Maureen Child's Manga List

Jesse King arrived on Bella's turf three months ago. She runs a swimsuit shop and he is buying run-down shops in her town one after another. The other townspeople are thrilled, but Bella has decided to rebel, even if hers ends up being the last shop left. She doesn't like his profit-centered mindset. But there's another reason she doesn't like him-she can't forgive him for forgetting the night they shared three years ago!

At dusk, in front of recluse Tanner King's mansion, Ivy stands determined. Tanner is her enemy and this is the first step in her plan-she'll befriend him, insinuate herself into his life as his housekeeper and then execute her mission. But when the door opens and Tanner stands before her, he takes her breath away. Suddenly Ivy's mission doesn't seem nearly so straightforward!

After losing her younger brother, her only living relative, to war, Daisy was tormented by loneliness and wanted a new family. She didn't need a husband or a lover, but she wanted a baby. And the baby's father should be the man her brother respected and admired, his superior officer Jericho! In order to get pregnant with Jericho's baby, Daisy applied to be a chef at the survival camp he runs. Jericho insisted that she didn't belong there and put distance between them, but little by little he started opening his heart to her...

Max's ex-wife was on her way to try to rekindle their relationship. Max had always been helpless against her charms, so Max and Janine struck a bargain-he would pay her to pretend to be his new wife for a brief period of time. Janine accepted Max's proposal since she needed the money. But in the midst of their performance, something started to happen. They couldn't be sure, but it felt like something deep and abiding. Could it be true love?

Denise, a prim and proper accountant, gets asked by rebel Mike to go out to dinner. She finds a good way to surprise Mike and changes out of her usual plain clothes into a sexy dress. But he comes to pick her up on a motorcycle and takes her to a pub. It seems that he shocked her more than she shocked him! "I'm not compatible with people like him after all," thinks Denise. At the same time, her heart won't stop thumping after being embraced by him in his leather jacket... She never anticipated such a life-changing romance!

At the end of her vacation at a high-end Caribbean resort, Debbie is suddenly arrested at the airport and detained. As she raises her voice in protest, an unexpected figure appears before the apprehensive Debbie-Gabe, the man she once loved from the bottom of her heart. Her heart is thrown into disarray at seeing the same charming man from ten years ago, but Gabe just fixes her with a cold smile, having decided to trap her in his plot for revenge...

Jefferson Lyon, the CEO of Lyon Shipping, led a charmed life. Until the day his talented assistant, Caitlyn, finally told him he was too arrogant and quit. Then she flew to a resort in the Caribbean! Lyon was devastated to lose her. After careful consideration, he came up with an excellent solution. He would seduce Caitlyn in order to keep her from leaving him. Pleased with his plan, he left for the Caribbean...

Georgia has always been cautious and pragmatic, but after her husband leaves her, she decides to change. She flies to Ireland to be there for her sister, Laura, when she gives birth, but once Laura's in the hospital, Georgia finds herself alone with Sean, the brother of Laura's husband. He's the CEO of an airline company and intimidatingly handsome...which is why Georgia has always tried to keep a little distance between them in the past. But now she finds herself gazing passionately into his eyes and she makes up her mind to live in the moment. What starts with a sweet kiss ends in a passionate night together. Georgia is determined to keep things strictly physical, but then he asks her to pretend to be his fiancee!

Sam, a doctor living in L.A., lost his wife in an accident three years ago and had been living a solitary life, immersed in his work ever since. One day, his best friend was involved in a car accident, and Sam ends up staying with him for two weeks at his home in Northern California. Sam's best friend's sister, Tricia, who was a cookie baker, takes care of Sam who was confused about living with a big, extended family. She was beautiful and caring, and Sam tried to suppress his feelings for her, but an incident changed their relationship...

Julia, a resident of the high-society apartment building at 721 Park Avenue, meets a successful businessman named Max in a cafe and has a magical night with him. Then, she finds out she's pregnant. She tries to tell Max but he doesn't believe her. Soon after, the threats begin....

While Jackson MacIntyre was lying in his bed, delirious from fever, his younger brother, Lucas, was busy conspiring against him. So when Jackson awakes he finds a headstrong beauty named Molly Malone in his house...claiming to be his wife! Sure, he understands why Lucas did such an underhanded thing-their uncle left them in quite a bind-but he refuses to be married again...and no inheritance is enough to change his mind on the matter.