Old Men Kissing

He watched his mother die at five years old and said nothing. Not because he was weak. Because he was smart enough to know that a child with the truth and no power is just the next victim. For fourteen years Franklin Dawnric drank, chased women and let his father's town call him a waste while he hid his magic, gathered his evidence and helped his people in the dark under a mask no one could name. He was not lost. He was loading. But when the governor's tournament forces his hand and the truth of what he is lands in the middle of a crowded arena, the people who murdered his mother realize the boy they dismissed at five years old has spent fourteen years becoming the one thing they were never prepared for. Patient. Powerful. And finished waiting.

‎His wife divorced him and chose his stepbrother. His father chose his golden child. When they cast him out, they called him worthless. Until five men in black suits knelt before him. His mother wasn't a fragile nobody; she was the heiress to a multi-billion-dollar medical empire owned by the De Luca family. Now, he's the sole heir and the mysteriously excellent De Luca doctor whom everyone wants to work with. All who looked down on him are about to beg at his feet. They would want mercy. And he doesn't speak that language. ‎ ‎ ‎

Davin was treated unfairly, living with his in-laws the Windsors, even his wife disregarded him because they thought he was just a useless husband without a single penny, she cheated on him and divorced him because he complained. Her new partner sent some men to kill him. Just then, when they all thought he was gone, dead and no more coming back. He rose like a god, his true identity as a war lord. Lord Darius and the emperor of a powerful martial art empire. He would make them kneel and punish them for all they did to him.

Kidnapped at five, Ethan Smith returns fifteen years later to the seven sisters who never stopped searching for him—wearing shabby clothes and asking for a job. They welcome him home, determined to protect their little brother, unaware that he commands an army and a fortune powerful enough to bring their city's elite to their knees. But the men behind his abduction are still in business. When their next attack leaves one of his sisters fighting for her life, Ethan gives them ten days to confess and beg for her forgiveness. Let them call in every favor. He wants their masters to come forward, too.

The world after a huge nuclear disaster, what remains is a civilization that has fallen back for a hundred years, the world is slowly dying. The story follows Seimei Saguis, a young man passionate about the knowledge of an old civilization, on his way to change this struggling world.

Karen, is known as a Star of Screen Pleasure, which means she is an artist for adult films and videos that are sold only to certain communities. Adult movie fans will know Karen because she is a phenomenal Screen Pleasure star. She was able to achieve sales of millions of copies within a year. Nonetheless, behind her role as an adult movie star, there is another life known only to the Screen Pleasure organization. Karen hadn't known, either, that she was recruited for the purpose of being a hitman. Eventually, Karen developed into the organization's main 'tool'. It all started with Karen going to the cinema with her friend. Karen waited for her friend in the park. While waiting, there were three men who asked Karen to talk. One of them gives Karen a drink and Karen becomes unconscious from the drink. Karen was taken to a deserted place. Karen was raped by three men and it was recorded. The recording was spread on the Internet, Karen couldn't live a quiet life since then. Karen attracted the attention of many viewers. She was only 19 years old. In the one year since then, the public's attention to her has increased a lot. In a state of desperation, Karen throws herself into the world of adult film. She signed up for Screen Pleasure. The upgrade earned Karen additional tasks. Karen is then trained for a special mission because Karen attracts the attention of the target organization Screen Pleasure. The videos are just baited for a bigger purpose. Karen had to hold on, if not, she would be a target. Karen wants to be free, but the condition for her freedom from this black organization is to kill 100 people.

I learned early that if you’re born at the bottom, the world doesn’t hate you. It just doesn’t see you. I wasn’t mistreated. I was useful. A donor. A background presence. The kind of person wealthy families keep around until they don’t need him anymore. I got good at being invisible. Then someone pointed a gun at my chest. And Seraphina Knowles, the most powerful woman in the city said, “Apologize to him.” Men who wouldn’t have remembered my name minutes earlier dropped to their knees. It should’ve felt like victory. It didn’t. Because power doesn’t erase what you were. It tests what you’ll become. Behind closed doors, I’m the Chairman of Prism Dragon Group. I could end careers with a signature. Crush bloodlines with paperwork. But I don’t move in anger. I watch. And when I start watching, I find something rotting inside my own empire money disappearing too carefully to be a mistake. Betrayal hiding behind polished smiles. This stops being about humiliation. It becomes war. Bennett Sterling inherited power but never discipline. He mistakes noise for strength. I let him believe that. Men who panic expose themselves. Now arrests are being made. Empires are trembling. And the boardroom is about to learn who truly holds authority. I won’t smile. This was never about proving them wrong. It was about making sure no one will ever decide my worth again.

Jackson lost everything the night they kicked him out of the Family. His life was a piece of rag until an old man appeared. Jackson Raven, now Jackson Taylor, is preparing gifts to pay them back. A/N Many thanks to @dobolyuvV for the gorgeous cover

Thomas the successful businessman took over the body of Peter Black, the despised live-in son-in-law of the Owen family. An orphan with nothing to his name, Peter had been branded useless by his cold mother-in-law, and he endured it all for the sake of his wife, Rachael, and their young daughter, Emma. Now, Thomas carries Peter's memories alongside his own burning rage. He will seek revenge for the man whose body he inhabits, and also on those who wronged him. Two men from different worlds, one tragic fate. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction and any similarities in names and characters are purely coincidental.

He gave them everything. They took his life. Now he wants it all back. Betrayed by the woman he loved and the friends he trusted, wealthy humanitarian James Wood dies by poison, his murder orchestrated by eight people he once called family. But death isn’t the end. Reborn into the body of another child with his memories intact, James grows up sharper, wiser, and fuelled by vengeance. Now a doctor in the heart of a ruthless urban city, he finds himself face-to-face with the seven men, and the woman, who killed him. Only this time, he decides who lives and who dies.