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A realist novel is a type of literature trying to present life as it actually is and it is also known as urban novels, which was popular at Victorian age to reflect urban life at that period. Just as the saying goes, literature originates from what happened in life but beyond that. It’s an appropriate description of realistic novels. Main characters in urban novels are often shaped by writers based on someone’s characteristics in real life. You will experience another life and learn about something from the main characters’ experience in stories.
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SECRETLY THE WEALTHIEST MAN.
Elijah decoyed as a street begger to find out about the real character of the woman who was betrothed to him- the future matriarch of the Stone family. But Elijah found out that Kate is a covetous pest who is only after the family's wealth.
Worst yet, when Elijah proposed to her as an ordinary person, Kate humiliated him publicly in the restaurant, calling him all sort of odd names.
“You!?! A beggar!? Over my dead body will I marry someone like you!! You're a scum!!" She spat derisively.
It was after then Elijah met Rose, a struggling kind banker who has a dream of building her own business empire.
Elijah reset his game of Trail to know if she's just like Kate and secretly, he helped her attain her dream but Kate won't let Elijah off the hook easily, always appearing to sabotage his plan and humiliate him but she never knew he has a secret identity which would shock everyone to the marrow!
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THE RISE OF DAVID LANCASTER
All my life, I’ve been a struggling college student, fighting tooth and nail just to make ends meet. Earning a scholarship to the most prestigious university in the country was my greatest achievement—but it also made me a target. To the wealthy elite who ruled the campus, I was nothing more than an outsider, the "poor scholarship kid" who didn’t belong. Every day, I endured their mockery, their whispers, and their cruel pranks.
But everything changed with one phone call.
One call that turned my world upside down. One call that rewrote my destiny.
In an instant, I went from being the poorest student on campus to someone they never saw coming. And now, it's my turn to change the game.
630
Lucas Foden: The Hidden Legacy
Lucas had been living the life of a destitute; a lowly live-in son-in-law who suddenly got divorced by his wife even after all the sacrifices he made for her.
Just when he thought that his life was about to come to an end, everything changed and it was time to have his revenge.
“We shall rule the world together, brother!” Logan said to him, and that was the beginning of the unimaginable conquest of the Medical God!
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FROM ASHES TO EMPIRE
Ethan Valor was once humiliated, mocked, and discarded by those closest to him—his wife, Victoria, and her powerful family, the Lornes. Branded weak and incompetent, he was fired from the family conglomerate and replaced by Victoria’s ex-boyfriend, billionaire Damian Cross. Everyone thought they had stripped him of his potential… but they had only awakened a relentless fire within him.
Retreating into obscurity, Ethan quietly rebuilt his empire, investing in technologies, acquiring strategic assets, and amassing wealth at a pace no one could anticipate. While Victoria and her family celebrated his absence, their empire slowly became unknowingly dependent on the very man they had scorned.
When Ethan returns, he is no longer the meek man they knew—he is a trillionaire, untouchable, and commanding power that stretches across industries and nations. The Lornes and Victoria come begging, but Ethan’s revenge is precise: he buys out their companies, ruins his enemies, and demonstrates that humiliation is the catalyst for unstoppable greatness.
From Ashes to Empire is a story of patience, vengeance, and ultimate triumph—a testament to intelligence, strategy, and unyielding ambition.
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Vengeance In His Veins
Lucas Abnett, the aimless son of a business tycoon, finds a new sense of purpose when he meets Sophia Burner, who inspires him to take an interest in his family’s empire. But his world is shattered when Sophia betrays him, assisting Viktor Drago, the leader of a shadowy organization, in a brutal attack that leaves Lucas' entire family dead. Barely surviving with the help of his father’s loyal bodyguard, Kenji Kishimoto, Lucas is left scarred—both physically and emotionally.
Driven by revenge, Lucas spends five years training under Kenji, adopting a new identity as Levi Kishimoto. With his new skills in martial arts and business, Lucas returns to America determined to bring Drago and Sophia down.
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FROM RAGS TO THE THRONE
Adrian Kane sat in silence as his wife’s voice sliced through the air.
"You are nothing but a gold digger. Sign the damn papers, Adrian. I’m done clothing and feeding you."
He stared at her, the faintest smirk playing at the corner of his lips. She didn’t know. Not about the penthouse they were standing in, not about the company logo stitched into her designer dress, his company’s logo. And definitely not about the fact that the man she’d been sleeping with had been losing millions to him for months.
Adrian picked up the pen.
“Oh, Selena…” he whispered, signing the papers.
“You have no idea what you’ve just done.”
Ten years of lies. One ruthless betrayal. And a comeback that will shatter everything.
Adrian Kane spent a decade living as a nobody beside the woman he thought he loved. But when she hands him divorce papers and calls him a gold digger, she has no idea that she’s just signed her own downfall.
Because Adrian isn’t poor, he’s the billionaire CEO she’s been working for, the owner of the house she lives in, and the man her new lover has been losing to for years.
Now, with a new wife at his side and the truth in his hands, Adrian will dismantle the world his ex-wife thought she ruled. But in this game of power, love, and betrayal… even billionaires aren’t safe from heartbreak.
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PRISON KING'S RETURN
Drayce Ashborn was sent to one of the deadliest prisons alive, to find a master whose skills could complete his training. For five long years, he lived in isolation, sharpening his mind and body, never seeing the outside world… or the man he was meant to meet.
Then, one day, a mysterious woman appeared, seeking to dissolve a marriage pact with him. Faced with this unexpected encounter, Drayce steps outside the prison walls for the first time in years, determined to cancel all the marriage agreements tied to his name.
But freedom comes with complications. Powerful families, ruthless schemers, and secrets from his past lurk at every turn. In a world where influence and power dictate fate, can Drayce reclaim control of his life or will the pacts he tries to break drag him back into chaos?
634
The fortune's deadline
In a gritty urban world where dreams drown faster than the desperate, Jason Hale is a forgotten orphan with no family, no future, and now just 60 days to live. Diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, his only light is girlfriend Stephanie Scott—the woman he plans to marry before the end. But when he discovers her betrayal with a wealthy rival, despair drives him to leap into an empty hotel pool, clutching his grandfather's mysterious cross necklace.
As water fills his lungs, the cross activates: a holographic system screen materializes, binding him to "Fortune's Deadline"—60 days to amass riches or perish. Complete meaningful tasks for wealth and lifespan extensions; fail, and penalties strip away time, memories, and secrets. With clear rules (no exploits, strategic growth only), hidden costs (erased pasts tying to his unknown parents), and escalating rewards (millions and months added), Jason rises from penniless delivery boy to empire-builder.
But as fortune flows, betrayers close in, and the system's true source whispers of a larger conspiracy. Will Jason rewrite his fate, reclaim his love, and uncover his orphan origins before the clock hits zero? In this high-stakes progression tale of empowerment and suspense, every decision buys time—or buries it forever.
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Infinite Wealth App: I Become A Tycoon After Divorce
Despised by his wife she asked for a divorce after bringing another man home into their bed.
The heavens seem to roar in fury and when thunder struck his phone, a new app was installed.
*Infinite Wealth App: Congratulations New User, let's begin your rise to glory!*
*Ding! New car has been awarded!*
*Ding! User's bank account has been credited!*
*Ding! Property awarded to user!*
*Ding! Complete tasks and receive massive rewards!*
When his ex wife sees him rise, she falls to her knees in regret. Those who put him down wish they could turn back the hands of time.
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From Death To Wealth
Bruce Baron was nothing more than a cleaner struggling to keep his sick father alive. Mocked by the rich, humiliated by his ex-fiancée, and falsely accused of theft at an elite engagement party, Bruce’s life spiraled into ruin. Framed by the powerful Richardson family and given an impossible choice by a corrupt mayor to pay a one-million-dollar fine or spend ten years in prison. Then everything changed.
After collapsing from grief and exhaustion, Bruce awoke in a luxury hospital, only to discover a truth that would shake his world: he’s not a nobody, he’s the long-lost heir to the trillion-dollar Baron Consortium. His real mother, Lady Scarlet, has finally found him after twenty-five years of hiding him from murderous family enemies.
Now reborn into wealth and power, Bruce has only one mission: vengeance. With money, influence, and a new identity, Bruce begins his revenge. The same people who spat on him will now kneel. The ex-fiancée who betrayed him, the landlord who destroyed his family, the corrupt mayor who chose status over justice; all have debts to pay.
But revenge comes at a cost. As Bruce climbs the ladder of power and dominance, will he remain the same man his father raised? Or will he lose himself in the world of wealth and wrath?
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I Am Back
His girlfriend cheated on him with someone rich. His boss also fired him at work, tossing coins at him.
But as he left, his life changed.
Now, he's back for revenge.
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Calvin's Industry
Nathan and the others called Calvin a nobody. They destroyed his reputation, openly insulted his wife and publicly dishonored his late mother. Nathan was a billionaire with the entertainment world wrapped around his fingertips, while Calvin was the fallen industry superstar who now had nothing to lean on.
However, to everyone's surprise, Calvin got fed up with the attacks against his family and suddenly declared war on Nathan, revealing that he too has secret weapons no one saw coming.
When billionaires clash for complete control of the music industry, only one man will survive. Nevertheless, Calvin's enemies are yet to know his most dangerous secret yet…
Just who is Calvin Constantine?
645
HEAVEN'S FORSAKEN SON
Arin was born with crippled meridians. He was mocked, beaten, and cast aside as the shame of his clan.
But on the night of his greatest humiliation, when blood soaked the earth and lightening split the heavens, a voice awakened in his soul,
"Ding! Fste-Defying System Activated. New Quest: Survive Against Heavens Will."
From that moment, Arin swore to build his own path. With every wuest completed, his broken body mended and with every energy enemy defeated, his destiny changed.
631
The Pauper Who Ruled the Campus
Marcus Griffin was nothing but a joke at Elite-Star University.
A poor scholarship student forced to scrub floors, run errands, and bow his head to billionaire heirs, campus royalty, and the daughter of a feared professor. He endured every insult for one reason—survival. Even the girl he loved treated him like a stepping stone to something better.
Then, in a single day, everything was taken from him.
Public betrayal. Public humiliation. His girlfriend accepted another man’s proposal in front of the entire class. His scholarship was revoked. His expulsion announced. His life erased.
But as Marcus ran with nothing left to lose, the truth found him.
He was never poor.
He was never weak.
He was the sole heir to the Griffin Empire—a hidden power controlling unimaginable wealth, corporations, and global influence. With one phone call, fortunes shifted. With one card, rules were rewritten.
Marcus returned to campus quietly… patiently.
Let them mock him again.
Let them underestimate him.
Behind the scenes, he dismantled empires, exposed corruption, ruined billionaires, and turned enemies into kneeling wrecks. From boardrooms to car shows, from classrooms to global markets, his revenge was precise, merciless, and absolute.
They laughed at a pauper.
They created a ruler.
643
The Campus Guard is a Retired God of War
They call him the "Watchdog of the West Gate." To the wealthy students, Alistair Cain is a joke—a dropout husband living off his brilliant professor wife, tasked with nothing more than checking IDs and chasing stray dogs off campus. To his wife’s powerful family, he is a stain on their reputation, a useless son-in-law who should have been discarded years ago.
But they don’t know why the West Gate is the only place on campus where the shadows never move. They don’t know that the "stray dogs" he chases are actually Hellhounds trying to breach the mortal realm. And they certainly don’t know that Alistair is actually the Calamity Star—the exiled God of War serving a 1,000-year penance to suppress the ancient evil beneath the university library.
When the seal begins to crack and the elite families of the city become pawns in a demonic war, the useless security guard finally stands up. "You can insult me all you want," Alistair says, adjusting his uniform cap. "But step one foot past this gate, and not even the Heavens can save you."
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THE RETURN OF LIAM REYES
Everyone thought he was a useless son-in-law, a penniless man living off his wife’s family. For years, he endured the insults and the relentless scorn from his in-laws, especially his mother-in-law, who never missed a chance to humiliate him.
“You’re nothing but a parasite,” she spat one day. “Leave my daughter at once! She deserves someone better.”
And so he did… but not in the way anyone expected.
Three days later, a convoy of luxury cars arrived at their doorstep. Security guards opened the door with military precision. Out stepped the same “useless” husband but now in a designer suit, wearing an air of command and confidence that silenced everyone. The truth had finally surfaced: he wasn’t just rich, he was the wealthiest man in the world, a hidden titan who had chosen a quiet life for reasons only he understood.
The mother-in-law turned pale. “Please,” she begged, trembling. “Don’t leave my daughter. We didn’t know who you really were…”
Too late.
The tables have turned, and the man once ridiculed is now the one holding all the power. But he doesn’t seek revenge, only justice and respect.
10
The Four-Star-General Returns
“Why did you crash the Pearson-Uyor engagement party?” reporters asked
“I only ended a charade” was Nathan’s reply after he revealed his true identity at the engagement party of his ex-girlfriend and his rival’s son.
Elena Pearson ended her relationship with Nathan Ford because she didn't want social stains. Unknown to her, Mr Pearaon orchestrated everything that happened with Four-Star-General Uyors who was threatened by Nathan’s promotion in the army and forged toxicology reports that showed Nathan was into drugs in the military.
The Secretary of Defense had to make Nathan a Veteran despite being suspicious. When Uyors noticed he was suspicious, he killed the Secretary of defense.
As the Secretary of Defense was dead, Nathan knew he had to leave Washington for safety.
He came back three years later as the Chairman of Nathan Ford’s Tech and the biggest bodyguard company deep rooted in 15+ States in the US.
“Now, every secret you buried will be unearthed”
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The Invincible son-inlaw's Secret Identity
For three years, Ethan Reed lived as the perfect servant in his own marriage;the mocked son-in-law, the “useless” orphan, the man the wealthy Thompson family spat on like dirt on their shoes.
They made him clean their floors, scrub their dishes, serve their guests, and sit in silence like he didn’t exist.They threw insults, orders, and even money at his face.
And Ethan endured it all…not because he was weak,but because he was waiting.
Waiting for one message.
One signal,one word.
BEGIN!
The moment it arrived, everything changed.
The pain in his bones vanished.
His strength surged,his real identity—buried for years rose beneath the humiliation they fed him.
But Margaret Thompson, the ruthless matriarch, didn’t know that when she demanded Ethan sign the divorce and “disappear like trash,”
she wasn’t removing a stain…she was releasing a storm.
Clara, Ethan’s wife;the only one who ever showed him a shred of kindness—watched helplessly as her family crushed the man she secretly still loved.But soon, she will learn who Ethan truly is,because the man they called a servant., laughed at,thought was powerless is about to rise from the ashes they buried him in.
When Ethan Reed returns—not as the Thompson family’s son-in-law, but as the man behind an empire,the city will tremble.
***
They forced him out of their house.
Now they will kneel in his.
The divorce papers are signed… and the man they mocked is finally unleashed.Three years of humiliation. Three years of being treated like nothing.Now the hidden billionaire rises from the ashes.
“She left me broken. Now she’ll watch me rule.”
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Charismatic Shoemaker Lloyd
In a world ruled by wealth and power, Benton Lloyd is a street-born shoemaker with a dream to rise above his rags and claim a name of his own. Working in the shadow of the Tyson family’s luxury shoe empire, Benton pours his heart into a groundbreaking design, his ticket to proving he’s more than the street rat they mock. But when the ruthless Mr. Tyson and his smug son Harris steal his work to claim the spotlight, Benton’s future crumbles. But what he didn't see coming was the secret about himself and his unique talents. Benton embraces who he really is, unlocks a path to massive wealth. He'll make them eat their words with a fortune they'll never match.
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House of Alister: The Hidden Heir
Daniel Reed has always been the outsider, a poor man married into one of the city’s richest families, constantly looked down on by his in-laws. But one night, a call from the hospital changes everything.
A stranger approaches him with shocking news: Daniel is not who he thinks he is. He is Daniel Alistair, the long-lost heir to the powerful Alistair empire.
Overnight, the man they mocked becomes the man who owns everything.
And this time, Daniel isn’t walking away quietly.
Now everyone must pay.
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