Grand Duke It Was A Mistake

Twenty strangers. Ten million dollars. A single survivor. For bankrupt author Kurt Hayes, the luxurious and isolated Grand Hotel Summit seemed like the answer to all his debts and the end of an impending ruin. The invitation was simple: stay confined in the mountains for a few days in exchange for a life-changing reward. But as soon as the heavy oak doors lock shut and the windows are barricaded from the outside, the rules change. Under the command of an enigmatic, faceless voice, a thirty-minute dinner window becomes the prelude to a psychological nightmare. Through a sequence of sadistic games rooted in trust, betrayal, and raw survival, the guests discover a terrifying truth: their selection was not random. As the body count rises brutally and the hotel corridors are stained with blood, a trail of clues reveals that everyone in the room shares the blame for a tragedy that occurred ten years ago. Amid fragile alliances, perverse manipulations, and secrets unraveled piece by piece, Hayes must confront not only the killer instincts of his competitors, but the ghosts of his own past. Because in this game, the Host’s justice isn't just looking for a winner. It is looking for blood. "For one to win, the others must lose. Let the judgment begin."

In the broken continent of Averis, glory is currency—and humiliation is a death sentence. Max Partey was born in chains. Beaten in the alleys of Freeport, sold between masters, and forgotten by the world, he is nothing more than another slave waiting to die. Until the night the System awakens within him. It offers power. Not for heroism. Not for mercy. But for revenge. Every injustice he endures fuels his strength. Every humiliation becomes Glory Points, and the chains that once bound him become his deadliest weapon. As Max rises from the slums to the grand arenas of Auravale and the war-torn kingdoms beyond, he gathers unlikely allies—an exiled strategist, a silver-tongued diplomat, and a warrior who fights like a storm in chains. But power always attracts monsters. A ruthless noble named Veylan Corvaris is climbing toward godhood, feeding on the same System that fuels Max. Kingdoms crumble, Rift Beasts pour into the world, and the truth behind the System threatens to shatter everything. Because the voice guiding Max…might not be a god. It might be himself. And to save the world, the man who rose through glory may have to destroy the very power that made him unstoppable.

Everyone in Charleston believed Derek Ashford was dead, his life supposedly cut short by a tragic plane crash in the rugged peaks of the Smoky Mountains. His business partners wasted no time confirming the tragedy, clearing the way for his younger brother, Raymond, to orchestrate a lavish funeral, inherit his company, and marry his ‘faithful wife’ within a mere sixty days. But Derek was not dead yet. Against all odds, he had survived the impact, dragged from the wreckage by a retired forest ranger named Earl Bone. After two months, Derek finally walked into the grand ballroom of the Charleston Custom House, right in the middle of the lavish anniversary gala Raymond was throwing to celebrate his newly inherited empire. Dressed in a flawless tailored suit, Derek bypassed the stunned security, strode directly up the center aisle, and stepped onto the stage just as his brother was delivering a celebratory speech. Taking the microphone right out of Raymond's frozen hand, Derek looked out into the crowd and calmly announced that the rightful owner had returned to collect what belonged to him.

In a world that worships the sky, mass is a mortal sin. For nineteen years, Kai Arden was mocked as the "Gravity-Well Cripple" of the floating Seven Clouds Sect. While elite geniuses cultivated weightlessness to dance among the stars, Kai’s "broken core" did the opposite-absorbing energy inward, packing his marrow with unyielding density, and tethering him to the mud. Deemed useless ballast ahead of a grand ascension ritual, the Sect Elders ruthlessly throw him off the edge of the floating mountain, laughing as he plummets toward certain death. But they didn't purify the sky. They just dropped an anvil. Awakening at terminal velocity, Kai’s core collapses into a primordial cosmic anchor of infinite density. He doesn't need to fly. Armed with a cynical mind and a ravenous hunger for raw metal, he learns to force the heavens to fall toward him. From shattering three-ton vault doors to crushing elite wind-walkers with a single glance, Kai begins a brutal descent into the realm of sovereignty. The arrogant rulers of the sky think they sit out of reach...but the ground has finally come to claim its debt.

In the cold, high-stakes world of European high fashion, Doni is an invisible man. A junior close-protection assistant from Southeast Asia, he is underestimated by his elite colleagues and overshadowed by his client, the temperamental global icon Cassandra Virelli. As they navigate a perilous trail from the runways of Milan to the aggressive media scrums of London, Doni's sharp eyes see what others miss: a lethal obsession creeping closer under the guise of publicity. In a world where one mistake means professional ruin, Doni must decide if he will remain a shadow or become the shield Cassandra never knew she needed—even if the cost is the heart he swore to keep professional.

William woke up twenty years younger with every painful memory burning inside his mind. His wife Lydia had stolen his company, his best friend Benjamin had stolen his wife, and together they had stolen twenty years of his life. But fate made one critical mistake giving William a second chance. Now he remembers everything. Every betrayal. Every secret. Every move they are planning before they even make it. Lydia thought she buried him. Benjamin thought he won. They had no idea the man they destroyed was now standing right behind them. *****They built his grave. He built their downfall.*****

Ethan Li is a young man who is desperate to save his gravely ill mother. With mounting medical bills and no viable options left, he finally reaches his breaking point. In his darkest moment he is granted the "Otherworld Exchange System." This gift draws the attention of the Department of Psychic and Esper Regulation, who mistake him as a newly awakened esper, and they offer him a choice. Work as one of their Agents as a "Hero" in the Otherworld or subject himself to having his powers stripped away. Seeing this as his last hope, Ethan dives into the Otherworld, where the rewards are great but the risks are greater. What price is too high to pay for power?

Everyone thought Jace Prescott would ruin his life before twenty. Then the girl he planned to marry destroyed him in front of millions. For five months, nothing between them had been private. Not the secrets. Not even the moments he thought belonged only to them. Millions had been watching. The same day his life fell apart, a dying billionaire appeared with a shocking claim: "I’m your uncle. And you’re inheriting my empire." Jace has no interest in forgiveness. And in a school full of arrogant rich kids, fake saints, and people who mistake kindness for weakness… That’s about to become everyone’s problem.

"I, Alastair of the Elderien's Keep, renounce you, Jaghryx as my Dragon. I break our connection, I break all that binds us together and I renounce my status as Dragonlord." *** Forced to renounce his dragon in an attempt to correct a fatal mistake, Alastair finds himself in a world of grief and chaos. But when he meets a child with a destiny far greater than his, he is forced to tear down the walls he had built to separate him from the world around. Will he succeed in bringing her to the light, becoming the salvation the world might just need against a great evil, or will she fall to the darkness, becoming the very thing that destroys the world itself? Stay and find out!

Jason Mairer, a poor young man married to the daughter of Damien, the owner of the television station where he works, Esme Even though his second marriage was opposed by Esme's parents, during his time as son-in-law in the Damien family, Jason always received insults and bad treatment. Even because of a mistake, Jason was kicked out of his parents-in-law's house and separated from Esme. Who would have thought that Jason was the recipient of an inheritance from an old grandfather he had helped? With the wealth he has, Jason can get Esme out of Damien's house. And in the end, it was Jason who helped Damien's family, who were always in trouble.