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01

His Rejected Luna: The Lycan King's Vengeful Mate — original cover

7.4

OngoingHis Rejected Luna: The Lycan King's Vengeful Mate

AuthorJulie Mosco

Discovering her fiancé and stepsister’s plan to take her mother’s inheritance leads a rejected woman into a contract with Caden Sinclair. His care also reveals a connection to her mother’s past. She confronts her stepmother over an heirloom and resists her father’s attempt to discredit her mental health, holding evidence implicating his wife in her mother’s death. A wolf-shaped shadow introduces another mystery to her fight for control.

Werewolf Betrayal Contract relationship Controlling family Suspense Family drama

02

His Unwanted True Mate Is The Secret Pack Heir — original cover

8.3

OngoingHis Unwanted True Mate Is The Secret Pack Heir

AuthorDashing Wave Rider

Alpha Dixon refuses to support his mate while she delivers twins and threatens her future with the children. A healer’s test reveals that she is the missing White Wolf heir of the Beaumont pack. Her newly found family gives her the backing to seek a formal rejection before the council. Dixon’s sudden response to an urgent mind-link interrupts the ceremony just as she is ready to end their bond.

Werewolf Pregnancy Twins Hidden identity Inheritance Rejected mate Protective family

03

Reborn, I’m Done Being The Don’s Wife — original cover

9.3

CompletedReborn, I’m Done Being The Don’s Wife

AuthorFlowering Tree

Marrying Mafia Don Gideon in her sister’s place leads to five years of mutual resentment. He blames the narrator for her sister’s departure and treats her as an unacknowledged substitute, while her parents turn against her. Abandoned in the mountains during Christmas, she and her child die. Reborn on the day her sister returns, she resolves to stop seeking love from Gideon or her parents.

Rebirth Mafia Family favouritism Marriage Starting over

04

Replaced by My Cousin — original cover

8.1

CompletedReplaced by My Cousin

AuthorSliced Bread

While signing her cousin out of a messaging app, Freya sees a notification about a family dinner. The group contains her parents, brother and cousin, but not her. Her brother explicitly tells the others to leave her out, dismissing her as petty over a minor dispute with Emma. The conversation exposes an exclusion that has become ordinary to everyone except the person it is aimed at.

Family drama Family favouritism Exposed lies Parent-child relationship

05

Riches in Ruins — original cover

9.3

CompletedRiches in Ruins

AuthorLittle Hedgehog

After years of solitary Christmas Eves, Suzie brings food to the parents she believes are working overtime. Instead, she sees them arriving at a luxury hotel with another young man they openly cherish. Their easy dismissal of the daughter left at home reveals how much of the family’s supposed hardship has been a performance. The encounter leads her to stop seeking affection from people who have treated her loneliness as normal.

Family drama Family favouritism Hidden identity Exposed lies Starting over

06

Isla: Owned By Four Savage Alpha Brothers — original cover

8.3

OngoingIsla: Owned By Four Savage Alpha Brothers

AuthorOnly_Shila

Isla hopes that awakening her wolf on her eighteenth birthday will let her escape her abusive father. Instead, she discovers a mate bond with the Black Star quadruplets, who have long bullied her and resent the connection. With her father preparing an unknown plan and only seventy-two hours remaining, Isla asks them for protection. Their demands leave her facing another relationship shaped by coercion rather than safety.

Werewolf Mate bond Controlling family Bullying Power imbalance Controlling relationships

07

Jilted Heiress: Marrying The Untouchable Tycoon — original cover

8.1

CompletedJilted Heiress: Marrying The Untouchable Tycoon

Allison Montgomery discovers her fiancé’s affair with her sister through her own dashcam. Instead of supporting her, the family protects its business alliance and threatens her inheritance. She approaches Finn’s powerful uncle, Adam Kensington, with a proposal for a marriage of convenience. His acceptance comes with an unexpected condition involving a daughter he has kept secret, turning Allison’s attempt to regain control into a far more complicated domestic arrangement.

Billionaire Contract marriage Betrayal Rival sisters Inheritance Secret children Starting over

08

Swapping Mafia Husbands — original cover

7.8

CompletedSwapping Mafia Husbands

AuthorLynette Woods

Reborn on the day she and Amelia choose their husbands, she discovers that she can hear other people's thoughts. Her sister eagerly takes the man from her previous marriage, hoping to produce an heir first. Knowing what that earlier life actually cost, she lets the new choice unfold.

Mafia Rebirth Rival sisters Marriage before love Mind reading Changing fate

09

The Burning Village — original cover

9.2

CompletedThe Burning Village

AuthorNo Mood Nano

A village custom requires couples to visit a shrine before marriage. While the narrator's sisters have married, every boyfriend she brings emerges hostile, sometimes violent. Her new boyfriend enters with her father, the village chief, and attacks her afterward. She questions both the shrine's hidden influence and her father's insistence on repeating a ritual whose consequences he already knows.

Controlling family Suspense

10

The Fairness I Never Got — original cover

9.1

CompletedThe Fairness I Never Got

AuthorGood Measure

A household’s strict equality protects older twins Xander and Kendra Hale while excluding their youngest sibling. A larger car briefly promises room on a family trip, but the available seats go to the twins’ pets instead. Left standing in the rain, the narrator declines the journey and submits a long-delayed study-abroad application, choosing a personal future over another wait for equal consideration.

Family drama Family favouritism Twins Controlling family Starting over

11

Married To My Ex-Fiancé's Silent Uncle — original cover

9.2

OngoingMarried To My Ex-Fiancé's Silent Uncle

Finding Hugh with her stepsister exposes a plan to take her family's land through their marriage. A loophole in the Maxwell family covenant allows her to marry his comatose uncle Fleet instead. The change gives her power within the family, while an unexpected movement from her new husband creates another uncertainty.

Billionaire Marriage before love Revenge marriage Rival sisters Family heir Hidden past

12

Marrying My Ex's Powerful Billionaire Uncle — original cover

8.9

OngoingMarrying My Ex's Powerful Billionaire Uncle

AuthorYuan Xiluo

When Connor leaves their wedding for an injured actress, a woman remembers the life that followed: humiliation, stolen trust funds and rejection by her mother and adopted sister. Reborn before the same departure, she chooses another course. She approaches Connor’s uncle, billionaire Harding Snow, who alone showed compassion after her earlier death, and proposes that the wedding proceed with him as the groom.

Billionaire Rebirth Abandoned wedding Family favouritism Financial deception Starting over

13

The Live Verdict — original cover

7.4

CompletedThe Live Verdict

AuthorAgainst the Flow

To save an adopted sister, the narrator’s parents seek a court ruling that would give them the narrator’s organs. Advanced technology extracts memories for a hundred-person jury to examine. The parents expect someone they consider evil to avoid the trial. Instead, the revealed memories move observers to tears, although the introduction leaves their contents and the final verdict unspecified.

Family drama Family favouritism Parent-child relationship Courtroom drama

14

The Mafia’s Forgotten Wife: Pregnant and Abandoned — original cover

8.7

CompletedThe Mafia’s Forgotten Wife: Pregnant and Abandoned

Pregnant at the same time as Rosa, her mafia husband’s childhood sweetheart, she watches him publicly claim Rosa’s child while postponing any acknowledgment of their own. Her family responds with condemnation and pressure as he remains away caring for the other woman. The imbalance ends her belief in their marriage. By the time he returns, she has already left the life he expected her to keep waiting in.

Mafia Pregnancy Marriage Betrayal Family drama Starting over

15

The Prank That Stole My Last Breath — original cover

8.3

CompletedThe Prank That Stole My Last Breath

Nat already lives with serious respiratory problems after a prank involving adopted younger sister Marissa and older brother James. James offers a diving trip as an apology, but Marissa again targets her. As Nat struggles in a life-threatening situation, her brother dismisses the danger and favours Marissa’s account. The promised reconciliation gives way to another crisis in which her pleas are ignored.

Family drama Family favouritism Health crisis Controlling family Bullying

16

My Fake Rogue Mate Is The Alpha King — original cover

8.9

OngoingMy Fake Rogue Mate Is The Alpha King

AuthorWaldo Friesinger

Mark rejects her outside the pack registration hall after five years together, blaming her family’s medical costs and her lack of a wolf. With her grandfather facing surgery and debts still unpaid, she approaches a stranger whose own engagement has just collapsed. She proposes a practical exchange: marriage to protect his reputation in return for the money her family needs. He responds with a calculating smile and a black card.

Werewolf Royalty Contract marriage Rejected mate Hidden identity Family drama

17

My Triplets' Daddy Is A Heartless Mafia — original cover

9.2

CompletedMy Triplets' Daddy Is A Heartless Mafia

Pregnant with triplets, Josephine Jade flees a hostile family with no money or support. Recovering property taken from her becomes part of her determination to survive and resist their control. A sick child, a returning former crush and an enigmatic man complicate that effort. Her struggle centers on protecting her connection to her children while rebuilding a life on her own terms.

Mafia Pregnancy Family drama Controlling family Starting over

18

The Test Score Above My Head — original cover

9.3

CompletedThe Test Score Above My Head

AuthorPerfect Timing

Jenny Reid trusts a floating score that rises when she avoids studying, only to fail her exam. After her parents send her to factory work, an attack exposes her sister Patricia's role in controlling the number. Jenny then returns to a month before the test. Seeing the same apparent rules, she prepares to confront the deception with knowledge she lacked before.

Rebirth School life Family drama Exposed lies Changing fate

19

They Stole My Memories and Regretted It — original cover

7.8

CompletedThey Stole My Memories and Regretted It

AuthorInk Keeper

After her husband’s sister dies, the final call she made becomes an unanswered question. The woman who received it offers neither the police nor the grieving family an explanation. Her husband stays and appears increasingly attentive, but pregnancy exposes a different intention behind his conduct. His response becomes a campaign of punishment, turning the marriage into a threat rather than the refuge it seemed to offer.

Family drama Pregnancy Marriage Betrayal Controlling relationships Suspense

20

Turns Out, I Dodged Hell — original cover

8.3

CompletedTurns Out, I Dodged Hell

AuthorAnonymous

Demi and Cecilia are asked to divide two futures between them: the family company and a marriage into the Spencer household. In their first life, Cecilia's business failures turn into murderous jealousy. Returning to the same decision, she eagerly chooses the marriage she once envied. Demi knows more about that household than her sister realizes, and this time does not compete for the future being offered.

Rebirth Rival sisters Inheritance Controlling family Changing fate Family drama

21

No Escape from His Gilded Cage — original cover

8.9

OngoingNo Escape from His Gilded Cage

A betrayal by her stepbrother and a party arranged as a trap leave her facing a debt-settlement marriage to Alessio Marino. The Mafia boss offers promises she cannot yet trust. Having already endured abuse within her family, she must judge whether this new household offers an escape or another form of confinement, while finding the strength to make choices of her own.

Mafia Forced marriage Marriage before love Controlling family Controlling relationships

22

Pack Reject: The Lost White Wolf Princess — original cover

8.9

OngoingPack Reject: The Lost White Wolf Princess

After betrayal by her fiancé and rejection by her family, Eliana learns that she is Somerland’s lost Lycan Princess. She enters Claws Academy under an ordinary identity, determined to earn recognition through ability. Her past complicates that plan when her former fiancé wants her back and his Alpha uncle is drawn to her. Eliana must navigate renewed attention and a royal identity she cannot keep hidden forever.

Werewolf Royalty Hidden identity School life Regretful ex Betrayal

23

Two Dollars and a Fortune — original cover

9.0

CompletedTwo Dollars and a Fortune

AuthorSleepless Goat

A lottery win gives Cassian’s mother a chance to divide a fortune among her children. His siblings receive bank cards, while the eldest son gets two one-dollar coins. She explains that the younger two deserve compensation for losing their father early. Remembering that he was only eight himself, Cassian accepts the unequal payout but refuses the expectation that he alone must provide support in her old age.

Family drama Family favouritism Inheritance Parent-child relationship Male perspective

24

Ugly Duckling Becomes National Beauty — original cover

8.3

CompletedUgly Duckling Becomes National Beauty

Called Blob and sent to live with her grandmother, the narrator returns home only after admission to a top university. Her movie-star father and singer mother still judge her appearance against her sister Vivian Sterling’s. Seeing her covered face, they assume embarrassment. Their comments make her question whether anyone ever examined the photographs and letters her grandmother sent, which described a very different impression of her.

Family drama Family favouritism Parent-child relationship Childhood trauma

25

This Time, Don't Laugh While I'm Dying — original cover

8.1

CompletedThis Time, Don't Laugh While I'm Dying

AuthorPerfect Timing

A woman’s younger brother Adrian Lupton repeatedly harms her through pranks that their parents excuse as playfulness. Told to be understanding, she eventually stops protesting. Another incident leaves her alone in a severe health crisis while the family remains unaware of her condition. As consciousness fades, she wishes for a life in which affection would not depend on enduring their cruelty.

Family drama Family favouritism Controlling family Health crisis

26

Reborn And Remade: The Wolfless Bride's Revenge — original cover

8.4

OngoingReborn And Remade: The Wolfless Bride's Revenge

An adopted Omega is forced to replace her sister as bride to cursed Alpha King Calvin Ramirez. In her first life, she trusts Pierce’s promise of rescue, unaware of his betrayal with her sister or the family’s plan to profit from her marriage before killing her. Returning to the handover day, she demands legal separation from the pack and control of the alliance gifts as a new power awakens.

Werewolf Rebirth Forced marriage Family drama Curse Royalty

27

Reborn: Making the Rival Alpha My Mate — original cover

8.7

OngoingReborn: Making the Rival Alpha My Mate

Betrayed by Prince Davian and her adoptive sister Elara, a young woman dies knowing that their deception also threatens her family. Elara has disclosed her father’s military maps to enemies, while the engagement served a political alliance. She awakens at seventeen, three years before the tragedies began. Remembering what happened, she resolves to challenge those plans and protect the relatives her trust once placed in danger.

Werewolf Rebirth Betrayal Royalty Engagement Protective family

28

When Rain Fell Unseen — original cover

8.3

CompletedWhen Rain Fell Unseen

AuthorWarm Worth

Her family has organized daily life around protecting her sister’s mental health, asking her to suppress laughter, tears and even pain. Breaking a cup brings her father’s anger down on her, and a fall leaves her badly injured. Everyone rushes to the screaming sister instead. As she waits on the floor, the family’s demand that she always be the strong one becomes dangerously impossible to sustain.

Family drama Family favouritism Health crisis Controlling family Rival sisters

29

Whose Party Is This? — original cover

7.6

CompletedWhose Party Is This?

AuthorMaroon Cypress

Christopher enters a family chat by accident and sees his parents planning a lavish birthday celebration for someone called sweetheart. Believing his own birthday has been forgotten again, he saves screenshots and prepares to confront them. A private message from his younger sister then shows a different conversation about a surprise for him. The conflicting messages complicate what he thought he had uncovered about his parents.

Family drama Family favouritism Male perspective Suspense

30

You Want That Watch? Then Watch Me Leave — original cover

9.4

CompletedYou Want That Watch? Then Watch Me Leave

AuthorSpotted Cat

A wedding stops when the bride insists on wearing an old watch with her expensive dress. Her partner produces divorce papers, leaving relatives furious that a ten-year relationship could end over such a small object. He refuses to explain the watch’s significance while staring at its hands, stopped at 3:07. A call instructing his assistant to release prepared evidence suggests the dispute reaches far beyond the ceremony.

Marriage Divorce Suspense Male perspective Family drama

31

REDEMPTION: FEAR MY RETURN — original cover

8.2

OngoingREDEMPTION: FEAR MY RETURN

AuthorGoodness ogu

Years after her father’s murder, Raina Hills returns under a new name to bring down the Moretti dynasty. Lucian Moretti’s marriage proposal gives her a place inside the family she intends to destroy. She treats their vows as another weapon, until secrets surrounding her father’s death begin reaching beyond the empire itself. Lucian’s connection to that history complicates her plan and the feelings she hoped to keep under control.

Mafia Marriage Betrayal Hidden identity Family drama Suspense

32

Rejected at the Altar, Claimed by the Alpha King — original cover

9.1

OngoingRejected at the Altar, Claimed by the Alpha King

AuthorHe Shuyao

Her arranged marriage to Alpha heir Desean Montgomery is meant to protect a heavily indebted pack. His public rejection instead leaves her facing family blame and creditors. She conceals the White Wolf power others have mistaken for weakness and refuses to let the absent groom determine the outcome. Walking through the cathedral, she asks Alpha King Jasper Jones whether he is free to marry her in his place.

Werewolf Royalty Rejected mate Hidden identity Marriage Family drama

33

Rejected Bride: Married To The Dragon King — original cover

8.8

OngoingRejected Bride: Married To The Dragon King

AuthorCatlaina Sloggett

Publicly abandoned by Harper Carney at the Dragon God Altar, a woman faces pressure to apologize to Hettie, the relative he has chosen instead. Her father threatens her funds and royal scribal job. She ends the betrothal contract herself after years of being treated as a family pawn. A mysterious golden-eyed man then offers marriage and protection against their retaliation.

Betrayal Engagement Controlling family Power imbalance Contract relationship Starting over

34

Rejected By My Ex, Desired By His Father — original cover

8.8

CompletedRejected By My Ex, Desired By His Father

AuthorGlitch Petal

Joslyn’s six-year relationship ends just before her wedding when her boyfriend returns to his first love. His adoptive father, Connor, offers a marriage that appears to promise financial independence and a chance to regain her dignity. She expects a distant arrangement, but he proves far more involved than the bargain suggested. As her ex seeks another chance, Joslyn begins learning how long Connor has intended to become part of her life.

Billionaire Contract marriage Age gap Betrayal Family drama Starting over

35

Rejected By My Family, Desired By The Mafia — original cover

8.6

OngoingRejected By My Family, Desired By The Mafia

Camille Laurent returns to the family whose heiress identity was taken from her, yet Talia still receives its loyalty. Her relatives and intended fiancé underestimate the healing abilities she conceals. Poisoned billionaire Dante Moretti offers a different arrangement: she becomes his personal physician in exchange for support. Their agreement links her medical skill to a powerful criminal world while her family remains unaware of her capabilities.

Mafia Billionaire Doctor Hidden identity Family favouritism Heiress

36

Rejected By My Pack, Claimed By The Lycan King — original cover

9.0

OngoingRejected By My Pack, Claimed By The Lycan King

AuthorJESSICA KIRK

A woman rejected by her family becomes the target of an ambush and a public lie that strips her of pack protection. Her father endorses the story while her stepmother and sister assume she can no longer resist. They do not know about her formidable training. Returning to their gala beside the Lycan King of the Graves Dominion, she confronts the family that tried to erase her.

Werewolf Family drama Hidden identity Royalty Controlling family Suspense

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