A River Runs Through It

Monica Silva wants to be a famous writer. Célio das Graças wants to be a powerful person to help people, and wants to get involved in politics to achieve his goals. Both have known each other since childhood, but the long life has transformed friendship into love. But when the two put their life goals at the forefront, can the love survive?

They spent five years humiliating Erick Gerard. They never realized the man they mocked was already a billionaire. To the Laurent family, Erick was nothing but a useless son-in-law. He fixed their broken appliances. Took their insults. Slept in a storage room. Even his own wife treated him like an embarrassment. They thought he was powerless. They were wrong. Five years ago, Quade Gerard, the legendary founder of Gerard Dominion, was declared dead after a suspicious accident that killed his father and destroyed everything he had built. But Quade survived. Hiding behind the identity of Erick, a worthless husband nobody respected, he infiltrated the very family connected to his downfall. For five years, he watched. He learned their secrets. Tracked their crimes. Built his empire back in silence. Then someone discovered the truth. Quade Gerard is alive. Now Manhattan's most powerful families are about to learn what happens when the man they buried comes home. His wife will regret underestimating him. His enemies will lose everything. And the people who spent five years laughing at him will soon be begging for mercy. The useless husband is gone. Quade Gerard is back.

Forced into a deadly survival game, he wakes aboard a rusted train as the only man among twenty-three women. Every stop means scavenging through monster-infested ruins, and a lethal freeze is only a month away. But with a secret system that duplicates supplies without limit, he has bigger plans than merely staying alive. He’s taking them through the apocalypse in first class.

Good things come to those who wait. For Matt and Emmy Millar, the adage could not have come true at a better time. They’ve waited long enough. Snagging a deal on a property, the couple set out to build the house of their dreams. Designing it from the ground up, the couple sacrificed their time, savings, and most of their income for the foreseeable future to see the plan through. When the day finally came, the Millars, together with their two daughters – Gina and Jean, eagerly moved in to their brand-new house. All’s well that ends well. For the Millars, this was not the end. It was only the beginning. After holding a housewarming party, Matt and Emmy swelled with pride, with a sense of accomplishment. The house was a testament to how good they were together. A validation of all the hard choices they had to make to provide a better life for their children. This was the first, significant step. A true beginning. It was only the beginning of something else too. Warning: The book contains foul language, graphic sexual depictions, sexual innuendos, and graphic depictions of violence. Not for the faint of heart.

I'm Evan Cross, and my upgrade path requires genuine connections with women who actually challenge me. A martial artist who uses me as a training dummy. A genius hacker who won't let anyone in. Each bond unlocks abilities I need to stop being everyone's victim.

Humans had always been a threat to the celestials. The potential a single human possesses is one that the celestials feared because there was a chance one of them could evolve beyond what they could handle, hence, they brought down the green rain catastrophe. With the intention of wiping out the entire humanity, the seven celestials of Realm X halted the ability for humans and their planet to produce new life, thereby diminishing their population through starvation, and worse, transforming some of the unfortunate into human hunters known as: infected. Erwin was faced with an infected that drove him to the brink of death, before he could meet his end... He unlocked his potential, and a potential the gods feared. He unlocked the dimensional system.

Andrew, a poor college student from Wilson Bridge College, starts off as a nobody. His mother was cast out of the Everest family as a result of his father's death. After enduring immense hardship, Andrew's mother eventually died, leading him to vow to ruin the Everest family. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he inherits a fortune from his late father through an ancient amulet. Along with his wealth, Andrew acquires extraordinary martial arts skills. Now, he must confront numerous individuals who pose a threat to his life.

One moment, Ethan Avery was just a delivery boy being spat on by his cheating girlfriend and her wealthy lover. The next, he is the owner of the very ground they stand on. After years of living in poverty, a hidden heritage is revealed, turning the 'cockroach' into the most powerful man in River City. Now, Ethan isn't just delivering food; he's delivering justice. Watch as he dismantles his enemies brick by brick and takes back the dignity they stole.

Orion Kane had everything: endless wealth, unmatched power, and the world at his feet. To him, life was a game, and he was always the winner—cold, calculating, and untouchable. But one mistake, one moment of overconfidence, sent his world crashing down. When Orion wakes up, he’s no longer the man he once was. His name, his riches, his empire—gone. Instead, he finds himself in the body of Leo Torres, a poor factory worker struggling to survive. A life Orion would’ve dismissed as worthless is now his only reality. As he navigates Leo’s harsh world, he begins to uncover the consequences of his old life—the pain he caused, the lives he shattered, and the humanity he lost along the way. But there’s something else, something deeper: a strange feeling that this isn’t just a punishment. It’s a chance. But a chance for what? Redemption? Revenge? Or something more mysterious lurking beneath the surface of his second life? In a world where the powerful fall and the forgotten rise, Orion must uncover the truth—not just about his new life, but about himself. Some doors, once opened, can never be closed.

The night Lucien Vance loses everything, he has only forty-two dollars left to his name. His girlfriend of three years leaves him for Julian Sterling, a wealthy heir who can offer her the future Lucien cannot. Hours later, his corrupt boss frames him for fraud and fires him. Broken and humiliated, Lucien spends thirty dollars on a cheap diner meal. Then his phone flashes. SYSTEM ACTIVATED. INITIAL CASHBACK: $30,000. What begins as an impossible second chance soon becomes an unstoppable rise. Every dollar Lucien spends returns unimaginable wealth, assets, and influence. He crushes his former employer, acquires powerful companies, and forces those who once mocked him to kneel. But his fortune has a terrifying secret. Every reward carries encrypted transaction codes connected to offshore empires and criminal networks. Then Lucien discovers his missing father's name inside the system. Someone created his wealth. Someone has been waiting for him. And someone will kill to stop him from learning the truth.