Old Men Kissing

Elias Cross wanted nothing more than to disappear. Once the city’s most brilliant forensic architect, he vanished after a scandal that destroyed his career. But when an old friend turns up dead — and the body is staged inside one of Elias’s abandoned designs — he’s pulled back into a world he swore he’d left behind. Each crime scene is a building. Each building is a clue. Each clue points to an impossible blueprint for the city’s destruction. With only a reckless journalist and a washed-up detective by his side, Elias must outwit a ghostly mastermind known only as The Mason. But as the city becomes a maze of deadly puzzles, Elias discovers the final design isn’t about buildings. It’s about him.

Li Jie was just an ordinary young man with no martial arts skills whatsoever. His tragic fate after the death of his parents did not make him weak. He endured insults and beatings from those who despised him without a single complaint. Despite his limitations, a great blessing suddenly came to him. Martial arts—something he had only ever dreamed of—became his to wield, thanks to the help of a deity disguised as an old man. However, this blessing came with a heavy price. He was tasked with finding a divine relic and using it to reclaim the realm of the gods, which had fallen into the hands of demons. Guided by his pure soul, Lie Jie was determined to aid the gods in restoring balance to the universe as it once was.

A character who was feared in the world of martial arts died after being stabbed in the buttocks in a battle. After this incident, the character's residence was also destroyed by people he didn't know. The character's 7 year old son managed to survive, with the help of 2 heirloom books by his mother, a boy named Thian Sin lives in the care of a grandfather and intends to find out who killed his father and destroyed the red village where he lives. Thian Sin uncovers the mystery of his father's murder which turns out to involve many parties in one big conspiracy in the world of martial arts? You can find all the answers in the novel Ang Bit Sat Sin (The Red-Faced killer), a classic martial arts

Darren Wayne has never had much… just his old bicycle, a few coins from delivery runs, and a heart full of love for his girlfriend, Clara. He believes love is enough… until the night he finds out it isn’t. After working tirelessly to surprise Clara for her birthday, Darren takes one more delivery to earn extra cash — a delivery that leads him straight to a mansion, and straight into a nightmare. Behind the bedroom door, he finds the last person he ever expected — Clara — tangled in the arms of Adrian Blake, the richest man on campus. In one heartbreaking moment, Darren’s world shatters. The girl he worked, hoped, and sacrificed for has betrayed him in the cruelest way possible.

He toiled tirelessly across three part-time jobs, hoping to prove his worth to her, but in her eyes, he remained nothing but a 'lowlife.' Their fateful encounter at a restaurant ended in a brutal public humiliation that not only stripped him of his dignity but also his means of livelihood. However, in the depths of his despair, an old, forgotten phone and a startling revelation changed everything. Ethan Harrington, once thought to be an ordinary man, discovers his true identity as the lost heir to a colossal consortium. Now, it's time for the ultimate transformation, from underdog to quintillionaire, from rags to riches. Join Ethan on his journey of wealth, betrayal, deceit, and his quest for revenge on a world that once belittled him. They will regret it... soon, they will.

Blurb Kelly MacGregor williams had always dreamed of a happy life, She had dreams of competing college, finding a good job, getting married and having kids of her own. All this was thankfully attained with difficulty, well, except for the kids part, After having a childless marriage with her husband jimmy Williams, she finally gets pregnant after three years of marriage. On the night of her third wedding anniversary, she hears the door bell sound at almost midnight while waiting for her husband to be back home from work, when she opens the door she sees nothing but a letter on the front porch, she immediately recognizes the old piece of paper written in big red letters, DEAR ISRAEL. And that was just the beginning of her worst nightmare

Jessy Jenkins: 21 years old hidden mafia princess. She just graduated from college hoping she can start a career by becoming a writer. Unfortunately that didn't happen because she's always in danger even not knowing it. But she tried to live her life as much as she could. She loves her family and friends and works at a nightclub called Sexy Kitties with her mom as a waiter. Her boss is her childhood crush but he didn't know that. Jessy always wanted a family of her own one day. Her father was never around but she knows he's watching her from a distance because her father's brother wants her and her mother dead.

The Dominion summoned a hero. What they got was a man the Brand cannot control. Luen Varyth was an old man, content with his lot in life as the godfather of a large mafia, ready to enjoy his years of retirement… Before an unexpected ambush forced his hand. Stepping through a portal of light was dangerous, and stealing the destiny of someone else was tasteless; but when the choice was between acting dubious and staying back to get riddled with bullets there was no doubt his path. Stranded in a new world, surrounded by people with shady intentions, he would face the option. Toe the line… Or, once again, create his own path… Because once the truth behind their “holy summoning” is revealed, the world will understand one thing. They should never have brought him here.

"Do you believe in magic?" Those where the last words the old woman said to the young man before handing over a silver spoon. Three wishes he had to make with that spoon and a chance to change time. However, a mystery was attached to everyone who owns the spoon. The pathetic man who had seperate with his wife and child due to poverty, ridicules her words because only kids believed in such saying. He jokingly made a wish with the spoon and suddenly found himself in an unknown land where everyone referred to him as; "The man from the future" With that mysterious spoon, what kind of wish could he have made? Would he ever get united with his family when he finds himself in a strange land?

Rapheal lost everything. His identity, title and status when the real heir return and he is proven to be a fake. Switched during birth. Yet the Devereux family refused to let him go. They forcefully married him to his fake younger sister to retrieve his inheritance. Humiliating him at all turn. His face was ruined during a company riot when someone poured acid on him and the family's tax evasion was pinned on him. Raphael was sent to prison where he died. He wakes up two years before with a system that helps him secretly build wealth, while he hid his true capabilities. Then a old man appears with a gold credit card claiming to be his real family.