A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!
Liz, the daughter of a margrave, is told that she could never be loved, and has her engagement called off by her former fiance, a baron by the name of Physalis. After years of facing ab*se from her family and mysterious pains, Liz is finally forced her out of the estate with her family set on offering her up to as a bride to the "cursed duke"... formerly a hero of the kingdom, Lord Rishin. Rumor has it that he himself had an engagement called off due to his apparent violent nature, but things turn out to be quite the opposite...! After years of never finding someone to understand the pain they've carried, the two set out to find true happiness!
"Just when I was finally resigned to my fate... romance suddenly blooms in my eighth life?!" In order to broker a peace with an enemy nation, Princess Fiona is sent off to be the concubine of their crown prince, Othniel. Her new husband treats her as little more than a political hostage, and she is soon executed on false charges, or poisoned, or worse... Yet no matter how she meets her end, she always goes back to the same day and restarts her life from there. Determined to survive her eighth life no matter what, Fiona vows to give up her hopes of love and be content with life as an ornamental bride, but now, after seven straight lives of hating her on sight, Othniel seems to be madly in love... "What's going on?! I was supposed to just be here for decoration!"
Eight has been forced to fight in an arena as a slave day by day for as long as she can remember. One day, however, all of that changed when a garrison of troops staged a raid on the arena, led by a Dragonkin named Celeste. In the frantic fighting and fleeing, Eight is seen fighting against her master... and in that moment Celeste realizes that he has found his destined partner... his mate.
On a moonless night... I hear your voice for the first time. Ume was abandoned by the family she married into because she was unable to bear children. She returns to the village where she was born but finds herself alone as her parents die from a spreading disease. As told in tales of sacrifice to the gods, the village also begins to experience a shortage in the crops of their farms that will only continue until someone is offered. Ume is not able to bear a child but as she does not have any children, she is able to lie her way into being offered to the gods. Waiting for her at a shrine deep in the mountains is a wolf god with silver hair and beautiful nails that shine in five different colors... what will come from this encounter between a despised god and an unhappy girl?!
"I am not in love with you." -- Those were the words Abigail's groom uttered to her on the first night of their marriage, causing her to break out in a panic. Sure this may be a marriage of convenience...but what is she to do for meals now?! Abigail has been mistreated all her life by her family despite being of nobility (or the fact that she was a Dark Lord in her previous life). A refreshing take on the romance genre that follows a noble lady and her quest to discover happiness through scrumptious food and...being hand-fed by her new husband?!
Welcome to the inner palace, where only the most skilled and diligent maids are stationed to wait on the king's consorts and their children. Fina Scalchi is one such maid. The problem is that she despises the cold climate of the royal capital. She's managed to put up with the frigid temperatures for the past five years (with the help of aphrodisiacs), but she's had enough! So when she's finally offered an assignment in the warmer South, you can imagine how ecstatic she is. The caveat, however, is that she must work at the southern military fortress ruled by the "Stone Cold General," Silverio Orcagna. Despite her distaste for his arrogant demeanor, she remains the dutiful maid, impressing him with her dedication. Then one evening, when the general visits Fina's room, he mistakenly partakes in her precious aphrodisiac! Unable to bear the sight of him in his heated state, she aids him...in quelling his fervor. But as a result of their close-quarters contact, a sense of possessiveness begins to take hold of the general...!
Tina is a maid who remembers that she played a video game that contained this world in her past life. But she's not just any maid... she works under the throwaway character Prince Viself who's fated to die as the kingdom falls into ruin! Now she's on a mission: save the kingdom by ensuring Prince Viself doesn't ruin his engagement. However, things take a turn from what she knows from the game story when all these main characters start taking an interest in her...?!
"I would like you to be my fiancee." Anabelle may seem like a run-of-the-mill daughter of an aristocrat, but in fact, she has an exceptional aptitude for magic. On the day of her father's death, her fiance demands for their engagement to be nullified, accusing her of a crime she didn't commit. As if that weren't enough, he even subjects her to a powerful curse that even her strongest magic cannot undo! Desperate, she has no choice but to embark on a journey in search of a remedy.
Soon after, she runs into the highest-ranked member of the nobility, the duke Lord Maverit. More importantly, he's a man in possession of a Moon Fragment, the key to undoing her curse. Their encounter, however, does not lead where she expects... Before the day's end, Anabelle finds herself (pretending to be) engaged to a man whose circumstances are far more complicated than what she could imagine. What's a lady to do now?!
In a world where humans and demons have been in constant conflict throughout history... One day, the demon king, Gil, visits Hazelbard Kingdom in the human territory. Gil proposes a truce on the condition that both races do not cross between each other's territories. However, in order to make this agreement her son Clemont's achievement, Queen Catalina forces her step daughter, Estelle, to marry the demon king.
Livia, an otherwise ordinary lady of prestige, save for her unusual blessing, is suddenly made out to be a villain when her engagement is broken off. And though the bad publicity makes it difficult to find a new fiancee, a marquess of higher status named Therion proposes, despite he and Livia's difference in social standing! Shocked, Livia has almost no time to consider the proposal as another problem arises just as quickly as the proposal...! This tale between the perfect nobleman and a lady-turned-villain is a love story you won't want to miss!
In the snowy village of Rokka, the members of the Suzaku imperial family are revered as the descendants of Suzaku, the fire deity himself. Marrying the head of the Suzaku family...is considered the greatest of honors.
Ginka Sakaeda comes from a line of shrine maidens. Her parents had hopes that she would marry into the Suzaku family one day. However, when she came into the world "deformed," they deemed her unworthy as the future Bride of Suzaku, and began treating her with hostility. Her younger sister Akane, however, was born with excellent grace and beauty, earning her the favor of the entire village and securing her position as the top candidate to marry into the Suzaku family. Then, on the eve of the ceremony that would decide Akane's future, Ginka has an unexpected encounter with the Suzaku family head. And the moment their hands touch...the two feel a warm sensation instantly course throughout their bodies!
In her past life, Ella endured constant belittlement from her husband, who eventually left her for another woman. Overwhelmed by despair, her life ends in an accident. However, when she wakes up, she finds herself in a strange room with soup and a fridge?! Ella has been reincarnated with a completely new appearance, finally free to live and cook as she pleases or so she believes. Even in this new world, she faces harassment from her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, but even so, it's an improvement from her previous life. One day, while preparing pickled plums, a dog eats one and transforms into a handsome man! The mysterious stranger turns out to be the kingdom's second prince. Cursed to live as a dog, he asks for Ella's help to break the spell by proposing a fake engagement. In return, he sweeps her away from her miserable home.
32 years old, single, and awakening in another world?! At least being reborn I get to start out younger, right? ...WRONG! She wakes up in this new world the same age she was in the last, now with the name Audrey Noland. In this world of nobility and societal manners, women of this age unmarried are considered bizarre or outlandish. The family Audrey is a part of, the house of Baron Noland, has been serving the royal family as educators for generations. One day, Audrey's father throws out his back... and provides her with the opportunity to tutor the prince in his stead. With all of her books prepared, she comes to the castle only to be told that an unmarried, immodest woman can't be let through to meet the prince?! We're not gonna let this kind of sexism slide!
Sara is one of four daughters of the Balks dukedom. Born with golden hair and eyes which are said to be those of a witch, she's a blemish on the family name.
Sara has endured all the mistreatment from her family in hopes of living freely once she becomes of age. However, when one of her sisters is to be wed, she is cast out into the land of the beastfolk, for fear she'll bring a curse upon the family. In a land where no humans are said to be able to survive, the cruel emperor of the beastfolk empire, Cael appears before her. Their eyes meet, and their fates are forever interwined... could this be fate?!
The curtain rises on this fantastical romance between the discarded lady and the wolf emperor who doesn't believe in fate!
"I detest vulgar men." Salivia is a blossoming aristocratic lady who refuses to bend the knee to any man. She has never known love, but she must find a fiance by the time she turns 17 or her grandmother will choose for her. One night, Salivia encounters the "cunning knight Uld," who, to her shock, is a romanceable character in a dating game from her previous life!
"Naughty girl, you need to be punished." Uld is the worst kind of man, notorious for making women cry with his overbearing personality. But when Salivia rebukes him, he turns his full attention towards her! Using any excuse to meet with her, Uld closes in and never lets Salivia out of his grasp. Now, Salivia is the one being romanced?!
As the illegitimate daughter of a count and his maid, Katrina was born into miserable circumstances. And now that she's lost her mother, the treatment from her stepsister and stepmother the countess has only grown worse. One day, her stepsister receives a royal order to move to the northern outskirts due to her unseemly behavior at a recent party. There, she is to learn proper conduct under the tutelage of the resident prince, rumored to be a cruel man. Not wanting to subject her daughter to such punishment, the countess decides to send Katrina instead. Katrina arrives in the north shaking in fear. But contrary to the stories, the "merciless and cold-hearted" prince is kinder than she believed. Might the pure-hearted Katrina find love in the wintry countryside?
Someday a vortex of fire will once again engulf the world. But a holy saintess will save the world through the power of water... This ancient prophecy has been handed down in the empire, and because of it, the holy maidens of the Water Clan have a special significance. Elna, born into the water family and a candidate for sainthood, is worried about her powers that were lost after a fire in the royal palace in the past. She thought that she could give up her desires of becoming saintess if her sister, whom she loves and herself a talented woman, would become the saint... but on the day before the exam, she meets Lawrence, the third prince, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. Will she in fact become the water saintess?
Marienne is simply perplexed at her husband Duke Alexias's extreme shift in behavior. He's known for his cruelty. Marienne, too, has received nothing from him but neglect since their engagement. She's resigned herself to being a mistreated prisoner in his home. So then, why? Why would he suddenly profess his love to her and propose to her in earnest? Especially since they're ALREADY married?!
A bejeweled bouquet of flowers, courtship akin to that of a fairy tale prince, being addressed as his GODDESS?! There seems to be no end. But despite Marienne's bewilderment, Alexia's sincerity somehow cuts through his bungling displays, and his words of affection begin to thaw her lonely heart.
Unbeknownst to Marienne, her once ruthless and unfeeling husband has "returned" from the brink of death. But what could've caused this change of heart? Why is he so desperate to ensure her happiness? And most importantly, will he be able to do right by Marienne this time?
"I want to spend my life by your side, making you happy." Connie is the daughter of a count, and she can see the auras of any person around her, making sense of what they truly think or feel. However, she's become a bit of a recluse with how this power has affected her experience in high society. During her debutante ball, Connie slips and falls on her back. The admirable Prince Clive comes to help her, but this only calls on the envy and fury of the other girls at the ball who seek to gain Clive's favor. Being hated by the other noble ladies further pushes Connie to become a recluse. However, one day, Connie is directly invited by Prince Clive to a party to celebrate his birthday and she knows she cannot decline. Amid the party, she loses consciousness... and remembers her past life, and the lovely upperclassmen she has always wanted to see just one more time. When she awakens, it hits her... since when did she and Clive agree to an engagement?!