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]

Deeply hurt by a lover's betrayal, Noah Hunter leaves a shattered life behind and moves to Spring Lakes to join his brother's pack. All he wants is a quiet place and some time to heal. Fate has other ideas. In the middle of the night, on a lonely stretch of road, Noah hits a dog. When he brings the injured animal to a veterinarian, he crosses paths with the singular, mysterious, and aggravatingly handsome Ambrose Thorne. When, after learning that Noah needs a place to stay, Ambrose invites him to his home, Noah thinks he may have found just the sort of peace and space he needs, and the last thing he expects is to become entangled in the heart of a mystery. While helping his brother Dane on a case involving a string of inexplicable thefts, Noah soon discovers that his new acquaintance is more than he seems and is inextricably tied to the strange burglaries. As the case becomes complicated by occult rituals, murder, and mythical beasts, Noah finds himself in more than one kind of danger - because while he doubts that anyone would want something so broken and torn, it seems like his heart might get stolen, too. He just hopes that the one who steals it and the thief at the heart of the mystery are not one and the same. ----- WARNINGS: This story contains strong language, some violence, and sex. ----- DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and in