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"On the day of the wedding, Emma was shocked by her husband Christo's words. This marriage was a marriage of convenience, made by my grandfather, who was worried about me, in exchange for the transfer of real estate! She fled the ceremony and retreated to the island of Corfu. While she was planning her future, Christo appeared, having heard of her whereabouts. When Emma filed for divorce, he told her with icy eyes that he had no intention of divorcing her and that the grandfather had entrusted him with managing the estate. He gave her a condition: "You just have to live with me for one year, as my wife and my niece's mother."

After Katrina's parents died in a car accident, her loving aunt took her in and raised her. However, her aunt's days were cut short after being diagnosed with leukemia. Quick to tears in tough times, Katrina is given a cold reception by the doctor, Simon. In anger, Katrina storms out the hospital room, intolerant of his demeanor. Simon reflects on how he treated Katrina, and when he finally goes to visit her in the country, he finds that she is now living on her own, with no relatives at all. Cautious of his gentleness toward her, she slowly opens up her heart to him. While at the same time, could she be the one who finally rekindles the warmth in Simon's frigid heart?

Mistress Glenys Seymour comes from an odd family full of uncles who have mysterious powers and trinkets that bemuse and confuse her medieval contemporaries. Gentlemanly scoundrel Kieran Fitzallen has been paid to take her away, so the Greth Stone, a mysterious family heirloom, can fall into enemy hands. Will Glenys escape from Kieran, or will she even want to? He may not be the knave she first thought he was.

An entrepreneur devoted to bachelorhood. Only one woman is in his heart… After Harper’s husband suddenly passes away, she’s left with enormous debts to pay off and a young daughter to care for. Swallowing her pride, she seeks out her late husband’s best friend, Seth McCallan, one of New York’s most powerful businessmen. Seth is unbearably handsome and kind, and he offers Harper a place to stay. He even helps her find a job and offers her protection. Why would this self-declared lifelong bachelor go so far to help her?

An acupuncture clinic in the mountains that treats both the body and the soul. Allow Dr. Takarayama and his cat, Tamakon, to soothe you in this heart-warming collection of stories!

Katie is a single mother with two twin babies. Having lost both her job and house, she decides to swallow her pride and ask the father of her twin children for help. Alexandros, the father, is a millionaire and president of a large bank. Katie loved him body and soul, yet he played with her feelings and dumped her in no time. It has been a year and a half since he dumped Katie, and he does not believe her words when she tells him about the children. Instead, he coldly tells her, "You need to get a DNA test. I'll take responsibilty if they are mine."

Rin sells her body for a living after her parents passed away. The other villagers conspire against her, and eventually they take it upon themselves to kick her out of town for lowering the town's morals. With nothing but the clothes she's wearing, some coins, and a loaf of bread her childhood friend Yuu gave her, Rin sets out with no goal in mind. What will she find in the forest as night falls?> Part of the Erotic Fairy Tales series( https://manhuascan.com/search?artist_name=Takano%20Yumi )

She has no choice but to accept a loveless political marriage. Anna stands trembling on a bridge over the Seine. For the sake of her impoverished country and her father, the king, she must marry the ruler of a foreign country. She knows it’s her duty, but she can’t bear to go through with it. Just as she’s about to throw away her engagement ring, a sexy yet mysterious man stops her. When the paparazzi descend on them, Anna kisses the man! Causing a scandal seems like the only way to escape her strategic marriage, but she doesn’t realize that the man is Zahir, the younger brother of the king she is supposed to marry!

It started with a sexy seduction. But what are his true intentions? Virginia Johnson learned to take what she wanted in business, which didn’t work so well in her personal life. Men were intimidated by her?except new hire Dillon, who had a confidence that intrigued her. Of course, he was just the man she wanted to seduce… Dillon finds Virginia irresistible…although she can never know that he has an ulterior motive. He is undercover at Virginia’s company to help save his brother, and she is the key to getting the information he needs. But if he wants Virginia, he’ll have to take her…

No matter how much we look alike, the prince will never love me. Hannah, an American secretary, agrees to switch places with Princess Emmeline, just for two hours. There must be a reason that made her ask me for such a favor. Besides, it’s only for a few hours. But Emmeline doesn’t return for days, and Hannah ends up having to meet King Zale of Raguva, pretending to be the princess!

Forced to marry a libertine! In Northumberland, far from London, lives a beauty who has abandoned high society. Adam, a dandy carrying a large debt, hears the rumor and impulsively proposes marriage to Lady Helena, whom he has never laid eyes on. But surprisingly her father is drawn to Adam because of his charming good looks and academic background and he agrees to the marriage. Not only is Adam after Helena’s money...he’s also entirely lacking in manners! But what protest can Helena make with her bloodstained past?

He was just a passing stranger…at first! Abby has lost her self-confidence and her courage. After being fired from her job, she felt like all her hard work was for nothing, so a heartbroken Abby ran off by herself to Lake Tahoe. Just when she had decided to pursue a more relaxing life, her car gets a flat tire in the middle of the night on a snow-covered road and she’s stranded. It’s the worst day of her life. As she holds back her tears, a hero appears in front of her. Gar, the muscular and handsome owner of a ski lodge, gives her a moment of peace. She imagined that would be the last she saw of him, but the future has something else in store for Abby!

Sheikh Rafiq Al-Qadim, the deputy president of the Rahman International Bank, slams a newspaper against his desk in his London office on the top floor of the bank. On the front page is a gossip article that states his friend-with-benefits is to marry another man. Women are treacherous creatures! Ever since his beloved mistress betrayed him eight years ago, he gave up on women. All he gets from believing them is suffering. Just then, the door opens. Melanie, who he hasn’t seen since they broke up eight years ago, stands in the doorway. Why is she here? Has she come to deceive me again?

When a famous author asks magazine reporter Isobel to interview her, Isobel heads to Brazil. The moment Isobel meets the author's son-in-law, she freezes. It is Alejandro, the man she met in London three years ago, the man who disappeared suddenly after spending a night of passion with her. How could he marry another woman while she pined for him? And how did he get the unsightly scar on his face? Isobel is disturbed. It soon becomes clear that this reunion is no coincidence, and Isobel shudders with fear when she realizes his goal!

Melissa, who manages the spa at her family’s luxury resort, has been in a secret relationship with Shane, a local rancher. One day, she is shocked to discover that she’s pregnant. “My late father worked so hard to build this resort, and my pregnancy is going to ruin its reputation in the eyes of the investors!” She tells Shane that she wants to break things off, but out of a sense of duty, he asks for her hand in marriage instead! “I don’t want a loveless marriage bound together purely by obligation,” she tells him. But his dreamy smile and persuasive ways are too hard to resist…

No matter what his past is, I want to be with him… Rosalyn has been living in the countryside since her father’s death. At the age of twenty-seven, Rosalyn leads a happy life, despite the occasional talk of her being a spinster. One day, she meets a handsome, well-dressed gentleman named Damien, who has just moved into the house next door and who asks her to teach his student English etiquette and manners. Rosalyn is charmed by his devilish smile and gladly accepts his offer. But then she hears the disturbing rumor that Damien was involved in a murder!

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? ...

Roberta makes a tough decision and decides to end this fruitless love, although arrogant businessman Mac doesn't just let her leave. He holds her tight and tries to kiss her. Roberta struggles hard to flee from his sturdy arms. Mac never wants to commit and marry me! Everyone sees me as his mistress, and it hurts my pride. I don’t want to wait anymore! Her rejection, however, brings about an opposite outcome. Fiercely possessive, Mac becomes fraught with desperation and desire stirred by her unusual behavior!

"If one more guy asks you out, we'd be tied... Then how about I do it?" Chikage and Hiroto have competed over one thing or another since elementary school. It even went as far as a battle to see who could get asked out more times by their high school graduation?! ...Now, several years later, these two who could hardly cross paths without challenging each other to some sort of battle have grown up: Chikage is a model, Hiroto is an actor, and they are each embarking on their own paths in life. And then, just as Chikage gets her first shot at filming a made-for-TV movie, it turns out that Hiroto will be her costar... As this clumsy pair is led to and fro by love and work, their romance will have your heart throbbing!

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From Aerandria Scans: A collection of one-shots all based on popular ballets, but in Japanese setting and with a definite supernatural twist! Ghosts were once humans, too, and their love is still alive, as told by the master of lovely but eerie supernatural stories, Kamata Kimiko.

He wants me…to be his personal nurse? When Terri hears that her ex-husband was in an accident, she rushes to South America to be by his side. But as she tries to give him a massage to help him recover, she realizes that this man is a completely different person! He's actually her ex-husband’s employer and the vice president of a large corporation. While Terri tries to hide her surprise and shame at her mistake, he asks her to come home with him…as his personal nurse.

Love took hold, even before they exchanged names… “I want you to play my perfect fiancée.” That’s what Dante Mancini, a notorious playboy who regularly makes the front page of gossip magazines, said to Piper. Two months ago, they met at a party where she was working as a waitress. She couldn’t resist Dante’s devilish charm and irresistible looks and ended up giving him her virginity. She found out a couple months later that she was pregnant, and when she visits him to tell him the news, he quickly seeks to use it to his advantage. But there’s no way Piper could enter a fake arrangement just so that Dante can improve his public image…or could she?

In a near-future Pyeongyang, clones have become an indispensable part of human life. Tasked to test XYZ Corporation’s latest prototype, biomedical engineer Dr. Yuri Lee is marveled by LPC-6, a physically perfect and intellectually superior clone designed for a single purpose -- to give unconditional love to his master. As she uncovers the depths of her unfaithful husband’s depravity, she finds solace in “Victor” and his extraordinary capacity for empathy. Will her desire for retribution and love set her onto a path of no return?

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Actress Dana is "sold" as a prize in a charity auction to Ashraf, a mystery man who "buys" her for an unspeakable sum of money. They share a passionate kiss before he disappears without a word… When he turns up again, Dana suddenly finds herself mixed up in the search for the lost Rose, a priceless family heirloom!

The man who took her first kiss in her teens, and the man whom she had spent her most passionate time with: Mitchell Carver. "I can't believe the man who has disappeared from my life, whom I've had a hard time trying to track down has suddenly resurfaced as my boss!" It's been 2 years since their romantic weekend in Paris and Darcy still finds her heart beating to Mitch's smile and his casual greeting of "Nice seeing you again". His sudden reappearance catches her off guard. How is she to tell him that he is the father of her twins?

【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】One summer day when she was fifteen years old, Angie kissed her brother’s friend Lance. It was just a onetime kiss, but it stole her heart and nine years have passed without her being able to forget about him. Determined to move on and meet someone new, she decides to go to her brother’s birthday party. But it seems that fate has other plans for Angie?when she answers the door, she’s suddenly face-to-face with none other than Lance!

Along with her mother, who was mistress to a Greek millionaire, Louise often visited a mansion on a small island in the Aegean Sea during her adolescence. She developed feelings for the millionaire's son, Dimitri…but at the time, she couldn't pursue the devilish man who despised her mother and thought of her as a harlot. But when Louise was nineteen, this man she had never once spoken to before whispered sweet nothings to her and stole her body and heart away. "He used you to get revenge on me!" her mother had insisted. It's been seven years since then, and now Louise has to see Dimitri once more…

It’s the day of her wedding, and Annie is full of nervous excitement. She’s been left at the altar twice before, and everyone in town calls her the bride who can’t get married. She has to get married this time! As she’s shaking off her nerves, she spots the groom outside her dressing room, which puts her mind at ease. Until he tells her he’s the groom’s twin brother and that her intended has disappeared! Faced with yet another failed wedding, Annie stares at the man in front of her, dumbfounded. Then she realizes no one would be the wiser if she married this brother instead!

After becoming the target of an internet witch hunt, and with a fast approaching deadline for her new script, writer Youko Kojiri flees to her hometown. But on the cruise connecting the lake's piers, many loops and turns are awaiting her.

After her parents abandoned her, Tabby came to make a living cleaning houses. When her friend Sonia passes away unexpectedly, Tabby finds herself the guardian of her six-month-old baby, Amber, but poor and single as Tabby is, Child Protective Services wants to put Amber in foster care. Not knowing what to do, Tabby goes to her co-guardian, Acheron Dimitrakos, for help. She finds, however, that this young Greek entrepreneur is as monstrously cruel as he is devilishly handsome. He’s about to have Tabby ejected from the premises of his office building when, all of a sudden, he changes his tune and proposes to her. What could be going on?

As she works with her new boss, her heart won’t stop pounding… Beautiful Amy’s always had bad experiences with unwanted attention and bullying. Looking for a fresh start, she takes a job as a secretary for famous businessman Anton Zell. He seems like the perfect man. He’s handsome, successful and widely desired by women. But after a kiss from Anton, Amy can’t stop her heart from pounding. Is this the beginning of another disaster?

The cruel man insisted that Belinda return to his mansion after her discharge so she could recuperate under his watchful eye! When Belinda miraculously woke up from a long coma, the man who came to her bedside wasn’t her boyfriend, Ricky, but his brother, Vincent. Vincent had always tried to break up her and Ricky, and she hated him for that. Showing no signs of sympathy, Vincent delivered the heartbreaking news that his brother had married another woman while she was in her coma. Then for some reason, the cruel man insisted that Belinda return to his mansion after her discharge so she could continue recuperating under his watchful eye!

Is this love a dream come true? Or is it the beginning of a nightmare? From cheating, to gold-digging, to dangerous cults, Satoru is a man so unlucky in love that every woman he's ever fallen for has betrayed him. He decides that if he's only capable of falling in love with wicked women, he might as well go with the marriage match his parents have picked out for him. But one look at Michiru, the woman they've set him up with, and Satoru is head-over-heels. And that can only mean one thing...

I can’t tell anyone this secret… After being a surrogate for Blake and his wife, Bella promised Blake’s wife she’d stay out of the baby’s life. Then one day, Blake shows up asking if she can look after the child for the summer. Bella doesn’t want to upset Blake’s wife, but she finds out that they’ve recently divorced, so decides to accept his request. But will Bella be able to continue to keep her love for Blake hidden now that he’s no longer married?

I needed to remind myself throughout the story that the Heroine is only 19yrs old and the hero is only 23yrs old when they first got married. That way I can justified the raging hormones. ? But then again, loving me some good heart aching story. Please don't judge. ? Enjoy Peeps! ?

Princess Isabella was betrothed from a very young age to the king of Umarah, a desert country. Before getting married, she yearns for one last taste of freedom. She wants to go shopping, see the Eiffel Tower and do things that regular twenty-one-year-olds do… So she escapes…only to be promptly found in her beloved Paris. She has been trailed by Adham, a tall, dark-skinned man with scars and a dangerous aura. Isabella seizes a chance to evade her pursuer, and Adham relentlessly chases after her…but when he catches up to her, he steals a kiss!

One day, Lucy visits Lorenzo, head of the Zanelli Merchant Bank, in order to save her late brother’s company from collapse. However, due to a dreadful incident in the past that left Lorenzo with an undying resentment for Lucy’s brother, he refuses to listen to her pleas. At her wit’s end, Lucy says she’ll do anything to save the company. Lorenzo isn’t about to let that statement slide. After a forceful kiss, Lorenzo lures Lucy into a devious contract—now he’ll have his revenge!

Love controls the world, it's well known...but it's also the principle of the characters in this volume of 4 stories... As stated by the philosopher Pascal, "The heart has reasons which reason does not know..." Story 01: Fall in love with her neighbor, AI will do anything in order to conquer his heart, even if it means becoming his second girlfriend...until where will she go to conquer him? Story 02: You're enjoying life when you meet once again a classmate that you haven't seen since high school, plus you still have feelings for him...but which behavior to believe when this boy seems to have a heavy past? Story 03: Obligated to leave her apartment which she had shared with her friend, Sui was offered to share an apartment with Noboru which does not leave her indifferent. Are the feelings shared? Story 04: Between bohemian life and a well arranged couple's life, Matsuno's heart is in balance... But will she follow what her head or what her heart tells her?

Johara was stunned when she read the article. Shortly after returning to his desert kingdom after studying abroad, Prince Shaheen was already preparing for marriage! Johara has been in love with him ever since Shaheen saved her life when she was young. She even swore that she would dedicate her life to him. Although she moved to Paris after her parents divorced, Shaheen has never left her mind. She knew the daughter of a servant could never become the prince’s bride, but she could at least go and see the prince one last time…even if it was just a glance. And so Johara slipped her way into Shaheen’s farewell party, unaware of the disaster that their reunion would bring.

Angel Beth is dispatched to the earth to complete her mission to lead a lost human in the right direction. Her new assignment is to save Nick, who believes that his wife has betrayed him. Beth is doing her best to warm his ice-cold heart and heal the rift between him and his loved ones…but this is one tough mission!

From Chocolate Kimchi Scans: Star, a mysterious, naïve child, searches for Garion, an alleged miracle-maker who is said to live in a lone apple tree, so that he can keep his best friend Miru, a seasonal flower, from withering in the coming winter. Original webcomic

Misuzu and seiji are a newlyweed couple with a 14-year age difference. Misuzu is overjoyed to be married... To her childhood love! But even so, they haven't done more than kiss.. Theyve never slept together! Misuzu enjoys being kissed and touched, but whats wrong with expecting a little more? Rather than touching herself, she longs for sei to love her with his fingers and tongue. Could this be the beginning of a sweet and naughty honeymoon for both of them?

Christy secretly harbors feelings for Dominic, who has looked out for her ever since she was a little girl. On Valentine's Day when she was seventeen, she offered her virginity to him, but he reacted surprisingly coldly, and cruelly crushed her adolescent feelings. Christy ran away shortly afterward, leaving her hometown behind. It's been eight years since then, and Christy must now return to take care of her mother. She has an unexpected reunion with Dominic, who is working as a doctor in town and who is more charming than ever! His handsome face and strong arms... He's stolen her heart in an instant...again!

Beth runs a porcelain and crystal shop with her best friend in a town that still holds vestiges of the Middle Ages. She was cruelly betrayed by a man who was only after her money, and her heart was torn to pieces. So she embarks on a trip to Prague, a city she’s always dreamed of visiting, after her best friend suggests it might help heal her heart. And while she’s there, she can always purchase some new products for the shop. Handsome Alex calls out to Beth when she’s unable to find a translator, but she’s leery about trusting him. He must be trying to take advantage of a woman traveling alone. It doesn’t help that he’s whispering sweet nothings the moment they meet, this man is definitely dangerous!

When Katie meets Alessandro again after ten years, she asks him to marry her! Her adoptive father has ordered her to marry a much older man she despises, and Alessandro offers her an escape from his control. Alessandro agrees to the sham marriage with surprising ease, but before they can walk down the aisle, Katie's father publicly announces her engagement...to the man she despises!

Out of nowhere, a stranger approached Eve, saying he’d never let her run away again! Anger visible in his handsome face, he tells Eve she’s his wife and that he has been looking for her since she went missing two years ago. And it was two years ago that Eve was found with memory loss. A kind nurse at the hospital offered Eve a place to live and found her a job. Eve was just starting to feel content with her life when the man appeared. Was she really married to this beautiful man? Her heart trembled at the thought.