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Our meeting and intimacy… I can’t believe he planned it all! Lauren spends a passionate night with a man she just met. She hasn't been in the mood for romance since she divorced her abusive husband, so why now…? A few hours before, Lauren was preparing for her publishing company’s party. There, she met the gorgeous and kind publishing agent Michael Timberlane. She tried to keep their interaction business-oriented but failed terribly and fell into his arms. Lauren cannot forget the lingering sensation of their hot night, but she finds out the next day that Michael approached her to get revenge…

The Lord d'Arenville has good looks, almost like a Greek sculpture, but has been called the Ice Earl because of the way he treats women. Tallie, a resident tutor, is busy planning a party for him. Then, she accidentally overhears him in conversation: "What I want for my wife, is someone who has good teeth and wide enough hips for childbearing." Is that all he thinks of women? She becomes angrier still when she overhears that he thinks she'd make him a good wife!

This story is based on the life of the famous historical author, Izumi Kyoka, who wrote about the fantastic in the Meiji period. In this manga, Kyoka writes for the Fantasy Club magazine, and he encounters many supernatural, often onmyoudou-related, incidents. Together with his managing editor Kozuki Masumi, other friends and colleagues, and his own mysterious abilities, Kyoka tries to find a way to resolve each mysterious situation

Cordelia, daughter of a countess, can't seem to get married–mostly because her little sister Priscilla keeps stealing the hearts of her suitors. Ready to resign herself to a spinster fate, Cordelia is surprised when a handsome man suddenly courts her–and he's a prince, no less! Prince Leonhardt, who possesses the power of a legendary lion, is a widely admired man but has his own quirks, such as pursuing Cordelia because he was drawn to her scent. How cat-like is this man?! A fun (and feline) fantasy romance!

Akane's a college student who agrees to date Takuya, a tough-looking guy who's her least favorite type. He's always kind, and when he touches her...!

I don’t know why, but I can feel normal when I’m around him… At an early age, Allie was discovered to have a very high IQ. At seventeen she earned her PhD, and at twenty-four she works as a researcher. However, Allie feels as though something in her life is missing. She decides to take a long vacation to figure things out, but her car breaks down on the way to her friend’s house. Allie’s rescued by Linc, who sees her as a clumsy girl, but when she has another chance encounter with him, she decides it’s better that he believes she’s a normal, careless girl rather than a genius!

A headstrong princess, serving a mysterious prince as punishment…! As a punishment for her willful behavior, Princess Liesa is sent to serve as a maid in a nearby castle. There she finds a mysterious legend, and the beautiful, even more mysterious Prince Franz. When Liesa finds a curious letter inside the castle walls, she and the lonely-eyed prince begin a quest to dispel the secrets hidden within the castle…

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: As Asuka dreams of marrying a wealthy man, she has polished both the appearance and mind. Now it is rumored that she is the coolest beauty in the secretary division of the company. However, one of her friends ran away with the elite who she wished to marry. She had a drink in desperation, and slept with Yuroki, a nephew of the president of the company. Meanwhile, Yuroki is assigned to the secretary division, and the delicate relationship between him and Asuka begins. Asuka who is naive, though she is a capable woman, and Yuroki who is capable, though he is a greenhorn, develop a sweet love in a mature way. A long-awaited series of love story has been made in manga. Title List: 1. It’s Early Yet For Cinderella 2. Unhappy Again Tonight, Snow white 3. Sleeping Beauty’s Sleepless Night 4. Love Your Way

"I'm your son." When Sae is in the depths of despair after finding out about her husband's affair, the one who reaches out to her is... a mysterious young man who looks like her husband?

After losing her home in a fire, Joy jumps at the opportunity to work as a live-in maid. With her young daughter, Holly, in tow, Joy meets Sam, a billionaire whose handsome appearance isn’t what she expected. Though he hides behind a cold exterior, Joy catches glimpses of kindness in his face. Why does he shun Christmas, and small children, the way he does? As Joy tries to reach the answers to her questions, she finds herself drawn to him more and more…

Clio spent her university days surrounded by an elite group of four young, brilliant boys. However, since graduating she’s been faced with setback after setback in the real world. When success eludes her, she decides it would be better to at least be the wife of a man who is successful. And so she gets engaged to Jackson, a successful man with a despicable character. After she’s betrayed by him, Clio, lost and bewildered, finds help in the form of Stefan, her close friend from college. Though he scoffs at her present condition, he reaches out his hand and lends her his assistance. Clinging to his outstretched hand, Clio can’t possibly know that she’s making the worst decision of her life!

He may regret their time together, but Grace never could. Grace secretly gave birth to her former boss’s baby. She’d thought he was the perfect partner, but when she told him she was pregnant, he changed completely, claiming she was trying to trap him in marriage! She resolved to be a single mother, but worried for the child who would never know its father. So she went to talk to him one last time…having no idea that it would only make matters worse!

It’s the perfect opportunity for revenge… Because of the infamous reputations of her mother and aunt, Kate was treated horribly throughout her youth by the locals in her hometown. She leaves in order to make a successful life for herself, only returning ten years later, ready to exact her revenge. But soon after arriving, she meets Jack, a handsome, charming man who seems out of place there. The two fall quickly into a heated affair, though Kate has no idea that Jack is in fact one of the people she’d planned to get revenge on…

Dana Dilinger is the perfect secretary fo R.J.Maitland, the company president. She's loyal and she would do anything for R.J., not only for her job but also becaise she's deeply in love with him. Dana knows R.J. is out of her league, she's been told as much her whole life. When a baby is left on the company's doorstep one day, R.J. decided to step up and take care of it. The only thing he needs is a wife. He can't imagine anyone better for the job than Dana and soon they are married. But what kind of marriage will it be? R.J.'s marriage of convenience or Dana's romance for the ages?

When they were in high school, Kelsey and Eric were passionately in love. Then one day, he disappeared without a word, standing her up at their prom. Ten years have passed since then… Now he’s a successful entrepreneur who lives next door to her parents! He still makes her heart pound, but he’s hard to read. Kelsey refuses to let herself be swept away by him. She needs to focus on more important things?as single mother, she desperately needs a job at his company. This volume also includes the story Rosa. Fate seems to have crossed the paths of Selena, a caretaker to the elderly Godfrey, and Ethan, a self-made businessman who built his career up from nothing. They’re feuding over the rights to a painting, but this mysterious painting has a history far richer and more magical than they ever imagined.

When will he stop treating his wife like his little sister? Ever since she was young, Mattie has had a crush on James, her father’s business partner. But the eligible young bachelor, poised to marry a beautiful socialite, is always hounded by the media. Mattie believes that a plain girl like her is no match for him. One day, his engagement is suddenly called off. To evade the media, he stays at Mattie’s house during the Christmas holidays. He then proposes marriage to her. Is it an act to get back at his ex-fiancée? Or could it be something else?

From the moment Rick first saw Nelly, his future sister-in-law, he was aroused. What would it feel like to unload all over that demure face? The large breasts he glimpsed, though she tried to hide them, drove him crazy. He stayed at the Cavendish estate to have Nelly, and blackmailed her with his brother's secret... "Come to my room tonight. Or else, you know?"

Yui Takanashi is a career-oriented woman who has a reputation in her office as being out of everybody's leagues... but in reality, she's actually an extremely late-bloomer when it comes to relationships. She doesn't want to disappoint anyone, so she throws herself into work. One day, after she agrees to join a mixer out of the blue, she meets chiropractor Sota Kikuchi, who's got her ideal muscular body. She lets her guard down around him. However, Sota kisses her sweetly and gently. He stimulates her in a sensitive spot in a way that she's never known, making her mind go blank just as she's fretting over whether or not to tell him she's never been with anyone...

The noble and faithful Princess Elena married the war hero, Marquess Loupe. However, because the marquess came from a lower-class background, the princess did not allow him to approach her at all. But in reality… Elena, consumed by curiosity about sex, which had been suppressed through her strict upbringing, secretly masturbated while thinking about Loupe…

In 1812, more than one hundred years before the Russian revolution, there was a youthful Russian Army captain, beautiful and proud. Blue-eyed Alex, a favorite of the tsar, is accompanying him to England. But Alex is a woman—born into the nobility, she ran away from home when forced to marry. Since then she has pretended to be a man. But when she meets the bright Duke Calder in England, she falls in love. Is it time for Alex to reveal her true self?

Twenty-year-old Eva is the princess of Kyonos, a small island country in the Aegean Sea. Her dreams aren't big: she just wants a life of wedded bliss with a man who loves her for who she is. But life isn't so simple for princesses and it seems her dream will never come true. Her father has arranged for her to marry a man for political gain. But six months before the wedding is to take place, Eva's got a new bodyguard-Makhail Nabatov, a man whose cool, calm demeanor never cracks and whose emotions never show on his chiseled face. He's beginning to awaken feelings inside Eva's heart that she herself doesn't understand...

"Omaha" the Cat Dancer is an erotic comic strip and later comic book created by artist Reed Waller and writer Kate Worley. Set in fictional Mipple City, Minnesota (derived from "MPLS", the old postal abbreviation for Minneapolis) in a universe populated by anthropomorphic animal characters, the strip is a soap opera focusing on Omaha, a feline exotic dancer, and her lover, Chuck, the son of a business tycoon.[1] The strip debuted in the funny animal magazine Vootie, and it was subsequently published in a number of underground comix in the late 1970s and early 1980s. "Omaha" the Cat Dancer became the subject of the eponymous comic book series published from 1984 to 1993 by Kitchen Sink Press; it was relaunched by Fantagraphics Books through 1995. The final chapters of the strip's storyline were published in Sizzle magazine, beginning in 2006. "Omaha" the Cat Dancer was the first of several comic books published in the early 1980s which integrated explicit sex into their storylines, rather than using sex for shock value. The comic was the subject of a number of obscenity controversies, and it was nominated for multiple Eisner Awards in 1989 and 1991.

Han Shin-woo met a female college student, Ga-yeon, at a club where he and his classmates went for a graduation party. They met by coincidence when he helped her in getting out of a bad position, and they ended up dating. Shin-woo looked young and naïve, and Ga-yeon is charmed by Han Shin-woo's handsome appearance. Then March came. Shin-woo will be a third-year homeroom teacher at Daehan High School, where he was appointed for the first time, and the class president of class 1 in the third year is Jin Ga-yeon...? "Could it be that you have an older sister?" Shin-woo asked, almost like he was clutching a stick. "...I don't." Ga-yeon's voice replied mixed with tears. / Ga-yeon's voice was filled with sadness as she spoke.

Misyoshi Yoshiko is working her way as a model by doing various modeling gigs for her agency. After one of those gigs causes her to lose her job as a model, she now faces a desperate situation of being broke and unemployed. Things start to look up when she gets offered another modeling job, but this time it’s modeling for Chuujou Tarou, the lecherous sculptor who got her fired in the first place! How will Yoshiko handle working for a perverted employer who can’t keep his hands off her–not because he’s attracted to her, but because he likes her bone structure?!

Yukimi has the misfortune of being very easily possessed by spirits, and realizes that she has been cursed with a guardian ghost. And so all of her dates with men end badly. When she goes to the temple to ask for an exorcism, the good-looking head priest suddenly proposes to her!? Is this lucky? Or unlucky?

He was my first crush and I never wanted to see his face again… Hope starts working as a live-in housekeeper as a way of proving her worth to her successful family. Upon arriving at the mansion, she’s surprised to meet Ralph Browne, the owner of the estate. He was the boy who tore her dress in the middle of the dance floor in high school! Now she has to live with him? And on top of that, he won’t stop whispering sweet nothings in her ear!

“I will marry you, but I have no intention to share a bed with you.” The charismatic princess of Bashar meets the sharpest sword of the empire! The life of the two newlyweds united for alliance is a battle in itself. The tingling thriller of a romance between two brave and beautiful individuals who have never loved unfolds!

Ikuko, an Arasa (a woman in her thirties), is dating a useless man who freeloads at her house and doesn't have a regular job. ikuko tries to break up with him after seeing that there is no bright future with him, but somehow they always end up having sex...!? That’s when a first-rate man, who’s eyeing Ikuko, appears!! A silly love story between a hopeless man and a woman around her thirties!

Chinatsu, an office employee, finds herself forced into an arrangement by her parents where she has to live with a potential marriage partner. He seems kind of moody, but whenever he lets slip a smile, Chinatsu feels her heart skip a beat. He's kind and perfectly attentive, too... So, maybe he's not so bad? Is how she feels until night comes around, and he completely changes! "What? You've never bathed with a man before?" He teasingly whispers into her ear, his fingers reaching ever closer to her most sensitive spot. Slipping his fingers inside her, she can't take any more and finds release...! If this happens every night, there's no way her body will last... And yet the next day, he's introduced at her office as a new manager! Any chance he gets, he embraces her, telling her how badly he wants her... How is she supposed to resist that!? Whether it's at home or the office, there's no end to this peerless man's desire!!

Upright and serious secretary Emily is always being confronted with her handsome boss's woman troubles. Not only is Kadir a talented businessman who regularly travels around the world, he's also the prince of a bountiful desert kingdom. And he has a prodigious talent for attracting women. One day, after Kadir receives an emergency message from his home country, he makes an outrageous request: he'll pay Emily a huge sum if she pretends to be his horrible wife! Just what does he have planned?

Andrew, a charming servant in a grand Irish estate, is known for his playful charisma and flirtations. When Nora Greenwood, a quiet and enigmatic guest, arrives, she becomes the subject of a wager among the servants: can Andrew seduce her? What starts as a game quickly unravels when Andrew discovers that Nora is far from the timid woman he expected. Beneath her reserved demeanor lies a sharp wit and a surprising strength that turns his lighthearted challenge into something far more complicated. As their encounters spark a clash of minds and hearts, Andrew must confront the unexpected: has he finally met his match, or is he the one being played?

The result of sweet temptation is her inescapable marriage to a marquess… In the middle of Belinda’s wedding, a man’s voice suddenly rings out saying, “Belinda is my wife.” The owner of that voice is none other than real estate mogul and Marquess of Eastershire Colin Granville. On a trip to Las Vegas two years ago, Belinda completely forgot herself and gave in to the sweet temptation of this sexy and handsome man. She ended up saying something incredibly foolish. “If we get married, I’ll sleep with you.” She never would have thought that she would then go on to not only marry him, but actually sleep with him, too… The next day, they'd planned to file for an annulment, but now he’s butting in on her wedding!

Could a masked stranger be the answer to this princess's dreams? Princess Giselle de Marginy of Taurus is unhappy about one of the kingdom's old laws. According to the law, if a woman of royalty wishes to become keeper of Merrisand, she must be married, but Giselle doesn't want to marry just for a title… One day she attends a masked ball where she meets a man with mysterious blue eyes. Giselle feels a magnetic attraction to the man, but he leaves without revealing his identity. However, she will soon meet him again in a most unexpected way…

Nicholas arrives at party with anything but fun on his mind, having been served divorce papers earlier in the day. When Danielle finds him more entertaining than the rest of the crowd, the two escape for a night of passion. But when he dismisses Danielle with a stack of money instead of breakfast in bed, she leaves in shame and anger and goes about her life full of resentment, unable to forget that night. Seven years later, Nicholas comes to her once again, paying for a different set of services. Will Danielle's pride be bought yet again?

You won't leave this game until every part of you belongs to me." Sergio Torrente, an Italian businessman, is surprised at who he sees in the surveillance camera. The mysterious person making moves every night against his challenging chess display at the office turns out to be a cleaner clad in a shabby uniform. But how could such a beautiful woman be just a cleaner? Drawn to the mysterious woman, Sergio summons her and declares that she will play a game of chess with him every night, starting this very day!

This volume is a collection of three short stories by Yoshihara Yuki. Ningyo OujiMinako a hardworking office lady encountered a merman in the pond and was entranced by the beauty of his youth.(Also included in Yoshihara Yuki the Best Selection)Kimi ni Okuru Hana wo TsumuTakuto died and left behind his girlfriend, Kaya, but several years later, Takuto comes back and possesses the body of her new boyfriend…Sekai wa Futari de Dekite IruYouko is a succubus from hell and her rocket lands on the earth to feed off man's efforts. But one day, she met an ultra-refined priest and...(Also included in Yoshihara Yuki the Best Selection)

Tired of immature love affairs, Eriko merge into the world of cyberspace, making her very own Blog on How she strives to reach her real happiness... On the wide coverage of this online diary, can she finally get what she's looking for?This philosophy of love is attracting a great deal of bloggers' attention!!

That kiss seven years ago has kept me from loving anyone but you… When Theodora visits the manor of her late aunt, she’s suddenly reunited with Damon, the town’s rebel and a man whom she hasn’t seen in seven years. Back then, Damon called her naive and teased her with a kiss. She’s been unable to forget him ever since. Now faced with the opportunity to work with him, Theodora decides to use this chance to settle her feelings for Damon. How is it possible, though, that he’s become even more dangerously enchanting?

Olivia has just arrived at the home of her London lover, who sets her heart alight. However, the man who appears at the door, Decan, coldly tells her that this is his home and he has no idea where her lover is. What is she supposed to do now? Unwilling to leave Olivia to deal with her troubles alone, Decan introduces her to one of his acquaintances who runs an apartment building. Seemingly abandoned by her lover, Olivia realizes she is strangely drawn to Decan. She sees him around town and he shows up in her dreams. How can she resist his gentle smile?

Princess Nadia believes offering her virginity to King Zayed, a long-standing, hostile enemy of her country, is the best way to forge peace between their countries. And so Nadia disguises herself as a dancer and infiltrates the king’s chambers. Here she will seduce the king, who is rumored to be a vulgar man. As pure Nadia trembles in his bed, the king finally appears, but he’s dignified and good-looking—completely different from his terrible reputation! Now what will become of Nadia’s plan? What will become of Nadia?

I thought he was the one… Did he only sleep with me for the sake of his job? Ruth, head chef at her family’s hotel, is drowning her sorrows alone in the hotel kitchen. All of her cousins are married, and she’s the only single one left. On top of that, her boyfriend just dumped her… When is it going to be her turn? At that moment, a stunningly handsome man—Robert—walks in. As they talk, she discovers that they are perfect for each other. She’s never met anyone like him before! By a trick of fate, she ends up spending the night with him. The next day, she is horrified to learn Robert’s true identity—he is a representative from the corporation currently attempting to buy out their hotel!

An unexpected marriage proposal from the professor Trixie adored left her, an apprentice nurse, completely astonished. She knows she isn’t the most beautiful girl or the most talented, so what has drawn him to her? Ever since Trixie lost her parents in an accident when she was a child, she has been treated like a servant by the aunt and uncle who took her in. Her love of the professor was the only light that shone upon her misfortune, and the chance of becoming his wife makes her happy, but can she trust that he truly loves her as she wants him to?

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Abby was suddenly proposed to by the company president, Tanner. However, Tanner only wanted Abby to pretend to be his wife in order to buy a confectionary company. Finding it strange and sudden, Abby hesitated to accept Tanner’s proposal, but before long she begins to fall for his kind and caring personality. With negotiations underway, a sudden request by the company owner stuns Tanner. In order for him to buy the company, he must first impress its owner with an original dessert, and the only person who can help him is Abby.

From JShoujo Scans:Love Stalking!Mizuki's life's a mess. She has an obsessive stalker who's been leaving her creepy messages in her mail box, and her boyfriend dumps her because he got sick and tired of being harassed by her relentless stalker. Just when she decides to move out of her apartment, Natsume, a good-looking guy who reminds her of her ex moves in next door. Can he protect her from her stalker? And what's this about him being in love with her friend?!Jumping to the Wrong ConclusionCalled Noe-chan by all her admirers, guys who she became friends with because they weren't her type, she's the cutest girl in school... But underneath that cute exterior is a tomboyish girl who just wants a boyfriend. What's Noe supposed to do when the one she does end up liking, Touji-kun, already has a girlfriend?End of SummerYuki feels stifled in her own home because her parents nag her to study, study, study. When she finally goes off the deep end and sees her parent's faces as textbooks, you know she just has to get away, right? So at the beginning of summer she leaves a note promising she'll be back by the next school term, and ends up living with one of her classmates and his older brother for a couple of weeks.Doing the 180Wakana's boyfriend Nobuyuki misses her so much, he decides to leave Tokyo to go to school with her and live near her! But what if Wakana is so thrilled about her boyfriend suddenly showing up, she becomes extremely embarrassed and conveys the opposite of her feelings?!

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Carrie is preoccupied with worry when her brother fails to show up for work. Then Nikos Spirakis, the king of the transport industry, appears before her. He informs her that her brother has run off after getting Nikos’s sister pregnant, and in revenge Nikos wants Carrie to have his baby. She’s repulsed by his arrogance…but unexpectedly drawn to him at the same time!

From Good Girls Scan BL: Matsuoka is addicted to the high he gets when he’s showered with stares of men when he walks the streets at night, dressed in the clothes of his ex-girlfriend. One night, his gloomy superior from work, Hirosue, rescues him after he’s sexually assaulted by a man who’d been passing by. Though Hirosue was infamous for his awkwardness and dullness, Matsuoka found himself attracted to the former’s sincere affections towards him. Dressed as a woman, he meets up with Hirosue and ends up receiving a confession of love. I won’t see you again. I can’t see you again. When Matsuoka realises his feelings, he…?! The long-awaited manga adaptation of Konohara Narise’s masterpiece of the bitterness and beauty of an impossible love!