The month of March will focus on light novels that veer to the steamy side of the spectrum along with one novel of the cute side.
Professional
BEAST BLOOD
This is definitely a darker sort of adventure. I’m currently halfway through and having a fun time in this unique world. I love the excitement and tension in this story!
Desperate to escape her successful sister’s shadow, Euphemia seeks independence as a biotech researcher fixated on destroying Nightz, a dangerous narcotic sought across the colonies. She never believed her life was in danger until a group of men pulled her from her car at gunpoint.
Euphemia had also never met a Beast Blood, the nonhuman subspecies with animalistic qualities, until she was rescued by one.
Zelaide is a Muta Hunter and a Beast Blood. When his hunt is interrupted by Euphemia’s attackers, he saves her on a whim. Never expecting to see Euphemia again, he’s shocked to receive a job protecting the spunky researcher who just might be his lifelong mate.
Follow Euphemia and Zelaide as they navigate a colony world brimming with peculiar beasts, powerful narcotics, dangerous criminals, and a budding, interspecies romance!
Warning: Beast Blood contains action-packed Sci-Fi violence, attempted sexual assault, dark themes, steamy and sexy romance scenes, alien romance, and other trigger-worthy adult situations.
Tags: Science Fiction, Alien Romance, Action, Futuristic, Smut, Josei, Cyberpunk, Mature
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THE CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE AND THE SUPREME RULER OF EVIL
This is on my reading list after I finish BEAST BLOOD. I’ll let you know how it goes! The premise sounds like a fun read!
World domination: our long-cherished aspiration! Naturally, the most appropriate person to aspire to such a surreal ideal is the Supreme Ruler of Evil!
Mia Oonari’s father, the former Supreme Ruler of Evil, died leaving his only child with their organization’s sole ambition: world domination! Mia sets about enacting her own innocent ideal of taking over the world only to be hindered by the five Champions of Justice who make up the Crow Rangers!
This is the comedic story about a villainess who lacks the tact of exacting her evil schemes and the Champions of Justice who lack motivation in stopping her. Join Mia as she finds love, friendship, and the truth behind her world-breaking magic in this light novel!
*IMPORTANT NOTE* The Champions of Justice and the Supreme Ruler of Evil is Cross Infinite World’s first title to contain smut, so please use reader discretion if you are uncomfortable with certain content.
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THE CURSED PRINCESS AND THE LUCKY KNIGHT
This was an okay book! There wasn’t anything particularly special about it, but I don’t regret reading it. I’d say it’s a 2-heart book, maybe bordering on 3 heart. It was a good choice for a lazy Sunday.
After mysterious deaths and misfortune ravages her family and leaves plucky Duchess Sonia de Clare orphaned in the Royal Abbey, Sonia is forced to take matters into her own hands when the king orders her into an arranged marriage to fulfill her duty as the surviving heiress to the massive Clare fortune.
Fully prepared to marry the dashing prince of the kingdom and retake her home, Sonia is only met with disappointment when she discovers who her mysterious groom to be is.
But when her own castle turns against her in a series of horrifying supernatural phenomena, Sonia quickly discovers the noble knight Sir Cristford Cortot is far more capable of protecting his cursed princess than any foppish prince ever could!
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Amateur
THE COMMON SENSE OF A DUKE’S DAUGHTER
I binge this series every once in a while (I like to wait for chapters to build up before reading more) and it’s very much the definition of a slow burn. I enjoy the world and the heroine’s hardworking attitude.
When a young woman is killed in a traffic accident on her way home from work at a tax bureau, she suddenly finds herself transported to the world of the otome game she was playing the night before – but instead of the heroine, she’s been reincarnated as the bad guy! Using her knowledge of the game, “Iris” manages to avert personal disaster and decides to rebuild her life with her modern-day economic know-how. This is one mean girl who isn’t going to let her perceived reputation stop her from being a heroine!
Tags: Slow Romance, Multiple POV, Royalty, Shoujo, Politics
Due to the nature of fan translations, the series has been picked up and translated by several different groups over the course of its run. For convenience’s sake, I’m going to link to Novel Updates and Online Novel Reader.