Seven Seas Adds Led by Stars, Melting Point and Three Audiobooks

Seven Seas announced five new licenses on Wednesday, covering three audiobooks, a manga and a manhwa.

The audiobook lineup will launch through the Siren imprint:

• 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Short Story Collection — November 19. Creators: Tōko Amekawa and Wan Hachipisu. Narrator: Sarah Gage.
• The Dangers in My Heart – The Novel — November 26. Creators: Kota Nozomi, Norio Sakurai and sune. Narrators: Clint Bickham and Katelyn Barr.
• Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea, volume 1 — December 17. Creator: Softcoral. Narrator: James Aaron Oh.

The two illustrated releases are:

• Led by Stars, a manga by Abi — volume 1 arrives in November 2027 through the Ghost Ship imprint.
• Melting Point, a manhwa by Pibi — a “Season 1” omnibus volume arrives in April 2028 through Seven Seas Webtoons.

The 7th Time Loop collection gathers dozens of selected stories, including tender Arnold and Rishe moments absent from the main narrative. It also spotlights less frequently featured characters.

One story follows Arnold’s steadfast attendant Oliver during his time off and explores his relationship with his lord’s younger brother. Another imagines Arnold and Rishe as fellow academy students. Several revisit Rishe’s previous lives through the eyes of people close to her.

The longest story, written especially for the collection, sends Rishe and Arnold undercover as a married couple. Rishe must stay composed around her “beloved husband” to avoid raising suspicion, with amusing results as she tries.

The Dangers in My Heart novel looks beyond its usual narrator, the gloomy Ichikawa Kyotaro, who is hopelessly taken with Yamada Anna, their class’s prettiest girl.

For the first time, readers can follow events through supporting characters’ perspectives, including mischievous Moeko, flustered Kanzaki and Yamada’s mother. An exclusive story offers an entirely new viewpoint on Ichikawa and Yamada’s early relationship during summer vacation.

The collection’s short, sweet stories are intended for both longtime followers and newcomers.

Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea follows humanity’s resource hunt into crushing underwater darkness. Its setting, the North Pacific International Undersea Station, is a sunless maze of laboratories, mining decks and cramped living spaces.

Dentist Muhyeon arrives expecting ordinary work. Instead, eerie quiet and increasingly unstable crew members unsettle him. Encounters ranging from eccentric to disturbing reveal that the threat is already inside the station.

Led by Stars takes place in peaceful Elwood, beside the Great Dungeon of Dagonalia. Former adventurer Arc now works with Lily as a guild receptionist.

Their town faces a mysterious menace called the “Goblin Queen,” who destroys everything in her path and abducts women. Arc must decide whether to wield his sword again and undertake a deadly journey to defend Elwood, especially Lily.

But Lily has kept a secret from Arc, and its revelation could transform their relationship.

Melting Point follows Eunsan, a former competitive ice hockey player whose rival, Ryu Ian, ranked among the sport’s best. Twelve years later, Eunsan has left skating behind for sports marketing, distancing himself from both competition and Ian.

An unexpected opportunity forces them to reunite. Eunsan plans to make it brief and strictly professional, until Ian makes an offer he cannot turn down.

Their reunion could rekindle their attraction into something stronger—or revive old feelings and wounds that may never heal.

Source: Press releases