Best Christmas Romance

Rizal only wants a peaceful life as the owner of a coffee shop in Medan. Every morning, he serves bitter robusta coffee to his regular customers while enjoying casual coffee shop conversations. But behind this calm facade, Rizal hides a dark past—he was once the most feared enforcer in the mafia world. When Bang Togar, the biggest mafia boss in Medan, learns that Rizal is still alive, everything changes. Old grudges resurface, and Rizal finds himself hunted by assassins, corrupt cops, and former allies who have now become enemies. With the help of his best friend, Ucok—who cracks more jokes than he actually helps—and a former detective addicted to coffee, Rizal must face the world he left behind. Gunfights, brutal brawls, and deadly revenge plots turn his coffee shop into more than just a place to relax—it becomes a battleground. Can Rizal stay alive and protect his café? Or will he have to return to being a cold-blooded executioner to survive?

Cyprian Fenwick was the silent architect of the Beaumont Empire—the genius strategist who turned his best friend, Alaric, into a titan and his wife, Isadora, into a queen. His reward? A bullet to the chest and a watery grave in the Blackwood River. But death was just a hostile takeover. Awakening with a blue interface flickering in his dying vision, Cyprian discovers the Soul-Code System. He is no longer a man; he is the CEO of the Dead. From the "Grey Layer" of the city, he begins to headhunt the only employees who can’t be bought: the vengeful spirits of every genius, assassin, and accountant the Beaumonts stepped on to reach the top. As the Ghost Conglomerate grows, the living world begins to bleed. Stocks crash, secrets leak, and the elite tremble at an invisible hand strangling their empire. But the System demands a price: for every tether Cyprian exerts on the living world, he must trade a piece of his humanity. In a city run by an occult cabal known as the Silver Circle, Cyprian must decide if he’s willing to become a monster to destroy them. They thought they killed a man; they just gave him a promotion.

Carter Van Alen was dumped in the rain for being poor. His best friend stole his designs. His rival stole his future. His ex married the man who ruined him. They thought he was finished. They were wrong. Carter wasn't broke. He was the sole heir to the empire that owned the city. He crashed their wedding. Bought the church. Owned the guests. And began erasing everyone who ever laughed at him. But Julian Pane had been waiting. He knew who Carter was before Carter made his move. And a man with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous thing in any room. The Council of Five had the city in a chokehold for forty years. They didn't survive Carter's patience. Now Kingston belongs to him. He doesn't forgive. He doesn't negotiate. He builds...and then he buries. And when the dust settles, only two people are left standing at the top. The King. And the woman who made him one.

The three ladies (his daughter, maid and lover) want a half of him, but seriously, who divides a half into three? * * * Athena has given her words to her father that Vulcan, the mortal is better than every god, Zeus, her father formed and proposed that she marry. Because of that, she can't return to her father with shame and regret. She stands her ground, she will fight for who she loves. The Nymph will not back down, because all her life, she had only been a puppet to Athena's will, and taking her man will be the best comeback. Prium will not let Vulcan off her hook because she had left every thing she was and had back in the village because of him. Returning to the village is a 'NO'. And Vulcan? He holds them all in same regard because all of them have been useful in one way or the other. But deep down, the memories he has shared sexually and emotionally with Athena back in fantasy keeps reminding him of his love for her.

In a world much like ours, there exists a planet no different from Earth. Through the ravages of time earth has come to stand alone as the dominant planet in their own little system. Not knowing much about the universe they find themselves in, when unexpected visitors known as Dooms arrive from beyond the Nether bringing with them apocalyptic like events that threaten the very fabric of existence of the entire planet, nobody is there to save them. Fortunately, with the influence of the Dooms arrival, the humans of Earth develop new ways to cope with their ever desperate situation. Heroes rise up to face the rising threat of the Dooms and among them, two boys who grew up as best friends, through an unfortunate tragedy inherited amazing powers from otherworldly beings. They would go on to become unlikely saviors of a once flourishing civilization on the verge of destruction. Follow the story of the Constantine Cleveland, the cheerful and hardworking youth of ordinary origins and Baron Maspeth, the entitled and eccentric rich boy as they become enemies and later, brothers, in their bid to save their world from certain doom.

Death, as the guide of all the souls leaving the physical world, takes the form of a human to speak with them. He has been wandering for a very long time that he, himself, doesn't know about his own existence. Ferrying billions of souls of humankind to the other side has been his job in a forever state that he can't escape. He considers himself a mere bystander, a storyteller—seeing histories unfold before his eyes, witnessing eras and wars end, watching humankind thriving. Endowed with a power of bringing deaths to humans upon touching them, he constantly seeks the feeling of physical human touch. Not until he meets Fivrelle, an immortal lady who desires death. The world is continuously evolving and growing. But to what extent? No matter what the world has become, Death will always be there, waiting.

Ryan King had it all: billions in the bank, the city’s biggest company, and a beautiful wife. But in one rainy night, he lost everything. Betrayed by his wife and best friend, Ryan was left paralyzed, a prisoner in his own body, forced to listen as they spent his money and plotted his murder. For six months, he was a vegetable. A silent witness to his own destruction. Then, they made a mistake. They killed him. But death wasn't the end. As his heart stopped, a blue light pierced the darkness. [SYSTEM ACTIVATED] [HATRED LEVEL: MAXIMUM] Ryan wakes up with a second chance and a mysterious System that grants him god-like abilities in exchange for one thing: Vengeance. Now, the man who couldn't move a finger can control technology, crush bones, and manipulate the stock market with a thought. He won’t just take back his company; he will burn their world to the ground. They thought he was a broken shell. They are about to find out that they just woke up a monster.

"To reclaim my throne, I traded my soul for a System." Zoravar had everything—a beautiful family and a peaceful life. But in one night of fire and blood, it was all ripped away. His best friend, Vikram, didn’t just betray him; he burned Zoravar alive, sold his sister to the underworld, and left his mother to rot. Left for dead in a dumpster, a charred husk of a man, Zoravar hears a cold, mechanical chime that defies the laws of nature. [Ding! Soul integration complete. The 'Silver Sinner' System is online.] The System offered him a second chance, but it wasn't a gift—it was a contract. For every drop of blood he sheds in revenge, the System claims a piece of his humanity. Now, a man made of steel and cold logic walks the streets of the city. He has no mercy. He has no fear. He only has a list of names. Yesterday, he was a victim. Today, he is the Judge, the Jury, and the Executioner. "Vikram, I’m not coming for an apology. I’m coming for everything you ever loved."

When the demon finally harnessed human sins and negative emotions to harvest negative energy, it opened a spatial gate to the planets that were already ravaged by monsters and teeming with dark creatures. The beasts and monsters passed through the gate, unleashing havoc upon Earth. These monstrous creatures caused destruction on a massive scale, pushing the earth toward an apocalyptic catastrophe. In this dark time, The Creator granted certain humans the ability, marked by symbols on their right hands, to wield the power of gods and angels to combat these dark creatures. My ability was 'Overthinking,' the weakest, but with hard work, I persisted for 60 years to become the most powerful and the savior of the world. However, in my final moments, I was betrayed by a friend who was born rich and noble, who forced me to die to obtain everything I had worked so hard for. Nevertheless, before my demise, I sent my memories back to my younger years. This time, I will obtain everything: the best items, the finest women, and the most potent abilities. All will be mine!

500 years before, The gods and goddesses were born. They were ascending to heaven and giving all creatures access to their power. The person who had that power was named Mage. 500 years before, the gods and goddesses were vanishing. The communications between gods and their believers were gone. But their power still could be used. Without god's guidance, humans, beastman, and other creatures were starting the war between them. Kieran Moore was part of Moore family, the family which was worshipping The Savior Lord. But he and his mother were kicked by other members. Kieran was realizing that religionists like Moore family were bullshit. They had god power but didn't follow the Savior Lord's rules. One day, Kieran found Asmodeus scriptures and became a dark mage. he believed that even if he become a dark mage, he could still follow the right way.