A Dish Best Served Cold

"I can't marry you, Benjamin." Emily said, staring at the small box in front of her with cold eyes. She had not expected him to go this far. Getting married to him was going overboard for her. *** Not all that glitters is gold, and Benjamin Moore is a man who understands this perfectly. Benjamin Moore is a man of principles, humility and a strong sense of protectiveness towards the ones he loves, he is willing to go the extra mile no matter what it costs him. Born rich, Benjamin pretends to live a humble life, in order to hide away from the shadows of a life he would rather not associate with. But his decision costs him the woman he loves and has been with for several years. However, everything changes when his mother's deteriorating health demands more than just a minor sacrifice. Pulling not just him back into the world he had barely escaped, but his loved ones as well. Now Benjamin must make a decision to save three things; his family's legacy, his mother, or the woman who broke his heart.

Jackson Carter grew up in poverty, fighting every day to feed his sick mother and younger sister. One night, he comes home to the unthinkable, his sister murdered in cold blood, his mother dying in his arms after whispering the truth: the same men who killed his father have returned to finish the job. Beaten and left for dead, Jackson’s world shatters. But fate twists in his favor when he stumbles upon a lost lottery ticket worth six hundred million dollars. With wealth, power, and rage burning in his chest, Jackson disappears from the streets and resurfaces as a new man, hidden identity, limitless resources, and one mission: avenge his family. But revenge isn’t simple. As he infiltrates the dark empire of his enemies, he discovers secrets about his father’s death, betrayal within his own bloodline, and a dangerous love affair with the wife of his greatest enemy. Every move is a gamble, every choice could end in blood. Jackson has nothing left to lose, except his soul.

He woke in a stranger’s bed with a system in his skull, a son-in-law title on his tongue, and a missing shard that can rewrite who you are. Arin Voss opens his eyes inside Voss Manor with no memory of how he died, and a cold voice in his head called the Protocol that gives him missions and penalties. To survive he must play the role he’s been handed, marry into power, and chase Tessera, a stolen memory shard that can erase or sell a person’s past. As he hunts, he slips between two dangerous alliances. Evelyn, the ice-smart heiress, offers politics and protection. Maris, a smoky broker from the docks, offers heat and truth. Both pull him toward very different futures. When brokers start dying and the Protocol’s orders threaten to cut away pieces of his life, Arin faces a choice. Obey the machine and trade his identity for safety, or tear the system down and risk being erased for good. Legacy, lust, and lies converge in a high-stakes game where memory is currency, and love might be the only leverage left.

Everyone called Jared Lin trash — the good-for-nothing son-in-law of the powerful Bai family. Insulted by his cold wife, mocked by his in-laws, and humiliated by society, Jared lived at the very bottom of the food chain. But everything changed the day the world ended. When the skies turned black and monstrous creatures tore the world apart, Jared died protecting the very people who looked down on him. Just when he thought it was over, he woke up ten years in the past—on the morning of his wedding. This time, he’s not just a useless son-in-law. He’s the chosen host of the Apocalypse Preparation System. Armed with future knowledge, hidden upgrades, and an unbreakable will, Jared begins building his underground empire while pretending to be weak. Real estate, pharmaceutical power, weapons deals—he’s preparing for the fall of mankind. The world may laugh at him now. But when the apocalypse returns… They’ll all beg at his feet. This is the story of a man who went from worthless to world ruler, from ridiculed to revered. A second chance to rewrite fate — and this time, Jared Lin is taking no prisoners.

Mystery, action, killer, and bloody romance, prepare your heart before reading, some scenes may disturbing. ******* The deepest mind of humans is scary, you can never know how deep it was even it's your own mind, and everybody really has dark matter floating around their chest and just wait the very right time to explode. Dakota Sorrenson, a profiler, a young man with the deepest mind who knows how the dark mind works, thought his life never going to be so weird more than he was until a package with hand arrive at his office, someone being playing the mind with him. While Sam Danson is a fine young cold head detective, his sharp and deep analysis of the criminal is different from how Dakota sees it, together they try to figure out every step of the sadistic crime with an unthinkable method has been done. This is getting darker and full of mystery, unsolved crimes and unthinkable results, it's full of nerve cracking, get ready for the worse than you can even think about.

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.

[System activated] [Host has been identified] [Welcome to Equestria] Taichi Hayashi was the best swordsman in Japan. He died after failing to protect the lives of the noble princess and the person he loved, Akihiko Yamaguchi. Not long after, both of them transmigrated to a world full of magic and swords. Taichi transmigrated into the body of a young nobleman named Tobias Archibald. He had promised to protect Akihiko no matter where they went. Taichi assumed that Akihiko had transmigrated to the same world as him. Tobias began training his sword skills until he managed to obtain the greatest power system that could defeat any type of sword art or magic skill. [Congratulations] [The divine sword art has been obtained] [Divine sword strength activated] With his sword art, Tobias planned to go on a journey searching for Akihiko. During his journey, he discovered many things he never expected. He also met Akihiko in a different condition. Now, Tobias faces a dilemma between keeping his promise or his life. Will Tobias be able to do his job well?

In the year 2501, humanity was visited by the first extraterrestrial life form, at first we were all excited for the possibilities that could be achieved if we can share and learn from them. But they did not come to make friends, we are merely pests they have to clean up to claim the earth their new home. My name is Astra and I am one of the only six survivors from Chrome city, we are currently hiding in the inner bunker under the chrome shelter, we are slowly depleting out our food and water supplies and we wont last another month down here. If you are hearing this, please move to the nearest shelter and lock the gates, the monsters are everywhere, they come in like a flood and kill everything in their path. Staying in a bunker may sound like the wrong thing to do, but it is your best chance of survival because all that is left on the surface was our greatest nightmare, horror and death". Now face to face with the aliens attacking and destroying us, how will humanity react when we find out that our alien invaders are in fact humans? Follow the story to find out

"You're worthless, Alex. A parasite who's been living off my daughter for three years!" Catherine's words echoed in the hospital room as Alex stood there in his stained apron, unable to pay his wife's medical bills. His card was declined. His best friend refused to help. His in-laws treated him like trash. But what they didn't know was that Alex Munroe was actually Alexander Castellano, the billionaire heir who had walked away from his empire three years ago to test if anyone would love him without his money. Now his wife Nora wants a divorce. Her family is selling her off to save themselves from bankruptcy. And Alex has exactly two weeks to decide: reveal his true identity and reclaim his power, or let the woman he loves slip away forever. What happens when the beggar becomes the king? When the powerless reveal themselves as the most powerful? And when revenge becomes the only path to redemption?

Leon Vincent is an overpowered martial artist who has trained in various styles of combat since he was a child. After winning countless competitions and defeating all challengers, he grows restless and seeks out a new challenge. He discovers a legendary dojo that has a reputation for producing the best fighters in the city. Despite the other students' initial skepticism, Leon quickly proves himself to be a skilled fighter and gains their respect. As he continues his training, Leon becomes embroiled in a dangerous underworld of martial arts gangs and underground fights. He soon finds himself facing off against the city's most notorious fighters, who will stop at nothing to take him down. Leon must use all of his skills and training to survive and protect those he cares about. Along the way, he discovers the true meaning of honor, loyalty, and friendship, as he battles his way to the top of the martial arts world. With high-stakes fights, intense training sequences, and a complex cast of characters, the Leon Vincent martial arts novel is an action-packed adventure that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.