Her Death Was Step One

To keep her daughter under her thumb, an overbearing mother threatens suicide to prevent her from leaving for college. Though the daughter secretly secures admission to a distant school with her father's help, her mother uproots the family to follow her. Plunged into deep depression and forced to consume a lethal allergen, the daughter finally complies—paying the ultimate price to escape. But death is not the end. Granted a second chance at life, she is reborn to rewrite her destiny.

When a roommate purchases a cursed antique censer to wish for wealth, the protagonist's life begins to unravel. The relic drains her luck and identity, allowing the roommate to usurp her status as an heiress while leaving her in debt. After being betrayed and pushed to her death, she miraculously wakes up on the day the incense was first lit. Armed with the knowledge of the relic's price, she prepares to turn the tables in this dark fantasy and action-packed mystery.

Vanika Merrick thought she had accepted her monotonous life, governed by inexplicable rules. Then Derion Silber arrived, shattering her fragile peace and forcing her to break every boundary she had ever known. As Derion pushes her deeper into a world of werewolf politics and dangerous passion, he unknowingly unravels the very mystery that will seal his fate. The truth of Vanika's forgotten identity resurfaces with brutal clarity, revealing a mission etched in blood. She is not the ordinary woman he believed her to be, but the hunter sworn to end his life. Now, with her memories restored, Derion must confront the devastating reality that the woman he loves is the assassin destined to kill him for a second time.

For three years, Chloe treated Charles Dickson’s infidelity as a lucrative business, collecting millions for every betrayal. When a massive ten-million-dollar transfer hits her account, she seizes the chance to vanish and start a new life as a teacher. However, her billionaire ex refuses to let go. When Charles confronts her, Chloe mockingly claims he was merely a specimen for her lessons on finding wealthy, distant husbands, leaving him consumed by rage.

After three years of playing the perfect wife, Ellie signs divorce papers and prepares to vanish. But her billionaire husband, Julian, awakens a power to hear her thoughts, discovering her hidden wealth and fabricated identity. A family crisis traps her in a guarded mansion, where his mention of "The Surgeon"—her secret alias—turns their split into a dangerous hunt. Fueled by betrayal, Ellie vows to dismantle his empire.

What was supposed to be a romantic anniversary trip to a high-end fashion show becomes a nightmare when a strange woman slaps me in public. When I try to defend myself, my husband, Mr. Fowler, restrains me, claiming it is a simple misunderstanding. But the devastating truth emerges backstage. I discover him with my attacker, only to hear her thank him for the trip and for letting her slap his wife as a sick test of courage. Our marriage was built on lies.