Marriage First, Love Second

Five years ago, Duke Xavier's life was destroyed by some enemies of his family. They killed his parents and sister in a fire, but with the help of a mysterious girl, he was saved even though it caused his savior her beautiful face. Five years has past now and Duke has become the most powerful person in the army, the " God of War, " and he has come back to take back his pound of flesh and he plans on showing no one mercy.

Ethan Cross has spent years enduring humiliation at the hands of his unfaithful wife, Sarah, and her wealthy, powerful family. Treated like an outcast, Ethan’s love for Sarah keeps him trapped in a marriage filled with betrayal and manipulation. But everything changes when a shocking incident reveals that Ethan is the long-lost heir to the Van Rensselaer fortune—an empire that rivals the wealth and influence of Sarah’s family. Fueled by anger and a thirst for vengeance, Ethan rises to reclaim what is rightfully his. As he navigates a world of power, deception, and deadly alliances, Sarah and her family plot against him, determined to destroy him before he can strike back. Along the way, Ethan finds an unexpected ally—and a potential new love interest—but his heart is scarred by betrayal, and trust doesn’t come easy. With thrilling twists, explosive secrets, and a relentless drive for revenge, Ethan will stop at nothing to bring down those who wronged him. But the Forresters won’t go down without a fight, and the game of power and retribution is just beginning. Will Ethan succeed in his quest for justice, or will Sarah’s family destroy him before he can claim his legacy? One thing is certain—nothing is as it seems, and no one is safe.

They mocked Ethan Vale as a nobody. His fiancee left him for a richer man, and California’s elite treated him like he was worthless. Then Isabella Laurent, a billionaire heiress trapped in an arranged marriage, asks him to fake an engagement. She thinks Ethan has nothing. She has no idea who she just agreed to marry.

Thane Ashworth's heart stopped in the cell— thief, embezzler, everyone said. It began to beat again four years earlier — pen in hand, the very contract that caused his downfall waiting for his signature. This time, he doesn't sign it. Desmond Kane has no knowledge that his protégé is back from a future that Thane has only seen. He is not aware that the numbers are already being monitored. But neither of them knows that Desmond wasn't the one pulling every string: someone higher than him has been conspiring to make Halcyon fall for much longer than 4 years — and Thane's second chance has just brought him into their cross hairs as well. He'll lose everything again before this is done. And he will raise it up with his own eyes again. Some debts aren't paid in money. Some have been paid in ruins.

When the nation’s most mysterious trillionaire, Chris Alphonso, accidentally becomes entangled in the chaotic world of Deborah Lewis, the iron-willed daughter of a billionaire, neither realizes how a mistaken Uber ride will unravel the lives of two powerful families. Deborah is desperate her father’s empire will only be hers if she marries a man of equal fortune. Chris, living incognito beneath the radar of the elite, accepts a contract marriage proposal that should have been a simple façade. But secrets have gravity. As their fake union deepens, they’re pulled into a dangerous web of corporate espionage, family betrayal, and a love neither saw coming. In a world where appearances rule and loyalty is currency, two hearts must decide what’s worth more power, truth, or each other.

Mikhail who suddenly woken up to be in the body of a side character name Leon Fronti from the Novel [Truth Dragon Slayer] decides to stay low and let the story flow the way it is. . [Truth Dragon Slayer] is the novel related to the boy named Lee Joshua who got transferred to another world and had to go on adventures to slay a dragon that could help him to grant him, his wish to go back to his original world. . During his journey along the way, he will find an accompany that could help him realize his dream and one of his friends is Leon Fronti's younger brother which is Luis Fronti. . "what a pain in the ass.. this situation is... well... I don't care... let's just follow the story for now" . Hence the story begins while Leon Fronti tries his best to not disturb the flow of the story of this Novel. For now.

Suddenly, at the stroke of midnight, magic happen and hundreds of notifications started popping up on the screen. Barry's trades took off in a way that defied all logic with profits soaring on a larger scale. He was earning billions of dollars per second. After the first second, he earned $10.42 billion. After a minute, he made $625 billion. After an hour, Barry made over $37.5 Trillion. Barry continued to sleep, unaware his laptop was blowing up with unimaginable wealth....

Ethan got manipulated into a contract marriage after he woke up from coma, with his memories wiped. He was treated as a slave and trampled upon in the Logan's family. Then, one day, a huge tattooed man appeared on his doorstep and revealed he was the son of the richest man in the country and the heir. Now, he would make them pay for manipulating him.

Karl Gordon disappeared for six years, married the wrong woman only to be murdered in cold blood by his wife and her plaything. As fate would have it, he gets a second chance at life. Now he wants his inheritance back but that is not going to come easy. Now that the king of lobbyists is back, the number of people who want him dead is astronomical. Is his rebirth going to be a blessing or a curse? Will he finally get his revenge and find the man behind his death in the first place?

They mocked him. Betrayed him, and left him to die. Now he wears a mask to hide the scars from the past. Steven Hale was once a poor, broken student—bullied, humiliated, and beaten down by life. Until tragedy revealed a shocking truth: he’s the missing heir to the powerful Hale empire. But this isn’t a Cinderella story. It’s a payback. Reborn as Sinclair Hale, the mysterious billionaire CEO, he returns to Avalon City with one mission: revenge. And nothing—not even a contract fiancée chosen to subdue him—will stand in his way. But then there’s April Dawn—his sweet, clumsy personal assistant who wasn’t supposed to matter. With her loyalty, and unexpected courage, she begins to see the man behind the mask… the man Steven no longer believes he can be. When old enemies rise and betrayal hits too close, Sinclair must choose to either cling to the darkness that made him… or fight for the love he never saw coming. What will he do? Will his mission to seek revenge stand? Will he choose love over everything?