Marriage First, Love Second

An overachieving Vera aspires to achieve success in Atlantic City, but her dreams hinge on marrying someone. She enters a three-year contract marriage with Ivan, who harbors a powerful secret. Unbeknownst to Vera, Ivan shields her from various threats to her life and even posing as an anonymous Angel investor to save her company from bankruptcy. When their contract expires, Ivan resumes his responsibilities to lead a secret organization, seeking vengeance for a past war that shattered the group and claimed his lover's life. Meanwhile, Vera becomes entangled in the murder of her rival, Steve Anderson, which was orchestrated by Ivan. Simultaneously, a visually impaired girl discovers her importance to the "new gods” — a treacherous faction responsible for the war. As these events unfold, the characters' destinies intertwine, leading to a compelling story of power, secrets, and retribution.

I was the last one left, I watched as humanity's greed took over, as brothers killed brothers and fathers turned on sons. I watched humanity end and with nothing left to live for, I ended my life. Now I'm back to a month before the apocalypse, I've been given a second chance and I will not waste it. I'll prevent the death of those I love and make sure humanity survives. If the world can't control itself, then I'll conquer it and lead us to survival.

In the global calendar year 2087, the world did not collapse... it calcified. Society is split between the towering skyscrapers of the wealthy and the filthy slums where honest labor barely buys life. For Ray Anne, this system is a cruel trap: his fierce morality prevents him from acquiring the huge sums needed to save his ailing mother, and his only hope lies in the virtual realm known as the Second Reality. His escape arrives through a debt: acquiring a state-of-the-art Link Gear from the city's powerful Governor in exchange for nearly 13 million Credits and a looming employment contract. With his mother's fate hanging on a one-year deadline, Ray Anne dives into Nexgenesis, only to be immediately thrown into a geopolitical nightmare disguised as a tutorial: [Resolve the conflict between two species]. To survive and succeed, Rayanne weaves between ruthless action—such as calculatingly incinerating the newborns of the Blockheads to earn skills and strategic alliance, befriending the outcasts and the like. He must leverage his intellect to control the war between the grotesque world and the simple-minded Brickheads, a conflict he accidentally escalates into chaos. Follow Ray's urgent race against the clock as he leverages the virtual world's economy and its fantastical politics to conquer a debt that is almost his life's worth, striving to pay for his freedom and secure his mother’s salvation.

They burned his home. They erased his family. And for ten years, they believed Dante Moretti was dead along with the ashes. He returns with nothing but cheap clothes, a cold stare, and fists trained by the legendary Master Armani—the man who turned him into a weapon. In a city ruled by money and bloodlines, Dante is mocked as a nobody, humiliated as a stray, and treated like dirt by elites who don’t know whose empire they’re standing in. When he saves a powerful heiress from death, she repays him with contempt, believing he’s just another poor man reaching above his place. What she doesn’t know is that he owns the sky above her head and her family’s fate is already tied to his. Forced into a marriage meant to control him, Dante steps into the lion’s den willingly because kings don’t avoid traps. They turn them into thrones. This is not a story about love at first sight. It’s about power reclaimed, enemies crushed, and a man who lets the world laugh… right before it learns to bow. Insults turn into kneeling. Laughter turns into fear. And every man who once looked down on him pays in ruin. They called him a nobody. Now the city will learn his name in a hard way.

Nathan Hunt, a young man burdened by his father's debt and trapped in a loveless marriage to the daughter of his tormentors, finds his life turned upside down when a pair of inherited dice unlock a powerful family secret - The Fortune System (FORST). This sentient system promises wealth and freedom, but at a cost: weekly challenges with unpredictable rewards and punishments. Driven by the promise of vengeance and a desperate need to reclaim his life and rescue his sister who's also a slave with his in-laws, Nathan embraces the FORST's gamble. Each roll of the dice unlocks not just wealth, but the perfect means for retribution and revenge. It's time to take revenge, time to take over their world, time to make them pay.

"Young master, your father just stopped breathing..." "I'm afraid things have gone so wrong Master... The family's company has just been sold illegally..." ****************************** ****************************** After losing his father, Trevor Billions' world crumbles further when he discovers he's inherited nothing but debt and despair. With his marriage on shaky ground, he toiled tirelessly to make ends meet, only to be met with cruelty and disdain by his beloved wife and her family. Despite that, he labored morning and night to put a smile on Ellen's face, promising never to leave, but on her birthday, a shocking betrayal forces him to sign away his freedom. As he hits rock bottom, a mysterious document hidden by his father reveals a stunning truth, catapulting Trevor into a whirlwind of unexpected adventures and discoveries. With his life turned upside down, could he rise from the ashes and conquer the demons that haunt him?

One modern smartphone. Zero social skills. And a world of women who want his "magic." Arthur lived seventy years as a "good man"a polite way of saying he died a virgin with a literal allergy to women. Touched by his purity, the Goddess Venus offers him a second chance in another realm of Venhus. But thanks to a divine blunder, Arthur wakes up as a 20 year old scrawny, powerless orphan in a world where women rule with magic and steel. His only lifeline? A Spectral Smartphone that can order anything from Earth...from Glocks and Kevlar to Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The catch: the currency is Venus Points (VP), earned only through physical and romantic intimacy. For a man who breaks out in hives during a handshake, Arthur is in a comedic hell. To survive greedy queens and demon mages, he must overcome his terror and "farm" points from the very women he’s spent a lifetime avoiding. Building an empire is easy. Surviving the first kiss is the real boss fight.

Aiden's lavish lifestyle came to an abrupt halt when his bank froze his accounts and seized his fortune, inherited from his late parents. With no choice but to return home for an extended stay, Aiden received a cryptic message and task from his father's attorney - spend a designated amount of money each week or month for a year or forfeit all rights as the sole heir to the fortune. But Aiden soon discovered that there was more to the challenge than just spending his money. Picking up a mysterious green credit card, Aiden was transported into an alternate world where magic and technology coexisted. Here, Aiden's spending habits would be put to the test, and the stakes were high. Aiden found himself navigating a treacherous thrifty system, where wise spending choices were paramount. He was forced to confront his extravagant and wild lifestyle head-on, and soon found that it was not as easy as he had initially thought. With his inheritance and future at risk, Aiden had to choose between the life he had always known or a newfound path filled with secrets, danger, and uncertainty. Join Aiden on a thrilling journey as he unravels the mysteries of his inheritance, learns the true value of money, and discovers a world beyond his wildest dreams.

Alex is the young master of the richest family in the world, a man whom many princesses want to marry. However, he’s treated worse than a nanny by his mother-in-law

From Worthless to Wealthies is the story of Wayne, a hardworking orphan who does it all to support his fatherly figure, Mr Jones. Things take a turn for the worse when a notorious gang demands payment for an overdue loan. Forced to flee his home due to the situation, Wayne struggles to make it in a new wealthy family - but will he be accepted or rejected? Read to find out