NATSUMI MATSUMOTO

I can’t mess up again… So please don’t seduce me! Art expert Grace Turner has been summoned by Khalis Tannous to appraise the late Balkri Tannous’s private art collection. What awaits Grace is countless stolen masterpieces, as well as two unpublished works of art by Leonardo da Vinci! Grace is excited by what may be the century’s biggest art discovery, but she feels uneasy around the shockingly gorgeous and unexpectedly kind Khalis. His body reminds her of Michelangelo’s David, and his charm tempts her like Leda with Zeus. But Grace cannot make a mistake… After all, she is under surveillance by her evil ex-husband!

I can’t believe I’m faking a marriage with the cause of all my unhappiness... When her young daughter is diagnosed with leukemia and she’s unable to pay for treatments, Mara visits Falcon, the wealthy friend of her late husband. A year earlier, Falcon had treated her husband to the drinks that caused him to die in a drunk-driving accident. She doesn’t want to see the man who caused her husband’s death… but she has no choice but to ask him for help if she wants to save her daughter. Mara says she’ll do anything if Falcon will lend her enough money for the treatments. Falcon says he will give her the money before coldly asking her to leave. But a few days later, he appears before Mara and asks her to marry him!

Anna, who works as a secretary, wakes up one morning to find out she's married to her boss, Stefano. After being in an accident, she lost one year's worth of her memories and her life no longer makes sense to her. I was the one who suggested we get married? Why would I marry such a playboy? While she is confused and distressed, her husband is ecstatic. He sees it as the perfect chance to get revenge on her for what she did to him. But as he spends more and more time with his wife, his will for revenge is slowly eroded, revealing a deep sorrow that he's carried with him the entire time.

Momoka is the 15 year old daughter of a dojo that teaches martial arts. She has this thing for pandas that she just cant stop collecting the stuffed toys!! And now, we have Kou Ryuuga, he is a summoner who saved a stuffed panda from when it dropped in a lake....that panda was Momoka’s!! Since then, she and Ryuuga have become childhood friends and the panda that she has treasured was her symbol of her love for him but even though she has feelings for Ryuuga, how does he act especially when he has to do his job as a summoner? This story is about Momoka and Ryuuga, even though Ryuuga and Momoka can’t be honest with each other......

When Megan was young and studying abroad in England, her boyfriend, Nicholas, dumped her, explaining that he was the heir to a noble family and he had to marry a noblewoman. She returned home heartbroken, and never received a response to the one letter she sent him. The letter had been her last hope, but he never replied despite the unresolved issues between them. Now, ten years later, Megan is again in England and working as a lecturer. She enjoys reliving the nostalgic days of her youth, but she’s moved on. So what is she to think when Nicholas suddenly appears before her?

While enjoying the beautiful landscape of Venice, Sally is attacked by a man and rescued by Damiano, the owner of the hotel where she is staying. She receives an offer to stay at his mansion, where Sally discovers a different side to him and is charmed. On the day of the Carnival, she is thrilled when Damiano suddenly proposes to her. But for him, it is nothing more than a marriage of convenience.

Leona works at her family’s company, where, ever since she was a child, she has hidden her feelings for her second cousin Boyd, who is the heir to the company. When he sees Leona at a party, Boyd abruptly hugs and kisses her, but Leona knows he is to marry a woman of his father’s choice. On that same night, Leona’s brother steals a pair of diamond earrings that have been passed down through the family for many generations. When she tries to cover up her brother’s crime, Boyd proposes a deal…

Amano Ichigo is a clumsy 14-year-old girl whose only "outstanding" trait is an incomparable love of sweets. Constantly overshadowed by her near genius-pianist little sister, Ichigo looked forward to a Sweets Festival to lift her spirits a bit; and lo and behold, a taste takes her by the tongue, leading her to Henri Lucas- a world-famous master patissier. She's not the only one enthralled; Henri is sure she's someone amazing, and gives her a recommendation to St. Marie Academy, a school famous for turning out master patissieres!<br /><br />No sooner than she transfers, Ichigo finds herself amongst the biggest big-shots of the entire middle school, and faced with more troubles than her klutzy self is quite ready to handle. But with the help of her "Sweets Spirit" Vanilla... who knows what'll be possible?<br /><br />

Four cute school romance stories, all having some sort of time theme. In the first story, a girl discovers she can freeze time. In story 2, a girl discovers she can communicate with a boy living 6 years in the past through notes written on her desk. In Story 3, a girl finds herself living the same day over and over again (like the movie Groundhog Day) and finally, a girl who has a crush on a boy 3 years her junior discovers what the world would be like if he were the one who was 3 years older instead.