Synopsis

[Winner of the November 2023 Royal Road Writathon challenge]

Violet was happy, in love, and had a successful career. She was even hoping to start her own family with her beloved husband. However, all of those dreams are crushed when she comes home to find her husband brutally murdered. Things only get worse as the killer has to clean up their mess and can't just leave Violet as a witness to their crime.

Things only get crazier as Violet finds herself reincarnated into another world full of monsters and magic. Only, Violet isn't a powerful adventurer or a talented craftsman. Instead, she finds herself in charge of her own dungeon where she must summon monsters and plan traps to bring the adventurers to their knees.

Violet just wants to mourn her lost love and enjoy some peaceful scenery. However, cute slimes and playful pixies aren't usually what one would expect when traversing a dungeon full of traps with death waiting around every corner.

Can Violet make peace with her bitter end? Can the cute and seemingly harmless monsters that roam her dungeon protect her? Read on to find out!

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What to Expect:
-Cute monsters & scenery
-Deadly traps & fun puzzles
-A hopeful yet heartbroken female lead
-No harems, no new love interests
-Minor graphic violence
-Minor mental health struggles
-Mostly lighthearted w/ darkness around every corner

Notes: I use semi-third person with shifts from past tense to present tense and multiple points of view within the same chapter. My story is modelled after light novels more than traditional western style novellas or web novels. There is no reward for dungeons killing anyone in this story. The actual level of threat is fairly low in the beginning and the progression into a strong dungeon is slow as this is a slow progression novel. Lastly, I use biased undependable narrators. My MC isn't omniscient and can only judge things based on her very limited world view. Just because she is told something or believes something doesn't make it the truth, it just gives you a small piece of the story.

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Cover by Sleds