The Mafia's Not So Fluffy Romance

"Pardon?" Keegan pinched the bridge of his nose. "We were supposed to do this subtly, Eva. You don't just drop this kind of news like a bombshell." Eva didn't look remorseful. "He needs to know the truth." "Truth? What are you talking about?" Travis asked. Realizing Eva's hand was still in his, he withdrew it. Keegan shifted his gaze to Travis. He sighed and took out his phone. He said as he typed. "This is the DNA test result we carried out with your sample." He handed him the phone. With a frown, Travis's eyes scanned the screen. His eyes widened. The results stated that their DNA samples matched. How could he be a child of the Novaks? *** Travis's life was pretty much ordinary and average until one fateful night took the life of his adoptive father. He woke up in a mansion and they told him his biological father was the head of the Novaks, one the most influential family in the country. But it isn't a dream come true. Is he ready for the dangerous game of wealth, betrayal and secrets that comes with this new heritage?

The Judge nodded and a gleeful smile formed across his mouth. "On the basis of the prosecutor and evidences, I declare Elijah guilty of sexual assault to Miss Chloe." Elijah looked at the Judge, his eyes as dead as last year's snow. He didn't say anything. "As punishment for your actions, Mr Elijah," the judge announced coldly and unforgivingly. "You'll be stripped of your inheritance from Lord Owen. You're hereby sentenced to spend the next eight years in prison with nothing to your name." The judge banged his gravel, sealing Elijah's grim fate. "You'll regret this," Elijah grinded his teeth bitterly, tears smarting his eyes. "I swear to God, I'll make every single one of you pay!"

Malvin was born with a life of privilege. He had everything: wealth, status, and good looks. Yet, instead of enjoying a luxurious life, he felt hollow. A life without ambition had no meaning to it. If anything, it was boring. The only thing he did to keep himself entertained was sleep around with women, regardless of whether they were married or not. But one day, his recklessness led to his demise, killed by a husband who caught him in bed with his wife. A fitting death, given his scumbag ways. But that wasn't the end. Fate had other plans for him. Reborn into a world of reapers, Malvin starts from scratch. Orphaned at birth, he must carve his own path, survive, and grow stronger. His goal? become the ultimate scumbag who wouldn't get himself killed by angry husbands. But there's a slight problem. He's a half-human, half-reaper abomination, born to die. His existence destabilizes the world, and he's spared only to be used as a weapon. Caught up in a world where Reapers wage a never-ending war against Soul Witches –monstrous beings that ravage realms and devour human souls - would he really become the weapon they desperately need to turn the tides, or will he be their Destroyer? Read on to find out. ******* MC is a total scumbag. Be warned.

Cast aside by the rest of the family, Eryx had known no love from others. On the infamous conscription day, he is forced by his brothers to participate in what would ultimately be his death sentence. Resigning to fate, he arrives at the binding grounds with dead beat hope of dying under a dragon’s fire. However, things take a different turn when he is chosen by a dragon that shouldn’t exist—one that feeds on other dragons to evolve. Hunted by elites and feared by kingdoms, he must grow stronger in secret or be killed before he becomes unstoppable.

Betrayed by his own brother and left to rot in an S-Rank dungeon, E-Rank hunter Leo Thorne was meant to be a sacrificial lamb. But the abyss didn't kill him—it woke him up. Now tethered to the 'Primal Devourer System,' Leo returns from the dead with a hunger that can consume gods and a power that defies the laws of mana. To uncover the dark truth of his family’s legacy and survive a global bounty, he must devour his enemies and rise as the ultimate Sovereign. Will he save the world that abandoned him, or will he consume it to build a new one?

Fired in his work, Eduard would take any job available for him. One night while working as a part time waiter, he didn't expect to witness the engagement of his wife, Isabella, to another man. Betrayal and self pity mixed inside him. Eduard wandered down the street heading to nowhere. Just at the time that he was desperate and felt that his world crashed right in front of him, a car stopped. Fate took an unexpected turn when he saw his father's butler asking him to come back to take over his father's position. Now, he would no longer be called beggar, trash or stupid. He would be the CEO of a multibillionaire company. Could he really be able to reclaim the dignity that was taken away from him?

For a thousand years, the cultivation world has been under the dominance of women, a consequence of a heavenly curse that stripped all men of their ability to cultivate. Men live as second-class citizens, while female sects, matriarchal kingdoms, and Saintesses hold full control over the world's destiny. Amidst this deep-rooted order, an ordinary man named Li Feng unexpectedly awakens the Ancient Yang Core, long lost to history. The awakening of this primordial core not only restores his ability to cultivate but also makes him the only man in the entire realm capable of doing so—an anomaly that shakes the very foundations of the world. Li Feng's unique existence soon draws unavoidable attention when it is discovered that female cultivators who train with him experience a drastic surge in energy and unprecedented cultivation speed. This phenomenon transforms Li Feng from a social outcast into an object of intense desire as well as a major threat. Saintesses from holy sects see him as a tool to achieve their sacred goals; the Demon Queen desires him for personal power and her ambition to challenge the dominance of the holy sects; while the Dragon Princess views him as a cultivation partner with the potential for a deep bond or even greater personal ambitions. Li Feng, who was originally just an ordinary man thrown into a vortex of power, must learn to navigate political intrigue, dangers lurking around every corner, and the temptation of the power within him. He will be forced to choose a path among the factions fighting over him, each with its own agenda and morality. As he grows in strength and understanding, Li Feng begins to uncover the secrets behind the ancient heavenly curse and the true connection between his Ancient Yang Core and the greater destiny of the world.

Antonio's Family's business goes bankrupt and collapses, His Father who couldn't handle the shock, dies due to a heart attack and his dear mother commits suicide because of depression and the constant attacks from the media. With no leverage or standing whatsoever, His fiance forces him to annul their engagement. When he requests for his in-laws stance on the matter, He gets nothing but disdain and mockery in return. Having no form of support nor any attachment whatsoever, Antonio is left to wallow away as he awaits his death. Fortunately he receives an opportunity from a familiar yet viscous woman. She informs him that there is still a chance for him to turn everything around, Whether the defamation of his parents image, Getting revenge on the one who bankrupted their company or making his former in-laws regret their decision. All could be rectified, That is if he is willing to accept her one condition. To become her betrothed.

"Dim-Dim lost his mother when a monster attacked their house in the night he gained a superpower that allows him to transform into animals. A day later, he chooses to work with Venators, or monster hunters, as an 'Illicitor.' But one day, he has to break the Illicitor's Code #1: Do not lure monsters into a city full of humans."

Ethan Cole returns to Crestfield City after five years of silence carrying nothing but a duffel bag and a debt that isn't his to pay. His father is dead. His family home has been seized. And the men he once commanded the brothers he bled beside are being decorated as national heroes for a mission that was his in every way that mattered. Nobody in Crestfield knows that Ethan Cole doesn't exist in any public military record. The name that exists classified, redacted, spoken only in the highest corridors of military intelligence is Ghost. The supreme commander behind three of the most consequential covert operations in recent history. The soldier four governments tried to eliminate and failed. The man whose real file carries a classification level that most generals will never hold clearance to read. Ethan isn't back for revenge. Revenge is beneath him. He's back because the people who destroyed his name made one critical miscalculation they assumed his silence was surrender. It wasn't. Working from a budget motel room and a mall security job, Ethan begins dismantling the corruption quietly and precisely freezing promotions, routing evidence to a journalist, cutting financial threads that connect his betrayers to a corrupt general named Hutchins who buried the true record of Operation Blackfall to protect his own interests. When Hutchins sends six armed contractors to silence him permanently, they end up on the ground in forty five seconds, and the footage reaches military high command before morning. The reckoning that follows is swift, public, and absolute. Hutchins is detained. Delta Seven faces tribunal. And in the middle of a half empty shopping mall, the second highest ranking officer in the country walks across the floor in full dress uniform and salutes a man in a security guard's uniform.