AN ALLURING ADVENTURE Now that Suimei has moved out of the haunted bookstore, Kaori insists that she only misses the extra rent money-not Suimei himself. But when Tamaki, the story-seller, asks her to deliver a bundle of books to the southern islands, Kaori jumps at the chance to drag Suimei along!

A HARROWING HUNT Kaori accompanies Suimei into the spirit realm to help him find his Inugami partner, Kuro. But when they discover that Ginme was attacked by Jorogumo, a spider spirit, their search kicks into high gear. Can they locate Kuro before he becomes Jorogumo's next victim?

DANGERS OF THE HEART Something wicked this way comes-and it isn't a spirit. A strange fox-masked man has breached the boundaries of the spirit realm, and his designs are as life-threatening as they are mysterious. Worst of all, Suimei suspects that the man is an exorcist, so as a safety precaution, he asks Kaori to move in with him. Neither Suimei nor Kaori expect the spirits to kick up such a fuss over his simple suggestion, but it's plain as day to everyone else that the two are more than friends. Will they understand their feelings for each other before this new threat tears them apart forever?

HIDDEN TRUTHS REVEALED When Kaori learns that the young wife who lives next door will soon give birth, it should be a joyous occasion. But the mother-to-be leaves Kaori wondering about her own past. How in the world did she come to enter the spirit realm, all those years ago? And whatever became of her human parents? Little does she realize that the answer is far closer than she thinks. The kasha Nyaa, Kaori's lifelong best friend, knows more than she's ever let on, and she's about to finally yield the secret of Kaori's birth mother.

HEALING BROKEN BONDS For as long as Kaori can remember, she has run the spirit realm's only bookstore alongside Shinonome, the spirit who is her adoptive father. But Kaori begins to fear that her bond with Shinonome has frayed. He's keeping secrets from her, and they have something to do with his mysterious friend, the story-seller Tamaki. Worse, Kaori finds herself questioning the purpose of the bookstore itself-what if the stories she and her father bring to the spirit realm are doing more harm than good?

Kaori and Suimei have finally realised how they feel about each other, but their love will have to wait - the bookstore is in terrible danger. One day, a fox spirit called Hakuzousu storms in, screaming, “The spirit realm has no use for such an unscrupulous bookstore!� He blames his daughter’s love for a human on the influence of human books. Shinonome can’t just shrug off such an insult, and Kaori fears that a fight between her father and the fox will reduce the store to ashes. So, she sets out to seek help from the Three Great Tanukis of Japan to quell Hakuzousu’s anger, but whether they’ll answer her call is another story...