“Ellie, if I cannot return even three years after the war ends…….”... more>>

“Usher!”

“Then it means I have died. Or I have become so disabled that I cannot move. So, don’t wait and live your life.”

Eleanor Hudson’s first love, Usher Fitzman, left those words and went to the battlefield.

However, what returned after the war ended was only his dog tag.

“For those three years, I won’t pressure you to accept my heart, so that you won’t feel any guilt or discomfort.”

The one who stayed by Eleanor, who couldn’t accept the news of her lover’s death and waited for Usher, was Usher’s friend and Eleanor’s employer, Logan Claven.

"Call me Ellie now. Logan."

On the last day of the three years, Eleanor accepted Usher’s death and decided to accept Logan’s feelings for her, which had been directed at her for a long time.

“U-Usher Fitzman has arrived.”

At that moment, her first love returned alive. <<less

Aisha, the youngest daughter of Count Parden, had loved Ian Lloyd since they were children.... more>>

“I’ve missed you, Aisha. How have you been?”

Although she had loved him for a long time, Aisha had been deeply hurt by Ian, who had started to treat her coldly and harshly at some point.

“I’ve been fine.”

Even after six months, Ian was still cold.

‘After three years, shouldn’t he understand by now?’

It hadn’t always been this way. Their relationship, which had once moved in the same direction, began to change about three years ago.

“For the reasons I mentioned before, I’m going to keep my distance from you. So don’t come to me like this anymore, and don’t expect anything from me.”

Ian never believed the unpleasant feelings he had toward Aisha were love.

“Shouldn’t you go back now? I’m not feeling well.”

But when Aisha who he thought would love him forever began to slowly change, Ian started to feel uneasy. <<less

The notorious Marquis Sylvester, leader of the Second Knight Order, was infamous for his terrible personality.... more>>

Drunken mages, attempting to trouble Sylvester, cast a love spell—but accidentally set the wrong target.

Marianne, a librarian apprentice, was inadvertently caught in the mages’ prank.

Under the spell, Sylvester falls deeply in love with Marianne.

“I learned that when asking someone out on a date, it’s proper to bring flowers.”

With an awkwardly shy smile and a bouquet in hand, he pours his heart out to Marianne…….

“But why would someone like you, Marquis, ask me out on a date…?”

“Because I’ve set my heart on you, Librarian.”

The fleeting moments brought by the two-week love spell blossomed into something in Marianne’s heart as well.

“Tomorrow…… will you still love me?”

Could this love continue even after the spell was broken? <<less

I possessed a supporting character sacrificed to the obsessive main lead in an R-rated BL novel. I became the emperor's daughter with an abundance of queenly qualities.... more>>

"Yvonne, this is your birthday present."

Before even attempting to escape the fate of being sacrificed to the obsessive main lead, the emperor planted dead flags as birthday gifts. And not just one but two.

"Your father went through all this trouble; surely, you won't fail to awaken, right?"

Either failing to awaken and dying at the hands of her adopted father.

"What do you think I'll do first if I leave this place?"

As in the original story, she is killed by Duke Leonhardt, a obsessed maniac who was kidnapped.
Either way, I don't want to die!

To survive, I planned to escape the palace. Simultaneously, I did my best to treat Duke Leonhardt well.

Before parting, he expressed gratitude to me, and we promised to meet again with smiles.

That was clear!

"When we meet again, I told you it would be your turn this time."
"You're not going anywhere now, Yvonne. Not if I don't let you."

This seems totally messed up…

I'm pretty sure the Duke Leonhard is obsessed with me.
I know you're obsessed, but he's wrong! <<less

When you began to regret, I regretted every moment I had loved you.... more>>

Elaine Aiola—the most noble and beloved lady in the kingdom.

On the cusp of adulthood, a stranger approaches her.

“Dominic Cheshire, my lady.”

A series of deliberate coincidences unfolds, leading her to believe in fate.

“I love you, Dominic. No one can deny my heart.”

“Then prove it.”

Determined to protect the love that had found her, she resolves to give up everything.

“I am carrying a child. Dominic’s child.”

Love preserved to the very end.

A beautiful beginning takes root.

She was happy.

Until the moment she heard the voice of the man she loved seeping from another woman’s chambers.

“Me? Love Elaine Aiola?”

A crooked tone cut through the silence.

The truth—one known to everyone but her—was finally laid bare.

“Don’t be ridiculous. There’s no way I could truly love that foolish Aiola girl.” <<less

My seven-year engagement ended.... more>>

It was a one-sided break-up.

He chose "Ariel," his academy classmate who received a terminal diagnosis, and I, in turn, married the seventy-year-old Duke Derien.

Unlike Brote in the book, instead of crying and clinging to him. <<less

Princess Yerena of Sedas lost her parents before her eyes and became blind.... more>>

Having lost her entire family, she is taken prisoner by the Empire.

Though she resolves to sacrifice herself for her homeland,

Things do not go according to plan, and the princess ends up imprisoned in a tower, falsely accused of being cursed.

"......I look forward to serving you. My name is Kian."

Crown Prince Roshan Vistius of the enemy nation, the last person the princess saw before losing her sight,

Becomes so attracted to Yerena at first sight that he creates a false identity as a guard knight to stay by her side.

The princess gradually comes to rely on the enemy knight, unaware of being deceived.

The invader speaks of love tainted with deception while remaining by the princess's side under a false identity.

Yerena confirms their mutual feelings while tormented by guilt,

While Roshan does the same while regretting his original sin.

Meanwhile, the Emperor who desired the beautiful princess but hesitated to embrace her for fear of the curse

Realizes this is all Roshan's scheme and searches for Yerena......

How long can the truth remain hidden?

The moment the princess's curse breaks under the goddess's will and she opens her eyes......

Will the blind one see? <<less

Hailey, the Duke’s daughter, who threw herself into the water before the wedding with the king, was possessed by me.... more>>

However, she saw things behind the king that shouldn’t have been seen.

There were more vengeful spirits attached to the king’s shoulders and back than the knights he had brought. She had been through all sorts of things, but she had never heard of or imagined anything like that.

Unable to be honest, she only bit her lips and looked into the man’s eyes.

«I cannot be recorded in history as a more ominous king. So it is my judgment that you should live longer for me.»

«… …»

«But if you must die.. »

He bent down and looked into her eyes, saying,

«Hailey Duncan. Wear your crown and die.»

* * *

Days passed as she struggled to fight off the vengeful spirits that swarmed around the king.

The king gradually realized the changes in his body and mind…

«When I’m with you, my mind becomes clearer and my heart becomes at ease. Do you think so?»

«Because I am not good enough to drive out evil from Your Majesty.»

«No. That is not it.»

«… …»

«This is because I like you.» <<less

I possessed the wife of the Emperor, the mad villain of a tragic novel.... more>>

After a while, when the evil Emperor looks to be obsessed with the saint who appears, I will vanish as if I was never here at all. Because the moment the blind villain meets the Saint…

He won’t even remember that I exist!

I really did nothing.

I just stayed very quietly in order to not incur his wrath… <<less

Hyun-soo had always been compared to her accomplished older sister and treated like an unwanted burden. She ends up living in the annex of the house with Chan-mo and his sons. The next day, she meets the eldest son, Yoon Guk, who turns out to be in the same school, same class, and even her seatmate.... more>>

He keeps catching her attention.

“Hey, about what happened today… don’t mention it at home, okay?”

“What’s there to talk about?”

Though he seems indifferent, Yoon Guk shows consideration, and Hyun-soo gradually begins to develop feelings for him. Then, Yoon Guk makes her an offer she can’t refuse.

“If neither of us has anyone else by then, let’s seriously start seeing each other.”

The night Hyun-soo decides to confess her feelings, a massive fire engulfs the mansion. The towering flames consume everything—the house, the garden, even the people.

Instead of the promised sponsor, the person sitting across from her is none other than that Yoon Guk.

“You seem disappointed that I showed up instead of some old geezer.”

“Why… why did you go so far as to use someone else’s identity to sponsor us?”

It had been a full 10 years. His shadow had secretly loomed over her life all this time, and she couldn’t help but feel uneasy about it.

“You’re asking why I sponsored you?”

“…”

“There’s no particular reason.”

As if nothing had ever changed, he softened his lips into a faint smile. But the words that followed ultimately pushed Hyun-soo into a dark abyss.

“The one who ruins you should be me, not some petty poverty.”

—

Romance Guide (From RidiBooks)

Story Keywords: Modern, Brilliant Male Lead, Possessive Male Lead, Calculating Male Lead, Chaebol Male Lead, Ordinary Female Lead, Wounded Female Lead, Misunderstandings, Reunion Story

Male Protagonist: Yoon Guk (17/29) – Executive Director of ‘Hotel Onyx.’ In the past, he lived with his disabled mother and younger brother. After ‘that incident,’ he parted ways with Hyeon-soo but has secretly been supporting her ever since. His true feelings remain a mystery to everyone.

Female Protagonist: Kim Hyun-soo (17/29) – Teacher at the writing studio ‘Sseum.’ She grew up as the unwanted child in her family, constantly compared to her older sister. Blamed for causing ‘that incident,’ she was ostracized by society and bore the weight of judgment throughout her life.

When to Read This: When you’re curious about how fate’s twists and turns will unravel the tangled threads of destiny.

Relatable Quote: “Misfortune has a smell. That’s why you can’t help but sense it before it strikes.” <<less

Kirona has Tetra fever, a disease that causes her to endure five fevers and cause her death after the fifth. After her second episode, she decides to hide her identity as the princess and heads towards the East, where it is infested with monsters, to find ‘Nadaline’s Flower’.... more>>

In the middle of Nabimi Forest, the most dangerous part of the monster zone, Kirona rescues a mercenary from Basilisk. She wakes up, tied…

“Is it an Eastern tradition to hold a knife at the neck of the benefactor who saved your life?”

“Ah, you know. In the East, if you aren’t the killer, you are the killed.”

Kirona had taken a liking to Jade Eclipse, the youngest son of the Eclipse family, who was ruined by love. Because he seemed to do anything for money.

“How much debt do I have left?”

“If I release you, will you repay your debt?” Kirona asked, smiling at Jade.

​Never in his dreams did he imagine the Princess of the Empire would appear before his eyes.

“You’re in luck, kidnapper. Where else in the Empire can you find an employer like me?” <<less

“Your destined partner will appear soon. You have no choice but to accept your fate. It is a fate that has waited a thousand years.”  ... more>>

It is said that the Dragon God has nine sons who could not become dragons. Unlike his brothers, who worked in the royal palace for the good of the people, the fifth son, Do-cheol, was known for his brutal nature and was called Aksura (Malevolent Beast).  

After 1,500 years, he receives a divine decree from the heavens.  

"Only the one who possesses the Yeouiju shall ascend and become a dragon." 

Yeouiju, whose life is nothing but a minefield, is called the protagonist of a never-ending tragedy. Having been swindled out of her entire fortune, she finds herself face-to-face with a man named Do-cheol, who claims that he is a dragon.  

"Give yourself to me. I'll change your life."

A Romantic Ascension Project between a dragon seeking to sever ties with the past and ascend, and a lovable human!   <<less

“If you push me away… I’ll become just like my father.”... more>>

Jeha’s voice was low but resonated with a chilling intensity. His movements grew more forceful as he buried himself deeper into her, the weight of his words pressing down like an unrelenting storm.

“I’ll make your life unbearable. I’ll lock you away. I’ll take you, whether you want me to or not. You’ll bear my child, no matter your will.

And even as I watch you suffer, I’ll crave you again. I’ll burn in this endless desire and drag us both into hell.”

His words, a mix of threat and desperate plea, sliced through the air like a jagged blade, exposing the torment within.

“You can’t turn into that,” Ye-kang choked, her voice trembling as hot tears streamed down her cheeks.

Jeha’s lips brushed her face, his tongue tasting the salty trail of her despair. His voice, now a haunting whisper, echoed with resolve.

“Never.”

His face twisted in agony, his eyes glinting with a pain so raw it was almost unbearable to witness. It was clear: Jeha’s descent into hell had already begun, the moment she had entered his life unbidden and dismantled everything he had known.

Now, it was her turn to leave—a departure that came far too late to save either of them from the ruin they had become. <<less

The arrogant man who seeks perfection, hotel CEO Min SeonJae.... more>>

The woman who expresses the shape of love, hearing-impaired florist Lee YeonJung.

He finally realized why he put the woman inside his car at the parking lot as if he was kidnapping her. It wasn’t out of sympathy. He had never once felt sympathy for anyone in the thirty-two years of his life.

He was sexually attracted to her. Unbelievably attracted.

“I’m… using you righ’ now, you know.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

No matter what it took, he wanted to leave traces of himself in her silent world. <<less

The moment she believed she won, everything went back to the beginning.... more>>

Kalmia Phlox, whose dead brother came to life, was engaged to a man she was close to, and had a relationship with the man she was in love with. In her very different relationships, she comes closer to a truth she did not know in her previous life…

“It’s greed to wish for something you don’t have the ability to handle!”

“Yes, I know. I’m being greedy. Do I need permission to be greedy?”

She’ll be the Count again in this life.

It’s not a lucky title, but it was won with her own strength, so she’ll be a perfect Count who was nobody’s scarecrow. <<less

“I will… play with Your Highness.”... more>>

Eloise, who entered the palace as a maid under the order of the Empress, was trapped in a dark playroom and became the Crown Prince’s toy. Rishid, the unfortunate crown prince whose mental age had regressed and suffered from aphasia.

He was like a broken doll, but as he worked with Eloise, he gradually regained his ability to think according to his age and began to speak.

However, the Crown Prince did not let her go and tried to tie her to stay by his side even when his illness was cured and was no longer needed as a playmate.

But as a different type of 'play.'

Eloise was trapped in the Crown Prince’s palace and loved by him day and night, but she was afraid that one day she would be forgotten like a toy she used to play with as a child.

Eventually, she escaped, taking advantage of Rishid’s carelessness…

“Did you have fun playing with me?”

He had no intention to let go of his toy.

* * * * *

“What would they all think about when they see you? Everyone must be busy trying to get a bite, for being so naughty.”

Eloise shook her head frantically whenever he uttered harsh words. Tears dripped down her eyes filled with unjust light and soaked his fingers.

“I'll let it go freely, and everyone in the Imperial Palace would be wagging their tails.”

“…...…”

Eloise couldn’t answer any of his words.

‘Because I didn’t know what more severe, corporal punishment would be inflicted if I did. At times like this, I know from experience that it is best to match his mood.’

“You need to be disciplined,” he tilted his head.

“Come up,” he said, spreading her legs wide. <<less

Arendine is a reincarnator who died miserably in her past life.... more>>

“I’ll live a full life this time around!” I vowed. However, an eight-year-old Grand Duke won’t stop disturbing my peaceful life.

Unable to deal with that jerk any longer, I was forced to take drastic measures by slapping him. At first, he was absolutely livid, ordering me to be whipped. But after that whole incident blew over, his reaction was... A little strange.

“I’ll let you hit me from now on. You can hit me as much as you want.”

Why is he blushing and talking nonsense?

I seem to have awakened his secret taste! Gotta get rid of this guy ASAP! <<less

“Your Majesty, please break-off my marriage with Her Highness the Imperial Princess. I fell in love with Lady Adriane Reese.”... more>>

“Six engagements, Six break-ups.”

The princess’s fiancé always had an affair with the maids!

“I don’t want to marry the crown prince, I want to live with my father forever…”

“Such a useless being. Begone!”

The princess who is known to be weak and s*upid, Apollonia.

But she has another hidden face…

“It’s because the throne is hard to obtain, my father also spent 10 years on trying to kill my mother, the empress.”

As Apollonia grinned, her red eyes shone intensely. Usurpation of the throne.

Her goal was clear. She was never shaken.

‘I want to live my life with my father.’

To be exact, I want to live my life where my father is seated.

Please wait, father. Your daughter is on her way.

To take back everything that was stolen from me. <<less

With the help of her childhood friend, Elly Gingerbell, the youngest daughter of the renowned Mage family, the Gingerbell, found herself pregnant before she even realized it!... more>>

Now, who on earth could the father be?

Raiden, wearing a worried expression, had placed the apple juice I had mentioned wanting yesterday on the desk. I stared silently at the transparent glass bottle, then pursed my lips and spoke.

“…Don’t misunderstand, just listen.”

“What is it?”

“…Have you ever, well, had a heated moment with me, um, focusing on my bare skin?”

Raiden’s expression turned strangely peculiar. <<less

Rachel realized that this world was an erot*c BL novel she had read in her past life. She is the main character, fiancée to Lionel, who is about to die. But Rachel deludes herself into thinking that she can win his heart and change her fate.... more>>

After marrying Lionel, everything falls apart: forced s*x, the disappearance of her brother, and the destruction of her family. Eventually, she takes out her anger on her husband's lover, Jeffrey, and ab*ses him so viciously that she dies at Lionel's hands.......

And the shocking truth she is told.

"Your brother's disappearance was at my hands, as was your family's, all of whom were caught up in treason."

She thought her life would end with her death, but she woke up to find herself nineteen years in the past. Can Rachel protect the people she loves and get revenge on Lionel?

In doing so, Rachel finds herself entangled in a swamp of temptation with three men: Nicholas, Rachel's lover before her regression; Jeffrey, her husband's lover who was ab*sed by Rachel; and Simeon, who betrayed her family with false testimony.

"You won't regret this, will you?"

"Never. Please, do as you please." <<less

After being betrayed by a butler and her nanny, whom she’d trusted wholeheartedly, Emma wandered down a forest trail on a stormy night to avoid them and the lurking animals.... more>>

She stumbled upon a magnificent mansion and bravely knocked on the large wooden door of the mysterious, secretive place. After a few minutes, a man opened the door.

“Hello. I am Emma. Emma Herman,” she said shakily and then begged, “Please! Save me, please! I will do anything.” Emma’s life was about to be flipped upside down.

“Hello, Emma. Has something happened to you?” he asked. The man she had thought to be the owner of the mansion, was Irvin Van Wert, the successor of Count Van Wert. “Don’t run away from me without my permission. Because you belong to me now!”

***

“So, you don’t have anything to do with the people I mentioned, right?”

“Right,” Emma nodded rapidly, expecting the misunderstanding and suspicion to be resolved.

“I see. So this isn’t a trap,” the man oddly mumbled as he stared at Emma and slowly bent his body down lower. Then, he put his lips closer to her ear and said, “If so, you’re just coming by perchance then?”

The low voice, while fascinating, was frightening enough to hurt Emma’s eardrum and she meekly replied, “Yes.” <<less

The Grand Duchy of Hessenguard lost its master. ... more>>

The two kingdoms, that were vying with one another for the dukedom, agreed to send their respective candidates from the royal family to marry and make their successor the heir of the duchy.

And so, Erna and Kalion arrive at Hessenguard to wed.

But, their initial impression of each other was extremely terrible.

“What, this pumpkin?”

“Oh my, he looks like a dried earthworm.”

Thus a marriage started just like that from the beginning with a horrible impression of one another.

They showed their teeth to each other for more than a decade, but lived together steadfastly for the sake of the Grand duchy.

Later, one day, a letter was sent for them.

‘You will have a successor within one year.’

After 10 years of marriage without any children, both nations raised the issue.

They said that if they don’t have children within a year, they’ll bring them back home.

Is it possible? <<less

“I heard you have a fiancé? Do you love him?”... more>>

One day, Daniel comes to Iveka, who has lost her memories of working for the Bureau of Judicial Affairs, and arrives with an unexpected offer: marriage.

“You must be busy, but it’s a simple matter of business. How about marrying me?”
“Excuse me? Of all women, why me…?”
“Of course, you can refuse if you don’t want to do it. You might not even like the queen’s position.”

However, it won’t be like a fairy tale. He had not fallen in love with her at first sight. It was a proposal unlike any other, and a sudden fate as a queen. Will she be nothing more than just a queen to be taken advantage of?

The reason for this wedding is yet to unfold. <<less

“You were my enemy who always defeated me, but you were also a pretty good companion.”... more>>

“Shut up! What do you think will possibly change if you say that now after all this time?”

He, who was more like her than any other. That was why they were so fixated on only each other, why they were so madly obsessed about only each other.

The only difference between them was that one wholeheartedly wanted to have the other, while the other wholeheartedly wanted to defeat him.

This was the very reason why this catastrophe had happened despite that they were the other’s sole companion.

“This life is over. But in the next, I won’t be your enemy, but your knight.”

If there is a next life, I will offer up my sword to you.

A brightly burning flame was pathetically extinguished.

And so, Ianna Roberstein, a duchess of the Kingdom of Roanne and the strongest swordswoman on the continent, died at the hands of the Conqueror Arhad Roygen, the emperor of the Bahamut Empire.

‘But why am I alive?’ <<less

Chloe Garnet, who sacrificed everything for the man she loves, died a tragic death. Foolish Chloe realized too late. She was the bait that the man would throw at the Emperor, and he was the most beautiful son of a bit*h disguised with affection... more>>

***

“I like you uncle.”

At the age of seventeen, I was so young and immature that I couldn’t hide my growing heart.

“I’ve been in love with you for a long time.”

My body shrunk at the sight of him slowly holding my chin and looking through my body, but I took courage and took a step closer to him.

“Love. So you have already reached that age.”

His fingertips swept down my face. Despite the unexpected confession, he was overly relaxed and skillful.

“I like you too, Chloe. I love you. How can I not be happy with you, who will bring me my brother’s neck in the future?”

The man whom I loved, was so sweet that he was even more cruel.

“Have the emperor’s child.”

***

When I opened my eyes again, he looked down at me with a pale face.

He was the man who trampled on my love and broke me. <<less