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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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The Fool's Gold
I am a fool in a world I cannot comprehend, but in my world, I am an Ace." ~ Sultan Armstrong.
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EXTRACT:
Sultan's own reflection in the water, the Fool, began to animate, mouthing the words he was saying.
Huh?!
Sultan's eyes widened in disbelief.
"What the hell?" Sultan whispered, stepping back from the pool. "W..what are you?" His voice rose, tinged with fear.
...... "I am you. You are me. I am the Fool. You are the Fool. We are the Fool."
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My Super Rich System
Jason, a destitute student grappling with the harsh realities of life, is left shattered when his girlfriend callously abandons him for a notorious playboy. Despite Jason's unwavering devotion and genuine affection, he finds himself powerless against her betrayal.
In the depths of his despair, a remarkable phenomenon known as "the system" unexpectedly emerges, transforming Jason's existence in an instant. Suddenly catapulted from poverty to opulence, Jason seizes the opportunity to enact retribution against those who have wronged him, empowered by newfound wealth and influence.
With the tables turned, Jason embarks on a journey of vengeance, determined to right the injustices he has endured.
Yet, as he navigates this newfound world of privilege and opportunity, Jason soon realizes that the path to redemption is fraught with unforeseen challenges and moral dilemmas. Will he succumb to the temptations of his newfound status, or will he emerge victorious, proving that true wealth lies not in material possessions, but in the integrity of one's character?
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THE HEIR OF FORTUNE
They crushed his pride. Stole his dignity. Left him with nothing but the bitter taste of humiliation, But the world wasn’t done with Aiden Cole. Not yet.
In a single day, he went from broke to billionaire, from beggar to heir of a mysterious trillion-dollar empire. Now the streets that once spat on him will kneel. His enemies? Powerless. His past? A weapon. And the elite world he steps into? Deadlier than he ever imagined.
Money makes the world spin, but for Aiden, it’s about to make the world burn.
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Harborview's Shadow
Kai Gibson has always been ordinary—too ordinary for a city like Harborview, where power, influence, and fear rule every street corner. After losing his father under mysterious circumstances and struggling under crushing debt, Kai is pushed to the edge of survival. But everything changes the night he’s ambushed behind an abandoned mall and a strange surge of energy awakens inside him.
With the rare ability known as Tactical Insight, Kai begins to see the world differently—patterns, threats, weaknesses, pathways to victory even when the odds are against him. Suddenly, the once-weak young man becomes a rising force in Harborview’s underworld.
But Kai’s evolution comes with a price.
Every step forward drags him deeper into a web of enemies: street gangs, corrupt elites, hidden organizations, and people he once trusted. Betrayals strike from unexpected places, and Kai learns that the attack that awakened his power wasn’t random at all—it was planned.
Now trapped between shadowy forces that want to control him and others who want him dead, Kai must level up faster than his enemies expect. Each chapter pushes him through higher stakes:
• deadly ambushes
• shocking betrayals
• growing supernatural abilities
• strategic face-slapping comebacks
• climbing from the lowest rung of society to a position of unstoppable strength
As Kai climbs, he uncovers the truth behind his father’s death, the origins of his new power, and a hidden war brewing beneath the city’s neon lights.
To survive, he must rise.
To win, he must become more than human.
And to uncover the truth, he must be willing to face the darkness inside—and the monsters hiding in plain sight.
Harborview will remember the name Kai Gibson… whether it wants to or not.
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Slept With An "Ex-convict Nobody" - A Hidden Trillionaire!
A day after his release from the world’s most notorious prison, a prison he ruled over as its master and from which he forged empires and made kings, Ethan found himself saving a stranger. He woke up the next day to find he had a drunk one-night stand with a phenomenal, powerful CEO and a marriage. Everyone saw him as an ex-convict, a nobody, a small-time opportunist who wanted to take advantage of the powerful CEO he made out with and got married to.
Unknown to them, Ethan is the notorious Almighty Master Ethan Northstrum (AMEN). The most powerful and most important man in the world. Even the president is his puppet. Ethan isn’t just powerful; he is heir to a multi-trillion empire with ties to a mysterious lineage.
The “ex-convict nobody” she slept with is a hidden trillionaire!
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The Last Blueprint
For five years, architect Ethan Cole designed the buildings that made his wife a billionaire. When she divorces him and burns his late father's unfinished masterpiece: a revolutionary design.
Ethan walks away with nothing. Until a rival dynasty heiress recognizes his "signature" in his ex-wife's award-winning tower.
Now, as structural flaws in his ex's empire begin to surface, Ethan must decide: save the buildings that bear her name, or let her legacy crumble, literally.
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The Next Billionaire
He was overlooked, underestimated… and mopping your floor.
Frank Ashford was supposed to conquer the tech world. But brilliance alone doesn’t pay bills—or buy power. Reduced to cleaning offices in the very system that rejected him, Frank stumbles upon a classified code that could either resurrect a failing empire or destroy it entirely.
His reward? A fast promotion to CEO—and a death sentence.
Inside the boardroom, betrayal brews. Outside, a killer waits. And somewhere between power and survival, Ella—the daughter of the man who gave him a chance—may be the only one who can save him… or break him.
The deeper he digs, the darker the truth becomes.
One code.
One company.
One janitor.
And a war no one sees coming.
Frank Ashford was once the pride of his graduating class—brilliant, ambitious, destined for greatness. But years after leaving university, he finds himself scrubbing toilets and mopping floors at a towering multinational empire that barely knows he exists. Then, a buried code, a desperate company, and a silent war within the boardroom thrust him into the eye of a corporate storm. When Frank solves the impossible, he doesn’t just unlock data—he unlocks power. But with every step forward, he uncovers betrayal, lies, and a deadly conspiracy that could cost him everything—including the only person who ever believed in him.
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The Ceo's Quake
Daron Lunerd Finds himself in a heartless family's where he is treated like a slave, knowing he is poor alone made them hate him for being married to their heiress, but what they do not know is that Daron is a runaway heir of the richest incorporation in the world, with his eyes blinded with acid and their betrayal... He not only uses his wealth but his new found system force to revenge, because it's payback time!
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Useless son in-law reincarnated as a crimelord
After Lucas got cheated on and killed by his wife and her lover, he found himself reborn as the youngest son of a notorious gang leader called Herbert Blackwood.
He was given a second chance to live, and all he planned to do with the opportunity was to get revenge on those who ended his life.
10
The Rise Of Jonathan Hazel
Jonathan Hazel has always been at the bottom, scorned by his wealthy in-laws, the powerful Jackson’s family. His marriage to Elina Jackson comes to an end on the night of their second wedding anniversary after Elina leaves him for Nicholas Ray, a wealthy business man, and consequently issuing him divorce papers.
But everything changes when his grandfather’s mysterious death, and a strange tattoo on his left shoulder unlock a long-buried secret-Jonathan is the sole heir to the Hazel’s Empire, the most powerful empire in the whole world.
Overnight, Jonathan’s life is transformed, and he’s ready to turn the tables. But with unimaginable wealth comes formidable enemies, dangerous secrets, and a legacy that could cost him everything.
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James Stefflon The Gifted Heir
He had always been regarded with so many titles..
Moocher..
Wretched Son In Law
Expensive Liability..
Once the Live-in-son-in-law of the Blue Family till he got kicked out, James Stefflon returns back to the city with even more titles..
The Medicine god!
The Gifted Heir!
Man of Many Talents!
Three years! Three years he spent trying to do his best to please a woman all so he could slowly win her love. Just when he felt he had succeeded, she shoved a divorce paper right at his face.
Now all those who once looked down on him must now compete amongst themselves to be in his good grace..
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The Lost Heir: The Rise Of Ethan Walker
Three years ago, Ethan Walker disappeared without a trace. Now, he’s a nameless laborer scraping by on menial work, with no memory of who he used to be. But when a striking woman tracks him down and calls him young master—the missing heir to one of the country’s largest conglomerates—everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. She gives him a black card with no limit, a ring that once belonged to his late mother, and a truth too powerful to ignore.
That same day, his ambitious wife demands a divorce, claiming he’s unworthy of her success. Humiliated and heartbroken, Ethan walks into the bank to prove the woman’s wild story wrong—only to discover a fortune that could buy the city itself. The man everyone mocked as worthless is, in fact, the one they should fear the most.
When Ethan Walker remembers who he is, the world that betrayed him will kneel.
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Ascension Of The Almighty General
After leading his nation to victory and earning the title of War God, Scott Grayson turns down a grand celebration to return home—back to the woman he’s loved and waited for through four long years of war. But nothing could prepare him for what he finds.
The house he once shared with his wife has been sold. She’s disappeared without a word. And when he finally tracks her down, he’s met with an even more devastating truth—Laura is living in luxury, engaged to another man, and planning a wedding.
She doesn’t know he’s the hero the entire country is celebrating. She doesn’t know the sacrifices he made for her, including the years he spent behind bars for a crime she committed. Now, Scott is back—not as the broken man who left, but as a legend. And he wants revenge.
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PHILIP SCOTT: THE LOST HEIR
Philip Scott's ordinary life spirals into chaos when he's framed for financial fraud by the powerful CEO Andrew Lane and his manipulative daughter, Jessica. Wrongfully convicted, Philip's world crumbles as he endures a harrowing 12-year prison sentence, grappling with feelings of betrayal and despair. Just when hope seems lost, an unexpected benefactor orchestrates his release, revealing a shocking truth—Philip is the long-lost heir to the colossal Aton Empire.Thrust into a web of luxury, deceit, and deadly secrets, Philip must navigate his new identity as Frank Aton. Under the stern guidance of his estranged grandfather, Barry Aton, he uncovers a dark conspiracy that links his past to the sinister machinations of Andrew Lane. With the aid of a dedicated private investigator, Clara Lewis, and armed with critical insider information from a loyal prison cellmate, Philip embarks on a perilous quest to expose the corruption that nearly destroyed him.In a high-stakes battle for power, revenge, and redemption, Philip Scott: The Lost Heir keeps readers on the edge of their seats. As alliances shift and deadly secrets are unveiled, one man's fight for justice becomes a pulse-pounding race against time to reclaim his legacy and bring his enemies to their knees.
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The Secret Heir Son-In-Law
Javier was determined to reclaim his family fortune in order to protect Blaire, his wife and unborn child. Despite Blaire’s family's demands for her to abort the baby and leave Javier, he used his advantages to secretly help his wife reclaim her family position and become the CEO. His mother-in-law and sister-in-law despised them for it, but Blaire had already successfully taken over a large portion of her family's business.
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Urban King Reborn System
Kicked out from the Walter Family mansion, fooled and betrayed by his wife, then murdered by a ruthless loan shark, a revenge system gave Leo Sebastian Holland a new life.
As the son of the world's richest family, Leo discovers the Walter Family is a member of The DID drug cartel — he must destroy the world's most powerful drug cartel to destroy the Walter Family.
However, the real Leo shows up mid-plan to exact revenge on him. Leo Sebastian realizes he has a complicated identity-swapping situation.
How will Leo complete his revenge plan?
What will the real Leo do to make his plan fall apart?
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THE UPRISING HEIR
You were nothing, Mocked by family. Dumped by your lover. Fired and humiliated in front of a crowd. Rock bottom didn’t just greet you, it crushed you. Then came the letter.
Gold-sealed. Hand-delivered. Signed by the richest consortium the world has never seen.
“Congratulations. You are the sole heir.”
Overnight, you go from broke to untouchable. Private jets. Infinite credit. Empires at your fingertips. The same people who spat on you? Now they’re kneeling.
But money isn’t just power. It’s poison.
With every billion, new enemies surface. Dark secrets claw their way into the light. And the ones closest to you? They’re the first to sharpen their knives.
Now, you’re in a world where loyalty is currency, and betrayal is the cost of doing business.
This isn’t a rags-to-riches story.
It’s a war.
Can you rise as the king of the new world…
Or will the throne devour you before you ever sit on it?
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Rise of The Fallen Son-in-law Vol. 2
The story follows Markus Ironclad, a man whose life is filled with conflict. On the one hand, he lives under the scrutiny of his in-laws, who constantly judge him. On the other hand, he must contend with the threat of the god killers, who murdered his father. As the plot unfolds, Markus finds himself in a battle for his life, and a fight for his heart. Can he overcome the odds and find the happiness he deserves?
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Secretive Son-in-law
Andrew is the son of the famous Fullen family, one of the richest families in the United Country. He was falsely accused and got expelled from the Fullen family. For the sake of his future, his father and uncle engaged him with one of their distant relatives.
After meeting his wife, Andrew is now trying his best to help her. He secretly helps her company behind the scenes while maintaining the image of a live-in son-in-law.
With all the wealth he gained slowly while he lived with Cecilia, there were also problems that came with the money.
Even with all that, he still try to pursue his shut-in dream even if he must do anything in his power to achieve it. He didn't know that his actual dream is to become someone everyone can look up to.
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BENEATH THE BILLIONAIRES SUCCESS
John Smith, a resilient and compassionate young man battles against a sea of trials. With a heart set in conquering new York city, he toils tirelessly, holding fast to his aspirations.
Yet his journey is marred by betrayal, discovering his girlfriend's deceit with his own kin. Fueled by a burning resolve, John's dedication propels him into a whirlwind of success. A chance encounter with a mysterious mentor, David Thornton, unfurls a part fraught with buried family secrets. As his business burgeons, a relentless advasery, victoria Hart threatens to dismantle all he's built. The apex of his tale culminates in unparalleled triumph, evolving from humble origins to becoming the city's most affluent figure. But beyond the wealth amassed, johns metamorphosis trancends, bestowing upon him an unwavering purpose. A narrative not just of financial conquest but of personal evolution, showcasing the resilience and compassion that elevate john to unparalleled heights, fostering a community once distant, and illuminating the might of kindness against all odds.
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