My Three Tyrant Brothers
Royal Fiancé
prince/future king x student hired to be housekeeper but actually it's to be his fiance -scheming grandpa/current king disguised himself and hired kairi as a housekeeper after kairi helped him -kairi needed the money for his aunt's operation -kairi drops out of school for his "job," except he was actually hired to be shou's fiance -shou is cold to him since he feel like he was tricked and thinks kairi's golddigging -things work out in the end
A Night of a Thousand Dreams
sultan x scheherazade -the sultan had gone bad after betrayal and only sleeps w/ virgins for one night, then executes them -sehara takes his sister's place and is found out, but tells a story to the sultan -the sultan allows him to live, and he eventually acts as the royal bard -sehara tells many stories across time and regions (some ancient, some modern) that always tie into a realization someone needs to have -so much happens: hx about the sultan's mother, the previous queen fatima and her betrayal, the sultan's brother and his betrayal, the crusaders, an eloping couple, etc -sehara gets by w/ his stories and charms as the sultan is cured of his madness -happy end -this was so unique and def had that 00's korean tragedy flavor to it but was ultimately not too tragic; loved all of sehara's stories (arabian, ancient greece, the gulf war, korean school, 3 kingdoms, etc.) and how they served to enlighten the other characters, it was done so well
Marriage of Convenience
-bianca og was married to count zachary de arno and was a cold villainish wife who spent on luxury items and wasn't close to the count -the count og died before bianca could have a child and bianca was kicked out and basically poor and hated until she died -also i think she cheated on the count maybe? with some dude named ferdinand who was just using her (also she had been told the count was cheating) -she comes back as herself at 18yo and decides that she rly needs to have the count's kid -she works to get closer to the count, though still acts like a noblewoman and thinks he has a mistress -zach has been cold to her since she hated him but now is warming up -she begins taking on responsibilities and finds talented people in arno to become lace artisans and a prodigy candle carver (in her og life she actually pioneered lace?) jic smth happens -she learns to ride a horse -she and zach get closer -they visit the capital and the 2nd prince has an unhealthy obsession w/ her (and the count) but like in a scheming way (like... stole her childhood portrait tho? ew) -bianca reuintes w/ her dad and bro, and her dad is still a pos tbh for what he did but ig it's an ok reunion (i still don't forgive him tho wtf) but now they're all on the same side -they encounter zach's brother, who threw him out when their dad died and is a shitty person -2nd prince also grabs bianca's hand while they're trying to leave and tries to insinuate himself -count is not having it and carries bianca back, then summons the 3 heads and tells them about jacob being a creep
Kill the Villainess
-korean girl is isekai'd into body of the villainess of a novel who og is the prince's fiance who poisons the mc helena after the prince falls in love with her instead (yeah the prince is actually an ass) -the og eris was spiteful and was executed and betrayed by everyone ofc b/c everyone (literally everyone) was in love w/ helena -mc is isekai'd into eris' body kind of midway through events, and everyone is already hostile and rude to her tbh (all the ml's at least) -eris is forced by her father the marquis and the emperor to wed the prince, except the prince openly hates her and favors helena (like literally takes her instead of eris to eris' own debutante and has helena WEAR THE SAME DRESS seriously this prick is so annoying) -and he's a stupid bastard who won't just CUT OFF THE ENGAGEMENT. like he literally is so rude to eris b/c he wants to be w/ helena, but he's such a spineless piece of garbage that he's too afraid to tell his dad so he just does this shit instead and parades helena around -eris is over it and wants to return to her own world, so she tries to kill herself repeatedly but it doesn't work b/c of the "law of causality" -basically some crazy shit where an outsider went thru the same thing and wanted to leave so they made a pact w/ some sorceresses who got them reincarnated as a dragon and gave a false prophesy to the high priest that this one kid was going to grow up and slay the dragon one day (since dragons can't die on their own) and then the dragon's mate was sad and "righted" the universe again by happening to grant the wish of og eris, which was to disappear from this world -.......yeah. so sorceress is helping eris get back home, but basically says the only way is going to be for her to carry out her og timeline events (which ends w/ her killing helena) -in the meantime eris picks up cute loyal commoner knight anakin, who is destined to fall in love w/ og eris in the og novel -also childhood friend (pos) jacob decides to pursue-ish eris after simping for helena for so long -priest who's actually eris's half brother? who also was simping for helena starts to care about eris -eris literally tells all of them to fuck off and gtfo b/c they're so shitty which honestly power to her b/c these guys actually suck -the emperess is also shitty to eris b/c of what eris' dad did (i thiiiink he somehow plotted to frame the empress and first crown prince for treason? and it worked and the first prince was executed and the empress was allowed to live b/c she was preggo w/the 2nd prince) and wants helena to be the crown princess -empress recruits eris (who discloses that she rly doesn't want this marriage) to train helena in imperial etiquette and helena is set to debut at jason's sister's debutaunt -eris just told jason to fuck off and solve his own shit after he came to coerce her into going to the ball w/ him -she goes to the ball w/ anakin and looks bombb -prince shows up with helena (ugh) and has the audacity to be upset after hearing that jason asked eris but was turned down? [i s2g the prince is the shittiest person] -eris dances w/ anakin and kisses him, and then they leave after everyone is stunned lol -yo shit happened but the prince just tried to rape her and she KILLED HIM??? AND NOW SHE'S BECOMING A WITCH?!?
The Three Are Living a Married Life
-revengeee -crazy sister lizabeth is cheating with mc rianna's husband george (who is trash), and slowly poisoning her -mc knows and plans her revenge (also gets antidote from doc) -george gets a gov position by embezzling funds and bribing a count, but he sucks at it so he gets yelled at a lot -rianna makes a deal w/ the emperor (ml) to expose george and take down the corrupt counr -shit happens and george is ousted as a pervert who sends horrible letters to noblewomen, cheats w/ lizabeth, embezzled funds, and attempted to murder rianna w/ poison -also the emperor gets an oracle that says that the next emperor will be born to one of the norbet (i forgot their last name ugh) women so he proposes to lizabeth, but then makes a deal w/ rianna to propose to her instead when he learns lizabeth is trash -rianna keeps lizabeth alive for their dad's sake, but turns out lizabeth isn't even biologically related to them (except lizabeth and dad are the only ones who know and lizabeth just killed their dad)
Bon Appétit
-isekai'd girl transmigrates into the body of an abandoned princess (the child of the king's affair w/ a maid) -in the og story the duke falls in love w/ the beautiful 1st daughter and has to steal her away from the emperor, who is obsessed w/ her -the kingdom is taken over by the empire and the duke is set to execute the royal family -luana knew this was going to happen b/c she read the book so she spent her life cooking and eating good food for herself -she gets caught eating beef jerky during the takeover and offers some to the duke, who is able to taste it -she gets thrown in jail for being a witch -turns out the duke was cursed to only taste bad things, so he thinks she's a witch since he was able to taste her food -she goes along w/ it to survive -she makes the duke more meals, which he enjoys, and is able to bargain w/ him so the prisoners can eat -except the royal family abandoned her in the first place so when they find out she has a little leverage they decide to use her to try to poison the duke smh -she isn't going to do it, but is trying to figure out how to get rid of the poison -whelp duke legion found the poison and drank it purposefully since he's immune except it wasn't poison it was an aphrodisiac -he sends luana away and deduces it was sent by the queen or king, so he has them executed -luana is fine but the 1st princess in the dungeon is furious -they go to the capital and meet the emperor, who is curious so he asks luana to cook -she makes tangsuyuk, which pleases the emperor, and the emperor is also made aware that the duke can taste the food and thinks she's a witch (he also notices that the duke's gaze lingers on her
The Way to Protect the Female Lead's Older Brother
ooh! -isekai'd girl is reincarnated as roxanne, a girl born to the black house who are all insane evil people -her kinder hearted older brother is killed by dion for not being able to pass a test when they were kids -dion witness her cry while she undergoes the same test later, and becomes obsessed(? in a dark way?) with wanting to see her cry again -her mom is super weak and lowkey useless yikes -she grows up knowing the og plot is that her fam kidnaps one of the sons of the blue house cassus and kills him, which sends his younger sister (og mc) into a rage and she ends up killing them all -in order to survive roxanne schemes like a true villainess (no like actually evil and smart, not in a dumb petty way) and takes charge of cassus, but instead secretly heals him and lets him go -during this she hatches these poisonous butterflies that allow her to see what's going on, devour others, and cause hallucinations in exchange for her having to poison herself and feed them her blood -it takes a toll on her body tho, and she learns that cassis has healing powers (like ogmc she remembers) which activate w/ contact, especially a kiss -after 1 mo of cassus actually starting to fall(?) for roxanne (and her maybe developing something in return, but still prioritizing her scheme/life) roxanne facilitates his escape and shows others a hallucination that she kills cassus -time skip 3 yrs and she goes w/ her father and jeremy (younger brother who's a crazy killer but has a siscon for roxanne) to a neutral summit -she sees the son of red house, an og ml who has a phobia of women (lol), and the son of gold house noel, who is lazy and messy and short but gets a nosebleed when he sees her sigh, as well as ogmc sylvia -cassus arrives! and is mysterious and charming like before -but also the jig is up b/c her fam obv sees him, but she is able to convince her dad he's one of gold's puppets (and dion knew this whole time) -they rush back d/t a scheme of the oldest brother trying to usurp dad, but roxanne ends up betraying dad and taking over -cassus and his men have followed her and are currently waiting to make their move
The Villainess Reverses the Hourglass
-stepchild aria who was previously manipulated by her sister mielle into being a villainess turns back time at her execution and gets revenge on those who wronged her -aria's mother was a prostitute who married the count (her stepdad), but the count and his kids never accepted her low-born status -aria starts by bringing maids over to her side by treating them well, studies hard, and uses her knowledge to get ahead so she can anticipate mielle's moves and not fall for her schemes -she gets close w/ her etiquette tutor sarah b/c she knows she'll become the future marchionesse (but ends up actually becoming near-sapphic besties
Suddenly Became a Princess One Day