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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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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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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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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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Rebirth Of The Forsaken Son-in-law
Rapheal lost everything. His identity, title and status when the real heir return and he is proven to be a fake. Switched during birth.
Yet the Devereux family refused to let him go. They forcefully married him to his fake younger sister to retrieve his inheritance. Humiliating him at all turn.
His face was ruined during a company riot when someone poured acid on him and the family's tax evasion was pinned on him.
Raphael was sent to prison where he died. He wakes up two years before with a system that helps him secretly build wealth, while he hid his true capabilities.
Then a old man appears with a gold credit card claiming to be his real family.
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The Majestic Trillionaire Heir, Dave Wayne
Dave Wayne was the man everyone looked down on.
His wife disrespected him. His in-laws mocked him. To them, he was just a failure — someone unworthy of love, let alone respect.
But everything changed with one unexpected phone call.
In an instant, Dave discovered he was the heir to a powerful Trillionaire bloodline — a legacy that had been hidden from him all his life.
Now, with the world at his feet, he vowed that those who had mocked him would surely bow at his feet!
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ROCKY - Operation Vengeance
They thought he was dead.
Buried. Forgotten.
They thought they had crushed him beneath their feet, erased him from existence.
But they never knew.
He was coming back.
And this time—mercy was dead.
This time, he was war.
There is only one name that makes the world tremble.
Only one name that turns power into fear.
ROCKY
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From Betrayal To Billions
Jace Parker was a live-in son-in-law whom everyone despised. A pauper who dared to love a millionaire’s daughter. For years, he endured the Whitman family’s cruelty, his wife Stella’s icy disdain, and even the betrayal of his best friend, Ethan who had not only slept with stella, but fathered two children Jace believed were his own.
Then, the truth shattered his world and he was reunited with his biological family thereby reclaiming his rightful duties as the secret heir to the Parkinson’s Group, a empire dwarfing the Withman’s wealth. Now, with his identity hidden and vengeance burning in his veins, Jace vows to make them all kneel…especially Stella, who had laughed as he signed the divorce papers.
His only crime was falling helplessly in love with an heiress.
And hers? Underestimating him.
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The Unparalleled Ex-husband is Back!
Nobody knew who he truly was until he left.
Due to the precarious nature of his true identity, Nolan decided to hide his identity inorder to live a peaceful life with his wife.
Mocked and treated like a servant by his in-laws, and being looked down upon by his wife as a good-for-nothing husband.
However, within the curtain of shadows, he is his wife's secret benefactor, a powerful Billionaire magnate, and the rightfully heir to a powerful conglomerate empire.
But one day, Nolan caught his wife cheating on him on their anniversary day. When he confronted her, a divorce agreement was handed over to him. Angry and heartbroken, he decided to leave her.
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"I am done hiding my identity." - Nolan Wilton
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Aaron's Gambit
Aaron thought graduating top of his class would change his life. Instead, it feels like the world is against him. No one will offer him a job, and the one interview he had hoped for goes wrong after a call about his mom being rushed to the hospital. Broke, hopeless, and with loan sharks threatening his life, Aaron doesn’t know where to turn. Then a mysterious man gives him a business card with an offer that seems too good to be true.
The job? A tech startup that promises fast money. The company is actually a front for illegal cybercrime, and his boss, Celeste, is way more dangerous than she looks. Celeste ropes Aaron into shady missions, promising to help him clear his debts. Things blow up when one of his assignments goes wrong, and suddenly, Aaron is being hunted by the cops and a powerful tech mogul whose secrets he accidentally exposed.
When the loan sharks come after him, Aaron finds out his mom has been lying to him. The loan wasn’t just for his education, part of it was to cover her gambling debts. Even worse, the loan sharks work for the mafia, and Aaron’s mom has a dark past with them she’s been hiding for years, Aaron was just part of a deal she made to save herself.
With everything falling apart, Aaron teams up with Leila, a sharp paralegal who wants to take the mafia down. But Leila’s got secrets too—her brother works for the same people hunting Aaron. Together, they’ll have to outsmart Celeste, the mafia, and everyone else trying to destroy their lives. If Aaron can pull off one last risky move, he might clear his name, take down the mafia, and finally start fresh.
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The Rise Of Nicholas Hensaw
Nicklaus Henshaw was subjected to humiliation by his wife. He married into a third-class family in the town in hopes of being able to pay for his sick sister's medication.
Stella, Nicklaus's wife, changed her attitude towards her husband after realizing that other men could desperately pay millions of dollars for her body. She started treating Nicklaus like dirt, as per their agreement on the hospital bills for Nicklaus's sister. She refused to pay it.
After discovering that Stella was having an affair with the head doctor of the hospital where his sister was admitted, he was flabbergasted.
Stella wasn't remorseful; she threw a divorce agreement in his face, leaving Nicklaus no choice but to sign it.
Nicklaus went back to his family's house, the one he abandoned for years, and he found the only vulnerable property his parents left behind, the family's heirloom.
The heirloom was activated the moment Nicklaus touched it, and he was immediately loaded with knowledge.
In no time, Nicklaus used his knowledge to gain power and sought revenge.
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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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THE RETURN OF THE FORGOTTEN SON
They burned his legacy. But some ghosts refuse to stay dead.
Adrian Knight was born to inherit the empire that ruled everything business, influence, and power. The Knight family name opened doors, but behind those doors lay betrayal, greed, and a truth too dark to survive the light. When a scandal framed him for crimes he didn’t commit, his world shattered overnight. The family he trusted turned on him. The woman he loved watched his empire fall. And in one violent night, Adrian Knight disappeared leaving behind a world that believed he was gone forever.
Years later, a man called Adrian Cole emerges from the ashes. He’s not the golden heir they once knew. He’s colder now, smarter, dangerous a man carved by silence and vengeance. To the world, he is a self-made billionaire with no past. But to those who wronged him, he is the storm they never saw coming.
His return shakes the foundations of the empire that betrayed him. But when he crosses paths with Elena, the woman he once loved now bound to his greatest enemy, Victor Knight old wounds begin to bleed again. The fire of revenge he’s carried for years threatens to consume him from the inside. Love and hate blur until he can no longer tell them apart.
Adrian came back to destroy his past, not to relive it. Yet every step he takes brings him closer to the man he swore he buried. Every truth he uncovers forces him to question what kind of monster he’s become in the name of justice.
Will he reclaim what was stolen from him, or lose himself to the darkness he’s been chasing?
When the forgotten son returns, will vengeance set him free or finally destroy him?
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Orphaned Son-in-law is Billionaire Heir
Connor Waratah, once heir to the powerful Waratah empire, lives a humble life in Melbourne after being cast out by his family, falsely branded a thief, and abandoned when he needed them most. When the family’s loyal retainer, Jimmy Coolabah, arrives to bring him back, Connor rejects the offer, unwilling to forgive their betrayal.
Later, at his wife Kirra’s wealthy Kuranda family gathering, Connor makes a desperate public plea for a loan to save the struggling Billabong Elder Care and Children’s Home—the orphanage where he was raised. His appeal is met with ridicule, insults, and humiliation, leading to his ejection from the event. Kirra, furious over the embarrassment, demands that if Connor wants to redeem himself, he must secure a lucrative property deal her family has long been denied.
But when Connor returns to the care home to confess his failure, he discovers a mysterious $2 million donation, medical supplies, and toys for the children—courtesy of Jimmy Coolabah. Jimmy also presents him with two staggering gifts: a rare black card with unlimited funds and full ownership of Jarrah Properties, the very company controlling the building Kirra needs. Though Connor refuses the wealth outright, he realizes he now has the power to help both the care home and his wife.
Keeping his fortune and new position a secret, Connor visits Jarrah Properties, enduring cruel treatment from an old enemy before revealing to the company president that he is the new owner. Connor orders that Kirra’s family be given fair access to properties without ever knowing his involvement. Determined to restore the orphanage, protect his wife’s pride, and quietly outmaneuver those who wronged him, Connor begins using his hidden influence to change their lives—on his own terms.
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The Miracle Doctor Returns: Divorce To Hidden Identity
After the divorce shattered his life, Charlie wasn’t looking for redemption—only survival. But then his hands began doing the impossible. A single touch, and veins remembered what his mind had forgotten. A forgotten war god, stripped of memory but not instinct, was stirring again.
In the secret wards of Skydome, patients whispered of a “Miracle Doctor” whose skills defied the laws of medicine. Each life saved fanned rumors, and each rumor pulled dangerous eyes closer. Rivals sharpened their knives, spies crept into operating rooms, and a powerful family vowed to crush him before he remembered who he really was.
The more Charlie heals, the more his legend spreads. But legends attract war. To the world he’s a savior. To his enemies, a threat that must be erased. Now he faces one choice: remain the broken man his past tried to destroy… or awaken the warlord who once made nations tremble.
And this time, there will be no forgetting.
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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 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 Return of The Forsaken Son-in law
Marco Romano was once nothing more than the Morrison family’s punching bag…the poor, unwanted son-in-law they mocked, abused, and discarded like filth. Even his own wife turned her back on him while his mother lay dying.
But when his tears awaken the ancient power sealed within a jade pendant, Marco inherits more than just knowledge, he unlocks a legacy of healing, power… and vengeance.
Now reborn with the legendary Divine Acupuncture Skill, Marco is no longer the beggar they spat on… he’s the miracle worker billionaires would kill to control.
They called him worthless.
They called him a cockroach.
Now, they’ll call him Master.
The return of the forsaken son-in-law will shake the world… and no one who wronged him will be spared.
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The Return of the God level Son in Law
For three years, Li Tian was the laughingstock of the Zhang family, they saw him as a penniless, spineless son-in-law forced to run errands and eat leftovers. Mocked by his wife’s relatives, humiliated by society, and treated like a servant, no one knew his true identity.
Until the day he finally snapped.
Because Li Tian wasn’t just some poor nobody. He was the Dragon King, the hidden ruler of an underground empire,a man who once vanished from the world after being betrayed by those closest to him.
Now he’s back, and he’s not hiding anymore.
Armed with limitless power, a secret system that unlocks his god-level potential, and a list of debts to collect, Li Tian is ready to flip the entire city upside down.
The Zhangs wanted a dog to kick.
They didn’t realize they’d leashed a dragon.
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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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HEIR TO POWER
They laughed when you couldn’t pay your rent, they sneered when you were fired and called you garbage in front of everyone.
They clapped when your ex humiliated you at your lowest, but in your darkest hour, a convoy of black cars stops in front of you.
A man in a bespoke suit steps out. “Mr. Elba,” he says with a bow. “Your presence is requested. You are now the sole heir of the Elba Consortium. Effective immediately.”
Private jets. Superyachts. Global influence. Power like you never imagined.
But wealth doesn’t erase the past, it magnifies it, enemies emerge from shadows. Friends turn to snakes.
And the world that once mocked you? It's ready to kneel or destroy you.
This is your world now. But how long can you hold it?
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