Forced Marriage

Struggling novelist Athena Morrison once thought life had nothing left to offer her. Living a reclusive lifestyle and trying to make ends meet while trying to make a name for herself as an author, she certainly had it hard enough. Coupled with extreme bouts of depression and constant threats with running from her dark past however, one can only go so far before something snaps. So in one stormy evening, plagued by the demons of her own making, she planned on ending it all.Before she was stopped by some unsuspecting maintenance crew.A fateful encounter, if she were to describe it. Change was coming to her life. Perhaps it was time to stop running, to try and take hold of her own destiny. A lot of things were happening in this city, money changing hands, deals being made; politics were being played and power constantly in flux. And while change is something to be feared, it was also something to be excited about. Athena only hoped that it was for the better.Bug me on Discord: https://discord.gg/NZA6JunBug me on Twitter: @FriedMokou

SYNOPSIS He was once a god of war who ruled at the pinnacle of the world, but one mistake almost cost him his life. Logan was able to escape the clutches of death but lost his memories in return. Living an ordinary life like everyone else, was all he wanted until he got entangled with a beautiful woman with whom he spent a passionate night, and ended up getting married to her. He was looked down upon by his wife and her family, but little did they know that he was a god of war, and at the mention of his name, cities and towns would fall to their knees! I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com.

Ding-! [Congratulations! You have been awarded the title of 'The First Person from Another World'!] [Congratulations! You have acquired the title of 'Owner of the Ancient Emperor's Secret Palace'!] [The Dual Gates you entered have been identified as yours!] [All the belongings in this Palace are yours, Master!] That's what Igarashi Kazuki heard, a man who was mocked and cast aside by his family and even the world due to his chubby and ugly appearance when he opened the extraordinary Dual Gates in his ancestral warehouse. He discovered a mysterious gateway that led him to a new world full of unimaginable possibilities. Through the Dual Gates, Kazuki obtained an AI System that helped him train and evolve into a stronger, smarter, and more cunning individual. Seeking revenge was not the only thing he did, a red thread guided him and destiny bound him to keep moving towards unlimited heights. However, his journey would not be an easy one, as there were many tigers and dragons lying dormant in both worlds that Kazuki had to fight in order to achieve all his ambitions with the thread of destiny guiding him. With colossal battles, a tantalizing love story, cunning political games, and power struggles, ambitiously aiming to become the CEO of a world-class company and participating in global geopolitics, creating many new innovations for the world, Kazuki will embark on an extraordinary adventure where he will face unexpected challenges and obstacles in his quest to conquer both worlds. How will Kazuki face it all? Will he become the best with all the desired endings and shape the future of all living beings in both worlds as he wishes, or will he be crushed by the challenges and formidable enemies that lie ahead? ******* This is Fantasy story, unrelated to reality.

What would you do if the woman you loved framed you for a crime? He took the fall for his wife's crime. On the day he gets out, she serves him divorce papers. Now, with a billion-dollar card and an empire at his fingertips, he'll make her regret ever betraying the man she threw away.

Ten years ago, John Hardwick was the golden boy of the nation. The youngest billionaire in history. The face of every magazine. The pride of the powerful Hardwick dynasty; worth trillions. He was rich, brilliant, devastatingly handsome, and born to inherit an empire. But then… he made one mistake. A scandal so massive it rocked the country. His grandfather; the terrifying patriarch of the Hardwick family, was furious. Disgraced, John vanished overnight. His name was wiped clean from the internet. No news, no photos, no trace. As if he never existed. People said he was dead. Some whispered he ran away. But soon, the world forgot him entirely. What no one knew was that he didn’t disappear… he was exiled. His grandfather didn’t just cut him off—he threw him into the harshest military unit in the world. No mercy. No privileges. Just blood, fire, and war. For ten brutal years, John was forged like steel in the furnace of hell. He rose through the ranks, unstoppable. Fearless. Lethal. Eventually, he earned a title that sent shivers through the enemy ranks: GOD OF WAR. Now, he’s back. Not as a spoiled billionaire—but as a weapon. A king in exile returned. And this time, he’s taking back everything that was his. The name. The throne. The trillion-dollar empire. And anyone who stands in his way… will fall.

After three years of disappearance, the God of War returns to take revenge on those who framed and destroyed his family. Xavier Smith hides his identity from his family, his wife and his in-laws. He wanted to find out who was worth fighting for. Even though he had to swallow the humiliation of being a useless son-in-law to the Cooper family, and his household was almost threatened with divorce if Savana did not defend and protect him. Xavier promised to look after his wife and make her happy as compensation for her absence for years after their marriage. The fact that his twin hadn't committed suicide and that his parents' accident wasn't just an accident made Xavier furious. He finally decided to reveal his identity and make them fear for their lives.

Betrayed by his own family and left for dead, Desmond Ashford lost everything—his inheritance, his identity, his past, and even his memory. Forced to endure years of humiliation as a lowly live-in son-in-law, he later gets divorced by his wife and finally regains his memory and discovers the shocking truth: he is the rightful heir to an empire. With unlimited power and wealth at his fingertips, Desmond embarks on a path of vengeance, destroying those who wronged him. But just as victory seems near, a shocking revelation changes everything—his supposed brother was never family, and the mother he thought was long dead might still be alive.

George was the bullied and belittled son-in-law of the River Family who was forced to divorce his wife but was unjustly dismissed from his job because he was a peasant. However, when all hopes seem to be lost and George has lost everything including his wife, he discovers that he is the heir to the Hawthorne Consortium. Nothing is ever going to remain the same as George had to take his rightful place, as the only Heir of the Hawthorne Family. He's back to the city with the only thing in his heart and that's to give the River Family a taste of their own medicine and get back at the one thing he thought he had.

He married into a family of power… but he holds the law, the secret, and the ultimate revenge. Akash Khan appears to be a humble, submissive husband, marrying into the ruthless and high-class Rathore family. Scorned, humiliated, and forced to endure endless cruelty, he seems powerless—but nothing about him is as it seems. In truth, Akash is a top undercover detective, secretly investigating the Rathores’ dark empire. Every insult, every slight, every act of humiliation is part of a carefully plotted plan. When a shocking revelation surfaces—that Akash is the long-lost son of the influential Singh family—he gains not only wealth and power but the ultimate weapon: the leverage to exact revenge on the family that mocked him.

Being set up and forced to marry their daughter, Damien received countless humiliation from the Bernard family, but everything changed when he got kidnapped. He was revealed as the son of the wealthiest man alive. Having a woman carrying his baby, Damien decided to remain at the Bernard family to secret uncover the person responsible for his set-up and to bring hell to the Bernard family. The useless son-in-law has become a nightmare that refused to go. Damien tormenting story begins. “Don't hesitate. Don't hold back, do whatever you want. I promise, nobody will dare to lay a finger on you. You are Damien Barron, wife”.