Old Men Kissing

‎My wife died on a Tuesday. ‎ ‎By Friday, her family had sold my daughter. Not for money. For bloodline. Because I gave them a girl, and they wanted a son. ‎ ‎They took her. Changed her name.Then they called me nothing. Tarnished my name. ‎ ‎I lost my job. My home. My reputation. They made sure every door in the city slammed in my face. ‎ ‎So I went where the doors don't exist. ‎ ‎Underground. Illegal. A fighting ring where men die for cash and the winners earn something richer than money: fear. ‎ ‎One fight became ten. Ten became forty. My face is broken. My hands are scarred. But my daughter still calls another man "Dad." ‎ ‎That ends now. ‎ ‎They think I'm scum beneath their shoes. ‎ ‎I'm about to become the most ruthless man this city has ever seen. ‎ ‎

“Manuel Salazar, you are under arrest for the disappearance of Mrs. Cassidy Jones," the police officer said as he handcuffed me. Manuel Salazar is a sex worker, a male prostitute who fucks the wives of the most popular men in Manhattan. He was the last person to see Cassidy alive after they spent the night at their usual spot, but he didn't kill her; he was being framed, but who would believe him? No body, no murder weapon, just a hotel room covered in blood and his DNA all over. He has to prove his innocence or risk going to prison for a crime he didn't commit. His lawyer Jill Baker is one of the best criminal attorneys in New York, and she suspects foul play, she is his only chance to walk away acquitted of all charges. The clock is ticking. Will they solve this crime in time?

Nathan Cross spends eight years building a revolutionary formula, believing his wife, Serena, and his closest ally, Derek, are the people he can trust most. But when Nathan refuses to surrender his creation, they betray him, torture him, and leave him to die in a waste facility before dawn. On the brink of death, Nathan's ancient dragon mark awakens. It restores his shattered body and unlocks the memories of his ancestors, granting him powerful healing arts, medicine, acupuncture, cultivation, and deadly martial techniques passed down through generations. When the men responsible for his death discover that Nathan is still alive, they become the first to face the power of the man they tried to destroy. Now, with his enemies celebrating their victory, Nathan walks into their grand reunion covered in blood and carrying a promise: He is coming for everyone who betrayed him.

Desmond was a nobody, mocked, bullied, and forgotten, with no family and no future. But when he stumbles across a strange glowing creature trapped in a bottle, his fate takes a shocking turn. Bonded to a mysterious system that grants him incredible powers, Desmond finds himself caught between survival and destiny. In a city where men are forced into marriage or conscripted to die at the frontline, Desmond makes an impossible choice: to marry not one, but three women, each hiding secrets, ambitions, and grudges that could either elevate him… or destroy him. But the system demands more. Affection, loyalty, trust, these are his keys to unlocking godlike strength. Every challenge he completes pulls him deeper into a dangerous game of power, revenge, and hidden truths. And as war looms, conspiracies unravel, and enemies close in, Desmond must decide: remain the forgotten nobody he once was, or rise as a legend feared by kings.

Born into violence and hardship, a charismatic fighter discovers that winning the heart of the otherworldly being he desires requires nothing less than a crown of his own. This is the saga of ambition, passion, and the chaos of a world in flux. Set in a fantasy realm echoing medieval Europe, the story follows a ruthless warrior's bloody path to power where alliances are forged in both the battlefield and the bedroom. The protagonist, Luc Beaumont, is as dangerous as he is magnetic, leaving a trail of conquered enemies and seduced lovers men and women alike in his wake. He takes what he wants without apology, building his empire one calculated move at a time. (Note: While the story moves at a steady pace, the protagonist earns his victories through cunning and force, not cheap tricks. Luc shows no mercy, particularly to male rivals. Romantic and erotic content appears throughout, but not in every chapter.)

For three years‍, Zane Long has endured h⁠umi⁠l⁠iation as the⁠ Shen family's l‌iv‌e-in s‌on-‍in-law. To th‌e world, h⁠e is a useless‍ husba‍nd living off his wife‍'s success. To the Shen family, he is‌ not‍hing more t⁠han a⁠ stai‍n on their reputatio‌n.⁠ Even his‍ wife,‌ Lillian S‌he⁠n, believes‍ he i⁠s an or⁠dinary man with no future. What nobody knows is that Zane Long is⁠ the missing⁠ heir of Dragon Palace, the most p‍owerful martial‌ organiz‍ation on Earth. Bound‍ by an old pro⁠mise and a sec‍ret missi‍on, he h‍as hidden his true identity whi‌le⁠ sile‍ntly protecting the woman he loves‌. But whe‍n power‍ful enemi‌es eme‍rge, cor‌porate wars erupt, and old rival‌s force him out o‍f hiding, t‌he Hidden Dragon ca‍n no lo‍nger remain asleep‍. As billi‌onaire⁠s kneel and mar‍tial masters bow, the wo‍rld will discov⁠er a terrifying t‌ruth: T‌he man th⁠ey‌ des‍pised‍ wa⁠s the one standing above them all.

Dante Moretti, the tactical genius of Italy’s most powerful mafia family, is betrayed and blinded by his own brother, Lorenzo. Cast aside into the dark corners of his own estate, he is forced to marry Elena Rossi, the daughter of an enemy sent solely to humiliate what remains of his dignity. To the world, Dante is nothing more than a living corpse, waiting for death to claim him. Yet within the eternal darkness, Dante discovers a way to “see” that ordinary men never could. Using Elena as both a pawn and his public face, Dante begins to crawl through the shadows. He hacks financial systems, sabotages smuggling routes, and eliminates traitors one by one with cold, deliberate hands. As entire mafia organizations begin to collapse without explanation, they finally realize one truth, the King was never truly blind, and he is coming to reclaim his throne in blood.

Gossip about Benjamin Frost, a husband and son-in-law deemed useless, has become the talk of Regal Hill. He resided in his wife's family home, taking on the role of a dutiful household servant, handling chores such as cooking and laundry. However, his fate took a sudden turn. While preparing dinner, his wife unexpectedly appeared with divorce papers, claiming she had found a more useful man. After signing the divorce papers, Benjamin deliberately cut his ring finger, allowing the blood to flow under his family's heirloom ring. At that moment, a magical doorway to knowledge opened within him. Instantly, medical expertise, martial arts, engineering skills, alchemy, and a myriad of other talents flooded his mind. While he was still reeling from the shock, several men in suits emerged from an SUV and approached him with a shout, "Young Master, you're back!"

Ethan Hayes was set to inherit everything — until his own family buried him alive to take it. Framed for his grandfather's murder and left for dead at a construction site, he's rescued by a reclusive billionaire and rebuilt over five years into one of the most powerful men in the world. Now Ethan is back in New York under a new identity, dismantling the empire that destroyed him with the help of Isabella Carter, the lawyer who never stopped believing him. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more it unravels: his brother, not his stepmother, has been running the conspiracy all along — and the mentor who saved his life had his own reasons for choosing him. Ethan finally has the power to destroy everyone who wronged him. The only question is what kind of man he'll be when he does.

Strategos Ryker Alden was Apex-ranked — the System's #1 human, the man who held the eastern Anchor Points single-handedly. Then the Collapse hit, his own command marked him for elimination, and the world watched their war god die. Six months later, he's alive. Level 1. Unranked. Forgotten by name, hunted by instinct because the officers who buried him know a truth no one else does: the Collapse wasn't random. It was timed. Engineered. And Ryker was the only man capable of stopping it. Now, under a stolen name, he's rebuilding from nothing while the faction that killed him consolidates a war he was born to win. Every Skill he reclaims, every Anchor Point he takes back, brings him closer to the men who erased him and to a truth about who gave the order that will burn the last thing he trusts to the ground.