Villains Are Destined to Die

The original novel behind the hit fantasy romance comic!When a college student with a tragic past picks up the video game Daughter of the Duke’s Super Love Project, she immediately sees herself in one of the characters. Not the adored heroine of easy mode, Ivonne, but the protagonist of hard mode, misunderstood villain Penelope. Little did she know that she’d fall asleep playing the story…and wake up in Penelope’s body! The only way to escape the game world? Charm one of the love interests and unlock a good ending. But with affection meters starting in the negatives and the inability to speak without choosing from pre-selected dialogue, it quickly becomes clear that a single wrong move means her demise— and this villain might just be destined to die!

The Hunt is on, and Penelope is joining the fray! With crossbow in hand and devil-may-care attitude on lock, the daughter of the duke struts off to confront anything in her way, be it maniacal love interests, conniving countesses, or game for the tournament. So... why does it feel like she’s the one who’s prey? When fate sends assassins after Callisto and Penelope is caught in the crossfire, she soon finds out just the very real, very deadly consequences of her actions on the plot...

With the love interests’ affection meters now sealed behind ominous locks, Penelope is on high alert for any and every opportunity to maintain her grasp of control over her escape plans. So when Winter reaches out on guild duties, hoping to sign a contract with her, Penelope swoops at the chance. The problem? One of his conditions for their deal is meeting up and getting to know each other! But these “dates” have so much more in store for Penelope than she could have predicted—missing children, evil deities, run-ins with Callisto... The stakes are higher than ever, and if Penelope isn’t careful, death will find her before she can find a way out of this game.