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Banished twenty years ago, the Lyons heir vanished into the world’s darkest undercurrent. When a funeral summons him home, insults await instead of welcome. Old power games resume, but the man who returns is no pawn. As blood ties clash with hidden empires, one question lingers: who truly owns the Lyons legacy?
Banished twenty years ago, the Lyons heir vanished into the world’s darkest undercurrent. When a funeral summons him home, insults await instead of welcome. Old power games resume, but the man who returns is no pawn. As blood ties clash with hidden empires, one question lingers: who truly owns the Lyons legacy?
For four years, Atlantis Princess Naga concealed her royal identity to stay with Kraken, only to suffer his cruelty and betrayal by her best friend Siren. Shattered, she marries quiet fisherman Osiris, who turns out to be the mighty Sea King and Siren's father!
Evan comes from one of the most powerful families, yet he hides his fortune to love Lillian. Her family mocks and abuses him for being "poor". While she's away, he builds a company for her. But when she returns? She's engaged to another man. Now he'll reveal his true power and make them all pay. Just how far will his revenge go?
A rich heiress was switched at birth on purpose. For twenty years, she has been treated badly. Can she expose their evil acts step by step? Her real mother has been working hard overseas and is finally coming back. Will she see through the scheme? What will happen between her and her mother?
On her wedding day, Luna Reed's groom fled. Reborn, she vows revenge on her cheating ex while living her best life with a hot young boyfriend. But her sweet boy toy is her ex's brother—the heir to an empire. She fears betrayal. Instead, he fights for her. Can Luna trust the one man who could destroy her revenge?
A betrayed heir was killed by his ex and a fake brother. He's reborn. This time, he dumps the toxic girlfriend, reclaims his real family, kicks out the impostor, and crushes the scheming stepsister. He will seize everything stolen from him. But can a man who died once truly trust anyone in his second life?
Breaking the Engagement, My Stepfather Wants Me Back
An orphaned young girl falls for her adoptive guardian. To shield her from fatal family conflicts, he cruelly forces her into an arranged marriage, making her feel discarded and betrayed. Cornered by deadly power struggles, she plans to flee. Yet endless dangers expose his hidden devotion. Will his desperate redemption win back her broken heart?
Love After Divorce, Modern Romance, Romantic Marriage
For ten years, Ethan Reed, heir to a vast fortune, hid his identity to repay a life debt, turning the Carters’ modest workshop into a thriving enterprise. But swayed by Ryan Wright, Sophia Carter spurns his vision and severs their bond. When her world collapses and his true identity is revealed, regret comes too late. At a glittering banquet, she fights to win him back—but some wounds never heal.
In a wasteland where guns rule, Noah is born half-blind and cast aside by the father who deems him unworthy. Rescued by a legendary marksman, he grows into the world's deadliest shooter. When ruthless raiders threaten to wipe out the Ashbourne clan, the abandoned heir returns, not for revenge, but to save the family that left him to die.
Ethan, heir to a global conglomerate, enters a branch office incognito to experience real life, only to be mistaken for the branch CEO's illegitimate son by the Vice President Lucas and HR Director Chloe. Facing workplace bullying, fabricated theft charges, and forced dismissal, Ethan remains calm, orchestrating a dramatic public reveal of his true identity as the sole legitimate heir to the conglomerate, crushing his oppressors. But his retaliation doesn't stop there.
Global Heiress Strikes Back As Her Rival's Stepmom
Aria, heiress to the world's top conglomerate, hides her identity as a food delivery rider to protect her boyfriend Owen's pride. But after discovering his betrayal with her best friend, she reveals her true status and vows revenge. She marries Ethan, only to uncover a shocking secret. With his support, Aria exposes her enemies and rises as the world’s richest woman.
Lilian was forced to break Ethan's heart six years ago after her family went bankrupt. Devastated, Ethan fled overseas and became the famous painter Ryan. Now drowning in debt, Lilian desperately seeks this mysterious artist's help, and she's shocked to discover Ryan is her abandoned first love! Can Lilian explain the sacrifice she made?
Twenty years after being kidnapped, Lena returns as a temporary heiress to the powerful Shaw family. While scheming relatives try to expose her as a fraud, the three Shaw brothers unexpectedly protect her. But when a jade box that only the true heiress can unlock appears, the final truth will change everything.
A mother and daughter wake up inside a cliché romance novel. The daughter is the villainess while the mother becomes the “cold billionaire hero” meant to make the heroine fall in love and leave the country. But the plan breaks when he wears red long johns, dances in parks, and fights thugs with a broom. The heroine starts shipping the wrong couple…
Sam, having risen to power through the Ford family, was entrusted with his late wife's funeral by his stepdaughter Betty. His secret mistress, Lydia, mistakenly buried her dog in the grave meant for Betty's mother. The confrontation that ensued exposed not only the affair but also the truth that Lydia was the driver who caused the mother's fatal accident...
Monica Chase, a breakup expert, gets a commission from her husband Yale Green— a scheme by his mistress Wendy Smith to force her divorce. Having uncovered the ugly truth, how will Monica fight back? Can she really do it?
Betrayed by her cousin and abandoned in a ruined temple, Empress Elena falls into a fateful entanglement with Regent Adrian. For years she believed the emperor was the one who had saved her before, only to uncover his ruthless lies and her real savior, Regent Adrian. Guided by Adrian, she must reclaim her strength and healing gift, rising from a caged pawn to the empire’s most powerful queen and physician.
Olivia Sanders, a Southport heiress, was betrayed and sold abroad, hardened by cruelty. She rose to rule the criminal underworld as the feared Lioness. Now she returns with a loyal and mysterious protector, ready to face those who stole everything. What will happen next?
Karma Payback, Multiple Identities, Wolf in Disguise
Three years ago, a lie stole her life. On the eve of her wedding, billionaire heiress Stella learns her fiancé is a fraud who stole another man’s heroism. She plots revenge by swapping the groom. But the stranger she hires hides a dangerous truth. When secrets erupt at the altar, who will fall and who will win her heart?
A cursed heiress, a coma billionaire, and a fake mystic who thinks she's the real oracle. They don't know the true divine seer has been watching from inside her body. When she breaks her husband's death curse, she reveals her power. And the ancient enemy who killed her last life? He just found her again.
A modern history expert and military streamer is transported to a brutal ancient war era. To survive a ruthless military supervisor's execution order, he pretends to be a noble heir and uses astronomical knowledge to fabricate a lucky omen, catching a royal lord's attention...
Rose Shaw returns to Jinor as a forgotten daughter. She marries a good-for-nothing prince, Justice. Rose works on solving a case and also tries to "train" her husband. But she finds out he may have a hidden identity. Who is he? Facing secrets and plots around them, they start to work together. How will they handle it?
Katherine Foden, a wealthy heiress, enters a company as an intern to escape an arranged marriage, only to be bullied in the workplace by a fake heiress, Kathleen who has stolen her identity. Kathleen is the daughter of the female lead's father's driver, has gone to great lengths to impersonate a wealthy socialite and resorts to numerous schemes.…
Sweet Romance, Love at First Sight, Wish-Fulfillment
Reborn as a fake heiress, a writer becomes a spy for a ruthless commander to solve a royal murder. While outsmarting her toxic adoptive sister and scum fiancé, she exposes a horrific truth: the "loving" duke is sacrificing his own children to demons for the throne! Trapped in a household of psychos, can this lethal fake daughter survive?
She was released from the asylum. But the real madness was waiting at home. How do you fight an enemy everyone loves? How do you expose a lie when you're called the liar? Anna knows the truth. She plays the obedient daughter, smiling as her adopted sister steals her life. They think they've tamed her. They are wrong. And the real Anna is just beginning her game. Adapted from the short story "Jia Qian Jin Shi Xi Jing, Dan Wo Shi Shen Jing A" by Shi Tu Jiu Jiu, from Fanqie Novel.
Amber Carter, the only daughter of Johnson Ville's richest man, finds her identity stolen upon enrolling in university—framed as an impostor by the fake heiress, Jade Carter. When she turns to her own grandmother for help, her last pillar of support turns against her and coldly asks, "Who are you?"
Tomboy Harper and her childhood rival Jake reunite to work together at his ice cream shop. While navigating family burdens, raising her young niece, and fending off exes and playful friends, they grow closer. Amid ordinary life struggles, Harper finds true love, embraces vulnerability, and finally chooses to love and be loved with Jake.
Modern Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Slow-Burn Romance
When Stella is wrongfully imprisoned for self-defense against tycoon villain Craig King, her mother Eleanor gets arrested on purpose to plot a daring jailbreak. With seven days till Stella’s execution, the pair outwit guards, corrupt officials and Craig’s prison spies. Can an ordinary mother pull off the impossible? How far will maternal love go when justice fails?
Amelia is betrayed by her five-year boyfriend Jake and humiliated by heiress Sara on their registration day. In despair, she marries a poor mechanic Julian, unaware he is the hidden godfather of New York’s underworld. When mafia conflicts tear them apart, Julian risks his life to protect her. After betrayal and misunderstandings, they rebuild their love with trust, equality, and freedom.