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Today is Kelly’s eighth wedding anniversary. It’s also the day her divorce from Jake, her famous journalist husband, has finally been made official. Jake is a daredevil who flies around the world and is never home. Not even on the day that she miscarried. In order to sever all ties with the past, Kelly cuts off her beautiful long hair and throws a party in her new home to celebrate her divorce. But Jake, who never wanted the divorce, suddenly shows up, rudely throws out her party guests and forceably kisses her!

“Hello, Duke. Please marry me.” Johannes Noavik, the one who is chasing after the temple’s most wanted person, Blue Ruby, was suddenly proposed to. “With each other by our sides, we can have everything we want. We just have to use one another without trusting each other.” His new wife whose bright smile was lovely, playful but mysterious. “Just marry me. I’ll live well on my own.” What secrets does his suspicious wife hold?

His voice was sweet and laid my heart and body bare. Chelsea, the owner of a pet salon, falls in love at first sight with Damien, a man who helps her out at a luxury restaurant. He is the perfect man for any single woman, so there’s no way he’d be interested in a commoner like her. But then she gets caught up in some trouble and accidentally grabs Damien’s phone instead of her own. Chelsea realizes the mistake and calls him on her phone. The more they talk, the closer they get. His voice over the phone is sweet and passionate, as though he’s trying to seduce her. He isn’t flirting with her, is he?

Pippa has been asked to cater her best friend Ashley’s party, complete with celebrities, but her workers bail on her. She somehow overcomes the crisis with Cam’s help, a guest who is infamous for his charm, leading to a passionate one-night stand. As the two get lost in each other, their no-strings-attached agreement takes a drastic turn. Pippa discovers that she is pregnant!

Jennifer has always had feelings for her boss, Alex, but he won't look her way. She decides to find a new love, so she participates in an auction...where she ends up winning a date with Alex of all people! What is he doing in a place like this? Jennifer wants to refuse the date, but Alex has no problem going out with her. And the moment he captures her lips in a kiss, she can't say anything to resist!

To think that I’ll see the Count, my lifesaver, again in this way…! Toni accidentally reunites with her old friend, Paul, when she loses her job in Portugal. Paul begs Toni to replace his fiancée and takes her to his grandmother's house, which is the castle of the Count’s family. It seems that Toni has been involved in a big parody play. Knowing the castle’s owner, Count Raul, makes her even more perplexed. The man who helps her when she almost has an accident is a count, but he thinks of Toni as a villain who is after the family’s property, and he sees her with hatred now!

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Continuation of Blood Hope and Blood Trap A man living with his only daughter and grandchild find a mysterious book and accidentally releases a demon that is trapped in the book, the demon offers to grant him one wish, but for a dirty price... 1-blood hope 2-blood trap 3-blood chip

On this Holy Night, a miracle happened to a couple who closed their hearts to each other... Ailsa lost her unborn baby in an accident, and the grief caused her to give up her marriage as well. Four years later, on the day when her 9-year-old daughter was supposed to return from a temporary visit to her ex-husband's house, her ex-husband, Jake, was the only one to show up. The phone lines were disrupted by the snow, so he came to tell her in person that their daughter's stay had been extended. Her ex-husband was still as handsome as ever, full of confidence as a successful businessman. I'm done with him - but then why am I so bothered by the fact that... we are going to spend one night together?

India was shocked to discover her new husband Brad’s dark past from an anonymous letter delivered on her wedding night… A previous marriage, an indictment for assault and even a photo of a woman disfigured by violence… The impetuousness of her whirlwind romance with the charismatic young art dealer weighs on India. So, in a panic, she flees to an old castle in Brittany...….

Part-time hotel receptionist Phoebe and Greek multimillionaire Jed were crazy about each other. He embraced Phoebe and wrapped her in love and happiness. One day Phoebe discovers she's pregnant and joyfully reveals the news to Jed. But his reply is unexpectedly cruel-he says there's no man in the world who would want a pregnant mistress! In shock, Phoebe has a miscarriage and vanishes from Jed's life. But five years later, he suddenly reappears!

[From Batoto Scans] “It's a sloppy mess here, can I lick it?” He said to his wife, Yuki-chan. An ideal husband: High income and good looking. But at night he is a pervert who likes to have XXX so much ...!? Regardless of where he is, Yoshi-kun clings to his wife’s legs every day and night. There weren’t any hints before marriage but she didn’t expect it to turn out like this!! Being driven crazy by him is shameful yet pleasurable for her!? [High speed Husband] vs [Marriage hunting Girls] A gentle and handsome husband has a crazy tendency only for his wife !?

Sammy is secretly in love with businessman Leo, her childhood friend. However, he’s always surrounded by crowds of beautiful women, so there’s no way he’d associate with a plain schoolteacher like her. So why the sudden proposal? When Sammy asks, Leo explains that he needs a fiancée because he wants to make it look like he’s settled down so he can win custody of his niece. He chose Sammy because she and her mother are in dire straits due to her mother’s illness. Besides, he could never actually fall in love with her. What will Sammy do after hearing such cruel words from her first love?

She has to work with her ex, but he doesn’t have to know she still loves him! Bett, a Broadway actress, was scammed out of all of her money by her former manager. She sees a casting call for Girl in a Dark Room, a play with painful memories for her, but being broke and desperate for work, she decides to audition. The screenwriter for this play, Edward McCullough, was Bett’s first love and the man who abandoned her for fame and more experienced women. When they reunite six years later, she pretends to be a woman who’s willing to use a man with talent and fortune—she doesn’t want him to know that she’s still a virgin…or that she’s still hopelessly in love with him…

Was his proposal just out of pity for my loneliness? In a snowy church, Holly was devastated. She had lost her parents early in life and had struggled to raise her younger sister, but now her sister was marrying the man Holly had had a crush on for three years. She was so miserable that Stavros, a wealthy Greek man, comes to her and says, "I can't stand to see a beauty like you trampled on," and led her out of the ceremony. He is rumored to be a playboy... is he messing with me? Holly was confused, but then Stavros proposed to her, saying that he wanted her to marry him and have his children...!

Having lost both her parents in a car accident, Angie works hard to support her younger brother. One day, she's picked up by a modeling agency which shoots her to supermodel status overnight. Then she falls for and marries the wealthy Roque. But when the gossip magazines spread stories about his wild bachelor ways, Angie can't take any more of it and leaves. A year later, her younger brother accrues a devastating debt on one of Roque's credit cards. Angie promises Roque that she will pay him back. But he steals a kiss from her and says, "If you don't want your brother to get arrested, come back to me.

She spent a night of passion with a millionaire, but now she’s pregnant with a convict’s child! In a huge villa in Sicily, Emma works as a housekeeper for millionaire Larenzo. One night, he returns home without notice, weary and disheartened. Seeking to ease his worries, Emma consoles him, and before she knows it, they’ve spent a night of passion together. The very next day the police suddenly show up at the door and drag them both away! While she is released, Larenzo is ultimately sentenced to a heavy prison term. Meanwhile a baby has already begun to grow inside of Emma!

My husband is cheating on me with my beautiful cousin…and there’s nowhere for me to turn. Nina Guardino is a young member of the celebrated Guardino family and tortured by the whims of her grandfather, Alessandro. When he wanted her to marry the wealthy CEO of the Monteleone Foundation, Rafael Monteleone, she did as he asked. She entered a loveless marriage with a man who was more interested in her cousin Marisia than the woman he married. It wouldn’t be so bad, since Nina’s loved Rafael since she was a child, but he doesn’t even seem to remember their chance encounter! He ran away from an orphanage as a child, and in the process, gave the young Nina a beautiful flower that signified they’d meet again. Years later, he barely looks at her. What’s changed in two decades to turn this firebrand child with love in his heart into the cold man who shares Nina’s bed?

A guy finds someone in the rain. What could go wrong?

Anna's big break has come in the form of an interview at a prestigious primary school...or so she thinks, until one man on the interviewing committee dashes her hopes. Cesare Urquart, a shockingly handsome businessman who lives an ostentatious life in a castle in Killaran, makes no effort to conceal his disgust for her, and he has her application rejected in no time flat. Dumbfounded as to why a man she has never met before would be so hostile toward her, Anna has no way of knowing that Cesare thinks she is the woman who nearly ruined his best friend's marriage only a few years ago!

Jaime just wanted to know the mother who left her. But she found so much more… Jaime came to Bermuda to learn why her mother, Catriona, abandoned her when she was young. Catriona is living on the island under a fake name, and Jaime has left her job and gone to the island to work as her secretary. All Jaime wanted was to know the truth about her mother, but she hadn’t expected this. During Jaime’s trial period as Catriona’s secretary, Dominic begins to hang around her more often than necessary. She’s not beautiful like Catriona, so what is his game?

It's been three months since Sorrel left her husband Reece. Soon, Sorrel and Reece prepare to finalize their divorce. However, Reece finds out that Sorrel is carrying his child and decides that divorce is no longer the best option. Slowly but surely, Sorrel begins to see Reece finally make an effort in their relationship. Unfortunately, tragedy soon strikes and begins to strain their love. Will they be able to push through it and find a happy future together?

"If it will save my country, then I shall give myself up to the devil." Antonella, princess to the small, economically wounded kingdom of Monteverde, is dining with some VIPs at a luxurious yacht party when a familiar voice reaches her ears. "A princess doing the work of a harlot?" The owner of this insult is none other than Cristiano, who reigns in the rival kingdom of Monterosso. Long ago, when their kingdoms were at peace, he had stolen her heart. Now he tells her that she is the only one that can save Monteverde from destruction, but in order for that to happen, he wants Antonella for himself.

Emily knows who the baby's father is. How could she forget the night of passion she experienced only one month ago Loukas was a billionaire she met and immediately fell for at a friend's wedding. But she knows her love was one-sided. After all, he didn't even give her his number. Then her phone rings. Loukas wants to have dinner with her. She agrees but decides to hide the pregnancy from him. However, he comes earlier than planned and sees the positive test kit.

Being the caring nurse she is, Bonnie only wanted to help her new patient as best she could. So after tending to his health, she sets out to do one last favor for him—reuniting him with his son, Dimitri Kyriakis! This may prove difficult, since Dimitri has thought of nothing but revenge against his father. He even wants to stoop so low as to use Bonnie who, unbeknownst to him, is completely innocent. Bonnie has no idea what she has gotten herself into. Will she be able to handle what he has in store for her?

[Sarah's Child 1] His heart still belongs to his late wife, Diane, but Sarah’s heart will always be his. Sarah has been in love with Rome for a very long time, but her best friend, Diane, married him. Sarah would never break up their marriage, so she’s always kept her feelings to herself. Even after Rome lost Diane and their young children in an accident two years ago, all Sarah could do was watch over him as he ached. She knows Rome’s love still belongs to his late wife, but she can’t stop herself from loving him even if she never confesses to it. However, one day when Sarah gently holds him as he’s overwhelmed in sorrow, something subtle changes…and they wind up kissing! [Sarah's Child 2] She’s married her true love, but their love feels incomplete. Sarah accepts a proposal from Rome, the man she’s loved for many years, even though the proposal comes with a difficult condition—they will not have children. Though she knows Rome still suffers from having lost his first wife and children in an accident, their incomplete romance hurts Sarah. She wants to build a home with her beloved Rome. Will the wish she made on a shooting star ever be granted?

Sparks fly when a stoic, seasoned PI and a fresh newbie embark on a case to find a teenage runaway! A year and a half ago, Celia was in love and engaged—to a man who turned out to only be after her family’s fortune. Shocked, disenchanted and in despair, Celia decides to change her life and joins her brother Dane’s private investigation agency. There, she has to work with Dane’s brooding but brilliant partner, Alec Sharpe. Alec never takes her seriously and is overprotective to the point of driving her mad. With Dane away on parental leave, it’s just the two of them. Then a woman walks in pleading for them to find her daughter…

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Craving the forbidden: What kind of a trap has this man set for Sophie? Sophie is an actress whose best friend, Jasper, wants her to pretend to be his girlfriend to hide the fact he’s gay. So, wearing a provocative outfit, she hurriedly hops on the train to get to Jasper’s father’s birthday. The attractive, sophisticated man sitting in front of her on the strain gives her a look of blatant contempt. The two happen to get off at the same station and, it turns out, are heading to the same destination. He’s Jasper’s brother! Believing that Sophie is only with his brother for his money and title, he decides to set a trap to reveal her true motive! In Bed with a Stranger: They share intoxicating kisses…but does Sophie really know what’s on Kit’s mind? After unraveling a layer of misunderstandings, Sophie and Kit are now together. But when Kit comes back home from a long deployment, Sophie notices something off about him, even though their lovemaking is as passionate as ever. Still, she’s elated when he asks her to marry him and visit his mother with him. What Sophie still doesn’t know is that Kit has been hiding something big from her…

After a one-night stand, Lauren’s sister became pregnant, gave birth, left the baby girl with the father and disappeared. But Lauren’s not about to leave her niece with the kind of monstrous man who would toy with a woman’s heart. Lauren steels herself to confront Dade in his penthouse apartment...only for Dade to mistake her for his new nanny! This gives Lauren a master plan: she’ll live with him as his nanny in order to find proof that he’s unfit to be a father, giving her a fighting chance in the pending custody battle. But will spending her vacation with this known playboy prove to be more dangerous than she could have guessed?

While searching for her missing sister, Ruby, Lindsay visits the office of Alessio Capelli, where her sister was employed as his personal assistant. Alessio is a slick divorce attorney, while Lindsay is a counselor who works on reconciling marriages. Their natures clash like natural enemies that would make great reading on any of the tabloids. Lindsay embarrassingly finds herself taken by Alessio’s fine body. She discovers that he was planning to dismiss Ruby as she is MIA. In order to save Ruby’s job, she must accompany him to the Caribbean to fill-in as his personal assistant!

It has always been Christina’s dream to wear a wedding dress. She looks at her beautiful form in the mirror and her heart pounds. Her nickname as a child was the ugly duckling and her parents were cold and distant with her, so she had always thought that she would never get married. But now she is, and her fiancé is the man she’s always adored...the crown prince of Halencia, Antonio! She is marrying him to divert attention from a scandal involving Antonio’s little sister. Their marriage is one of convenience and she knows Antonio will never love her. Why does that thought make her heart ache?

Mia, the daughter of a wealthy family, has just become the pawn in a cruel transaction. Due to the death of her older brother, her father now has no male heir. To remedy the situation, he promises his daughter's hand in marriage to a businessman named Alexander. However, this is not just an engagement, it's also a business deal. The purpose of this marriage is for a male heir. If one is born, then Alexander must deliver the boy to Mia's father, and in exchange Alexander will receive an entire island in the Aegean Sea. This arrangement that so resembles slavery makes Alexander angry, and the fact that Mia does exactly as her father says has him looking on both her and her father with disgust. Mia, however despicable the situation, complies with her father's wishes...

The moment successful lawyer Tullah met rumored playboy Saul Crighton, she could see why women were drawn to him, but she refused to be enraptured by his charm. Just when she thinks she has evaded his grasp, she finds out he’s her new boss! Now, in order to stop a poor young girl from falling in love with Saul, she has to pretend to be his lover. What will happen when these two appear as a couple at a masquerade?

Aya mistakes an undercover detective named Kenjiro for a molester on the train! Their meeting is the start of a thrilling romance! "Kenjiro is going to steal my heart!" A young lady and a detective! Don't miss the conclusion to their love story! This is Ulala Hoshi's first manga compilation. It contains three stories of the steamy couple, Aya and Kenjiro, along with two separate stories! Please enjoy reading this manga.

Could he be the best kind of birthday gift? When Jane winds up celebrating her birthday by herself, she decides to make it special by striking some items off her wish list. The first order of business is to kiss a tall, handsome man with black hair. But she has no courage to make her wish come true, so she instead takes a picture of a man she happens to see at the park. Unfortunately, the man, Mitch, catches her in the act and accuses her of a crime. His anger dissipates after her sincere apologies, and he then offers to help her with her wish list, giving her a passionate night, as well!

Unable to resist the charms of the arrogant millionaire, I fell into his trap… Sarina, a psychiatrist, visits the mansion of millionaire Matteo, the CEO of a global corporation who recently had a violent altercation with his sister’s fiancé. His board of directors has requested that Matteo undergo a psychoanalysis. Arrogant and confident, Matteo is far from Sarina’s type. However, she can’t help but notice that there’s a sadness within him. During their second meeting, Sarina gets caught up in Matteo’s charm and lets him kiss her, unaware that he is setting a trap…

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Justina can't believe Dante D'Arezzo had the gall to talk to her! Has he forgotten what he did? Yet Justina's heart wavers after she is unexpectedly reunited with Dante, an Italian entrepreneur and her ex-fiance. She still hasn't healed from his betrayal five years ago, but when he whispers sweetly to her, she's captivated by his wild eyes. Why is he trying to get involved with her again? Justina decides to spend one last night with him, unable to resist his charms, but it ends up leaving her with a secret she can never tell him...

I never want him to find out that under this mask is just boring old me! Carlie, a diligent teacher, is dragged to a costume party in a daring outfit her friend made her wear. At the party, she is persistently pursued by Tyler, a known playboy. Tyler is her friend’s brother-in-law, but he doesn’t realize that it’s actually "boring old Carlie" under the mask. Knowing she’d normally never have a chance with a guy like him, Carlie happily allows herself to be seduced. The next morning, Carlie leaves without revealing her identity and Tyler becomes determined to find the woman in the mask!

Wealthy Daniel arrives at the hotel that Ellie manages. At first, Ellie is intrigued by this flashy man, but soon Daniel is pestering her at every turn during his stay. Ellie resists his advances, yet slowly she finds herself ready to give in to his charm. But is she prepared to be just another one of his whims?

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Well-bred Emily Fairfax has lost her virginity to a devil. She met Anton Diaz at a charity costume ball where the irresistibly attractive man appeared dressed as a dark angel. Anton is an entrepreneurial genius who has made a fortune on business buyouts, and Emily is unable to resist his skillful seduction. Before she knows it, Emily and Anton are married, and on their wedding night Emily finds herself in paradise. Until, that is, Anton tells poor Emily his true intentions and casts her in to hell…

In the depths of despair, I met a beautiful but lonely angel. Gideon, a surgeon, is overwhelmed by the pressure of raising his twins as a single father. He works tirelessly to support them, but the exhaustion finally catches up with him and he collapses. When he wakes up, nurse Nadia encourages him and helps him to recover. As Gideon witnesses her devoted nursing, he gradually develops feelings for her, but Nadia refuses to get close to anyone…

Jennie has a goal, and it’s a simple one: enjoy all that life has to offer, no matter how dangerous it might be. Roller-coaster rides, drinking too much and even losing her virginity one night at a bar are all checkpoints on her way to her goal. The night she attempts to lose her virginity, she finds the love of her life, Travis Wilde. At least, she thinks she does, but then he chastises her for her dangerous ways and sends her packing. Fate reunites Travis and Jennie, but tragedy might steal them away from one another yet again. When they get to talking, Jennie has an intense migraine. She has them frequently, to the point where she keeps medicine on her at all times. The migraines are just a symptom of the reason Jennie’s living life on the edge. Jennie doesn’t have much time left, but Travis just can’t accept that.

He was the one I never wanted to see my weakness… After losing her family in an accident, Fay has resigned herself to a life of loneliness. One day, she suffers a fall from a horse and is saved by her neighbor Chase Rafferty. He tries to care for her, but she doesn’t want to show him any sign of weakness. After all, he’s interested in buying her property. Will Chase’s unbelievable proposal cause her heart to open up again?

If she can’t be with the man she loves, Keely can at least help his brother follow his heart. Keely secretly admires Boone Sinclair, a rancher eleven years older than her, but he treats her like a child and gives her the cold shoulder. Meanwhile Boone’s brother has asked Keely to pretend to be his girlfriend. He wants her to help him hide his real relationship, a relationship Boone strongly opposes. Keely decides to help Boone’s brother, and now she's caught Boone's eye as he wonders why she’s suddenly fallen in love with her childhood friend.

What if a will dictates that you must marry the firstborn of a wealthy family and be paid for it...? "You did this for the money, didn't you?" Billionaire Jonas Bravo's words pierce Emma's heart. Emma, an orphan from Texas, came to L.A. to follow her dreams when she befriended the matriarch of a wealthy family. How could Emma possibly imagine that her friend's will would state that Emma should marry her son? With a reward of five million dollars attached, Emma has no idea what to do. Jonas' eyes are dark and scrutinizing as he asks, "Is five million dollars not enough, then?"