Urban

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. To know realistic novels’ meaning, you need to read some urban novels by yourself to form a personal understanding. We offer a vast collection of popular realistic novels and books online. Rich reading resources are provided for you to select.
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Fredrick's Betrayal  - Urban novels & stories

Fredrick's Betrayal

Pen-Goddess
Life has a cruel way of humbling even the destined mighty. Frederick Corbin, once heir to one of the wealthiest dynasties, finds himself stripped of power, drowning in debt, and ignored by the very woman he loves. His wife, Sonia, is swept away by fame, charm, and the promise of a glamorous life with a celebrity, while her mother schemes to drive Frederick out of the picture completely. But destiny has a twist. A single miracle shatters the chains binding Frederick’s potential. Overnight, the forsaken man reclaims his rightful place as President of Corbin Holdings, inheriting control of a vast empire worth billions. Now the tables have turned. Sonia, who mocked and abandoned him, is desperate to return to his side. But Frederick has tasted betrayal too deeply to forgive so easily. As enemies circle and hidden truths unravel, one question remains: What will Frederick do when love, power, and vengeance collide?
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Chains of Power - Urban novels & stories

Chains of Power

Ciro-Grip
She believed she was cutting off dead weight. He was only hiding the weight of the world. Selene Carter thought her divorce from Edmond Welder would free her from shame, scandal, and a ruined reputation. What she didn’t know was that her ex-convict husband was not broken, he was bound. Bound by secrets, by missions that forced him into silence, and by a loyalty far greater than his own freedom. Now, as Edmond walks back into the world, not as a prisoner, but as a decorated 7-Star General, betrayals rise from the very family Selene sacrificed him for, and enemies stalk him in the shadows. Caught between two women, a collapsing empire, and the scars of his own heart, Edmond faces the hardest choice of all: live as the disgraced man everyone mocks, or rise as the protector only Selene now realizes she can’t live without. Love. Loyalty. Power. Revenge. The lines blur in this high-stakes tale of shattered trusts, buried truths, and the man who refuses to stay forgotten.
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rise of the underdog  - Urban novels & stories

rise of the underdog

Mystic beauty
To her family, Alexander Chen is nothing more than a polite, struggling marketing coordinator — lucky their daughter hasn’t left him yet. To his wife, Victoria, he’s a convenient placeholder while she laughs a little too loudly at another man’s jokes and slips away for “late meetings.” But Alex has secrets. Behind the patient smile lies a mind sharper than steel and a fortune far greater than anyone suspects. For three years, he’s played the role of the obedient husband, enduring the humiliation, the betrayals, the lies. Now, the mask is coming off. As Victoria falls deeper into David Morrison’s orbit, Alex prepares to show them both what choices cost. Love may have made him weak. Betrayal is about to make him unstoppable. Marriage was her game. War will be his.
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The Heir’s Cold Revenge - Urban novels & stories

The Heir’s Cold Revenge

Healing-Pen
On the day of his graduation, Ethan Cole dropped to one knee before the woman he thought he would spend forever with. But instead of a "yes," her laughter cut through the air, sharp and humiliating. She told him he was unworthy, a nobody scraping by on part-time jobs, unfit to even breathe the same air as her. In front of the entire school, she walked away, straight into the arms of a wealthy heir who showered her with luxuries beyond imagination. What she never knew was that Ethan wasn’t poor at all. His family secretly controlled 70% of the world’s wealth, and by ancient family rule, he had been forced to live humbly until graduation. Now, on the eve of inheriting a global empire, Ethan will rise, not just to claim what is his, but to show the world, and the woman who scorned him, exactly who he is. But as Ethan steps into power, enemies circle. Greedy corporations, shadowy organizations, and even members of his own bloodline want him destroyed. In love and in war, he must navigate betrayal, vengeance, and temptation, while uncovering a darker truth: that power comes with a cost even money can’t pay. His ex thought she rejected a poor man. She had no idea she awakened a king.
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Ruined To Ruthless: Rise Of The Broken Heir - Urban novels & stories

Ruined To Ruthless: Rise Of The Broken Heir

BERACI
They took everything from him, his dignity, his freedom, his name. But when Brian Ashton walked out of prison, he didn’t come out a broken man. He came out to bury them all.
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Exiled Son-In-Law, Supreme General - Urban novels & stories

Exiled Son-In-Law, Supreme General

Joanora Elyse
Everyone saw Maxwell as a worthless live-in son-in-law, an ex-con, a stain on the family name. Even his own wife, the cold and elegant CEO, came to prison just to hand him divorce papers. But what no one knew…was that the “disgraced prisoner” was actually the nation’s youngest Five-Star General, bound by a mission so secret he couldn’t reveal his true identity, even to her. Betrayed, humiliated, and cast aside, he vowed to cut all ties. Yet fate wasn’t done with him. When the wealthy and fiery business queen, daughter of his loyal subordinate, stood by his side, the world finally caught a glimpse of his true power. From boardrooms to battlefields, from family disputes to high-stakes conspiracies, he will rise again…This time, not as a son-in-law, but as the Supreme General the world must bow to.
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SUPREME HEIR REVENGE  - Urban novels & stories

SUPREME HEIR REVENGE

Larisa Wilson
Grey Watson, a seemingly poor man, endures three years of abuse and hardship in his marriage to Sonia Nicole, who despises him for his apparent poverty. Living humbly as part of his grandfather’s test to prove his worth, Grey faces insults from Sonia’s wealthy family. His world shatters when he catches Sonia cheating on him with her boss, Mr. Bobby Loren, at Mul-tax Corp. Humiliated and cast out, Grey’s true identity as Supreme Heir to Watson International Group is revealed. He becomes CEO, secretly acquiring Mul-tax Corp to take revenge on his oppressors. From a mocked “janitor” to a supreme heir, Grey’s journey is one of betrayal, redemption, and triumph. Honoring his grandfather’s wisdom, he overcomes personal battles, emerging as a beacon of strength in a world that once scorned him.
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Parasite: To Kill A Supreme God Of War
 - Urban novels & stories

Parasite: To Kill A Supreme God Of War

PAIGE
He was born out of infidelity.. discarded as a sin because his birth was the death of his father's mistress. Raised in an orphanage, broken, forgotten. This time, he's back.. not as Craig, but as Krazy Guidotti.. the parasite underneath their clothes.
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Buried in shame. Rising in power  - Urban novels & stories

Buried in shame. Rising in power

Sugar boy
To the Dawson family, Ethan Cole is the ultimate disgrace—a broke, useless son-in-law whose only value is doing chores and staying out of sight. For three years, they humiliated him publicly and privately, never imagining he could fight back. But the night a mysterious stranger addresses Ethan as “Young Master”, everything changes. Because the man they mocked is no ordinary nobody. He is the missing heir of a hidden global empire. And now his enemies know he’s alive. Ethan Cole once belonged to the powerful Cole Dominion, a dynasty feared in business, politics, and the underground world. But after a brutal betrayal that nearly cost him his life, Ethan vanished. He walked away from unimaginable power, choosing instead to live a quiet life with Mia Dawson—the one woman who loved him without knowing who he truly was. To protect her, Ethan hid everything: his training, his wealth, his past, and the enemies hunting him. But after being exposed during the Dawson corporate gala, Ethan’s peaceful life collapses. Trained operatives raid their home. Mia watches, horrified, as Ethan defeats them with lethal skill she never knew he possessed. The attack forces her to confront the truth: her “ordinary” husband is someone extraordinary—and dangerously so. As reinforcements close in, Ethan is thrust back into a world he abandoned. Old rivals seek revenge. Loyal protectors return. And Mia struggles to reconcile the man she married with the legacy he carries. With the Dawson family panicking and enemies closing in, Ethan must reclaim the identity he hid—before those coming for him destroy everything he loves. This is the rise of the man they underestimated. The son-in-law they humiliated. The heir they should’ve feared. And Ethan Cole is done running.
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The Hand Of Providence - Urban novels & stories

The Hand Of Providence

Chi-Ink
When a disgraced medic saves the president’s daughter after a fatal crash, the footage goes viral. Overnight, Jason Rodriguez becomes the “Miracle Healer.” The world worships his touch. But the same public that crowns him also cages him, sponsors, political agendas, and old enemies disguised as allies. As Jason rises, his ethics rot. Every life he restores brings another death he can’t explain, another secret buried beneath applause. And when his own heart becomes collateral, he must decide whether the world deserves his healing, or his wrath.
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The Ghost Doctor - Urban novels & stories

The Ghost Doctor

April-Ink
Justin Forbes used to believe in second chances, until the world proved him wrong. Once a promising young medic with unconventional methods, he’s mocked as a lunatic, fired from his job, and abandoned by everyone he trusted, even April, the woman who once swore she believed in him. Branded a disgrace, beaten by the powerful, and left to rot, Justin’s life ends in the alleyways of New York… until a dying girl’s heartbeat changes everything. When Justin revives the Prime Minister’s daughter in a desperate act of instinct, the impossible happens, she lives. His hands burn, his mind fractures, and his gift awakens. The world whispers of a “Miracle Doctor,” but no one knows his face. Now, hidden behind a new identity, Justin becomes the Ghost Doctor, a man whose touch can heal or kill. As he navigates the underworld of medicine, corruption, and betrayal, every life he saves costs him a piece of his own. His former enemies rise to power, his lost love comes crawling back, and a dark government project known as GENESIS hunts the secret in his blood. In a city where saving lives is a business and revenge is currency, Justin Forbes will learn that healing the world might destroy him first. The Hands of Vengeance is a gritty urban medical thriller filled with moral conflict, redemption, and power, where every heartbeat is a secret, every cure has a price, and every touch carries judgment.
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The Forgotten King  - Urban novels & stories

The Forgotten King

King Arinze
Adrian Kane was a man nobody noticed. A supportive husband to Victoria Sterling, a woman climbing to the top of the corporate world. But when Victoria divorces him coldly, Adrian discovers a devastating truth—his mother was murdered by the very family he had tried to help. Armed with evidence of poisoning, corruption, and a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of government, Adrian begins a dangerous game of revenge. As bodies pile up and secrets unravel, Adrian must decide how far he's willing to go to expose the truth, even as the people he trusts most betray him in shocking ways. In a world where power corrupts everything, can one ordinary man bring down an empire?
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Rise Of The Broken Son In Law - Urban novels & stories

Rise Of The Broken Son In Law

Dhellymilly
Life had never been kind to Ethan but nothing compared to the cruelty that followed the day he married Lila Clark. What was meant to be a desperate act of love—to save his dying grandmother—became the single choice that shattered his life.His marriage to Lila was supposed to be salvation. Instead, it was a curse. If he had known it would drag him into a nightmare that would rip his soul apart, he would have let fate take his grandmother rather than bind himself to her.Now, his body breaks and reshapes into something monstrous. His heart grows colder with every scream that leaves Lila’s lips."You’re a monster!" she cries.Yes. A monster forged by her hands, her lies, her betrayal. And monsters always collect their due.
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A LONER - Urban novels & stories

A LONER

OZOMATA
Christian had always been different. From the moment he could remember, he found peace not in crowded classrooms or noisy playgrounds, but in the quiet corners where no one noticed him. His classmates called him “weird,” teachers worried he was too withdrawn, and every attempt at friendship felt like an unbearable weight pressing against his chest. For Christian, solitude wasn’t a punishment it was his safe haven. But growing up came with expectations. After graduation, the real world demanded interaction. His first job placed him in a bustling office, and the anxiety swallowed him whole. Shaking, suffocated, and unable to cope, he walked away from what others called “a dream career.” Just when failure seemed like his only companion, fate stepped in through the most unexpected visitor his cousin. A surprise party, an introduction to a girl, and suddenly, Christian’s life began to shift. The girl didn’t laugh at his fears; instead, she held his trembling hand, taught him digital marketing, and showed him how the world could be navigated online without losing himself. From the comfort of his solitude, Christian’s creativity flourished. What began as small online experiments turned into a groundbreaking app that captured the world’s attention. From a loner who once feared people, he transformed into a billionaire innovator admired by millions—yet still deeply in love with the quietness that shaped him. “A Loner” is a moving story of fear, resilience, love, and the extraordinary power of embracing one’s uniqueness.
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Blood for Power: The Mercenary's Return - Urban novels & stories

Blood for Power: The Mercenary's Return

Luna Mills
Marcus Carter has seen the worst in people. He was a mercenary who had been in a lot of wars and fought for causes he didn't believe in. He survived violence that would have killed most men. But after the fighting stopped, all he wanted was a quiet life, something like peace that he never thought he would have. But at home, peace is a luxury. When the criminal group that killed his team comes back, Marcus has to go back to a world of violence, corruption, and betrayal. He starts to take down the empire that ruined his life with his elite fighting skills and a ruthless desire for revenge. But revenge is just the start. Marcus learns that things aren't as simple as they seem as he gets more and more involved in the city's criminal underbelly. He never thought corruption would go this deep, and in the streets where loyalty is bought and sold, it's hard to tell who is a friend and who is an enemy. In a world where power is the only thing that matters, Marcus has to deal with dangerous alliances, shady people, and the harsh truth of the city. He learns that to stay alive in this harsh world, he has to follow rules that aren't very honorable as he builds his own empire. Marcus will learn that peace is not a place to go; it's a fight that never ends in the harsh city. Will he take over the empire and rule the underworld, or will the harsh reality of the city break him?
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The Outcast Genius - Urban novels & stories

The Outcast Genius

rayo
In the gleaming skyline of New York, genius can be both a gift and a curse. When Dr. Ethan Cole’s life’s work is stolen by the same family who welcomed him as their son, he loses everything, career, marriage, identity. But when an estranged sister offers him a chance at truth, Ethan steps into a labyrinth of deceit, corporate espionage, and buried love. Each secret he uncovers draws him closer to the people he hates most, and to the woman who may hold both his redemption and his ruin. The Outcast Genius is a dark, pulse-racing tale of betrayal, redemption, and the perilous cost of brilliance.
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Ashes Between Us - Urban novels & stories

Ashes Between Us

RebornWill
Levi’s world shatters the day he is framed for murder. Arrested, disgraced, and left to rot in prison, he watches his life collapse piece by piece. His wife, Audrey Valentine, files for divorce and works to erase his name from her empire. His legacy, his marriage, his freedom—gone in an instant. Just when he believes it’s over, an old ally reaches out with a lifeline. Levi is pulled back into the world he thought he’d lost, returning as a covert operative under his former code name: Agent 7. Free once more, he dives headfirst into a mission that demands precision, secrecy, and the cold detachment of a man with nothing left to lose. But his return to the field is complicated by Rose—his childhood friend and the one person who still sees the man behind the agent. Now, Levi must walk a razor’s edge between love and betrayal, duty and desire. Enemies close in from all sides, and every choice could cost him his mission—or his heart. A story of romance, deceit, and relentless action.
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The Unseen Miracle - Urban novels & stories

The Unseen Miracle

Yhemolee
Mark Lewis’s marriage to Lucia Thomas was arranged under the most unromantic circumstances. Lucia’s family needed to maintain their status, and Mark was chosen as a convenient match. However, Lucia despises Mark, believing him to be a manipulative scammer trying to claim her family’s wealth. Unbeknownst to her, Mark is the world-renowned healer known as "The Unseen Miracle," a man whose miracles have saved countless lives. He is also the secret owner of Marvin, the world’s largest enterprise, a fact he keeps hidden from everyone, including his new wife. Lucia is determined to divorce Mark as soon as possible, but she has no idea that her husband is not the man she thinks he is. The deeper she digs into his past, the more complicated the mystery becomes. As she uncovers shocking truths about his miraculous abilities and his true identity, she finds herself torn between her distrust and the undeniable attraction she feels for him. But their marriage faces more than just personal challenges. Mark’s empire is under threat, and Lucia must decide whether to stand by him or walk away forever.
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THE HEALER'S LAST LEGACY - Urban novels & stories

THE HEALER'S LAST LEGACY

Angka sara
Once upon a time, Mattheo March was nothing more than a lowly son-in-law. A man cast out, mocked, and even deemed unworthy to sit at his wife’s family table. One day, his life crumbled completely when his sister, Elodi, fell on the brink of death. In desperation, Mattheo awakened an inheritance he didn’t even know still flowed through his veins—the legacy of the March Burglar family, a legendary line of healers who once stood at the pinnacle of the medical world, but vanished mysteriously. An unexpected encounter with Mark Spencer leads him down a path filled with secrets. The man, who claims to have a connection to the March Burgler family, provides Mattheo with all the information he needs and guides him, preparing him to become a great healer like his ancestors. However, before Mark could finish preparing him, his abilities accidentally saved a VIP patient and the recording was leaked, causing the world to start searching for the “mysterious healer.” Behind the public spotlight, Mattheo discovered a bitter truth—the destruction of his family was not fate, but the result of a conspiracy led by powerful figures in the medical world. From the shadows, he began to piece together a cold but unstoppable plan for revenge. He came to expose the betrayal that the March Burglar family had endured, leading to the disappearance of the healers in his family and the erasure of all traces of their existence. He came to seek revenge against those who, even to this day, despite not knowing that he was a descendant of the March Burgler family, still hated and disrupted his life, leading to the deaths of his parents. Mattheo swore to restore the name of March Burgler to its rightful place in the eyes of the world.
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General Rhys Vermillion: Return of The Dark Phoenix - Urban novels & stories

General Rhys Vermillion: Return of The Dark Phoenix

Nova
Twelve years ago, he watched his family get cut down right in front of him, his sister lost and he is left to die. But he returns after all this time, not as the same weak child, but an unstoppable force, determined to make them pay!
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