the fifth risk undoing democracy

Insanely Pampered Wife : Divine Doctor Fifth Young Miss Judul Asli: Bào Chǒng Kuáng Qī：Shényī Wǔ Xiǎojiě Judul Alt: The Crazy Adventures of Mystical Doctor Author: Shan Gumu Diambil dari terjemahan Misty Cloud Dia adalah Nona Muda Kelima dari Tempat Tinggal Jenderal yang dipuja, namun terlihat sia-sia seperti sampah. Merayu dan genit karena kesalahan, akhirnya dia terbunuh di bawah anak buah pria yang dikejarnya; Dia adalah seorang jenius yang disukai surga namun akhirnya dibunuh oleh sebuah plot yang berbahaya dan semua orang yang berbagi garis keturunan dengannya dikejar dan dimusnahkan yang menyebabkan dia berkeinginan membalas dendam untuk dibayar dengan darah. Pada suatu hari, jenius itu tanpa sadar mengambil alih tubuh sampah yang tidak berguna itu dan membuka matanya, nasibnya telah benar-benar berubah!!! Penyulingan obat mujarab dan peleburan senjata itu sulit? Itu tidak membuat dia gugup. Penjinak Binatang langka? Dia dengan mudah mendapatkan gelar Emperor Beast Tamer! Pernikahan paksa!? Orang-orang sombong karena mereka tampan? Dia membentangkan tangannya dan dengan mudah menarik pria tampan kepadanya: Saudara laki-laki Raja Iblis dengan mudah akan menggantikan posisi mereka. Pandangan sekilas, sedikit gerakan, dan pria itu tiba-tiba akan menghilang pada saat berikutnya. Dia berbalik kembali, senyum iblisnya memikat: "Mari kita lanjutkan topik ini, ayo kita miliki anak!"

Jiang Xinli was struck by lightning during an audition and transmigrated into the body of a spiritually powerless F-grade waste malicious Female Master. Good news: Upon opening her eyes, she immediately found herself with five handsome Beast Husbands. Bad news: The original owner committed numerous sins and was sentenced by the Interstellar Military Court to exile on the Deserted Star for 100 years! With the Female Master punished, the Beast Husbands were implicated. The five Beast Husbands, pushed to the limit, unanimously filed for divorce and even wished they could bury the original owner with them. To survive the path of exile, Jiang Xinli was forced to put on an act: The White Tiger Husband lacked a sense of security, so she deliberately clung to him, "Brother, don't go. I'm so lonely...I can't do without you." The Silver Wolf Husband was sensitive and suspicious, so she confessed all her concerns, "The thing I fear most in this life isn't life or death, but Brother not believing me!" The Green Snake Husband was a dark lunatic, so she acted weak to show her heartache, "Brother, if you torture others and there's revenge, it won't be good. I don't care about others, I'm just worried about you." The Black Panther Husband was irritable and easily angry, so she quickly soothed him with soft words, "Good brother, anger harms the body. If you truly can't let it go, just smack my palm, and I'll let you vent~" The Peacock Husband was quiet and self-abased, so she immediately encouraged him, "Brother, you're so amazing. How could there be such an outstanding husband as you in the world? I will treasure all the gifts you've given me for a lifetime!" As she continued her act, the five Beast Husbands fell deeply for her, and Jiang Xinli didn't expect that she'd just survived only to fall into the Asura field once again...

My name is Shay. Just Shay. Every morning at five, I kick off my day like anyone else—cereal, eggs, or toast. Then comes the routine brushing session where I make it a point to avoid eye contact with the damn bogey in the mirror. Typical, right? I’ve got a roommate—a werewolf. We’re best friends and classmates, tackling school like it’s any normal day. After classes, I head to my job as a bartender at a nearby pub. It’s a cozy spot, where apart from your regular humans, other creatures also get together for a drink. Yep, vampires and shapeshifters have their pint nights too. Aside from these quirks, my life was relatively normal — until everything turned upside down. The peacefulness of the night seems to be over, the Fifth King is preparing for war — perhaps for world domination —, and common sense has evaporated somewhere along the way. Life was pretty standard, aside from the supernatural quirks, until it wasn’t. The peace of the night shattered, the Fifth King is gearing up for war—or maybe world domination—and somewhere along the way, logic took a vacation. Now, here I am, smack in the middle of this glorious mess, trying to figure out how I went from a normal guy to being tangled in what feels like the prelude to a world-ending saga.

Katherine Blaire has worked six grueling years to rise to the top of the banking world of Manhattan. Confident, voluptuous, and ambitious, she's nearly within reach of the promotion that will help to finance the college education of her autistic brother. She needs but one account- the account of Anthony Marvin, arguably the most influential and dangerous man in New York. Anthony "Tony" Marvin doesn't just own hotels and nightclubs. He controls both legitimate and underground empires as the heir of the most notorious mafia family in the city. Tony is ruthless, heartbreakingly handsome, and untouchable until Katherine enters his club with the business plan and with an unwavering refusal to back away from him. When Tony offers Katherine something she cannot refuse —a night with him in exchange for the contract —she storms out, humiliated and outraged. But Tony is interested in the woman who had the strength to say no to him, and Katherine finds herself drawn into a dangerous game of power struggle, desire, and growing love. As their relationship grows stronger, Tony's father, the ruthless mafia kingpin Thomas Marvin, will do whatever it takes to eliminate what he sees as his son's greatest weakness. Surrounded by enemies and with Katherine's entire family in danger, she and Tony must decide if their love is worth risking everything — including their lives. In a world in which love is the ultimate vulnerability, can a banker and a mafia prince redefine the rules of power?

Ariana Sinclair thought losing Kael would be the worst pain she could endure. She was wrong. The bond that once tied her to Kael Vaughn, the feared Storm Wolf, has shattered… and in its place, something ancient claimed her as Bride. The moment Ariana’s Fifth Blood awakened, an ancient entity returned and marked her as the one it had waited lifetimes to reclaim. Kingdoms now hunt her power, monsters kneel before her scent, and the man who once would have burned the world for her has been taken beyond her reach. Kael was supposed to protect her. Instead, he has become the chosen Guardian of the darkness rising against her, the one meant to deliver her into its hands. Across forgotten lifetimes, he has found Ariana again and again. Loved her. Lost her. Betrayed her. Killed for her. Now he is gone with Mira, a woman who can control the power inside him as if it was always hers to command. With their bond broken and war closing in, Ariana is left with one terrifying truth: If Kael returns, he may not come back as the man she loved. He may return as the weapon forged to claim her for the entity that calls her Bride. But Ariana was never born to kneel. And if fate wants a bride, it may have chosen the wrong woman.

Merinda absolutely hates Harems! The idea of someone being able to have multiple partners utterly disgusts her. Imagine her horror when she wakes up and suddenly finds herself in an ancient harem one day. She is now Ayan Savez the fifth wife of the great General Kang of the Empire of Turk. An empire that existed 500 years ago where her country stands today. And to make things worse she is the most unfavored wife amongst all the wives. Receiving the least amount of attention from the General. As she navigates her new circumstances she stumbles upon a troubled young boy who may be the key to understanding why she was brought back in time. ***Cover art not mine****

Four brides. None survived the eleventh night… until her. In a realm ruled by wolves, Alpha Rodrigo was feared as a ruthless monster—and bound by a deadly curse that slaughtered every woman he married. When Nina Storm is betrayed by her own blood and forced to take her sister’s place as his fifth bride, the entire pack waits for her funeral. They were wrong. On the twelfth morning, Nina walks out alive—awakening as the very witch who cursed him. Stripped of her magic, her goal is simple: seduce the dangerous Alpha, steal back her power, and leave him to burn. Forbidden heat. Deadly secrets. A dangerous obsession. The trap is set. But as the ruthless Alpha’s touch turns from deadly to intoxicating, the woman who came to destroy him finds herself falling for the monster she’s meant to kill. The bargain is struck, and the Alpha is never letting her go. Are you ready to fall for the realm’s most dangerous love story?

Over the top, short stories from the front lines following the tale of Captain Alex Reynolds and his squad of Helldivers.

Aurean Veldar, the only Omega born to the prestigious Veldar family—one of the Empire’s founding bloodlines—was always treated like a cursed flaw in a legacy built on Alpha dominance. He was quiet, obedient, precise. Everything his father, Lord Halric Veldar, despised. When the Empire’s succession war begins to boil beneath the surface, Halric throws Aurean into the fire. To secure favor with Second Prince Kael, the ruthless contender for the throne, Halric gives his son a final chance to "redeem" his bloodline: assassinate the Fifth Prince, Rythe Damarion—a brutal war hero feared across the continent. A man loyal to no one but the throne—and the Empire's greatest shield against Kael's rise. But Aurean fails. He’s captured. And instead of mercy, he's met with scorn—not just by Prince Rythe, but by his own blood. His father, seeking to protect his political ties, publicly disowns and denounces Aurean, branding him a rogue assassin driven by envy and bitterness. Branded a traitor, his name stricken from the family ledgers, Aurean is sentenced to a fate worse than death: He is to serve Prince Rythe Damarion as a personal slave—collared, broken, and kept beneath the heel of the very Alpha he was sent to kill. Rythe, cold and ruthless, accepts. But not to show mercy. To make a lesson of him. Yet as days stretch into weeks, and Aurean refuses to break, Rythe begins to see that the fragile-looking Omega who knelt before him in chains might not be as weak as he seems. There’s steel beneath his silence. Purpose behind his defiance. And scars that run deeper than the blade he once held to Rythe’s throat. In the shadows of court politics and the rising chaos of war, a forbidden bond begins to stir—but will it bloom into salvation, or burn them both alive?

"Do you hear that? The woman who is chosen to be Damian Chase’s fifth wife will be offered 5 million dollars!”  “Even 10 million dollars I won’t marry such a jerk!” Sabrina Jade was recognized for being a competent and gorgeous secretary. For five years, she had worked for her boss Damian Chase, who was renowned as a womanizer. Almost every woman who knew Damian wanted to sleep with him, but in Sabrina’s eyes, her boss is an absolute asshole. She just wanted to stay away from him. Sabrina never thought an accident would intertwine her and her boss’s fates, and she found that her boss was not so annoying?"