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Benedict Rodney spent eighteen years absorbing abuse — from the drunk uncle who raised him and the former friends who made him a target. He had no safe haven, at home or at school, until the Heavens intervened and granted him a Sphere of Regeneration in the middle of a beating that should have killed him. Shipped off to the Gilfle Academy for Holders, Benedict is one of the few non-elite students in a cutthroat institution. He has never backed down from pain, and he is not about to start now.

Sean was waiting at a bar when a confrontation set in motion a meeting with gods: Odin, Archangel Michael, Lucifer, and Morrigan all vied for his soul. He chose Morrigan, goddess of Fate, Death, and Battle — and found himself placed on a new world, in a new body, with gifts from the Tuatha De Danann. In this world ruled by Summer and Winter Queens, words have power and Agreements are binding. Sean must find his place while navigating Fey politics, forging bonds, and reckoning with the consequences of the choices he makes.

Clara Casewell is an ambitious associate at an international corporate law firm with a secret passion for villainess stories — the trashier the better. After edging out a promotion to Senior Counsel, a plane crash sends her waking up in a maid's uniform in a world of nobles and magic. Her mistress is the notorious villainess Iris von Rhenia, and the two of them are about to stand trial for poisoning the heroine — in a court that uses truth magic and allows no defense. Clara must learn the ins and outs of the unfair, convoluted, and often fantastical legal system of the Holy Kingdom of Arcadia before it's too late.

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way, and whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

Grant is pulling a late shift watching an empty cell at a middle-of-nowhere facility when he meets Subject B-31: blue, beautiful, and inhuman. Told to think of her as a test subject and ignore her desperation, he doesn't listen — and his rescue attempt quickly turns into an alien abduction. B-31 is Sykora, a princess of the tyrannical Taiikari Empire, who whisks Grant into a galaxy filled with alien cultures, deadly rivals, and the sinister smiles of the royal court. Grant will have to learn a new life fast. Because when the Princess of the Void looks at him, she doesn't just see a savior — she sees a husband. And she isn't asking.

Ten years ago, the planet Jupiter vanished from the night sky. That same day, the Jovians announced their presence on Earth by gifting magical powers to teenage girls. Now they're more selective, choosing only adult women to join their war as magical girls and witches. Rachel has always been obsessed with magical girls, and that obsession became all-consuming when she learned her own roommate Sophia is secretly Strix Striga, one of the most powerful magical girls in North America. Sophia's double life leaves no time for Rachel — and the witches she fights get all the attention Rachel desperately craves. Now Rachel is a witch herself, with the Jovians taking a special interest in her. With their guidance and her own burning drive, she'll grow her power until she's ready to challenge the invincible Striga — and then Sophia will finally be hers.

Things were going great for the demon Bael-Sharoth until a little girl summoned him to open a jar of tomato sauce. Now he's trapped in the human world along with his arch nemesis, the beautiful and capable Maharet Flameheart. Life isn't easy for a demon in a small town — but at least the parks are hellhound-friendly and the werewolf at the local bookshop seems nice enough. Bael and Maharet must find a loving human family to take in this powerful young witch before time runs out, or risk being stuck on Earth forever.

Martin Zheng has always held dying hands and listened for the hush that comes after the final heartbeat. It's his gift, his burden — until the night he gives his own life to shove a child away from speeding headlights and awakens in Death's embrace. She is Thanara: silver-haired, star-eyed, lonelier than the long darkness she guides. For one stolen moment, two caretakers share a tenderness deeper than fear. Then the cosmos declares his death "an error" and hurls him back to existence. Reborn as Mingxuan in the Elemental Realm — where sword-saints carve mountains and power is measured in the lives you can end — Martin remembers only fragments: a scent of rain-drenched lilacs, a pulse in his chest, a promise to meet Death again. While rival sects chase immortality, he walks the forbidden Dao of Death, mastering the grace of endings so he can stand beside the woman no one dares to love.

Regis knows it's an illusion. He's only ever seen Princess Charlotte from afar, only heard her voice when she spoke to a crowd. Sure, he's good at reading people, but he knows she of all people will be wearing a perfect mask. The problem is he's in love with the illusion, and it's not going away. So he strikes out on a quest: win the fighting tournament held every year, where she gives out the prize, and — just hypothetically — forfeit the monetary winnings and instead ask for a week to be close to her, to get to know the real her, and break the illusion once and for all.

The Holy Empire is in decline. Religious and cultural schisms wreak havoc on its internal politics, revolutions are brewing in neighboring kingdoms, and the aristocratic houses play endless power games while the Emperor clings to what little influence he has left. Amidst all of this, Arnold von Hohenfels — first son of the Margrave — finds himself compelled to attend the Imperial Academy, a notorious battleground of wits and brawn for ambitious young nobles. Armed with a magical gift that is as much curse as blessing, he must navigate treacherous aristocratic entanglements, represent his family's interests, manage formidable enemies, forge alliances, and somehow keep his brash cousin Friedrich out of trouble. Frankly, he would much rather be anywhere else.

Octavia blames magical girls for the collateral damage that killed her parents and left her disabled. In the decades since the wall between the waking world and the Dreamlands came crashing down, no firepower can match divine favour — only young women chosen by the Dream-Gods of Earth can turn back the Nightmares that creep through the open wound in reality cutting through England's heart. Octavia's greatest wish is to go unnoticed, to swallow her rage and her desire, ignoring a hopeless love for her best friend as university parts them forever. But then a magical girl attacks another in a terrorist bombing, and Octavia finds herself arrested — both witness and suspect. The only way out is a contract with a Dream-God, but this divine trickster isn't from Earth. Fugitive and public enemy, she discovers there's a whole other type of magical girl — and now she's one of them. Freedom and revenge no longer seem impossible, but things worse than Nightmares are seeping through the ragged edges of reality, and Octavia knows she's a pawn in a cosmic game.

A social worker and his adult daughter crash-land on a desert full of crystal plants, with the towering walls of the dead mega-city Ar'Kendrithyst visible on the horizon. The living adventuring town of Spur offers a more welcoming start to their new life. Follow Erick Flatt as he tries to build something good in this strange place — new friends, a new home, and a quiet life with his daughter. But this land is rarely as kind as its people, and Erick will need to change if he wants to survive.

Heaven has been abandoned. The Kingdom has fallen into disrepair. Prayers are going unanswered. An eldritch being named Irene — her true name too dangerous to speak — and her sisters intend to fix it. To do so, they need a Warlock. Caspar Cartwright is a hapless hedge mage saved from the scaffold and sent back to the living with Irene's power at his fingertips and a mission branded into his heart: face the servants of the dead god, find the key, and open the gate to the Kingdom. A dark and unconventional romance between a mortal mage and something far older and stranger than humanity.

One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba's deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are growing desperate — and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive? A retelling of the Sword Art Online saga that starts at the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad.

The legendary Gorgon Medusa spends a solitary life on her island of Sarpedon, interrupted only by the occasional expedition of foolish humans seeking to slay her for fame and riches. Everything changes when one such expedition brings along an unusual woman — a priestess of Athena born blind, and utterly unafraid of the Gorgon. Forced into an unexpected coexistence on the small island, the two dissimilar women must navigate opposing ideologies, the interference of mortal and divine outsiders, and emotions neither anticipated. As their bond deepens, the gods themselves take notice — and gods rarely make things simpler.

When she woke up in her favorite otome video game, she wasn't expecting to open the eyes of Gerda the NPC troll. Five long years of leveling up, dungeon delving, and treasure hunting — all to give everyone the happily ever after her favorite characters deserved. Season two is closing, and the final season is almost upon her. There are dragons in her future, and something even more terrifying: a lot of walking. Julian van Slyke has been guarding the border to the Untamed Ice Fields since his father died protecting their home twenty years ago. He is determined to conquer the dungeon his father couldn't — but now his home is threatened by Blackfog spies, and he keeps tripping on Gerda no matter where he turns.

College is supposed to be an exciting time to meet new friends and make lifelong connections. For Kaitlyn, talking to people has always been hard enough — let alone romance. Getting transported into a dating sim seems like the perfect opportunity to change that. But even here, affection is not easily earned. Beset by grueling classes, stinging loss, and her own faults, Kaitlyn's hopes for change slowly give way to a fear that she'll never escape the endlessly repeating semester. Anything is possible with enough practice. It's much easier to make a good impression the tenth time around.

Good things come to those who wait. Damien Vale didn't, and now he's bound to an Eldritch creature from beyond the farthest reaches of the universe — unfathomable, utterly evil, and fond of being called Henry. To Damien, none of that mattered. He was going to learn magic regardless. Starting his first year at a mage college, he didn't expect it to be easy — but when he's assigned to room with a strange girl whose magic even Henry is wary of, things get complicated. He sets out to become a powerful mage while dealing with a murderous professor, an eldritch creature that has created a teenage persona, and a roommate far more perceptive than he'd like. As Damien struggles with the ramifications of the monster within him, a disturbing truth emerges: Henry might not be the only eldritch creature on the mortal plane — and Damien may be the only one who can stop them.

After waking up in a dungeon, Hazel wasn't about to grab a sword and start fighting. Instead, she picked up a sandwich — and that choice glitched the system, giving her a brand-new class: Culinary Mage. Now Hazel is baking her way through the dungeon, making friends with slimes, and cooking up a storm instead of grinding monsters. XP from cooking, a quest to escape by reaching floor 100, and a cafe full of adorable slimes who evolve by eating good food — it's not a conventional approach, but it might just work. As Hazel's cafe grows and her dishes become legendary, she starts to wonder if defeating the boss is really the key to her freedom — or if there's more to this dungeon than meets the eye.

At twenty-one, everyone manifests a symbiont — a creature invisible to all but its host that shapes their destiny. Conrada "Conrad" Dorrien harbors a dangerous secret: she alone can see everyone's symbionts. Revealing her gift could trigger a buyout of her contract, separating her from family and placing her at the mercy of ruthless corporations. As manifestation approaches, Conrada hopes to follow her father into academia. But her extraordinary connection to the symbionts means she's destined for anything but easy obscurity. A single word — Classified — and she becomes the latest acquisition of Aquila Operations, a boutique corporate consulting firm known for unorthodox methods and a reputation for always getting the job done. A low-fantasy dystopian corporate-feudalism story with grey characters, a queer-normative setting, and a slow-burn romance.