Mao Karino's Manga List

In order to save her luxury department store, Sullivan's, Caroline was forced into a political marriage. She broke up with her lover, Roman, without telling him anything, and he was ousted from the company, too. Now, five years later, after building up enormous wealth and power on his own, he has returned for revenge. He left empty-handed, but now he's a man who takes everything he desires-all that's left is Sullivan's...and Caroline. More intimidating than ever, Roman's set his sights on the widowed Caroline's body and soul!

Gina's job has brought her all the way to the desert kingdom of Kabuyadir, a place where, once upon a time, she spent a magical night with a strapping man by the name of Zahir. While they promised to see each other again one day, Gina was unable to believe in her long-distance sweetheart's vows of love, so she broke things off. Now she's returned to appraise the Heart of Courage, a jewel passed down through the Kabuyadir royal family along with the prophecy that all members of the royal family will forever live only for love. And who should arrive to welcome Gina to the palace but Zahir himself! Never in her wildest dreams would Gina have imagined that Zahir was a king! Has he called her here to get revenge for dumping him all those years ago?

Claire was in the world-class resort destination of Monaco to find her father, a renowned thief. Rumor had it that he was after the grand duke's crown. She is rushing to stop him when she suddenly meets Luke, who is as handsome as a dreamy British aristocrat. And somehow Luke keeps showing up everywhere she goes-is he after the same crown as her father? And in the end, will he choose to steal the jeweled crown or something far more precious?

When Susannah received a direct order from the CEO of the company where she worked to find his son, Amado, who was born out of wedlock, she couldn't refuse the dying man's request. Sent to get a sample of the man's DNA in order to prove his relationship to the CEO, Susannah lost her breath when handsome Amado showed up. She knew she might be changing the man's whole life, so she decided to tell him why she'd come to Argentina. And she soon learned that getting his DNA wouldn't be as simple as she'd thought...

Samantha goes to New Orleans in order to try to fulfill the wishes of her late, much older husband. She is strongly attracted to Louis, a restaurant owner she meets there, and they spend the night together. She just lost her husband, so she thinks, "What in the world am I doing?" But Louis is who she's been looking for-he's her husband's illegitimate son! Stepson or not, it's wrong to have a romantic relationship with him. Samantha is torn between love and logic. There are people hungry for the next scandal waiting for her back in New York who will be suspicious of their love!

While the Farraday and Claibourne families are fighting over management rights to their co-owned C&F department stores, gorgeous international lawyer Bram Farraday is sent to shadow Flora, the second daughter of the Claibourne family, on her trip to a southern paradise. With Bram's undeniable charm, Flora can't help but compare him to her ex-boyfriend. Which is why she tries to convince herself not to fall for his kindness. Despite his flashy appearance, his gentlemanly manner and honesty begin to draw Flora in.

Princess Josephene Francour faces the biggest obstacle of her life-get married before her twenty-fifth birthday or lose the throne. In order to protect her royal family, she flies to America in search of a potential husband but has no luck...until she meets Buck Buchanan. The cowboy saves her from being sent back to her country and offers to be her pretend husband. The princess starts her life as a cowgirl with Buck, but he also has his own secrets...

Peta, the daughter of disgraced aristocrats, is married off to wealthy Liam. The only thing Liam wants from Peta is a child. But a year has gone by and Liam is concerned that she has yet to conceive. Meanwhile, Peta has secretly fallen in love with him. But can she truly bear the child of a man who doesn't love her? And will he even accept her after he finds out that she isn't the innocent girl whom he believes her to be?

Juliet Zaccaro is getting a double dose of reality all in one day: she's found out she's pregnant on her wedding day. The problem is she doesn't love the man she's marrying, nor is the child his! When she leaves the groom at the altar, her sisters talk to an investigator they know from an ongoing fashion fraud case: Reid McCormack of McCormack Private Investigations. Reid will have no problem tracking down Juliet...since he's been seeing her! Spurned during a previous attempt at marriage, Reid has considered the possibility that he may just not be marriage material, but with Juliet just as conflicted about her own marriage potential, the two might find that they have a good reason to stay together: after all, the kid is his! Is that enough for two people to fall in love, or do Juliet and Reid need more than a child before they can walk down the aisle?

Ella is shocked to find out that her older brother has borrowed a huge amount of money from Zarif. Who's Zarif? He's the king of the desert country Vashir and someone who just happened to propose to Ella three years earlier. Ella loved him, but after realizing that he just wanted a physical relationship to create an heir, she turned him down. After her father's business received a bankruptcy notice, Ella's mother collapsed. Feeling disgraced and humiliated, Ella goes back to Zarif for help, but he has one condition...a limited-time love affair! In order to preserve the king's image, the two pretend to be married for a year. Is this Zarif's revenge for her rejecting his proposal?

Zacharo is a fashion house run by three sisters. Lily, who designs clothes for the line, is aghast when she discovers that her work has been stolen by another label. Who did it and how? She gets herself a job at the company in question as part of an undercover investigation and starts working as the CEO's secretary. Her boss, Nigel, must protect his family's long-established company and devotes himself to it. Lily wonders just how far he'd go to secure his company's future, and yet somehow she still finds herself inexorably attracted to her handsome competitor.

Dominic hears that American billionaire Hardcastle is looking for his heir, but Dominic wants nothing to do with his father, who abandoned his mother and him as a young boy. All he's thought about is revenge. But after learning his father has only three months to live, his determination to make his father pay for what he did starts to falter. While visiting his father's company, he runs into an employee named Bella and asks her out. Bella's anxiety mounts because she's been working there under a fake name in order to exact her own revenge!

One day, when maid Bella took breakfast up to the deluxe suite of the luxury hotel where she works, she was frozen by what she saw. It was Matteo, her lover from five years ago...in bed with another woman! Since escaping Sicily, where they both grew up, he's become a famous and wealthy entrepreneur. There are even rumors that he's bought the hotel Bella works at! Long ago, the night before eighteen-year-old Bella was to be sold into prostitution, she gave Matteo her virginity, and they promised each other they would escape their mafia-controlled island. However, Bella was unable to escape with him that night and remained trapped for many years. So why, after finally reuniting, does Matteo look at Bella with eyes full of resentment and anger?

Chloe has been hired by Troy for a display-window design project at a big department store. She's excited about the work, and surprised when she catches Troy dancing in the rain with no shirt on. He's always so serious! She falls in love with him when she sees this other side of him. But he is always strictly professional in the office. She meets the passionate side of Troy again in Florida and is seduced by him...but now he's calling himself Trent! And after they return home, Troy acts as if he doesn't remember the hot night they shared in Florida! What kind of game is he playing?

Luka is the son of a mafia don. Sophie is the daughter of the don's right-hand man. The two pledged their love to each other as children. But when they're all grown up, it's the don who orders them to marry. Luka hates his father and so refuses to marry Sophie. Then the don, Luka and Sophie's father are all arrested in a surprise raid. Later, the don and Luka are acquitted and released, while only Sophie's father is found guilty. From that moment on, Luka becomes Sophie's greatest enemy.

News reporter Lauren Abbot can't take her eyes off the man sitting next to her on her flight. She wonders who this handsome man with a rich, low voice might be. Their plane is beginning its descent when the engine catches fire and the aircraft crashes. Lauren starts covering the story with the camera crew that arrives and captures the moment the man falls into the lake, never to surface again. With mixed feelings, she later goes to his apartment and is shocked by what she finds...

Serena Cordeaux, a security advisor to the monarch of Carramer, is given a secret mission to look for Garth Remy, a lone wolf who excelled at sports during high school. He's the boy she had a crush on, and Serena is shocked to hear that he may be a member of the royal family. Ordered to bring him to the palace, she sees that Garth has become an attractive, mature man. She hides her feelings for him as they work together to unravel the mystery surrounding the royal family...

Ellen's mother and Jader's father were lovers. They were like a family, and Ellen had a faint first love for Jader. Until her mother broke up with her boyfriend. Ten years later, when Ellen received a letter from Jader asking to speak with her about her father's death, she traveled to Rio, the city of passion, where she met Jader for the first time in ten years. But when he looked at Ellen, he said, "I still haven't forgiven you for ruining my father's life." in such a cold way...!

"Love is just a waste of time!" claims Valerie, a successful company executive. Always cool and collected, she even acts calm at the news of her father's critical illness. However her father's physician Colby sees through Valerie's cold exterior to discover a tender loneliness. He becomes attracted to the tough acting yet frail Valerie. One day, seeing her weeping quietly, he embraces her and comforts her with a kiss. Valerie don't have to hold back her tears when she is in front of Colby. While desiring each other deeply, an invisible wall continues to divide the career-orientated Valerie, and Colby, who longs for a traditional woman. Will their love eventually break through this wall?

Addy has zero relationship experience, but decides she wants to get married. Her inferiority complex keeps her from being confident about herself, until she receives a letter from an old friend, Joe, the kind boy who always helped her. He would be just the one to help her find her perfect husband and start a happy family! Joe is now a CEO, who accepts the request to act as a sounding board for his now beautiful childhood friend. Addy dines out, goes to the movies and kisses the always strong-willed and now majestic and alluring Joe... Is love next?