I'm Nobody's Shadow (Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 160
• 2016

Marina von Harrant tasted the sweetness of first love as a child at the Imperial Palace, playing chess with a teary-eyed boy. As the years passed, that golden afternoon became a faint yet precious memory. When her engagement ends in betrayal at the age of eighteen, Marina pursues her dream job. She becomes a government official and returns to the Imperial Palace. Hopeful about meeting her sweetheart again, she instead finds herself buried under piles of grueling work. Despite that, her first love soon resurfaces, but not in the way she expected. Now, Marina is caught in a complicated love affair with three men within the Imperial Palace: the arrogant Crown Prince, the flirtatious Senior Secretary, and the amiable Royal Knight. With work up to her neck and three men occupying her thoughts, will Marina be able to become a legendary bureaucrat and find her lost love? She’ll have to navigate ups and downs, and soldier through twists and turns, in pursuit of her slice of happiness. When the world’s against you, it takes nerves of steel to fight back.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 188
• 2021

Other people might say that it was a marriage without love, but it wasn’t for Chloe. She loved her husband with all her heart. But then… “I guess you don’t know how uncomfortable it is for me to be with you.” “Get out. Don’t come near me for the time being.” Think about it. Once she dies, what will he do? “I will die in two years.” She had only two years left to live. She wanted to live the way she wanted, even if only for this short amount of time. “Divorce. Let’s do that.” Chloe presented the neatly arranged divorce papers to her husband. And she thought he would have no qualms. “My wife has finally gone crazy.” He tore the papers apart and gritted his teeth. “A divorce, or anything similar to it. We can’t do it. Never.” Her husband started acting strange. Why now?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 145
• 2017 - 2018

When Ludia Centrin swears the Oath of the Sword to Prince Frau, she vows to submit herself and protect Prince Frau for the rest of her life. That is, until she is accused of plotting treason against the Empire and gets executed. Meanwhile, an accident leads to the loss of Elfreda, the daughter of Count Reinhardt. But Ludia, as if by a miracle, takes on a new life with Elfreda's memories and soul embedded in her body. As she wakes up in her new body as Elfreda, she is overwhelmed with divine powers she's never felt before. Will Ludia be able to find out the secret behind her falsely accused death?

• Vol: 6
• 2021

Ines, the illegitimate child of the imperial family, was sold to Rezan, an enemy country. Rayen wanted to trample her whenever he saw the youthful innocence in her blue eyes. The way she slipped out of his grasp over and over again was annoying, so he seduced her and tamed her that she had no choice but to come to him on her own feet. “I love you, Your Grace. …… Let’s go out together in the spring.” “Yes.” When he finally had her within his grasp, it wasn’t a big deal. Even a blind confession became natural to him. “…… Even if there is a next life, let’s never meet again.” Until at an unexpected moment, she fled to her death right before his eyes.

• Ch: 346+
• 2017 - ?

Stuck between my first love and my hero. After suddenly becoming an orphan, Isnelda is sent to live with her cold relatives until she reaches adulthood and can gain her inheritance. Yet upon becoming an adult, a benefactor returns to Isnelda's life, opening her eyes to a world of wealth, greed, lust, and... magic? What could go wrong?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 123
• 2017

• Ch: 184
• 2020 - 2022

Ellie was a girl who couldn't talk or even write. By chance, she begins listening to three people's secrets. The three start to develop an interest in Ellie, who listened to their words. However, a couple of days later, Ellie disappears without trace. With her disappearance, the one who confessed to having a crush on a man, the one who enjoys games involving riddles, the one who has a secret fetish, they start searching for her, yet no one comes to figure out where she went, since they only talked about their own stories and had no clue about hers. Voiceless Ellie. That was her name.

• Ch: 136
• 2021 - 2022

An extra in the novel The Flower of Shakir, possessed by Saint Meia, a human sacrifice for the Emperor. "I don't want to die for anyone else!" Although I didn't ask for this new life, the last thing I want is to die a miserable death again, so decided to escape the temple. But I've inadvertently attracted the attention of my dark twin brothers. And to make matters worse, the obsession with my powers? To the most powerful villain, who commits kidnapping, imprisonment, and terrorism in order to have a heroine!

• Ch: 120
• 2022

Empress Niobe Roden, the precious Blue Rose of the Rustan Empire, is in love with another man--the one to save her from her tyrant husband. She patiently waits for her lover Eloi, but all that returns is the news that the Emperor has beheaded him. Hopeless in her own imprisonment, Niobe ends her life only to be returned to the past–exactly two years before her marriage with Valon. With the second chance at life, Niobe is determined to conceal and protect her true love.

• Vol: 5; Ch: 149
• 2022

Alicia Melfont vows to restore the former glory of her house after the Dark God's agent massacres her family. But when a mysterious book reveals that she's only a supporting character meant to die for the true protagonist of the story, Alicia decides she won't let some silly book determine her fate.