Louise Allen's Manga List

Decima Ross, unmarried at twenty-seven, has resigned herself to the life of a spinster. Her height and spindly figure have made finding a match difficult. Then, in the middle of a snowstorm, she meets Adam Grantham, Viscount Weston. The two are snowed in for days in a hunting lodge, alone but for two servants who are laid up in bed. Although they bond while caring for their servants and the house, Decima parts with no plans to see Adam again. Adam searches for her, but is stopped by his own engagement. The path to love is filled with twists and turns and mismatched partners, but fate will always try to set things right.

Amanda is sleeping, held in strong, warm arms. She reaches out to kiss the man who holds her, but to her surprise, he is not her husband but a naked, handsome stranger. Searching through her memory, Amanda remembers that she was knocked out in a stagecoach accident before she ended up here. This stranger protected her during the accident, so she thanks him and asks for his name. To both of their surprise, the handsome stranger has forgotten everything-the accident, his own name, everything...

William Calthorpe, fourth Duke of Aylsham, values tradition highly. His impeccable manners have earned him the nickname Lord Appropriate. One day after moving, he finds himself the neighbor of Verity Wingate, the daughter of a bishop. Verity takes an interest in him and tries to peer past his stern facade, but his walls appear to be impenetrable... Until one day, the two of them are forced to spend the night in a cottage together on a deserted island. There, Verity sees a side of Will she never expected to find, an emotional Will with whom she shares a sweet kiss.

At eighteen, Bel got married to a viscount as old as her father and then became a widow a few short years later. Is she going to spend the rest of her life without knowing the joys of love? Can she really have what the ladies of society call a lover? As Bel's sordid fantasies take hold, the door to her room suddenly swings open and in walks a burly blond man. He embraces her and pulls her into a kiss. What is going on? Could this be her first chance to play the game of love?

Baroness Marina is a twenty-six-year-old spinster. Feeling pressure to get married, Marina gets dressed up and goes with a friend to a theater. There she is approached by Earl Justin, one of the most prestigious men in society. But Marina feels she's too plain for him, and her brother's gambling makes it impossible for her to provide a dowry. When Justin still proposes, Marina cannot believe it, but little does she know that the marriage is a revenge plot to take back his estate!

Because of her little brother's gambling addiction, young Catherine now finds herself shouldering a five-thousand-pound debt. A nurse advises her that if she were to marry a death-row inmate the debt would be absolved, and that it would be better than becoming the mistress of an old nobleman. with no other options left, she goes to the prison. She actually follows through and ends up marrying an unshaven, scary-looking man named Jack. Jack's infamous in town because he's a known boss in the criminal underworld. During their wedding night, Jack's freed from his shackles and allowed some freedom to tidy himself up. He suddenly transforms into an impeccably mannered and handsome young man! Not exactly what Catherine was expecting...

In order to have her family's debt absolved, Catherine marries a man who was made to seem like a criminal. On the one-night honeymoon allowed them within the prison confines, she convinces him to tell her the truth. The truth is that he had been set up and was innocent of the charges brought against him. Believing his sincere manner, she sets out to find the true culprit of the crime and manages to do so, just in the nick of time, thereby saving Nick from execution. Unfortunately, this also means that her family's debt remains intact since her death-row inmate was pardoned. Furthermore, it turns out that Jack's the son (disowned) of a distinguished noble family. As his wife and still the holder of a large debt, she takes it upon herself to contact her husband's family for help. What will their reaction be...?

The beginning of the fifth century?the flourishing Roman Empire has been attacked by the Visigoths and is becoming a lawless state. Julia, the daughter of an aristocrat, escapes the chaos and conflagration that fills the town?but is then captured by the mob. A strong Visigoth man accompanied by a wolf saves her at the last minute. The man with the long blond hair is Wulfric, the King of Wolves! Julia thanks him, but he only takes her in his arms and says, "Rome is ours. And so are you." Julia is abducted as a slave! A historical epic of love and fate!

Julia, a girl from a noble family, is kidnapped by the Visigoths, who have attacked the Roman Empire, and is turned into a slave. Between the customs of the savage tribe and heavy labor she is not used to, she is on the verge of despair. Her master, Wulfric, the King of Wolves, speaks to her with arrogance?until she turns into a totally different girl from who she initially was. A wild kiss stolen in the bath lights up the flame of love in her heart for the first time in her life. All she thinks about are his shining green eyes and his robust body. He is an enemy, and she is just a slave...

In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder must escort Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg to England. To keep her identity a secret, Eva must act like she and Jack are a couple, and she is charmed by his good looks, wit and courage. "No matter what the danger, I will come and save you!" Jack's earnest promise has a profound effect on Eva's heart because she had only ever known the life of a marriage without love. But, for him, he is just doing his duty. There's no way that he will actually be in love with her...is there?

In order to escape the risk of assassination, the spy Jack Ryder is escorting Grand Duchess Eva of Maubourg back to her homeland of England. She and Jack play the act of a married couple as they continue their journey. When they are finally confronted by the enemy chasing them, Eva is thrown into the river. Jack desperately chases her as she's carried downriver and leaps into the cold water and pulls her delicate body from the river! "You came to save me, Jack?" "I promised I would always come save you, didn't I?" Eva loses consciousness while being held against Jack's sturdy chest.