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Jane Hefner has one goal in mind: she wants to be an amazing chef with her own restaurant. Bobby Calahan has his own goal: he must destroy the Al-Nayhal family for running his father into an early grave by taking his ranch land away from him. Jane and Bobby’s paths would never have crossed if she hadn’t recently found out she's an Al-Nayhal. Can love quench Bobby’s desire for revenge?

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The more they realize the feelings are still there... Mason cannot believe her eyes when she sees Danyl, the prince of Ter’harn Kingdom. She tried to forget their passionate yet tragic romance, but her efforts were all in vain now that the gorgeous sheikh is standing in front of her once again. Knowing that Mason is in financial trouble, Danyl offers to pay her in exchange for accompanying him to Ter’harn. While they both believe the passion between them to be a thing of the past, the more time they spend together, the more they realize the feelings are still there...

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He’s the target of her investigation, he’s interviewing her for a job…and he’s the one who makes her heart pound! Jessie puts on her sexiest dress and sneaks into a bar. She’s working a side gig as a private investigator, going undercover to film evidence of men having affairs to show to their wives. She doesn’t love the job, but she really needs the money. The man she’s targeting tonight is a lot more sophisticated and charming than his picture suggests, and as the two of them start to dance, Jessie realizes she’s getting carried away by his soft whispers…so she decides to leave him hanging and run out before she loses sight of her goal! Jessie just wants to put this behind her, but when she walks into an interview

Joey, who is a lawyer, has always admired her brother-in-law, Gideon. She looks up to him as a fellow lawyer, but is attracted to him as a man. Gideon is intelligent yet sexy?my ideal man. I’m so drawn to him, but he won’t accept me as a romantic companion. Perhaps I just don’t have any female charms. Joey tries her best to act like a woman who is highly experienced with relationships when Gideon says the unexpected: “I think we can be great friends with benefits.”

On a cold winter day, as Marianne is serenading passersby on her usual street corner, she's approached by a wealthy-looking man who asks if she'd care to work as a live-in housekeeper at his home. Flashing striking blue eyes and brimming with the refined charm of a gentleman, the man introduces himself as Eduardo. In order to repay him for his generosity, Marianne pours everything into work. But as they continue to live together, she catches a glimpse into the solitude Eduardo harbors in his soul. Though she knows he is only treating her with sympathy, Marianne can't help but yearn to reach out to her boss's lonesome heart.

【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】The Crightons are a well-known, wealthy English family that has turned out generation after generation of lawyers. Jonathan and David are twins, and Jonathan, the quieter of the two brothers, has spent years living in David’s shadow. His wife, Jenny, even dated David first, until David abandoned her when she got pregnant. Jonathan proposed to her instead, as if to make up for David’s wrongdoing. But everything changes when David has a heart attack and collapses at their fiftieth birthday party. It turns out that David has been embezzling funds from a client, and the family is plunged into an unprecedented crisis. Problems that had

How far will Sunny go to get a story? Reporter Sunny decides to cover the legendary male stripper the “Duke of Sin.” Her investigation leads her to real estate king Ryan, a man of mystery himself. He says he’ll help with her story if she gives herself to him. Ryan is handsome and sexy and is as popular with women as the Duke! And like the Duke, he never dates a woman for more than two weeks. The situation is dangerous, but Sunny’s determined to get the scoop. Without any other leads, she’ll have to accept Ryan’s ruthless offer.

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Maxi waited seven long years to finally show herself in front of her family again after running off with her sister’s fiancé. As fate would have it, she came just in time for her sister’s wedding to another man. Thinking she is back to repeat history, the groom’s older brother, Kerr Devereaux, takes it upon himself to keep Maxi in check. Even though everyone is judging Maxi for what she did, no one knows the true intentions she had back then. Kerr is the worst accuser of them all. Is it only because he's trying to protect his brother from being spirited away, or is there another reason behind his actions?

Victoria was handpicked to be an assistant by the crown prince of the desert kingdom of El Deharia. So then why would the Imperial Guard suddenly break into her room and drag her away wearing nothing but a negligee? Her good-for-nothing father has been in trouble for gambling before, but to think he would have tried to cheat at cards against Prince Kateb... The prince's personality is as fierce as his scarred face. He earned the scars amid a failed kidnapping, during which they say he killed a man. Rejecting palace life, he has been known to disappear to a desert village for months at a time. Victoria despises her father, but can't abandon the promise she made to her dying mother. She pleads with the prince to set him free, and the prince agreed...on one condition. She would become his lover, and join his desert harem!

Kanan's dead husband comes back to visit her, reincarnated as a bug!

During her spring break, Isabella, a college student from the United States, visited Rome. There she met Antonio when she asked him for directions. Attracted to each other like magnets, they started dating after spending the night together. But the happiest moment of her life ends when Antonio dumps her without any explanation. That’s when Giovanni, Antonio’s older brother, volunteers his moral support to Isabella. While comforting her, he offers her a drink and suddenly Isabella finds herself caught between two brothers and accused of cheating! How is Isabella ever to win back Antonio’s love?

Alessandra needed to confess the truth to Christian Marcos, a handsome European billionaire. In the midst of the bustling party, she is able to find him immediately. Ever since she was a young girl, she has adored him and secretly call him Adonis, after the beautiful Greek god. And her dream did come true for an all-too-brief time—they spent just one night together. Now, even though Christian has never truly loved her or anyone else, Alessandra must tell him that she’s pregnant… Desperately in love with a man beyond her reach, she’s falling deeper and deeper into desolation!

Will the beautiful duke’s sweet words lead her to a forbidden affair? Desperately needing to get away, Abby takes a vacation to Europe and meets gorgeous Raoul. His sexy body and dark, brooding eyes instantly captivate her. While she’s staying at the winery that he operates, Abby can’t help but hope that Raoul might be her destined lover. But in order to get close to Raoul, she’ll first have to deal with his cruel aristocratic family!

I know it can’t possibly be… Still, I can’t help but dream… Young nurse Adele can’t help but notice surgeon Zahir. Not only is he drop-dead gorgeous, he’s also a crown prince! When the queen takes a liking to Adele, she whisks her off to the golden desert to be her attending nurse. Seeing Zahir in his full royal glory makes Adele realize just how different their worlds are, but under the desert sun, the spark between them only burns brighter… She loves him, but he’s set to marry a princess from a neighboring country. How could this possibly end well?

Eloisa, working as a librarian, is taken aback when her ex-husband, Jonah, appears in front of her. They got married when she was studying abroad in Spain a year ago, but the next morning she ran away after realizing just what she’d done. Ignoring how agitated she is, Jonah tells her that their divorce was never finalized. Furthermore, he says he’ll be spending time with her until the divorce goes through, so that she doesn’t disappear as she did before. Hesitantly, she accepts his request, but there’s a secret she can’t reveal to him, no matter what…

Lorenzo Martelli is a young bachelor from a wealthy family in Sicily. He's under pressure from his family to find a wife because his brothers have recently settled down with their loved ones. He tries to get away, but today, his mother told him to visit the family friend with four single daughters. Meanwhile, the oldest girl, Helen, is upset with Lorenzo whom she hasn't even met yet, thinking “He must think all of my sisters are just dying to have him because he's so rich...I'll teach this bastard a lesson...!”

The career of a television host with an interest in marine biology is shattered when a bad accident leaves her with a massive scar on her leg, months of rehab and an ever-present fear of water. Ianthe Brown must find the courage to conquer her fears, and Alex Considine is more than willing to help. Ianthe knows nothing about him, but her new friend soon reveals problems of his own, including exile and rebellion. Will Ianthe sink or swim in the dangerous world of royalty and romance?

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Alex is the unbelievably rich heir of a prestigious family, and not only does he live in a huge mansion, he's also good-looking, a brilliant doctor...and a confirmed bachelor. Jenny's younger sister, Chloe, claimed that this man was the father of her child, Daisy, before she passed away. Jenny wants more than anything for Alex to fulfill his responsibility as a father, so she brings Daisy to visit Alex at his house. The man she meets there is as much of a coldhearted playboy as the rumors claim. He gives the two of them an appraising look, and finally says, scornfully, "Is it money you're after? That's too bad. That baby isn't mine."

Tokuma is getting bad grades at school. He decides to ask the guy who avoids him to help him.

My small act of courage turned a cold night into a night of destiny… Emily is shy and reserved, which makes her the odd one out in a sociable family. She wants to fall in love but doesn’t want to be fooled and hurt again. One day, when her car gets stuck in a snowstorm, she is rescued by a man named Matt. However, his car is trapped in the snow as well, so they decide to spend the night in it together. In such close proximity, they are overcome with passion and Emily gives her virginity to Matt. The next morning, she has no choice but to hide her feelings as they part ways…

These past two years have been exceptionally hard on Annabel. Try as she might, she’s been unable to overcome the heartbreak of her first love. Ready to start anew in some place far away from all the leftover traces of her ex, Annabel jumps at the opportunity to become a governess in Barbados. Unfortunately, fate has a cruel sense of humor. Her new employer is none other than Hugh Grey…the man who broke her heart.

Juliette, a destitute seamstress living in nineteenth-century London, comes upon a man being attacked by ruffians in the dead of night. Instinct takes over, and she pelts them with potatoes to save the man. He is Sir Douglas Drury, a courtroom lawyer and a baronet. His mind in a haze, he calls out to her and plants a sweet, passionate kiss on her cheek. When he wakes up, though, he's forgotten all about the kiss and treats Juliette as his servant, but when Sir Douglas's mysterious assailant targets Juliette's life, she pretends to be Sir Douglas's lover and makes her debut in high society in search of the culprit!

Kit has a new job as the temporary live-in caregiver to Henry Treverne, a prodigy in the music industry. Not accustomed to life in a wheelchair, Henry has become difficult and irritable. One night he steals a kiss from Kit, who has devoted herself to serving him. She is captivated by his presence, unable to refuse his sexy body. Somehow, she quickly regains her composure, but Henry won’t give up his pursuit so easily

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Claire works as a secretary for a company owned by the Brewster family. One day the respected president passed away in an unfortunate accident, and his three estranged sons inherited the company. Claire’s new boss, Evan, was cold to her and she worried she might not be able to get along with him. But Evan has more on his plate than just a new company; he’s suddenly got a new baby, too. So one day after she gets home from work, Claire receives an SOS call from Evan. Secretary by day, nanny by night? It’s hard to resist the request of such a dashing man.

I thought that just looking from afar is love and the happiest time for me. The time spent on the veranda unknowingly made me realized that I was wrong.

Tired of her unfaithful husband, a new temptation creeps up on Kate… Kate is tired of being married to her cheating husband. But they’re having a party for hotshot businessman Alex Dalton, and if Alex likes Kate, her husband’s business will be safe. They’re already struggling to make ends meet, and now they have to wine and dine this man! When Alex arrives, he is abrupt toward Kate, but later he tells her that she can have anything she wants, if she befriends him…

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Various Hololive-related shorts published on Twitter by Various Artists, featuring Ayame Nakiri a part of Hololive 2nd generation , as well as with other Vtubers. Chapter titles are Twitter captions of the respective tweets.

【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】After the death of her father, Princess Layla learns of the nefarious Hassan’s plot to seize the throne by taking her hand in marriage. She knows she could never succumb to marrying this man whom she hates so much. She decides to take things into her own hands and seeks out the popular man of the people, Sheik Raz, whom she has never met. Layla appeals to the handsome, muscular Raz to marry her for her sake and the sake of her country. In a business deal-like agreement they marry, but Layla does not account for the effect Raz’s charms might have on her.

The small kingdom of Glanzberg sits in central Europe. Rebecca is an artisan who works at the famous ceramics maker, Adele Rozen. Then one day, the crown Prince, Rudolph, comes to her atelier and asks her to pose as his bride. He’s pushy and arrogant, and that makes her want to push back against him, but she ends up folding and agreeing to help. To top it all off, she’s finds herself attracted to the loneliness that shows in his eyes from time to time. Where will this love between two different classes lead them...?

Oomori's hobby is recreating the recipes of the restaurants he visits during his business trips and posting them online. At one of these restaurants he meets Ichika, a waitress. Is it love at first sight...?!

[ The god suddenly fell into my hands. ] Asuha, the only daughter of the shrine, and Daikichi, who has a crush on her. For Asuha, Daikichi was "a close friend," so she overlooked his appeal. One day, Asuha panics when she hears the marriage and birth announcements around her. Partly because of the pressure from his parents who wanted him to succeed him, she casually registered for the matching app. However, when Daikichi heard about it, he got into a fight ... "If there is a fait accompli... will you see me as your marriage partner?" What is the fate of the two who are repainted with intense passion?

Blanche, an opera singer, suddenly got fired from the theater. It was Asena, a sheik from the Emirate of Arzan, who gave her a helping hand. However, his purpose was to make Blanche the "substitute for his dead wife"...! In spite of his aggressive attitude, Blanche begins to be attracted to Asena who protects her at all costs. A sheik's romance staged in Arzan, a country full of hot sands!

Cat can’t wait to leave this wedding ceremony. Her divorced parents have come with their respective young partners, and the wedding vows the bride and groom exchange sound empty to her. Out of boredom, she escapes to sit by the lake, where she meets an attractive man, and she decides to sleep with the handsome stranger. She’s always been happy with one-night stands, never wanting to learn more about the person sheis sleeping with. But when it comes to this man, she finds one night isn’t enough and so she makes a bold proposal…

I can't believe I'm pregnant! Ellie thinks, devastated. Today is her wedding day, but the father of her baby isn't her groom. Three months ago, on the night of Carnival in Rio, Ellie shared a bed with Diogo Serrador, who was born in the slums and rose to become CEO to one of the world's largest companies. The young millionaire is every woman's dream man. But after spending the night together, he abandoned Ellie and, in her shock, she decided to marry another man. Is it really right to marry him? Then Diogo suddenly appears before her!

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"Steve Conlan? You don't even know him!" Meg, a divorced single mother, is outraged. Her daughter put out a personal ad in her name, and even arranged a date with a man she doesn't know. Meanwhile, Steve, waiting for Meg in a high-end restaurant, is also confused. He, too, has been tricked into being here, by his younger sister, who is concerned about his single status. But when Meg and Steve actually meet, they surprisingly find in each other kindred spirits. And so, they decide to join forces to get back at the family members who fooled them!

Helen loved her husband, Dan, from the bottom of her heart. The teenage sweethearts tied the knot two years ago, and their life together was wonderful. Until the day Helen came home from work early with a nasty cold…and found her half-naked husband with his secretary, Celine. When she wasn’t home, it seems the two of them had been… She couldn’t even think about it! Dan begged her to trust him. But what on earth was she supposed to believe!

A strong, dependable man I can trust my life with… After a terrifying explosion, Regina is convinced that she has a stalker and begins taking self-defense lessons from instructor Riley Moore. Riley, a former SWAT member, feels a strong attraction to Regina and decides to investigate her case. While she’s scared for her life, Regina feels at ease when she’s with Riley, and she has no choice but to admit that there’s a sizzling connection growing between them. But Regina’s past trauma prevents her from having the confidence to take the next step in their relationship…

Hardly able to believe that she’s about to walk out onto such a large stage, up-and-coming singer Savannah heads to the stadium, heart pounding. She has been hastily brought in as the substitute for a veteran singer to perform the national anthem at the Six Nations rugby tournament. But the treatment awaiting her when she arrives is abominable: she’s forced into a dress that doesn’t fit, then shoved out onto the stage with barely any time to get ready. The next instant, the worst happens—her dress tears, exposing her before the huge audience. Then she’s saved by a billionaire with a face covered in scars…

Alicia, Dex's secretary, is pregnant with his baby, and the reality seems quite cold. She isn't special to him. She never feels any love for her when they have sex. She's the only one who's drowning in love. All he thinks about is how to make his company more successful. And when she tells him she's pregnant, a cruel, insulting reaction is all she can hope for.

Claire, a single mother, has suddenly bumped into her ex, Greek tycoon Xander. He’s even more attractive now than he was four years ago, and no woman can resist his seductive allure. However, when he looks at Claire, Xander’s gaze is filled with anger. She understands. After a humiliating night together, Claire disappeared from his life. She tries to leave again, but Xander stops her. And she is surprised by his response when he learns about her child!