"You'll just have to hold out until the sunrise again," he murmurs, looking at me with such adoring eyes... but wasn't I supposed to be the wicked wife he hates?! Much to her surprise, our hero woke up one day as Ilse, the meddling and evil wife from a novel she once read. In the story, Ilse tries to come between the protagonist Gilbert and his beloved, only to end up trapped in a brothel with nothing to her name. Now, hoping to change the original plot, this new Ilse decides to get herself an amicable divorce from Gilbert. After all, if she can just avoid the tragic ending that's coming for her, life in this world might be kind of fun! Her plans come skidding to a stop, though, when Gilbert strides into her bedroom late that night. Poor Ilse is soon in over her head, suffering one indignity after the next at the (talented) hands of this coldly sadistic duke, and she just might be falling head over heels in the process... Come let this luxuriously dramatic fantasy romcom sweep you off your feet!
"I would like for us to be friends... perhaps even lovers?" "Wh-... a noblewoman shouldn't say such things...!" The noble daughter of duke Giljester, Velarde, has drawn in and formed an alliance with Noin, an assassin targeting her father. With memories of her past life driving her to wear the mask of a villainess, Velarde is set on finding a way to be free of the antiquated responsibilities thrusted onto women in this world. Noin, finding himself drawn to this unique girl, allows himself to be placed under her influence. Can the two of them attain freedom from the powers that be and find the revenge that Velarde craves for her brother and father? And what of the feelings Noin may have for her...?!
"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?!
Nicknamed "Belle Poupee"--the Beautiful Doll--duke's daughter Lady Leticia is admired for her elegance and delicate beauty. But behind her porcelain mask lies her true self: a bold and compassionate soul, more knight than damsel. She ends up engaged to the infamous second prince, Gilbert, whose cursed crimson eyes and icy demeanor have made him the subject of troubling rumors. Fate binds together an infallible Princess Charming and a lonely, awkward prince as they search for their happily ever after in this ultimate role-reversal love story. (C)Asaki Asagiri/SQUARE ENIX (C)selen/SQUARE ENIX
Charlotte was called the "child of the devil" and shunned by her family. With white hair, red eyes, and no magical abilities, she was confined to the mansion. Even so, she spent her days with only a small bird as her companion, believing that one day she would be free. However, contrary to her hopes, her treatment only grew worse. When Charlotte turned sixteen, it was decided that she would be sold to a notorious count. At the depths of despair, her hidden power ran wild. It burned down the mansion and her family, consuming everything... and Charlotte herself was supposed to have lost her life as well. But when she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the age of ten!
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.
"You and I are fated mates, bound by the blood pact." Set in the Leonid Kingdom, vampires are worshiped as saviors, and in this country, all nobles possess magic power. However, Serenade was born without any power, and because of this, her family ab*ses her. She had even lost the will to live. But then one night, Alvis, the Lord of the Vampires, approaches her. He tells Serenade that she has Mithril Blood, a mystical blood to vampires, flowing through her veins. For Serenade, a young woman who had hit rock bottom, is this a blessing? Or a curse...?
Far removed from the capital, in the village where immortals reside...there grow fragrant fruits filled with divine Qi. Only beautiful girls, blessed with the Qi most holy, are selected to consume it daily. They will become vessels for heaven's blessings whose supple skin radiates the scent of the peach. They are the "Immortal Peach Princesses". Sons of the Emperor couple with one of them, seeking divine favor through the union of man and woman. Zha're was chosen to be the White Peach Princess, the White Prince's bride. She was honored to be chosen, but the prince didn't come to her bed on the First Night...when she was supposed to give divine blessing to him. Both of them didn't know what love was... A sweet and beautiful Chinese fantasy.
Hana Ichise is born into a family of practitioners, but her powers pale in comparison to her gifted twin, Hazuki. As she yearns for freedom from her parents' expectations and ridicule, she makes a shocking discovery when she turns fifteen that changes her life!
I won't marry anyone but you. Caught between the overwhelming affection of the future duke and the obsession of a young genius wizard!
-Don't think you can escape from me.
Countess Alitzia is completely absorbed in bookkeeping and has no interest in socializing. Although her family worries about her marriage prospects, she is secretly in a relationship with Miroswaph, an elite nobleman studying at a foreign university. However, despite being a noble, Alitzia lacks magical power and confidence in whether she is a good match for Miroswaph, who is admired by all the young noblewomen in the country. Amidst all this, during a ball celebrating Miroswaph's return from abroad, Alitzia is suddenly kidnapped by Kamil, a young genius wizard who crashes the event!
Leah is the guardian saint of her kingdom, and has been bullied by her older sister, Priscilla, for as long as she can remember. Despite the constant beratement, she has been using her powers to heal the townspeople, fight with monsters, and protect the kingdom. However, one day, Priscilla made her final move. She convinced the prince to call off the holy engagement, claiming that she herself is the true guardian saint, and forced Leah into exile. Having been sent to the forest of illusion to carry out her exile, it was no different than a death sentence. However, that changed in an instant as she comes across a young prince from the neighboring kingdom who is in serious need of healing!
Angenica's engagement is called off after her stepsister Veronica sleeps with her betrothed. On top of that, Veronica's engagement to the rumored "Brutish Count" is transferred to Angenica, forcing her into a suspicious marriage of unknown circumstances. After all the years of hard work Angenica had put into managing her family's estate after her mother passed away, she's now being driven out of her own home and into the arms of a man known as the Brutish Count Lloyd. Others that were engaged to the count are rumored to have gone mad and run away from him!
A tale of tragic love... or so it was supposed to be?! Momoka was born with a debilitating condition leaving her body weak, and sadly died far too young. However, upon her death, she has awoken to find herself in the body of a character in her favorite light novel. Lady Serenity was troubled with a terribly scar born from an accident at a tea party, turning her into a tragic heroine. This is how the story is supposed to go, but Momoka has other ideas now that she is living as Lady Serenity and can only feel bliss with being in a body that is now perfectly healthy! Due to the scar on her face, Lady Serenity was destined to be forcefully wed to Lord Stephen from a ducal house, tormented by her older sister, and met with more tragedy than anyone could imagine, but with Momoka's positivity about the life ahead of her, all of that is about to change in the name of happiness...!
Tiara Rose, the fiancee of her kingdom's crown prince, suddenly realizes that the world she's living in is actually the setting of her favorite otome game from her previous life! But she's not the heroine...she's the villainess!? By the time she remembers, it's already the day before the graduation party where she's destined to face "annulment of engagement" and "banishment from the kingdom", just like in the game's scenario. Everything seems to be following the original plot...until the handsome crown prince of a neighboring kingdom suddenly proposes to her!? A love story where the supposed villainess is adored by an ultra-perfect foreign prince!!
After marrying the person she met in the office, it's been 5 years... and he never comes home. Yuka's been juggling housework and her full-time job. She's treated at a housewife by her husband and pressured for children by her mother-in-law (typical). Everyone's got to be like this, right? It just means that more needs to be done... or at least that's what Yuka's thought. One day, after some harsh words from her husband, Yuka darts out to try and find some peace. But suddenly the headlights are coming at her when-... As she found herself dying in a hospital bed, one thing burned into her retinas... her husband embracing Riko, her childhood friend. They can never be forgiven. They need to pay. As Yuka swears this onto herself while her life begins to fade, she suddenly finds herself at the moment she was proposed to... five years ago. Now it's time to devise a plan for revenge.
In a secluded kingdom where technology brought by guides from another world has merged with magical power, only those born with magic have belonged to the privileged class for generations. In this world, threads woven with magical power serve as the source of energy. The royalty and aristocrats are born with hair colors that represent their magical attributes-wind, water, fire, and electricity-while commoners without magic are born with brown or black hair.
In this society ruled by magical privilege, Loretta, despite being the daughter of a count, was born with black hair-the symbol of commoners-as an illegitimate child. Raised in unfortunate circumstances and forced to hide her very existence, a new destiny awaits Loretta!!
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 want you." Imagine being told such a thing after a long and hot kiss from a beautiful elf. "I'm an introverted plain girl who's never had a boyfriend. There's nothing special about me, and the best I can do is just live a quiet life without bothering anyone else." That's what Sae Maizumi thought before she suddenly fell through the puddle she stepped on. After falling through what felt like a deep portal, she found herself in a world of elves. Where she arrived-the sacred spring of the elven forest. Sae, soaked in the water of the springs, is suddenly taken into the care of Elion, who is set to be the next leader of the forest elves. However, as a suspicious being who appeared out of nowhere, she's taken into c*ptivity! The moment Sae has a chance to break free, she makes a run for it. On her way out, she happens upon Elion's quarters to find him in an unexpected situation...?!!
"If it isn't the lovely girl from before!" The emperor's true feelings are too sweet. I don't know what to do! Born into a renowned family of sorcerers, Elestia can't use a single magic spell. She spends her days blissfully buried in the books she loves, far removed from high society... Or that's how things were supposed to be until the ruthless emperor suddenly orders her to become his first concubine! "I don't want to be the empress!" she laments to no avail, and the dreaded bedding ceremony arrives. Elestia steels herself to close off her heart until she suddenly hears the supposedly cruel emperor think, "Wow! Her glistening eyes are stunning!" For some reason, she can hear the emperor's inner thoughts...?! Will Elestia open her heart as she spends her days with the unexpectedly loving ruthless emperor...?!
Lunatia, a viscount's daughter who possessed the ability of "Future Reading," had been used by her family as they pleased. Exploited even by her fiance, she eventually lost sight in one eye, the price of her ability. If things continued as they were, all five of her senses would disappear, and the only future awaiting her was to become little more than a shell of a person...... And so, Lunatia left home, aiming to "live freely and, at the end, meet a clean death." She made her way to the mansion of the "Moon-Devouring Marquess," a man said to be searching for a bride. Before Marquess Nox, feared as cruel and wicked, Lunatia put forward her terms: "If you would make me your bride, I will read the future for you once a day." "Of course, I have no need for a husband's love." "And when I am no longer needed, at the end, please kill me by your hand." Thus began a married life built on mutual advantage. She kept the price of her ability secret, yet cracks gradually began to show, and in time, her husband, who should have been cold and ruthless, came to turn devoted love toward her...?