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Isobel, who works at a gallery in London, was vacationing on a remote island in Greece when she slipped off a cliff and was knocked unconscious. When she came to, a gorgeous man was looking back at her. He had a salty attitude, and Isobel quickly learned why. He was Lukas, a Greek millionaire. Lukas wondered whether Isobel had injured herself on purpose to lure him in, but his concerns were quickly allayed and their attraction grew. Still, there are dark shadows that loom in Lukas’s eyes and never seem to go away. And a darkness from Isobel’s past lurks in her heart, too.

Shinobu Watanuki (39), who has moved into her husband's family home, is an unsuccessful comic artist. She had planned to use this move as a chance to give up her career, but after one of her old works becomes a hit online, she decides to create a new comic instead. In need of help with this, she looks for an assistant online. A handsome 22-year-old man named Chiaki Tachibana applies to her ad, and Shinobu finds herself at a major turning point in her life. Delve into a poignant tale by a seasoned comic artist, skillfully blending themes of dreams, career, and romance in life from 40.

Nick and Merry planned to be together, but after a terrible accident, Nick developed amnesia and those dreams were shattered. Merry tracks him down and visits his home with their newborn child, but Nick’s sister won’t let Merry see him and Merry tearfully agrees to let his sister adopt her baby. Thirteen years later, her daughter declares that she wants to meet her birth mother. Nick, still unaware, brings her to meet Merry. Has the day finally come for Merry to experience a real family Christmas?

Average, unremarkable Ai Maekawa navigates school life unnoticed...until one day when a spiteful classmate totally humiliates her in front of everyone. Determined to jettison her embarrassing past, she overhauls her image and enrolls at a new high school where no one knows the old Ai. From the start, Ai is the target of romantic advances and jeolous gossip--can a formerly invisible girl handle this avalanche of attention? And is Ai's erstwhile identity as a loser really as far behind her as she hopes?

Sam, who lost her parents at a young age, was raised by her three older brothers to be tough in the face of their family tragedy. Now, she’s known as the fourth son of the Hall family. One day, she attends her friend’s wedding as a bridesmaid but finds the required formalwear uncomfortable…plus a certain man keeps looking in her direction. When he approaches her with a sexy smile, she’s unprepared for the crazy words that come out of his mouth. “How would you like to be my wife?”

He’ll erase my debt…if I agree to be his mistress for three months! Danielle gets a notice of outstanding payment from wealthy businessman Flynn Donovan, but she has no knowledge of the loan! So she takes the letter to his office and is stunned by how attractive he is, and equally shocked by how cruel and callous he is. He explains that her late husband took out a loan for two hundred thousand dollars. Danielle had no idea! Meanwhile Flynn tells her that he’s already heard all about her… He’s convinced she’s a gold digger who goes through men one after another. He demands that she pay him back in full right away or become his mistress. Little does he know how wrong he is about her!

A rich playboy and a socially conscious student—this is going to be one unpredictable date! Garrett, a lecturer by day and a playboy at heart, wanted a hot woman to be his date when he appeared on the TV show Blindside Date, and he chose Jayde. Jayde, a struggling student dedicated to social causes, was shocked by Garrett’s proposal. She planned to reject it, but when the show’s host said they could set up a televised fund-raising opportunity in exchange for her participation, Jayde had second thoughts…

I'm ready for my zero waste life! After relying on fast food and alcohol for too long, a health scare pulls our heroine into the world of "Zero Waste." But her attempts to improve her own health, as well as the health of the planet, start causing issues with the people around her. Is living a zero waste life really possible?

As the American Revolution gains speed, even in the British-controlled harbor town of Newport, rebels are on the move. Catie, the sole proprietor of Hazard Inn since her husband's death, finds out that her home will be used to house British soldiers. Just before they arrive, she sends her daughter, Belinda, away to keep her safe. As she turns to welcome the soldiers, she comes face-to-face with Anthony Sparhawk, the man who saved her eight years ago. They spent only one night together, but she's never forgotten him. He, on the other hand, doesn't remember her at all, but Catie is still anxious. She has a secret that he must never know-Belinda is actually his daughter!

Hannah threw her letter of resignation at her boss, who called her "below average." Still full of hurt, she visits the Blue Moon Inn, where the inn owner suggests she take a walk in the garden. That night was the night of the blue moon?the second full moon of the month. Under the magical moonlight reflected on the derelict stone-walled church, a rude yet sexy man suddenly appears. To Hannah's astonishment, it is her offensive former boss, Roth Jerric! Why would fate punish her like this?

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I’ll no longer spend my Christmases alone. Dawn, a veterinarian, always tries to keep busy when Christmas comes around. If she doesn’t, she’ll remember the terrible breakup she experienced eight years earlier. When she learns that a new owner has moved into the largest mansion in town, she’s ecstatic. Now she’ll be able to secure an event space for the party she’s throwing for the less fortunate. However, she freezes when she sees the mansion’s new owner. It’s Ben, the millionaire who abandoned her! And he’s changed so much that he seems like a different man…

Real estate entrepreneur Noah Locke's secretary, Lily, is at a loss for words. Their client wants to scrap their contract after news leaked on a gossip site about Noah's nefarious playboy antics. So Noah suggests Lily attend the client's daughter's wedding as his fiancee to help solve the issue. When Lily puts the engagement ring on, she tells herself it's just pretend and that Noah can never know that she's secretly in love with him. But when they kiss for the first time, the passion feels all too real...

He's going to be my husband? Princess Brit is forced to marry to preserve the royal bloodline, so she flees the palace and heads for the distant North Sea. But on the way there, her plane crashes, and she is thrown against the steep cliffs. She's hurt and terrified! As if in answer to her pleas for help, a dark shadow appears. Is he the legendary black knight? No-it's Eric Greyfell. He's as beautiful as a hero from Norse myth, but his heart is as impenetrable as a stone statue. And he's the man she was expected to marry!

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Maris, the daughter of the well-respected Mackenzie family, has one ideal man, and he's a horse! A famous horse named Soul Pleasure. "His tight body, his intelligent black eyes... There's no man in the world as spectacular as this horse!" she says. But one day, she happens to overhear a plot to murder Soul Pleasure, and then she's struck by the criminal, losing consciousness. The next day, she finds herself in bed with a half-naked man-one so handsome it's as if Soul Pleasure himself had turned into a human being!

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?"

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I never asked for a sister-in-law. My mind is saying no, but my body just can’t resist!

Since they were children, Jermaine's sister, Edwina, has stolen every male friend and lover from her. As a result, Jermaine's developed a severe complex around the faithfulness of men, or lack thereof. Edwina's newest target is Lukas Tavorian. An extraordinary twist of fate leaves Jermaine reeling. With Edwina still playing out her farce and residing in Lukas's home, Jermaine is wary of Lukas's advances. Can Lukas be the one man who sees through Edwina's ruse? Or is he just another who falls prey to Edwina's charms?

My hero turned out to be completely arrogant, and now he's chosen me as his assistant? Leaving her Kentucky home, Martha travels to Las Vegas to audition as assistant to her hero Gai Jones, the magician of fire. There, she discovers that things are not going well for Gai...and that he is an arrogant sore loser. Can she save her hero, and pull off this magic trick?

“The man who saved me has some sort of mysterious powers?” Sonora is a DEA agent. While on a mission, she shoots a mafia boss. They’re now out for her life after what she’s done. In order to escape her pursuant, Sonora continues on her journey and ends up arriving at a small village. It is there that a man named Adam Two Eagles is waiting for her. It should be their first time ever meeting, but Sonora recognizes his eyes... He was the mysterious man who would appear in Sonora’s dreams every single night! Sonora and Adam are guided by a mysterious power as their fates become intertwined and begin to move as one!

The dapper staff of The Watering Hole are always eager to serve their clientele with grace and charm. But little do the patrons know that these handsome gents are actually penguins in disguise! The sharplydressed flightless birds love all that the human world offers, but as the saying goes: “You can take thepenguin out of the Antarctic, but you can’t take the Antarctic out of the penguin!”* *Not all penguins come from the Antarctic.**** Yes, this actually matters in the world of Penguin Gentlemen.

Every man has his "one." His perfect woman... His soul mate... Once he meets her, he'll know she's the one. That's what Grandma always used to say. Well, Grandma-I met her! I met my one and only! She's a sexy young lady with ocean-blue eyes, and she's crazy about me! We're a perfect match....

Leola's parents sent her to Illyria on vacation in the hopes that it would take her mind off losing her job and cheer her up. One night, unable to sleep, Leola decides to take a midnight stroll to clear her head. While on her walk, she is suddenly grabbed from behind by a strange man who drugs her. When she awakes a few days later, she realizes that the man who kidnapped her was Prince Nico Magnati, the brother of the ruler of Illyria. Unsure of what is happening, she demands that he tell her why he has kidnapped her, but all the prince will say is that she is in danger and that she must stay under his watch until everything is safe. Unhappy with her situation at first, Leola soon begins to grow fond of her captor. Before long a very important question arises—what will Leola do when the prince finally says she is free to leave?

Abby Freeman will stop at nothing to make sure her debut as a TV talk-show host starts off with a bang, and that means getting only the best guests on her show. But when the famous Max Harding, who was a part of a big scandal two years ago, refuses to be on her show, Abby finds out just how far she’ll go for her show when she starts to fall for him. Max lets Abby into his private social life, but there’s still something he’s not telling her. Will Abby ever get the scoop on this complicated man?

Jeanie’s heart and mind are at war. She knows she must give up on Ward, but her heart won’t obey. Jeanie had had a crush on Ward, a handsome and talented lawyer, for five years. It was love at first sight for her. But he is still in love with his deceased wife and to him Jeanie is simply a friend. Thirty-two-year-old Jeanie has decided it’s time to get these unreciprocated feelings out of her head. But when Ward approaches her, she weeps at her loss. Ward realizes she is having problems of the heart and wants to be a good friend, but how can she tell him that he is the one she loves?

Nate is an arrogant businessman who blames himself for causing the deaths of his best friend and his friend’s wife. His best friend had a beautiful sister named Jordan, who has two children. Thinking that it might be a small act of atonement, Nate spends his time being close to Jordan and her children, but the more the children grow to like him the greater the guilt in his heart grows. Having learned the meaning of the words follow your heart, passed on to him by his grandparents, will Nate ever find long-lasting love? Part three of From This Day Forward is finally complete!

Three years ago, Natalie was treated like a child and dumped by Christo, a handsome lawyer, when she was working as a clerk at his law firm. She's grown up since first becoming infatuated with his kisses, and she thought she'd gotten over him—but now they're working together, and the two of them find themselves sharing a bed again. Just when Natalie is balking at the fact that the only requirement of their temporary relationship is that they won't ever get married, Christo makes a cruel request... He wants her to pretend to be his fiancée to please his dying grandmother.

It's love at first sight when Estella, princess of the kingdom, meets Isaac, the margrave's heir. She pines and pines after him only to learn that he's already engaged! Devastated by the wedding, she hears a voice calling to her, when she suddenly falls into a pond and loses consciousness. She wakes to find out seven years have passed and she's... married to Isaac?! Now, she has a collapsing marriage, two children, and a host of strange decisions to unravel and figure out why she ended up here!

A man proposes to a woman from a lower social class! What is he playing at? In nineteenth-century England, Mary, the daughter of a reverend, is left all alone after his death, with no one to depend on. While worrying about the future, before her appears Ian, the much-talked-about rake of high society and the son of an earl. Mary is put off by his flippant attitude, but Ian can’t stop thinking about this woman from a lower class and asks for her hand in marriage!

His encounter with the beautiful, mysterious woman changed his life…! Neville, an associate baron with a reputation for being a boring and stodgy man, was taken aback by a beautiful woman, Diana, at a ball. She had lustrous black hair and lips that look as if they are inviting a kiss. She suddenly appeared on the London social scene, and because of her vast fortune, there was no end to the number of people who propose to her. The two opposites ended up dancing together, and their appearance was the talk of the ballroom. Even though they had just met, they were somehow attracted to each other. He had decided not to indulge in women like his prodigal father, but then the wheels of his life started to turn...!

Erin Tunnicliffe was raised by her overprotective father in the rural town of Babington. In order to help her friend out, she temporarily moves to the bustling city of London. Finally, she thinks to herself, my life can begin! The instant she sees Joshua Salbury, she falls in love with him, and he seems to share her feelings! But fate conspires against her and she must abandon the idea of a relationship with Joshua. Leave it to her reckless mother to ruin everything...

The beautiful and innocent priestess, Angela, receives an order from the temple: to torture the captured demon, Yvres, and extract information about the demon army. She hesitates for a moment, her kind heart wavering. "Mixing bodies with someone you don’t desire must be the most agonizing thing." Taking inspiration from the words Yvres had spoken months ago, she begins a secret form of torture… "I really didn’t want to go this far either…" With an apologetic expression, Angela undresses, standing before him without a single thread on her body. ‘To think I have to deal with this wicked creature again today.’ As she hesitates, Yvres smirks and speaks. "Aren’t you going to move? This won’t be enough to break me, Priestess." "I’ll start now." Angela, undeterred by his provocation, skillfully takes hold of him, wrapping her lips around the tip— completely unaware of the ravenous way he is looking at her.

It must be a love letter?. Megan is the secretary to her handsome boss, Dan. Lately, he has been receiving a letter every day, which bothers her very much. Overcome with curiosity, she finally asks him about the letters. He has been troubled by a girl thirteen years younger than him who has been coming on to him. Her suggestion is for him to pretend that he has a girlfriend and he forces her to take on that role!

The one man who bothers famous interior designer Merrow O’Connell most is millionaire playboy and skilled architect Alex Fitzgerald. He used his business acumen to convince her to take on a job, but that isn’t the real problem. Alex and Merrow slept together a few months ago, just a one-night stand, and now they have to work as partners and complete a nine-month project. As much as she doesn’t want to get involved with him, Merrow can’t seem to resist Alex’s sex appeal. So she decides to set a few rules so she won’t get hurt by him the way she was by her ex-boyfriend…

The year is 3992over a millennium after a series of magnetic storms swept the planet, causing genetic damage and eliminating the Y chromosome across all of humanity. Following the total extinction of the male s**, human society has been rebuilt as a gynaecocracy where children are born via surrogacy. Anzai Y'anto Hime begins to come of age as this world's only man.

After being abandoned by his family, Zakahr Belenki has pushed himself to the top in order to finally take over the family company, only to destroy it. But Zakahr's attention is diverted to his efficient PA, Lavinia, whose femininity and direct nature appeal to him. ...

It might be too late. But I don’t want to run away from love any longer. Sydney is a novelist who has finally fulfilled her lifelong dream of having her work reach number one on the bestseller list! However, she feels empty as she can’t stop thinking about one year ago when she had a short but passionate fling with an energetic architect named Adam. But the moment he mentioned marriage, she ran away, even though he was so special. He was worth breaking their rule about not getting deeply involved… Having finally accepted her true feelings for him, Sydney goes to meet Adam in the hopes of one more chance with him. Instead she finds him living with another woman. To top it off, he pretends not to know her!

The age of the Inquisition was terrifying for many. Despite being the daughter of the duke's doctor, Jessica is an accomplished healer in her own right, and yet must keep her face hidden from society. Cursed with a birthmark under her left eye, she's perceived by the wary populace as a spawn of the devil. When the future Earl of Thornbury, Francis Bardolph, comes to Jessica to treat an old wound, he may end up healing her fear of the world and her father. With a jealous courtesan angling for a brighter future, will Jessica be forced to stay in the shadows, or can she dance with Francis at the carnival?

From Yen Press:A love letter to those who dream of being fashionable but consider their weight as an obstacle, this uplifting comic essay by a plus-sized author chronicles her own journey with body positivity and learning to love herself as she is.

Young Lanna is the daughter of the world's foremost multimillionaire, and because of that fact, she finds that all of the men who approach her are disgusting. She just wants to go somewhere where nobody knows who she is, and to finally meet somebody who will love her for her, not for her father's wealth. Enter Arash, an exchange student come to study at a British university. With purple eyes and a mysterious appearance, she believes that he's her destined love. However, it turns out that he's actually a prince from a desert country. Since their worlds are so different he tries to stop seeing her, but finds that he cannot free himself of his feelings for her. War arises in his homeland and he's called back. With no time left, they spend one last night together. "Love me," she says to him. But the next morning he leaves in a cold and distant manner! What has happened?

She’s a princess? And betrothed? Rory is spending her birthday alone for the first time since losing her mother when a man named Sebastian, who looks like some sort of noble, appears, saying, “I’ve come to get you, Princess.” And then she learns that she’s in an arranged engagement with the crown prince of the neighboring country. Now, in order for her to take up her mantle, Rory must learn how to be a princess from Sebastian. But the more he prepares her to marry another man, the more his kindness and support set her heart aflutter.

For a nanny, Sloan doesn’t seem to really know his way around one child, let alone three. The truth of the matter is, Sloan’s an undercover agent trying to break up an art theft ring, and the only way he can do it is to investigate while in disguise. When Jo, a business mastermind and rather plain aunt to the kids, decides to help out, Sloan may have just found the love of his life…or the target of the criminal case!

I’m telling the biggest lie of my life to a billionaire who prizes honesty above all. Texas billionaire Tyson hires Merri to assist him with his charitable foundation. Working with him, Merri finds herself attracted to his honesty and laid-back demeanor. Once a supermodel, Merri is tired of a life spent running from the paparazzi and sees this work as her chance to escape from the superficial glitz and glamour. She hides her beauty behind unflattering clothes and thick glasses and is finally able to live the normal life she’s always dreamed of. She knows if anyone discovers the truth, it’ll all be over, but she hates having to lie to Tyson…

Since losing his wife and daughter on Christmas Eve three years ago, Lawson finds the holiday season nothing more than a cruel hell that brings back painful memories. He thought he’d achieved everything he sought, but in the end none of it could help him protect his own family. Unable to cope with Christmas gift buying, he hires a personal shopper to find presents for his family. So why is she repeatedly trying to involve him in her task?

"Who are these two good-looking guys on my sofa?" Rei finds herself confronted with this mystery after returning home from another long day at a law office. Entrusted in her care by her mother in the fashion biz, these two model proteges become Rei's new "pets" - at least, that what she tells herself. Still, how many pets out there cook dinner and do the laundry in addition to providing some much-needed TLC? Confronted with this unusual - and enviable - situation, Rei senses her life beginning to change...

At eighteen years old, Lucy was sentenced to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. She was charged for killing her employer, who had hired her as a nanny. But she was innocent! Even his brother Domenico, with whom she fell in love, didn’t believe her. While serving time, she lost her father, friends and even her pride. Five years later, she’s finally gotten out of prison. There to welcome her are the media and Domenico! He then takes her to his family mansion. He believes she seduced him and his brother for their wealth, so why is he taking her home?