Kuroda Akira had always lived like an ordinary salaryman, working hard, slaving away in his corporate life. However, this was far from what he actually wanted! He was super tired with his life in the corporate area... he loved manga, cooking and cafés . He had always desired the life of a cafe owner and manager, where he could be his own boss and make other people happy. "Isekai... huh.. stories where protagonist gets sucked into some other world... sounds fun! minus killing and violence... I would rather open a café there." But it was all but a far away dream! drowsiness from the work finally started to kick in and soon everything around him dissolved into darkness. when he came to be, he was in a typical manga villainess trope like situation! "...As the crown prince of the Croyan kingdom, I hereby annul our engagement". I am going to be disowned anyway... let's pack our bags and leave! If this is all real, I definitely want to follow my dreams atleast this time in my life. Omg I can't believe this:- [April, 11 2022: #2 in text-to-speech] [July 8, 2022: #1 in kuudere] [the Artwork is not mine... all credits to the original artists, the writing part is original in all aspects tho :3]

☆ 2022 ᴡᴀᴛᴛʏꜱ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ!! ☆ "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." On the cusp of the 20th century, blue blood heiress Lucy Penn has lost everything: her betrothed, her family and home, and even her ability to walk in the sunlight. As she struggles to acclimate to her new nocturnal existence, she makes the acquaintance of Dr. Thomas Reed: an intelligent and tortured immortal, still haunted by the horrors of his past. As the pair grow closer, Lucy becomes privy to a frightening world far below the surface of polite society, in which beings of ancient and unfathomable power live outside the confines of humanity. Carpe Noctem (or "Seize the Night") follows Lucy on her journey through the shrouded streets, eerie hospitals, and aristocratic parlors of nighttime London. As she seeks to exhume the insidious and terrifying purpose behind her transformation, Lucy finds herself drawn deeper into a dark nocturne world of unimaginable folklore and intrigue, begging the question: can love be found after death? HIGHEST RANKINGS ~ #1 Carpe Noctem #1 Period Fiction #1 Nocturnal #1 Gothic Romance #1 Gothic Horror #3 Dracula #3 Shakespeare #8 Vampire #17 Victorian #46 Historical Fiction