Barbara Mcmahon's Manga List

"Make the man chase you. Just don't run so fast he can't catch you." This kind of love strategy is what Kerry's great-grandmother wrote about in the journal Kerry just received. Kerry decides to test it on Jake, the man she had an unrequited love for and was rejected by when she was a teenager. Even though she thought she'd gotten over him a long time ago, the unexpectedly positive results of her strategy are making her feelings resurface...

Lianne is shocked to hear her doctor recommend that she get a hysterectomy-having grown up in a large family, she always figured that she, too, would marry and eventually have children of her own... It's unbearable to think her dream will soon become an impossibility. Her ideal solution is to have a baby before the procedure, but she doesn't even have a boyfriend, let alone a potential father for her child. Her boss, Trey, lends her his shoulder to cry on and offers to help her find a mate, but Lianne finds herself more intrigued by his unexpected kindness, and she soon begins to think of him as more than just her superior...

A temporary escape from her dreary life is all Sam Duncan wants-so when she finds a ticket to a posh New Year's Eve party in the trash, she jumps at the chance to make some beautiful memories! But she didn't count on meeting billionaire Mac McAlheny, and she certainly didn't count on losing her job. Luckily Mac comes to the rescue and offers Sam a job taking care of his son, Tommy-and Sam can't help but wonder if she might become something more than a nanny...

Stacey is a nanny, and her new boss is handsome workaholic and company president Luis. As a single father, he's hired her to look after his twin sons during their three-week trip to Spain, totally expecting her to be unable to handle the two six-year-old rascals because she's so young. When it turns out she's actually very good at her job, Luis finds himself becoming attracted to the bright and open-hearted Stacey despite his tormented past.

Bethanne is a pilot, and she's using her skills to deliver a plane to Sheikh Rashid in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Quishari and to find her dad, who went missing there three years ago. Unfortunately her other cargo, the sheikh's bride-to-be, eloped and now she has to stand in for her. At least the sheikh will help her find her dad, right? But even though she knows it's all an act, she can't help but be attracted to the fiery sheikh...

Cassie is tasked with taking care of her divorced boss's twin daughters, daughters he didn't even know he had until their mother recently died. Flustered, he appoints Cassie as his temporary nanny. Cassie admires her young and accomplished boss. When he asks her to do something, she can't refuse him. While spending time with him in the course of looking after his kids, she sees the real Jared, and she can't help falling for him. But she can't expect anything from him. Because all he's looking for is someone to take on the mother role for his children...

Laura is shocked to see herself pictured with Prince Yuusuf in the newspaper, along with a headline announcing their passionate affair... especially because she'd simply had a chat with him! The silly mistake has disastrous results when Yuusuf's cousin Talique is sent to the States to get rid of Laura, whom Talique believes to be targeting the family fortune. His plan is to seduce her away from Yuusuf, and then unceremoniously dump her to teach her a lesson... (From "The Sheikh's Secret.". "Blackmailed into the Prince's Bed" also included).

Ella is a glassblower who hides from the outside world. In order to cool off after working by the fire every day, she walks along the beach at night. But last night she saw a strange man swimming in the ocean where no one should have been...naked as the day he was born. His figure standing still, bathed in moonlight, was like Apollo emerging from the sea. On his face was a heartbreaking sca-was he hiding in the dark night, too?

Sara is working in the kitchen of a Greek hotel when businessman Nikos hires her as a chef for the cruiser he owns, which is about to take a trip through the Aegean Sea. But there's something troubling Sara. A well-known playboy, Nikos is chasing after Sara despite having his fiancee right on board the ship with him! He lives in a completely different world from her. Knowing that, she tries to take a step back, but when she looks at him closely, she finds him sexy and charming. When he whispers the compliment "Your fingers are sweet like candy," he suddenly takes Sara's hand in his and her heart starts racing...!

Deanna, an art student, has taken a job as a live-in nanny so she can pay her tuition, and she's falling hard for her boss. His name is Jay Masters, and he's the president of a security firm in addition to being a single father to two little girls. Deanna finds his love for his family very attractive, but he still can't get over his dead wife. What's more, Deanna doesn't think anyone will ever want to marry her. She has her reasons... She tries to work out her feelings in her sketchbook, but one day before he leaves for a business trip, she and Jay share a passionate kiss!

After Shannon's husband, Alan, who was twenty-five years her senior, contracted a terminal illness, rumors began to circulate that she's a fortune hunter who married him for his money. But nothing could be further from the truth; she loves him with all her heart. Just before he passes, he urges her to go to his business partner, Jase Pembrooke, and marry him. Handsome, charming and brimming with confidence, Jase is certainly the sort of man a woman could fall for, but Shannon is too faithful to Alan to even think of pursuing a new romance. Still, after she inherits Alan's half of the company, Shannon and Jase become comanagers...and true love begins to bloom between them...

One day Savannah, an excellent nanny, is requested for an assignment by her former lover Declan. Seven years ago, he left Savannah to try to make things work with his ex-wife for the sake of his child. However, after divorcing his ex-wife again, he asks Savannah to watch after his child. Unable to refuse his request, she agrees to go on a camping trip with him and his daughter, Jacey. Which sounds like fun, except that Jacey is in the middle of a rebellious phase. How will Savannah deal with this clueless father and his difficult daughter?

Marc is one of the biggest icons in the business world. He is a man with wealth and fame, but he is missing one thing: a perfect wife. That's when Rennie comes into the picture. Her cousin introduces her to Marc as someone who will help find his ideal bride. Despite Marc being skeptical of love, Rennie tries to help the man by introducing him to several great candidates. Marc doesn't care for the candidates, though: he is more interested in Rennie herself!

As a special envoy of the kingdom of Marique, Clarissa is to visit America. Her task is to bring back Jake, the only possible heir to the throne after the crown prince and his son passed away. Clarissa manages to get him to agree to go with her after much persuasion. She spends time with Jake as he unveils a novel new idea and finds herself drawn to this wild and uninhibited man!

"He doesn't hire women to work under him unless they're at least fifty." That is the rumor Karla hears about the handsome new CEO, Matt. In order to find work that's worth doing, Karla uses special makeup to disguise herself as an older woman to take the interview. She's hired for the position of Matt's secretary, but then runs into him when she's out of her disguise and falls in love with him! What will happen to Karla and her feelings if she continues to live as two different people?

Rachel goes to Spain, a country she's always admired, after having a fight with her father. She has two goals: to find her mother, who she was told had died, and to get out of her marriage of convenience. Needing money for her trip, she decides to work as a secretary for Luis, who owns a gray castle on a hill. He has black hair and smoky, quartz-colored eyes that hint at danger, but she can't keep her eyes off him. Secretary and boss-both have their own untold secrets, but will they stay secret when a passionate love flares up between them?

When Abby's best friend got into an accident, Abby's skills as a doctor weren't enough to save her. Now Abby has promised to live enough for the both of them, working herself half to death to put her absolute all into everything. But then Abby is appointed by a supervisor to organize a conference party together with an amazing surgeon named Greg. "If you're going to work with me, you need to be beautiful," he says. Confused as she is, she decides to go with his plan!

Jordan Brodie: handsome, fun-loving, recently deceased. His former fiancee, Laura Parkerson, is tasked with trying to sell off his paintings in her gallery, but Jordan's twin brother has other ideas, and as the executor of Jordan's will, he has a bit of say. Laura's pulled between his demands and those of his mother. She's too wrapped up in this family's arguments-does mother know best, or will her late fiance's doppelganger swing matters his way?

On the verge of tears, personal assistant Taryn makes for the elevator. Just moments ago, she quit her job after her trusted boss kissed her in a moment of weakness. Never would Taryn have dreamed that the man she meets in the elevator would become her next boss. Jake Nash, CEO of industry leader Nash Corporation, hires her for a temporary secretary position with a promise not to mix love and work. It's a hard job, but Taryn is thrilled to be working at such a top- tier company. However, one day she has a sudden revelation: she's falling for her boss!.

Sara is a photojournalist completing an assignment in the desert nation of Kamtansin. She's arrested on suspicion of being a spy after sneaking a shot of Sheikh Kahrun, a member of the royal family. Sara tries to convince him to let her go, but with glittering dark eyes he says, "In order to make things right, you and I will have to get married as soon as possible..."