Carol Marinelli's Manga List

Because of an incident a year ago, Leah left for Australia as a backpacker. Now reverting to her previous healthy mind, she is on the flight to Melbourne from Cairns to attend her best friend's wedding as a maid of honor. Cole, a handsome doctor who happens to be sitting next to her, engages in conversation with her, and Leah feels her heart throb. However, his hurtful comment about backpackers makes her upset. A new reality awaits her upon landing?arrogant Dr. Cole is the best man of the groom!

Princess Leila of Surhaadi runs away from home after her mother says that she wished Leila had died instead of her sister. Leila arrives in New York and puts on the clothing and red lipstick her sister left behind sixteen years earlier. She visits the hotel's bar and is fascinated by a mysterious man with a wild aura. After growing up within the walls of a palace, Leila decides to take a brave step. But after giving him her virginity, she's taken aback when he coldly leaves her the next morning!

Lazzaro, an owner of a luxurious hotel chain and blessed with the good looks of a Greek statue, and Caitlyn, still a naive work-experience student, once exchanged words momentarily-in the night without even kissing. Two years later, they reunite as employer and employee. Although destiny tries to keep them apart, Lazzaro fights it. He asks Caitlyn to stay on as his personal assistant-without knowing that she was deeply involved with the incident leading to his brother's death.

Tabitha's a dancer, and her best friend an artist. When he asks her to pretend to be his date at a relative's high-class wedding, she can't help but remember her grandmother's gambling debts-that is, until she meets Aiden's brother, Zavier, who sweeps her off her feet. What was once a cold gaze soon turns warm and full of passion for her, or so she believes. Zavier's just testing her! "You don't love my brother. You're just in this for the money."

The young queen of Haydar, Layla, is in the middle of preparing for her wedding. She's ready to sacrifice herself for the happiness of her own people. Based on the arrangement made when she was little, she is going to make a political alliance. He's the king of Qusay, Xavian, with whom she's never spoken before. Her first night is filled with nervousness, but she's unexpectedly treated with kindness and respect, and she finds herself drawn to him. But she also sees a dark shadow in his eyes.

When Felicity awoke, she found herself in a bed in a fancy hotel suite. Half-naked and disoriented, she discovers a nude man sleeping beside her and is shocked speechless. It's Luca Santanno-the man who stole her father's business! The man whose sleazy employee tried to have his way with her the evening before! She hates Luca more than anyone, so how did she end up spending the night with him? Could it be that the devilishly handsome multimillionaire saved her from a horrible situation?

When Russian doctor Iosef Kolovsky transfers to the hospital in Melbourne where Annie works as a nurse, he quickly becomes the object of every nurse's desire, but to Annie he's nothing more than another arrogant physician. As they work together, however, Iosef begins to show Annie a gentleness that leaves her heart feeling shaken. One day, Iosef offers to take care of Annie when she is feeling weak from anemia, but then he kisses her! The kiss is sinfully good, but later Annie finds herself wondering...why on earth would Iosef kiss her like that?

The scent of lemon balm brings up memories of the desert for Georgie. It was there when she survived a desert storm with Ibrahim, prince of Zaraq. It was there when her divorce ruined her in the eyes of the country. It was also there when her love for Ibrahim came to full realization, putting Ibrahim's royal standing on trial. Does his love for Georgie extend beyond his duties as the prince, or will propriety require him to turn away his beloved?

One day Lily, who works as a counselor, meets a well-known inventor when he joins the First-Step Club she hosts. His name is Hunter Myles, and he's breathtakingly beautiful and intimidating. Lily has stopped believing in love since her best friend stole her fiance. She has intentionally avoided men since then, but still, she ends up spending a sweet, passionate night with him. The following day she learns that he has an outrageous proposition to make.

On her wedding day, Connie prepares to walk down the aisle and marry her betrothed. Unexpectedly, she catches the eye of one of the wedding guests, Nico, and finds herself immediately attracted to him. Having no choice but to get through the wedding, she forces herself to forget Nico. However, fate draws them together on Connie's wedding night when she discovers her new husband's secret. She finds comfort in Nico's arms and spends the night with him. Much to her disappointment, Connie and Nico go their separate ways. A year later, Nico finds Connie and their lives are thrown together again. The attraction between them is strong as ever, but Connie is harboring secrets that she's afraid of Nico discovering. Nico is struggling with his own demons and determined not to allow himself to love Connie. Nico and Connie must learn to let secrets go and put stubbornness aside if they wish to find true happiness.

Charlotte is the personal secretary of the Greek investor Nico, and she has been trying to get in touch with land developer Zander for him. When she finally manages to get ahold of this very busy man, her heart skips a beat at his lovely voice. Before she knows it, Charlotte starts chatting with Zander regularly. These conversations are her only relief from taking care of her severely ill mother day in and day out. She gets the chance to meet him in the flesh when she is assigned to negotiate a deal with him, but when she finally lays eyes on him, she's shocked. He looks exactly like her boss, Nico!

Fleur, working as a nurse, lives with her seven-year-old son, Alex, after the death of her husband, and goes back to work for the first time in two years, encouraged by her friend at the hospital. On her very first day, she performs botched work. She relives her traumatic experience she went through with her late husband when her patient is brought into the resuscitation room. She fails to do her part and runs out of the room. Newly hired Italian doctor, Mario, gets angry with her. That night, Mario suddenly pays a visit to her when she is feeling down...?!

Cruel and notorious lawyer Dante trashed Matilda's garden design, saying it was a waste of time and money. She hopes to never see him again, but then he becomes her next client. His wants her to create a healing flower garden for his daughter, who lost her mother in an accident. Matilda took him up on his offer because she was inspired by his deep love for his daughter. But now she's going to have to live in his house for two whole weeks!

Paddington Hospital is a popular children's hospital housed in a former castle. Victoria, a paramedic, is always butting heads with haughty Dominic, a doctor there. Just today they had an argument over how to admit a patient. He always has to have the last word! One day, after discovering that the man she's dating only got close to her to create a relationship with her father, Victoria goes somewhere she can cry alone. But then Dominic finds her and gently comforts her... She ends up wrapped in his warmth all night!

Shortly after Rachel quits her dream job as a ballerina, she meets Nikolai, a billionaire, at her friend's wedding. She is immediately attracted to his sad and mysterious eyes. He's tried to keep his personal life a secret by distancing himself from the friends he grew up with in the orphanage. Rachel tries to get Nikolai to stay at the wedding, since she can see that he is in pain. She herself has been wondering whether she deserves to love and be loved. But while Rachel is talking about her dream of being a ballet critic, he suddenly presses his lips against hers.

On her way to the office of the ultrarich Daniil, Libby feels depressed. She has to convince this man, raised in an orphanage, to attend his adoptive parents' anniversary party. Can she do it? Shaking with nerves, she walks into the office and feels his overwhelming presence. Without listening to a thing she says, he looks at her with smoldering eyes. She can't resist his devilish charm, and they end up spending a night together. Several days later he appears in front of her. In exchange for going to the party, she'll have to pretend to be his lover...

Annika was born into the famous Kolovsky family, but she goes against her proud mother to become a nurse. Unable to receive financial assistance from home, she works night and day to pay her bills. One day, she's surprised when her coworker Ross calls out to her. He's her older brother's friend, but they've never really talked before. Ross says he is worried about how tired she's looked lately. The more she gets to know him, the more she falls for him. However, that just reminds Annika that, to Ross, she's nothing but his friend's little sister...

Princess Layla of the desert country Ishra has drawn the incredibly talented Australian lawyer Mikael into her secret plan. Thanks to her overprotective father, she's never left her country, even though she's twenty-four! Layla has also been ordered to marry a man she hates before she's ever experienced real love. She wants to live her life on her own terms at least once, so she accompanies her older brother on his honeymoon. Once she's away from home, she sneaks off to spend a week with Mikael, free of all obligations, but it seems there was one factor she hadn't accounted for...

To learn how to make movies, Ella becomes the personal assistant of Italian movie producer Santo Corretti. However, Santo's fame isn't limited to the film industry. He's also the son of a Sicilian noble, and being the arrogant playboy that he is, he can't help trying to seduce Ella with his sweet smile. Ella has sworn to never have a relationship with her boss. However, when Santo summons her one morning, she's shocked to find him in distress. Unsure what happened to his bottomless confidence, she can't help but feel sorry for him-and consoles him with a kiss.

The countries of Calista and Aristo are split in two like the fabled broken diamond. A legend states that the person who finds the missing part of the diamond will become the true king. But these tales have nothing to do with housekeeper Effie. Then, out of the blue, she is chosen as a maid by King Zakari and sent to the desert. She was nervous as she timidly entered the king's tent, but when the handsome, strong king informed her that she was to share his bed, Effie ran away...still wearing the glittering pendant she had received from her late mother.