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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?

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!

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!

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!!

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.

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?

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!

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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)

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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?

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!

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?

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?

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?

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?!

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.

Joyce has a loving family, but after her father's death, her stepmother and stepbrothers turn abusive. So, what's a girl to do? Escape, of course! Then, one night, her stepbrother finds her with an indecent proposal—seduce Prince Charming or watch as the one she loves dies?! Now, she must endure rigorous training to become the prim and proper lady Prince Charming will love.

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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!

In the nineteenth century, Kerry pretends to be a man and helps the powerless as a detective in London, though she's from an aristocratic family. She takes an assignment involving a stolen diamond for a couple who's facing their parents' objection. The man standing in front of her is Hohen, family lawyer with sharp stares. They're at odds against each other at first, but as they cooperate to solve the case, they become attracted to each other...?! Note: I will continue uploading book 2 of this series on the same thread. That's why the status isn't complete

I gave my life to my boss for five million pounds… After losing her job, a distraught Juliet drives the wrong way and crashes into an expensive car! Even worse, the man who owns the car is Rafael Casillas, the executive of the corporation that fired her. Juliet shakily apologizes to Rafael, but instead of demanding compensation for the damage, he makes her a proposal. To become the next CEO, Rafael needs a bride, and he’s willing to pay her five million pounds to play the part. But how can she enter into a loveless marriage with a notorious womanizer?

Sumire was a high school girl before she leapt into another world the moment she fell down. Before she could collapse and die, she came across a silver-haired boy who had already collapsed and was dying. One thing led to another and she ended up working at an Adventurer’s Guild. She doesn’t have any special powers, but she’s well liked by strange plants and animals. What does Sumire’s future hold?!

Akari is an average 25-year-old office worker who harbors a secret she hides from her colleagues: she's so obsessed with the pretty-boy idol Ren-Ren that it's ruining her financially! When her lunch is stolen by a pigeon, a kind stranger offers his homemade bento in its place, and after graciously accepting, Akari tells him the reason she's so destitute. It's the first time she's revealed her secret otaku lifestyle to anyone. Of course, she assumes she'll never see this stranger again... until he shows up as the newest employee at her office! Can Akari trust him to keep her tragic and embarrassing secret from their coworkers?

I've already lost everything. What more do you want to take from me? Natalya attends an interview to work at her father’s former company. She’s shocked to see who the new CEO is: Alexei, the man who cruelly dumped her five years ago. She’d never work for him, except he has sensitive information about her father and is threatening to release it. Natalya has no choice but to go along with the demands of the man she once loved.

Asha, the daughter of the tribal chief, has been troubled by something lately. She accidentally felt her childhood friend Lu’s penis. To her surprise, it was firm and impressively large, sparking her curiosity, but Lu’s blunt and cold demeanor makes it hard for her to approach him. Meanwhile, Asha ends up giving Lu, the only candidate to become the next chief, a trial in place of her father who hurt his leg. However, as soon as the two enter the trial cave… Rumble rumble…! The entrance gets blocked?!

After his sister got hitched, Umeo has been living on his own for the first time. He really wants to make his own meals everyday no matter how busy he is, but it's difficult since he's always stuck at work until the last train. That's when he encounters a new lifestyle where one prepares the whole week's worth of meals in advance! Based on the best-selling cookbook series "TSUKUOKI" that has sold over 1 million copies. Enjoy this story about a new a delicious routine ?

I’ve never thought of him as my stepbrother. Not once… When Shiona is reunited with her stepbrother, Jake, his scornful gaze brings back the pain of the past. Her mother had married into Jake’s family, and Shiona had always secretly been in love with him. But he still blames her for his brother’s death. Jake’s cold attitude toward Shiona shatters her, but his engagement brings forth an unexpected turn of events!

Jacqui, a magazine writer, met Asim, a sultan, in his country when she visited Jazeer. They met in the harem, which had gone unused for a long time. The extremely confident Asim looked at Jacqui with great interest-their personalities were complete opposites and he was fascinated by her. It didn't take long for Jacqui to be entirely captivated by Asim's charm, either. She was filled with happiness when Asim made love to her...until she learned that the king had been meeting with a number of potential princesses.

Miyoko Miyoshi works as a janitor at a private school where all the rich families send their children. At this school there is one young man called Iwasaki who holds almost absolute control over the school and those who attend it. Everything is going smoothly for Miyoko until one day her precious flower bed is ruined… and the one who did it was Iwasaki. She vows to not let Iwasaki get away with it and confronts him about it only to be told that she is "interesting" and given his purveyor badge. She's not sure what to make of this and only knows that it means she has caught his eye in some way… Is it inevitable that the clumsy, conceited young prince and the plain, uninteresting young janitor fall in love!?

Kanna Tachibana is a 26-year-old woman who hasn't yet felt the stirrings of physical attraction...that is, until she meets her new charge, the "Prince of Piano" Guy Narisawa Weissenfeld. After listening to his playing, she finds herself unable to stop herself caressing him...?! Will she be able to explore her budding sensuality with a man who has been told he plays with no emotion? And not only that, can she step up to save this irascible performer's career while she's at it?

Did I become the sexual partner of the guy who has been my friend for 13 years?! On the day of the class reunion, Taewon's pants were accidentally pulled down in front of Jayeong. The whole university was turned upside down by his magnificent and large size, and Taewon starts a relationship with Jayeong to heal his “trauma.” Since they had been friends for so long, Jayeong thought she knew Taewon better than anyone else. But the bitterness of losing her childhood friend was momentary. Is that the Taewon I used to know? ---Stop... Bastard! Having sex started as a misunderstanding (?) How will the relationship between the two develop? She starts a relationship with her friend because of an “obscene” moment!

You’ve closed your heart to me… Dario Di Sione, a multimillionaire, is in Maui, Hawaii, to retrieve a treasured pair of earrings at his grandfather’s request. He’s surprised to see his estranged wife, Anais, there. He left her six years ago after she’d cheated on him with his twin brother. Despite the painful misunderstanding between the two, Anais’s love for her husband hasn’t changed. Now she must gather her courage to tell him the important news—they have a son together!

Penny, a single mother, has gone on a dream trip to Rome with her five-year-old daughter. It was her hard-earned one-month-long vacation. She was excited because she was able to rent a house in a luxurious city. The night Penny arrived, after she fell into a deep sleep to recover from the exhaustion of traveling, she was woken up, and a man she didn't know was standing at the end of her bed! He wanted to know what she was doing in his bed. What on earth was he talking about?

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?

"Wouldn't it be easy enough to fall in love with me again, Kaho" Back when they were in school together, Kaho and Asahi were boyfriend and girlfriend. Then suddenly after having sex for the first time Asahi said that he wanted to break up. Years later, Kaho is happily working in a company when suddenly Asahi appears in front of her again as her coworker. Once they are alone, he moves in to passionately kiss her and attack her weakest spots with his lips. Their love ended abruptly once, but as he presses his body against hers, Kaho begins to feel a familiar fire start to burn inside her once again. "Why is he toying with my heart again after he was the one to break up with me!?"

A businesswoman who is in her thirties, Yugyeong Seo. She's in a relationship that seems to be sinking every second. One day, her younger brother's friend, Ijun Gwon, abruptly comes into her life physically and mentally, starting an odd cohabitation. Ijun Gwon, although he is the perfect house husband material, good at all kinds of house chores, he seems to dislike treating Yugyeong as a senior. Why does he care for her so much? Why does he not like to treat her as Nuna? Well, maybe this cohabitation is rather impure.

“I want you to marry me,” Rebecca says to Will, who is rumored to be a gold-digging con artist. She needs a husband for show because she is desperately trying to put a stop to the ongoing marriage offers brought upon her as a result of inheriting a massive estate. The sudden proposal by the “Ice Lady,” who is known to keep away from men, is quite a surprise for Will, but he is also grateful for her offer to pay off his late father’s debts. He could flourish in the elite class of London and wipe away the image of him before he was about to get arrested. The great marriage fraud has begun…

After Callie lost her beloved husband, she shut herself away inside her beachside house. Concerned, her husband's friend Brock came to visit her to see how she was doing. Her husband, who was in the US Marines, often wrote about him in the letters he sent from the battlefield. Brock was said to be a hero, someone they called "Dark Angel." Brock encouraged Callie every day and brought her back out into the world. As she spent more time with the sexy yet kind angel, Callie began feeling passion in her once-empty heart. If they touched, even a little bit, she might forget discretion...

"Everyone who comes here, comes to hold me down." In that village was an obscene, time-honored custom...

Dr. Gifford is a new doctor who’s just arrived at the clinic where Louisa works as a secretary. His impressive skills and handsome looks instantly make him the center of attention, but Louisa doesn’t bother daydreaming that he’d be interested in someone like her. Though Louisa begins to fall for Dr. Gifford after they spend time working together, he has a fiancée who’s as beautiful as she is spiteful. Louisa knows that Dr. Gifford deserves a much happier relationship, so she vows to do whatever it takes to make that happen!

If you lose the bet, you'll become my lover." Her former lover, Chase, now fueled by revenge, approaches Kate with a merciless game. Memories of her youth ten years ago are resurrected in her mind. Her powerful father was opposed to their relationship and, one regretful night, he used cruel, underhanded tactics to run Chase out of town. And now he's back. He's more handsome than ever and is wealthy enough to hold the town in the palm of his hand. He's here to take everything away from Kate. Hated by the man she's still in love with, what will become of her? ...

Due to the village's rule that has continued up until present day, a young girl named Saki is given up to a God as a sacrifice. Thinking that her fate was to be killed. The God named Gaira, says he won't kill Saki. Saki decides she will hide from the villagers and live there with Gaira, but in order to do so, she must absorb his "divine energy" into her "womb."