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Escaping abusive family (Straight)

This is a list that features main protagonists that have found a way to escape their abusive families (both blood related and adopted)
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How to Get My Husband on My Side

 9.5(506 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): nyangiwa hyangshinlo , kitty and spices,siru
Genre(s): Shoujo / Historical / Romance / Drama / Fantasy / Webtoons

I thought I’d finally escaped my hellish life when I died in an airplane crash, but I fell into another nightmare when I awoke as Rudbeckia de Borgia, a minor villain from a historical novel destined to die at the hands of her husband, Iske van Omerta. Surviving with the dysfunctional Borgia family is hard enough, but now I have to marry the man who will kill me! Still, it’s okay, I just have to convince Iske, his family, and all his countrymen that I’m completely harmless!

31 12,2025

When The Count’s Illegitimate Daughter Gets Married

 9.3(232 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 랏슈
Genre(s): Webtoons / Josei / Shoujo / Drama / Fantasy / Historical

Laritte Brumayer, the illegitimate daughter of a count grew up in an abusive household. As if that wasn't enough, she's sent to marry Duke Ian Reinhardt after he was killed and named a traitor, instead of her sister. Despite her dreary prospects of being a dead man's wife, Laritte is ecstatic to escape and start her new life! Just as she's settling in, Ian returns, claiming he was framed.

30 12,2025

Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight

 8.8(308 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Aoki fuyu
Genre(s): Shoujo / Drama / Fantasy

Though she was born a noble, Chloe Ardennes has spent the first sixteen years of her life in servitude, scorned by her own family as a “cursed child.” Finally forced to her breaking point, she flees for the royal capital. But rather than happiness, she finds yet more danger there. Just as the city’s dark side threatens to swallow her whole, the dashing and stoic knight Lloyd Stewart comes to her aid and whisks her away.

31 12,2025

I Became the Adopted Daughter of the Sea Guardian

 8.9(719 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): Webtoons / Drama / Fantasy

“You said you wanted me to become the Duke’s bride at the age of five?” Nassia, who used to be an archmage, was reincarnated with an incurable disease. I thought that I’d be abused after getting sold off in marriage to a Duke who was said to be cold blooded, but he suddenly suggested for me to become his adopted daughter! I accepted it rashly in order to gain strength and escape, but it turns out that all mages in this world are given the death penalty?!

08 01,2026

The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride

 9.3(171 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Midori yuma
Genre(s): Shoujo / Drama / Fantasy / Romance

When Nanao was a mere child, she was kidnapped by an Ayakashi. Since then, because of the spirit seal the Ayakashi carved on her body, Nanao has been oppressed by the people in her own clan as the "tainted one." Nanao was supposed to get married to the young master of the Byakurenji family, but her cousin Akemi stole her position as his bride, and she was forced to wear a monkey mask in order to hide the spirit seal, living a miserable life.

10 01,2026

Forget About My Husband, I'd Rather Go Make Money

 9.4(226 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Joo haeon,Banmu
Genre(s): Fantasy / Historical / Romance / Webtoons

Imprisoned for years, Princess Aristine hides her true nature and that she possesses the Emperor’s Eye—a skill to see past, present, and future that the emperor of Silvanus covets. Finally, her chance to escape comes when her father sends her to Ilugo, Silvanus’ enemy nation, as a scapegoat to incite war under the guise of an arranged marriage to Ilugo’s second prince, a known barbarian.

13 01,2026

Anything But Marriage, Mr. Villain

 9.1(408 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s):
Genre(s): Webtoons / Drama / Fantasy / Webtoons / Romance

How is the reincarnated heroine supposed to survive as Enrica, a powerless noble lady who gets killed by her archduke husband on her wedding night? Fortunately, a mysterious but kind Count Belbrington hears Enrica's plight, suggests that she find another man to marry, and even says yes to her following proposal! Everything seems strangely smooth sailing from there.

09 03,2026

Why Do You Love Me When I Refuse Your Request?

 9.2(942 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Seo yoo-ah,Moran
Genre(s): Fantasy / Webtoons

Shuelina has only ever wanted to be loved as she grew up in an orphanage. But after her birth father rejected her in a previous life, she tries to find a family who will accept her in this one. Luckily, Archduke Bylot and his sons fall for her indomitable spirit, and they shower her with the love she has longed for. But once they find out she's the long-lost imperial princess, can she be a part of their family?

09 03,2026

A Toddler's Guide To Gentle Parenting a Villain

 9.4(720 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 리샤, SARKK, SIYA, BINU
Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Webtoons

After three regressions spent as a sacrifice for the “true child of destiny,” LeBlain decides that her fourth life will be different: she will escape. To fund her exile, she chooses adoption—only to be taken in by a notorious villain family. What begins as a desperate survival plan slowly transforms into something far more unexpected: a child who tames villains with kindness, resolve, and an unshakable heart.

09 03,2026

Under the Oak Tree

 9.5(538 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Kim soo-ji,Namu,김수지,나무,P
Genre(s): Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Webtoons

A flawless love story of the flawed. Stuttering lady Maximilian is forced into a marriage with Sir Riftan, but he leaves on a campaign after their wedding night. 3 years later, he triumphantly returns, ready to cherish her. As life with her husband finally begins, she only has one question — does she deserve this love and happiness?

21 01,2026

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