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Keeley, a simple plain Jane, hits the jackpot. [No, she did not win the lottery!] At least that's what she thinks when she marries the most eligible bachelor in New York City: Aaron, a wealthy cold-hearted heartthrob and Tycoon. She wants to show the world that she deserves her position and bends over backward to fit into his world. One beautiful day, Aaron hands her a document asking her to sign. A divorce paper... "She's pregnant, and I need to take responsibility." That is the last thing that keeps on playing in her mind before she takes her last breath. Keeley dies, a 'hit and run'. [End of story. Not!] For some unexplainable reason, she wakes up as her younger self. A young high school girl, around the time when she first meets her cheating husband. Remembering her life with Aaron before she died, she makes a promise to herself that she will do everything in her power to avoid him at all costs. Will she be able to keep her promise when Aaron has his own plans as well, specifically for her? Or will she repeat history and fall for him once more... Why not journey with me and find out the truth behind their story. *Cover art by polkadottedscrunchie*

[MULTIVERSE / CROSSOVERS / HAREM WITH DEVELOPMENT] After understanding the secrets of his bloodline from his new system, Leo couldn't help but let out a defeated laugh remembering his first love, still happiness overflowed from his voice. "Hahah..." Leo opened his eyes and looked at his older sister still breathing heavily in his arms, and thought with a smile, 'Fine, this time we'll be one big family' Follow Leo on his journey through the multiverse in search of his women and adding many of them along the way. ______________________________________________________ WARNING: - First 10 chapters are introductory, in Leo's original world, who is still unaware of magic and everything related with other worlds, so there will be no action but it will still show Leo's development and his first women. - This story is slightly tragic, so harden your heart a little before you start reading. ______________________________________________________ You can read 10 advanced chapters here. Thanks for your support! https://www.patreon.com/Marplayon ______________________________________________________ 1. Original world / High school DxD / Seishun Buta Yarou 2. Martial Peak / Shinmai Maou no Testament 3. Mushoku Tensei / Gobling Slayer / Tou No Kanri O Shite Miyou (Let's Manage The Tower) 4. Gotoubun / Hajirau Kimi ga Mitainda (I Want To See You Embarassed) 5. Dungeon ni Deai (DanMachi) 6. A Will Eternal 7. The Beginning After The End 8. Magic Emperor _____________________________________________________ Tags: Milfs | Harem | R-18 | Incest | Multiverse | No-beta MC | No Clons | Dimensional Chat

Fate, the world's first true virtual MMO. Where realism and fantasy meet. And where fates are shaped and legends are born. Hurricane is a famous game studio, but it has been years since they last released a new game. Amidst dwindling sales and news articles discussing its fate, Hurricane holds a press conference in the main auditorium at G3, the world's largest gaming convention for the first time in years. Here they announce that after almost a decade of silence, their new game is finally ready to be revealed. Follow as one of the greatest guilds of Fate is born, watch as new players burst onto the scene and old legends re-emerge. Come experience the world of Fate! ----------------------------------- Release rate: 3 Chapters a week. I'll do some extra chapters if we hit top 50 or higher. Probably. Scheduled releases on: Mon, Wed, Sat. More chapters may come if I get enough patrons on patreon. I may also be generous and simply release extra chapters if I feel like it. But don't expect that too often ;) ----------------------------------- This novel is primarily about gaming in a VRMMO. The MMO is the main setting of the story. There will not be unnecessary drama in real life. There will not be weird subplots about the implications of VR technology. This is a novel about an MMO setting and I plan to keep it that way. Do be warned that the first ten chapters of vol1 (Fate Revealed) is almost entirely worldbuilding and character development. Hopefully everyone can enjoy the first volume all the same! ----------------------------------- Please review and support the novel! I plan to do my best to keep the quality high ^.^ (And if you could donate, I can spend even more time on the novel and less working on other things :shamelessplug:) Discord: https://discord.gg/9Xrp5H3 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegameslighthouse ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lighthouse

Foo, a bright young man that happens to be a computer genius, who excels in life by taking shortcuts when possible. If life was a game, he would definitely pick the easiest mode. Exams in school? Just read all the books once, and make sure you don’t forget the contents. Looking for a job? Make sure everyone around the boss knows just how perfect you are for the job. Having others bragging about your excellence is more trustworthy and gives plausible deniability. Quiz time? Let me just start my special search engine's voice recognition. Competing in soccer? Aw, how unfortunate, the opposing team 'somehow' got their clothes filled with itch-inducing powder, leading to a walkover. Playing a FPS game? Well, lets just have my own mouse driver software get some headshots while I watch a movie. It’s perfectly legit, as it just speeds up the response time so that it clicks before I even get to the computer. Gambling sites and online casinos? Data-mining, number-crunching and image recognition! By utilizing computer knowledge, solving problems is easy! Some might get jealous, but hey! Just be like me, and use your brains for once! However, in the modern era, the gangsters and other shady businesses are moving their turfs towards the internet and gaming circles. What happens when they realize that Foo was a threat to their profits? Well, no suspense here, they killed him. That’s the end of story... if you are to believe the god that greets him after his death. However, can this story get a fresh new start when Foo somehow ends up in a game-like medieval fantasy world? Or will the lack of modern tools, like his beloved computers or other modern conveniences, cut his story short yet again? ------------------------------ Also, thanks to SageDrunkKitty and Remteldanmarkius for proofreading the synopsis! Any errors still there are their fault! The fact that I might not have listened on them does not automatically make it my fault, okay?

A 23 year old Student dies in a motorcycle accident. Not having done anything evil in his short life God lets him choose in what Universe he wants spend his next life. After some thinking he decides the wisest choise would be something harmless like the Pokémon Universe. Waking up he has to realize that his new Life won‘t be easy as he wished it would be. Now stuck with his new body he has to find a good way to live on his own....

An ordinary man dies an ordinary life. A ROB bored out of his mind throws him into another world with a couple cheat level abilities and a few wishes free of charge, no strings attached. Follow Zell in his new life in the world high School DxD R-18 for possible future lemons First fic so feedback will be appreciated. Also wish fullfilment I will be going a little crazy in some parts of the story but pls bear with me. This is wish fullfillment, just let it happen.