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Ever since one of Australia's most successful entrepreneurs stole her company, Marina's life has been nothing but chaos. After her parents passed away, Marina had no choice but to settle the problem on her own. She crashes a party to try to negotiate with the billionaire, but she offends the prideful man and finds herself surrounded by Wakefield's bodyguards. Suddenly a mysterious man named Ronan Carlisle comes to her aid and offers to help get her company back...under one condition. Marina must pretend to be his mistress!

【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Two years ago, Rachel happened to walk in on her husband, Ben, and their babysitter in bed together. And Ben had the temerity to claim he hadn’t cheated on her! Since then, they’ve been living separately, but now Rachel’s boyfriend has asked her to move in together. It seems like it’s time for Rachel to move on, so she asked Ben for a divorce. She wants to marry Simon and settle down for the sake of her young daughter, but Ben’s refusing her request!

【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Jane and her husband, Demetri, have been living apart for five years when he reappears in her life out of nowhere, asking to officially get a divorce. He’s as charming as ever and Jane is shocked to realize that she’s still in love with him. She starts to panic, and Demetri attempts to calm her down…but they fall into each other’s arms and spend a passionate night together. Jane chalks it up to a simple mistake?a way to get some closure?but destiny has other plans for the couple. Jane is pregnant!

Two years ago, Edie lost her husband , and since then she had been distracting herself by keeping busy with her actress mother and her sister's manager business. One day, she mes Nick, a famous architect, at a party and has a strange feeling for him. However, when she rebuked an approaching Nick and left him, she realized her mother's intentions. I have vowed to never fall in love again, but she's trying to introduce a man to me... Edie approached Nick again. And now he makes me an offer, acting like he understands my feelings?

Josie, who’s from a prominent family, has been living in self-imposed exile in Paris after being labeled as a whore. On a lonely Christmas night, she is startled to find a stranger watching her as she entertains herself at a window. The man introduces himself as Adam. They hit it off so well that they decide to have dinner together, which leads to spending a night. After an intense night, Josie feels content but becomes enraged the moment she discovers Adam’s identity!

Her father is treating Ella like a pawn in his financial dealings, and her fiancé has a secret past. Will she ever find happiness? Ella can’t believe her domineering father has ordered her to marry Australian businessman Donato Salazar. Her father orchestrated the marriage in order to receive financial support to save his company from the brink of bankruptcy. Now that her gorgeous older sister has run away, Ella is being made to take her place. She thinks there’s no way a billionaire like him would ever accept plain Ella after being promised her sister. But as soon as Donato meets her, he falls head over heels and wants to make her his wife! Surprised and bewildered, Ella soon uncovers his dark, hidden past, a past that will change her life forever!

Abby is dreaming of marrying a cowboy to maintain her ranch when she impulsively shares a passionate night with Leo. He's the CEO of Golden Spurs whom she happened to meet at a bar. The next morning, she feels embarrassed and leaves. But it's not long before she finds out that she's pregnant with his child. Leo is far from her ideal man, but Abby agrees to marry him for the sake of their unborn baby. Little does she know there's another reason he wants to marry her.

Years ago Ally asked PJ, a free-spirited surfer, to marry her on paper. She needed her grandmother’s inheritance so she could run away from her arrogant father and make her dream come true. And to claim it, she had to get married as her grandmother’s will stated. Ten years later, Ally, who’s now a successful designer, visits PJ and finds that he’s the president of a big company. Feeling intimidated by him, she manages to ask him for a divorce. He then tells her they must try to live like a married couple. But why would they if there’s no love between them?

Molly has lost her memory, but there is something suspicious about the man who calls himself her husband. After being injured from a run-in with a purse snatcher, Molly wakes up in a hospital bed with amnesia. A breathtakingly gorgeous man watches over her with a concerned expression. He introduces himself as her husband, Pietro, and says that Molly is pregnant with his child! While her memories are still missing, Molly lives a privileged life in his penthouse. However, her unease only grows. If they really are married, then why does Pietro sleep in a different room? When she discovers the reason, Pietro’s reaction leaves Molly at a loss for words…

Elena, an attendant to a nobleman, falls secretly in love with the Earl of Lavenham after he visits the mansion. She’s excited by his enchanting kiss and proposal but is hurt when he says they can both have other lovers. With no other choice, Elena runs away. On her way to London, she meets a duke’s widow, who finds Elena’s story amusing and dresses her up to make her look like a beautiful princess. Elena is surprised by her new appearance and shocked when she runs into the earl, who has come to London to look for her. Will he see through her disguise?

For the first time, I am moved by a man’s passion… Emma grew up in a lonely household with music as her only comfort. One day she’s rescued by a sexy man named Miguel and finds herself having to turn down his passionate advances, since she’s already engaged to be married. But when they meet again, Emma realizes he’s Miguel Salvaje, the world-famous pianist whom she has always admired! Does fate have more in store for Emma?

The cruel rogue who abandoned me has reappeared, but now he is a millionaire... At the end of the spring when she was 18 years old, Mirandi fell in love at first sight with the notorious rogue - Joe. Sexy and handsome, he was everything in the world to Mirandi. Until he cruelly dumped her, saying he was tired of dating someone as immature as she was... Ten years later, Mirandi joined an investment firm and to her surprise, the CEO was Joe! Its okay, Im not that naive girl who fell for his blue eyes anymore. But then he approached Mirandi as if nothing happened, and ordered her to accompany him on a business trip as his secretary...?

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

Francesca’s father recently passed away, leaving her to shoulder enormous debts. With all of her troubles, the one she’s worried about the most is her weak mother, who is unaware of their situation. Then Francesca is approached by a man who offers to finance her loan. However, the condition is…marriage? She can’t believe what she's hearing as she is given the terms by sexy bank CEO Reed Kennard. “You need financial support and I need a wife. This is a sensible business transaction.”

In Sakuran, Moyoco Anno lifts the veil on life in the Edo period pleasure quarter, Yoshiwara. The story follows Kiyoha, sold into a brothel as a child and forced to work as a maid and her rise to prominence as one of the top-ranking courtesans in Yoshiwara. The allure of the “flower and willow world“ as it was called by artists in the day is underscored by the very real tragedy, heartbreak and difficult lives led by those seemingly glamourous courtesans. Will Kiyoha’s fox-like wiles give her a chance to break free of her gilded cage? Or will her fighting spirit ruin her chances of ever escaping the brothel?

I swore I’d be single all my life, but now my boss has ordered me to marry him! Secretary Barbara is shocked when she sees a date marked on her boss’s calendar. Her boss Sam is getting married? His frequent, short-lived relationships with beautiful women have made him famous throughout Texas as a playboy. He can’t have a serious girlfriend, can he? After asking the confused Barbara to handle the wedding plans, Sam hands her—of all things—an engagement ring. It seems he wants her for his fiancée! But Barbara has no intention of ever getting married.

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

His warmth stirred my soul and forcefully taught me to love. For Sorrel, who was living in a small town in England with her parents and her fianc? peacefully, the visit of that man - Val - was an incident. A descendant of her ancestors who came to Australia from England several generations ago. In other words, she was her blood relative, but of course she had never met her. For Val's visit to retrace her roots, Sorrel's parents had prepared an old farm that was no longer in use. Sorrel welcomed Val there, but was surprised to see her when she arrived. What? He's actually a man? The roads are blocked by a blizzard, the town is far away, and there is only

There is no way he would ever forgive me, yet I can’t deny these feelings… Judy has returned to London for the first time in six years with her young daughter. She’s picked up at the airport by Robert, the man she’d once almost married but was forced to break up with. Devastated by their separation, Judy decided to move abroad in order to escape her heartache. Seeing Robert again now, though, Judy has no choice but to endure his cold words, for all he sees is her betrayal, not the despair she endured, the decisions she was forced to make or the pain she now feels…

When a night out to a piano recital turns into a literal nightmare for Seoyoon, she's unceremoniously inducted into a world of horrifying beings. There, she meets Heewon, a charming "superbia" who informs her that she is nothing more than food for these creatures born of sin. Now, she must succumb to the likes of vampires and incubi as they feed on her for sustenance. Can she escape the darkness that lurks under the cover of night, or will she find a reason to stay inside this sinister realm?

Do I have the courage to love once more after everything I’ve been through? Deirdre is struggling to get by as a single mother, raising her sons on an old farm. Then she bumps into Ronan, a man she met three years ago at a Christmas party. Deirdre, pregnant at the time, had been left alone by her cheating husband and Ronan had been so kind to her. Now he’s looking for a room to rent, and it just so happens that Deirdre needs a tenant. Ronan is intelligent and handsome, and Deirdre feels increasingly drawn to him. One night, they end up kissing. But is Ronan who he says he is, or is he hiding something?

Kate is in a tight spot when her haughty father insists that she marry one of his employees. Just then, Kate is summoned to meet Damon Alexakis, the head of the large Greek family she’s currently working for. She’s the au pair for his nieces, and he’s very hostile to her at first, but as they start talking, it becomes clear that the two of them are facing the same problem. Damon’s mother keeps trying to push the perfect bride on him and he wants none of it. Like Kate, he believes that work is the most important thing in his life. To escape their problems, the two of them agree on a yearlong contract marriage, after which they’ll divorce. But will their plan succeed?

Helen can’t believe it. The ice-cold earl has asked her to marry him! Helen, who lost her parents when she was young, was raised by her aunt. However, her aunt’s business has gone bankrupt and now they’re desperate. They receive an invitation from Earl Bridgemere, the patriarch of Aunt Bella’s family, to his annual Christmas party. Aunt Bella usually declines, but she has no choice this year. The two decide to attend the party to ask the earl for help, but upon their arrival Aunt Bella collapses. Helen seeks assistance from an attendant…who turns out to be Earl Bridgemere himself!

With her outstanding business acumen, Mingyeong Kang climbed the corporate ranks of TK Group, Korea’s top conglomerate, to become a senior manager in record time. But after 10 years at the company, she’s been assigned to be the secretary of Iseop Tae, the successor to TK Group. The two entered the company at the same time, but ever since he came second place to her at new employee training, Iseop’s never taken kindly to Mingyeong. She’s better than him in every way and trampled all over his ego… so why can’t he stop thinking about her?

Matteo’s debonair veneer rubs off the moment he tries to cheat on Grace’s best friend…with Grace! After collapsing due to overwork, Grace visits her friend in Italy to recuperate. There she meets handsome aristocrat Matteo. He’s so gorgeous he takes her breath away. Then her friend proudly announces that she’s pregnant with Matteo's baby. But a few days later, he hits on Grace! How can he imagine that she’d accept his advances when her friend is carrying his child?

His sexiness is getting in the way! Skillful nanny Mari is hired by a wealthy businessman and meets Nikos, his thirty-two-year-old prodigal son. As Mari gets to know Nikos, she realizes his rebellious nature stems from childhood events he hasn’t recovered from. She wants to teach him the importance of love, but his sexiness keeps getting in the way!

Cheyenne is engaged to Martin, the wealthy son of a distinguished family. Her fiancé’s older brother, Cutter, scorns her and tells her, “Your upbringing is unfit for the Lord family.” But after stormy seas shipwreck him and Cheyenne saves him, the two fall madly in love. However, their love quickly becomes tainted. When Martin suggests that Cutter only seduced her to break up their engagement, Cheyenne loses hope and resigns herself to marring Martin. But then, seven years later, her husband dies and she finds herself in a predicament…and Cutter shows up again!

I know we are meeting for the first time, but there’s something nostalgic about him… When her father dies suddenly, nineteen-year-old Marianne and her family are left in dire straits. Distraught over the idea that she must now marry a haughty aristocrat to help her family, Marianne visits her great-aunt. On the way there, Marianne meets a mysterious gentleman. As soon as he looks at her, she is overwhelmed by a feeling of nostalgia, which confuses her. Marianne leaves without asking his name. What she doesn’t know is that he’s actually Drew, the Marquis of Marlbeck, and that she will meet him again in an unexpected place…

Sebastian Savas purchases a houseboat to get some time away from his chaotic family. He arrives to find it already occupied by Neely Robson, a work colleague whose architectural design sensibilities he constantly clashes with. Sebastian is known at work as the “ice man,” unfeeling and distant, but Neely quickly notices there's another, kinder side to the handsome man. Although an attraction soon blooms, Neely is dead set against any relationship that won't lead to marriage, while Seb is dead set against falling in love. Misunderstandings and familial estrangements complicate their living and working arrangements; will mending the past lead to love?

Martha was betrayed by her boyfriend, so she’s taken a trip to her ancestral home, an island in the Aegean Sea. She was planning to heal her broken heart in her family home, which was supposed to be vacant, but a pirate-like man named Theo has gotten his hands on this home so full of memories without her even knowing about it. Martha is fascinated by his charm, but he orders her to leave. She used up all her money on the flight there and she has nowhere to go, leaving her at a loss. But when some women show up and pursue Theo, he suddenly proclaims that Martha is his girlfriend and pulls her into a rough kiss. What is going on here?

Mom ran away with a younger man? Still doubting the situation, Rachel goes on a mission to a Caribbean island. She can't believe that strong and sexy Matthew Brody, who owns the majority of the island along with a hotel and plantation, is really her mother's lover! Rachel begins associating with Matthew under a fake name, but she notices that her heartbeat quickly responds each time he touches her. She longs to lose herself in his sweet invitation... And even though she knows he's her mother's fiance, she offers her body and soul to him!

The young man holding her close was the very man she shouldn’t love… While visiting the Caribbean island of San Felipe, Megan was taken aback to see how strong her stepsister's son, Remy, had grown up to be. It had been sixteen years since they last met. When Megan was fifteen, her parents divorced and her mother lived on this island after getting married to Remy’s grandfather. Megan couldn’t forgive her wild mother and chose to live with her father, but it meant that she’d had to live far away from her beloved Remy. And it seems she should have kept that distance forever because Remy’s passionate gaze kept meeting Megan’s eyes—it was the beginning of their forbidden romance.

She’d like to forget everything and be swept away in his arms—even if it’s just for one night. Pia is astonished to see the beautiful sandy-haired man at her best friend’s wedding. It's Hawk, the man she fell in love with at first sight three years ago—the one who disappeared after their first night together. Pia is stunned…and Hawk is as sexy as ever. But there's another twist—the wedding guests are calling him Duke. She’s annoyed at the turn of events and vows never to be swept away by Hawk ever again. But fate brings them together and their fire is rekindled…

A marriage is worth as much as it’s profitable. But can they keep their hearts out of this contract? Jewelry designer Tamara once again finds herself face-to-face with the Earl of Melton at a party. He's the CEO of a hugely successful company, with a strong build and masculine features, not to mention her father’s choice to be her husband! With the confidence of a conquering hero, once again he asks for her hand in marriage. Although she refuses him right away, in order to save the business she has worked so hard to start, eventually she agrees. They hatch a plan to become husband and wife for half a year, each pursuing their own business goals―him, a successful merger with her father’s company, her, a steady list of clientele―but can Tamara resist his passionate act?

"He's the only one who will see the real me." Having left the garish modeling world behind her, Lynne moves to the quiet town of Gettysburg. Tired of being praised solely for her looks, she's changed her name and clothes in order to finally live in peace. But on the day she moves into her new apartment, Lynne gets into a dispute with her neighbor Brendan after he trips over some boxes she left in the hallway. Little does Lynne know, Brendan is blind. Light no longer reaches his beautiful eyes. Brendan promptly forgives Lynne for her embarrassing blunder, and before long the seeds of love are sown in the unlikely pair.

Katie decides to set out on the road in the middle of a raging storm. While trying to find cover from the rain, something leads her in the direction of an old castle. There she finds the secluded O’Neal, whose eyes invokea sense of nostalgia in her. Though her stay proves to be eerie, she can’t help but want to know more about O’Neal. It’s as if some unknown force keeps nuedging her to get close to him. Katie decides it’s up to her to set O’Neal free from his chains, but will her feelings hold true once she sees the truth behind his torment?

In this game of love, who will win? Kristi, a popular model in New York, has come back to her hometown in Texas for the first time in five years. She is determined to end things with her husband once and for all. Kristi was always convinced that she’d failed as a wife and that leaving was the right choice. Now, as she finally sees Jason again, his smile causes butterflies to flutter in her stomach. Kristi tries desperately to control her emotions, but Jason doesn’t even seem to recognize her!

The daughter of a prominent family. That was all that her mother valued in Abigail's existence. Raised like a caged bird, there was one time that she disobeyed her mother. That was when she fell in love with a poor boy, Grant, eight years ago and got pregnant. But the summer love ended in atrocity with his betrayal. Since, she has lived her life like a doll, but one day, she is offered a marriage proposal by a man who is connected to her mother. While considering it, Grant shows up after eight years! But hatred toward her spirals in his heart...

Aimee was about to be sold by her father. Fearing she will become a plaything for some repulsive nobleman, she runs away, escaping from London to Yorkshire. With a job as a governess, she has a fleeting dream of a steady life. But her new employer, Earl Bowdon, wants to make Aimee his mistress! Driven to despair, Aimee flees once again. What will become of her?

Abby is dreaming of marrying a cowboy to maintain her ranch when she impulsively shares a passionate night with Leo. He's the CEO of Golden Spurs whom she happened to meet at a bar. The next morning, she feels embarrassed and leaves. But it's not long before she finds out that she's pregnant with his child. Leo is far from her ideal man, but Abby agrees to marry him for the sake of their unborn baby. Little does she know there's another reason he wants to marry her.

Robina is the daughter of a poor noble family, and this ball is her first and final attendance in the London Season. It's there that the handsome Lord Exmouth gives her a taste of her first dance. When the sweet music and dreamlike moment are over, he invites her to stay at his estate for the summer! This must be a serious invitation with marriage in mind! The only thing is, she's heard he still isn't over his dead wife...

From Fujoshi Affairs,A Bright and Cheerful guy, Yuto.A Quiet and Gay guy, Ryou.A Handsome and Bad guy, Kei.During their high school days, the three of them were always together, but Kei liked Ryou and Ryou like Yuto. Six months later after their graduation Yuto was reunited with the other two by chance in a certain bar. But he felt something had changed from their high school times because of the subtle air between Kei and Ryou . . !

The woman the playboy fell for had a sorrowful past… To escape a scandal, Gabe travels to London to stay with his cousin and suggests they trade places for a while when he sees how hard his cousin has to work to maintain his castle and estate. At the castle, Gabe meets Freddie, a woman who claims to be the manager of the place. Being a widow with a daughter to care for, she’s not at all Gabe’s usual type. Yet there’s something about Freddie’s sad past that draws his attention…

The Lord d'Arenville has good looks, almost like a Greek sculpture, but has been called the Ice Earl because of the way he treats women. Tallie, a resident tutor, is busy planning a party for him. Then, she accidentally overhears him in conversation: "What I want for my wife, is someone who has good teeth and wide enough hips for childbearing." Is that all he thinks of women? She becomes angrier still when she overhears that he thinks she'd make him a good wife!

I know I’m not the one who can heal your loneliness… Sydney has lost her memory after being rescued on the shore of an isolated island. Daniel, the man who rescued her, is unfriendly but allows her to stay with him until she recovers from her injuries. He tells her that his son was kidnapped and his wife died a few years ago, and now he lives a grief-stricken lonely life. Sydney is confused by the feelings she has when she gazes into Daniel’s beautiful blue eyes. Then she suddenly remembers—she came here to see if Daniel is the father of her son!

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!

While she’s still grieving her parents’ death, a wealthy man from Spain suddenly shows up in Cleo’s life and claims to be her real family. His name is Dominic Montoya. He’s handsome and arrogant as if he was born to be a ruler, and he says he wants to welcome Cleo, who is the daughter of a promiscuous maid who seduced her master, back into the family. Suppressing her feelings of unease, Cleo accompanies him to a mansion in the Caribbean. What awaits her there is a secret and cruel love story that has long been kept in the dark!

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.