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Rutile is an ordinary girl who works at a sundries shop, but she has a very rare blood type. One day, she went to donate her blood and met the desert prince. As soon as Prince Kasim saw Rutile, he called her the fated bride and tried to take her back to his country. At first, Rutile was confused, but she ultimately decided to go with him because she was moved by his devotion to his brother. However, Kasim suddenly made an unexpected request...!

Lily, who was betrayed by her fiancé right before their wedding, takes her broken heart to Milan. She stays with her loving aunt and works as an Italian chef. She also reunites with her teenage crush, Alessandro, and all the bittersweet feelings for her first love come rushing back… Now he is one of the most successful businessmen in Italy. But despite her feelings for him, it is too painful for Lily to spend time with Alessandro while still reeling from her fiancé’s betrayal. Unless Alessandro can be the one to help heal her heart…

All Ell wants is for a warrior to come along and kill him so he can finally achieve a comfortable life after death. Just when it looks like he might get his wish, he accidentally kills the warrior who came to end his life. But Ell soon comes up with a different plan: if there are no warriors to kill him, he can raise one himself! So Ell the dragon, Lafi the magician, and Dino the baby warrior become an unconventional family. However, Ell soon discovers it’s harder than he thought to teach a baby combat moves!

Jake believes he is destined to live a life of one-night stands and short relationships, to the point where he's founded the Sowing Wild Oats Forever club with his best bud, Brad. When Brad gets married, the club is forever split, but Jake finds himself attracted to the maid of honor. Anabel, or Bel, believes that sex is something you do only to enhance the love in a relationship, and while she's smitten with Jake, she finds herself conflicted given Jake's goals. His grandmother told him that he could never commit to one woman, and would just follow in the footsteps of the men in his life who cheated on his mom and grandmother. Can Jake settle down, or will Bel accept that the man of her dreams might eventually be a bitter memory?

Until the two rings are reunited, the path to true love will be difficult for the Covelli family... Angelina Covelli has lived to work since she lost the man she loved...until she meets CEO John Rossi on the job, and feels her hardened heart start to melt. Unfortunately, she then finds out that his ancestors are the ones who placed a curse on her family...

"I've stopped being satisfied by supporting other people's love!" As a dating advisor nearing 30, I'll use that energy so that I can give myself a shot at my own love story...

Jeong Tae-se, a genius pianist known as the “Second Beethoven,” seemed like someone who would never know the meaning of failure. However, his world of art begins to crumble under a severe slump. Then, Kang Seol-ah appears before Tae-se, bringing him new inspiration and emotions. Tae-se offers to pay off Seol-ah’s debt of 215 million won in exchange for her body… “10 million won.” “I’ll pay off 10 million won of your debt every time you sleep with me.” I don’t know what it is about you that drives me crazy, but you’re mine, Kang Seol-ah.

[OFFICIAL SUMMARY FROM MANGAPLAZA] "Let's start a contractual marriage." Although Lily is stuck on the streets after getting kicked out of her home, Chris welcomes her into his lovely cafe. His delicious tea and soft-spoken words reassure her that everything will be alright. Woken up with a kiss, Lily reckons a new life isn't so bad after all. Kind, but with hidden secrets, Chris, a noble-man, opens a warm, sweet, Victorian cafe with an unspoiled maiden.

Madison is nervous. She was entered in an auction to be bidded on for her housekeeping skills. She will provide the winner with housework for a week. She puts her guard up as soon as she finds out the notorious playboy millionaire Alex Donahue won the bid. He demands that she be a hostess at a business party he’s throwing, but he’s having a hard time keeping his eyes off her!

[from Behind The Smut:] "I don't intend to treat this as a one-night stand. I'll take responsibility, and make you happy for the rest of your life...!" Shirakawa Anzu, 26 years old. She's serious and not good at relying on others, so she has her hands full in both love and work... When she finally gets dumped by her boyfriend, she gets drunk and has a one-night stand with her boss, but he's called a "modern-day samurai" and a stubborn man! The next day, he feels responsible for her, and declares that he'll make her happy forever...?! Some loves start on their knees! A slightly-mature love story between a samurai boss and a heart-broken girl that goes against the usual progression of love!

When Emily Blake innocently kissed formidable Italian count Rafael Di Salis, she didn't know that she was bound by her late father's wishes to marry him. Emily agreed to be the count's wife until she reached twenty-one... Count Rafael has bided his time. He's kept his passions under iron control for two years--his bride was young and he did not want to claim her until she was woman enough to handle him. But now she has come of age, she will be his!

Chloe agreed to a marriage of convenience with a young businessman named Ariston in order to save her father's company five years ago. But it wasn't long before she'd fallen completely in love with him. She was supposed to get pregnant within three years of their marriage, but when that didn't happen, they got divorced. With her family business once again in trouble, she pays her ex-husband a visit, hoping he can save it. Ariston is as charming as she remembers. Then he gives her a surprising proposition after hearing her plea. "I need you to have my baby."

Russian recent college graduate Marko is looking forward to traveling the world with his lover. However, he is abducted by a mysterious being to the end of the universe, ruining his plans. That mysterious being assigns Marko a ten-year mission. All Marko can do is give his all to the mission and befriend his alien coworkers. This is the peculiar story depicting life in a place far removed from Earth.

After waking up in a hotel and having to rush to work before she finds out who she was there with, Komatsu realizes she has no memory of the night before. Not only that, but the company darling Tachibana has taken a sudden interest in her. Was he the one she was with that night? And if so, what happened between them...and where will they go from here?

Go Jiwon has been with her loving boyfriend for five years, but there's just one problem with their relationship: their sex life is horrible! Not only is Jiwon terrified to tell him the truth, she's also very shy about sex. Her friend, Park Hanna, is a famous sex blogger who enjoys one-night stands but doesn't let herself get emotionally attached to any man... until she runs into a very special guy. Both girls want to be loved, but will they be able to find the relationships they actually want? A Good Relationship ⓒkim in-jeong/KAKAO WEBTOON Studio Published by TAPAS ENTERTAINMENT 2023

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A compilation of romance short stories that happened among people who have resonance in love.

Greg is at a loss right before Christmas. His loan applications have been denied left and right, and he’s ready to give up on life after all the mistakes he’s made. He abandoned his pregnant girlfriend in his teenage years. He coldheartedly rejected a financial plea by someone he owed his life to in his twenties. He didn’t see his mother before her death in his thirties. As he lies in the snow in despair, a bright presences shines before him. Is it an angel come to forgive all of his horrible past mistakes?

Shelly Cole, a newly-fledged American actress came to Aldun Kingdom aspiring to perform at the Royal Theater. She works part-time at a cafe as she tries out for several auditions but fails every time. Just when she lost all her confidence, she meets a mysterious man named Earnest who claims to be her fan. Behind his messy hair and glasses is a handsome and kind man who gives Shelly the courage to stand up again. The two bond over their love of plays but ever since a certain event, Shelly couldn't see him again... That is because Earnest is Aldun's prince in disguise as a civilian!

Emperor Carlos Afforny suffers from an awful curse that causes him to smell a foul stench from everything and everyone at all times. In a desperate attempt to break the ever-worsening curse, he summons Ersala, the apprentice of the Grand Witch, to the imperial palace. However, lacking experience, she fails to fully lift the curse leading to the stench vanishing for the emperor but only when Ersala is within his vicinity. Moreover, with Ersala being able to use magic only once a year, it seems she is tied to the emperor, almost quite literally, until she can attempt to lift the curse again.

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Dia, a servant with no memories of her past, endured years of hardship at House Nohles when things suddenly changed. Cruel Emperor Kaire drags Dia to his palace and asks if she knows who she truly is. Then, one night, Dia sees Kaire covered in someone else's blood, begging her to ask – who is he?

This is compilation of 3 loosely connected stories of vampire/human romances.

Ajax Kouros has been trained and groomed to inherit the Holt business empire?on the condition that he marry into the family. Though Leah had always admired Ajax from afar, it was her beautiful older sister he chose to marry. Leah resigned herself to her fate and sealed her feelings away...until her older sister left her husband-to-be at the altar for her family's business rival!

Gemma is a matchmaker, and her latest client is the prince of Kyonos, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Stavros needs to find a wife before he succeeds the throne. The minute Gemma shakes his hand, the chemistry is instant and she feels as if she's been struck by lightning. Who knew men like this existed? But he's her client and that makes him off-limits. His most important requirement for a wife is that she be able to bear him an heir. Gemma works frantically to find him the perfect match, so...why does she feel like he's directing all of his steamy gazes her way?

He made my cowardly self feel special… Surrounded by growling wolves, Mary Ellen freezes. She’d only recently moved to Michigan to start over after being left at the altar by her fiancé… Would this be the end for her? But then out of nowhere she hears a man’s voice telling her not to move. Steve, an animal ecologist who is studying wolves, calmly helps get her to safety down the mountain. Despite her past heartache, Mary is enamored by this fascinating man and his passion for his job. Before she can settle her feelings, Steve kisses her. What could this lead to?

"When this person touches me, I become strange..."Nika, who works at the body care store, "Ma chambre nature", doesn't like others touching her hands because she worries about her dry skin. But, one day, the ace of the product proposal and development department, Fumiya, took a liking to her hands! What's more, he asks Nika to help him with product development as a tester. "It can't be anyone else, but you." He says, as Nika falls for him. He affectionately touches not only her hands, but her whole body...!? This is a story of pure love and fetishism where reason and instinct are at odds!

Ruby, the youngest and most inexperienced of her sisters, went to a party solo one night where she met a very handsome man, Sander. She ended up going to bed with him. But the following morning, he totally changed his attitude toward her and kicked her out of his room. Six years have passed. The only thing that gives her life purpose is her twin sons. Out of nowhere, Sander appears and tries to take the children away from her, forcing her to make an bold proposition in order to spite this wealthy man!

When her marriage to Alejandro, Spanish heir to the vast Vasquez family estate, fell apart due to a misunderstanding, a pregnant Jemima escaped to the English countryside. Two years later, she’s raising her child, Alfie, when Alejandro suddenly steps into their lives. He claims he can ignore her past indiscretions with his brother, but is Jemima ready to face the wrath of Doña Hortencia, his cold-hearted mother, in order to give her son the family he deserves?

Asuka, a police-woman, wishes to arrest the phantom thief Cerberus, who is widely talked about in town, because he kissed her by force…!Besides the title story filled with love and action, this volume include three other chapters containing more love and comedy.Prequel:> Atashi wa Sore wo Gaman Dekinai(https://manhuascan.com/comic/_/comics/atashi-wa-sore-wo-gaman-dekinai-r6169)

Reunited with her first love, the demon that trampled her heart… When Vivi learned that her kind foster parents were in trouble, she asked her estranged grandfather for help. But in exchange for money, her grandfather offered her the cruelest of conditions—she would have to marry Raffaele Mancini! Two years ago, the Italian duke rejected Vivi coldly, shattering her heart. But now, meeting Raffaele again, she can’t resist his still-smoldering charm and spends the night with him…

Following the first year high school student, Arisugawa Hikaru, comes a tale of Gaitou: a thief who only appears in dreams and steals the darkness inside of people's hearts. Hikaru, one of the Gaitou, hunts down Gai rabbits, one of the lower-class demons that seek the darkness in humans. With the aid of his companion, Ban, Hikaru protects people from falling into despair, however, the game has yet to begin.

Natasha Lacey was born and raised in Sutton Minster, and what's left of her family still resides there at a place known as Lacey Court. Now on the brink of thirty, Natasha has resigned herself to being a virgin spinster for the rest of her days. That is until she suddenly finds herself trapped in the passionate embrace of the devilishly handsome Luke Templecombe! With her mind in a tizzy from the desire welling up inside her, Natasha struggles to fend off the alluring Luke.

Waka, an office worker, finally turned 30 last month. Although her days are filled with work, she has no desire to fall in love or get married… This is the first time she’s ever been in a hotel room. But when she wakes up, she finds herself in a hotel room with a handsome younger man! He’s not very good at sex though… She thought she’d never see him again. But she ends up running into the man, Nao, who works at her favorite cafe, once more.

A single dad trying to raise his daughter by himself, he does it with love but it gets harder every passing day. But then he meets his daughter's new math tutor, a bright young girl who is just trying to find her way through life. Fate brought these two together, but can their love survive the trials and tribulations before them? A beautiful love story between two unlikely matches!

Rachel Holt has lived her life in the service of her family, taking care to live up to her father's standards. Her fiance, Ajax, is an earnest man who learned business management from her father. And after they marry, he's slated to take over the family business. Despite it being a loveless marriage, Rachel has no reason to object. That is...until she meets Alex on the island where she is spending her last days as a single woman. They fall for each other instantly and spend a passionate night together. But the following morning, she makes a shocking discovery. Alex's motive is to seek revenge against Ajax!

Even though you hate me, I still love you… Worried about her aging grandmother, Emily visited her grandmother’s mansion after a long absence. Eleven years earlier, she'd fallen in love with Lucas, the man next door. However, after a painful encounter, and his engagement, she fell out of love with him. At least Lucas was now working as a doctor in faraway Africa—there was no way that they would run into each other now. But, sadly, his wife passed away and he had returned to his home. To make matters worse, a fire broke out in her grandmother’s mansion the very night Emily arrived, meaning Emily and her grandmother have nowhere else to go but Lucas’s nearby home. Unbelievable! How on earth is Emily going to be able to share a roof him?

How can the temptations by a man be enjoyable… ♥♥ It’s irritating. Besides drawing the title work of “Longing for the Devil’s Love”, this is a compilation of “A Fiery Kiss On A Rooftop”, “His Feverish Glance” and “The House Touched By A Spirit”.

Marla and Jaicey are twin sisters. They were separated at birth and reunited 24 years later, but Jaicey asks Marla to keep it a secret. She doesn't want her loving adopted family to know about Marla yet. Jaicey's brother, Jake, regards his sister's new "friend" with suspicion and is mean to Marla, but she is just happy to have a family of her own, after years of loneliness. How could she have known that more suffering awaits her...?

An ideal secretary is required to fulfill all of the boss’s desires… In order to investigate Andreas, a wealthy Greek man who put her sister through hell, Carrie applies to be his private secretary. Andreas has some doubts about her identity and decides to challenge her with extreme demands and work conditions. Hitting the limit of her patience, Carrie resists his orders and reveals her identity. Now he’s threatening a lawsuit against her. But then he offers her an unexpected alternative—marry him for six months!

Professional gambler Lorna lives the drifting life: hit one casino, clean house, and then move on to the next. Her luck runs out when savvy casino owner, Dante Raintree notices her unusual winning streak. She expects an interrogation, but what she gets is far more eerie: he reveals he's psychic, just like her! Dante, convinced Lorna's a supernatural spy sent to collapse his clan of psychics, drags her to his home as a captive! In book 1 of the Raintree miniseries, Lorna travels on a journey of self-discovery and passionate romance!

From Antisense Scanslations: "I don't need this ring anyway!" She thought she saw the last of the promise ring from her ex-boyfriend until a water god came out of her bathtub and gave her 3 seconds to answer his question! Because of her sadness she lied to his second question so he takes it upon himself to purify her with his water; tentacle style!

“I want you to pretend to be my lover.” At the request of her lovable friend, the old millionaire Kastro, Joanna arrives in Greece to play the part of a wicked woman who deceives the elderly. Sure enough, the Kastro residence is in an uproar over the young lover the sixty-seven-year-old head of the family has brought with him. But a fated meeting awaits her there. It is with old Kastro’s son, Demetrios. Each time she is shot through with his glances of intermingling hostility and jealousy, her body and heart are shaken. But in their positions as a father’s lover and his son, they cannot possibly be drawn together…

The wounds of love can be healed by a greater romance… Ellie recently broke up with her boyfriend, who’s also her colleague, and the upcoming company party has become a thorn in her side. It will be embarrassing whether she attends or not. She’d love to find the perfect man to escort her—someone who has power and fame and is also tall and handsome… And that wish is easily realized. Her brother, Toby, has brought his boss, Patrick, her Prince Charming, to escort her to the party. Although he’s the man of many women’s dreams, Ellie simply can’t go along with it because there’s a secret between Ellie and Patrick—one she can’t even tell her own brother!

Stories of their last days. I work at a nursing home, taking care of elders living their last days. I deal with their childish tantrums and shed tears as I listen to their life stories. They constantly amaze me with their insights, and most importantly, they remind me of the value of life.

Cheated on by her boss/boyfriend, Nono decides to quit her job and find a new one. On her first day at work though, she injures a company carpenter named Keita. To ease the burden of life while injured, Nono offers to help Keita with things around the house. Within no time, Nono finds herself increasingly attracted to Keita, as his enormous size is in direct contrast with his friendly smile and warmth. But though it's supposedly their first time meeting, Keita seems to have met Nono before?! This love story between seemingly incompatible characters is one you don't want to miss!

Ever since her husband died eleven years ago, Nadia has been busy playing and working to take her mind off things. Now, according to her father's strange will, Nadia is to shut herself in a Dallas penthouse. Her curfew is at midnight and she is not allowed to see any of her friends or go to work. If she disobeys these conditions, she will lose all of her inheritance. What is my father trying to do by keeping me locked in? Two months after this lonely and depressing life started, her penthouse neighbor, who has been away, suddenly appears in front of her. But the minute she sees him, Nadia faints out of shock!

Will Abby find a way to capture Calhoun’s attention and his heart? Abby was raised in the great state of Texas and will soon turn twenty-one. But because of her guardian, Calhoun Ballenger, she’s romantically inexperienced and has never had a boyfriend. He’s been like a big brother to her ever since both of her parents died, but he’s also well-known in town for being a playboy. Still, to Abby he’s the perfect person to fall in love with. However, he’s never seen her as anything but a little sister, and no matter how old she gets, he always treats her like a child. She’s going to have to find a way to prove to him that she’s a grown woman!