My Life's Glitch is a Poodle Named Mochi
By @john1208
Shim Yoona, the ice queen of the tech world and CEO of NEXUS, has everything: a multi-billion dollar empire, a fearsome reputation, and a secret. Ever since she turned thirty, a cryptic interface only she can see has been counting down her remaining 'Vitality Points'. Believing it's the same mysterious affliction that claimed her grandmother, Yoona accepts her fate with cold calculation. Her final project: preparing her only heir, a pampered toy poodle named Mochi, for a life of luxury without her. To do this, she hires Seo Ji-han, a veterinarian whose infuriating kindness and dedication to Mochi's well-being disrupts her perfectly ordered plans for a quiet demise. As Ji-han's sunny persistence begins to crack her icy facade, Yoona finds herself fighting for a life she'd already written off. But the countdown never stops, and she soon learns the truth about her 'curse' is far more absurd and complicated than she ever imagined. Can she debug her own life before her time runs out for good?
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Scalpel and Salt
By @john1208
Matej 'Mati' Horvat lives by one rule: feed everyone. As a former combat medic turned underground restaurateur, his food can soothe any pain. But his skills are put to the ultimate test when a bioterrorist attack poisons the entire city council of Korya-Grad, leaving them with a ticking clock and a gruesome, incurable affliction. The only person who can stop it is Dr. Stasya Volos, a surgical prodigy whose hands are as steady as her heart is cold. Exiled and disgraced, Stasya refuses to help the city that cast her out, and worse, she's starving herself into an early grave. Hired by a shadowy benefactor, Mati's mission isn't just to convince her - it's to keep her alive long enough to perform the impossible. But as he chips away at her icy exterior with relentless kindness and perfectly crafted meals, he uncovers a conspiracy far deadlier than the poison, one that has already marked Stasya for death. Can he save the surgeon from her own self-destruction before her past, and his own hidden countdown, finally catches up to them?
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The Queen Who Bloomed in Winter
By @john1208
I am Queen Zoryana of Kaskov, the Iron Bloom, ruler of a court of vipers. My reign is fragile, and my council demands I produce an heir or a sign of divine favor to silence the whispers of rebellion. Marriage is a cage I refuse to enter, so I choose the latter. Legend speaks of the Lumina Petal, a mythical flower that blooms only for a true sovereign, and my royal greenhouse is my last hope. I strike a deal with Stellan, its infuriatingly optimistic head gardener: cultivate the Lumina Petal for me, and he can name any reward. He asks for nothing but my trust. While I navigate assassination attempts and political schemes, Stellan tends to my forgotten greenhouse, somehow coaxing life from barren soil. He sees past the crown to the woman beneath, offering unwavering faith when all others offer flattery and plots. But as impossible buds begin to form on the ancient vine, I realize the whispers about the Lumina Petal were incomplete. It doesn't just legitimize a ruler - it consumes them. Can I afford to let this gentle man coax my heart into bloom, knowing the price of my throne might be my very soul?
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Mr. Volkov's Guide to Unscheduled Feelings
By @john1208
Casimir Volkov is a master of effortless efficiency. His life philosophy is simple: achieve maximum results with minimum effort. So, when he lands a job as the personal assistant to the formidable Senior Prosecutor Lenka Hradek - a woman known as the 'Iron Magistrate' for her cold, flawless record - it seems like the perfect, quiet gig. His only job is to be an invisible cog in her meticulously ordered life. But after a rival publicly humiliates Lenka, Casimir sees the first crack in her glacial facade. He realizes her ice-queen persona is a fragile shield, and his new, simple job is to protect her in ways no one else can. Using his sharp intellect and disarming calm, he starts to subtly mend her world and, unexpectedly, her heart. Yet, Casimir is hiding a secret: his calm isn't just a personality trait, it's a necessity. And the clock is ticking on how long he can stay by her side. Can he defrost the Iron Magistrate's heart before his own secret forces them apart forever?
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The Murmur of the Marrow
By @john1208
Dr. Ilsa Vaarna is a legend in the operating theater, a surgeon whose hands are as steady as her heart is cold. For her, emotion is a fatal flaw, a luxury she excised from herself long ago. Her new personal assistant, Lauri Salo, is her complete opposite: a warm, observant man whose quiet competence is a constant, unnerving presence in her meticulously ordered life. When Ilsa wakes up not in her sterile apartment but in a lavish, isolated sanatorium on the island of Surusilta - a place that shouldn't exist - Lauri is the only other person there. The island offers a cure for the very thing Ilsa fears most: the tremors that threaten to end her career. As Lauri's gentle persistence begins to thaw her icy exterior, Ilsa finds herself drawn to the warmth she has always denied herself. But Surusilta has its own rules and its own price. Is the promised cure a reward for her genius, or the ultimate trap for a heart she is only just learning how to use?
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The Raven's Greenhouse
By @john1208
I, Ksenia Voronova, was never meant to rule. But on his deathbed, my father made me swear to protect our empire, the Voronova Syndicate, and to destroy the rivals who poisoned him. I wear my title like armor and my cruelty like a crown, because in the city of Chevona, emotion is a fatal liability. My world is one of cold steel and colder betrayals, and I trust no one - except perhaps Luka, the quiet gardener who tends to the black roses in my late mother's greenhouse. He alone sees the cracks in my facade, offering silent comfort with a cup of tea or a simple bandage for my bloodied knuckles. His gentle presence is a weakness I cannot afford, a warmth that threatens to melt the permafrost around my heart. But as I draw closer to my father's killer, I uncover a conspiracy that goes deeper than rival families, suggesting the traitor is someone in my innermost circle. Can I trust the quiet man who cultivates life in a world of death, or is he just another beautiful poison?
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