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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!

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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.

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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?

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!

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?

【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!

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...

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?

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.

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!

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?

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?

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.

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! ?

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!

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?

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!

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!

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.

Elisa's jewelry store has been tasked with auctioning off the royal coronation jewels. The festivities will require a bit of security, but Elisa would rather it not be Salvatore, the man she had a fling with a year ago that led to the conception and loss of a child. While the coronation jewels need to be guarded, Elisa's heart may prove to be even more valuable-and fragile.

At the ball, she meets the prince of her dreams! Sarah is astonished to be approached by the man of her dreams at a masquerade party. She’d been so busy as a student that she never had time to fall in love and is still a virgin at twenty-five. So when Josh gently asks her out, she spends a passionate night with him! After the sweet dream of a night is over, Sarah resigns herself to reality and leaves without a word, but a few days later, she’s shocked when Josh appears as her new boss!

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!

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!

Anna Stockton never dreamed she’d find love on her trip to Italy, let alone be proposed to by the handsome and rich Lucio Ventressi. Then, just as her life seems to be going perfectly, it’s suddenly ruined when she wakes up in the bed of her fiancé ’s brother. Anna has no memory of what happened, but she knows she couldn’t have betrayed her beloved. Unfortunately, Lucio takes his brother’s word over hers. After leaving Italy, heart-broken and riddled with guilt, she finds that she’s pregnant.Four years later, her son is ill andhis life-saving surgery is unaffordable. Lucio offers to pay for the surgery, but in return Annamust become his mistress.

“I want to live on the wild side for once!” On her thirtieth birthday, Gwen turns to rum to drown her sorrows. Her husband has left her, and though her life revolves around raising her two children, it feels empty lately. What has she accomplished in her life? Her neighbor Spense happens to overhear her drunken mumbling and gives her another birthday present—a hot birthday kiss that awakens a storm in Gwen’s heart! But hunky Spense is a successful entrepreneur, and Gwen’s a plain Jane. She knows the kiss was only a joke, yet she's starting to have feelings for him...

Plain HouseMinori wanted to be an interior designer so she applied for a job at “Sunhouse Residence” company. During the welcoming karaoke party she took the initiative and sang a song that the director was good at. As a result she was transferred to the show house, which proved to be also the residence of one interesting guy.Love TrainerAsami, who hates dishonesty, often causes troubles in the company where she's working. This time, she gets a client's director angry, and she receives a letter of transfer for the fourth time. She is appointed to a post in the department of technological development where the elite and honest staff are working. Kayato is her boss and hard trainer. She dislikes him, and wants to go back to the post as a receptionist.Organic BoysOn the 20th birthday of Yuu-chan her best friends confess to her. Who will she choose? And how will she react?After 5 ni Sakura Saku (Sakura Falling after 5)Rika had no time and no personal life. She worked everyday at her office until 5 and then she helped her father with his shop. One day an university student comes to eat at the shop and this is only the beginning.

Although I know it’s not love, his kiss makes my heart go crazy. Maggie, a pediatrician, invited her childhood friend, Jake, to her hospital’s reception party. It’s been fifteen years since she last saw him, and he’s become a stunning cowboy who catches everyone’s eye when he walks into a room. Is he really the same skinny Jake I once knew? That’s when her ex-husband walked in with his new fiancée. Maggie asked Jake to act like her boyfriend in an attempt to make her ex-husband jealous. Jake listened to her wishes and told her he’d play the best lover ever and kissed her…!

Shannon’s beloved community center is suddenly at risk because Connor, the president of a real estate company, is threatening eviction. His presence has brought back memories from seven years earlier. At the time, Shannon had lost her dear grandmother and, before leaving to study abroad, she’d lied to Connor about who she was in order to date him. But now it seems Connor already knows all about her secrets!

While struggling to come up with college tuition for her brother, Audrey overhears a conversation—Vincenzo Tomasi, who became the CEO of an international bank at a young age, is now looking for a mother figure to take care of his niece and nephew. If it allows her brother to go to college, Audrey decides she wouldn’t mind dedicating her life to the children. But in the interview, Tomasi informs her that her duties will include being his wife as well as a mother to the children!

May the dreamlike days of my marriage to him last forever. Molly, who works in marketing, has been secretly in love with her boss, Jack, for the past four years and often imagines herself as his bride. One day, while at a marketing department launch party, Jack invites her to dance. She ecstatically agrees, but just then, she is caught up in a sudden fight between two other guests and falls and hits her head. When Molly wakes up at her beloved Jack’s house, she believes that she’s his wife!

As a member of the famous Balfour family, Sophie grew up surrounded by her gorgeous sisters and the paparazzi. ?Being the only plain sister in the beautiful family, she became increasingly withdrawn, and she allowed her looks and her personality to become duller and duller. ?But her new employer, Marco Speranza, immediately notices the voluptuous, beautiful body that she's always trying to cover up. ?He knows that making this unfeminine woman his girlfriend isn't possible, but maybe they could have a fling...? ?Sophie hesitates in the face of the tycoon's advances, especially since he's never known love.

Why is a wealthy businessman hiding in a secluded old lodge? After her parents' deaths, Arden was raised by her aunt and uncle, who ran a small lodge. Now grown up, Arden runs the business for her aunt. And painful though it is, Arden has to admit to herself that Hills View Guest House has fallen on hard times, and she can’t afford to remodel the rooms to attract more guests. Then an unexpected visitor stops by—Mr. Stevens arrives on foot and demands to stay in the finest room indefinitely. Concerned about his health, Arden carries his dinner up to his room. And then he bursts into a fit of rage, demanding that she never enter his room again!

In a palace full of schemes, Maddy finds herself a pawn in someone else’s game… After her father and brothers passed away in a war against the king, Maddy sought to live as quietly as possible in her lucky position as a lady-in-waiting. But after some strange events, she begins to suspect someone wants her dead. Maddy must pull herself together and think clearly, but she can’t figure out whether her relationship with a certain handsome kennel master is a distraction, a strategic marriage or destiny…

If I become his caged bird, will he save my father’s company? From the day she was born, Inez has been disappointing her father. Trying to find a way to correct her mistakes, Inez has begun to use her womanly ways to help her father’s political campaign. One night, her task is to entertain a rich Greek man named Theo, who is about to save her father’s company. Theo has an air of danger about him—after provoking, insulting and threatening Inez, he demands that she become his caged bird. Left with no other choice, she gives in and goes to live with Theo. Yet despite her captivity, Theo makes her heart pound. Is he doing all this out of spite? Or does he actually want her to come live with him?

From ShoujoHearts:Kanna is an office lady who is at a critical point in her career. For some reason, she is assigned to receive training from the dull and plain Haruki...?

Lexi is the daughter of a senator, and up until now her whole life has been decided for her by her father. Her arranged marriage to a member of the Brody family is no different. Although there is no love between her and their eldest son, Lance, she feels she has no right to refuse. ?Just once, I want to feel what it's like to experience pure, unbridled romance…” One night, while backed into a corner, Lexi ends up making a grave mistake. She is attracted to Lance's younger brother Mitch and ends up giving him her virginity, which she was supposed to save for Lance! Lexi wakes up the next day, satisfied for the first time in her life. However, Mitch wears a grim look on his face…

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An injured beauty who has lost her memory…saved by a man who has abandoned his past… Royce, a soldier in Lord Orrick’s service, finds a critically injured woman in the woods. He rushes her home and treats her, but when she regains consciousness, she’s lost most of her memories. Confused by this woman in elegant clothing, Royce decides to watch over her until she recovers. During their peaceful days together, they become drawn to each other. But Royce can’t shake the mistake from his past that still torments him…

One woman finds herself on the receiving end of a Demon Lord's revenge—but he's going to show her a world of pleasure before sending her into despair! Haruka's life has hit a dead end—her career is stalled, and her love life is nonexistent. But everything changes when a shooting star crashes at her feet, revealing a sinfully handsome man who claims to be the Demon King. Even more shocking, he insists Haruka was once his sworn enemy, a saint, in a past life. Though she has no memory of their shared history, he seems to know everything about her. Bent on revenge, the Demon King vows to take Haruka on a journey of exquisite ecstasy, only to plunge her into the depths of despair. His motives may be dark, but the offer of passion and adventure is far more enticing than her mundane reality. Is she ready to embrace the pleasure—and the peril—that comes with surrendering to a demon's touch?

Hugging her the first time they meet? Who is this guy? Since her husband’s death, Rose has been living quietly in a small town. One day the handsome lawyer Sam Horton appears in her neighborhood and disrupts her peaceful life. Even though he treats her like a child and pesters her, Rose can’t help but be drawn to him and his daughter. Still, haunted by her past marriage, she tries to push Sam away. However, unbeknownst to Rose, Sam isn’t interested in her only out of attraction. He’s on a secret mission…

"Rent a Husband." Paula, a career woman, jumped at the headline of the newspaper ad. This was exactly the lifesaver she needed! Two years have passed since she lied to her boss about being married to mollify him and his outdated thinking. He won’t admit that single people can be successful. Her hard work has allowed her to move up the ladder, but she felt guilty every time she had to lie. Now her boss has insisted on meeting her husband at a dinner before he will promote her. This ad was her best bet to survive her predicament, so Paula immediately called. But she never would have expected the person she hired to be so attractive!

A woman is involved with twins--one gentle and the other rough. Which one will she choose... and who says she has to?

Was it a magic spell this handsome millionaire cast upon me? Tess is a plant designer, managing and caring for the houseplants of her clients. To fulfill her dream of having her own store one day, she tries to sneak into lavish parties to expand her network. One day, Tess receives an unexpected proposal. Dash Black, a handsome millionaire and world-renowned playboy, offers to escort her to a party! Tess is flustered by the way he treats her at the event and is left enchanted by his sweet kiss…

A temporary escape from her dreary life is all Sam Duncan wants—so when she finds a ticket to a posh New Year's Eve party in the trash, she jumps at the chance to make some beautiful memories! But she didn't count on meeting billionaire Mac McAlheny, and she certainly didn't count on losing her job. Luckily Mac comes to the rescue and offers Sam a job taking care of his son, Tommy—and Sam can't help but wonder if she might become something more than a nanny…

The passion of one sweet night with the prince left Cara with a gift beyond value… Cara has always lived a simple life. One day she bumps into a man named Mike at the park. He makes her heart flutter and they spend a sweet night together. But when she wakes, he's gone, and Cara spends the days that follow nursing her broken heart. She's sure that she'll never see him again. Several months later, when she goes to the country of Eliason to help her friend prepare for her wedding, she meets Mike at the airport. There, she learns the shocking truth. He's actually Prince Michael, her friend's older brother and the next in line for the throne!