Carrying A Lantern In Daylight

From the moment she was born, Valessia Damon was marked for pain, for rejection, for ruin. The Moon Goddess didn’t just withhold her blessings from her… but she branded her. Abandoned at a tender age by the father who deemed her a disgrace, widowed far too young, left to raise a disabled child, and forced into a second marriage while still carrying her late husband’s pup, Valessia’s life has been a relentless chain of suffering. And yet, the real torment began after her second marriage. Scorned by everyone, crushed beneath the weight of physical, emotional and mental abuse, Valessia accepted the misery until she stumbled upon a secret that changed everything: she was living her second life. She had died once before… and came back. Armed with the knowledge of her rebirth and the future that awaits her, Valessia vowed to rewrite her story and rise from the ashes like a phoenix. To do that, she knew she had to face her very family who once discarded her like trash. Months later, she returns to Duskborne Creed Pack, the very pack that ruined her, determined to make them pay. Revenge is best served cold, and Valessia is ready to serve it with precision. No one will be spared. … Lucien Rhode, Alpha of Duskborne Creed Pack, remembers it all. The past life. The choices. The pain. Reborn with every haunting memory, he holds power, wealth, and respect but none of it matters. Not without her. Fated to another, bound by status and tradition, Lucien defied the Moon Goddess’s will. He chose Valessia, the woman no one else dared to claim. Even if it makes him a traitor. Even if it costs him everything. Even if she never forgives him. Their bond is forbidden, their love cursed. But he would rather be her shield in hell than a king in heaven without her. Because some loves don’t follow fate. They defy it.

Luana Flores is twenty, loud, and just a little too alive for her own good. She swears too much, laughs at her own jokes, and always shows up late - barefoot, hair a mess, beer in hand. Island life is sweet and predictable: work at the beach café, talk trash with Louise, dodge her grandma's prayers, and maybe flirt with fate just a little. And then he walks in. Not tall. Not flashy. Just him - black shirt, khaki shorts, slippers that have seen better days, and eyes that fold into half-moons when he laughs. The kind of boy who’s quiet but kind, who loves bitter coffee and always notices the small things - like when her hands shake, or when her smile doesn’t reach all the way. Luana doesn’t mean to fall. She really doesn’t. But when it starts to feel like flying, how do you stop? So she keeps the flutter in her chest a secret. Tells no one. Not even him. Because love feels a lot like freedom. But what if her heart’s already too tired to keep up?

After being betrayed by her family, Bai Meiyue found herself struggling in the flourishing age where zombies and mutant animals ruled. And that too with a big belly! Though people called her crazy for being stubborn, Bai Meiyue didn’t regret keeping the fruit of her one-night stand. What she regretted was not protecting her child and trusting those whom she should have killed at the very chance that was handed to her. In the eleventh year, Bai Meiyue lost her child and died while taking revenge on those who took her son away. However, just when Bai Meiyue thought it was the end, she returned two months before the beginning of the doomsday. Carrying the grudge of two lifetimes, she swore to make life living hell for those who harmed her and her son. With the heavens blessing her with a barter system, Bai Meiyue was intent on giving her child everything that he deserved. But why was the child’s father chasing after her? Hello? We only shared a bed for a night. So why was he clinging to her? Her child’s father: From the best medicine to education, you have given our child everything, Meiyue. But what about a father?

Lee Wooyun had always been a fan of romance fantasy books and films, especially those set in historical times with kings and queens, dukes and duchesses, and the like. His friends were well aware of his obsession and recommended a book that had recently been making waves on social media. The book was titled My Charming Demon Lord. At first, Lee Wooyun was hesitant. Unlike the fantasies he usually read, which were often set in Western historical settings, this one was different. However, his friends assured him he would enjoy it. Not wanting to reject their gift, he decided to give it a try. That night, he found himself unable to put the book down, reading almost the entire thing in one sitting. "Those guys were right! It’s amazing! A Cinderella-like fairytale set in a murim/cultivation world? It’s too good!" He couldn't help but imagine how incredible it would be to take the female lead Han Seo-yoon’s place—starting from such a miserable beginning only to end up in the arms of the surprisingly sweet and gentle demon lord. I wish I could take her place. That night, as he drifted off to sleep, the book he had left open on his desk began to emit a golden glow. The pages flipped backward, returning to the very first chapter, and its contents began to change as well. The title My Charming Demon Lord pulsed with a piercing red light, and before Lee Wooyun could even react, his surroundings shifted. The next morning, instead of waking up wrapped in his expensive velvet duvet—the one he had spent hundreds of dollars on—he found himself in a dimly lit room, lying on a pile of hay and straw. His back ached horribly, like he had actually slept on a pile of hay and straw. "What in the world…?" he muttered, rubbing his sore muscles. "Where in the hell am I? And why does it smell like cow dung in here?!” *** This is the story of how a fantasy-genre enthusiast ended up inside one of the books he had wished for—without realizing just how dangerous that wish would be. "I guess it’s true what they say: Be careful what you wish for."

When Lydia Grey, an ambitious Oxford student, inherits the ruins of Lantern House in northern Wales, she expects nothing more than a crumbling relic of her family's past. Instead, she finds journals and evidence of forbidden experiments that once blurred the line between science and madness. As rooms shift and shadows whisper secrets across mirrors, Lydia realizes she's not just exploring history—she's becoming part of it. Two timelines begin to echo each other: 1885 and 2025, bound by one family's obsession and one house's impossible power. What would you sacrifice to uncover the truth… when the walls themselves remember you?

In the span of a single minute, Cho Jae-Hwa, an ex-university student, along with thousands of others, is teleported to a seemingly endless dungeon. With no guidance, she encounters a mysterious young girl who introduces her to the Terminal system—a crucial tool for survival—as well as giving Jae-Hwa a reason to keep fighting. Though the reasons behind their entrapment remain unknown, it becomes clear that their predicament is not the result of magic or disaster, but a deliberate act by humans.

I am a wizard, my name is Tarquin Darkflame. I have traveled the world for many years and although I look quite young I have am actually very old. The world we are in is a world of magic and other beings, elves dwarves and others far less friendly. I have accumulated a great deal of wealth in the form of gold coins that I keep hidden in a magical Bag of Holding. I have walked into the small village of Willowbrook, located in the foothills and about a days trip to the capital city of Elmswood. Here I plan to make my home. From my home I go on quests to gather powerful artifacts and bring them back for my study and use. With my Companion, Lexi these are our stories.

“You were part of a deal, Arielle. Nothing more.” Desperate to save her sick sister, Arielle Cruz agrees to a one-year contract marriage with cold and powerful CEO Leonard Castillo. The rules are simple: one million dollars, no attachments, no children — and definitely no falling in love. But one night changes everything. When Arielle discovers she’s pregnant, she turns to Leonard, only to be met with cruelty: “Abort it. I don’t need you, and I don’t need your baby. I already have someone else.” Shattered by betrayal, Arielle walks away, vowing to protect her child alone. She disappears… carrying a secret that could change everything. Years later, fate brings them face-to-face again — but this time, Leonard wants more than apologies. He wants the family he once rejected. In a world full of lies, second chances, and unfinished love… Can two broken hearts find their way back to each other?

No one really knows what it feels like to love someone so much that it hurts—to burn in that love, knowing it might destroy you. Kind never planned to fall for someone, especially not for someone like June. All his life, he’s believed he brings bad luck to the people he loves. So when June walks into his life, Kind does what he’s always done—he pulls away. But June isn’t the type to give up so easily. He’s a dreamer, a singer searching for a love story worth writing about. And when he looks at Kind, he sees something more than just bad luck—he sees someone worth loving. At first, Kind fights it. He distances himself, convinced that loving June will only bring him pain. But June refuses to let Kind’s fears push him away. Slowly, he helps Kind see that love isn’t about fate—it’s about choice. And for the first time in his life, Kind chooses love. He chooses June. But just when they think they’ve found their forever, reality crashes in. The universe gives them only eight days—eight days to love each other before everything falls apart. Why does fate refuse to let them be together? Is it their families? Society? Or is there something even more cruel waiting for them? Eight days. One love story. A fight against fate. Author: Bibek_paul Proofreader: Monsoon_mangoes

In Port Sterling’s city of holographic towers and hidden secrets, Elara Meng dances to reclaim her mother’s legacy from the sinister Project Phoenix—a corporate conspiracy fusing art with control. Trapped by Kian Huo, her conflicted captor and lover, Elara redefines the hypnotic Phoenix Dance into a weapon of defiance. As the Phoenix Foundation’s gala looms, secrets unravel: Detective Julian Zheng hunts a killer linked to a cryptic video, while Liam Feng risks his family’s fragile empire to expose the Huo dynasty’s dark truths. Guided by the haunting “Matriarch’s Melody,” Elara’s performance will be no tribute—it’s a rebellion broadcast live. But with Seraphina, the shadowy architect, orchestrating from the dark, every step could be her last. Waltz in a Cage is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller blending dark romance and corporate intrigue, where art becomes resistance, and every choice risks everything. Will Elara rise like a phoenix, or be consumed by the flames of betrayal?

Fourteen-year-old Leah doesn’t flinch at blood. She doesn’t cry when people die, doesn’t lose sleep over the bodies she’s left behind. Because Leah isn’t like other girls—she was never meant to be. Crafted by trauma, sharpened by survival, she walks through life with a fractured smile and hands that have forgotten softness. There is no guilt in her, only memory. Only the cold machinery of purpose. But when she meets Caleb—a boy who sees past her monstrous calm, who chooses to stay even when he should run—something within Leah begins to stir. Not redemption. Not remorse. But something more dangerous. Curiosity. Emotion. Want. As Detective Avery closes in on the string of disappearances that all lead back to Leah, and as a buried government experiment known only as Project Pale begins to resurface, Leah finds herself at the center of something far bigger—and far darker—than even she can fully understand. Ghosts of her past claw toward the light, and with them come children born like her… but not all of them are sleeping. The Darkness I Carry is a chilling exploration of the mind of a teenage girl who kills without remorse—and the haunting realization that the real horror may not be who she is… but why she became that way. This is not a story of redemption. It is a story of control. Of violence. Of the things we bury in the dark… and what happens when they remember your name.

Synopsis: Noa Aizawa as a frustrated junior crew member at a TV station, she spends her days with a sketchbook where she pours out all her longing to draw her dream guy, Ren Kurosawa Until one day, A ray of light from her sketchbook emerges from a scribbled pencil line and suddenly a man crawls out of the page. This man calls himself Reno, wears a half-buttoned shirt, speaks like an anime reject and insists that he is here to "help her find true love." What happens next is a messy romance

While others arrive armed with blades, relics, and family crests—he shows up empty-handed. Well, almost. He picks up a stone. Just a shard from a broken floor. Just enough to prove he existed. At fifteen, every child is summoned. No one knows where they go. No one returns the same. Some come back with powers. Most… don’t come back at all. Ezgar isn’t ready. He’s cursed, starving, and abandoned by a world that gave up on him at birth. Whatever this trial is—he wasn’t supposed to survive it. But then again, neither was the last boy who came in with nothing… and rewrote the rules.

In the shadowed streets of 1900s London, where fog swallows secrets and the dead whisper through the mist, a young man from the future awakens in a world that no longer remembers him. Albert never asked to be the bearer of a cursed lantern—nor the guide of wandering souls. Tasked by the enigmatic Goddess of Death, he joins a secretive order known as the Travelers, each haunted by their own past. Together, they must uncover the mystery behind growing supernatural disturbances, help tormented spirits find peace, and stop a darkness threatening to swallow both the living and the dead. But as reality frays and trust begins to crack, Albert must confront not only malevolent forces from beyond… but the secrets buried within himself. When the dead seek the light, will he lead them—or become one of them?

The gods are silent. The crown drips red. In a realm where faith justifies cruelty and loyalty is bought with blood, a young heir steps into a throne carved by death. Whispers of rebellion rot the court from within, and mercy is a myth best left buried. In the end, no one is innocent. Only useful.

Mingle is a extra in this all time high historical romance novel, “Female Fatale conquers Ice cold prince”…. But somehow it seems the male lead…is slowly falling for him? [Completed]

its a story about a boy who was born in the god tier family but his family was betrayed and he was unaware of it. and he was having no talent of becoming the hunter but suddenly an incident happens and his path to become world strongest begin .

Lucy is a breathtakingly beautiful girl raised in a poor village by her cruel, manipulative aunt, koko, who teaches her that she is destined for greatness nothing less than becoming the Empress of chimneys, But to reach that throne, Lucy must leave behind everything she knows: her humble beginnings, her kindhearted childhood love Mark, and, perhaps most dangerously, her own morality. Guided by a dark prophecy and fueled by ambition, Lucy enters the imperial palace, where she must navigate palace intrigue, betrayal, ancient magic, and the dark god who promises her power in exchange for her soul. This is a story about the price of destiny and what happens when a girl begins to believe she deserves more than the world has given her.

this is my version of boys over flowers and how the love story unfolds enjoy

In a world with gates and interesting monsters at every corner, our hero travels the world as an explorer and/or part time adventurer sometimes alone or with company. as our hero travels he gets mixed in with the kingdoms of the world and starts to unravel a big mystery.

In a world where cultivation reigns supreme and fate is dictated by the heavens, power is the only law. Every cultivator walks a single Dao, shackled by destiny and watched by the Heavens. But on a battlefield drenched in blood, Shen Yue falls… and someone else awakens in his body. A soul from another world takes his place—unseen by the Heavens, free from fate’s chains. Heaven can no longer watch him, and if it dares to fight him… Heaven will lose. Bestowed with the Divine Clone System, he walks a cultivation path never seen before. Each clone he creates chooses a different Dao—Sword, Alchemy, Refinement, Archery, and more. Every clone carries his will, fights his battles, and walks his path. The world sees a new generation of legends rising: the Sword God, the Divine Archer, the Refinement Saint, the Alchemy Master... but they are all him. While others master one Dao, he controls many. While others serve fate, he rewrites destiny. His mind is a battlefield, and the martial world is his board. He is a Dao Breaker, a destiny shatterer, a Heaven-defying strategist. With multiple identities, overpowered clones, and one soul in many bodies, he manipulates the martial world and even the Nine Heavens themselves. This is not just reincarnation. This is domination. --- Spoiler – No Trophy Harem: This is not a 20-girl trophy harem. Shen Yue will have at most 4–5 meaningful partners, each with depth and personal growth. One will become his main wife, standing by him through life and death. Every love interest will play a real role in the plot—not just background decoration. tags #Cultivation #EasternFantasy #Reincarnation #System #CloneSystem #OverpoweredProtagonist #StrategicMC #DaoMastery #MultipleIdentities #OneSoulManyPaths #HeavenDefying #UniqueCultivationMethod #HiddenPower #ImmortalPath #PowerProgression #FateControl #SecondChance #AncientInheritance #MultipleRealms #DivineCloneSystem #MeaningfulRomance #SlowBurnRomance #StrongFemaleLead #LoyalPartners #RomanticSubplot #R18 (optional) #MentalStrength #SchemingMC #PsychologicalWarfare #Multiverse #CloneConflict #SecretIdentity #WorldManipulation #AlchemyMaster #SwordGod #HiddenWorldSecrets #RealmBreakingMC #NoTrophyHarem #LawsAndDaos #HeavenRealm #NineHeavens #DeepWorldBuilding

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In Northern Song dynasty Bianjing, Yuan Ruolan’s privileged life unravels when her family’s patron is arrested for sedition. As political suspicion spreads, her father, the principled official Yuan Zhen, secretly seeks help from old allies to protect both families. Amid the turmoil, Ruolan falls in love with a man above her station, but duty and family honor make their union impossible. Drawn into a world of danger, longing, and intrigue, Ruolan must choose between her heart and her family’s survival.