Contemporary

At seventeen, Marcus Reid had everything. Olympic dreams, loving parents, and a bright future. One gunshot changed it all. When his parents are murdered on the night of his greatest triumph, all evidence points to Marcus. Convicted of a crime he didn't commit, he loses twelve years of his life in prison for murders he didn't commit. Released at twenty-nine, Marcus is broken, jobless, and ready to give up, until a mysterious librarian named Emma believes his story. Together, they uncover a deadly conspiracy involving organized crime, sports corruption, and powerful people who will kill to keep their secrets buried. With danger closing in and time running out, Marcus must use every skill his father taught him to hunt down the real killer before the killer hunts him. Because in this game, the truth is the only weapon that matters and missing your shot means death.

Lonan Karran's wealthy life was turned upside down by people's betrayal. And that made him live in contempt of the people. Lonan was humiliated and laughed at. When he was about to die in the pool, a system appeared that allowed him to make a lot of money. [Welcome to the Streaming System!] With the system he had just acquired, his life changed again. It's time to become famous!

[No.2 "An Intrigue Read" Novel In "Leap To The Top" contest] Lucas Baron grew up very poor and had to fend himself. One day he fought with a big shot and ended up going to jail. Whoever knew that it would turn out to be a blessing in disguise because his birth mother located him and revealed to him that he was the son of the richest man in the country. Lucas was happy to have found his real parents who happen to be rich but when he approached them, they insulted him and rejected him. Since then, Lucas decided that they would pay the price of leaving him when he was young and rejecting him now

Eduardo died as a loser on an old pier, beaten to a pulp for refusing to sell his wife’s honor. Yet an ancient artifact revived him through the System of Equivalent Exchange. Eduardo was granted the power to rule the criminal underworld, but at a horrifying price: every inch of power he seized had to be paid for with fragments of his own memories. From his last ragged breaths, Eduardo built an empire. From the blood of his enemies, he forged luxury for the family he loved. But as he climbed the throne as Italy’s supreme Godfather, he realized a bitter tragedy. The wealthier his family became, the more they turned into parasites, ravenous for riches and indifferent to Eduardo’s body as it slowly hollowed out. Amid betrayals of blood and the cold crack of a sniper’s bullet, Eduardo must choose: to die as a man forgotten, or to pass his darkness into the right womb. A blood debt can be repaid, but the price of a memory lasts forever.

After breaking up with his girlfriend, Eric Johnson married a beautiful female CEO to cover his father's $15,000 surgical bill.

Oliver Hudson seemed to be a very poor man and after three years of marriage, his wife, Sienna Taylor, has emerged as the most successful businesswoman in 3 years. Her beauty was one of a kind and tons of men were attracted by that. Sienna Taylor thought that she cannot keep spending her life with a wretched man like him so she decided to divorce. After 3 years of marriage and all he’s done, all Oliver Hudson got paid back with was a divorce but what his wife doesn’t know was that he’s not the poor man that he appears to be and without him she’s nothing. Oliver Hudson on the other contrary turned out to be a very powerful man with special abilities and people bow to him and now, he vows to make Sienna and her family bow to him too. Now, what kind of man did Sienna miss and what length will she go to get him back?

"Honey... Where have you been? Can you help me?" Glenn asked his wife; his body was completely paralyzed. "Don't 'honey' me, Glenn. I'm fed up with all this pretense. Why are you so stubborn? It would have been easier if you died in yesterday's accident..." Amber snapped, glaring at him, visibly frustrated. Glenn was surprised by his wife's words, and then Jason, his business partner, suddenly appeared and warmly embraced his wife. Glenn's world immediately crumbled. What betrayal cuts deeper than discovering those closest and dearest are the perpetrators? Glenn Smith knows it all too well. The revelation of his wife, Amber, deceiving him, fostering a secret love with Jason—his colleague—and Ethan not being his biological son but a product of their affair, shattered Glenn's world. The very individuals he lifted from poverty and elevated status stabbed him in the back. Yet, a life-threatening accident thrusts Glenn back in time to when he first encountered this deceitful duo; he seizes a second chance. Once a naive, unsuspecting man, Glenn now vows to metamorphose into someone unrecognisable, someone ready to retaliate against them!

Prologue   Maverick Michelson, a young man in his early twenties who was struggling at the bottom of society had his world shattered when his family died and he learned that his girlfriend used and betrayed him.    Weak and without strength, he was going to be cruelly tortured to death after learning about his girlfriend's betrayal but at that time, a mysterious artifact hidden within his soul called a system awakened and granted him the strength to free himself and escape.     Maverick had lost his family, and his love and no longer had the will to live but with the help of the system, not only did he rise from the ashes, he also attained the capital to seek revenge.      Maverick strives to attain strength with the system to seek revenge and make his girlfriend and all those who were involved suffer a fate far worse than his family had.

A man's worth is never measured in gold...or so Christian believed. Christian Mills faced his first disappointment when he got divorced by his wife and scorned by his in-laws. But that was merely a Genesis to the brewing storm in his life. After a nasty divorce, and an entanglement with a mafia's treasured daughter. Christian ends up having more enemies than allies, and more threats over his life. To his ex-wife and the rest of the world,he is not the master of the palace of God or the head of the fallen stars. He is merely a losser and a nobody. Through the politics of the elite world and an unquenchable thirst for vengeance, Christian seems to uncover the mystery behind his parents demise and he will stop at nothing to find the answers he seeks. What Will it take to fish his enemies out? And what if his foes are closer than he thinks? Slowly his secret is revealed in the City, but Christian is on a mission and he has sworn to avenge his parent's death. Blood,bodybag and all

Jake Klein, a university student struggling to make ends meet, was heartbroken when his girlfriend, Zara, cheated on him with his worst enemy, Weston. Seeking revenge, Jake faced even more trouble at work, where his boss attempted to seduce him and a coworker bullied him. However, Jake's life took a dramatic turn when he discovered that he was the heir to the powerful Acrobatic Empire. But with the sudden death of his grandfather, Jake found himself fighting against his uncles, who sought to eliminate him and take over everything his grandfather had left behind. With the help of his martial arts skills and wisdom, Jake was able to defeat his uncles and make everyone who had hurt him in the past pay for their wrongdoings!