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I want someone to love all of me, even my secrets... Abby works as a receptionist at a clinic for an orthopedic surgeon named Ethan. Being betrayed by a former lover has given her a distrust towards men, but for some reason, Ethan also holds a disgust towards women. One day, he asks her to accompany her on a trip...and offers to pay her to pretend to be his lover. Without thinking, she instinctively turns him down. However, something unforeseen happens. Her beloved teacher is the victim of a robbery and has lost a huge sum of money. Her desire to help leads her to her decision. She will accept Ethan's offer. She never thought that she would have her heart stolen once again...

Polly Talbot is well educated but rather plain compared to her twin sisters. She works for Sir Ronald, typing up his manuscript on Greek and Roman history. Sam Gervis takes on the project after Ronald’s death, and Polly moves into his home he can oversee her work. While living there, she realizes there’s more to life than her rural lifestyle and decides to become a nurse. It will get her away from Sam, as well, who is very severe with her and would never be interested in a plain girl like her when he’s engaged to a beauty like Deirdre. They can’t get away from each other so easily, however, as Sam works as a doctor in the same hospital.

A collection of four stories.

Orthez Acryl is the Duke of Tessa’s eldest daughter. She is a beautiful young lady who managed to capture the heart of the kingdom's crown prince. However, rather than become the crown princess she requested marriage to an Earl of a far away land called Felluah... Two people who never met each other agreed to marry the other... what motivates these two behind their decision...?

Unpopular underground idol and actress, Enatsu Sayuki, faces her work diligently everyday to achieve her dreams of making it big in the world of acting. But, for some reason, the superstar idol Touma Sera – who should be her rival – becomes her biggest fan! Adorable enough to make Sayuki jealous, Sera takes every chance to passionately declare her love, throwing Sayuki’s life into chaos. Will Sayuki be able to achieve her dreams? And what will become of the one-sided love(?) between Sera and Sayuki...!?

In order to find out what happened to her twin brother, Emery Montbard disguises herself as a man and gains the help of the honorable knight Nicholas de Burgh. They agree that a conspiracy may be behind the disappearance of Emery’s brother, but that’s not the only thing troubling Nicholas—while on his quest, he finds himself oddly attracted to Emery, despite his belief that she’s a man. While Emery tries to hide her secret, Nicholas hides a secret of his own, one that may very well hinder his chances at ever finding love. What will become of these two? And will they succeed in bringing down the conspiracy?

Country girl Henrietta has been abandoned quite suddenly by the man she thought of as her sweetheart. While grieving in the shadows during a London ball, she meets a man who is bewilderingly handsome. That man is Count Deben, and he has a reputation as a playboy. Perhaps he’s grown bored of the girls who swarm to him like bees to nectar, but why would he be interested in her? Henrietta is surveying him cautiously when Count Deben directs a challenging gaze her way and declares that he will make her the brightest flower of high society.

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Deep in a dark forest, two strange men are trying to gobble me up! After initially agreeing to an arranged marriage at her parent's behest, Kirika can't go through with the ceremony and runs out on her wedding still dressed in her bridal gown. After getting lost in a nearby forest, she's almost attacked by a wolf...! Luckily, a young man who happens to be passing by steps in and saves her from a grim fate...or so she thought. Why is her new savior licking her cheek and asking if he can partake in her bodily fluids?!

"You can see with your own body how things feel." "...No. Don't suck on it. I'm gonna go crazy...! I'm coming...!!" Ichika, who made a great debut as the comic author as Kozo Ichigoya is in the middle of a slump. That's when her cousin/editor, Soh, suggests writing a girls' comic instead. She hides her identity and meets the head editor, Toru Kuroda, and needs to write a Teens' Love? On top of that, eight-page sex scene in every chapter? She's never even been in a relationship. How is she supposed to know what sex feels like? Teach me what 'cum' means! Toru starts kissing her entire body... He licks places that have never even been touched before, all while using his fingers. Unable to resist the pleasure, her moans echo around the room. A love story full of pleasure between an innocent comic artist who doesn't know anything about sex and a strict head editor!

Unpopular underground idol and actress, Enatsu Sayuki, faces her work diligently everyday to achieve her dreams of making it big in the world of acting. ......But, for some reason, the superstar idol Touma Serawho should be her rivalbecomes her biggest fan!! Adorable enough to make Sayuki jealous, Sera takes every chance to passionately declare her love, throwing Sayukis life into chaos. Will Sayuki be able to achieve her dreams? And what will become of the one-sided love(?) between Sera and Sayuki!? The curtain rises on the clash between these young talents in the fierce age of idol showbiz let the show begin!!

In this story, Earth is actually made up of two worlds that coexist in seemingly perfect harmony: the Reverse World which thrives on magic and the Surface World which has been developed through technology. When his best friend Rei disappears, Toki, an inhabitant of the Reverse World, sets off to the Surface World in search of him. But the discoveries he makes along the way begin to hint at a conspiracy that could shake both worlds to the core.

Pippa has been a guest at the Alderly estate for a long while, ever since her father went missing. With few apparent prospects, she does her best not to be a burden on Lady Alderly and those around her. Meanwhile, Hermione, the young lady of the house, waits for Dominic Alderly to return from the war so they can be wed. But when Dominic returns, his war wounds horrify everyone who has been waiting for him. The only one who doesn’t seem to mind them is the compassionate Pippa, whose beauty and kindness quickly capture Dominic’s heart.

The person I love deeply and devote my life to turns out to be… Pascal, a millionaire who works himself fingers to the bone and amasses enormous wealth. Now all he needs is a perfect marriage. In his search for the ideal wife, the smile of an angel he once met flashes across his mind. Cecilia...an apprentice nun who saved him from an accident 6 years ago. He wonders how she is doing now that they were attracted to each other and made love... Pascal, tingling with thoughts of the past, visits the monastery. Cecilia, on the other hand, stares at him as he suddenly appears. She blames him on taking everything from her, making her look forward to their future together and then suddenly disappeared.

A once-loyal general to the royal family, "Soo" is betrayed and abandoned in an instant. All that remains for him is despair. Having lost even the will to live, he throws himself into the sea. Just before his last breath, a fleeting image passes through his vision. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself on a beach with a mysterious girl pressing her lips against his...?! "What on earth is going on here?! A fully grown woman who's completely bare, brazenly straddling a man!!" "but i was just trying to heal your wounds?"

Just who is this mysterious "Dr. Hunk" that Kelsey's been delivering mail to? The cute and young postal worker has been delivering packages to an apparent recluse, but when she happens to meet him at the mailbox one day, he's anything but! And though he’s a gentleman and a scholar, Professor Garrick Booth is also all about bugs. Can he gather enough confidence to ask Kelsey out? And can a professor and a mail carrier find enough to talk about between mail and moths?

Alcohol, cigarettes, men. Ha-yoon, a 20-year-old repeat student, lived surrounded by all the wrong habits… Until her homeroom teacher Hyung-won suddenly appeared in her life! Unbothered by the rumors people whisper behind her back and always defying expectations, Hyung-won piqued Ha-yoon’s curiosity. And for the first time, she came to understand the feeling called love. “I like you, Teacher.” “That’s not love. People your age often confuse it.” But unlike the men who always gave in with just a little push, he’s the most unshakable man in the world, and it won’t be easy... Still, that’s fine, because I’ll break through that iron wall no matter what!

The marriage of Luciano "Luc" De Santis to the beautiful Bianca was supposed to go off without a hitch, but Elizabeth Hadley ended up kissing him before the wedding! When Bianca disappears with in a possible embezzlement scheme with Elizabeth's brother Matthew, it's up to Luciano to save her family's company at a simple cost: Elizabeth must become his bride, and the wedding must commence. Can Elizabeth sell her single life away to save her family, and what will she do if Bianca comes back?

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“Eyes that are filled with infinite trust without any greed. Usually, you can only find those in animals. Isn't that right, Miss Lian?” The name Lian was still unfamiliar to her ears. The years she lived as Lian were longer than the years she lived as Gia, but she still feels that name unfamiliar, as if it belonged to someone else. “It seems you are mistaking me for someone else.” she just uttered that obvious answer. Like a machine, I repeated the words. She didn't want to interact with his life ever again. “I never said it was a person.” “… yes?" As she slightly frowned, the corners of Tristan's mouth rose in front of her eyes. It was just when she thought she could escape. He continued to pun his words, further. "I've lost one of the animals that I've been raising, but I think that it is possible to find it."

"I want this man for myself." Nails, makeup, hair... Remi, an office worker, doesn't slack off when it comes to investing in herself. The reason she's willing to go this far? To snag a man who's worthy of her, of course. One day, her childhood friend, Yumi, asks Remi to check out a man that she is interested in and introduces them. Much to her surprise, Takashi is ideal husband material, and the perfect high-caliber man that Remi has been looking for! She immediately decides that she'll make him hers, no matter what. And Takashi doesn't seem too put off by Remi flaunting her good looks his way... What will come of this greedy love affair?! A collection of stories about girls and their lives now that they're all grown up.

Dreaming of being a woman that successfully balanced Love and Work, Mahigashi Minami heads to Tokyo to become a teacher. She faces hurdles at work as a rookie teacher because students have no faith in her. Then she met this first rate sleaze that is everything she hated but somehow his cooking has seduced her?! What will happen to Minami-sensei from here onwards? A hilarious homeroom comedy is about to start!

Freya became part of the Falcon family after her mother married Amos. So, when she is dumped by her fiancé right before her wedding, her stepbrother, Jackson, comes to rescue her. He whisks her away from the church and kindly consoles her. Freya used to be attracted to him, but knowing he sees her as a sister, she had to seal away her feelings for him. When his kindness reignites her feelings, she learns the unbelievable truth. It was Jackson who ruined her wedding!

How long do I have to live this way? Eve wonders. She was tricked into becoming her boss’s mistress. Then one day, she meets a man at a party—his name is Carl and he’s a movie director. She is instantly attracted to him, but the moment he learns that Eve is Max’s mistress, he throws hurtful words at her. Max then makes a most cruel request: he wants her to play a role in Carl’s upcoming movie in order to ruin it! If only she had the power to say no to Max’s demands…

Alinor is getting ready to marry the diplomat Gabriel in an attempt to run from her past. But just when the priest asks if anyone objects to the union, a man's powerful voice shatters the silence. "This marriage isn't valid!" The voice is unforgettable. It's the voice of the Prince of Parvan, Alinor's ex-husband, Kavian. Why is he here?? Didn't he divorce her? Nevertheless, Kavian carries her away from the church by force!

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. "I've always wanted to touch you like this." As her sensitive nipples are flicked, she watches the face of her childhood friend through his sighing breath. After her husband cheated on her, Haruka decides to divorce him. When she goes to the city hall to file for divorce, at the counter is none other than her childhood friend, Shunsuke. That's right, he works in the family registry department. After a moment of surprise, Shunsuke hands her a marriage registration form..."Legally, you can't get remarried until a hundred days after a divorce. But I'm going to convince you by then," he says, confiding his feelings to Haruka with a passionate gaze. From that day on, her childhood friend's sweet and lustful 100-day proposal began.

Sussex, England. At the beginning of the 19th century, a bride marches into her wedding with a gun in hand, ready to kill her groom. What has led to Alexandra Rawdon drawing arms against her future husband, Lord Richard Anthony Deverell? She agrees to an ultimatum: Anthony has six months to prove that he did not kill her father. If he can't, she can end things. To what lengths will Anthony go to prove to his wife that he's not her father's murderer?

It's a time of military conflict... Chiho, daughter of an army general, finds herself with a new bodyguard, Army Major Jin Kamiya. The major is a stern, serious, military man, and Chiho just can't seem to get on with him, never able to relax. Still, when she looks at him, something reminds her of a boy she knew long ago... "Have we met before...? Or perhaps..." A story of eternal love amidst the strife of war...

“As long as she’s happy, I don’t care what happens to me!” So swore Jennifer when she gave birth to her daughter at the age of sixteen. Unable to support the child herself, she had to give her away. Twelve years later, she hasn’t heard a word about her daughter and Jennifer has become a successful car dealership manager. She is intent on her work when a charming man named Brian appears. He is looking for the birth mother of his twelve-year-old niece, who just lost her foster family to a terrible tornado.… Will Jennifer reunite with her daughter?

After being exiled from her witch clan due to a minor incident (or so she claims), Roselyn opens a public bathhouse—specifically, a men’s bathhouse—in the capital of the Empire. Hoping to both admire handsome men and put her potion-making skills to good use, Roselyn throws herself into running the bathhouse. One day, suspicious of the mysterious effects of the bath, the Magic Division Commander Michael Winterman pays her a visit. After a fateful accident leads to Roselyn spending a night with Michael, he begins visiting her again and again. Just as things start heating up, Jibril from the desert shows up, looking for Roselyn. When Michael and Jibril meet at the bathhouse, tension flares. The two men seem to be in some kind of rivalry over Roselyn… but what exactly is going on?

"Please, all I want is to make you feel good…" Her boss's sweet craving to be rewarded was just too much for Momo to resist. As his secretary, she had worked closely with Taiga to make the company a success. And after seeing him grow in leaps and bounds from shaky beginnings, she gradually began to fall in love with him. Despite his success, Taiga still felt the need to beg Momo for a "reward" to motivate him to work harder. Momo loved him dearly and was happy to oblige, but their ill-defined relationship troubled her greatly and she felt unable to convey her feelings toward him. Just when she thought she couldn't take it anymore and had decided to break it off between them, Taiga made his move…

Short stories of love and lovesickness set in Turkey from the Ottoman Empire to modern day.

Summer, a social worker, is broadsided when Darius unexpectedly shows up at her office. He broke her heart seven years ago, but he has his own security firm and is here now to update the office security system. Worse, Darius has the gall to act as if nothing happened between them! Why did he break up with her in the worst possible way? She can’t trust him again until she knows the reason for their breakup. But at the same time, she can’t deny that she’s attracted to this new, even sexier Darius.

Mashiro is kind, works in an office, and she's secretly living together with Takato, who she has feelings for. After she finds him homeless on the street for some mysterious reason, she takes him in. She spends her days happily, but there's something bothering her. That would be the fact that Mashiro and Takato make love... and they haven't even said they like one another. But, if she asks him how he feels, he might decide to move out. In contrast to the worrying Mashiro, how does Takato feel about all this...? They're living together and knocking boots, but are both of them unaware that they're actually lovey-dovey!? This is an everyday comforting youthful love story filled with throbbing hearts dedicated to all of our hard-working readers

A oneshot yandere story.

A red thread links the fate of two people together. Julia lost her parents and lives a hard life taking care of her two older sisters. Her sisters will be getting married and leaving home soon, but who is she going to marry? At a party, Julia is approached by Professor Gerard, a Dutch aristocrat and the head of the medical world. Her impression of him is terrible when he teases her about the dress she made by tailoring the curtains.She never wants to see him again. But it's also the professor who gives her a hand when she loses her job and her house. Is he a tease, or is he kind?

One pre-Christmas day, Julie gets run over by a car driven by Roy Fletcher, the president of a leading IT company. He, however, offers settlement money by saying, "My car never touched you. You decided to fall off your bike. Don't even think about suing me." Unconvinced of his action, Julie goes to return the money. Wearing a cynical smile on his handsome face, he replies, "Are you trying to increase the amount?" What kind of man is he! So thinking, Julie gets captivated by this attractive man...!

Newbie teacher Hatsumi suffers from being treated like a child by her students. She turns to her former teacher, Mr. Kagami, for some advice...... "Mr. Kagami! Make me an adult!" Expecting sincere guidance from him, Hatsumi is surprised to see Kagami give her a strange look...... "You should know more about men." A completely transformed Kagami takes Hatsumi by surprise and......! "This is...... too much to handle!" You have to see the sadistic teachings of this very forward teacher!

Gabrielle, the manager of her own publishing house, is pursuing an autobiography by the prince of the Mediterranean kingdom of Castaldini. But Prince Durante keeps up a tight guard and she gets nowhere with her calls. With no other options, she ambushes him at a party and rouses his interest with a risky line: "I have one million dollars right here. Now will you give me an hour of your time?" Her proposal amuses the prince at first, but why is he filled with such contempt the next time he sees her…?

Love or duty… Mackenzie finds herself wavering between the two. Which one will she choose? Secret agent Mackenzie accompanies her boss on an undercover mission to Nice. She wasn’t about to let Nick, the director of the agency Omega, go on the dangerous mission alone. The problem is she has a secret—Mackenzie is in love with Nick, even though he’s her boss! But love has no place in her line of business. Love or duty… Mackenzie finds herself wavering between the two. Which one will she choose?

"I like her... I want to take her home right now". My lewd co-worker is banging me in his thoughts. Once we're alone together, it won't end with just a fantasy…

Liosette Madal, the only daughter of a count’s family, is facing her sixth broken engagement. And each time, the reason is the same: Her name is almost identical to the most famous lady in high society—Liosette Dadel! In this world, unmarried women are not allowed to show their faces in public, and engagements typically begin through written letters. So the mistake happens over and over—men send proposals believing she’s that Liosette… only to realize their mistake too late. Having grown used to the cycle, Liosette now takes it upon herself to gracefully end the engagement each time, preserving the other party’s dignity and reputation. But this time, she receives a proposal from Duke Loris Visant, a highly esteemed nobleman known for being one of the rare elite bachelors. As usual, Liosette assumes it’s just another misunderstanding— and prepares to end it quickly. The surprise? Loris is completely serious. Not only does he seem to know exactly who she is, but he also shows genuine affection and an oddly strong determination to marry her! Is he mistaken like the others… or is this time truly different? And can a girl who’s grown used to ending engagements… finally fall in love?

Tania was raped by her boyfriend when she was seventeen. Wanting to not think about the past, she commits herself to her residence at the ER. She still has sleepless nights after hard days of working to avoid contact with men. She feels encouraged after meeting a handsome man, Jesse, who was sent to the ER, and begins to open herself up, heartened by Jesse’s tender love. But at the same time, strange incidents happen to her one after another...

Yukari Tachibana, a normal high school girl who lost her life in a traffic accident. Upon waking up, she found herself reincarnated as the daughter of an Earl in another world! In spite of that, the family she was born to is quite poor. In order to improve the conditions of her second life, Yukari begins to use knowledge from her previous life...?!

There’s nothing in the world Rize likes more than to curl up in her warm bed and doze away—just like she used to with her big brother when they were kids, before they were separated by their parents’ divorce. Working late shifts at a supermarket while attending university, she dreams of someday finding and reconnecting with her lost—and now grown-up—big brother. Her penchant for being able to nap in the break room draws the attention of Kairi, a co-worker who struggles with insomnia. Something about him reminds her of her big brother, and she finds herself growing closer to him…but when she discovers his terrifying secret, her whole world will be turned helter-skelter in this dark romantic thriller.

The cafe named "Oasis" that college co-ed Ichigo steps into is full of hunks.Will her order be for the first rate desserts they offer? Or is she looking for something even sweeter? Along with the title story this volume contains the one-shot stories.

Logan McKenzie is an attractive single man who heads a major company and has the blood of British nobility. The girls can't leave him alone! One day, a waitress serving lunch at his company starts crying and he can't help but pull her to him and comfort her. It isn't like him to be so kind! Her name is Darcy, and he suspects she's in trouble because of an affair with a married man. He wants to help her, so he goes to the restaurant where she works... Is he in love with her? No, it can't be!!

How far would you go for revenge? For the mermaid Sulyeon, the answer is simple: to the end of her world and into the land above. But in order to achieve her goals, she’s going to need legs. Striking a deal with a sorcerer, Sulyeon gets the transformation she desires…kind of. You see, magic is a fickle thing, and so once night falls she must return to her true form. Not one to let something like that get in her way, Sulyeon sets out on her journey. But as time passes, it becomes ever more clear that things aren’t as clear cut as they once seemed… Will she be able to go ahead with her original plan? Or will the tides of love pull her under…?