Once Bitten Twice Shy

Earn a few coins, find something to eat, hide at night, survive another day. Life was tough but simple enough for Adam. All he had to do was be a good man and keep his adopted sister safe. It was all good, until one day his peaceful life was disturbed. And in the moment of death, something decided to save his life, but at what cost?***Now Adam can never go back to the simple life he had. When he was forced to follow a new path or find his death. When he was forced to fight back against the world. When he was forced to protect the woman who made his life full of trouble. When the orphan boy who once hid from the night was forced to become the predator who rules the Shadows.

People aren't always who they appeared to be. James Miller knows very well that he is not the Bailey family's first choice in a son in law. His haughty mother in law, especially, makes her dissatisfaction with the arrangement very clear by tormenting James on a daily basis. Facing the unemployed James, she constantly puts up a cold front and keeps her distance from him. In the eyes of the Bailey's and those around them, James is a black sheep and an embarrassment to the family. Little did they know he is the heir to a multinational companies around the world. How will his life and relationship with his family change once his true identity is revealed? Will Ava finally accept James as a worthy husband? Disclaimer: This is purely a work of fiction and any similarities in names and characters are purely coincidental

He was just an ordinary person before being sentenced to prison. However, upon his release, presidents, war heroes, and even the head of the prison guards knelt before him, addressing him as Master. He had transformed from a nobody into a figure of mysterious and immeasurable abilities and strength. He had become a kingmaker, capable of accessing the world's resources with ease. Despite this, his only wish was to live a low-key life, marry his fiancée, and provide the best for her and their parents. However, things did not go according to his plan. His fiancée was no longer the person he once knew; she had become a cheater and materialistic. Now, he was seen as a common ex-convict with no future, and due to a one-night stand out of tipsiness, he found himself getting into a contract marriage with a pitiful but beautiful CEO.

They laughed when you couldn’t pay your rent, they sneered when you were fired and called you garbage in front of everyone. They clapped when your ex humiliated you at your lowest, but in your darkest hour, a convoy of black cars stops in front of you. A man in a bespoke suit steps out. “Mr. Elba,” he says with a bow. “Your presence is requested. You are now the sole heir of the Elba Consortium. Effective immediately.” Private jets. Superyachts. Global influence. Power like you never imagined. But wealth doesn’t erase the past, it magnifies it, enemies emerge from shadows. Friends turn to snakes. And the world that once mocked you? It's ready to kneel or destroy you. This is your world now. But how long can you hold it?

Fritia, once known as a great Republic was hit with a tragedy. Dimensional ruptures appeared all over the country. These ruptures emitted a poisonous miasma which killed the residents slowly. The powers in-charge had no option but to build a dome around the only place where no ruptures appeared, the capital. Years later, it was discovered that the miasma granted certain people magical abilities. Gin Sofiaso, the last born of a family of powerful mages dreams of being a powerful mage and even surpassing every member of his family and becoming the strongest mage in the kingdom. His dreams are shattered when he is confirmed to have no potential as a mage. Incidentally, he is s*ck*d into a rupture and gets granted with abnormal gifts. Meanwhile, a terrible evil broods in the shadows and threatens the peace of all Fritia. Will Gin still manage to achieve his dream of being the most powerful mage?

Synopsis: Young master Dominic Thales was once a respected figure in his family’s wealthy empire but he fell into a coma after a mysterious accident that left him incapacitated for three years. During his coma, his newly wedded wife Brielle, who was six months pregnant at the time of the accident, received unwavering support from Dominic’s family. However, tragedy struck the Thales group, sending their fortunes into doom. With the financial crisis, Brielle was forcefully separated from her husband and her newly borns were taken under by her family. Four years later, Dominic awakens, but he is no longer the revered young master. His beloved wife is gone, and his kids are under a different name. Determined to reclaim his family, wealth, and the love he lost, Dominic fights back at his in-laws.

Erland Beardsley, a demon in disguise and living in wizard territory. Erland uncovers the disappearance of high-level witches which is used as the summoning of the spirit of Juliana, the fairy who sealed Casey in Drake's hill. Casey, the demon who once destroyed the land of Monesta, after tricking and marrying Juliana. Erland is also involved in the battle with wizards, fairies and dragon groups to kill Casey who will soon emerge from the veil of broken magic. However, during the trip. Erland realized that many demons had fled from the territory and joined the other witches to live. They messed up the Monesta country, making Erland get rid of them without mercy. But, can Erland also get rid of Casey? A father who washed Erland as a baby before being sealed by Juliana, his wife. Cover free by Canva

The God known as "Corvash the Godslayer" has lain waste to nearly all of the Hundred gods of the Fourth Dimension. Now that Shayla has reached maturity, Corvash has set his sights on destroying her peaceful world of Aeryllia. Corvash is a savage god, and even went so far as conscripting Athena from the old gods of the Third Dimension for her brilliance in war tactics. However, a few years in the Fourth Dimension has been thousands of years in the Third Dimension. The old gods of the Third Dimension are dead. Of all of the mortals in the Third Dimension, Shayla believes Sean MacLean may be the mortal vessel of the savage god of war once known as Ares. No matter what, she knows that he's special, and his otherwise boring retirement is about to get...interesting... I own the copyright to this cover including all parts and layers.

They laughed at his poverty. Mocked his name. Even his fiancée spat on his worth and walked away. But Shen didn’t break—he vanished. Into the shadows. Into silence. And while the world feasted on arrogance, he studied. Mastering the ancient secrets of Eastern medicine, decoding the pulse of life and death itself. Now, he returns. Not as the beggar they scorned but as the man whose hands can rewrite fate. The crippled walk at his word. The dying cling to his touch. And the elite? They kneel for a chance to dine with him. He doesn’t seek revenge he embodies it. Every miracle he performs is a reminder: The man they discarded now holds the power to decide who lives… and who fades into nothing. The rise of Shen isn’t a comeback. It’s a reckoning. And the world will remember the name they once tried to erase.

‎Five years ago, Adrian Voss was a ghost, an abandoned son, a humiliated nobody cast out of his own powerful family. ‎ ‎Then he vanished. ‎ ‎In those five years, he became a legend in the shadows, the undefeated War God, commander of an elite global force feared by nations and worshipped by soldiers. ‎ ‎Now, he’s back. ‎ ‎But not for glory. ‎ ‎Not for revenge. ‎ ‎At least… that’s what he tells himself. ‎ ‎When Adrian returns to the modern city that once rejected him, he finds everything unchanged, his ex-fiancée married his cousin, his family still sees him as trash, and the powerful elite still rule from the shadows. ‎ ‎What they don’t know? ‎ ‎The man they mocked… now controls unimaginable wealth, unstoppable power, and a network that can bring empires to their knees. ‎Every insult will be repaid. ‎Every betrayal will be crushed. ‎Every secret will be exposed. ‎ ‎And this time... ‎ ‎Adrian Voss doesn’t forgive.