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With unmatched talent, but a fate sealed by a terminal illness, Jeong Yeon-Shin challenges his destined death for a chance to live. Set in a realm where elves and dwarves coexist with martial artists, this is the story of Jeong Yeon-shin, a genius fighting to extend his life against all odds.

What will you do if you only have three months to live? How will you spend your last ninety days? Kati Sullivan is young and still innocent to the world. On one fateful visit to her Doctor, she is given the news that will change the rest of her life. Sebastian Caine is strong-willed and has been a friend to Kati for most of her life. He is willing to give everything up to spend these last days by her side. Sebastian will go beyond what is even possible to save Kati’s life. Kati’s three months is riddles with pain and failures, yet secrets and lies will threaten to end their three months even before they start. Can Kati overcome this challenge and find that miracle behind a silver lining? Will their three months become eternity for the rest of their lives?

She is his girlfriend's sister, and the rival he must defeat. Xavier Kesh, England's hockey star, is sharp on the ice and untamed off it. With a girlfriend like Katrina by his side, everything is perfect—until he signs a "couples contract" with her sister, Melissa. Melissa Brown, the only female star on the ice and a fresh face determined to make her mark in fashion. Pretending to be with him is just a shortcut to the top. In front of the camera, he murmurs, "You're blushing." Behind the scenes, she warns, "Don't call me baby." Then their "date" video explodes online, capturing the moment he gently tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear. A performance meant to be fake is now burning through three real lives. In a game that started with ambition, who will be the first to pay the price in truth?

The Weight of Borrowed Skies is a literary fantasy novel following a transmigrated soul, a young man from Earth who dies in an accident and awakens inside the body of Aldric Voss, seventeen-year-old heir to a dying border territory in a world he only half-remembers from a game he once played. Armed with fractured knowledge, a borrowed name, and two years before a mandatory supernatural trial, he must stabilize a crumbling territory, unravel an ancient mystery growing in the local marsh, and discover who he is becoming in the process.

Every night, seventeen-year-old Kai dreams of tomorrow before it happens. At first, he uses the visions to avoid embarrassment and help his friends. But everything changes when he meets a mysterious girl named Aira, who appears in his dreams long before she exists in reality. As Kai follows the clues hidden within his future visions, he discovers that Aira belongs to a timeline that is slowly disappearing. The more he changes fate to save her, the faster his own world begins to collapse. With time running out and memories fading away, Kai must decide whether to protect the future he knows or sacrifice everything to save the girl who was never supposed to exist. A heartwarming fantasy romance about destiny, sacrifice, and the courage to choose your own future.

Thirty days. One death flag. And a villainess desperate to survive. I went to bed a reader. I woke up as Evelyne Renestra—the infamous noblewoman doomed to die in chapter ten of my favorite novel. Now, a glowing countdown haunts my every step. If I follow the plot, I die. But if I change too much, the world itself begins to unravel. To survive, I must defy fate, dodge my own death flags, and forge bonds with the very people who were meant to destroy me—including the story’s heroine. But the deeper I dive into this fractured world, the more I realize: this isn’t just a story anymore. It’s real. And I’m no longer the villainess I used to be. With timelines collapsing and love blooming where I least expected, I must decide—can I rewrite my ending before time runs out… or will I lose myself in the process?

A borrowed body is supposed to be empty. In the Afterlife Bureau, every dead soul is given a standard “loaner body” and twenty‑four hours on Earth to fix one regret before they move on. The rules are simple: no memories stay with the body, no emotions linger, and the vessel never, ever becomes a person. Except one did. After thousands of uses, one defective loaner body remembers everyone. Regrets, loves, crimes, last words—each soul leaves a stain, and the stains have started talking back. When the Bureau schedules a terrorist soul who once tried to destroy the system, the body panics, breaks the timer, and runs. Hunted by reapers, sharing a single body with a dangerous soul, this “thing” built from leftovers must decide: stay a tool, or become a person even if it means tearing the afterlife apart.

Lina Voss never meant to kill anyone. One touch… and she lives their life. One moment… and they die. Haunted by memories that aren’t hers and hunted by a man who knows too much, Lina is trapped in a terrifying truth—she is not the only one with this power. Someone is watching her. Someone who gave her this “gift.” And soon… she will have to choose: Keep stealing lives to survive… Or lose herself forever.

Before marrying Silas, Joyce had only met him three times. A marriage of convenience, a secret agreement, for a term of three years. She's fresh off a heartbreak — the man she chased for years told her they "weren't a good match." Silas has his own baggage: rumor says he's still hung up on a white moonlight who happens to look just like Joyce. So that's all she is. A substitute. ** In the second year of their marriage, on Joyce's birthday, she drank too much and, in front of everyone, tugged on his tie, pinning him underneath her: "You look... a lot like my husband." The Thorne family's second master, known for being rational and unfeeling, was flustered by her that night. He leaned in close to her ear and coaxed in a low voice, "Be good." The next day Joyce woke up to find her lips were swollen. This… Who did this! When she went to question him, she discovered Silas's lip was bitten. He stared at her and said slowly, "You crossed the line first." ** The scandal leaked. At a party, her ex-boyfriend stepped in: "She's mine. Who dares talk?" Then Silas walked in. The room went silent. "Yours? Since when?" "Joyce, tell me. Whose are you?" So much for the secret marriage. So much for being a substitute. This was supposed to be fake… wasn't it?

Fu Xiaoxiao transmigrates into a book and immediately faces the crisis of being sent to the countryside. As the unloved middle child, her younger sister is the one meant to go — but her mother transfers her job to the sister instead. A disaster of a start. To avoid being sent away, she has to marry within seven days. She meets a few ordinary men and decides she'd rather go to the countryside. Then she runs into a neighbor who's also looking for a spouse — and his conditions are surprisingly good. A dowry of three hundred? Bicycles and a radio? Just take care of the kids, and separate rooms are fine? The others may pass, but she won't. Every day is a battle of wits with the two kids. Life is eventful, she gets a salary every month, and the boss is never home. Absolutely perfect. Except... wasn't this big shot supposed to be infertile? Then why does he keep strutting around naked in front of her? She has professional ethics. She won't be seduced by a good body. Hmph. Men only slow down her sword swing. Lu Feng grits his teeth at Fu Xiaoxiao, who remains completely unmoved by his countless attempts to seduce her, and traps her in his arms. "Boss, let's talk this through. I know forty a month is a bit much — how about... five less?" Trapped in his embrace, Fu Xiaoxiao thinks he's unhappy with her high salary and starts bargaining. "I'm giving myself to you for free." Lu Feng grinds out through clenched teeth. This woman has no heart. "...Can I say no?" Fu Xiaoxiao swallows, staring at the washboard abs so close. "Such a good deal — are you sure you don't want it?" Lu Feng squints, tempting her. "Fine." A fool turns down a bargain.