The study of folklore as an academic discipline was founded by Yanagida Kunio, a university scholar of the Showa period. However, there was another scholar, Hyodo Kitakami, who dared to investigate the heretical stories that had to be discarded in the process of making folklore into science! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

I can't kill my favorite vampires! I've accidentally been reincarnated into the world of "Red Nosferatu," a romance otome game in which you fall in love with handsome vampires. And, of all people, it turns out to be Diana, the villainess "vampire hunter" who kills all the girls she likes! I'm going to die whether I kill the vampires or not! She must somehow avoid this death flag...!

A CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL Even though she's the daughter of a prestigious family, Bertha is cruelly oppressed by her stepmother and stepsister. At her own birthday party, she finds herself despondent, wearing an awful dress and standing alone against the wall. In complete contrast to the way the guests fawn over her beautiful stepsister, no one goes near Bertha. But then, one young doctor, Oliver, calls out to her. "Why are you so sad?" With his sharp insight, Oliver discovers how cruelly Bertha is treated and, unbeknownst to her, begins working to save her! [English publication via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/75282/)

UNDERNEATH IT ALL from fictiondb: New York executive Darren Kaiser has it all -- looks, money, women. Since being voted Bachelor of the Year by a national magazine, he's ready to disappear...and moving to Seattle disguised as a nerd is just the way to keep his identity a secret. But he hasn't counted on meeting Kate -- his gorgeous neighbor and a woman he'd gladly bare all to. When Kate Monahan meets "Dean," she's not sure what to think of him. Although they got off on the wrong foot, she knows he's a good guy. She just wishes he'd lose the geeky duds so she can see the sexy bod behind them! When Darren reveals the truth, though, will she still want the man underneath it all?

In the *Hijou na Koibito* series: V.1 - *Nessa no Hanayome* (The Desert Sheikh's Captive Wife, Kazuko Fujita) Tilda was shocked by her mother's words. Without her knowledge, her mother accumulated massive debts and was about to be evicted! But the man who holds the debts is the crown prince of Bakhar, Rashad, a former lover, and a man she'd hoped never to see again. He is a cruel man who sent Tilda away when she refused to be intimate with him. She's so shocked her blood runs cold when she hears his offer at their face-to-face meeting: "I will dissolve the debt if you become my lover once more." V.2 - *Ano Asa no Wakare kara* (The Greek Tycoon's Defiant Bride, Natsu Momose) Maribel has a crush on her cousin’s boyfriend, Leonidas, the Greek billionaire who constantly makes the tabloid headlines. She has a passionate one night stand with him, the day her cousin dies in a car crash! Maribel is convinced that she is nothing but a poor replacement for her cousin, yet she can’t help feeling hopelessly destroyed by Leonidas’s cold goodbye the morning after their tryst. Two years later, she is unexpectedly reunited with Leonidas, but she has a secret that she can never reveal to him. She had given birth to his child. Now, the truth has leaked to the paparazzi and tabloids alike! V.3 - *Yuuwaku no Chess Game* (The Italian Billionaire's Pregnant Bride, Natsue Ogoshi) “You won’t leave this game until every part of you belongs to me.” Sergio Torrente, an Italian businessman, is surprised at who he sees in the surveillance camera. The mysterious person making moves every night against his challenging chess display at the office turns out to be a cleaner clad in a shabby uniform. But how could such a beautiful woman be just a cleaner? Drawn to the mysterious woman, Sergio summons her and declares that she will play a game of chess with him every night, starting this very day!

One day, Taichi wakes up with a terrible pain in his rear end. It turns out he might have slept with his friend Jin after getting drunk the night before! But, Jin's acting as if nothing happened. Frustrated and determined to find out what really went down, Taichi decides to make the first move! [Read on Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/141210/)