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12 novels tagged with "historical".

A Touch of Shadow: The Duke's Obsessionadultromance

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[Obsessive ML, Indulgent, Forbidden Historical Romance] Read this if you crave a forbidden affair between two nobles. On the night meant to seal her fate in silk and candlelight, Caelith Emberlyn discovers her new husband cheating on her with her own cousin. Before the humiliation can swallow her whole, another man steps out of the shadows—dangerous, powerful, and far more terrifying than heartbreak. He is the feared Commander of the Shadow Imperial Guard, a man whose name alone stills the court and stains the capital with silenced dread. Where others see a cold enforcer of the throne, he sees only her—wronged, furious, and far stronger than she appears. And he offers her a choice. Stay. What her husband failed to give—loyalty, devotion, power—he vows to place in her hands in his stead. But this is no gentle rescue. Their alliance begins in secrets and smolders in the dark, a forbidden affair that could shatter reputations and topple dynasties. He is ruthless in war and relentless in love, determined to claim not only her presence at his side but the guarded heart she refuses to yield. Meanwhile, her repentant husband returns with soft words and tender promises, swearing to cherish her forever. Yet regret comes too late in a world where power is currency and affection is a battlefield. Caught between a contrite prince of light and a possessive shadow king who would burn the world to keep her, she must decide: Will she return to the safety of a love that broke her… Or step into the fire of a devotion fierce enough to consume them both?

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Back to the 1980s: Becoming the Villain's Lucky Wifefantasyromance

Author: |Status: Completed

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[Rebirth + Period Novel + Magical Space + Farming + Sweet Romance] She was originally the destined female lead of a period novel, but was schemed against by a transmigrator and lost everything, and was even forced to marry the cold and ruthless arch-villain, Shen Yi. Afterward, Qin Jiao and Shen Yi tormented each other, their life a complete mess and utterly miserable, right up until their deaths. Reborn and returning with a Space Spirit Spring, Qin Jiao vows to take back everything stolen by the transmigrator and to protect her family well, and she will stay far, far away from Shen Yi. But unexpectedly, Shen Yi was also reborn? Qin Jiao: “Let's not get married this time. I want to take the college entrance exams and also lead my whole family to a comfortable life!” Shen Yi: “We'll get married. It won't interfere with your college entrance exams or your journey to wealth.” Qin Jiao: “No, I must get my revenge and take back everything that belongs to me.” Shen Yi: “I'll help you take it all back.” Qin Jiao: “...Something's not right with you. What happened to the promised arch-villain?”

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Betrayed by My Ex, Marked by His Alpha Emperor Brotheradultfantasy

Author: |Status: Completed

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“Miss Elara, I presume?” His voice rolled through the room like distant thunder — low, rich, cultured. It vibrated in my sternum. It settled into my bones. My throat went dry. Completely, catastrophically dry. Every word I had ever learned in any language evaporated from my mind. Because Moonlight — my wolf, my inner spirit who had been silent for a few days, dormant and still as deep water — erupted inside my skull like a storm breaking. MATE. The force of it staggered me. I stumbled backward, hip hitting the edge of the desk. MINE! HE IS MINE! The night Elara discovered her boyfriend in her sister's bed, she thought that was rock bottom. She was wrong. Her parents had known all along — had even planned the wedding behind her back. Every smile, every reassurance — all lies. And Elara, the family's overlooked omega, was never meant to be anything more than a footnote in her sister's love story. Drowning her heartbreak at a downtown bar, she surrenders to one reckless night with a masked stranger whose touch sets her blood on fire. But when morning comes, the bed beside her is cold. No name. No note. No trace. Just two pink lines on a pregnancy test three weeks later. Cast out by the family that was supposed to protect her, Elara claws her way through survival . When a position opens for a maid at the Alpha Emperor's private estate, she leaps at the chance. Steady pay. A roof over her child's head. No complications. Except the moment she steps into his presence, her wolf howls. Mate!!! To the cold, ruthless emperor sitting on his throne.

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Carrying a Lucky Charm, I Thrive with My Husband on the Road to Exileromancehistorical

Author: |Status: Completed

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Bai Suihe transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon fodder wife of the villain in a novel about exile. In the book, the original character was the third young mistress of the Gu Family, and the female protagonist was the legitimate daughter of the eldest house. According to the plot, the original character would be implicated by the female protagonist during the exile, resulting in her and her unborn child's demise. The original character's husband would then turn dark to avenge her and oppose the male and female leads, ultimately being unable to defeat them, leading to the downfall of their household. Bai Suihe, feeling her child in her womb, was worried about how to stay away from the female protagonist in the future and protect her villain husband and her own life. Suddenly she heard a crisp, childlike voice: “Mother, quickly go to the courtyard, there's something good there.” As soon as the words were spoken, a small meteorite suddenly fell into the courtyard, landing right in front of her. Startled, Bai Suihe curiously dug out the meteorite, which unexpectedly merged into her body instantly. She now had a space! With this space, she could store more supplies, so there'd be no worries on the road to exile! Originally, she thought that having a heavy belly before exile was a burden, but it turned out she was carrying a little lucky star! Not only that, but her little lucky star kept providing her with more information. “Mother, mother, there's an overlooked treasure room in the abandoned courtyard ahead...” Bai Suihe couldn't stop smiling. With the help of the little lucky charm in her belly, she survived the journey, and her villain husband didn't turn dark! The three of them lived a very prosperous life!

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Claimed By The Tyrant Kingadultromance

Author: |Status: Completed

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When Rosalind follows her father to a grand banquet in the kingdom of Eryndor, she expects nothing but humiliation as her father intends to pawn her off to settle his gambling debts. Rosalind is fiercely unwilling to be controlled and is definitely unprepared for the attention of King Alaric, the kingdom’s feared tyrant whose dangerous charm and ruthless reputation make the bravest men tremble and women weak in their knees. Intrigued by her defiance, Alaric claims Rosalind as his own, and suddenly she is trapped in his castle, under the scrutiny of his watchful eyes, sinful tongue, and burning touch. Desperate to escape, she discovers a secret ally in a mysterious servant, one whose true identity shocks her and forces her to question everything she thought was real, with the fact that her father hadn't been in debt at all but had handed her to the malicious king with evil intentions. Rosalind finds herself caught between two men: the controlling, prideful king who desires her completely, and the enigmatic servant who sees her as more than a prize. In a palace where deception is law and freedom is impossible, can Rosalind survive and who will truly claim her heart?

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His Secret Slave to Scandalous Queenadultromance

Author: |Status: Completed

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Sold into slavery and trapped in the brutal underworld of London, Livia Valenti is placed on the auction block to be sold to the highest bidder. She makes a desperate choice—to place her fate in the hands of the man who caught her stealing. She does not know his name. She does not know his power. She does not know that he is the king. King Henry rules a great kingdom but nothing has unsettled him quite like the pretty, witty thief he met in a crowded market. A mystery. A temptation he cannot ignore. As their worlds collide in secrecy and desire, Livia is pulled from chains into a life far more dangerous than she could have imagined, far more dangerous than slavery itself. One truth defines their love; A king can have any woman but he cannot marry a slave. From the author who brought you: 1. Undressed by the mafia God 2. Undressed by his arrogance 3. The Vampire's Luna

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I Stole the Villain's Cat, and Now He Thinks I'm His Wifecomedyfantasy

Author: |Status: Completed

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“You completed the Consort Rite,” the Demon Prince murmured, his gaze dark and terrifyingly devoted as he looked down at me. “I have waited twenty years for you.” I stared at the stolen, two-tailed cat purring in my arms. Then I looked back at the most feared man in the empire...the exiled noble with cursed pink hair and a reputation for ruthless slaughter. Oh gods. He thinks I’m his fated wife. To save my dying sister, I did the unthinkable: I infiltrated the Northern Lord's estate to steal a handful of fur from his sacred spirit-cat. I just didn't expect the ancient, mischievous nekomata to adopt me on the spot, triggering a forgotten onmyodo magic that bound me to its terrifying master. Now, I'm trapped playing the role of the beloved Consort to the Demon Prince. He treats me with a fierce, absolute reverence that makes my heart pound, and I'm starting to realize the monsters in the Imperial Court are far more dangerous than the man I'm lying to. But what happens when the most powerful man in the empire discovers our marriage was built on a stolen cat?

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Illegitimate Son of a Noble Housecomedyharem

Author: |Status: Completed

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My father is the Sheng’an Magistrate, holding the third rank of officialdom. My family’s matriarch is a member of the Cui Clan, one of the Five Prestigious Families of the capital—nobility among nobility. Their son is even more remarkable: elegant and talented, with the bearing of dragons and phoenixes. Before even turning fifteen, he passed the provincial examination to become a juren. Every aristocratic family in the capital competed to betroth their legitimate daughters to him. His boring life has nothing left but endless wealth and honor stretching as far as the eye can see. That’s my younger brother. As for me, my current mission is only one thing—not getting beaten to death by my father. My name is Song Shi’an. When one’s illness has penetrated to the heart and diaphragm, when can there be peace? — T/N: The final line is a wordplay on the protagonist’s name 时安 (Shí’ān), which means “when [can there be] peace.” The full phrase 病入心膂何时安 references a medical idiom about illness penetrating deep into vital organs (heart and diaphragm), asking rhetorically “when can there be peace?”

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Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a Systemromanceslice-of-life

Author: |Status: Completed

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Xiao Qingya was reincarnated as a pitiful cannon fodder in an ancient drama novel. Well, again. In her grandfather’s generation, her maternal family was exiled. Now they worked in the countryside as farmers. But… this family wasn't ordinary farmers! The family was full of main characters, but also cannon fodder. The author wrote a lot of stories featuring the same universe. Her mother, father, brothers, and sisters were the future major characters. The mother was a female protagonist who went through so much abuse just to be reunited with her husband and awaken her memories in the previous life as a modern woman! The twin elder sisters’ lives were full of misunderstandings, the kind that would make them fight to the death until only one of them remained alive. The second brother lost his life just to protect the female lead, but unfortunately, the male lead in his story wasn’t him. And the eldest brother… He was a prodigy in both martial arts and medicine. However, after he failed to save the sickly Xiao Qingya, he fell into depression. He was caught up in his younger twin sisters’ feud and eventually lost his life, too. *** The System fell silent. Another pitiful cannon fodder script for its host. Why did it even get bound to such a small baby who had no power to do anything yet? Its host was truly pitiful. This time around, she would also die young, just like the other books she had been reincarnated into. Feeling useless, it could only tell its host the truth. Xiao Qingya didn't mind at all. Bored, she spent her time gossiping with ghosts. Yes, she could also see ghosts! However, just as she waited for her time to log off from the book… Eh, why did her parents reunite early? Her sisters lived peacefully with each other, and even her brothers thrived more than ever. Farming peacefully, they were saving themselves from famine and plague by hoarding! The family replied in their hearts: It’s because we heard your inner thoughts. You changed the family’s fate! [Inner Thoughts Exposed + Ancient Time + System + Farming + Space Storage + Famine + General's Daughter + Ghost-Seeing Baby + Slice of Life + Group's Favorite + Palace Drama]

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Reincarnation of The Villainess: She Has The Duke's Baby!adultfantasy

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Sienna was shocked when she realized she had posessed Penelope Askary's body! Penelope Askary is a villainess who is cruelly killed by Crown Prince Sebastian De Louis and Duke Edmund Gerwyn in the adult novel 'Prisoner of the Love of Two Men'. Penelope was killed because she always hurt and even dared to poison the female lead, Isabella Lysander. A beautiful blonde woman who both Sebastian and Edmund are madly in love with. Not wanting to end tragically like in the novel, Penelope tried to remember all the storylines she had read in her life as Sienna. She was no longer being selfish and mean to everyone. She also no longer stalks and begs for Sebastian's love. Penelope also took a thousand steps away when she saw Edmund, even though the man was still too far away. Even so, Penelope apparently could not just stay silent, when she knew the terrible end that would befall De Louis's empire, especially Duke Edmund Gerwyn. Now, Penelope racked her brain to prevent bad things from happening around her. Starting from the plan to assassinate the Crown Prince which she thwarted, the kidnapping of Isabella Lysander the female lead, to the death trap prepared by Duke Edmund Gerwyn's enemy to eliminate the man. Unfortunately, Penelope's desire not to be 'seen' in Edmund and Sebastian's eyes, like her original goal of wanting to avoid her own tragic death and planning to help them from a distance, did not go smoothly. “Hey Penelope. Haven't you always liked me?” If not for his status as the Crown Prince, Penelope might have kicked him. However, of all the strange attitudes of Edmund and Sebastian who suddenly clung to her and wanted to attract her attention, of all the bad things that were ready to come to her in the future, one thing that was far more confusing and made Penelope seem to have lost her mind was, when she accidentally spends one night with Edmund Gerwyn and carrying his child! Penelope was determined to hide the baby she was carrying from everyone, especially from Duke Edmund Gerwyn who would kill her in the future! “You will not run away from me while carrying my child, Penelope Askary!”

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The Alpha's Markadultfantasy

Author: |Status: Completed

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Odesse is a human servant whose life changes the night she intrudes on a sacred mating ritual. Taken to the Moonlight Palace by Alpha King Valex, she is kept as his personal servant, a fate no human has ever survived. Worse, she bears the Alpha mark, something believed to be impossible for a human and forbidden by every law of the packs. An unexplainable pull binds Odesse to Valex, drawing her closer to him despite her fear and resistance. Valex, once a powerful king, was dethroned by his brother Malrik after every woman who mated with him died. Though Odesse carries his mark, they do not complete the bond. Whatever ties them together is stronger, darker, and far more dangerous than mating. As Odesse remains in the palace, she is plagued by relentless nightmares that blur the line between reality and illusion, leaving her crying black blood and questioning her sanity. Her suffering leads her to long-buried secrets, including a mysterious figure connected to her mother’s past. With every truth uncovered, Odesse is drawn closer to a destiny she was always meant to discover.

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The Duke's Unwanted Second Wifeadultromance

Author: |Status: Completed

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**Mature Content** Eilika Wolanski is the eldest daughter of one of Varos’ most respected merchants, but respect has never brought her kindness. A childhood accident left a scar across her cheek, and with it, a cruel label she can never escape. The “Unwanted Woman” of Varos. Mocked in public, pitied in private, and treated like a blemish to be hidden, Eilika grows up learning one painful truth, beauty matters more than character in high society. So when an unexpected marriage proposal arrives from the powerful House of Kingsley, no one believes it is real. The groom is Damian Van Kingsley, the widowed duke of Varos, feared for his cold temperament and admired for his unmatched looks and wealth. Rumors follow him like shadows. He has a secret mistress, a broken heart drowned in alcohol, and worst of all… A son he barely acknowledges. For Eilika, marrying Damian isn’t a dream. It’s the only option left for survival. Damian, once the kingdom’s most desirable nobleman, has been nothing but a hollow man since the death of his first wife. He has abandoned his responsibilities, pushed away his child, and lived with one vow burning in his chest. He will never replace his first wife. To force him back into duty, his mother arranges a second marriage, one he never asked for, and one he refuses to accept. Damian swears he will never touch her , will never look at her and will never treat her as his wife. But Eilika isn’t the greedy noblewoman he expected. She doesn’t ask for his affection. She doesn’t crave his title. She doesn’t even want his love. What Eilika wants… is something far more dangerous. A family. And perhaps that is the very thing Damian has been starving for all along. ~~~~ “This bed will remain cold until your last breath.” Damian’s voice boomed through the dark chamber. Eilika didn’t flinch at his words. Instead she replied gracefully, “I don’t seek love, Duke. You can visit your secret mistress every night… Just don’t come near me.” This marriage was never meant to become real, until the Duke's heart begins to betray its own rules.

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