Böcker av Satoru Yamaguchi

DOOM IS IN THE AIRAfter a disorienting first day at the Bureau of Magic, Katarina quickly settles into her new position. Luckily, she has her friends to fall back on, especially after finding out there are even more doom flags to come—it turns out the Bureau of Magic is the setting for the sequel to Fortune Lover, and features the return of the formerly banished villainess, Katarina Claes. With a whole new set of love interests thrown into the mix, Katarina needs to stay on top of all these new doom flags, lest she accidentally set one off and meet a fate even crueler than banishment!

Katarina was so looking forward to a peaceful career at the Magical Ministry, interspersed with sunny days spent tending her vegetable garden... Too bad fate has other things in store, namely new potential Bad Ends and an array of new powers befitting a villainess.The latest threat emerges in the form of a power-hungry nobleman seeking to exert influence over the royal family. Meanwhile, a challenger appears to contest Katarina's protracted engagement to Prince Jeord! What's more, this rival turns out to be someone Katarina knows very well.Hijinks ensue in the twelfth installment of the disastrous rom-com we can't get enough of!

BACK AT THE BUREAUFinally, graduation day is here for Katarina and her friends, and no doom flags have been triggered! But to Katarina’s surprise, the story keeps going as she takes a position in the Bureau of Magic, working alongside faces both old and new. Could it be…she’s living through the sequel to Fortune Lover? How will she avoid doom flags for a game she’s never played—especially when Prince Jeord still has no intention of breaking off their engagement?

A RIVAL APPEARS!Katarina and her friends mount a daring rescue mission to save Keith from the clutches of dark magic users, but in the end, they’re still expected back at school, where graduation is just around the corner. Having dodged every doom flag, Katarina is tempted to let her guard down—but she never expected the appearance of a new rival, Marcia. Not only is Marcia in love with Prince Jeord, she’s one of his past fiancée candidates, and she wants Katarina out of the picture once and for all!

"Katarina has tried time and time again to avoid becoming the villainess she is seemingly destined to be, and yet she's acquiring more and more Dark Magic items by the day. Thankfully, Raphael has an idea--a certain spell that just might be the key to avoiding her impending doom! She has a lot more on her plate than just avoiding bad ends though: her relatives have been pressuring her to go ahead and get married already and then she gets summoned...by the king himself?! With all this going on, she decides to visit the village that Maria used to live in, where she makes some new yet familiar acquaintances..."--

Proven appeal of subject: Over 20,000 copies of this series have been sold as eBooks. Japanese turnout is strong, with a manga adaptation also released in monthly serialisation. Genre staying power: A hilarious shoujo (girls-focused) romance, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! turns the genre on its head with wacky antics and loveable characters to keep the reader coming back for more. The serialised storytelling also encourages returning for the next volume! Artwork: Colour fold-outs, full-page black and white illustrations, and bonus manga chapters add extra value and provide crossover appeal with the manga buying audience.

COUNTDOWN TO DOWNFALL!As Katarina strives to avoid her imminent demise, she gradually begins to confide in the people around her. But with the sudden appearance of her adoptive brother, Keith—one of the possible agents of her destruction—things have taken a turn for the awkward. Katarina tries to get along with Keith, but his deep emotional scars leave her at a loss. If he abandons hope, could this spell doom for her after all?