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A stalker and a detective walking the edge of the law?! Detective Peng Yanqing suspects he is being watched. The neighbor he suspects, Yi Fu, suddenly appears at his precinct as a major suspect. The tension between them starts to build, while strange cases quietly close in…

Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she’s offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader’s grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite–but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince!

Hotaru is a 16-year-old high school first-year who has always been ambivalent about love, preferring instead to have a lively life with her family and friends. So when she sees her schoolmate, Hananoi-kun, sitting in the snow after a messy, public breakup, she thinks nothing of offering to share her umbrella. But when he asks her out in the middle of her classroom the next day, she can't help but feel that her life is about to change in a big way ...

In the fair city of Rubern, a string of mysterious murders unfolds. A quiet, unobtrusive Isabella receives an invitation from the killer... A life-threatening wager lasting fifteen days. She must never fall in love, ensnared by any pleasure or illusion.

The count’s maid, Asha, only ever dreamed of earning money for her sick mother’s medicine, and opening a small veterinary hospital. One day, she is tasked to run an errand at “Night Butterfly”, the darkest, most bizarre street in the Arte Empire. There, she meets a beautiful but wounded slave named Lee. After saving his life, it seems Lee does not want Asha to go. “It was you who saved me. My master, my salvation, my Asha.” After seeing him smile so strangely, she realized everything was ruined. She was trapped. Clearly, this seductive smile knew all along that she would never escape…

The Duke just kidnapped her — but little does he know, this is all going exactly according to her plan… When Diana initially lets herself get kidnapped by a bloodthirsty duke from an enemy empire, it's to avoid a certain death that will reduce her character's significance to nothing. Although the duke doesn't realize that she's enjoying her captivity, he's also not as ignorant as Diana thinks. How far is she willing to go to keep this story plot line exactly where she wants it to be?

Navi realizes he's a male lead in a 19+ reverse harem novel, but the other male leads are chasing him instead of the female lead! Desperate for peace, he turns to a mysterious guild master for help. Can he escape this chaotic romance?

As the #1 stalker of Pope Ulysses, the kind male lead, Yoidel was to be executed for her crimes. Just minutes before her end, Yoidel escapes her cell to ask Ulysses for help, only to come across a bloody madman... who turns out to be the male lead himself! In a desperate attempt to survive, Yoidel binds herself to him in a magical contract, dooming the two to share their lives and deaths. Now stuck with a two-faced psycho, will Yoidel find a way to break their bond before it breaks her?

You e the older sister — just let it go. Can you even do that for her? Irene has always been living in the shadow of her ill and frail sister, Riel. She believed that she could and had to do everything for her family... until Riel stole everything from her. After realizing that there is no place for her in her home, and that she was never loved by her family, Irene decides to do her utmost to become independent, and in doing so, crosses paths with Noel Kristen, a man who has been subjected to a much similar fate... No hay buenas hermanas There Are No Good Sisters 착한 언니는 없다

Born into a cursed noble family, Claude Ambrosia grows up to become the villain who destroys the empire in the novel “Flower of Darkness.” Enter Sarah Millen, the writer of this story, who is determined to change Claude’s tragic ending as his new nanny. Though cold to her at first, Claude slowly opens up to Sarah, who encourages the young boy to see his distant father, Duke Ethan Ambrosia. Can Sarah help this father and son heal? Or will the curse that haunts this family spell doom for them all?

Hinana is a high school girl who wakes up at 5am to prepare for school every day. She's also the Student Committee secretary. While she's quite serious, in reality she actually dreams of one day finding herself a prince. When a famous actor, Ayase Kaede, shoots a movie at their school during golden week, the Student Committee's members have to act as extras. Hinana thinks Ayase is just like the prince of her dreams until she finds out that in reality he's actually a pervert who has a butt fetish? A comedy romance starts.

"Warning: Mature content: This manga contains materials that might not be suitable to children under 17. By proceeding, you are confirming that you are 17 or older." Grand duke Rosalind Idris Apeluden, the current emperor’s only brother-in-law. He received a beautiful slave slave as a gift from his close friend. Unable to release the wounded prisoner, Rosalind gave him the name Fenrir and nursed him by his side. Fenrir, who begins to open up to Rosalind after a while, begins to make her his only companion in life… 대공님의 애완 수인 / The Grand Duke's Pet / The Archduke's Pet

Rolicia Roba’s world is turned upside down when her mother tragically passes away. And not only does her long-lost father come to fetch her, but he turns out to be the renowned Count Roward. Thrust into noble society as an illegitimate child, Rolicia is determined to secure her own future without relying on her newfound father. But her cunning stepmother and selfish half-sister are standing stubbornly in her path… and so is Lockhart Caidel, the wartime savior of the second crown prince. With razor-sharp wit and a will of steel, Rolicia refuses to go down—or fall in love—without a fight!

Reina, a fallen noble's second daughter, works tirelessly to support her family and seeks their love. Yet her life takes an unexpected turn when her desperate parents marry her off to a viscount she's never met to avoid financial ruin. But though she expects a harder life, Reina finds unexpected solace when she is welcomed by her caring in-laws. And then there is Felix, her charming husband-to-be, who has admired Reina from afar. As Reina navigates her new life, can she heal from the past and find the love she's always longed for in her new family?

While being reborn into a loving noble family with powerful elven blood certainly isn’t a bad fate, Eucenielle can't forget the people she left behind in her previous life. All she wants is to return to her original world, but things get complicated when the crybaby crown prince, Tes, falls head-over-heels for her. Once they reunite as adults, Eucenielle is disturbed by the drastic change in Tes' looks and personality, which everyone else seems oddly oblivious to. Though she has a feeling Tes resorted to dark measures to win her heart, Eucenielle finds herself being drawn to the tyrant regardless...

Princess Elysia is part of a fallen royal family. When Elysia's fourth husband died, people started calling Elysia a husband-eating witch, all due to the greedy schemes of her mother and brother hungry for her inheritances. Upon realizing this, Elysia decided to turn back time to take revenge by choosing a husband that would follow her lead. She needed a commoner to play the role of her husband as her puppet... but the man she hired to act as her husband turned out to be someone above and beyond, going beyond her wildest dreams. Elysia then had no choice but to alter her original plan.

Ainne lived for eight years without even knowing which novel she was trapped in. Then one day, a knight came looking for me and she realised which novel she was in. Actually, this guy is a woman?! The heroine who's dressing up as a man, taking the place of her brother?! If that's the case, she'll become friends with the heroine and live a comfortable life! But she felt that the heroine was acting a little strangely... She didn't know that the heroine was actually truly a man! She's already too deep into the friendship, what should she do now? "Do I really look like a woman?"

"Lim Sohee is the envy of all. As the youngest professor at Jaelim University and the fiancée of the heir to the global pharmaceutical giant Venon, she is also a stunning royal omega. Her future seemed perfectly set as she prepared for her upcoming wedding. But during a secluded trip with her fiancé, an unexpected heat cycle hits. For three days and nights, Sohee is consumed by primal instincts, unaware of the passing time. When she finally comes to her senses and turns on her phone, she is met with over a hundred missed calls from her fiancé. Confused, she realizes something has gone terribly wrong. Wait, if her fiancé is the man lying in bed next to her... why would he have called her so many times? Who is he really? “Oh, did I forget to introduce myself?” “What…?” “Remember me? Gu Jigyeom, Gu Jihun’s twin brother.” Tears well up in Sohee’s eyes as the shocking truth sinks in. Jigyeom, who had already marked and knotted Sohee, whispers softly while gently caressing her earlobe. “Don’t cry. It’s too late, Sohee.” She has become another alpha's omega. Just five days before her wedding, she has been claimed by her fiancé’s twin brother."

Once a queen, now an assassin. Burned and cursed, she rose from the ashes of her fallen kingdom to exact revenge on those who betrayed her. No one was spared, not even the former allies who had turned their backs on her in her time of need. But her quest for vengeance isn't over yet. With just one target left—the powerful Lord of the Winter Court—she faces her most dangerous adversary yet. He is handsome, charismatic, and cunning, and she finds herself drawn to him despite her burning hatred. Will she be able to resist his seductive charms and complete her mission, or will her blackened heart be conquered by the very man she seeks to destroy?

It's not easy being rich. After suddenly becoming an orphan, Isnelda is sent to live with her cold relatives until she reaches adulthood and can gain her inheritance. Yet upon becoming an adult, a benefactor returns to Isnelda's life, opening her eyes to a world of wealth, greed, lust, and... magic? What could go wrong?

If you love someone, what kind of things might you do? The desire to destroy even while in love, the dilemma of wanting to ruin a love that grows deeper. This is a deeply probing collection of high-stimulation romance short stories titled Moonstruck, exploring how dangerous the emotion of love can sometimes be.