Maggie Shayne's Manga List

Holden is the man of every woman's dreams, but lately something is getting under his skin. Even though most women melt at his gaze, Lucy, a friend of his cousin's, seems totally indifferent to his charms. What he doesn't realize is that Lucy is furious with him. How could he forget that when they were in high school he had a one-night stand with her that resulted in her pregnancy and miscarriage? Nonetheless, Holden brazenly suggests a marriage contract between them. Normally, Lucy would never even dream of agreeing to something so outlandish, but this time she has a very good reason to say yes!

Colonel Willem Stone is taken behind enemy lines and there endures savage t*rture to protect his friends. Yet something mysterious happens to him whenever he's at the limit of his pain tolerance... It's as if his soul leaves his body and visits a mysterious woman in an ancient land. Her name is Sarafina. She has strong spiritual powers and is able to sense Will's presence-the two of them form a strong bond. But then Sarafina is transformed into a powerful vampire who never ages... Stay tuned as a unique and mythical romance blossoms!

In the distant past, a prophetess named Sarafina was sentenced to the lonely fate of becoming a vampire. While she was still human, she would sometimes be visited by her "guardian spirit"-a man named Will, with whom she fell in love. On one of his last visits, he told the now-ageless prophetess, "I'm from the future. Trust me...and wait for me." So Sarafina waited until the day when she finally found him...Colonel Will Stone, an American war hero who'd just returned home. Sarafina should be thrilled to reunite with him, but deep in her heart she's already made other plans, convinced that he could never truly love her.

After graduating from college, Rachel is returning to her hometown. She'd lost her parents when she was young, and when she was still a child, her aunt and uncle decided to murder her for the insurance money. Fortunately, a beautiful man saved her life, promising her that she was not alone, that she had him. The man shared his name with a legendary vampire from the area, and when she grew up, Rachel decided she would seek out the enigmatic man who'd saved her life.

The world turns its back on Morgan when her director father and Hollywood starlet mother die in a car crash. She seeks refuge in a oceanfront mansion to recover, and continues working toward her dream as a screenwriter until one day, she finds a stack of old diaries. She's entranced by their author, a young man named Dante, and his mysterious and beautiful adventures. Using his words as inspiration, she turns his stories into a screenplay, and slowly begins to truly feel his presence in the house, until one night, he seems to appear...?

The screenplay Morgan wrote based on the old diaries she found in her attic becomes a box office hit. She's overjoyed until she learns that Dante, the author of the diaries and the keeper of a dark secret has become the target of an assassination attempt as a result of her success. He confronts Morgan, who has become so enamored of him that she can't help but protect him, even at the cost of her own life... and the two become bound by a tie that cannot be broken. "I'll be your ally, even when the world has become your enemy..."

Rosie is happiest in the lab where she works as a botanical scientist, but her family demands that she join them at society events to help keep the legendary Linden family in the public eye. She may be most comfortable with dirt under her fingernails, but she's made a deal-if she can live up to her mother and sister's expectations for one month, they'll get off her case. Little does Rosie know that this temporary arrangement might lead her to a lasting love.

Jane moves with her son to a run-down old house to enjoy the country life she has always longed for. However, there is a rumor that the house is haunted... She doesn't mind at all, but one night a stranger shows up. His name is Zachary, and he says and does a lot of strange things. But even more bothersome is that he looks exactly like an old portrait hanging in her house. He claims to be the man in the portrait... But that would mean he's more than a hundred years old!