Joy is a young woman working to help Americans watch their favorite Japanese-animated shows, and she's proud of the work she does. But after a presentation at an anime convention, she's confronted by Liam, a young man who is a vocal critic of her work in localization, and he demands that she stop...

After years of military service, Former soldier, John Mercer gets hired to become the personal bodyguard of Aria Kingsley, a world-famous idol targeted by repeated assassination attempts. Caught between her controlling fiancé, and the crushing pressure of fame, John has to protect her while un...

Haruto Ishiguro’s life ended far too soon. Stricken with cancer at ten, his teenage years slipped away in sterile hospital rooms, fading friendships, and the quiet despair of a body betraying him. His only light was Saki Otsuji, a fiery friend who filled his days with laughter and wild promises o...

In the late Edo-era kingdom of Kagetsu, a mysterious island suddenly appears far beyond the nation’s eastern waters. The island is covered in blood-red trees, floating stone ruins, and strange creatures said to be neither human nor beast. The first explorers sent by the shogunate returned as tw...

This book has been entered into the estar.jp competition. A maid named Camryn works under Queen Bria's iron fist in Castle Rivenmoor, her days consisting of casual abuse and never-ending duties. Stealed times close to the recluse Prince Jase, a scholar who is more comfortable in books than at ...

estar.jp contest. ✔ Bloom's power is both a boon and a bane in a place where magic manipulates nature. She lives modestly among the ordinary people, a plant magician with noble blood coursing through her veins, evading a fate she never desired. However, destiny doesn't wait. A crafty nobleman ...

Keiji is a delinquent. He skips class, he smokes, and ultimately, he’s just a pain in the ass for everyone in his school. Yet beneath all that, Keiji has a dream nobody expects: he wants to go to university. Nobody believes him. How could they? He’s an idiot, too dumb to learn and too lazy to try...

After dying an unconventional death and going through a… new life crisis? This former engineer decides that the author of the universe is clearly a comedian and that he had taken his former life too seriously. Finding himself in a strange new land, with strange new parentage, and even stranger cu...

Tensai, local celebrity. Koji, his little brother. While he may be a local- he is by no means a celebrity. He had always lived in his older brothers shadow, and so he grew tired of it. He ran away from his brothers shadow- subsequently giving up on any dreams that were still stored within...

“Red is most commonly associated with two things. The velvety bright shade of rose petals given by a person—love. And the reaction of being stung by a bee in the mid of spring—blood. In my case, it’s neither of those; but also, in a way, both.” Searching for love has always been difficult fo...