Once Bitten Twice Shy

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.

Nikaeleon Roch... A name once unknown, now whispered in fear. ~ After spending time in jail for a crime he didn't commit, Nik finds out that he had been betrayed in the worst way possible. His best friend and girlfriend were getting married, his best friend had stolen his company and all that he owned, and they had planned the event that had sent him to prison. They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but for Nik, revenge is best served with pain and blood. He left penniless and returned as the king of the underworld. And he's back for all who wronged him.

He gave up power for love. Now the city wants him dead. Once the fiercest warrior of the War God Federation, Edwin buried his past to live humbly beside Emily, the woman who saved his life. But when betrayal rips him from his quiet world, enemies rise: greedy families, ruthless assassins, and a new God of War who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Hunted by the government, despised by the elite, and torn between loyalty and survival, Smith must unleash the strength he swore never to use again. The city thinks he is broken. They’re about to learn what it means to awaken a legend.

SYNOPSIS He was once a god of war who ruled at the pinnacle of the world, but one mistake almost cost him his life. Logan was able to escape the clutches of death but lost his memories in return. Living an ordinary life like everyone else, was all he wanted until he got entangled with a beautiful woman with whom he spent a passionate night, and ended up getting married to her. He was looked down upon by his wife and her family, but little did they know that he was a god of war, and at the mention of his name, cities and towns would fall to their knees! I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com.

Caelan Voss spent four years behind bars to protect the woman he loved, and when he came back, what he got wasn't a warm embrace but divorce papers. Abandoned by his wife, humiliated by her family, driven out of the hospital where he once thrived, everyone in Velmont was convinced Caelan was finished. What they didn't know, those four years in prison didn't destroy him, but turned him into something far more dangerous than they ever knew. Now Caelan Voss is back, not to apologize or beg for sympathy, but to force everyone who ever stepped on him to kneel at his feet.

Three hundred years ago, the monsters came and never left. In Greystone, every child awakens power at eighteen… except Thomas Walker. Branded a Null and humiliated before the entire academy, his fate seems sealed, until a mysterious system awakens inside him. Now, every drop of sweat makes him stronger. Every mission unlocks impossible power. And when the bullies who once broke him become his first prey, Thomas learns that vengeance can be legendary. But deep in the shadows, a prophecy stirs, one that marks him as the key to the coming war. The boy they all mocked will become the storm they fear.

Once upon a time, the realms lived in harmony. The races coexisted peacefully, governed by Primordial beings that ensured the peace was unbroken for as long as they could. Who would have thought it would have ended up as a fairy tale? Without the peacekeepers, the realm of darkness moved to consume the realm of magic, overwhelming them with ease and wiping out nearly all the mages till only one mage stronghold remained. Now, after a millennium, desperate for someone to free them from their shackles of imprisonment, seven mages will be led to weapons of immense power. But with the demons preparing a full-scale attack, will their hopes of salvation be snuffed out? Or will the seven chosen ones liberate their realm?

“Get a grip?” Xander laughed bitterly. “I had a grip—until she left me with nothing.” Once a mocked son-in-law, Alexander "Xander" Cage lost everything when his wife betrayed him. Love, home, family—snatched away in a single day. Now, he’s out for revenge. And nothing will stop him… not even the woman begging on her knees to be taken back. But as Xander climbs back to power, forgotten memories start to haunt him—visions of another life, another self. A shadow with his face. What if the biggest betrayal didn’t come from her… but from his own blood?

Betrayed at the peak of his power, warlord Kael Draven dies with his brother’s blade in his back and his wife’s laughter in his ears. But death is not the end. Reborn fifteen years in the past, Kael awakens with the Devil’s Rebirth System; a curse that grants him strength for every drop of blood he spills. Every betrayal avenged, every soul claimed, brings him closer to the power of a god. But vengeance is never free. The more Kael feeds the System, the more it whispers, tempting him to abandon his humanity. To destroy his enemies, he may have to become the very monster they once feared.

Betrayed by his own family, Carrick Aurum Gale was left for dead. But death was only the beginning. Reborn with a powerful system, Erebus, Carrick rises from the ashes to reclaim his rightful place as the most powerful Mafia Lord. With ruthless determination and cunning strategy, he builds a new empire, the Zenith Family, and sets his sights on vengeance against those who wronged him. The streets will run red, allegiances will be tested, and the very foundations of power will be shaken. The boy who was once discarded will become the master of his own destiny. Witness the unrelenting ascent of Aurum Zenith, the Mafia Lord who will stop at nothing to claim his throne.