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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?

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!

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)

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!!

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?

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?

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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!

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.

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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!

In the nineteenth century, Kerry pretends to be a man and helps the powerless as a detective in London, though she's from an aristocratic family. She takes an assignment involving a stolen diamond for a couple who's facing their parents' objection. The man standing in front of her is Hohen, family lawyer with sharp stares. They're at odds against each other at first, but as they cooperate to solve the case, they become attracted to each other...?! Note: I will continue uploading book 2 of this series on the same thread. That's why the status isn't complete

I gave my life to my boss for five million pounds… After losing her job, a distraught Juliet drives the wrong way and crashes into an expensive car! Even worse, the man who owns the car is Rafael Casillas, the executive of the corporation that fired her. Juliet shakily apologizes to Rafael, but instead of demanding compensation for the damage, he makes her a proposal. To become the next CEO, Rafael needs a bride, and he’s willing to pay her five million pounds to play the part. But how can she enter into a loveless marriage with a notorious womanizer?

Joyce has a loving family, but after her father's death, her stepmother and stepbrothers turn abusive. So, what's a girl to do? Escape, of course! Then, one night, her stepbrother finds her with an indecent proposal—seduce Prince Charming or watch as the one she loves dies?! Now, she must endure rigorous training to become the prim and proper lady Prince Charming will love.

Sumire was a high school girl before she leapt into another world the moment she fell down. Before she could collapse and die, she came across a silver-haired boy who had already collapsed and was dying. One thing led to another and she ended up working at an Adventurer’s Guild. She doesn’t have any special powers, but she’s well liked by strange plants and animals. What does Sumire’s future hold?!

Akari is an average 25-year-old office worker who harbors a secret she hides from her colleagues: she's so obsessed with the pretty-boy idol Ren-Ren that it's ruining her financially! When her lunch is stolen by a pigeon, a kind stranger offers his homemade bento in its place, and after graciously accepting, Akari tells him the reason she's so destitute. It's the first time she's revealed her secret otaku lifestyle to anyone. Of course, she assumes she'll never see this stranger again... until he shows up as the newest employee at her office! Can Akari trust him to keep her tragic and embarrassing secret from their coworkers?

I've already lost everything. What more do you want to take from me? Natalya attends an interview to work at her father’s former company. She’s shocked to see who the new CEO is: Alexei, the man who cruelly dumped her five years ago. She’d never work for him, except he has sensitive information about her father and is threatening to release it. Natalya has no choice but to go along with the demands of the man she once loved.

I’ve never thought of him as my stepbrother. Not once… When Shiona is reunited with her stepbrother, Jake, his scornful gaze brings back the pain of the past. Her mother had married into Jake’s family, and Shiona had always secretly been in love with him. But he still blames her for his brother’s death. Jake’s cold attitude toward Shiona shatters her, but his engagement brings forth an unexpected turn of events!

As a clean freak and germophobe, it was only natural for Seon-gyeol to start a cleaning company. What he doesn't anticipate, however, is the messy girl who crash-lands in his life as a new employee. Oh-sol is a cheery rookie who doesn't mind getting dirty but is unfortunately terrible at cleaning. Although she and Seon-gyeol are polar opposites, fate seems to keep drawing them together in the most hilarious ways. Can Oh-sol get Seon-gyeol to open up his heart and help him overcome his extreme germophobia?

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.

Miyoko Miyoshi works as a janitor at a private school where all the rich families send their children. At this school there is one young man called Iwasaki who holds almost absolute control over the school and those who attend it. Everything is going smoothly for Miyoko until one day her precious flower bed is ruined… and the one who did it was Iwasaki. She vows to not let Iwasaki get away with it and confronts him about it only to be told that she is "interesting" and given his purveyor badge. She's not sure what to make of this and only knows that it means she has caught his eye in some way… Is it inevitable that the clumsy, conceited young prince and the plain, uninteresting young janitor fall in love!?

Kim Yooyoung is sick of playing the nice, boring lawyer and daughter. So when her overbearing mother books her a hotel room the night before an arranged blind date, she steps out of character and spends the night with a seductive stranger from the hotel bar. Only this stranger turns out to be none other than Cha Jihoon, her blind date and the hotel's high-class owner! Yooyoung will do anything to keep their "bad deed" a secret... but can she really marry her first one-night stand?

Penny, a single mother, has gone on a dream trip to Rome with her five-year-old daughter. It was her hard-earned one-month-long vacation. She was excited because she was able to rent a house in a luxurious city. The night Penny arrived, after she fell into a deep sleep to recover from the exhaustion of traveling, she was woken up, and a man she didn't know was standing at the end of her bed! He wanted to know what she was doing in his bed. What on earth was he talking about?

After his sister got hitched, Umeo has been living on his own for the first time. He really wants to make his own meals everyday no matter how busy he is, but it's difficult since he's always stuck at work until the last train. That's when he encounters a new lifestyle where one prepares the whole week's worth of meals in advance! Based on the best-selling cookbook series "TSUKUOKI" that has sold over 1 million copies. Enjoy this story about a new a delicious routine ?

Gemma is a matchmaker, and her latest client is the prince of Kyonos, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Stavros needs to find a wife before he succeeds the throne. The minute Gemma shakes his hand, the chemistry is instant and she feels as if she's been struck by lightning. Who knew men like this existed? But he's her client and that makes him off-limits. His most important requirement for a wife is that she be able to bear him an heir. Gemma works frantically to find him the perfect match, so...why does she feel like he's directing all of his steamy gazes her way?

Jeong Tae-se, a genius pianist known as the “Second Beethoven,” seemed like someone who would never know the meaning of failure. However, his world of art begins to crumble under a severe slump. Then, Kang Seol-ah appears before Tae-se, bringing him new inspiration and emotions. Tae-se offers to pay off Seol-ah’s debt of 215 million won in exchange for her body… “10 million won.” “I’ll pay off 10 million won of your debt every time you sleep with me.” I don’t know what it is about you that drives me crazy, but you’re mine, Kang Seol-ah.

"Wouldn't it be easy enough to fall in love with me again, Kaho" Back when they were in school together, Kaho and Asahi were boyfriend and girlfriend. Then suddenly after having sex for the first time Asahi said that he wanted to break up. Years later, Kaho is happily working in a company when suddenly Asahi appears in front of her again as her coworker. Once they are alone, he moves in to passionately kiss her and attack her weakest spots with his lips. Their love ended abruptly once, but as he presses his body against hers, Kaho begins to feel a familiar fire start to burn inside her once again. "Why is he toying with my heart again after he was the one to break up with me!?"

“I want you to marry me,” Rebecca says to Will, who is rumored to be a gold-digging con artist. She needs a husband for show because she is desperately trying to put a stop to the ongoing marriage offers brought upon her as a result of inheriting a massive estate. The sudden proposal by the “Ice Lady,” who is known to keep away from men, is quite a surprise for Will, but he is also grateful for her offer to pay off his late father’s debts. He could flourish in the elite class of London and wipe away the image of him before he was about to get arrested. The great marriage fraud has begun…

You’ve closed your heart to me… Dario Di Sione, a multimillionaire, is in Maui, Hawaii, to retrieve a treasured pair of earrings at his grandfather’s request. He’s surprised to see his estranged wife, Anais, there. He left her six years ago after she’d cheated on him with his twin brother. Despite the painful misunderstanding between the two, Anais’s love for her husband hasn’t changed. Now she must gather her courage to tell him the important news—they have a son together!

Asha, the daughter of the tribal chief, has been troubled by something lately. She accidentally felt her childhood friend Lu’s penis. To her surprise, it was firm and impressively large, sparking her curiosity, but Lu’s blunt and cold demeanor makes it hard for her to approach him. Meanwhile, Asha ends up giving Lu, the only candidate to become the next chief, a trial in place of her father who hurt his leg. However, as soon as the two enter the trial cave… Rumble rumble…! The entrance gets blocked?!

All Ell wants is for a warrior to come along and kill him so he can finally achieve a comfortable life after death. Just when it looks like he might get his wish, he accidentally kills the warrior who came to end his life. But Ell soon comes up with a different plan: if there are no warriors to kill him, he can raise one himself! So Ell the dragon, Lafi the magician, and Dino the baby warrior become an unconventional family. However, Ell soon discovers it’s harder than he thought to teach a baby combat moves!

Kanna Tachibana is a 26-year-old woman who hasn't yet felt the stirrings of physical attraction...that is, until she meets her new charge, the "Prince of Piano" Guy Narisawa Weissenfeld. After listening to his playing, she finds herself unable to stop herself caressing him...?! Will she be able to explore her budding sensuality with a man who has been told he plays with no emotion? And not only that, can she step up to save this irascible performer's career while she's at it?

Shen Changjun is determined to change the tragic fate of the villainous disciple in the original story by crafting a perfect, radiant image of his virtuous master. Little does he know, after nine thousand nights, the disciple is reborn—and now vows to never let Shen Changjun escape his grasp.

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After Callie lost her beloved husband, she shut herself away inside her beachside house. Concerned, her husband's friend Brock came to visit her to see how she was doing. Her husband, who was in the US Marines, often wrote about him in the letters he sent from the battlefield. Brock was said to be a hero, someone they called "Dark Angel." Brock encouraged Callie every day and brought her back out into the world. As she spent more time with the sexy yet kind angel, Callie began feeling passion in her once-empty heart. If they touched, even a little bit, she might forget discretion...

Dr. Gifford is a new doctor who’s just arrived at the clinic where Louisa works as a secretary. His impressive skills and handsome looks instantly make him the center of attention, but Louisa doesn’t bother daydreaming that he’d be interested in someone like her. Though Louisa begins to fall for Dr. Gifford after they spend time working together, he has a fiancée who’s as beautiful as she is spiteful. Louisa knows that Dr. Gifford deserves a much happier relationship, so she vows to do whatever it takes to make that happen!

If you lose the bet, you'll become my lover." Her former lover, Chase, now fueled by revenge, approaches Kate with a merciless game. Memories of her youth ten years ago are resurrected in her mind. Her powerful father was opposed to their relationship and, one regretful night, he used cruel, underhanded tactics to run Chase out of town. And now he's back. He's more handsome than ever and is wealthy enough to hold the town in the palm of his hand. He's here to take everything away from Kate. Hated by the man she's still in love with, what will become of her? ...

"Everyone who comes here, comes to hold me down." In that village was an obscene, time-honored custom...

Did I become the sexual partner of the guy who has been my friend for 13 years?! On the day of the class reunion, Taewon's pants were accidentally pulled down in front of Jayeong. The whole university was turned upside down by his magnificent and large size, and Taewon starts a relationship with Jayeong to heal his “trauma.” Since they had been friends for so long, Jayeong thought she knew Taewon better than anyone else. But the bitterness of losing her childhood friend was momentary. Is that the Taewon I used to know? ---Stop... Bastard! Having sex started as a misunderstanding (?) How will the relationship between the two develop? She starts a relationship with her friend because of an “obscene” moment!

A raging snowstorm brought back a love that had long been left behind… Sophie, a live-in governess, is astonished when a man shows up at the estate in the midst of a blizzard. It’s Peter Vane, the earl she once loved. She left him eight years ago, after his father told her that Peter was to marry another woman. They’ve both created new lives for themselves—Sophie enjoys her quiet life and job, and Peter has a beloved wife and family. Sophie figures the best thing to do is to act as though this is their first time meeting. But then he corners her, demanding to know why she’s acting like a stranger!

A life-changing love story unfolds...at the worst possible time! April is a world-famous jazz singer, but she loses her memory in a car accident. While she’s in the hospital recovering, a very attractive hotelier named Seth appears and tells her that before her accident, she signed away her label to his younger brother in exchange for his hotel. April finds this hard to believe, but she realizes that hotel might be the secret to recovering her memories. She leaves the hospital and goes to the Lighthouse Hotel, where Seth gently helps her recover. But is he just manipulating her in an attempt to get the hotel back?

Will Gemma find love when she least expects it? Nurse Gemma was left in charge of her younger siblings after their parents died in an accident. And though she doesn’t think she’s particularly beautiful, she is smitten by a handsome Dutch professor named Ross, who makes her heart skip. Then he asks Gemma to take care of his sick sister and to go to Holland with him! His family is welcoming and his sister is beautiful. And men have started asking Gemma out! But they’re not the only ones paying attention—Ross is watching her closely, too.

The woman Armando falls in love with is the former fiancee of his deceased cousin. He is a charismatic doctor in an Argentinian hospital. Laura is full of passion and excitement about her new job that she got through her lover, Diego. However, the moment she meets Armando, she is not only disrespected, she's not even allowed to do her job. Could she really have been admiring someone like that all this time? What Laura doesn't notice is the flame of lust hidden within Armando's heart....