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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.

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?

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?"

Gentle in demeanor yet fiercely independent and competent, Songa is a top assistant brand manager at Klar Cosmetics who gets things done with a smile. Thriving in life, she is suddenly caught off guard by her charming junior colleague’s enigmatic warning, “Don’t put on that lipstick.” Then an unexpected revelation changes everything.

In sixteenth-century England, Lady Margaret was just eleven when her father died. He designated Christopher, a pirate, as her guardian, and decreed in his will that they were to marry. But Margaret, still young, was scared of Christopher, so he kept his distance. They lived a marriage in name only for years, which was never a problem for Margaret before. But now that she’s eighteen, she desperately wants to consummate their marriage! Unfortunately, even though she’s grown up, Christopher doesn’t feel the same way…

I want to be loved by you until the time when the truth must come out. CEO of an IT company, Ian is suddenly designated to inherit a mansion and company from a father he has been estranged from since he was a small child. He meets Emma, his father's exclusive designer and alleged mistress, and Ian is drawn to her beauty and kindness. But she appears to be hiding something...?

At Reina's best friend's wedding, she meets the rich, handsome Lucian and spends a single night of passion with him. When she awakens in a dreamy state if mind, he's already gone. after she discovers she's crying his child, Reina tried to call him, but he doesn't even tenement her name. some time later they meet again, but the continued to behave like a shallow Playboy, seeming not even to notice her.

Miranda will never forgive Callum Ironstone! For the past three years, she has despised Callum, who drove her father to commit suicide after accusing him of misappropriation of company funds. Yet now he wants to hire Miranda as a cook for his party. Why did he ask her this, if he knows that she hates him? Further perplexing Miranda is the way he looks at her, as if he hungers for her deeply. Now she must decide how far she will go for her work…and how far she’ll go with this man!

When I opened my eyes after a fire, I became a side character in a novel. What am I to do now?Get closer to the heroine? No.Get closer to the male lead? No.I’m going to live a long and simple life!I’ve lived peacefully outside the Emperor’s castle for 3 years. I thought I would be free as long as the novel ended happily as it should.“Who’s th-…”“Servant.”Huh?“I’ll listen to your every command.”“H-Huh?”“If I listen to whatever you say, can we live together?”The servant who came into my easy life.I live a happy life with him. Sometimes he’s a kind servant, and other times, a dear friend…The problem is, I can’t seem to take my eyes off him when he smiles saucily and flirtatiously with those red eyes….Is it because of my feelings?The 30th concubine, Lydia, whose goal is to live a long and simple life and the suspicious servant begin a strange relationship as they start living together.

What’s the dastardly rogue who kidnapped Clio’s sister years ago in the desert country of Barakat doing at Love Lake? Her sister is safe and sound?and married to a prince!?but Clio still can’t forgive this man for what he did in the past. Now she has to be the tour guide even though he’s on a mission that must be kept secret from her. Will Clio keep the love growing inside her a secret, as well?

The magic of the masquerade ball leads her to a destiny she could never have imagined… Prior to her impending arranged marriage to a grand duke, Allegra goes to a masquerade ball. She figures it’ll be the last party she attends as an unmarried woman and is eager to let herself go. Then a man dressed up as the God of Death appears before her. The attraction between them is undeniable, and before Allegra can stop to think through the consequences, she loses her virginity to the masked stranger. A few weeks later, she discovers that she’s pregnant and is shocked to find out the identity of the mysterious man. It was Cristian Acosta, her brother’s best friend…and the man who caused her to have an inferiority complex. She can’t believe that the arrogant Spanish duke is the father of her child…

Isabella keeps her family’s restaurant afloat with a secret ingredient—basil that she picks from the bank of a river on Prince Maximilliano’s property. Max never leaves his estate, and the rumor in town is that he’s some kind of monster. The prince saves Isabella when she slips and falls into the river, and she witnesses firsthand his kindness as well as the grief and guilt he carries from his wife’s death. Isabella makes it her mission to pull Max out of his reclusive grief and back into the town he is meant to protect. Falling in love with him wasn’t part of her plan, though…especially since Max has vowed to never allow himself happiness again.

At the funeral of her husband, who died in an accident, Savannah was cruelly jeered at by her husband’s family for being an unfaithful wife. Determined to leave, Savannah is suddenly confronted by Leiandros! He is the head of the family and her late husband’s cousin. He joins the fray, throwing contemptuous and humiliating words at her. She’s especially shocked by Leiandros’s callousness—after all, he hasn’t always been so unfeeling where she is concerned…

Everything is cloaked in mystery in *The Theif Princess*. In reality, she is Lucian, the princess of the kingdom. With her wedding to the betrothed Hebron drawing near, Lucian concocts a daring plan to sabotage the ceremony and flee. Under the cover of night, she sneaks into the prince's chambers while he sleeps. But after unknowingly ingesting a strange potion, Hebron captures her. Convinced the events are nothing more than a dream, Hebron kisses Lucian... Can Lucian truly steal what is most precious to him?

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!”

Her Royal Highness Princess Isabella of San Rimini has a daunting task at hand: she needs to set up a museum event to show off artifacts for San Rimini's one-thousandth anniversary, and the elusive Nick Black is the man for the job. What secret does Nick hide from the world, and what does it have to do with the ancient folktale about a cursed knight who must atone for his sins? Is Nick saving Isabella's event, or is she saving his soul?

A coda to the OVA and novel of the same name, this six-chapter manga gives us a deeper glimpse into the back-stories of Rei Fukai, James Bukhar, Tomahawk John, and other members of the F.A.F.However, some of the details about the characters' pasts and relationships appear to deviate from the sequence of events as seen in the anime. Therefore, this manga should only be read after having first watched the anime or read the novel, and treated as an alternate story of sorts.

His sweet gaze penetrated my boyish exterior as if he were searching for the truth... In order to uncover the truth behind the death of her uncle, Lady Georgiana dresses up as a boy and heads to London. While chasing after one of the suspects, Viscount Fincham, she finds him being assaulted by strangers. In that moment, without thinking, Georgiana steps in to his rescue. The viscount, captivated by the beautiful eyes of the young boy who came to his rescue, soon realizes that Georgiana is actually a young woman from a commoner family. Unable to contain his curiosity, he gives her a proposition. "Would you work by my side as my personal aid?"

Hana meets a good-looking guy at the train station, then happens to meet him again at a blind date. However, despite his indifferent attitude, Hana discovers that he just might be the person she's been talking to online for the past five years! This is a romantic comedy about a girl who really, really loves the chase and a tsundere boy in glasses. [OneGarbageGal]

True love is the only way to reverse the curse of the ring. As long as the two rings remain apart, the Covellis will struggle to find love. This is the curse of the ring that has been passed down for generations. Rafe Covelli inherited his late father’s construction company and he worked hard to rebuild it. One day, he received a request for a renovation from a woman named Shelby, who had bought the town’s historic manor. Rafe decided to give her a hand even though she couldn’t afford to pay him in full. But Shelby didn’t trust Rafe’s kindness and kept turning down his offer. Will Rafe ever be able to open up the heart of this woman who was abandoned by her parents?

Nellie has had a crush on her coworker Kent ever since she started working at the company. But Kent thinks of her as a little sister. While Nellie secretly hopes that her feelings will be reciprocated, she learns that he’s being promoted to a spot at the international branch of the company. In a mere two weeks, no less! Having spent a year unable to attract Kent’s attention, Nellie decides to do away with her introverted self and formulate a last-ditch plan to marry her dreamboat!

A pretend marriage, an arrogant major, and being pursued no matter where you are! Gina McMahon, an orphaned countess, is forced into an unwanted marriage with Lord Bacchus, with whom her uncle owes a giant debt to. In order to counter this fate, she tries to run away to London. While being pursued, she was saved by Major Pierce Eden, who is equal parts arrogant and attractive.

At her friend's request, Rosalind goes to a high rollers' casino dressed like a working girl. Unable to handle being objectified by the men there, she runs away before the night is over. As Rosalind walks along the street at night, without any money for taxi fare, the Spaniard who coldly regarded her for being involved with those men offers her a ride home in his luxury car. “I would never accept a ride from a man who disdains me.” At first Rosalind flatly refuses his offer...

Qianxia’s friend, Jiamei, jumped off a building because of harassment at work, and Qianxia made a deal with a devil to take revenge for her. As she investigated her friend’s death, she found a hidden camera, learned about the indifference of Jiamei’s superior, and met an oddly friendly colleague. Slowly, the truth came to the surface. This is a tale of a fight between humans, but also a fight between the supernatural. But are the supernatural the true evil, or is it what lurks in the hearts of men?

Sophia, a poor preacher’s daughter, has lost both her parents and is desperately seeking work. Then one day she is summoned to a lawyer’s office and is introduced to the Venetian prince Rozzano, who tells her that her mother was actually the daughter of an Italian noble. She is shocked to learn that the luxurious life of the aristocracy is suddenly open to her, so thankfully she is guided by the kind Rozzano. However, there is a nefarious plot hidden behind the smiling face. Will the innocent Sophia, not understanding the machinations that revolve around her, offer her honest and grateful heart to him?

Kayla Luck has taken over her family's etiquette, charm, manners and dating school, but it seems that her luck has run out. The death of her aunt and uncle is one thing, but finding out that the school might have been a front for a prostitution ring is another! Kane McDermott is a detective on the case, and he's gone under cover to find out the truth. He's scoping out Kayla to see if she's hiding something unbecoming, but he may find that she'll make him become something better.

Cass panics when her cat, Crudley, is mistaken for the cat of the wealthy Emily Crosswhite and is kidnapped during a stay at the vet. If it's known that the kidnappers got the wrong cat, Crudley could be killed! Before the criminal catches on, Cass goes to speak to Emily to ask her to buy them some time. While Emily is sympathetic to her troubles, Gabe, who works as security for the Crosswhite family, is suspicious. He thinks she's a fraud after Emily's money, and he begins investigating Cass!

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When Jemma goes to London to visit her sister, Christine, she expects to have an uneventful vacation. Her sister may be a glamorous model and the talk of the town, and Jemma is plain by comparison, but that doesn't stop a certain man from mixing them up! She's mistaken for her sister by Karn, the uncle of Christine's current boy toy, who wants to end their relationship. But when Karn angrily kisses Jemma, she begins to feel something she's never experienced before...

What miracle does the festive season have in store for them? Several days before Christmas, Olivia’s playboy neighbor Ethan suddenly hands her a baby! Olivia immediately thinks the child must be from one of his random girlfriends. But as she spends more time with him, she learns there’s more to Ethan than his philanderer image, and she ends up falling for the man she discovers underneath. Does a Christmas miracle await this serendipitous pair?

I knew it could never be, and yet he has caught my heart... Alice’s parents died and left her with nothing, so her uncle took her in, but he treats her harshly. When her uncle and her cousins leave for Christmas, a mysterious man named Captain Grayling shows up at Alice’s door in a dashing military uniform. He was on his way to spend the holidays with friends and family when he and his children were caught in a blizzard. They spend several days with Alice, but when they are making preparations to leave, Captain Grayling asks Alice to leave with them. At first, she is elated, but then she realizes all he’s looking for is a governess for his children… She realizes he could never want to marry her. Hurt and betrayed, Alice tells him she’s staying with her uncle!

In an effort to rescue her father, Alesia dresses up like a man and sneaks into the royal palace. However, she is caught by the handsome prince of the Bacar Kingdom, Halil Rasheed, who quickly recognizes her as a woman! It is then that Halil offers Alesia a harrowing proposition in order to save her from this predicament — “In exchange for the release of your father, you will become my concubine”…!

When Adam, the oldest son of the wealthy Braddock family, asks Katie to be his party planner, she is taken aback. Doesn't he know that she's just a waitress? Adam's zeal eventually wins her over and she agrees to the job despite the misunderstanding. Katie is surprised to see Adam's gentler side during their time together, but still, with his cold, businesslike nature, it can't end well?or can it?

Oil field firefighter Tom is on sabbatical from his life-threatening career when suddenly he gets into a car accident while trying to avoid hitting a dog in the road. The one he does hit is a pregnant young woman, as fair and beautiful as an angel. She's not the only one pregnant—the dog is also carrying pups! Tom takes her and the dog back to her farm, where she's been living all alone. With no husband in sight, Tom takes it on himself to care for the pregnant duo. For someone who has always avoided getting close to others, Tom is confused as to his change of heart.

If he thinks she’s so reprehensible, why did he kiss her that way? Ever since losing her parents in a tragic accident, Eden's been spending her days with her stepbrother, Thomas, in a run-down, hole-in-the-wall apartment in London. It's there that she meets Sterne Parnell, Thomas's boss and the CEO of a major design firm, who's just shown up at her front door dressed as dashingly as can be. He's convinced that Thomas is trying to elope with Sterne's ward, Carmilla, who's been in his care ever since her father died of a heart attack...and from the contempt in his eyes, it's clear he thinks Eden is Thomas's partner in crime!

I have given my all to this forbidden love with a man out of my reach… To Joanna, the girls’ school she was abandoned at is her home. But when she turns nineteen, she has to become independent and takes a job as a governess. Saying goodbye to her friends and teachers is hard, but she hopes to experience the warmth of a home at her employer’s manor. However, she’s constantly insulted by the girls she teaches once she arrives. One day, she attends a ball as a chaperone and is saved from a dilemma by majestic nobleman Luke. She falls for him, a man who treats her with kindness despite her social status, but he is looking for a wife to give him an heir to continue his dukedom’s lineage and is far beyond her reach…

From Stiletto Heels: What is being sought after cannot be felt even on the fingertips. This is a series about the extravagant lifestyle of a tattoo artist named Gad, and the circle of people who revolve in it. Contains the stories: prologo, macch ia nera, il mio lavoro, balcone, esitanza, Sfortunato, ingranaggio, and epilogo.

Elli has no memories of her homeland or father, having been raised abroad by her mother with her sisters. When a mysterious man breaks into her house, she finds out that she’s royalty of the far-off land of Gullandria, and that her father is the king! With a reunion in the cards, will Gullandria prove to be all Elli hopes, or will she escape into the arms of the man who brought her there?

"Why not press the reset button on your life?" Due to her hideous appearance, Moeko had been hated by both her peers and her family ever since she was a small child. Even as an adult nothing changed, so Moeko resolved to change herself instead. While saving for plastic surgery, she wound up lending money to Ijima, a colleague who had treated her kindly. However, after falling into a physical relationship with him, Moeko learns that Ijima was only using her for her money, and she kills him. She is carted off to prison for her crimes... Then one day, a chance to start over in life arrives: full-body plastic surgery through the "Reset Program." She is offered the choice to cast off her current appearance and live as another, completely different person!! Support the author by purchasing chapters yourself!

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?

This fender and genre-bending film takes us into the not-too-distant machine-driven future. Kokone should be diligently studying for her university entrance exams, but she just can't seem to stay awake. Aside from stealing precious study time, her napping is even more distracting, as it brings on strange dreams with warring machines that hint at family secrets that have been dormant for years. She can't ask her father, a hipster mechanic more talented and artful than his job requires, as he's always busy modifying motorcycles and cars in flights of fancy. What are these visions that lead Kokone at once closer to and farther away from her family? Like all the best anime, the film revels in multilayered fantasy to show how sometimes opposites—waking and dreaming, the past and the future—are far more intertwined than they appear.

When Megan is invited by Jacques, the man of her dreams, to a luxurious vacation in the desert country of Dhahara, it seems too good to be true. Could this be an opportunity to get closer to him? Having arrived at the airport, Megan waits for Jacques, who was supposed to be waiting for her. But there is no sign of him. Shafir, a handsome man with a cold glare who claims to be Jacques’s friend, tells the concerned Megan that he’ll escort her in his place. She accompanies Shafir to his car, only to be taken to a remote castle in the dunes—the Palace of Roses.But is the man she’d taken for a ransom-seeking bandit actually…a prince?

She waited seven years for him to return. Now he’s back and in for a surprise! Abby Conway always believed that one day Hunter would come back to her. And now, after seven years of waiting, he’s appeared before her again. But Abby knows he’s come back not for her, but to meet their son, Tyler. Hunter suddenly left town seven years ago despite knowing that Abby was pregnant. Yet when Tyler comes home from school, Hunter shows no reaction. And when Abby tells Tyler that Hunter is his father, Hunter is apparently shocked!

Sarina wins a radio station prize draw to go on a vacation to the island principality of Carramer on the south Pacific Ocean. As she arrives with her heart full of anticipation, she is greeted by none other than Prince Josquin of Carramer! “What could the royal family possibly want with me?” Sarina’s anxious question is met with a shocking answer from the Prince: “You’re the princess of this land. And we need you.

When the powerful César proposes to Dixie, she can’t say no. For one thing, she needs the money. And it’s for a good cause—César’s grandfather Jasper in in poor health, and Dixie’s very fond of Jasper. Their fake marriage will make Jasper happy and help dig Dixie out of debt. What could possibly go wrong?

She’s just here to see the sights when she’s suddenly asked to fill in for the princess! The kingdom of Baumard is celebrating following the uniting of a new royal couple. Megan has just arrived there on vacation, but ends up having to fill in for the princess herself! The truth is, Princess Gabrielle of Baumard and Crown Prince Nicholas of the neighboring country fight like cats and dogs. After learning that their parents have both agreed to the marriage without their consent, both rebel, and Princess Gabrielle disappears. Megan looks just like Gabrielle, so she is asked to fill in for the princess, and go to the castle of her dreams. That’s where she meets Prince Nicholas and starts to fall in love...

Would it be wrong of me to wish to be special to you...? By day, Tilly works diligently at Doctor Tapper's medical clinic as his assistant, and cares for three orphaned children by night. Her busy life is interrupted one day, when Doctor Tapper's nephew Harry drops by. Harry is handsome and capable. As a doctor himself, he takes over the clinic when Doctor Tapper takes ill. His fancy, new-fangled ways don't sit well with the patients in the poor neighborhood. As Tilly works closely with Harry, she finds herself torn between tradition and innovation, effectivity and kindness...

When Tokiko’s parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn’t easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean… Drowning… Getting saved by… …a merman? Yosuke denies the presence of merfolk, yet the townspeople hold a festival to honor them every year. Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?