JOSEI

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.

One day, Grete von Lilienthal realizes that she has been reincarnated as a character of the romance simulation game she was into in her past life. However, she is not the heroine or the villainess, but a nameless side character! All seems fine and well until she realizes that if she continues with things as they are, she will get caught up in a fire at her academy and die! Now, to avoid the death flag, Grete decides to change her major to magical medicine, which hasn't had any applicants in years, so she can avoid the main building where the fire will happen. With the course of events now taking a turn away from what she knows, an incredibly handsome elite scholar is now her teacher. Furthermore, the heroine and the villainess keep trying to get together with her to talk and become friends! All she wanted was to quietly survive the events of the game, but somehow she's now the center of attention?!

I'll teach you what truly pleasurable sex feels like. With his warm, gentle caress, she finds her whole body more sensitive than it has ever been before... Sakuno Tokitsu's job as chief of the PR department is going great, and all her colleagues love her. Her actual love-life isn't faring so well, though? Sakuno worries that she's bad in bed and is scared to put herself out there. One evening, a highly skilled designer on her team, Nao Fujikawa, discovers her secret! Sakuno thinks Nao will laugh at her, but he earnestly listens to her worries... and offers to practice sex with her! He whispers in her ear, "I wanna make you feel good," so much more forward than usual, and at his touch, a sweet throbbing sensation wells up inside Sakuno... "Why does it feel so good just from his fingers?" So begin the pleasurable and affectionate lessons between a wolf in sheep's clothing and a woman who's a dead fish in bed☆

**This Beast Never Sleeps** Adele, the infamous villainess who married an old marquis to rise in status, killed him, and then blinded by lust, seduced her stepson?! Now, in a grand ballroom where no one welcomes her, she crosses paths with the most sought-after man of the era, Count Weiss… But he is none other than Chris, the ragged boy she abandoned long ago? The once tearful and delicate boy has now grown into a dangerous man, approaching her without hesitation.

At the Spruce Tree Hospital, there’s a rather special patient. He’s been hidden in secret for two years by tree doctor So Iyeon, a man in a vegetative state. “Please don’t wake up. Please, just don’t wake up.” Her only wish was to live quietly, and every night, she prayed for this. Then one day, whether by miracle or misfortune, the man in the coma awakens from his long sleep! “Did you come here to suck off this worthless bastard?” Faced with a man who has lost both his memory and common sense, she panics in fear of his murderous nature, and tells an irreversible lie. “I’m Kwon Chaewoo’s... w-wife.” The same man who, two years ago, buried someone alive in the mountains behind their house and tried to kill her!

Nico Sorano is in the dictionary under "free-spirited"...which makes her an instant celebrity at her art university. But one professor, the career making-or-breaking Kageiwa-sensei, has only a limited tolerance for her aggressively good-natured optimism. Unsurprisingly, Nico isn't fazed...it just means she's going to have to make her own way to stardom, with the help of her friend Mitsuki and the inscrutable, notorious Soichiro Togo. No matter what, it'll be an interesting college debut!

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...?!

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...!

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?

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…?

Cierra Elburke and Claude LeSpencer, both sharing backgrounds of illegitimacy, find refuge from the scorn of their family and society in each other’s arms. But when Cierra is forced to marry someone other than her beloved, she begs for another chance at life with a happier ending. Through the power of the “key” to the throne that is gifted by Claude, Cierra is given a chance to start over. Yet this time, she chooses to leave everything behind, including Claude, with hope for a better life. Has she made the right choice, or will this second chance prove more disastrous than her original fate?

“Did you come here to save me?” It was a question so naïve it was almost laughable—yet within it lay her final hope. But the man, wearing an expression full of disgust, replied: “Of course not.” “……” “I came here to drag you into hell.” In his first life, Giscard Lodbrok cast Diana Brien into hell. “You have to endure me.” “……” “Just three years… that’s all.” “……” “I won’t hold back for those three years. You’ll have to take all of my emotions.” “……” —I know. That’s why I’m doing this now. Diana nodded dryly, while the man lowered his head, whispering brokenly into her embrace: “Damn it… Then why did you abandon me?” In his second life, Giscard Lodbrok fell into hell because of Diana Brien.

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…?

At an international event where she was working as a simultaneous interpreter, Yewon unexpectedly runs into Kang Jaeha, the man she spent a night with seven years ago. Trying to get away from him as he stubbornly blocks her path, Yewon lies, saying that her husband and child are waiting for her at home. In reality, the only “family” she has is her incompetent father, and she has never been married. After that day, Yewon firmly vows never to get involved with Jaeha again. However, upon seeing her, Jae-ha becomes consumed by uncontrollable desire and begins to seduce Yewon.

"Could this all perhaps be Hwayeon's dream? Or did Yeonu create this fantasy world in her head to escape her harsh reality?" Hwayeon Ryu, without knowing the cause, falls into a coma at the age of six. Then after 12 long years of her father, Chung Ryu's persistent attempts, she finally opens her eyes. As she wakens from her prolonged sleep, she realizes she not only has her memories but has the memories of someone else's life, Yeonu Lee. Though startled at first, as time passes, she manages to adjust to her new life. Then one day, in hope to have lunch with her father, she pays a visit to the palace. But she ends up taking the wrong turn and finds herself in front of the notorious beast, coons prince Muyeong... The story unfolds then, when the soft and delicate flower Hwayeon meets the arrogant and fearless beast, Muyeong.

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...

Gihoo, who likes the sky more than people, takes pictures of the sky with his camera. Then one summer, 'Haneul' transfers to the seat next to him.

Lisette, the daughter of an earl, is destined to be killed and eaten by a monster on her 20th birthday.She is currently living her fourth life with all her memories intact.In order to live longer this time, she goes to live in a sanctuary (the countryside) where monsters do not appear, but one day she reunites with Ralph, the handsome son of an aristocrat.He is the young man whom Lisette saved when he was an orphan in her childhood.The first words he says to her are, "I lived for you."The first volume of a fantasy about a heroine who fights against her fate of death and a submissive, high-spec yandere hero, a devoted and doting love story!

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!!

Claudia March accepts a governess job and packs up her London life to move to a small town in Brazil. She's excited for the change, the peaceful atmosphere and the chance to teach little Rebecca. But Rebecca's father, Saul, is a problem all on his own. In the shadow of his deceased wife, Saul and Rebecca's relationship has been strained and stressful, and it's up to Claudia to bring understanding and love back into their family.

Childish Rui Sasaki is 25 years old, single, and a virgin. All she wants is to fall in love like everyone else and have sex with a nice boyfriend! While lamenting over this during drinks with her childhood friend, Naoko, she met Ritsu, a modest and handsome man. He was kind enough to listen to her complaints and take care of her drunken self. Suddenly, an intoxicated Rui falls on top of Ritsu and kisses him...?! For two beginners in love, each with their own issues, is it possible for love to start with sex? A pure story of two people in a complicated love affair is set to begin.

When a man is discovered frozen in the Arctic ice, where he’s been for the past fifty-six years, Diana, an agent for the top-secret organization Omega, is tasked with reviving him. His heart suddenly begins beating again, but for him, this is the future and he has no family or friends left. While guiding bewildered Charles through the twenty-first century, Diana’s heart is won over by his passion and candor. But how could things ever work out between a rational scientist like her and an old-fashioned, hot-blooded man like him? Yet, even though he’s old-school when it comes to gender issues, when he takes Diana in his strong arms and kisses her, Diana’s heart and body catch fire!

Why did I fall for this devilish man? Barbara needs to stop her father. He’s about to incite a protest against new factory owner Joseph, who’s known as a merciless businessman, and she’s worried the protesters may be thrown into jail. As soon as she gets to the site of the new factory, the crowd of people almost pushes her to the ground, but Joseph saves her from out of nowhere. Despite his reputation, he captures her heart in a matter of seconds. But is he just using her to get what he wants?

The man Alice saw when she opened the door made her gasp. On that unforgettable snowy night three years ago, she met a man who changed her life at the hotel where she took shelter. Alice had been in despair that night. Under normal circumstances, she never would have slept with a man she met in the lobby. After drowning in such richness the like of which she'd never tasted before, she disappeared without a word. She thought they would never meet again... But when they do, he looks down on her with clear disdain!

He's frozen in his own little world, until a whirlwind goddess lands there... Playboy gallery owner Mitch Hanover dates a new blonde beauty each month. When he begins looking for an auctioneer to work an auction he's sponsoring, he's captivated by the woman who shows up late to her interview. A woman who arrives in her pink corvette, hair streaming... Mitch is accidentally attracted to Veronica's charming smile and quick wit. But he has a tragic past and has vowed never to love again...!

Samantha, a cleaner in an office building, is taken aback when the owner of the building asks her one day if she had seen a note in the president’s office. Sam, realizing she accidentally lost it, apologizes. She has been trying to raise the money she needs to pay for her mother’s gravesite, and she can’t afford to lose this job. Luckily for her, the owner is willing to forgive her. And although his forgiveness comes with some strings attached, his offer seems too good to be true. Can Samantha trust him? And what choice does she have anyway?

All Selina Thorn wanted was to get to know her father. Assuming the worst of him, she applied to be his secretary. But as soon as Selina got to know him, she realized he was a great man and decided to stay by his side. But her father’s nephew keeps getting in the way of her budding relationship with her father. Piers assumes she’s only out to seduce him, and he’s determined to protect his uncle. And just maybe he wants Selina for himself! As Piers tries to resist his desires for Selina, will she be able to keep the secret of her birth?

oe Hanazawa has always been tall and masculine. Because of this, she was teased when she tried to dress more feminine. Now Moe works as a store clerk in a popular Men's Café where she is dressed like a man and has to greet woman customers. This work allows her to make the most of her strengths! But besides that, there is another problem! all her friends are now married or have already given birth and are living their lives to the fullest. Does Moe's current life really suit her?

My father of my baby...is a multimillionaire CEO? “The father of your child is Trent Crosby.” Rebecca is shocked when the doctor tells her this. She had been artificially inseminated with sperm from a donor, and the sperm should have come from a middle-class man she didn’t know. There was a mix-up and she ended up pregnant with the child of a multimillionaire CEO instead! But since his sperm was in the sperm bank, that means that he wanted a child as well, right? Rebecca goes to tell Trent that she doesn’t intend to share custody of the baby, but then he gives her a shocking proposition!

Fergus is gloomily tipping back drinks in a nightclub when an exceptionally beautiful woman with black hair and blue eyes appears. Her name is Chloe. Somehow, she knows he's a popular writer and she begins tossing questions at him. Is she a fan? Or a reporter? Fergus is suspicious at first, but after the alcohol sets in... The next morning, he wakes up in bed next to Chloe. He slept with a total knockout but doesn't remember a thing!

Juliet, an antiques appraiser, meets her client Grant Remington, a prominent Baltimore millionaire, and immediately falls in love with him. A century ago, his ancestor toyed with and then dumped Juliet’s ancestor. The families have been feuding ever since. At first, Grant seems unaware of her background. But Juliet’s cousin Larry sees a chance to strike a blow to the Remingtons. He gives Juliet a secret mission. What is she to do? Should she trust her family or her heart?

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. "Oh no, I think I'm getting serious." The mister who is gentle and kind during the day turns into a sweet and beastly policeman at night... Yuki was in trouble with some gangster one day when a mysterious hunk named Ichiya Kuze saves her. She falls for the refreshing-but-mysterious Ichiya at first sight, and can't keep her mind off him for days... Later, to comfort her worrying friend, Yuki ends up asking him to act as her boyfriend!! Her heart won't stop pounding as he treats her like his actual lover... Fueled by her naive and cute reactions, Ichiya gets fired up, and the acting becomes even more intense! "Did you already cum? You're so cute." Yuki's whole body melts as Ichiya holds her and touches her... She's about to cum again from the unknown pleasure...!! As Ichiya makes love to her over and over again, Yuki falls deeper in love with him. But then it's revealed that he's actually a policeman, and she hates policemen...

"You've already gotten this wet... how lewd." My husband's gaze makes me sensitive, and when he stirs my core with his fingers, I can't help but... -- One day, a marriage proposal arrives for my younger sister with Faust, a cold-hearted man known as the "Teneta Rascal," but Angelica, who is treated as a nuisance by her family, is sent to marry him in place of her unwilling sister. Can I really do this...? While Angelica is feeling uneasy, Faust forcefully kisses her!? Her nipples are licked by his tongue, and a wave of pleasure she has never experienced washes over her from the melting caresses. Seeing Angelica like this, Faust gets even more aroused, saying, "You're reacting like a virgin." And then... --

Judith is a single mother caring for her disabled son. One day, when she’s already jobless and nearly broke, her son gets injured. Unsure of what to do next, she pays a visit to Dr. Hugh, an osteopathic, who is much younger and handsomer than she imagined. Revealing her pitiful situation to such a perfect person is deathly embarrassing for her. However…his response to her desperate request to treat her son, despite her inability to pay, is the exact opposite of what she expects. Not only does he accept, but he hires her as his receptionist, as well! Judith is thrilled about her fortune. But little does she know, it is the beginning of another kind of

Shizuno Fujitaka is a lively, talkative party girl. On a day off from work, she agrees to meet up with Kazumi, a person she met through an online game. But, it turns out he's a super negative and gloomy guy due to being overworked at a toxic company! When he makes light of Shizuno for her easygoing nature, she retorts that he's probably just a virgin, only for Kazumi to push her down and hold her close...!This is a romantic comedy that starts with spicy activites between a busty, tanned party girl and a pessimistic office worker whose first meeting is a disaster!

Tamako, who has lead a sheltered life all her life, wants to attend a university in Tokyo to follow her boyfriend there but is opposed by her grandfather. So she plans a fake engagement with Noriyuki in exchange for her grandfather’s financial support to his family’s shop while both he and she gets to study in Tokyo.

A mysterious love affair involving rare and valuable roses… When Savannah lost her parents in an accident six years ago, her brother ran off with the entire inheritance. Ever since, she and her other brother have worked night and day to keep the family ranch going, including selling flowers to help make ends meet. Savannah becomes intrigued by the ghost town of Bitter End once she finds out there are special roses growing there. But her brother warns her to stay away from the haunted place. One day, she picks up a mysterious hitchhiker who seems very knowledgeable about these roses. His looks aren’t half-bad, either!

What’s waiting for her as she chases the con man? Angel is astonished by a chance meeting at a lakeside hotel. What is Hugo, the con artist who stole her cousin’s heart and money, doing in a place like this? Angel follows him in her car but is soon stranded by a storm at his manor. She is flustered, but he kisses her and asks if she’s come to seduce him. Angel has always been a good girl, but she finds herself quickly changing under the spell of this sexy, cunning man!

From Stiletto Heels:<br /> Tamako doesn't have any confidence, sex appeal, or romantic experience. Caught off-guard while job-hunting, she is hired to work for an office full of suspicious people who specialize in designing for pachinko parlors. Thus, her days of agony begin to unfold.

"Juhan is a devout deacon who regularly volunteers at an orphanage where Seongmi resides. Drawn by curiosity, Seongmi visits the church, only to stumble upon a shocking sight—Juhan, the very picture of restraint and virtue, consumed by his own forbidden desires, punishing himself in secret. A dangerous temptation begins to take root."

Twelve months of marriage, no feelings involved… Lydia is in Miami for a hotel resort renovation job when a figure from her past suddenly walks through the door. A year ago, Lydia met Ian McNeill in Tahiti and fell passionately in love with him. However, when she found out he had a profile on a matchmaking site, she abruptly ended their relationship. Reappearing in front of her now, Ian has a wild request for her: "Will you be my wife for the next twelve months?"

From Antisense Scanslations: Lady Grey and Lize have known each other since childhood. Lately, Lady Grey has started to feel things have gone stale between them. Wishing to feel excited and extravagant in a relationship she wakes up to a blessing ... or is it a curse?

When Daisy happens to run into her first love, a young and charismatic entrepreneur named Justice, she learns that he has lost some of his memories to an accident…so the two of them try to make up for lost time by sharing a night of passion. Soon afterward, however, Justice recovers some of his memories and accuses Daisy of being a thieving seductress! He goes on to tell her exactly what tore them apart the first time around. Wracked by guilt, Daisy goes crying into the night?she’ll never be able to get Justice out of her heart.

The witch, Eleonora Asil, has fifteen previous convictions. And the transmigrator, Noah Park, had no intentions of being involved in the novel’s original plot of the dragon beheading the villainess. With that thought in mind, she abandoned her titles as The Wicked Witch and sought to live a long and peaceful life. So she heads down to the countryside wrought with deep remorse for all her misdeeds. And all should be happy… or she thought. “Please raise me!” And so it would seem that she stumbled upon the heroine’s pet dragon — the black-haired kid that would turn ballistic and obsessive later on — imprinted the villainess as his mother. And to make matters worse, the male lead suspects her as the prime culprit of stealing the dragon. “How long should I keep up with you?” She thought he’d arrest her right away, but seems like the male lead was slowly becoming the dragon’s butler. “Can I hug you?” “No.” “Then… can you hold me?” The villainess believes that the dragon needs a bit of taming. ‘Oh, male lead, won’t you sign a life contract as a real butler?’ [Taken from Novel Updates]

You were my first love and my first kiss… I want to give you everything. After a tragic carriage accident, Iain retreated from society for four years. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Julia grew into a beautiful young lady of the aristocracy. Just seeing her again makes Iain’s heart pound! After narrowly surviving the accident, Iain lost both his smile and the zest he once had for life. But when the two of them kiss under the mistletoe, Julia feels all the passion that he’d been hiding… That kiss set her heart on fire! She’ll do anything to keep from losing him again.