When Beauty Meets Beast

It's about a young dream that wants to find meaning in life and wants to find something to love. But the path they took wasn't so beautiful. Lino is someone who is feared by one school. Lino always gets into fights either inside or outside the school. Life changed after Mom's death. Give up all his dreams and live with what he wants. Karina was a student who became a victim of bullying just because she was poor and her mother was an employee of her school cafeteria. He worked so hard that he could live together with Mom. By chance, Lino meets Karina who tries to end her life. From then on they started meeting by chance. Karina has a big dream, making Lino feel jealous and feeling how she can achieve her dream. Will Lino rediscover his dreams and start his new life? Will Karina achieve all her dreams?

Paul, a boy addicted to video games, was bored because he had finished all his games. After school he went to the store and started looking at them all. Until he found one that caught his attention. It had the particular name of Obelisk. The store manager didn't want to sell it, so in an oversight he changed the CD's and tricked the man into buying it. He is transported to another world where he must assume the role that the game gave him, which is not very good, because he has an almost miserable life. Due to his eagerness to level up he is punished and loses four of his five lives and is almost on the verge of death, because if he dies again, he can not return to the human world, he meets other players who help him but he discovers that the game is not easy to finish because it is a dark fantasy and anything can happen.

In his past life, Tharos was the strongest God of War. The kind who killed dragons with his bare hands and crushed entire armies alone but his own pantheon feared his strength, so they murdered him. Now he is reborn as a mortal… with no memory of his past, until the day his village is destroyed, and the rage inside him wakes up. Tharos begins to remember pieces of the truth, the gods who stabbed him in the back, the wars he once led, and the power sleeping inside him. His rise is brutal. His path is bloody. Every realm he steps into trembles. Every woman who meets him wants him or wants to kill him. Every god who hears his name starts to panic. Because Tharos isn’t coming for forgiveness. He’s coming for revenge. The God of War has been reborn and this time, he’s not fighting for the gods. He’s fighting to end them.

Xavier Knight, a 25-year-old billionaire playboy, leads a life dedicated to relentless work and extravagant parties. He relishes his freedom and lives by his own rules, shunning commitments. Contrastingly, Aurora Johnson, a 20-year-old orphan girl, was taken in by her guardian Uncle Thomas. Her existence is governed by the oppressive regulations imposed by her cruel relatives, leaving her feeling helpless and yearning for affection and care. Additionally, Aurora grapples with a stutter, further enhancing her vulnerability. The paths of these two individuals converge due to William Knight, a 50-year-old man who must fulfill a long-forgotten promise. In a world where alliances are formed through arranged marriages, Xavier Knight finds himself ensnared in a union with a woman he perceives as a calculating manipulator. Compelled to wed Aurora, a seemingly innocent young lady, Xavier nurtures a deep-seated resentment towards her, convinced that she employs her beauty to deceive his family. Determined to make her existence a living nightmare, Xavier embarks on a vengeful journey, vowing to expose Aurora's true character. However, as their lives intertwine and secrets unravel, Xavier begins to realize that things are not as they appear. Amidst a whirlwind of emotions encompassing anger, attraction, and the pursuit of justice, Xavier and Aurora find themselves on an arduous voyage where love, betrayal, and redemption intersect. Will Xavier's thirst for revenge blind him to the truth? Or will he uncover the depths of Aurora's innocence and unravel the enigmatic tapestry that weaves their intertwined destinies together? Prepare yourself for an enthralling tale of passion, deceit, and unforeseen revelations as the boundaries between love and hate are tested."

Devansh Magnus is a broke university student, a walking tragedy, and worst of all—the infamous "Leash Lover" of his department. He had spent his days chasing after Aranya Sen, worshiping the ground she walked on, doing anything to get her attention. But in the end, what did he get? She crushed him like an insect. Kicked him aside like a stray dog. And just when he thought life couldn’t get any worse—Ashen Graves nearly sent him to the afterlife. Now, standing in front of a vending machine with an empty stomach and emptier pockets, he dug around, hoping for a chump change. Nothing. Except for one single, 4ucking useless coin. He stared at it, cursing his pathetic existence. Then, out of nowhere—he just started laughing. The kind of laugh that wasn’t funny, that teetered between despair and insanity. "This is it? This is all my life amounts to? Hahaha... Fuck my life." And then—something insane happened. [Ding! Suitable Host Detected...] [Synchronizing Thoughts… The Host’s Personality Meets the Criteria for Fusion…] [Ding! Initiating Fusion…] [Ding! Fusion Complete.] [Counter-Love Wealth System Successfully Activated.] Devansh’s eyes widened as the information flooded his mind. '99 TRILLION' in wealth. More money than he could ever dream of. But there was a catch—he could only spend it on beauties. And if he successfully countered a love attack? He’d get back 10% of what he spent, plus extra rewards. For the first time in his miserable life, Devansh grinned. He had begged. He had suffered. He had been used and discarded. But not anymore. Now, he would bind those untouchable women and turn the game in his favor. He wasn’t chasing anymore. Now, they would come to him.

The Pandora’s Box also identified as the Devil's Toy Box An urban legend commonly told to citizens from birth about Pandora’s box that has the power to grant your inner desires, your greatest wish, beauty, immortality, fame, wealth, power, name it; you just have to find the box and make your wish. So people will fight each other; fathers betray sons and daughters engage in a bloodbath against anyone, however, there are only a few who truly know that the devil's box of wishes was a key to a gateway to unlocking another dimension of monsters to human reality. The Yoon prestigious family is a billionaire family that owns it all in terms of wealth, but the seedlings struggle for succession for the vast wealth brings out the deadly evil nature of them. Sen Jin won- Alex Walker, the devil's son, witnesses his grandmother and his mother killed in front of his eyes by his uncles and aunties to obtain the wealthy throne. He was bullied and mistreated by his family. In a dungeon he unlocks Pandora's box and got a leveling-system for revenge, which becomes his help as well as his greatest doom, pulling into a battle known as the GAMES OF THE GODS , as champion host to battle six other champions like him hosted by seven class entities which are- power type class-Zeus king of Gods, lancer class- Odin alfner, Archer class-Artemis, warrior class- Athena Goddess of war, Necromancer class- Anunbis god of the dead ,Assassin class- Kratos ghost of sparta and Mage class- Ares the God of violence. The gods are known as the GODS OF THE GABS. unlocking a world of monsters merging with the human world. He must save his friends, his beloved, and the world from mistakes in his quest for vengeance.  

🏆[No.3 "Outstanding An Story" of "The Ultimate Fantasy" Contest]🏆 -- [Congratulations to cuckolded host for successfully awakening the Myriad Returning System.] ........ James Flynn, an ordinary college student who was betrayed by his girlfriend because he was too poor received a system that altered the trajectory of his life completely. With the welcome of this system, James shall realize that the world he lives in is more than what meets the eye, he shall also know of his mysterious identity which is anything but ordinary, and all the mysteries unknowingly surrounding him. He shall go against several powers and organizations and he shall gain a lot of powerful and mysterious abilities. He would dominate the normal, abnormal, and fantasy world. Follow James as he travels between States, countries, and worlds, creating wonders and legends. This is an urban, system, and fantasy novel filled with drama, comedy, mysteries, secrets, face-smacking, love, actions, and many more. ****** Please, as this is my first signed book, the first several chapters might have some errors in them, but I promise that the deeper you go, the better the book would become, and the more you would realize how great this book is, thank you.

Taking its root in real events—apparently, from the just-concluded 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar; The great heist details the greatest heist the world has ever seen. And through fast-paced narratives, gives an account of the chain of events that followed after the World Cup Trophy went missing on the final day of the Association Football World Cup Tournament in Qatar. Fast-paced, Cliffhanging, Page-turny; The great heist would not only have you hooked and riveted right from the first chapter, but would also leave you breathless, and have you biting your nails as you flipped through its pages. ‘A Da Vinci Code meets Money Heist’, The Great Heist tells the story of “A band of seasoned thieves who set out on the most daring mission of all time after meticulously planning a heist that will not only shock the world but will surely alter the pages of history forever. With help rendered from the shadows by the brain behind the heist—the one they called ‘The Firm’, who drew up the blueprint for their heist-in-a-heist caper—this gang of principled thieves planned on doing the seemingly impossible; stealing the World Cup Trophy on the final day of the World Cup tournament in Qatar and using it as a screen to commit the biggest art robbery in the world since the Boston’s Gardner Museum art robbery of 1990.”

A few months before Emily turns 18, her father dies. She goes to Baguio to live with her mother, her stepfather Miguel, and her half-brother Migo. Emily misses her father terribly that she finds it hard to fit into her new home, despite her mother's sympathetic efforts and her half-brother's irresistible cuteness. Good thing, Emily seems to be friendly enough to have made new pals, like Denver, who, it turns out, sees her as more than a friend. Then Emily meets a mysterious young man who suddenly appears and disappears; and he's always dressed in black leather jacket and denim pants whom she gets to know as Lance Monroe. Emily is smitten by Lance's romantic gestures and protective ways. He teaches her to play the piano, and brings her roses, and he even rescues her from bad guys, and helps her overcome her fears. She feels she has found in Lance her knight in shining armor who will rescue her from her incurable loneliness and deathly sadness. But Emily's family and friends are alarmed that she has become secluded and deluded in her own imaginary world. In the end, she has to decide what matters most to her and where her heart truly is.

In life, he was an orphan, bullied and overlooked, even ridiculed by those he tried to protect. But in death, he transforms into a warrior destined to rise among the gods. At just 18 years old, a young Filipino sacrifices his life to save the girl he loves from a horrific fate. After being pushed from a towering construction site, he finds himself in the afterlife, standing before divine judges who will determine his eternal destiny. Depending on his beliefs, he is sent to a heaven beyond anything he ever imagined—a realm filled with beings from various faiths and mythologies, from the golden gates of Christian Heaven to the battle halls of Valhalla and the majestic peaks of Olympus. In this afterlife, power isn’t simply handed out; it must be earned. Armed only with his determination, a mysterious system, and the haunting memories of his past, this young soul embarks on a dangerous journey. He fights against powerful beings from different heavens and faces demons sent to torment the living. Along the way, he meets people who inspire him to grow stronger. Guided by the system he has received, he strives to ascend toward divinity, carving out his own path in a world where respect is earned through combat and power is claimed through effort.