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Seo Jaeha, a man known for his intensity, unexpectedly re-enters the life of a woman he once loved. Their past relationship, marked by both passionate love and a bitter, painful end, casts a long shadow. Despite her attempts to move on, she finds herself drawn back to him, reigniting old emotions and creating a volatile dynamic. The encounter, filled with both longing and resentment, leaves her uncertain about the future of their relationship. Summary by Lyra_0820 This work contains content that may be controversial, such as coercive relationships. Please keep this in mind when using it.

Sparks fly between the handsome descendant of a snow spirit and the oblivious coworker he has a crush on! A romantic comedy in an office setting that takes coworkers to lovers to new heights within a winter wonderland of emotions! Himuro is a modern-day ice god, an ordinary office worker who just so happens to be the descendant of a snow spirit. He's also besotted with his coworker Fuyutsuki, who's a little unusual herself. At first glance, the pair both seem to be calm, cool, and collected. But beneath Himuro's icy good looks rages a passionate blizzard of love! On the other hand, his coworker's cool facade belies nothing about any feelings she might have for Himuro in return⁠-because she's too oblivious to realize anything! What's a snowman in love to do?

Sue is an aging housecat who's looking forward to living out her life in peace... but her plans change when the mischievous black tomcat Tai-chan enters the picture! Hey! Sue never signed up to be a catsitter!

Could a masked stranger be the answer to this princess's dreams? Princess Giselle de Marginy of Taurus is unhappy about one of the kingdom's old laws. According to the law, if a woman of royalty wishes to become keeper of Merrisand, she must be married, but Giselle doesn't want to marry just for a title… One day she attends a masked ball where she meets a man with mysterious blue eyes. Giselle feels a magnetic attraction to the man, but he leaves without revealing his identity. However, she will soon meet him again in a most unexpected way…

Meiko Tamaru is concerned about her weight. Now that she's fallen for her superior at work, she's determined to change. After all her effort to better herself, she finally succeeds in dating him. However, their dates constantly include delicious food. Enjoy this love story about a hardworking woman and a hot guy with a penchant for good food.

Saint Aristella, who sealed the goddess of lust in her body... Ever since she was imprisoned in the temple of Yigmentar from which she could not escape, she sometimes felt her body heat up and her consciousness fly away. The priests and knights of the temple, seduced by the power of her goddess within her, who is getting stronger day by day, fell in love with the saint... “I hate relationships without love!” If you want to receive the saint's favor, you have to win her heart? And so, the men's war to win the love of the naive Aristella begins!

A physical-only partner. That was the definition of the relationship between him and me. I didn’t care if everything Kwon Tae-ha did was fake. Whether it was love or desire. Because I loved him. And because I wanted to protect him, I could endure it. Until the moment those words came out of his mouth, that he was getting engaged. "I’m getting engaged next month." "…Then what happens to our relationship, CEO?" "It doesn’t change the fact that we sleep together." "But… morally, that’s..." "Why are you crying, Seoyoon?" The hand wiping away my tears was terrifyingly gentle, but his eyes were cold, like frost settling in the air. "You’re the one who rejected my proposal." --- The first time he and I slept together, the emotions that boiled over were soon blocked by a deep and heavy crossroads. Would we fall into something easy and meaningless? Or endure and become something difficult, but real?

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A story of two people who shouldn't be able to fall in love. Ao is a young professional woman, freshly out of a long term relationship after her boyfriend of three years cheats on her. Distraught and filled with self-pity, she meets a man at her friend's bar five years her junior and shrouded in mystery. What was supposed to be a one-night fling gets more complicated as Ao finds out that this dangerously attractive younger guy is a homeless heart-breaker who is incapable of love.. Will a declaration of friendship keep their fates from entwining further, or will the intimacy of friendship finally bring these two something they didn't even think they were missing?

Nicholas arrives at party with anything but fun on his mind, having been served divorce papers earlier in the day. When Danielle finds him more entertaining than the rest of the crowd, the two escape for a night of passion. But when he dismisses Danielle with a stack of money instead of breakfast in bed, she leaves in shame and anger and goes about her life full of resentment, unable to forget that night. Seven years later, Nicholas comes to her once again, paying for a different set of services. Will Danielle's pride be bought yet again?

A man who loathes ghosts, Kim Gi-Tae, one day gets sexually harassed by a naked ghost in the bustling subway. “If you agree to my conditions, I’ll chase away the ghosts that cling to you. So in exchange, do it with me…” What is this ghost saying? But… If I lend this ghost my body, will it be possible for me to live a normal life? Gi-Tae gathers his courage and decides to participate in a trade with the ghost in order to free himself from the ghosts that badger him, but…

You won't leave this game until every part of you belongs to me." Sergio Torrente, an Italian businessman, is surprised at who he sees in the surveillance camera. The mysterious person making moves every night against his challenging chess display at the office turns out to be a cleaner clad in a shabby uniform. But how could such a beautiful woman be just a cleaner? Drawn to the mysterious woman, Sergio summons her and declares that she will play a game of chess with him every night, starting this very day!

“De acuerdo con la voluntad de la señora Murasaki Sakurada, su fortuna y yo te pertenecemos desde ahora.” Un hombre salva a Ritsu de ser atropellada por un coche. Es muy guapo y su pelo es blanco como la nieve, ¡pero hora él dice que le pertenece a ella! Ren, le explica alegremente a la huérfana Ritsu que la ha buscado siguiendo la voluntad de su bisabuela. Ritsu se siente conmocionada y confundida, el hombre es bastante atractivo... y sus dedos y su mirada parecen buscarla desesperadamente.

In the snowy village of Rokka, the members of the Suzaku imperial family are revered as the descendants of Suzaku, the fire deity himself. Marrying the head of the Suzaku family...is considered the greatest of honors. Ginka Sakaeda comes from a line of shrine maidens. Her parents had hopes that she would marry into the Suzaku family one day. However, when she came into the world "deformed," they deemed her unworthy as the future Bride of Suzaku, and began treating her with hostility. Her younger sister Akane, however, was born with excellent grace and beauty, earning her the favor of the entire village and securing her position as the top candidate to marry into the Suzaku family. Then, on the eve of the ceremony that would decide Akane's future, Ginka has an unexpected encounter with the Suzaku family head. And the moment their hands touch...the two feel a warm sensation instantly course throughout their bodies!

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This volume is a collection of three short stories by Yoshihara Yuki. Ningyo OujiMinako a hardworking office lady encountered a merman in the pond and was entranced by the beauty of his youth.(Also included in Yoshihara Yuki the Best Selection)Kimi ni Okuru Hana wo TsumuTakuto died and left behind his girlfriend, Kaya, but several years later, Takuto comes back and possesses the body of her new boyfriend…Sekai wa Futari de Dekite IruYouko is a succubus from hell and her rocket lands on the earth to feed off man's efforts. But one day, she met an ultra-refined priest and...(Also included in Yoshihara Yuki the Best Selection)

If I have another life, this time I want a family to love and be loved by... Odette is tasked with caring for prisoners from an enemy country. While nursing a dying man back to health, she is taken along with him by soldiers who come to rescue him, and she ends up living in the enemy nation of Krastera. The rescued man, Captain Theodore of Krastera's knights, treats Odette with respect as his savior and begins to feel something special for her. However, Odette, who has never been blessed with family or marriage, is simply doing her best to just live. This is a heartfelt, pure love story about two people with troubled pasts who find connection and hope in each other.

Tired of immature love affairs, Eriko merge into the world of cyberspace, making her very own Blog on How she strives to reach her real happiness... On the wide coverage of this online diary, can she finally get what she's looking for?This philosophy of love is attracting a great deal of bloggers' attention!!

We hate each other so much that our subordinates worry at work... but we're actually just liars who deeply desire each other. These from different sales departments keep fighting to put on a show. There's so much discord that it's hard to believe. But it was a "fake fight" to increase of the cohesiveness of the department! Even though these two really get along, they keep acting like they hate each other! She offers a truce, "If you take off your suit, we can end this feud..."

Fairy tale tropes are turned on their heads in this award-winning and comedic reimagining of the classic Cinderella story! Miya is the illegitimate child of a certain prominent family. When her mother dies, she’s convinced she knows what awaits her in her new home: a life of servitude and misery at the hands of her wicked stepmother and stepsisters! Yet when she finally meets the women she expects to treat her like dirt, they actually end up being…sweet?! A hilarious and heartfelt comedy that’s sure to put a smile on your face!

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!

That kiss seven years ago has kept me from loving anyone but you… When Theodora visits the manor of her late aunt, she’s suddenly reunited with Damon, the town’s rebel and a man whom she hasn’t seen in seven years. Back then, Damon called her naive and teased her with a kiss. She’s been unable to forget him ever since. Now faced with the opportunity to work with him, Theodora decides to use this chance to settle her feelings for Damon. How is it possible, though, that he’s become even more dangerously enchanting?

Misuzu Sakaki is a plain office worker in love with her boss. After a series of events, she discovers his true form, a white tiger and the god of the west, Byakko. For the sake of his realm, he needs to do the deed regularly or else his lands will wither away. He asks her to be his wife and allow him to make love to her, caressing her most sensitive areas and using his feline tongue to create new realms of pleasure. As a virgin, Misuzu has trouble handling his inhuman fingers and beastly unit at first, but things quickly heat up and she is filled with his love repeatedly.

When CEO Jung Taeon mentioned he would stay for a month at Yeonghwadang, Sahee didn’t think much of it. He was merely a valued guest who would never get involved with someone as insignificant as her. However, the rude and endlessly arrogant man had a different perspective. “Yeon Sahee, why don’t we sleep together?” Sahee felt a mix of discomfort and unease, but his unpredictable demeanor continues to unsettle her..

"Mum, how about this man?" Xiao Baozi,a kid, pointed at the enlarged version of himself. He tries his best to find the best husband for his mother.

With his good looks, Keita can get any girl to fall in love with him. Despite being Mr. Popular at college and the cafe where he works part-time, Keita takes an unusual interest in Mao, the girl known as "Iron Mask Mao" to her colleagues. He pursues her after taking an interest in her. But while spending time with the honest and untainted Mao, Keita starts to fall for her. However, even then, he can't stop playing around with other girls. The reason: his fragile heart. He doesn't want to experience heartbreak ever again. They are complete opposites, both inside and out. Where can their awkward relationship go from here...?

Olivia has just arrived at the home of her London lover, who sets her heart alight. However, the man who appears at the door, Decan, coldly tells her that this is his home and he has no idea where her lover is. What is she supposed to do now? Unwilling to leave Olivia to deal with her troubles alone, Decan introduces her to one of his acquaintances who runs an apartment building. Seemingly abandoned by her lover, Olivia realizes she is strangely drawn to Decan. She sees him around town and he shows up in her dreams. How can she resist his gentle smile?

Princess Nadia believes offering her virginity to King Zayed, a long-standing, hostile enemy of her country, is the best way to forge peace between their countries. And so Nadia disguises herself as a dancer and infiltrates the king’s chambers. Here she will seduce the king, who is rumored to be a vulgar man. As pure Nadia trembles in his bed, the king finally appears, but he’s dignified and good-looking—completely different from his terrible reputation! Now what will become of Nadia’s plan? What will become of Nadia?

I thought he was the one… Did he only sleep with me for the sake of his job? Ruth, head chef at her family’s hotel, is drowning her sorrows alone in the hotel kitchen. All of her cousins are married, and she’s the only single one left. On top of that, her boyfriend just dumped her… When is it going to be her turn? At that moment, a stunningly handsome man—Robert—walks in. As they talk, she discovers that they are perfect for each other. She’s never met anyone like him before! By a trick of fate, she ends up spending the night with him. The next day, she is horrified to learn Robert’s true identity—he is a representative from the corporation currently attempting to buy out their hotel!

An unexpected marriage proposal from the professor Trixie adored left her, an apprentice nurse, completely astonished. She knows she isn’t the most beautiful girl or the most talented, so what has drawn him to her? Ever since Trixie lost her parents in an accident when she was a child, she has been treated like a servant by the aunt and uncle who took her in. Her love of the professor was the only light that shone upon her misfortune, and the chance of becoming his wife makes her happy, but can she trust that he truly loves her as she wants him to?

I married a man in a vegetative state. He's an only child of a wealthy family. His mother claimed that even if his body was left in this state, he could still give them grandchildren. If I could successfully conceive and give birth, she would give me one million for each child. I got motivated by this reward and decided to aim for three million... But things didn't go as planned.

Betrayed by her fiancé, Pela Bai seduces her fiancé's uncle, Hayden Lu, and sleeps with him to get revenge. But what was meant to be a game of revenge slowly develops into true love...

Yeeun has a secret she can’t tell anyone. Her biggest insecurity is that she has severely inverted nipples, and she’s determined never to show her breasts to anyone. However, during a company workshop, she ends up having a one-night stand with Jaemin, a kind and extremely competent lawyer, and the complex she had tried to keep hidden her entire life is exposed. “I can help you overcome that insecurity, Yeeun. And if we get to know each other better in the process, that would be even better.” At Jaemin’s words, offering to help her overcome her complex, Yeeun accepts his proposal, and in the end… she decides to become his sexual partner.

A high school girl is stunned to find herself reincarnated as the conniving villainess from her favorite dating sim…but something’s off! What if, when Katarina Claes was reincarnated into Fortune Lover from the original series, she didn’t regain the memories of her past life until she was fifteen? With less than a year to go before her destruction, Katarina must find a way to avoid all possible bad endings!

Jian, an S-rank guide in Korea who isn't compatible with any espers, people gifted with superpowers, finds herself on a strange continent one day. There, she meets Duke Wisrode, an esper she can finally guide. However, her excitement is short-lived when she discovers that she is the only guide in this land, which is full of espers, and the duke wishes to keep her to himself. Will Jian be able to find her way back to her own dimension safely? Or will she be stuck here as the lone guide forever?

From Good Girls Scan BL: Matsuoka is addicted to the high he gets when he’s showered with stares of men when he walks the streets at night, dressed in the clothes of his ex-girlfriend. One night, his gloomy superior from work, Hirosue, rescues him after he’s sexually assaulted by a man who’d been passing by. Though Hirosue was infamous for his awkwardness and dullness, Matsuoka found himself attracted to the former’s sincere affections towards him. Dressed as a woman, he meets up with Hirosue and ends up receiving a confession of love. I won’t see you again. I can’t see you again. When Matsuoka realises his feelings, he…?! The long-awaited manga adaptation of Konohara Narise’s masterpiece of the bitterness and beauty of an impossible love!

Ordinary office worker Anna is suddenly reincarnated into an 18+ otome game—but as the villainess! Now in the role of Annelie, she's not interested in hot and steamy fun, she's desperate to escape. Except her husband, the handsome and secretly sadistic Prince Lienhard, isn't letting her go so easily. Instead, he's pressing her to reenact their wedding night to help her regain Annelie's memories! Will she be able to resist his touch or is she destined to bend to his every whim?

Sozon must pass a special exam to join the company, T.M.Job, which is made up of individuals abandoned by the world of light but refusing to mix in with the world of darkness. In order to pass Sozon must capture a reclusive wolf man and bring him back for the company. After succeeding he and the wolf man will be allowed to join T.M.Job.

From JShoujo Scans:Love Stalking!Mizuki's life's a mess. She has an obsessive stalker who's been leaving her creepy messages in her mail box, and her boyfriend dumps her because he got sick and tired of being harassed by her relentless stalker. Just when she decides to move out of her apartment, Natsume, a good-looking guy who reminds her of her ex moves in next door. Can he protect her from her stalker? And what's this about him being in love with her friend?!Jumping to the Wrong ConclusionCalled Noe-chan by all her admirers, guys who she became friends with because they weren't her type, she's the cutest girl in school... But underneath that cute exterior is a tomboyish girl who just wants a boyfriend. What's Noe supposed to do when the one she does end up liking, Touji-kun, already has a girlfriend?End of SummerYuki feels stifled in her own home because her parents nag her to study, study, study. When she finally goes off the deep end and sees her parent's faces as textbooks, you know she just has to get away, right? So at the beginning of summer she leaves a note promising she'll be back by the next school term, and ends up living with one of her classmates and his older brother for a couple of weeks.Doing the 180Wakana's boyfriend Nobuyuki misses her so much, he decides to leave Tokyo to go to school with her and live near her! But what if Wakana is so thrilled about her boyfriend suddenly showing up, she becomes extremely embarrassed and conveys the opposite of her feelings?!

Abby was suddenly proposed to by the company president, Tanner. However, Tanner only wanted Abby to pretend to be his wife in order to buy a confectionary company. Finding it strange and sudden, Abby hesitated to accept Tanner’s proposal, but before long she begins to fall for his kind and caring personality. With negotiations underway, a sudden request by the company owner stuns Tanner. In order for him to buy the company, he must first impress its owner with an original dessert, and the only person who can help him is Abby.

It is Leia Organa's sixteenth birthday, and she participates in the traditional ceremony where she declares her intention to one day take the throne of Alderaan. But she's much more concerned about the way her parents are acting lately: lots of meetings and late dinners and not talking to her as much as they used to. Eventually she discovers the reason for their secrecy: their involvement in the increasingly organized rebellion. When Leia decides to become involved herself in the fight against the Empire, whether her parents approve or not, she will have to prove to them that she is a valuable asset who must be allowed to take a stand, regardless of the risk to herself. Her stand will also put her at odds with a pacifist young Alderaanian man who gives Leia her first kiss…and her first real loss.

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“From a Simple Invitation to an Unexpected Engagement!” A young noblewoman from a poor family receives an invitation to a grand ball hosted by a prestigious ducal family. Despite her modest means, she does her best to look presentable and arrives at the estate, eager for the experience. However, upon her arrival, she is suddenly summoned by the head butler without any explanation. Before she can grasp the situation, she is dressed in a luxurious gown and given shocking news: “You have been chosen as the fiancée of the future duke!” How could a simple invitation to a ball turn into an engagement with someone she has never met? How did an ordinary noblewoman suddenly become part of one of the kingdom’s most powerful families? A heartwarming romance unfolds between a cold-hearted nobleman and a kind-hearted girl, all sparked by a random lottery that led to unexpected love!

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For her family and her tuition, 'Jeanne' takes a job as a maid for the 'Oderwood' family. Smitten by the character of 'Daniel', the kind and hardworking eldest son of the Oderwood family, Jeanne heads to his bedroom at his request to spend the night together. "With this scent, could you come to my room tonight?"

Akari, who possessed the body of her favorite character's stepmother. While she was delighted to see her beloved character in their adorable childhood up close, she realized that she herself is the stepmother 'Elena,' the person responsible for causing the character to fall into darkness. Determined to avoid the character's descent into darkness and make them happy, Akari faces numerous challenges as the misdeeds of Elena before the possession come back to haunt her. Will she be able to make her favorite character happy

Carrie is preoccupied with worry when her brother fails to show up for work. Then Nikos Spirakis, the king of the transport industry, appears before her. He informs her that her brother has run off after getting Nikos’s sister pregnant, and in revenge Nikos wants Carrie to have his baby. She’s repulsed by his arrogance…but unexpectedly drawn to him at the same time!

Kim Daye has become a successful actress in her own right. One day, she is invited to a party by a famous director. At the party, she is confronted by a tall, muscular man. "Noona, it's me." "What?" "It's me." He introduces himself as Ji Taeho, the neighbor who used to live next door. But she can't seem to remember him, it’s as if he's been wiped clean from her memory. Daye promises to get in touch with Tae-ho, but then inevitably forgets. "Noona, why haven’t you contacted me?" A few days later, the embarrassment strikes again. Daye apologizes and agrees to have dinner with Tae-ho. Expensive sogopchang! They get drunk, brag about their small successes, and she somehow ends up inviting Tae-ho inside her house...? 'That’s crazy. The ball is there for you to hit it, if you won’t then you can’t call yourself a hitter.”