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90% matchAbandoned as a child, Aria Sterling is manipulated by her mother and Cecilia, who falsely claim her sick foster mom was sent overseas. In reality, Cecilia fatally unplugged her life support. Discovering the dark truth, Aria vows ruthless revenge. Cecilia must pay for everything she took.
Also known as: Stand-In Revenge: Cecilia is the actual stand-in
90% matchAfter ten years of marriage, Leah is betrayed by her husband, Jeremy, who demands a divorce and leaves her with nothing. As she battles cancer and moves into a basement with her daughter, Leah's feelings for him remain complicated. She struggles and grows, torn between love, betrayal, and personal strength.
Also known as: I Didn’t Know That Was Goodbye
90% matchPenny and Elliot have been married for three years when she is suddenly betrayed by him and her best friend, Viola. Elliot suspects Penny isn't the woman who saved his life years ago. While struggling to pay her mother's medical bills, Penny is kidnapped and disfigured, after which Elliot demands a divorce. Though he covers the surgery costs, he forces Penny to work as a waitress at Buckingham, a shady men's club. Enduring constant abuse from customers and imprisonment by Elliot, her only comfort is her tough but kind-hearted friend, Fay. However, Viola soon discovers their bond and murders Fay to crush Penny. Viola burns down Buckingham to destroy the evidence and threatens their parents to stop Penny from testifying. Penny assumes the torment is over, but it is just beginning. To completely isolate her, Viola kills Penny's sick parents and nearly murders Nelson, the sole heir of the Fords. Pushed to the absolute limit, Penny realizes enduring the pain is useless. She risks everything and teams up with Nelson to unleash ruthless revenge on Elliot and Viola.
Also known as: Cruel Boss, Broken Heart
90% matchTwo kids survive a terrifying kidnapping. Trapped in the dark, they rely on each other and promise to escape together. During their breakout, the boy gets hurt protecting the girl. To save him, she acts as a decoy but is caught. The kidnappers poison her to keep her quiet, leaving her permanently mute. Years later, the grown-up girl is still haunted by nightmares. She wakes up crying, desperately missing the boy. She often thinks, C, are you okay? You said we would marry when we grew up. I broke my promise. Fate has other plans. Her family arranges a marriage, and she has no idea her future husband is her beloved C. He also fails to recognize his childhood companion, treating her as a polite stranger during their wedding preparations. One day, she finds the old pendant he gave her during their captivity and bursts into tears. Seeing the pendant, his memories come rushing back. He finally realizes she is the girl he has been searching for all these years.
Also known as: The Hidden Moon
90% matchFramed by her half-sister, Blair, during childbirth, Aria is cast out by her family. Blair seemingly kills Aria's newborn, Noah, and leaves Aria to burn alive. Surviving the ordeal, Aria discovers she is still carrying a second child. She flees the city, vowing revenge. Five years later, she returns with her child to crush the family business. During a clash with Blair, she crosses paths with the city's top wealthy heir, Vincent Sterling. To prevent him from interfering with her plans, she arranges a fake engagement with him. But once she gets involved with the Sterlings, Aria realizes Vincent's Noah is actually her supposedly dead baby stolen by Blair. Reunited with her lost child and his father, the two kids ultimately help turn their fake marriage into true love.
Also known as: The Fraternal Twins
90% matchIn 1921, warlord Sampson survives a deadly incident but stops aging at 32. After 100 years of lonely immortality, a fiery girl named Aria Harris crashes into his life. She reignites his spark, making him ready to trade eternity for true love.
Also known as: A Century of Immortal Love
90% matchAudrey Sterling endured three years of abuse after marrying into The Crawford Family. Her mother-in-law forces her to care for her husband's pregnant cousin, Veronica, who is actually the homewrecker. Meanwhile, Audrey's three long-lost brothers finally find her, and Master Tristan heads to Oakmont to bring her home.
Also known as: Divorced: Spoiled Rotten by an Adorable Daughter and Three Billionaire Brothers
90% matchAn unexpected event forces recently graduated and directionless Mia Bennett to replace her younger bro as the supporting lead in the blockbuster movie Midnight Reverie. Entering showbiz by cross-dressing as a rookie, Mia must hide her true identity from eagle-eyed fans while dodging pranks from Top Actor Asher Vance, who has a bad impression of her. With zero industry experience, Mia's hilarious blunders spark a series of dramatic mishaps. Over time, her co-stars grow to love the charming Mia, while Top Actor Asher Vance and hit idol Jace Monroe develop feelings for her that go way beyond friendship.
Also known as: The Stand-In's Guide to Romance
90% matchTo save his reputation, CEO Raymond Hawk makes a deal with "Hotel Queen" Zoe Jonald: a fake marriage. Zoe thinks it’s just business… until she uncovers the secret Raymond has kept for ten years. When their contract ends and she tries to walk away, he makes it clear their arrangement is far from over. Now, a simple deal turns into a dangerous game of love, secrets, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
Also known as: Married on Paper, Claimed for Life
90% matchTo save her vegetative brother, Serena had to marry the Morgan family's heir, Nathan. However, on their engagement day, she learned that her fiance had been having an affair with his secretary. They even made a plan to make her die. In a desperate counterattack, Serena entangled herself with Alan, the half brother and mortal enemy of Nathan. She seduced Alan step by step, hoping to change a fiance. Alan, the cold-faced gentleman helped her many times. Has he already got into her love trap?
Also known as: Frozen Heart, Burning Desire
90% matchOn her mother's birthday, Chloe visits a funeral home and encounters Julian, a man who has just lost his own mother. At that moment, Julian is adrift, much like Chloe was after her own loss. Moved by his plight, Chloe steps in when Julian is belittled by his fiancée's family and impulsively proposes marriage to rescue him from humiliation. Yet, when Chloe later plans to divorce, she discovers that Julian has taken their relationship seriously and is actually a brilliant and ambitious scholar.
Also known as: She Didn't Bring Roses She Brought a Proposal
90% matchNora was called a murderer's daughter and she was Ryan's kept woman. Ryan looked down on her and didn't want his family or friends to meet her. Ryan's uncle Paul was saved by Nora a long time ago, and he had loved this poor girl for many years. In his past life, Nora killed herself after knowing Ryan had a fiancee. In this lifetime, Paul would be Nora's loyal knight. Paul decided to help her shine in her career and earn respect again. Ryan only got to regret, but Nora would only choose Paul.
Also known as: His Only Exception
90% matchReincarnated back to 1995, Wendy marries the aloof Charles Gould, heir to the Gould Garment Factory, to avoid a tragic fate orchestrated by her cousin Rachel. Unbeknownst to her, Charles has secretly loved her for years. Their relationship humorously transitions from a contractual agreement to a genuine commitment. As Wendy starts her own clothing business, Charles quietly supports her ambitions. Together, they navigate family conflicts and corporate rivalries, ultimately leading GGF to a successful IPO and crafting their own tale of romance and entrepreneurial success.
Also known as: Tailor Wife & Her Protective Boss
90% matchAdrian, unhappy with his family's arranged marriage plans, hires Chloe, a spirited pig butcher, to be his contract bride. Chloe accepts the role for financial gain, skillfully navigating challenges and adversaries. As they grow closer, hidden truths about Adrian's past and Chloe's true identity emerge. Amidst the revelations, they find themselves falling in love, their destinies intertwined by fate.
Also known as: Contract Wife Is a Drama Queen
90% matchAbducted as a child, Vera wins her freedom on a stormy night and returns to her wealthy birth family. Faced with a scheming fake heiress and open favoritism, she hides her strength and plays the underdog, exposing lies, proving her intelligence, and steadily reclaiming her identity and inheritance in the modern city.
Also known as: Playing Weak, Winning Big
90% matchClara David, the daughter of the premier royal purveyors, is driven by vengeance after her parents are slain by bandits wielding imperial guards' tokens. Believing the Emperor to be the culprit, she transforms into an enchanting courtesan and enters the palace. Unexpectedly, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious palace guard, unaware that he is the Emperor in disguise. But is the Emperor truly the culprit behind her parents' murder?
Also known as: Scarlet Revenge: The Emperor's Love
90% matchIn her past life, Evelyn Sinclair was framed by her impostor "sister", locked away in an asylum, and met a tragic end. Reborn, Evelyn's motto is simple: she deals with problems with just action, no talk. When the impostor schemes against her, she retaliates. When her brother picks a fight, she has him arrested... But Lawson, the charming heir who proposed a purely transactional alliance, has become an unexpected complication. Now that her revenge is complete, why won't he leave her side?
Also known as: Mad Heiress Unleashed
90% matchFaye Monroe, a genius healer obsessed with curing the incurable, discovers her ultimate challenge in Crown Prince Julian—the victim of a deadly poison. To study him, she infiltrates his palace as a maid. Julian, believing her a spy, subjects her to ruthless tests, only to find an unshakeable loyalty. They strike a dangerous bargain: she will cure his body; he will be her ultimate test subject. But as Faye delves deeper, she uncovers a secret that shatters Julian's world and plunges them both into the heart of a throne-threatening conspiracy...
Also known as: The Emperor's Antidote
90% matchMaeve Astor, the time-traveling Princess Imperial of Zhouland, spends a decade transforming her husband, Alex Roy, from a penniless guy into a business tycoon. She even donates her kidney to him. Yet, during his sister's engagement party, Alex brazenly arrives with his mistress and their love child. Maeve finally awakens and secretly initiates a financial reckoning. She leaves behind three explosive documents that will bring her betrayers to their graves.
Also known as: He Begged, She Left
90% matchWorkplace queen Kate Lane and "mysterious hire" Evan Weston start as weekend lovers with one rule: business only, no feelings. But as they join forces to survive corporate warfare, their no-strings arrangement becomes dangerously real. When Evan's hidden identity as the company heir surfaces—along with a formidable rival for Kate's heart—trust shatters. Yet in the ruins, they discover the one truth neither expected: some battles are worth losing, if it means winning each other.
Also known as: Dangerous Situationship
90% matchAbby Baker, the girl with great strength, is taken to CEO Rorian Waverly by her fiancé for a business contract. She's devastated, but what she doesn't know is that Rorian has waited fifteen long years for this chance. He's done letting her go.
Also known as: He's Done Letting Her Go
90% matchElite lawyer Vienna catches her fiancé Zack with his mistress and, instead of reacting, she slips a condom into a contract and hands it to Zack's playboy best friend, Wyatt. "Hotel? My treat." What starts as a revenge game becomes a thrilling, forbidden affair. But when Wyatt risks everything for her, Vienna realizes the game was set years ago and she's been the pawn all along. A game of revenge that leads to a heart-stopping love.
Also known as: A Game of Revenge and Desire
90% matchWaking up from death, Emilia Lane realizes she is bound to the Affection Meter System, and her only way to survive is to make her arch-nemesis fall for her. The problem is, she's spent years making his life a living hell.
Also known as: 24 Hours to Love You
90% matchFive years ago, Evelyn Anderson was betrayed by her fiancé and best friend, spending one night with a stranger, Gavin Foster. Her father died, her company was stolen, and she fled—giving birth to triplets alone. Now back as a jewelry designer seeking revenge, she discovers Gavin is raising her eldest daughter. To get close, Evelyn becomes the child's babysitter, hiding her true identity. But Gavin starts to realize her two other children are tied to him in ways he never imagined.
Also known as: Three Babies, One Love
90% matchOn the day my IVF succeeded, I caught my husband with his pregnant mistress — but then I heard a sound from my unborn child, a past life where forgiveness destroyed me. So I gathered evidence, froze his assets, and served divorce papers before he got home. I walked away with his money and zero regrets. Then the vision revealed the truth: the real father is a global tycoon. I smiled. I still don't need him.
Also known as: I Don't Need a Husband
90% matchTo outmaneuver her stepmother, Ella Swan, CEO of Swan Group, marries the handsome yet seemingly penniless Yates Lloyd to secure a 10% share from her grandfather. However, Ella soon notices something amiss. Isn't he a broke guy? But why is everyone bowing to him?
Also known as: Poor Husband, Hidden Tycoon