Truth Be Told Mathew West

Picture this. You go on vacation. Meet this chill, beautiful woman. She loves you, you love her — everything feels perfect. You get married. Two years in, you’re madly in love — the kind where you’re telling her things you haven’t told your shadow. Then one night… You hear sounds in the house. Turns out, your wife brought another man home. Slept with him. In your bed. And when you get offended, she tells you to be mature. That was Charles' life. But Charles has a beef with second chances. He asked for a divorce right away. His wife thought she finally won. Finally figured out how to make Charles realize he’s been nothing but a cockroach in her coffee all these years. Unfortunately, she didn’t know — The company she built, the connections she bragged about, the deals she “secured”… Every single win in her life for the past two years had his fingerprints on it. And once he walked out, it all started to fall apart. But this story doesn’t start with heartbreak. It starts the night Charles left… and the most feared woman in New York asked him to marry her. Will he pay his ex-wife back? Nah. That would be too easy. Charles leaving her life is like pulling the one stack holding the whole building upright. Will she regret it? Only if she survives the collapse long enough to remember what regret even feels like. But Charles will be here, sipping his coffee. Watching his ex-wife’s world burn— one arrogant family member at a time. So grab your popcorn. This ride’s about to get long — and very, very personal.

Kai Gibson has always been ordinary—too ordinary for a city like Harborview, where power, influence, and fear rule every street corner. After losing his father under mysterious circumstances and struggling under crushing debt, Kai is pushed to the edge of survival. But everything changes the night he’s ambushed behind an abandoned mall and a strange surge of energy awakens inside him. With the rare ability known as Tactical Insight, Kai begins to see the world differently—patterns, threats, weaknesses, pathways to victory even when the odds are against him. Suddenly, the once-weak young man becomes a rising force in Harborview’s underworld. But Kai’s evolution comes with a price. Every step forward drags him deeper into a web of enemies: street gangs, corrupt elites, hidden organizations, and people he once trusted. Betrayals strike from unexpected places, and Kai learns that the attack that awakened his power wasn’t random at all—it was planned. Now trapped between shadowy forces that want to control him and others who want him dead, Kai must level up faster than his enemies expect. Each chapter pushes him through higher stakes: • deadly ambushes • shocking betrayals • growing supernatural abilities • strategic face-slapping comebacks • climbing from the lowest rung of society to a position of unstoppable strength As Kai climbs, he uncovers the truth behind his father’s death, the origins of his new power, and a hidden war brewing beneath the city’s neon lights. To survive, he must rise. To win, he must become more than human. And to uncover the truth, he must be willing to face the darkness inside—and the monsters hiding in plain sight. Harborview will remember the name Kai Gibson… whether it wants to or not.

For seventeen years, Kael Ashryn has lived as an outcast in the Kingdom of Valenor. Branded the "Cursed Child" after his parents died under mysterious circumstances, he is blamed for every tragedy that befalls his village. Shunned, ridiculed, and denied every chance to prove himself, Kael clings to the hope that one day he will earn the acceptance he has always longed for. That hope is destroyed when a sacred relic vanishes from the royal vault. Framed by fabricated evidence and abandoned by everyone he trusted, Kael is convicted of treason and sentenced to a public execution. As he awaits death, an ancient seal buried beneath the execution platform suddenly responds to his blood, awakening the long-forgotten Shadow Monarch Core. The execution grounds erupt into chaos as living shadows slaughter the soldiers, allowing Kael to escape. Branded the greatest threat to humanity, Kael becomes the target of a continent-wide manhunt. Royals, powerful nobles, secret organizations, and mysterious cults all seek to capture him, each hiding motives tied to a forgotten past. While struggling to control his terrifying new abilities, Kael uncovers the truth behind history's greatest lie: the legendary Shadow Monarch was never a tyrant but a hero who sacrificed everything to imprison the ancient Void Sovereign. Joined by unlikely allies—warriors, scholars, mercenaries, and mages burdened with secrets of their own—Kael discovers that his parents were guardians of the ancient seal and that his entire life was orchestrated by those who feared his true heritage. Yet every new power he gains strengthens the whispers of darkness within him, threatening to consume his humanity. As kingdoms fall into war and ancient monsters awaken, Kael must master the shadows without surrendering to them. To save the continent from a returning nightmare, he must uncover the truth before history repeats itself.

Detective Ethan Carter was a cop who wouldn't take bribes. Then a senator was murdered. Ethan was blamed for the murder. He was put in prison for three years. A prison riot helped him escape. Now everyone is trying to catch him. Ethan isn't running to survive. Hes running to expose the conspiracy that destroyed his life. As buried secrets begin to surface Ethan discovers that the senators assassination was the first move in a plan that could place an entire nation under the control of criminals. With no badge no backup and no one he can fully trust Ethan has one chance to clear his name before the people hunting him silence him forever. Sometimes the truth isn't found in a courtroom. Sometimes it has to outrun death.

James Davidson believed love could conquer all—even the warnings from his grandfather. So he married Rose, the woman he fell for at first sight, and kept the full truth of his vast empire hidden to test her heart. But love turned cold. When he faked a financial fall, Rose changed. So did her parents. They mocked him, neglected him, and eventually betrayed him. After a heart-wrenching night, James drove off heartbroken—only to wake up in a hospital, barely alive. No one came. No wife. No family. Just silence. Now James is done pretending. He’s done begging. He’s walking away—but not quietly. The man they took for granted is back. And this time, forgiveness will not be free.

Seventeen years old and just starting his senior year at a new school in a new town. Beau Hayes, was looking forward to a normal life and doing things like making friends, getting a job, graduating, looking for colleges and finding a relationship. Unfortunately for Beau, a single night turns everything around. Waking up in the dead of night feeling different with new abilities and a hunger he had never felt before, Beau must now learn about his new transformation. He must undergo many trials to survive an ongoing war in a new word, avoid the vampiric council's radar after being illegally created, and find his creator to uncover the truth behind his creation. He was in for the time of his life, but not the time he expected nor wanted.

THE ILLEGITIMATE HEIR Description Zayn Albert is an illegitimate heir to the Harrison empire, the son of Scott Harrison, the owner of the luxurious Bel Air 5-star hotel and Harrison hospital worldwide. He grew up with his mother. He grew up being poor and struggled towards his life. To experience the other side of the world, he partakes in a programming competition hosted by Scott Harrison and in partnership with Melvin's school of programming. Along the line, he found out the truth about whom he really is. He was almost murdered but got saved by Mr. Philip Simeon, the one-time Billionaire. Five years later, Zayn is back to take revenge on those who tried to kill him with the help of Mr Philip Simeon.

Miracle Academy was built to train the elite—those gifted with power, lineage, and privilege. But Richard Sol, a Hollowborn, has none of these. Marked by a forbidden core and a past that should have erased him, he is destined to fail. Yet, when the academy’s brutal trials begin, Richard does the impossible—he survives, outwits, and defies every expectation. As whispers of his unnatural abilities spread, powerful enemies take notice. The ruthless elite want him crushed. The abyss watches, hungry. And buried deep within him, an ancient force stirs. To claim his place, Richard must embrace the truth of what he is—a Tribrid, born of something far beyond mortal comprehension. In a world where strength is law, and the weak are devoured, Richard will either rewrite the rules—or be consumed by them.

When the nation’s most mysterious trillionaire, Chris Alphonso, accidentally becomes entangled in the chaotic world of Deborah Lewis, the iron-willed daughter of a billionaire, neither realizes how a mistaken Uber ride will unravel the lives of two powerful families. Deborah is desperate her father’s empire will only be hers if she marries a man of equal fortune. Chris, living incognito beneath the radar of the elite, accepts a contract marriage proposal that should have been a simple façade. But secrets have gravity. As their fake union deepens, they’re pulled into a dangerous web of corporate espionage, family betrayal, and a love neither saw coming. In a world where appearances rule and loyalty is currency, two hearts must decide what’s worth more power, truth, or each other.

Han Tianyi has lived one hundred lives. In his final reincarnation, he is born as the genius heir of the Han Clan—only to discover at ten years old that he cannot cultivate. While the clan abandons him for his heaven-blessed younger brother, Tianyi refuses to accept fate. If his body is useless, then he will simply take a better one. Through forbidden methods and ruthless schemes, he seizes the body favored by heaven itself. But heaven is not silent. His stolen body begins rejecting him… his supposedly dead brother returns… and an even darker truth surfaces: History has been altered. The Dao God realm was never reached by one human— but five. And Han Tianyi intends to become the sixth, no matter the cost.