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Alex Davenport returns home from one business trip only to be sent off on another, the details of which are still unclear. The taxi pulls up to Blakeley Castle, a place from which she had run away 10 years earlier and sworn never to return to. The new owner runs a successfull outdoor brand and...is her old flame, Finn? Alex can't forgive him for pretending to love her all so he could ruin her reputation, but she has a job to do. If someone you loved betrayed you so deeply, what would you do? Alex was doing just fine in her new life until now...

Krysta’s old friend Jack has a secret to tell her: he wrote a book, and he’s getting published! Never did she imagine her timid friend might have an ambitious side. What’s more, Jack’s book is a sweet romance novel, and he’s pretending to be a female author. His publishers want “her” to come down to see them, so he begs Krystal to appear in his place. Thus begins Krystal’s first trip to New York, her first television appearance—and her first time in a luxurious hotel, alone with Jack!

Molly is depressed. Her brother and his wife have invited her to spend the Christmas holiday with them, but when she arrives at their home, she learns she will also be spending it with the last man she ever wanted to see, Gideon. They had met three years ago, a chance encounter at the house of Gideon's brother. Seeing Molly in a disgraceful mess, Gideon assumed she was his brother's mistress, and he's hated her ever since. Completely unaware of their history, Molly's brother and sister-in-law try to play cupid to the two of them. All Molly can do is sigh.

Perdita sneaks into the wedding ceremony of famous actor Travis Falcon to get an exposé. But then she then runs into Travis’s younger brother, Leonid, who looks exactly like Travis. He asks Perdita to pretend to be his lover for one day in order to discourage his father from forcing him to marry someone he doesn’t want to, never realizing that she is an infamous gossip writer. As she grows closer to Leonid, though, she becomes hesitant about airing his family’s secrets. But will she be equally able to keep her own secret safe?

Carefully hiding her face, the beautiful widow harbors a dark secret… The Earl of Beau Lieu, better known by his nickname “Beau,” is one of the most powerful millionaires in England and a handsome bachelor who loves to solve mysteries. When his brother is gravely injured, Beau races to him and encounters an old woman draped in clothes that hide her appearance. He is surprised to learn she is the one treating his brother. What could an herbalist living in the countryside possibly do that a doctor couldn’t? However, the person he thought was an old lady is revealed to be a beautiful and intelligent young widow named Laura Martin. “What is a woman like her doing in a place like this, dressed like that?" asks Beau as his curiosity leads him to a place he never expected…

Brook is shocked when one day her younger sister, Courtney, announces that she will be getting married to her boyfriend, Jeff. However, the two of them are still in high school. "As her older sister, I must put a stop to this reckless marriage!" When Brook consults with Jeff's cool and handsome older stepbrother, Chase, he throws her a $10,000 check, saying bluntly that "I'd like to pretend none of this ever happened"! Shaking with anger that he has insulted her sister by saying she's only after money, she ends up slapping him in a burst of outrage!

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Why do I still have the remnants of that sweet kiss on my lips? Ellie and her family own a small grocery shop. But her world is turned upside down when her father dies and her mother leaves town soon after. Devastated, Ellie is relieved when her childhood friend Glen offers her a shoulder to cry on. But he surprises her by kissing her. All this time, she thought they were best friends, so why can’t she erase the remnants of that sweet kiss from her lips?

Eventually the magic will fade. But knowing that doesn’t stop the pounding of my heart… Looking to start over, Ashleigh leaves her home in Australia and arrives in London. Though she finds a job as a maid, she has no money for a place to stay. The owner of the house she cleans, a Greek billionaire named Lukas, will be out of town on a business trip until after Christmas. Surely it will be fine to stay there…or so she thinks. However, Lukas comes home early and finds her! Ashleigh is afraid he’ll report her to the police, but instead he offers her a deal. She can continue to live there so long as she pretends to be his girlfriend!

After Cressida lost her father, she is exploited by her cruel stepmother who inherited all of her father’s assets. She doesn’t have enough money to leave the house and she also can’t leave Moggy, an old housemaid who has worked for her family since she was born. She just endures the painful days. One day she is helped by a passerby, who happens to be a doctor, when she couldn’t move after twisting her leg. He is a Dutch doctor named Aldrik. Cressida’s life rapidly begins to change from the moment she met this man with gentle eyes.

According to AoiTsukiReviewer at www.mangaupdates.com, this is an enjoyable, intricate and beautifully crafted manga with nice ambience and enjoyable characters. The story revolves around a "older" (probably mid-20s but a mature type) woman named Alice who returns to live in the countryside after her grandma's death. She re-opens the traditional irori, a traditional Japanese open hearth. She reunites with her childhood friend and the manga follows the two (as well as people around them). The characters have a good dynamic and are well matched. They are also NOT dense when it comes to love, they do pick things up rather fast, and they don't sit on them which is refreshing. Art style is beautiful, soft and detailed. A lot of thought goes not only in drawing the characters but also in "background"; the room and items. This is a good example of a "classical", well drawn manga, not an epic manga like the more known ones, but rather that type of quiet, ambiental, beautifully drawn manga that's soothing but not boring, mature but not heavy, and light while not cheap.

Kiss more, win more! Seunga's a lifelong baseball fan, but she's on the verge of calling it quits. Her team, the Futures Victory, is on a notoriously long losing streak — until she kisses a fellow fan, and the Futures happen to win. Now back in the game, the two get intimate to push the Futures up the ranks...

One night, just before their third wedding anniversary, Kazuomi was surprised by his wife's proposal for divorce. While he was confused, his wife, Saya only smiled carelessly, saying: "Let's get along with each other for the rest of the time." But in the early morning, he found out her secret. A moving love story about the marriage and divorce of a couple.

"No one can stop my feelings for you!" Stephanie puts everything on the line for her beloved Charles. Even though she acts like a child sometimes, his smiling face brings her the highest happiness! Though, there must be mention of his horrible treatment of Stephanie, as well... Three years after his rejection, Stephanie, who has returned from her studies in Italy where she planned on forgetting everything about Charles, had a fantastical meeting with him in her hometown! Stephanie finds herself feeling guilty after having Charles' kiss awaken her feelings...Even if just for a while, she doesn't want to wake up from that dream. Not thinking about the past or future, but just being in that moment. Will Stephanie, whose chest is full of both happiness and uneasiness, find her way to love?

Yun-lee is a girl who is carrying a huge emotional scar in her heart. Due to an accident, she lost 2 precious years of her life, the time period between 19 and 21 years old. Her life is empty. She is miserable, but still attending a preparatory school in an attempt to catch up with all the time she has lost. Suddenly, one day on her way to feed some stray cats, she comes across a young man who seems to have what she has lost... the period between 19 and 21 years old.

The five dreamlike days I spent with you changed me forever… While on a skiing vacation, veterinarian Poppy is kidnapped when she’s mistaken for an entertainment reporter. Her captor takes her to a cabin, where a blizzard snows them in, trapping Poppy with the stranger. But he’s really the famous rock star Hank Shoeman. Poppy’s unmoved by his fame, which intrigues Hank and ignites a passionate fire between them!

After discovering an old dagger in her house, Violet brings it to an antiques appraisal program only to discover it’s the long-lost treasure of a royal family! She learns that an old story told in her family—that her great-great-grandmother was an Arabian princess who left her husband to elope with an Englishman and put down roots in London—was true all along. The next morning, the newspapers run with the story of Violet’s royal heritage, catching the interest of a handsome prince from a war-torn land. Just as he shows up on Violet'’s doorstep to tell her how much danger she’s in, a woman’s cry for help rings out through Violet’s humble home!

"I want my body to become a masterpiece!" Art model Mai takes pride in her career of posing in the buff for various art school classes. However, she feels misunderstood when others find out what she does for a living. She's in for a huge surprise when up-and-coming artist, Takashi Kasahara, requests her as his next model...

Sakura Kurusu, daughter of the wealthy Kurusu family, has been in love with Haruto Nanase ever since Haruto became her servant 15 years ago. Sakura has asked Haruto to marry her every day for the past four years and each time, Haruto manages to deflect her proposal... One day, however, Sakura overhears Haruto tell another servant he only thinks of her like a little sister. Heartbroken, Sakura decides to change her strategy by going to Haruto's bedroom late at night in nothing but a revealing gown. She begs him to see her as more than a little sister. What will come of Sakura's devotion to her one true love...!? Follow a prominent daughter and her older servant in this heart―throbbing love game.

Sex is the only thing I'm confident in. Kissing her so deeply she could melt, he relentlessly teases her nipples, making them hard... and when he rubs against her, shuddering pleasure runs through her like bolts of electricity...!! Fumi helps her next-door neighbor Ryo when she finds him passed out from hunger in front of his door, and from that day on, they become fast friends. Fumi can't help but get swept up in Ryo's puppy-like energy and feeds him whenever he's hungry... until one fateful evening when he accidentally catches her masturbating! And on top of that, the guy on Fumi's DVD is none other than Ryo himself...! "How about a night of pleasure to make up for all you've done for me?" Ryo says, as he shows her a hungry expression she's never seen before. Now fully in porn mode, Ryo gently tickles her entire body, touching her deep inside with his long fingers...

I was reincarnated into this novel… Wait, no! I was reincarnated 10 years before the events of the novel took place? The setting of the novel is a prison that’s even worse than hell itself. This and that happened, and ten years flew by. I’m now the top dog of this prison. * “Hey, Mint. I’ve got a job for you. Get working.” “You’re saying all this stuff, but I don’t know what you mean.” Despite being the top dog, I pretend to be an idiot. But I’m fine with that. It’s one of the plus sides of being dead. “Pretend to be dead on paper. In exchange, I’ll do something for you.” “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Then an opportunity crept up like a sweet, sweet lie. “If you help me, I’ll release you from this prison.” “What shall I do for you, Master?” “....” With those words, the prison warden was able to order around the prison idiot. “There’s a new inmate that’s being brought in. Make him the new top dog of the prison.” This place is called a prison, but within these walls is total anarchy. As long as I can make this guy the new top dog, I’ll be free of this place at last. “But you’re going to have to go over to the men’s prison.” “...Eh? Do you really think I’ve got the parts for the job?” “You’ll be in disguise, a disguise!” But alas! The new inmate is the male lead of the novel.

Sixteen-year-old Kelly believed everything that her first love, T., said to her. He was a gorgeous hunk and her brother’s best friend On the night of Kelly’’s junior prom, T. steps in to take the place of her sick date, saving the day and treating her like a lady. After their romantic evening, they walked alone on the beach and T. made a promise to Kelly. “Let’s go on a date every day. And on your eighteenth birthday, I’ll ask you to marry me.” After that night, however, he was gone and the promise went unfulfilled. Now five years have passed and T. has unexpectedly showed up in her life again… What should Kelly do?

Hani is a young girl living a rough life at the Burry Hill Detention Centre in Australia. She has been living as a boy for her own safety and protection, but she has had a mysterious yet beautiful reoccurring dream of living in a gorgeous palace surrounded by roses with her family. She thinks that such a dream is foolish, but then one day a man named Sharif appears; he claims that he is a diplomat from Bagestan, and that he has been sent to find Hani on orders from the sultan. She can barely believe the words she hears from him: “Your real name is Princess Shakira.”

Laura is shocked to see herself pictured with Prince Yuusuf in the newspaper, along with a headline announcing their passionate affair... especially because she’d simply had a chat with him! The silly mistake has disastrous results when Yuusuf's cousin Talique is sent to the States to get rid of Laura, whom Talique believes to be targeting the family fortune. His plan is to seduce her away from Yuusuf, and then unceremoniously dump her to teach her a lesson... (From “The Sheikh's Secret.”. “Blackmailed into the Prince's Bed” also included).

After spending a rather aggravating time with the woman his family had arranged for him to one day marry, Prince Mychale retreats to his mountain château, which he thought would be the perfect hideaway. He isn't the only one who thought so. There he finds Abby Donair, niece of the royal family’s physician as well as a childhood friend. Abby is trying her best to take care of the baby she has with her. Mychale wants nothing more than to be alone, but he falls ill and there is no one but Abby to look after him. Mychale, who’s always been a bachelor, finds himself oddly wanting Abby by his side and even enjoys helping her care for the baby. As Mychale ponders the meaning behind these feelings, Abby is desperate to get away so that her troubles don’t catch up to her...

It is May 1949. Claire Winters falls in love at first sight with a sudden visitor—a handsome, dark-haired man. Jack Murphy is a close friend to Claire’s brother, Dennis, who died in the war. However, Claire is already in courtship with a man whom her parents have decided for her—Harlan, who is set to take after his father’s banking business. “I can’t bear to marry without knowing what love is. Mama, I’m sorry. I want to be with this man, at least until he leaves this town.” Here begins the first part of a trilogy chronicling a time-transcending romance!

Ten years ago, Hester fell in love with a man she only met once: Connah, the attractive yet mysterious man who appeared as a guest at her mother’s inn. Now, Hester is a certified child-care provider, and she has been hired as a nanny for his daughter. How lucky could she be? Connah seems to be pleased with her work, as well. Is there love for her in his eyes, or is it her imagination? However, Hester soon realizes that he does not love her. He just needs a mother for his daughter…

Russia,1828.Natalia Gocharov e' figlia di una ricca famiglia caduta in rovina. L'unica speranza per la sua famiglia è il suo matrimonio con un buon partito. Con le speranze della sua famiglia sul suo futuro marito,come puo' un povero poeta sposarsi con lei...? Il povero poeta non e' altri che il famoso Aleksander Pushkin.

Enter Rika, still a virgin at the ripe age of 30. One day, her boss makes an unwanted advance on her in the women's restroom. Unable to resist, she loses all composure at the sound of his panting voice... "Are you turned on?" But then, just as he closes in to silence her cries, the young janitor Takahiro steps in to rescue her. Afterwards, he approaches a sobbing Rika with an unexpected offer: "Why not get used to men by using my body?" ...What do you mean by that!?

After she was nearly killed and then rescued, Ruan Ruan lost all her memories. Her savior, Ding Xiao, treated her with all the tenderness in the world; she completely let her guard down in the face of his perfect image. After figuring out the identity of her attacker, Ruan Ruan naively thought they were heading toward a happy ending. However, after discovering Ding Xiao’s secret, her world turned upside down! With danger looming on all sides, will she continue to be the prey, or will she become the hunter?

Tamaki's living the dream, getting ready to marry her coworker. But, as the day they tell her parents the happy news approaches, her snappy tone when she discusses what to wear and say on that day has dire consequences. Tamaki's husband―to―be breaks off the engagement...! Right as she's down in the dumps, her coworker Kei appears. Kei's the most popular and handsome guy at work, dubbed "The Prince" by the female employees. One thing leads to another, and Tamaki opens up to him about her shortcomings at a bar, then agrees to spend the night with him... She just wanted to feel someone's embrace for one night, but Kei comes up with an unexpected proposal!

I can't let him know... My true identity, and my love. Faith, a tour guide, suddenly found out that the company she worked for had gone bankrupt. She lost her house and her job and was at a loss at the airport when she happened to meet a man who was looking for a guide. She was successfully hired as a temporary guide, but when she heard his name, she froze. Dominic Beresford! He's an aristocrat from the same upper class as me!　My true identity...I can't let him know that I'm the missing heiress to the Fowlmere family... But as she learnt more about Dominic's kindness and the scars of his painful past, she began to fall for him...

How should one convince a husband who will not trust his wife? Marcy is a celebrity housework consultant. Marcy, overworked after four busy years, gets an invitation to an old friend's wedding and takes the opportunity to finally get a well-deserved break from her busy celebrity life. However, when Marcy arrives, her friend who was supposed to meet her up is nowhere to be seen. Marcy has changed her clothing style in order not to be recognized as a celebrity during her vacation. However, a couple of fans do recognize her while she is waiting for her friend. Suddenly, a handsome man approaches Marcy, calling her "darling" and kisses her! What is going on?

At a party hosted by the Blackstone family, the estranged Cord Blackstone comes home to claim his rightful inheritance. He wants the lease to the mountain that Susan has inherited through her deceased husband. Mistrust and knife fights will be only the beginning of the battle for the mountain, but the bigger challenge they might face is realizing that they love one another.

Marriage of convenience with a king. But…who is my husband…? Amber, a daughter of a marquis in England, becomes a bride of King Stipe of Bernshtein, a small, beautiful country. But she can’t stop herself from getting attracted to a black-haired, dignified knight, Kostia. She moved to Bernshtein to support the country… She gets filled with a sense of guilt. But there’s a surprising secret between Stipe and Kostia!

"Call me by my first name when it's just the two of us." Being in the arms of her coworker who she'd had a crush on for so long was like a dream. Sayaka is an office worker whose parents have chosen a man for her to marry without her input, and she has to meet him this weekend. And with all that going on, the man from the office who she has secretly had a crush on, Saeki, invites her to an after party for just the two of them. She's nervous but happy, and as they drink excitedly, Saeki's hand comes to rest on hers... She has had feelings for him for a while, but will she be just a friend with benefits to him? Or will she go with the younger man from the office whose feelings for her? There will be many twists and turns in this intense love triangle!

Audra had two precious childhood friends. The three of them were always together, and Audra ended up marrying one of them, a man named Jeremy. Soon after the death of her husband in the war, his large gambling debts came to light. People are now demanding that she use her body to pay off his debts...! But her other childhood friend, British Army Lieutenant Bryan Langford, arrives during her grief-stricken state. "He's the last person I want to see me in this unfortunate state with lewd men swarming around me like hyenas!"

A wonderful man like him would never give her the time of day… Betrayed and hurt by her husband, Jenna fled London for Glenmore Island. Her daughter, Lexi, is bored by their new quiet life on the small island, but she and Jenna gradually find happiness in their new home. However, Jenna’s heart is aflutter for the island doctor, Ryan. He’s a talented physician, but more than that, he’s intensely attractive. If only Jenna’s emotional wounds weren’t so deep, she’d obediently pursue her heart…

Christmas is closing in fast, yet Wendy and little Harry are going to a factory she's been called to by Cullen, the factory's owner. She's never met him, but he's rumored to be a heartless playboy. Wendy has only just become the legal guardian of her late next-door neighbor's son, Harry. She and Harry were about to start getting ready to celebrate their first Christmas together, but now she's not sure that will happen… When the two of them bump into the waiting Cullen, literally, an electric current runs through Wendy's body. What in the world is this feeling?

Looking for her mother's past, Rebel calls up her courage and rings the doorbell. The man that answers it is tall, handsome Hugh, who mistakes her for the new nanny. After clearing things up, she's re minded of herself in the orphan child, Ce lente, and decides to stay at the mansion. As Rebel tries to patch up the uncle and niece's relationship, she becomes closer and closer to them.

Miss Chloe Gibbons is nothing special in the world of aristocrats, but she might just be what Earl Christopher Armstrong Hawthorne—Kitt—needs. Wounded in warfare, Kitt'’s come home to a fractured leg, broken spirits and an overbearing countess of a grandmother who'’s hired Chloe to be his companion. Will Chloebe able to heal Kitt’s spirits, or have the ravages of war done more damage than a kind heart can mend?

Despite the frustration of a failed business venture, cool and in-control entrepreneur Darius Falcon manages to seal the deal with an exquisite natural island basking in the sun. There, on what should have been the worst day of both his professional and personal life, Darius meets a volunteer from a search and rescue unit named Harriet. He begins to feel happier than he has in years and the elevated mood the island has put him in encourages him to take a chance and ask her to be his girlfriend. Harriet gladly accepts, but finds herself deeply implicated in convoluted Falcon family circumstances… It’s a modern Cinderella story!

Mami is 36 and unmarried, and the entire world seems to be telling her she must be miserable. But is she? Does she really need a ring on her finger to be happy when she has a job she loves and friends who support her? A collection of interconnected stories that explores the hazards and joys of unmarried life through the eyes of three single ladies.

These stories all take place in the streets of Shibuya and its famous Love Hotels, where hearts get broken and healed...

Maddie invites her fiancé and his family over for Christmas dinner, but she’s hiding a terrible secret from him… She can’t cook to save her life! Maddie decides she has to do something to prepare, so she signs up for classes with Joe Milano, a world-class chef. But it turns out that Joe is a playboy to the core and tries to seduce Maddie every chance he gets! Will Maddie be able to resist this delectable chef?

One fateful day a devilishly handsome man crashes into Isabella’s life, claiming to be her husband. An accident a couple years earlier left her memories more than a little fuzzy, but she refuses to believe she could have forgotten the fact that she was married. As if suddenly becoming this overbearing man’s wife wasn’t enough to throw the independent Isabella for a loop, she soon discovers that he’s the future king of the desert kingdom of Jahfar…and about to marry another woman! One final, earth-shattering revelation leads Isabella to accompany this man back to Jahfar. But what’s waiting there for her? And why does her husband seem so disgusted with her existence?

Julia, an aristocrat, has been exiled from France to a neighboring country, Brugurette, where she meets King Oswald, who is referred as the Ice Prince. At first, they clashed due to their respective national pride. But they ended up marrying for political reasons. What is the true character behind this man who is said to not know love? This story of love takes place in an era of upheaval.

[OFFICIAL SUMMARY FROM MANGAPLAZA] A newlyweds-in-love story featuring a tough-looking husband and a stubborn wife dealing with their own misunderstandings! "Is it okay for me to love you?" Jossette has been in love with Theophile, a man from a noble family, since she was young. However, she couldn't bring herself to be honest with him, and every time they met, she said she hated him! But one day, the king ordered them to get married! Jossette was overjoyed, but she grew depressed with the thought that there was no way he would love her back. She wanted to at least fulfill her wifely duties, and they had their wedding night. "Does this feel good?" Theophile gave her gentle and sweet pleasure. This is a story about a newlywed couple in love despite themselves!