio takes over. Lauren grows and resolves conflicts.
Ex Weeps to Win Me BackAmy Sullivan, the hospital’s elite heiress, loved Daniel Harris for 7 years. Then his longtime crush Cindy Carter arrived, fracturing their marriage, and Daniel always took Cindy’s side. When Daniel learns Cindy is a fraud, Amy, scorned but unbroken, has her revenge in motion. The heiress is done playing nice, and Daniel is left to beg for mercy...
The Loyalty GambitThe Commander uncovers traitors at the Riverside Restaurant in Clodway, thwarts Stephen Carter's schemes, and battles corruption to uphold justice.
Golden Eyes 1984: Redeem My FamilyHaunted by his past sins, an old man dies in regret and travels back to 1984—the very day he almost destroyed his family. Now, armed with "Golden Eyes" and future knowledge, Jackson Singh vows to cherish his wife and four daughters. As he builds an empire from scratch, can he protect them from the looming shadows of his past?
Adopted Princess, Cruel BondsMonica Jennings' identity is stolen by Cara Holloway, causing disputes and mistreatment, triggering family conflict with her brother, Henry Jennings. Cara and Derek Rutherford try to leverage the Jennings, leading to impersonation, conflict, and violence. Eventually, Monica's identity is confirmed, and the truth is revealed.
The Secrets She HearsAfter recovering her biological daughter, Tian Yuwei, from a child swap, businesswoman Tian Lu notices that the girl is strangely distant. Her husband persuades her to leave on a business trip, but just before she goes, Tian Lu suddenly hears her daughter’s inner thoughts and learns that Yuwei has returned from a life in which she was abused and killed. Tian Lu stays to protect her, uncover the family’s betrayal, and punish those responsible—including the husband who used her money to support his mistress and diverted resources meant for their daughter to his illegitimate child.
CEO's Accidental MiracleSawyer Hawthorne, president of Hawth Group, is diagnosed with azoospermia and throws away a sperm sample in anger—only for Julie Foster to become pregnant from it. Six years later, Sawyer’s father notices that Julie’s son resembles his own son and secretly orders a paternity test, but loses the report and is dismissed as senile. As Julie struggles with her father’s cancer and her cruel family, she eventually uncovers the truth and reunites with Sawyer to punish those who harmed them.
The DeceptionEleanor Hawthorne was deceived by Simon Preston into believing her parents were in danger. To save them, she was prepared to sell the family fortune. At this time, Eleanor’s husband, Nathaniel Kent, revealed the conspiracy and fought to save the family. The couple clashed over her parents snakebite, the serum, their divorce, and assets. After many misunderstandings, Eleanor finally realized the truth, and her parents were actually alive.
Daughters of Outlaw VillageThe Sutton family had a reputation for cruelty and had raised Aria as their daughter. Their real daughter, Leah, had grown up in Outlaw Village, a place the outside world knew only by its name, and she came back to the Suttons because she needed a billion to build a shrine in the village. Aria and the two Sutton brothers wanted her gone. The brothers took her for an ignorant country girl and sent men to beat her out of the house, which did not go the way they planned, since the village she was raised in is full of martial arts masters.
Leah said plainly that all she wanted was the billion. The fight over the engagement to Aria, over the property and over who Leah really was pulled in the family and her university both. There was a kidnapping in which the Sutton mother was forced to choose between her two daughters. The Suttons tried to use the village against her by exposing what went on there, and what came out was that Outlaw Village guards the border.
Taming My Beast HusbandsHenrieta Farrell, the First Princess, works her younger sister out of every position she can reach. The four beast husbands in the younger sister's household have a count of their own against her, since the Second Princess had spent years abusing them. In an empire where women hold rank and men are kept beneath them, she is filed at F rank and her accounts are empty.
Lucienne Farrell, an office worker, wakes up in that body. She comes into the Godly System, which puts money in her hands. Cecil Windsor, commander of the Wolfdog Legion, is badly wounded when she reaches him. She saves him and pays him ten million for his loyalty. Later she uses a spirit calming technique at S rank on Xavier Hampton, the White Tiger general, while he is in a berserk state with a crowd watching. The men who had wanted nothing to do with her start competing for her, and she has not settled on any of them.
I Crowned My Useless DadWyatt's brother arranged the evidence against him and their father the Emperor confirmed the sentence. Wyatt was taken to the execution ground and made to kneel, and the blade came down.
His wife gave birth in the same hour. The daughter, Lavinia, was the Lion Beast come back, and by the power she was born with the execution did not go through. The Emperor heard the newborn's thoughts while she was thinking them, and after that the rest of the household could hear them too. Lavinia thought and spoke like an adult. The Emperor began giving Wyatt attention he had not given him before.
At the Emperor's birthday banquet the Crown Prince and the Marquis set the terms of a demonstration. Wyatt's wife was in their hands, and Wyatt was told to carry Lavinia out and set her on the ground in front of a caged animal. He set her down, and a white tiger came at her across the floor.
The Crown Prince has gone on moving against the child. The Emperor's favour sits with the man she is up against, three of the divine beasts have not been found, and Wyatt and his wife are coming apart.
Oops the Prince Has a SonThe Crown Prince James Windsor fell in love with a civilian named Cora Barton in Clearwater County. One day, James had to go back to Capital, so he promised that he'd come back for Cora. After James left, Cora found she was pregnant. She waited for six years with her son but James never came back...
The Heart That Waits in VainJeremy married Lana in place of his brother, who had run off. He believed he’d finally win her heart. But then Matthew returned, terminally ill, and Lana abandoned Jeremy to care for him. She even forced Jeremy to donate blood to save Matthew. Jeremy wants to let go, but Lana’s too possessive to allow it. Trapped in love and pain, what can he do?
As Night Devours the BlossomAnna Livingston woke up from being in a coma for five years, she found out that her place in the family was replaced by a girl that her parents had adopted, Zoe Livingston. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing and questioned her parents. Her parents then faked their deaths to teach her a lesson. Would Anna be able to uncover the truth?
Three Souls, One SacrificeMadeline Ashford, Jonathan Drake, and Victoria Wynn are entangled by love, betrayal, and vengeance. Their epic saga great war, reincarnation, a grand wedding, and ultimate sacrifice. Through these trials, they ultimately achieve reconciliation, finding both redemption and profound growth.
Don’t Mess With the Cold Palace ConcubineA woman wakes in the past in the body of an imperial consort who has been sent to the Cold Palace, put there on her wedding night. She decides to leave and needs money to do it, so she begins making things and selling them: a homemade soda, a washing device, small inventions, coin by coin.
The buyer taking an interest in her goods is the emperor. He approaches her as a young guard rather than as himself and sets about winning her over. He then learns that the woman making the inventions is the discarded consort in the Cold Palace and that she is preparing to run, and he stops the escape.
The attempt fails and she is angrier than before. She starts a new round of plans, with new arrangements and other ways out of the imperial city.
Top Researcher: Uncover Betrayal & RevengeTop researcher Lily Chandler seems to have a happy family, but countless secrets lurk beneath this facade. The appearance of another woman, her husband's betrayal, her daughter covered in injuries,—all these push Lily into the abyss. From that moment on, she embarks on a relentless path of revenge...
Rebirth 1996: Wealth, Love and LeisureCarter Green dies under the debt imposed by wife Julie and her brother, seeing too late that Rosie Summers truly loved him. Awakening in 1996 gives him a clear second chance: leave the betrayer and choose the woman who stayed.
Buried by TimeOn their golden anniversary, Mandy accuses her husband of murder. As the trial unfolds, the truth threatens to destroy the entire family.
Left at the AltarRosaline Ellison, the powerful president of Ellison Group, is humiliated when her fiancé Miles Graham leaves her at the altar—for a younger woman, Jill. Furious, Rosaline plans the ultimate comeback at their engagement party… but before she can strike, her own board betrays her and strips her of everything. Dumped, dethroned, and underestimated—Rosaline is about to remind them exactly who they just crossed.
Betrayal & Deception: When Lies UnfoldVance Hale announces he is divorcing his wife at the party for their daughter's first birthday, in front of the guests, and gives his reason: Giselle York has taken to sleeping with a teddy bear the size of a person and has moved him into the guest room. Giselle tells him he is being ridiculous, jealous of a toy. He does not back down. When her assistant speaks up for her, Vance hits him in front of everyone. The York family offers to mediate and he turns them down coldly, hinting that he has someone else now.
The split becomes a public story. Vance is exposed as the one who was unfaithful, and he answers in court by accusing Giselle of improper conduct with the bear, playing a video of her with it that was filmed without her knowledge. Her assistant says what the video shows is postpartum depression, and that Vance has put a secret recording of a sick woman into evidence. The room turns on him, reading the whole thing as a route to a divorce and a share of the York money, and calls for him to be charged.
While they are arguing about it, the bear in the video moves.
On appeal more of it comes apart: the woman Vance was supposed to be involved with is his sister, the nanny describes an attempt to set Giselle up, and a cleaned copy of the video shows a man was inside the bear.
The Empress' ReturnBella Chambers is arrested and nearly executed after being falsely accused of abducting the Empress Dowager, while her family attacks her and Prince Ryan Summers under the same mistaken belief. The Emperor's return exposes the truth: Bella is his Empress and Ryan is the Crown Prince. The revelation brings the separated royal family together and leaves those responsible facing punishment.
The Guard Who Tutored a ChampionRiverford High has a final-year class that no teacher wants. The students are the children of rich families and they do as they please. The school's security guard is Gavin Lister, who took the job under a false identity after leaving Wall Street, where he had been one of the biggest names in finance. Nobody at Riverford knows this. An accident puts him in front of that class as its homeroom teacher. Within a short time the students are obeying him, and their scores go from the bottom of the school to the top. The English teacher falls for him, and so do other women on the staff. Then financiers of the sort Gavin used to face on Wall Street come after the school, and the trouble they bring is larger than anything the class gave him.
Legendary Hacker in the CityIn this story computer security is a business, and a fight over hacking techniques can pull in a whole company. One of the companies caught in such a fight is a network security firm run by a woman chief executive.
John Mercer had been the best hacker in the country before he retired. He set up a shop repairing ordinary computers, and the people who come in know him only as Mr. Mercer. A chance encounter one night with the woman who runs the security firm pulls him into the dispute her company is caught in. Each time she is backed into a corner he steps in with his own skills and gets her out. Along the way he enters a hacking contest and a programming contest, and the team he is on takes home millions.
Revenge of XXL Wife (Thai Ver.)Stella wants her marriage back the way she believed it was. She is an overweight housewife, mocked by the people around her, and her husband Gio has been keeping a mistress, Felicia. Gio leaves her for Felicia, and his mother makes it clear she was never wanted in the house.
Stella changes her body and her bearing and comes back as someone the three of them do not recognize at first. Her childhood friend Nathan, who turns out to be a billionaire, backs her, and the friendship becomes something else. She sets out to make Gio, Felicia and her mother-in-law understand that the woman they threw out is gone.
A Crow in Peacock FeathersWhen a false Crown Princess seizes control of the palace, secrets become deadly and loyalties shatter. Abuse, public disgrace, and ruthless intrigue fuel escalating power struggles. As truth is buried beneath layers of deception, the return of one figure threatens to decide who falls—and who claims the crown...
Back from the Grave to Save the EmpireEmperor Cedric Ashford built an empire. Then someone poisoned him at his own coronation ceremony. Fifty years later, he wakes up—in the body of Dorian, his adopted great-grandson. His actual grandson now sits on the throne, but the empire Cedric bled for is falling apart. Corrupt ministers. Traitors in court. The Northmen circling like wolves. But the Ashford blood doesn't run. While Dorian fights to save Valdris from enemies within and without, he's got one burning question—who killed him? And why?
The Heiress's CounterattackSienna Crawford, the hidden heiress to the Crestview Group, hides her identity to marry Josh Whitman and build a successful law firm together. After she secures a major partnership with her mother's company, an intern steals her credit and poisons Josh's mind against her. Returning home expecting a birthday celebration, Sienna is instead met with a hostile 'trial' orchestrated by those she trusted, forcing her to fight back to reclaim her life.
Undercover Blooms: The Imperial ReckoningSix years after a drugged emperor unknowingly spends a night with Chen Muxue, he is still seeking the woman while she and their son endure abuse in her family home. Their reunion brings him to the Chen estate in plain clothes, where relatives beat and ridicule the man asking to marry her. The dowager empress and imperial court then arrive with the wedding procession, revealing the stranger as Emperor Chu Tiancheng and Muxue's child as his heir.