the eminence in shadow

Brian Patrick, a humble delivery boy, was falsely accused of siphoning $15 billion dollars by his ruthless boss, Morgan Harris, sent to jail for fifteen years and finally released as a poverty-stricken, boy. He re-united with his family only to be informed he had been an adopted son and a bastard all the while. Family despised him to the path he threaded; friends tagged him a total loser, a failure, a poverty-stricken nobody and a nuisance that shouldn’t be associated with. Those he worked for refused him his paycheck for the sake of his history as an ex convict and his ragged looks and he ended up scavenging dustbins for survival. Because of his poverty, his father-in-law, Fanny Luis, the richest tycoon in Rio Hondo, divorced him and betrothed his wife, Melissa in an arranged marriage, with the son of a billionaire, despite saving her with his kidney, when she was down with a kidney failure. “I promise you some day, you and your family will bow before me and hail me the world richest man,” he had told his wife when she divorced him… Later, about taking his life, he was called “Boss” by tycoons, big wigs and billionaires, who knew his true identity. Soon his true identity was revealed to him; the true heir to the Saint Don Group, the richest oil and gas conglomerate in the world. Everyone that saw him bowed at his feet, his wealth and charming looks pulled the most beautiful girls and his net worth commanded more than thirty trillion dollars. He became god of wealth. If only his haters had known he was the world richest man, perhaps they wouldn’t have underrated him. But now he would be taking his revenge on those that treated him like a piece of rag.

After doing his best to make his demanding and easily-irritated wife happy, Duncan never imagined that he would catch her sexually pleasuring another man on the night of his birthday. He feels broken and that same night, his marriage with her ended but one thing he had never believed was to see a fleet of cars stop by him and a dozen of men address him as 'Young Master Walton'. When he gets to know that his real mother who he had assumed abandoned him was the great mysterious Lady Zelda and he was the only heir to her business worth zillions of dollars, he rises to supremacy and starts to weaken the knees of those who crushed him before.

"You can't subdue me to a position I've never dreamt of... To you, I'm worthless and poor, but I believe there's more to me being myself." "You should stop forcing me to turn, and going in from behind, I'm not an open door meant for every passerby..." These were the wailing and sobbing words from Kendrick, the trampled son-in-law. His world battered and soiled. Once a proud man, a family’s test found him a solace, entangled with Louis in a world of passion and pleasure. But as they say, "time flies." His newfound world crumbled, he finds himself, a maid to the Roger's family, pride succumbed by love, duty exchanged for servitude. Beaten and battered, mocked and humiliated, Vulgar words pierced through his eardrums daily, causing his eyes to widen in surprise, and his jaw to clench in pain. But then, the hands of time turned. Kendrick's resilience begins to awaken. With his secret heritage revealed, he prepares to reclaim his destiny. Will the Roger's family realize who Kendrick truly is before it's too late? Or will Kendrick’s transformation from humiliated servant to powerful heir shatter their world forever?

Jake is the poorest suitor his love, Amanda has ever had but despite her parents disapproval of the union, she still gets married to her. Jake tries to make enough money to take care of her but the constant nagging and evil plots by his mother in-law lead him to jail. He comes out of jail to find out that he is the richest man his love, Amanda has ever met. This joy comes with sadness when he realizes that his wife is holding a secret that can break him.

Alex, a poor medical student of rift valley university, was bullied by the rich boys in school. The night that he buried himself in sorrow and tears, thinking he was all alone, the night when he thought he was facing the harsh world alone, his father's best friend visited. He got the shocking revelation that he was the only heir of Xavier's family. And the richest kid among his bullies seems to be feeding from his inheritance. Extract *** your real name is Alexander Xavier. You are not a nobody but you are the grandson of Xavier stone . Your father is Peter Xavier, Xavier stone's only child and since he is dead, you are the only heir, so come with me to claim your multi-billion dollar inheritance.

Lucas, a live-in son-in-law is mistreated and despised by his in-laws and wife. After he tries to question his wife's engagement to another man, he is beaten, forced to sign the divorce papers, and shot dead. But instead of being dead, a strange twist of fate lands him in the body of Nathaniel Hayes, the wealthiest man in the country, who has been in a coma for ten years. He wakes up to fortune and is fueled by a desire for revenge on the Ross family and everyone who had despised and shunned him. He vows to make them all regret. However, Lucas faces a dilemma when he discovers a threat to his new identity. Can he get even with his enemies while keeping his new life safe?

When Rohan’s wife, the angelic Kyndra Walton of the rich and powerful Walton clan, died. Her family’s abuse fell on him. Without his wife, his other half, living with the Walton's becomes a living hell. When he thought it won’t get any worse, he discovered that he was heir to a considerable fortune that the Walton’s desired to use for the upcoming national election. He was invited to a party and realized that it was a trap to take his fortune. Thrown and dying, he’s found by someone who changed his face and his entire identity. Despite his savior’s warning not to take revenge and find happiness instead, he returns to the city to reclaim what is his and to take revenge on the people who killed his beloved wife and abused him. A rise from the ashes journey of a beaten man that will shake and rattle the foundation of the Elites in the country.

Daniel was a stain to the Hughes Family name, not only because he was just a live-in son-in-law, but also because everyone thought he was a useless bum, including his wife. He was disgusted, despised, seen as a pig, and a shame to the family. But his real identity as a prominent heir with superpowers remained a secret. Will the relationship with his wife change because of the secret he has kept away from her? Will the Hughes family finally accept Daniel as their son-in-law? These questions will be answered as you continue to read this book. Disclaimer: This is purely a work of fiction and any similarities in names and characters are purely coincidental.

In the state of Nebraska, the city of Strawberry has one of the oldest Irish families in the nation. The Flanagan family dominates all the dark businesses in the city. However, on the surface, they are a respectable family which has a large amount of business. The current head of the family, Brian Flanagan is ready to retire, so he plans to leave the family business to his son Killian Flanagan who has ambitions to spread his family name across the country. But before he must consolidate his strength in the state, for this he will have to marry the daughter of the current governor in order to have a solid base to help with his future plans. The only problem is that the governor’s daughter hates him because she thinks that he is to blame for the death of one of his close friends, so he will have to find a way to fulfill his goals before his father gave him the power. However, on a rescue mission, things go wrong, so he suffers an accident, but it is because of that he gains the power to travel between parallel universes, so he decides to use his new abilities to get the power he so desires.

Peter Crox saw his whole life fall into ruin when he was denied the scholarship he worked hard for, on top of that, his girlfriend for whom he'd made countless sacrifices suddenly showed up in an expensive sports car with another man. When things seemed to have hit rock bottom he suddenly received a face-slapping tycoon system. From being an average nobody, Peter embarked on a journey to reach the pinnacle.