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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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Ashes of San Miguel
Blurb:
Betrayed, humiliated, and cast aside, Alejandro Jiménez is a man everyone thinks they can crush. Fired from his job, publicly shamed by his wife Elena, and mocked by her greedy family, Alejandro hides a powerful secret—he is the hidden heir to one of the wealthiest families in Mexico. When his past comes knocking and his enemies grow bold, Alejandro decides it's time to stop playing weak. With vengeance in his heart and power at his fingertips, he vows to bring down the arrogant Walter Velázquez and the corrupt Cuatro Mares Corporation. They think he's finished—but Alejandro is just getting started. A storm is coming, and it has a name: Jiménez.
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They Called Me Trash—But I am actually the Billionaire Boss
Elias Voss, the reclusive CEO of Umbratech and the genius behind the world's most advanced defense technologies, has everything—power, wealth, and influence. But none of it matters.
Beneath his calm, ruthless exterior lies a man who’s tired of thrones and headlines. What he wants now is something real—a partner, a family, someone who sees him for who he is, not what he owns.
However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Luna West.
Luna, caught in a battle with her controlling family, proposes a deal to Elias: pretend to be her boyfriend for a while to keep her family at bay. What starts as a simple arrangement quickly deepens, as Luna’s sharp wit and independent spirit draw Elias in, revealing a side of him he never expected to show.
While Elias hides his true identity as the wealthy CEO behind the facade of a humble salesman, Luna’s family, especially her snobbish relatives, dismiss him as beneath them. But they have no idea that the "salesman" they despise is the very man they should be courting .
In a world obsessed with wealth and titles, Elias must navigate lies, loyalty, and love—all while keeping his secret intact. But how long can he hide when the heart wants to be known?
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Rise of the Sovereign: Wayne Stark
Wayne Stark has always been the center of ridicule. In the eyes of his in-laws, he’s nothing but a worthless burden. Even the youngest among them doesn’t hesitate to insult or strike him, using every opportunity to remind him of his place—at the bottom. But what infuriates them more than anything is Wayne’s calm reaction. No matter the humiliation, he smiles. He speaks with respect. He never loses his cool.
To them, he’s a fool. But to Wayne, it’s simply life as he knows it.
What they don’t know is that their days of mocking him are numbered.
Wayne was the last surviving member of the prestigious Stark family—a powerful lineage reduced to ashes in a tragic explosion that killed everyone, or so they thought. At just three years old, Wayne was rescued by a loyal servant named Zack, who vanished with him into hiding. Wayne grew up in an orphanage, unaware of his bloodline, with nothing but memories of warmth and shadows of loss. He never let the insults weigh him down—because deep inside, he believed life owed him nothing but a reason to keep smiling.
Now, decades later, Zack finally reaches Lord Williams, the most respected and feared ally of the former Stark family. Upon learning the truth, Lord Williams vows to restore Wayne’s honor—by making him the wealthiest, most powerful man in the country.
And Wayne?
He’s ready to rise—and repay every slap, every insult, and every drop of humiliation.
Not with anger.
But with unstoppable dominance. And as of Lena what’s her play? Is it love or what?
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Execute The Billionaire In Disguise
Dexter’s kidney was rejected after donating it for his dying girlfriend. With the failed transplant, his kidney was gone! That failed procedure was the beginning of his problems as he was sent into an immediate coma. Since his body couldn’t function properly without his normal kidneys, his beloved mother gave hers up for him and ended up dead.
His bills accumulated!
Betrayed, defrauded, used and treated like trash, Dexter decides to end it all until being a blood donor changed his life forever. Now, he’s not the poor Dexter Wilson, but the multimillionaire’s grandson, ready to take over the family’s Empire… Will he succeed on this mission with his grandfather’s enemies lurking around?
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Awakening: The Worthless son’s Ascension.
After Andrew was Casted away by his family for no reason, he found out about his true identity. He found out he’s not Andrew but Jin Hale, The only Hail of Williams Hale, A powerful man who left enormous wealth for him to inherit. With the tattoo of light - A strange tattoo of a star behind his back which is passed down to every male child of hales. His father believed he would become the most powerful, Wealthiest and wisest man on earth.
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The Hidden Dragon Son-in-Law
For three years, Jaxon Lin lived as the joke of the Lin family — the useless son-in-law with no job, no power, and no pride. Mocked by his in-laws, ignored by his wife, and disrespected by everyone around him.
But what no one knew…
Was that the man they humiliated was once the Ghost Monarch — a shadow-ranked soldier trained to kill, command, and disappear.
Now, the seal on his past has shattered.
When his wife is targeted, his enemies rise, and the city begins to burn, Jaxon sheds his disguise. What comes next isn't vengeance.
It’s war.
And the dragon never forgets.
💥 A face-slapping, action-thriller full of ruthless comebacks, deadly secrets, and a hero who bows to no one.
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The Heir's Return
After disappearing for five years, Javon Forger returns from prison—not as the failed, spoiled son he once was, but as a living weapon forged by a secret cultivation technique. He finds his father missing, his family's company on the brink of ruin, and enemies at every turn. His newfound power is immediately tested as he must defend his family name from rapacious business rivals.
At his lowest point, Javon is viciously betrayed by his fiancée, Aleesha Edelweis, who casts him aside for a more powerful man and reneges on a crippling debt that was his last hope. With his honor trampled, help arrives from an unexpected source: Sherly, his ex-fiancée's paralyzed cousin. In a startling sacrifice, Sherly offers to marry Javon herself, upholding a promise her own family has long forgotten.
Now, bound by an unexpected marriage, Javon wages a war on two fronts. He must protect his fragile yet resolute new ally while unravelling the vast corporate conspiracy behind his father's disappearance—a mystery with roots stretching back to a vow he made in his dark prison cell, suggesting his downfall was no accident.
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A love worth fighting for
Richmond a young rich playboy of Lewis medical school, involuntarily saves a girl from drowning at a pool, who happened to be the new transfer student on Scholarship he's fond of bullying, Anna.
Slowly, they overcome their difference and evade each other's emotions and love blazes from the flickers.
Meanwhile, Victor the son of the wealthiest man in the west hates the idea of seeing his love interest, Anna with his rival, Richmond and hatches a plan to separate them and keep Anna for himself.
Out of sheer jealousy, Victor pulls off a stunt that renders Richmond's family at his mercy. Now it's left for Richmond to either choose the love of his life, or let his family crumble at Victor's feet.
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FROM BANKRUPT TO BOSS
Kane was fired. He was a banker but his account was bankrupt. All thanks to his extravagant wife, Juliana who leeches off his salary even before he receives it but he doesn't care. He loves her and that was all that matters so he could go any length to satisfy her.
Thinking he was having a bad day, expensive cars pulled over beside him.
“Mr. Kane, you're the heir of Everest consortiums.” A man announced.
With the glee, he reached home to give his wife the shocking good news but he caught his wife entangled with his boss on their matrimonial bed.
“I'm quitting this farce called marriage!" Juliana slammed a divorce paper on his chest.
She left but didn't know she was the one at lost.
But beneath status and power comes secrets and obstacles. Watch how Kane crumble all obstacles and make it stepping stones.
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The Gaming Master
"When struggling student Klaus receives a mysterious holographic message offering him a chance to change his fate, he's skeptical. But as he's suddenly flush with cash and emboldened by his newfound wealth, he takes on the corrupt elite of his school, including the ruthless Felix. As Klaus navigates a world of power, privilege, and deception, he must confront his own demons and make a choice: will he let his newfound wealth consume him, or will he use it to forge a brighter future?"
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I Became A Billionaire Overnight
It took just a few seconds and his dashboard was displayed on the screen of his laptop, showing the summary:
Balance: 50 Nova coins
Current price: $800,000,000 per coin
Underneath, it showed an option:
Convert Nova to USD – Total Value Available To Withdraw: $40,000,000,000
Ryan’s eyes widened. He leaned forward, staring hard to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.
Total Value: Forty billion dollars.
He clicked Convert to USD.
A small spinning circle appeared on the screen. Then all of sudden, it showed up a notification on the screen.
Transaction Successful.
His screen refreshed, and the number appeared in green:
Available Balance: $40,000,000,000.00
Ryan let out a cold loud breath. He couldn’t believe it, his eyes blurred out in shock. The money was real. Sitting in his Nova wallet. Forty billion dollars for someone who had never even held five thousand dollars in his account before.
He laughed before he could control himself. A broken, breathy laugh. He was still sitting on a cracked chair, in a small room, with nothing but a broken, crappy laptop, and yet, in at that moment, he was one of the richest people on earth.
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THE EXILED WARLORD
He offered everything to protect the woman they claimed to love. In exchange, they promised him a new life and a future worth fighting
But lies run deeper than love.Instead of a reward, they framed him for treason and left him to rot in a torture camp known only in whispers. Everyone believed he died there.
Six months later, from the ashes of that nightmare, a legend was born. No longer a loyal soldier. No longer a man who forgives.
He returns not as a victim but as the Exiled Warlord. Ruthless. Untouchable. And this time, he’s not offering mercy.
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The Last Heir Of Blackwood
"You think you built this empire, Sarah? Without me, there would be no empire."
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David Blackwood has spent years in the shadows, being the silent architect of his wife’s success. While Sarah basked in fame and fortune, he worked tirelessly behind the scenes, crafting the empire she proudly claims as her own.
But when Sarah demands a divorce and tries to cast him aside, David decides enough is enough. Armed with the truth—and proof of his contributions—he steps out of the shadows to reclaim what’s rightfully his.
In a battle of power, pride, and betrayal, who will emerge victorious? And when the truth comes to light, will the empire David built crumble or thrive?
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The Unstoppable Rise Of Alex
Alex, a poor but kind-hearted young man, marries into the wealthy and influential Smith family. However, his new family is not what he expected. They are materialistic, manipulative, and merciless.
But Alex has a secret. He possesses a revolutionary AI system that can predict and manipulate the stock market, making him a potential trillionaire within a few months.
As Alex navigates his new family dynamics, he discovers that his father-in-law, Mr. Smith, has arranged a marriage between his daughter, Elena, and a rich and powerful man's son, Gerald. Determined to protect Elena and their love, Alex must confront the Smith family.
But Alex's ambitions go far beyond just protecting his loved ones. He plans to use his system to acquire the Smith family's company and make them pay for their cruelty. And that's just the beginning. He sets his sights on acquiring other powerful companies, including tech giants.
With his system's help, Alex becomes a force to be reckoned with in the business world. He buys luxurious cars, mansions, and private islands, and lives a life of opulence and excess.
But as Alex's wealth and power grow, so do the stakes. He must navigate the complex web of corporate politics and avoid the enemies he's making along the way. And all the while, he must keep his system a secret, lest it fall into the wrong hands.
Will Alex be able to achieve his ambitions and protect his loved ones? Or will his thirst for power and revenge consume him?
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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.
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MR ZILLIONAIRE’S ROAD TO REVENGE
Synopsis
Imagine taking the fall for your Fiancé and getting convicted for a crime you didn’t commit, then when you eventually get released from jail you find out that your Fiancé, the same person you sacrificed your freedom for has been cheating on you, and has conspired to take away everything you worked for.
Nikolai Ivanov, a former CEO who sacrificed everything for his Fiancé, Olivia, including serving time in prison, discovers upon his release that she has betrayed him by having an affair with his twin brother, Mikhail. Now he is stripped off everything by his wife and brother. With nothing left, Nikolai sets out to rebuild his life, plotting revenge and reclaiming his former wealth and power. Along the way, he encounters new allies, enemies, and learns the dark side of ambition.
on his journey to revenge he joins forces with his rival company (Martins Tech) CEO as she shows him the darker underground side of the business world.
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The Hidden Overlord Halston
Everyone thinks Halston Wells is just the useless husband of Mia, a successful CEO. No one suspects he's the Overlord controlling the nation's finances system and secretly backing her wife's success. Years ago, Mia saved his life and he's endured every insult to repay her.
Everything changes when Halston learns Mia cheated, and that his true savior was her outcast cousin, Kyra. Now Halston is done being loyal. The man they all underestimated is taking control, and everyone who betrayed him will regret it!
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Trash Son-in-Law's Revenge
Luc is a man who has the nickname of the useless son-in-law of the Crowwel family, his presence is like annoying trash for the big family.
During his time as the son-in-law of the Crowwel family, his life was full of insults, one day he found out his true identity which is the son of the richest man in his country! Luc rose to be stronger and began a plan of revenge on anyone who had ever destroyed his life.
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The Rise Of Jack Reynolds
Jack lives a life of misery as the mistreated son-in-law of the Rhoades family in Hamsville, bound by a contract marriage to Olivia Rhoades to pay for his late mother’s surgery. Enduring constant abuse from Olivia, her mother Mrs. Patricia, and siblings Chris, Amy, Damien, and Celine, Jack’s spirit is nearly broken. A surprising letter from Cascade College awards him $10 million for academic excellence but his in-laws attempt to confiscate the money and end his life. Rescued by a mysterious woman, Jack discovers he is the illegitimate son of Harry Reynolds, the world’s richest man. As Harry names him heir on his deathbed, Jack faces a fierce battle with Harry’s wife, Agnes, and step-brother Declan, rising to claim his power and exact justice on those who wronged him.
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Scars before his crown
“You cheated on me, Sasha. You’re leaving me for him... just because I’m poor.”
Lewis Reynolds is just an ordinary university student—broke, looked down on, and heartbroken. After being betrayed by the girl he loved and humiliated by his classmates, life hits him harder than ever.
But just when everything seems to fall apart, an unexpected truth changes his fate. What if the boy everyone mocked is about to become the man no one can ignore?
From rock bottom to rising power, follow Lewis's journey from rejected and broke… to unstoppable.
“To the girl who betrayed me, and to everyone who laughed—I’ll make sure you regret it.”
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