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Reunited with the man she can never forget…could this be the beginning of her love story? Emma spends all her time taking care of other people, especially her sick mother. Recently, she’s been running into the charming Dr. Wyatt around town and she’s starting to think of him more and more often. He always seems to be there when she needs someone the most. But the day Emma’s mother passes away suddenly, the doctor is nowhere to be found. Then he returns from a trip overseas with an unexpected proposal…

Raised by her rich grandfather, Hope is a very introverted girl. She'’s never been able to talk to man, but that doesn'’t stop her from crushing on the sexy, billionaire playboy Luciano. At her grandfather'’s annual New Year'’s Eve party, she meets him again—and would you believe it, he picks her to kiss for the new yearwhen the clock strikes twelve! Hope'’s confused, but she has no idea Luciano and her grandfather have secretly signed a business deal involving her. She'’s just too happy!

Alyssa is selected to be Prince Benito's maid while he is visiting from the neighboring country of Niroli. To Alyssa, the young, beautiful and popular prince is someone beyond her reach and she is too shy to even look him in the eye. But one day, while cleaning the bathroom, Alyssa finds a lipstick that the prince's girlfriend has left behind. The lipstick looks glamorous to the naive Alyssa, who has never even put on makeup before, so she faces the mirror to apply it. But Prince Benito, who has seen everything, suddenly appears…!

As I was spending my student days alongside my beloved girlfriend, one day, she suddenly said goodbye to me. After becoming a shadow of my former self, I learned that she died after struggling with an illness. The diary I received from her family was filled with her happy memories with me.

Restaurant owner Winona blushes at the burning stare from her handsome customer. It may be an old-fashioned idea, but Winona has decided she won’t cross the line with any man unless he intends marriage. Her customer’s name is Connor and he’s a detective in the middle of an undercover investigation. He’s learned that there’s a prostitution ring being run out of the restaurant and that Winona is the head of the organization. In his eyes, Winona is a devil in an old-fashioned dress, and he’s decided to seduce her to get the information he needs!

After her engagement to the crown prince was called off, she was assigned to marry an unsociable duke. "You're my wife, aren't you? You can't reject me." Minerva is the daughter of a marquis and the crown prince's fiancee, but her engagement is suddenly called off one day. Shortly after that, though, she is assigned a new fiance: Duke Mars, the younger brother of the current king. His beauty and position are unrivaled, so any young lady would normally be delighted to marry him. However, he's famous for being unsociable and hardly ever showing up at social occasions or even smiling in public. Minerva is unsure that she can be happy marrying him, but what Mars shows her during their bridal night is an incredibly sweet, devoted side of him, peppered with intense, possessive caresses!

'Princess Thief', who is shrouded in secrecy In fact, she is the princess of the kingdom, Lucian. As the wedding with her fiancé, Hebron, approaches, Lucian plans to ruin the ceremony and run away, sneaking into the sleeping prince at night. However, Hebron, who took a strange drug, catches Lucian. Hebron, who thinks this is a dream, kisses Lucian... Can Lucian steal Hebron's precious thing?

On the outskirts of a small harbor town in England, Eleanor has learned to do without. While she has a place to live at her grandmother’s inn, not a single guest has spent the night in the last six months. Then, just after she makes the difficult choice to cut and sell her long, beautiful hair for money, Oliver Worthy, the captain of a ship that anchored in town, comes to stay. Having exhausted the last of his strength to get there, Oliver’s health fails when he arrives and Eleanor tends to him. He is a stern man, but after learning of her circumstances, he offers to help. And as Eleanor spends more and more time with the captain, a tender feeling starts to take hold…

Prince Drax, Sheikh of Dhurahn, has to find a temporary bride for his twin brother. Enter Sadie Murray, a stranded Englishwoman who is in need of money after being fired from her job. Drax decides she will be the perfect candidate, due to her desperate situation. He takes advantage of her plight by not giving Sadie much of a choice to be under his employ. But will Drax have the nerve to go through with his plan to make her a makeshift bride for his brother?

Tony Caroselli will receive thirty million dollars if he gets married within the year and provides a male heir. So Tony, who has no interest in relationships, has offered Alice a short-term business arrangement. But on their wedding day, an unexpected guest turns up—Lucy. She’s Tony’s former girlfriend who left him four months ago. Lucy certainly looks different from what Tony remembers, though. To his surprise, she is pregnant with his child!

Ever since her father discovered oil below the desert kingdom of Khayarzah, Francesca has been childhood friends with Prince Zahid. After meeting again after many years, Zahid's eyes are captured by this girl who has blossomed into maturity like a beautiful rose. To Francesca, Zahid's always been her first love. She's now engaged to another man but her heart still flutters at the sight of him. When Zahid reveals her fianc?'s infidelity and adulterous behavior, the engagement is broken off and Francesca is heartbroken, even if he only meant it for her own good. He then invites her back to his country to assist him in his work, where she has no idea how drastically her life will change.

he man wants Christmas delivered to his home in just five days. What does this lonely tycoon truly desire? Max is the CEO of a big company. His sister and niece are coming over for Christmas this year. He urgently needs someone to deliver Christmas to his home, but his secretary has plans of her own. Her cousin, Sophie, agrees to help out, as she was afraid to spend Christmas all by herself for the first time. At first, Sophie is annoyed by Max's negative attitude toward Christmas, but she begins to realize that it's his way of hiding his painful past. She becomes attracted to him, but how can she make him see that?

Jennifer Norton of Nortons Distribution needs a date for a business banquet on a moment's notice. The escort hired for the event has come down with the flu, but don’t worry; his best friend and CEO of Charteris Enterprises, Steven Leary, will do anything for a friend and a woman in need. Will Steven help Jennifer break her bad habits of falling for the wrong man... and taking home dozens of stray animals. Or is Jennifer destined to forever be a cat (and squirrel, and snake) lady in an unfulfilling relationship?

It's love at first sight when Estella, princess of the kingdom, meets Isaac, the margrave's heir. She pines and pines after him only to learn that he's already engaged! Devastated by the wedding, she hears a voice calling to her, when she suddenly falls into a pond and loses consciousness. She wakes to find out seven years have passed and she's... married to Isaac?! Now, she has a collapsing marriage, two children, and a host of strange decisions to unravel and figure out why she ended up here!

Marianne, a sixteen-year-old orphan, was suddenly informed by Carstairs, her guardian, that she will be living with an aristocrat. Marianne thought that he was going to be a kind old gentlemen, but upon arriving, she is welcomed by Desmond, a wild young man who perfectly fits the description of a rake. Apparently, Desmond played a game of poker with Carstairs and won the right to become her guardian. Believing that she was a high-end prostitute, he wasted no time and brought her to his bedroom. Marianne couldn't believe what was happening to her, and in the arms of this man, she couldn't believe her fate.

Come heal and find love in Jeju! 3rd-generation Korean-American Brenda falls in love with Jeju Island while researching its female divers. She decides to take the plunge and move to the island with her husband. There, she dives deep into Jeju's history and culture while healing, growing, and building friendships along the way.

Johaness got Sophie’s roommate, Lisette, pregnant then left her. Since Lisette left the baby with her, Sophie needed Johannes’s help to take care of his baby. So Sophie forced herself into Johaness’s company. Surprisingly the man she found wasn’t at all what she was expecting—he is the late Johaness’s half brother!

Théo, a count and a businessman, knew he liked what he saw as soon as he met waitress Carrie. But their relationship had one important rule: don’t bring love into it. Carrie sees him as a Prince Charming, though, and falls in love anyway. She’s desperate to hide this from him, but when she lets it slip one day, he abandons her on the spot. And not long after, she’s shocked to learn that she’s pregnant. A year later, Théo insists that Carrie pay a visit to his castle in France, and she introduces him to their son. Who else but Théo would have the temerity to suggest that their child is her revenge?

A few thousand years have passed since an alchemist created Winter. Winter begins living with Jane, a writer, in exchange for telling her his story. From their interactions, Winter begins to learn the meaning of being human, and without realizing it, Jane begins to see a man who has changed her life in more ways than she could imagine.

Since Katagiri entered his office, Misuno and he have been food and drink companions. They have the same tastes... so Misuno for the first time feels this connection with a colleague. So in order not to lose this beautiful friendship, Misuno decides not to confess her true feelings to Katagiri. But now, being as he's handsome and popular, she's afraid to lose him... In order not to make it happen, Misuno decides to use the tactic that attracts the attention of every man: "sex"

Kunou Totonou is a perceptive college student who's often forced to think his way out of dangerous situations. The story starts with the police questioning him on suspicion of murdering his classmate.

One fateful day, Shannon was offered the acting role of a lifetime and pay to match its grandeur. Since she could pass for the pPrincess Iliana’s twin, Greta and Freddy wanted Shannon to stand- in for the currently ill princess during everyday the occasions she was required to attend over the next few days. To Shannon, a grad school student drowning in debt who waitedand waiting tables for a living, this opportunity was too good to pass up. She figured that waving at people and cutting ribbons couldn’t be all that difficult. It’s It wasn’tnot until she’s she was forced to meet the princess’s Iliana’s fiancé while pretending to be the princess that she starts started to fear this job was much more than she’d bargained for.

A young man comes to Tokyo to become a poet (he actually composes a lot through the book!). But one can not support himself with poetry, so the hero works for a half-legal firm running all possible errands. In the process he meets a lot of people, both men and women, who are strangely interested not in his rhymes, but in his ...body! Absolutely lovely tragicomedy. ~by DaRyu Aida Rendou, ex-student and would-be poet, struggles to earn a living in the big city. As a talent scout for the adult video firm, M+ Productions, he hunts for potential actresses but it's not enough to pay the rent. So boss Nanazuka offers him extra cash to use his body to seduce men and women alike. Michiru, a spoilt young woman with Yakuza connections, comes up with what appears to be a perfect solution: she'll be Rendou's patron in return for him working as her full-time host. Will Rendou finally be able to write his poetry? Or will he end up corrupted by the amoral dog-eat-dog world around him? ~by Lyrebird (Half-Baked)

You can't get serious with a one-weekend love lesson. Melody, a professor at a university in New York City, is feeling impatient about not being able to get married. “For some reason, the men I’ve dated in the past haven’t wanted to get married… am I lacking something? Maybe an experienced playboy could give me the advice I need.” At a bachelor auction, Melody wins the bid for the popular photographer, Archer, so she can learn the basics from him. They spend a dreamlike evening on a weekend vacation together. Falling in love with a man who doesn’t want to get married…

When Angelica Harper earns that her biological father, Stephen, has fallen ill, she moves in to take care of him during the weekends and to connect with her long lost father. One day, she meets Count Carlo “Wolf” Gambrelli, a business partner of her father's, but he gets the wrong impression of her and assumes Angelica is a gold digger. In order to ascertain Angel's motives, Carlo begins spending time with her, and soon they become attracted to each other. But misunderstandings and an old Gabrelli family curse may still get in the way of their love…

I never asked for a sister-in-law. My mind is saying no, but my body just can’t resist!

Melissa, defiant of her fathers wishes sets forth on a soul searching journey to Paris, the City of love and art. The young female artist unexpectedly meets her muse upon arriving in Paris. After avoiding some street thugs, the troublesome tomboy noble in disguise finds herself in a precarious situation and stumbles through a door belonging to a well-defined specimen of a man out of clothing. “Is this a statute of David?! But this is so....!” “I must have you model for me!”

How did Kate end up working for such an awful man? Kate Thornley is stuck with a financial dilemma, so she must accept a job offer as a live-in chef in an imposing mansion. Her job is to coordinate a tea lounge for the public, which seems promising until Kate finds out that the owner of the mansion is Jason Warwick, a notorious playboy known on TV for his snide remarks about women. The same man who once witnessed Kate being harassed by a drunkard and humiliated her. He is a man she could never like…

The year is 3992over a millennium after a series of magnetic storms swept the planet, causing genetic damage and eliminating the Y chromosome across all of humanity. Following the total extinction of the male s**, human society has been rebuilt as a gynaecocracy where children are born via surrogacy. Anzai Y'anto Hime begins to come of age as this world's only man.

Marc, the Earl of Rutherford, is content having numerous affairs with married women and widows. But to hold on to the title of earl, he must find himself a bride or risk losing his title to his cousin. Marc soon sets out for Yorkshire to take over his late uncle’s estate. He discovers that the estate is in disarray and that the housekeeper has fallen ill. Meg Fellowes, the ward of Marc’s uncle, was forced into the role of housekeeper due to her scandalous past. After spending the night caring for the sick Meg, Marc sets about correcting his uncle’s wrongs toward her. Marc and Meg clash over her future as she is determined to make a living on her own. However, Marc soon makes her an offer of marriage and Meg finds herself agreeing to his terms.

Shinobu Watanuki (39), who has moved into her husband's family home, is an unsuccessful comic artist. She had planned to use this move as a chance to give up her career, but after one of her old works becomes a hit online, she decides to create a new comic instead. In need of help with this, she looks for an assistant online. A handsome 22-year-old man named Chiaki Tachibana applies to her ad, and Shinobu finds herself at a major turning point in her life. Delve into a poignant tale by a seasoned comic artist, skillfully blending themes of dreams, career, and romance in life from 40.

Sophie, a floral designer in New York, receives bad news from her best friend in her native Australia. The wedding that was to be officiated by Sophie’s grandfather as his two thousandth and final ceremony has been canceled! The couple had been persuaded by successful businessman Bryn to move the wedding to his hotel instead. Sophie returns to her hometown, determined to steal the ceremony back!

Leila was born as the princess of the desert kingdom of Qurhah. Longing for freedom, she runs to Gabe, who she knows is visiting the kingdom. What she didn't know was how attractive of a man he is! Drawn to one another, the two fall deeply in love. Nevertheless, Gabe takes off as soon as he discovers that Leila is the only sister of the kingdom’s sultan. In utter desolation, she decides to flee the country, but she soon realizes what a risky move that is. What does fate have in store for them?

“Separate the woman from my husband!” Begged by his sister, Nikos agrees to seduce Janine, make her fall for him and get rid of her. with the hidden ulterior motive, Nikos approaches Janine. As he learns more about her, he catches himself bearing unexpected feelings for her. Janine, without noticing his hurtful plans, is on the verge of falling in love with him…!

Isobel, who works at a gallery in London, was vacationing on a remote island in Greece when she slipped off a cliff and was knocked unconscious. When she came to, a gorgeous man was looking back at her. He had a salty attitude, and Isobel quickly learned why. He was Lukas, a Greek millionaire. Lukas wondered whether Isobel had injured herself on purpose to lure him in, but his concerns were quickly allayed and their attraction grew. Still, there are dark shadows that loom in Lukas’s eyes and never seem to go away. And a darkness from Isobel’s past lurks in her heart, too.

Average, unremarkable Ai Maekawa navigates school life unnoticed...until one day when a spiteful classmate totally humiliates her in front of everyone. Determined to jettison her embarrassing past, she overhauls her image and enrolls at a new high school where no one knows the old Ai. From the start, Ai is the target of romantic advances and jeolous gossip--can a formerly invisible girl handle this avalanche of attention? And is Ai's erstwhile identity as a loser really as far behind her as she hopes?

As her guardian, he is supposed to protect her, but he finds himself falling for her... At the beginning of the 19th century, Gray, an English aristocrat, had been neglecting the estate he inherited from his late brother, never visiting it and leaving everything to the housekeeper. But when he heard a rumor that the servants had left and the mansion was falling into disrepair, he hurried to drive the carriage. As he stepped into the dark mansion, he hears the words, "Stop! A gun is aimed straight at your heart!" from a young woman, seemingly alone. She seems to have mistaken me for a bandit. The shot hit him in the arm, and he looked at her in the moonlight... there she was, breathtakingly beautiful.

A rich playboy and a socially conscious student—this is going to be one unpredictable date! Garrett, a lecturer by day and a playboy at heart, wanted a hot woman to be his date when he appeared on the TV show Blindside Date, and he chose Jayde. Jayde, a struggling student dedicated to social causes, was shocked by Garrett’s proposal. She planned to reject it, but when the show’s host said they could set up a televised fund-raising opportunity in exchange for her participation, Jayde had second thoughts…

Nick and Merry planned to be together, but after a terrible accident, Nick developed amnesia and those dreams were shattered. Merry tracks him down and visits his home with their newborn child, but Nick’s sister won’t let Merry see him and Merry tearfully agrees to let his sister adopt her baby. Thirteen years later, her daughter declares that she wants to meet her birth mother. Nick, still unaware, brings her to meet Merry. Has the day finally come for Merry to experience a real family Christmas?

Sam, who lost her parents at a young age, was raised by her three older brothers to be tough in the face of their family tragedy. Now, she’s known as the fourth son of the Hall family. One day, she attends her friend’s wedding as a bridesmaid but finds the required formalwear uncomfortable…plus a certain man keeps looking in her direction. When he approaches her with a sexy smile, she’s unprepared for the crazy words that come out of his mouth. “How would you like to be my wife?”

He’ll erase my debt…if I agree to be his mistress for three months! Danielle gets a notice of outstanding payment from wealthy businessman Flynn Donovan, but she has no knowledge of the loan! So she takes the letter to his office and is stunned by how attractive he is, and equally shocked by how cruel and callous he is. He explains that her late husband took out a loan for two hundred thousand dollars. Danielle had no idea! Meanwhile Flynn tells her that he’s already heard all about her… He’s convinced she’s a gold digger who goes through men one after another. He demands that she pay him back in full right away or become his mistress. Little does he know how wrong he is about her!

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As the American Revolution gains speed, even in the British-controlled harbor town of Newport, rebels are on the move. Catie, the sole proprietor of Hazard Inn since her husband's death, finds out that her home will be used to house British soldiers. Just before they arrive, she sends her daughter, Belinda, away to keep her safe. As she turns to welcome the soldiers, she comes face-to-face with Anthony Sparhawk, the man who saved her eight years ago. They spent only one night together, but she's never forgotten him. He, on the other hand, doesn't remember her at all, but Catie is still anxious. She has a secret that he must never know-Belinda is actually his daughter!

Real estate entrepreneur Noah Locke's secretary, Lily, is at a loss for words. Their client wants to scrap their contract after news leaked on a gossip site about Noah's nefarious playboy antics. So Noah suggests Lily attend the client's daughter's wedding as his fiancee to help solve the issue. When Lily puts the engagement ring on, she tells herself it's just pretend and that Noah can never know that she's secretly in love with him. But when they kiss for the first time, the passion feels all too real...

He's going to be my husband? Princess Brit is forced to marry to preserve the royal bloodline, so she flees the palace and heads for the distant North Sea. But on the way there, her plane crashes, and she is thrown against the steep cliffs. She's hurt and terrified! As if in answer to her pleas for help, a dark shadow appears. Is he the legendary black knight? No-it's Eric Greyfell. He's as beautiful as a hero from Norse myth, but his heart is as impenetrable as a stone statue. And he's the man she was expected to marry!

I’ll no longer spend my Christmases alone. Dawn, a veterinarian, always tries to keep busy when Christmas comes around. If she doesn’t, she’ll remember the terrible breakup she experienced eight years earlier. When she learns that a new owner has moved into the largest mansion in town, she’s ecstatic. Now she’ll be able to secure an event space for the party she’s throwing for the less fortunate. However, she freezes when she sees the mansion’s new owner. It’s Ben, the millionaire who abandoned her! And he’s changed so much that he seems like a different man…

I'm ready for my zero waste life! After relying on fast food and alcohol for too long, a health scare pulls our heroine into the world of "Zero Waste." But her attempts to improve her own health, as well as the health of the planet, start causing issues with the people around her. Is living a zero waste life really possible?

Hannah threw her letter of resignation at her boss, who called her "below average." Still full of hurt, she visits the Blue Moon Inn, where the inn owner suggests she take a walk in the garden. That night was the night of the blue moon?the second full moon of the month. Under the magical moonlight reflected on the derelict stone-walled church, a rude yet sexy man suddenly appears. To Hannah's astonishment, it is her offensive former boss, Roth Jerric! Why would fate punish her like this?