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Crushed beneath enormous debt, Angel decides to risk it all by going to a party for the rich and famous to find a husband and turn her life around! If all goes well, she'll finally be free. And during the party, who should approach her but Earl Rafe McFarland, ruggedly handsome, scarred and, of course, very rich. So Angel steels herself to do anything to get him to marry her-anything.

In the Indian Ocean, there is a beautiful island name Moraze ruled by a man named Rafiq.At the opening gala of a luxurious hotel, he kept a close eye on his archenemy Count Gastano. The count's date for the night was a beautiful icy blonde with an air of nobility. Rafiq was sure she could be used as leverage. If only he could take her away from Gastano and keep her under this thumb. That would show the obnoxious count just how inadequate he is, and lure him into the open where Rafiq can take him down. And so, with a sadistic smile on his beautiful face, Rafiq slowly stalked toward his unsuspecting prey.

Princess Joelle of Ducasse doesn't even know what Prince Luigi Borgarde's face looks like, but it is her destiny to marry him and give birth to an heir for the sake of her country. Unable to accept this fate, Joelle sets out to spend a year in the United States. Just once, she wants to know sweet and passionate love. Under a false name, she takes on a job as a singer and awaits her chance. Finally, on her last night of freedom, she spots a man in the audience who won't take his eyes off her. Joelle's heart is racing. She wants to go all the way with him. An illicit affair is about to begin!

Shannon's sister, Keira, is critically injured in a car accident, the same one that killed Keira's husband, Angelo. It's Luca, Angelo's brother-and Shannon's ex-who delivers the tragic news to her in London. "Are we alone?" he asks, barging into her home and searching through it. Shannon shakes with anger, realizing that he must be looking for a man. They'd been in love two years ago, until Luca accused Shannon of cheating while he was away and broke up with her without even letting her explain. Who would have thought she'd meet him again, and like this, of all the ways?

Jewel thinks she's found paradise when she lands a job working as an executive assistant on a picturesque land resort. The man she meets in the hotel bar that night proves just as alluring. He is gorgeous and powerful. Intoxicated by her good fortune, that chance encounter turns into a night of sultry passion, and drives her to ecstasy in the arms of a man whose name she does not know. Two days later, Jewel comes to work, excited to meet her new boss, the hotel's owner. Little does she know that the man waiting behind that office door is Piers Anetakis–the stranger who had coaxed her to such sensual heights–and he'll fire her without rhyme or reason just hours later. Outrageous! What a coward!

Almost Forever 1 : He got close to Claire…but for what purpose? Claire runs into her ex-husband at a party, along with his new, pregnant wife. Overcome by sadness at the fact that they’re living the life she could never have, she barely manages to hide her feelings and act normal. Max, a man she’s just met at the party, sees her struggles and decides to help her. Confused at first, Claire appreciates his friendly help. However, Max has a hidden secret. There’s a very dark reason for why he approached Claire… Almost Forever 2: He devastated her… Will he be able to win her back? Max... He was the man who’d finally made her believe in love again. So why did he have to betray her? Claire finds out that Max had been using her to steal information about her company and is devastated. Max, however, regrets having hurt Claire and realizes he’s truly in love with her. So he makes a daring gamble to win back Claire’s heart!

Ellie was seventeen when she fell in love with Andrew, a handsome older boy in medical school. Though she was filled with joy when he proposed to her, she began to feel trapped by the thought of a future with him and his single-minded devotion. When Ellie was caught with another man on the day before their wedding, they canceled the wedding in heartbreak. Twelve years later, Ellie is struggling as a single mother and caring for a daughter with a serious heart condition when Andrew enters her life once again as Hetta's doctor. She has no right to feel regret, no right to think of him and what could have been. She was the one who ran. But why does her heart feel so unsettled?

I knew it was only a marriage of gain and loss, but my heart ached... Helen, an aristocratic young woman, accepted a contract marriage to Jake, a wealthy billionaire. When her father died in an accident after spending all his money, Helen was left penniless and with no other choice. For the next three years, Helen played the role of the perfect wife Jake wanted, without sharing a bedroom with him. But now, every time she looked at Jake, she felt a sad ache in her heart. He only wants an elegant, decorative trophy wife. He can't possibly love me...

Is he the one who can save me from the horrible memories...? Suddenly, Rosalie was offered a big job. The client is Kingsley Ward, whom she meets at a recent party. He is a well-known entrepreneur, a man of radiant charm. He goes out of his way to name her among the many totalizers. Despite her delight at the job she has hoped for, Rosalie's heart sinks. Kingsley etchs a horrible memory, because he is somewhat similar to her former lover. Rosalie tells herself to focus on her job. But she finds herself at the mercy of this beautiful and sexy man...

"It's time we got married." That's what Alexander, Loren's first love, has the audacity to say to her after stepping out of his helicopter. He is the eldest son of the legendary del Castillo family. The family rules an island kingdom in the Mediterranean, and Alex always treated Loren like a kid. He hasn't contacted her in ten years, so why is he suddenly proposing to her now?

After spending the night with the man of my dreams, our tragic destiny began… Suki has always been in love with her best friend’s brother, gorgeous and kindhearted Ramon. After they spend the night of her twenty-fifth birthday together, her heart is shattered when he immediately gets back together with his stunning girlfriend. For the next year, she keeps her distance from Ramon, until a tragic accident brings them back together. Suki has never told him about the baby they almost had, but Ramon has shocking news of his own… He wants Suki to have his child!

Serenity, a journalist, witnesses smuggling at a dinner party she infiltrated for a scoop on the black market. Sheikh Djibril saves her from getting attacked! However, he orders her to give herself to him if she values her life. He takes her to his palace and Serenity isn’t able to resist his sweet seduction. However, the palace gets caught up in a conspiracy plot! This is a dangerous yet hot romance!

Miu is a smart career woman who's found her dream job leading the planning division of a famous chocolate company. As if fulfilling her childhood aspirations wasn't good enough, she also gets to work alongside the handsome, sweet-toothed Takada, her number-one fan! Little does he know, though, that she's also his number-one fan! But, as the two grow closer and romance blooms, Miu discovers that Takada has an alarming secret...

Lured by a sweetly beautiful piano melody, Prince Shahir meets a beautiful lady. But, once the figure at the piano notices him, she runs out as if trying to escape from him... “Just who was that woman in my castle?” He finds the answer soon. Her name is Kirsten, and she is one of the castle custodians. He is the crown prince of a kingdom, and has no intention of something as foolish as laying a hand on an employee. However, he can't believe a woman so beautiful is a custodian... Could there be some sort of reason? And the prince playfully gets close to Kirsten?!

Andi lost both her father and her fiance in the same car accident, and now she's been saddled with all the debt her father left behind. The only solution is to sell her family's mansion. In the depths of despair, she meets Linus, an up-and-coming real-estate tycoon who's interested in purchasing the property. He's a calculating man and makes her an offer of his own-she can stay and live in the mansion with her mother...if she'll be his secretary. Andi feels anxious whenever she's around him, but with no other options, she decides to accept his offer so that she can stay in her home with her mother. But what if Linus's real goal isn't just the mansion, but Andi herself?

At her close friend’s wedding, Alanna is reunited with Niccolo. He’s a famous businessman now, and ten years ago they shared a passionate kiss. In their hearts they both wanted more, but neither followed those desires. This time, however, along with a burgeoning business relationship, Niccolo pursues his feelings for her. But Alanna has struggled financially since they first met and once had to work as a nude model to get by. The job left a scar on her heart, and ever since then she’s been hesitant to pursue romance. How will Niccolo react when he learns about her past?

On a trip to Las Vegas, Sydney receives an unexpected letter when she checks in to the hotel. "Sweetheart, where are you?" There must be some mistake. Sydney is just a plain-Jane waitress and there are no boys back home who would write her such an ardent letter. Feeling bad for the sender who would inevitably wind up waiting all night for no one, Sydney goes to the appointed bar in order to return the letter. When she approaches an exceedingly handsome gentleman sitting all on his own, the wheels of fate begin to turn for Sydney!

"I can't always leave you looking so wanting..." I never thought I could be teased so much all night long with just one hand...! This is the start of a month of intimate caretaking. Himari, a designer in her third year with the company, is enjoying an evening stroll alone in the luxury apartment of her dreams where she has recently started living! Then, she meets her boss, Tsukasa, the star of the designing field, who also lives in the same apartment! Himari slips in surprise, and Tsukasa shields her, breaking his right hand, which is his dominant hand!!"I'll take responsibility! I'll do anything, as Tsukasa's caretaker...!"Himari meticulously washes all over his muscular body in the bath, and when she moves to the front, Fujisaki's thing is erected...!?"You know how to calm it down, don't you?" He uses his uninjured left hand to grope Himari's breasts while he sweetly bites her nipples and rubs her sensitive pussy until she's dripping...I can't believe that with just one hand, he made me cum so much that I'm unable to stand...!

Emma takes a job as a maid at a high-class party to help pay off her late father’s debts. Once upon a time these parties had been her life. Caught up in the spell of nostalgia, Emma makes a disastrous mistake on the job. Her boss tries to take advantage of her vulnerability and forces himself on her. That is, until Jack Westwood, the new earl of Redminster, intervenes. He claims Emma is his wife to scare off her boss. But his claim isn’t far from the truth. It’s been six years since Emma has seen Jack—her estranged husband—and now he’s back in the picture

Kenna works at a law office in Atlanta, where she has a terrible crush on her boss, Denny. But Denny’s already seeing a stunningly beautiful woman. His brother, Regan, however, doesn’t think too kindly of her boss’s new lover and is determined to break them up. And so he approaches Kenna and tells her his plan. He’s going to buy her a heart-stopping wardrobe, get her makeup done and help her ditch the glasses she hides behind so she can catch Denny’s eye. But what will Kenna do when she starts to develop feelings for Regan instead?

Darcy came all the way from London to visit Bindaburra Ranch, a property that her great-uncle left her in his will. On her way to the ranch, her car ran into trouble and she had to walk along the road in unfamiliar countryside in her heels. Just as she was about to lose hope, a man named Cooper came in his car and saved her. But Cooper claimed that he was the owner of the Bindaburra. Was Cooper trying to take advantage of her uncle’s death to claim the ranch her uncle loved?

I have to act as the fiancée of the man I love... It had been a year since Lila, a sober and serious woman, became the secretary of the wealthy Spanish billionaire, Miguel. I have secretly fallen in love with my friendly boss, but it's clear that he sees me as nothing more than a secretary. It's painful to be around him... When Lila decided to resign, Miguel offered her a tremendous deal. In exchange for giving her whatever she wants, he wanted her to pretend to be his fiancée for two weeks as they attended his brother's wedding. Pushing her feelings to the back of her mind, Lila played the role of her beloved's fiancée in exchange

Eileen has been forced to work as Rick’s secretary at the behest of her grandmother, and it’s driving her crazy. She used to have a crush on him, but he only teased her about her big eyes. She doesn’t want to feel like that anymore. Now he’s grown and handsome, but she won’t be fooled again—though it’ll be hard to keep her head when she has to spend the whole weekend working with him…

He is determined to drive her away, but she doesn’t make it easy to refuse her… Heiress Sunny Chandler has worked all her life to inherit her grandfather’s business, but her grandfather tried to marry her off instead. So, Sunny decides to abandon her prestigious name and build a life of her own. When Sunny sees a help-wanted sign posted at a restaurant, she knocks on the door. Bewildered, the restaurant’s owner, Nick, wonders why a model-like woman like her would want to become a cook. He assumes she must be one of the marriage prospects his grandmother keeps sending. Nick decides to drive her away at all costs—but she doesn’t make it easy to refuse her.

Grace was a baroness until she lost her home and all her possessions when her father died, saddling her with a mountain of debt. Although she’s an anxious wreck, she decides to start working at a bakery to earn some money. But once she’s finally settled into her new life, an old marquis, a customer of the bakery, leaves her an unexpected inheritance. She is to receive a house and an annual allowance, but in exchange, she has to care for the marquis’s son, who is a prisoner of war, while he’s on parole. Confused, she follows the will and goes to pick up the marquis’s son at Dartmoor Prison, not knowing that it will change her life forever…

In an effort to save the floundering Galvan Enterprises, Dante immediately begins settling all of the company’s debtor accounts. When he arrives on the Collingsworth farm he’s greeted by a headstrong beauty named daisy. The rumors surrounding her farm lead him to distrust every word that slips from her luscious lips. But the passion she exudes as she argues with him soon threatens to replace the last of his coherent thoughts with an intense yearning he tries desperately to deny. Against his better judgment, Dante begins to consider helping the fiery woman standing before him. And just when all hope seems lost for the Collingswood farm, Dante makes Daisy an offer she’d be a fool to refuse.

The man I love is the man my sister loved. Kazuki has fallen for her sister's coworker, Officer Atsuto Inui. After leaving her parents with whom she couldn't get along, Kazuki was taken in by her kind sister and wished for her happiness with the man she loved. Until... Kazuki's longing for Atsuto feeds the deeply cutting guilt toward her sister. Torn between two emotions, what future will she choose...?

After being worked to the bone at her office job, getting introduced to her longtime crush’s new girlfriend, and dealing with her family’s debt hanging over her head, Hari Shin's life seems to have hit rock bottom. Luckily, her friend Youngseo has a business proposal for her: go to an arranged date in her stead and Hari will receive a hefty compensation. Things grow complicated, however, when it turns out that the other party is Hari’s new CEO—and he's dead-set on marrying whoever shows up to the date!

On a cold winter day, as Marianne is serenading passersby on her usual street corner, she's approached by a wealthy-looking man who asks if she'd care to work as a live-in housekeeper at his home. Flashing striking blue eyes and brimming with the refined charm of a gentleman, the man introduces himself as Eduardo. In order to repay him for his generosity, Marianne pours everything into work. But as they continue to live together, she catches a glimpse into the solitude Eduardo harbors in his soul. Though she knows he is only treating her with sympathy, Marianne can't help but yearn to reach out to her boss's lonesome heart.

Sarah, who works in the editorial department of a magazine, has been hiding her royal heritage? her family once ruled a kingdom that no longer exists. One day she’s visited by Devon Hunter, the millionaire chosen as number three in the magazine’s “Top Ten Sexiest Single Males” ranking. But he has something to tell her and it isn’t about magazine business. He claims that her sister has stolen a priceless artifact from his home! But Sarah knows her sister wouldn’t do anything to hurt their family name. In return for not taking this matter to the police, and with her grandmother the grand duchess’s approval, Sarah must now go with him on a business trip to Paris as his fiancee!

Sayo is a girl with zero experience when it comes to love. She ends up as the pet to a young man named Shuya who is the son and heir to one of Japan's leading financial corporations. In his house, there is a large book archive, and it is there that she has new forms of pleasure instilled in her day after day.

Reincarnated as Philomela, the hated character in the novel, she is doomed to die a cruel death... She has been called a fake saint, betrayed by her family and loved ones, and left with no way out. This is a fantasy of a saint who was called a fake, and whose life is turned upside down

Why does dating have to be like playing the lottery? So many duds and so few winners. All Hye-ji wants is to find some satisfaction in her life. But after a horrible breakup followed by a disappointing one-night stand, she has all but given up on love. That is, until her old friend Hye-sung invites her to come drink and meet his friends. Maybe a good night out is what Hye-ji needs to get out of her funk! Will she finally hit the jackpot and find a guy who loves her AND satisfies her in bed? Or will she realize that she's been holding the winning ticket this whole time…?

Samantha has long been feeling the effects of her husband Johann’s gambling addiction. He’d almost lost everything they had, and now, he’s even bet Samantha! When a man named Cristiano appears after winning Johann’s last bet, Samantha’s husband disappears, and she’s forced to give in to the man who bested him. But when she and her daughter, Gabby, suddenly run away to the orphanage Samantha grew up in, they discover that even that won’t keep Cristiano from pursuing his winnings!

After an accident, Lawrence, a Dutch citizen, is sent to the hospital in London where Serena works. He begins his courtship of her on his first day of hospitalization, but she’s reluctant to trust him completely and relies on Lawrence’s cousin, Gijs, for advice. Gijs’s presence is comforting, but Serena tries to squelch any romantic feelings she has for him. When she flies to Holland to marry Lawrence, he betrays her. And Gijs steps in to take care of Serena in her moment of need…

The more they realize the feelings are still there... Mason cannot believe her eyes when she sees Danyl, the prince of Ter’harn Kingdom. She tried to forget their passionate yet tragic romance, but her efforts were all in vain now that the gorgeous sheikh is standing in front of her once again. Knowing that Mason is in financial trouble, Danyl offers to pay her in exchange for accompanying him to Ter’harn. While they both believe the passion between them to be a thing of the past, the more time they spend together, the more they realize the feelings are still there...

Victoria was handpicked to be an assistant by the crown prince of the desert kingdom of El Deharia. So then why would the Imperial Guard suddenly break into her room and drag her away wearing nothing but a negligee? Her good-for-nothing father has been in trouble for gambling before, but to think he would have tried to cheat at cards against Prince Kateb... The prince's personality is as fierce as his scarred face. He earned the scars amid a failed kidnapping, during which they say he killed a man. Rejecting palace life, he has been known to disappear to a desert village for months at a time. Victoria despises her father, but can't abandon the promise she made to her dying mother. She pleads with the prince to set him free, and the prince agreed...on one condition. She would become his lover, and join his desert harem!

All my sensitive holes are stuffed. I'm getting shivers of pleasure from my whole body......!!! I'm Miku. My boyfriend from the science department, Minato, has no idea about my dirty fantasies. One day he injects me with an aphrodisiac unleashing the assertive sex beast in me!! My sensitive areas feel better than ever before. I've completely lost control of myself......!!! In this new sex position, different places are so stimulated, it's heavenly!! The aphrodisiac is shocking as it is, but Minato takes it to another level. He begins a thorough inspection......!?

Everything seemed to be going well for Natalie and Michael as they worked alongside one another at Worlds Together as nurse and doctor. But when Natalie decides to go back to London to help run her father’s medical business, Michael lets her go. Later he comes back to recruit her amazing nursing skills, but Natalie is saddened that Michael only seems interested in her healing touch rather than her as a woman. And even when sparks start to fly again, Michael keeps himself from letting things go too far due to the events in his past. Will Natalie settle for just being Michael’s nurse? Or will she force her way into his heart?

Destiny brought me a tycoon with alluring silver eyes… Sophie, a chambermaid at a first-class hotel in Rome, meets guest Bastiano Conti, a gorgeous Italian tycoon. The two connect instantly over their love of Sicily and an undeniable attraction to one another. They begin a secret relationship…with everything going well until they are found out. Sophie, disgraced, finds herself out of a job, alone and…pregnant!

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【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】The Crightons are a well-known, wealthy English family that has turned out generation after generation of lawyers. Jonathan and David are twins, and Jonathan, the quieter of the two brothers, has spent years living in David’s shadow. His wife, Jenny, even dated David first, until David abandoned her when she got pregnant. Jonathan proposed to her instead, as if to make up for David’s wrongdoing. But everything changes when David has a heart attack and collapses at their fiftieth birthday party. It turns out that David has been embezzling funds from a client, and the family is plunged into an unprecedented crisis. Problems that had

Nagata Kabi’s downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can’t stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable stomach pains, she goes to a clinic, where she is diagnosed with pancreatitis—and is immediately hospitalized. A new chapter unfolds in Nagata Kabi’s life as she struggles to find her way back to reality and manga creation in the wake of her breakdown.

To save my family from certain doom, I offered to become the Emperor’s secretary in place of my clumsy brother. I excelled at work in my previous life… to the point of overworking myself, but that’s beside the point! I know I got this. I served the tyrant emperor perfectly, down to a T, so now I can quit working and the plot can continue on. But when I asked to resign, he retorted, “Do you want to die?” Your Majesty, you’ve always been disinterested in people, why are you holding me back? Please let me live the rest of my life peacefully!

How far will Sunny go to get a story? Reporter Sunny decides to cover the legendary male stripper the “Duke of Sin.” Her investigation leads her to real estate king Ryan, a man of mystery himself. He says he’ll help with her story if she gives herself to him. Ryan is handsome and sexy and is as popular with women as the Duke! And like the Duke, he never dates a woman for more than two weeks. The situation is dangerous, but Sunny’s determined to get the scoop. Without any other leads, she’ll have to accept Ryan’s ruthless offer.

From Midnight Scans: 1. Sensei, Mou Ichido... Six years ago, Yuzuki was secretly going out with her homeroom teacher, Tsuji. After finishing college, she became a homeroom teacher at her alma-mater and got reunited with him. 2. Anata no Toko de Nemureru Jikan 3. Blanket, Ichimai no Yoru 4. Hokenshitsuno Kagiana 5. Kankei Himesuru!

He’s the target of her investigation, he’s interviewing her for a job…and he’s the one who makes her heart pound! Jessie puts on her sexiest dress and sneaks into a bar. She’s working a side gig as a private investigator, going undercover to film evidence of men having affairs to show to their wives. She doesn’t love the job, but she really needs the money. The man she’s targeting tonight is a lot more sophisticated and charming than his picture suggests, and as the two of them start to dance, Jessie realizes she’s getting carried away by his soft whispers…so she decides to leave him hanging and run out before she loses sight of her goal! Jessie just wants to put this behind her, but when she walks into an interview

Alessandra needed to confess the truth to Christian Marcos, a handsome European billionaire. In the midst of the bustling party, she is able to find him immediately. Ever since she was a young girl, she has adored him and secretly call him Adonis, after the beautiful Greek god. And her dream did come true for an all-too-brief time—they spent just one night together. Now, even though Christian has never truly loved her or anyone else, Alessandra must tell him that she’s pregnant… Desperately in love with a man beyond her reach, she’s falling deeper and deeper into desolation!