Shows which are more Adult than the normal romantic dramas on Viki. I have really enjoyed them all.

Hot and Steamy

SETTV

Romance novel editor Zheng Xiao En (Vivian Sung) finds herself daydreaming constantly about He Tian Hang (Marcus Chang), the handsome CEO of the company that occupies the building opposite from hers. One day, she magically finds herself transported into the pages of a romance novel, where she comes face-to-face with a business leader who looks identical to her crush. Excited, she decides to put her years of editing romance novels to work, utilizing all the tips and tricks she has read about to capture his heart. But there’s a catch: in this fictional world, she isn’t the heroic female lead character who’s destined for romance. Instead, she is an evil side character on the road to ruin. Can she flip the story on its head to end up with the man of her dreams? This 2020 Taiwanese drama series was directed by Hao Xin Xiang.

Lost Romance

The Hopeless Romantic Team

Lee Yeong Joon (Park Seo Joon) is the arrogant hotshot vice president of his family’s company, thanks to the tireless efforts of his incredibly talented secretary, Kim Mi So (Park Min Young). With her by his side for the last nine years, Yeong Joon has been able to appear like the shining star he believes he is. But when Mi So suddenly decides to quit, Yeong Joon quickly realizes just how important she is... and not just to his career. Jealous over his older brother, Lee Seong Yeon’s (Lee Tae Hwan) growing relationship with Mi So, Yeong Joon decides it’s time to get his secretary back, no matter what. Based on the novel of the same name by Jung Kyung Yoon, this 2018 South Korean romantic comedy series was directed by Park Joon Hwa.

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim

The Perfect Secretaries Team

ZJTV

Only she can restore peace to the land. Meng Fuyao (Yang Mi) is a young woman who was born out of a divine lotus petal. She masters an invincible fighting technique at the age of 16 and then embarks on a journey to collect the secret talismen from five kingdoms that will gain her entry into a sacred land called the Firmament. On her journey, Fuyao falls in love with the Crown Prince Zhangsun Wuji (Ethan Juan), who helps her to to fight the powerful political forces along the way.

Can Fuyao, with the help of her friends, unravel the dangerous conspiracy originating from the heavens and restore peace to the land?

“Legend of Fuyao” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Yang Wen Jun. It is based on the novel Empress Fuyao by Tianxia Guiyuan.

Legend of Fuyao

Fuyao's Court 

MBN, Dramax

Gong Ma Seong (Choi Jin Hyuk) is a brilliant doctor who specializes in cranial nerve issues – but after rescuing a woman from a car accident, he was left with brain damage that prevents him from retaining new memories. As he meticulously records each day's events before forgetting them, he meets Joo Gi Bbeum (Song Ha Yoon), a once-popular actress struggling with her own lost confidence and shattered dreams. Their growing connection defies the challenges of his daily amnesia, but can lasting love truly develop between them when each day starts anew? This 2018 South Korean romance drama was directed by Kim Ga Ram.

Devilish Joy

The Remember Me Team

Zhou Weiwei (Puff Guo) is about to marry her successful, devoted fiancé. And Chu Kehuan (Jasper Liu) is also planning to tie the knot with the beautiful woman he thinks he wants to spend the rest of his life with. There’s just one hitch – as their respective wedding days approach, Weiwei and Kehuan are starting to develop feelings for one another.

Despite their intentions to keep things platonic, Cupid seems to have other plans for them. Will they get cold feet? Will they give in to passion? Or can they keep their feelings for one another in check?

"Before We Get Married" is a tense romantic drama above love, friendship, and betrayal directed by Feng Kai in 2019. It was adapted from a novel by hit author Ayamei.

Before We Get Married

Tencent

When two sides of the same woman fall in love with two different princes, can either find true love?

Qu Tan Er (Liang Jie) is the second daughter of the Qu family. She is in love with the king’s oldest son, Mo Yi Huai (Wang Rui Chang), but she is being forced to marry Yi Huai’s younger brother, Mo Lian Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin), the eighth prince of the Dong Yue Kingdom. 

Unhappy with the forced marriage, Tan Er tries to commit suicide, only to wake up from her failed attempt with the spirit of another woman also taking up residence in her body. The modern Xiao Tan (also played by Liang Jie) has the opposite personality of Tan Er, cheerful and assertively strong. She is stuck in the past world and has so far been unsuccessful in her attempts to find a way back to the modern times. Whenever one of the women tells a lie, the other personality would take over the body.

To complicate the situation, Lian Chen falls in love with the vivacious Xiao Tan. What will become of the unusual foursome, and will Xiao Tan be able to find her way back to her own time?

“The Eternal Love” is a 2017 Chinese drama series. It is based on the novel Hilarious Pampered Consort: Lord I Will Wait for Your Divorce by Fan Que. The series was followed by the sequel “The Eternal Love 2” (2018).

The Eternal Love

The Eternal Love Team 🔥🐧

jTBC

A major star has achieved the success he has always wanted and wants to fill the emptiness he has had in his heart for the past 20 years. 

In 1995, Park Hyun Soo (Jinyoung [GOT7]) is an energetic 17-year-old boy when he meets 13-year-old Ji Eun Dong (Lee Ja In), an orphan who still has a positive outlook on life. Hyun Soo’s heart is awakened by Eun Dong but she suddenly disappears before he could really get to know her. 

In 2005, Hyun Soo now goes by the stage name Ji Eun Ho (Baek Sung Hyun) and aspires to become an actor. When he bumps into Eun Dong (Yoon So Hee) again after 10 years, the two fall deeply in love. But again without warning, Eun Dong disappears without a trace. 

In 2015, Eun Ho (Joo Jin Mo) is now a top actor who has the fame and wealth he has always wanted. But what he doesn’t have is the love of his life to share his success with. So Eun Ho decides to write an autobiography that details his love for Eun Dong over the past 20 years in the hopes of locating her. 

He hires a ghostwriter, Seo Jung Eun (Kim Sa Rang), to help him write the book. After he dictates his stories of Eun Dong, he sends them to Jung Eun to transcribe and incorporate into his book. But why do these stories sound vaguely familiar to Jung Eun? 

“My Love Eun Dong” is a 2015 South Korean drama series directed by Lee Tae Gon.

My Love Eun Dong

Unforgettable Love

Sung Deok Mi (Park Min Young) is a dedicated art gallery curator who’s even more dedicated to her “job” as the fansite owner for boy group member Cha Shi An (Jung Je Won). While Deok Mi keeps her fangirl activities a secret at her day job, the new gallery director Ryan Gold (Kim Jae Wook) manages to discover her extracurricular activities. As Ryan learns more about Deok Mi's secret, he disrupts her carefully guarded life, sparking unexpected changes. With her personal and professional worlds colliding, Deok Mi must navigate the complexities of love, fandom, and her secret. Can she keep her passion concealed, or will it redefine her life forever? This 2019 Korean drama was based on the webtoon “Noona Fan Dot Com” by Kim Sung Yeon, and was directed by Hong Jong Chan.

Her Private Life

The Undercover Sasaeng Team

He Ran (Xu Ruo Han) is an eighteen-year-old aspiring painter from a wealthy and conservative family. Her life goes into a tailspin one day when she hears a man’s voice and becomes completely besotted with him. She tracks him down and eventually discovers that the voice belongs to the despondent middle-aged horticulturist Xiao Han (Jerry Yan). That doesn’t stop the duo from embarking on a steamy love affair, but romance threatens to burn bright and fast: He Ran is suffering from a health condition that may prove fatal. Will this romance end in happiness – or tragedy? This 2023 Chinese drama series was directed by Chen Zhou Fei.

The Forbidden Flower

🌹 Blooming Temptation 🌹

The lives of former high school classmates Chen Mai Dong (Li Xian) and Zhuang Jie (Zhou Yu Tong) have turned out very differently. A former wild-living rebel, Mai Dong’s once-carefree life was derailed by a momentous, life-changing event. He has since become a funeral makeup artist, applying cosmetic treatment for cadavers before they are entered. Zhuang Jie, meanwhile, suffered debilitating injuries in a traffic accident, but has overcome her disabilities to become a successful salesperson. Their reunion leads them to find solace and comfort in one another’s company. Could this lead them to happiness – and even love? This 2024 Chinese drama series was based on a novel by She Mu Si and directed by Liang Cheng.

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