Masako Ogimaru's Manga List

Judith is a single mother caring for her disabled son. One day, when she's already jobless and nearly broke, her son gets injured. Unsure of what to do next, she pays a visit to Dr. Hugh, an osteopathic, who is much younger and handsomer than she imagined. Revealing her pitiful situation to such a perfect person is deathly embarrassing for her. However...his response to her desperate request to treat her son, despite her inability to pay, is the exact opposite of what she expects. Not only does he accept, but he hires her as his receptionist, as well! Judith is thrilled about her fortune. But little does she know, it is the beginning of another kind of misfortune...

For the first time in thirteen years, Rosemary runs into Willis, her former classmate, and is shocked at how he's changed. Back in high school she was attractive and popular, and Rosemary wrote off Willis as a scrawny nerd who was only good at studying. Now, he's a professor at an acclaimed university and has come back to her village to observe a passing comet...and she can't help but observe his stellar body. During his stay in the village, he'll be sleeping over at Rosemary's house. Will more than the comet be keeping him up at night?

After being falsely accused of crimes her backstabbing lover committed, Rose can no longer trust men. Even when her best friend's brother, Leo, shows up, she is quick to turn him down. Leo comes from a prominent family of lawyers, and Leo is determined to make it as a lawyer himself. Rose, on the other hand, owns a secondhand clothing store and prefers a lifestyle that is far from the ordinary. Leo's charms aside, there should be no chance of the two hitting it off. So why is it that each time they come into contact, they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other?

She's boarded a flight from London and back into her past... High above the Atlantic Ocean, Pippa thinks back on the passionate days she spent with Luke eleven years ago, when neither of them could be true to their feelings. Today he's a household name-a famous TV chef living in Los Angeles. Pippa worries about dropping in unannounced, but as soon as Luke lays eyes on their daughter, Josie, he's overcome with joy...and Pippa's heart is thrown into turmoil. She didn't come to LA just to revisit her past. There's something she wants to tell Luke... Something she needs to tell him, no matter what.

Catherine has been living half a globe away from her husband, Vito, for three years now. For as long as he can remember, their son, Santos, has never seen his mother and father together. Vito was looking forward to the next of Santos's periodic visits, but his new lover, Marietta, isn't happy about having Santos in the picture. To protect Santos from Marietta's cruelty, Vito hatches a plan to live together with his wife and son as a family once more. Though her old wounds haven't healed and the fire of their love has long since gone cold, Catherine finds her heart racing at Vito's touch. Are they living together for Santos's sake alone?

One day when Vanessa, a butler, woke up, the owner of the house she worked in, Benedict, was sleeping next to her...and they were both naked! What on earth had happened? Vanessa sleeps in the house's various guest rooms to make sure they're each routinely aired out and ready for visitors. Last night she was a bit drunk and decided to sleep in Benedict's room since he wasn't supposed to be staying at the house. She can't believe he decided to share the bed with her. Later on when he woke up, he asked her if she knew who it was he'd slept with the night before. He had no idea it was her!

Seven years ago, Dominic Maxwell destroyed Fenella's simple, happy life with the news that her stepfather had an entire other family already. After hearing this news, Fenella's distraught mother took her own life. Now, out of nowhere, her younger brother has been invited by the Maxwell family to Fala'isi, an island in the South Pacific. He begs Fenella to accompany him there, and she'd do anything for her dear brother...even face Dominic, the man she never wanted to see again.

Kelsey shared a kiss with Marshall that she'll never forget. Four years later, they are coincidentally reunited and, due to a misunderstanding, they end up pretending to be engaged. Kelsey wants to tell people it's not true, that there is nothing between them, but things keep barreling forward. Marshall seems to be enjoying their charade, until one day Kelsey blurts something out that causes Marshall's expression to change. What did she say that was so wrong?

Their fun summer together ended and Jay went abroad to study. Eighteen-year-old Rebecca believed Jay when he told her they'd get married when he returned home in a year. But when she sent a letter informing him of her pregnancy and asking for his help, she was heartlessly accused of lying in an attempt to blackmail his distinguished family. Ten years later, she finds a notice in the newspaper looking for her because her mother has fallen ill. She returns to her hometown, and Jay, a man she never thought she would see again, appears in front of her. He looks at her with the same passionate gaze he had in the past, and he's acting as though he never hurt her!

First comes love, then comes marriage... At least, that was Gracie's plan at the ripe old age of fourteen, when she loved eighteen-year-old heartthrob Riley with a desperation that made her a town legend. Even now that she's all grown up, the locals in sleepy Los Lobos won't let her forget her youthful crush. And how can she, when she's face-to-face with Riley at every turn? The onetime bad boy has come back to town seeking respectability-but the sparks that fly between them are anything but respectable. Gracie's determined to keep her distance, but when someone sets out to ruin both their reputations, the two discover that first love is sometimes better the second time around.

Having inherited a big estate on the outskirts of London, Octavia is lighthearted as she sets out to see the property. Upon arrival, she comes across two girls-a smart, quiet girl who reminds her of a storybook princess, and her younger sister, a tomboy who looks like a tiny fairy. Confused, Octavia is led by the sisters to meet their uncle Edward Barraclough, who believes she has come seeking a job as a governess... Little does he know she's actually the new owner!

Without revealing the fact that she is the daughter of an earl, Octavia has been producing fabulous results as Lisette and Philippa's governess. Edward is stunned by her competence, backed by her intellect and kindness, but he has been suffering from the attraction he feels for her. Could they ever be together despite the differences in their social standings? He makes an effort to distance himself from Octavia, but the farther apart they are, the greater his longing for her becomes. One day, he finds her asleep in the house and is unable to fight the temptation to touch her...

Dawn, a veterinarian, always tries to keep busy when Christmas comes around. If she doesn't, she'll remember the terrible breakup she experienced eight years earlier. When she learns that a new owner has moved into the largest mansion in town, she's ecstatic. Now she'll be able to secure an event space for the party she's throwing for the less fortunate. However, she freezes when she sees the mansion's new owner. It's Ben, the millionaire who abandoned her! And he's changed so much that he seems like a different man...

Filling in for her gardener friend at a luxurious estate, Gracie is mistaken for a trespasser by Rafael, the mansion's handsome owner. She agrees to attend a party with him in exchange for him not firing her friend. Gracie has a fairy-tale night and gives herself over to Rafael in the rose garden. But is all of this nothing more than a game to him?

On her twentieth birthday, Robin runs away from her spiteful aunt, who has always assumed that Robin is the same promiscuous and troubled woman that her late mother was due to their red hair. Robin sees her opportunity to start a new life with a job as an elderly woman's companion. But her heart sinks when she realizes that the person in charge of hiring is none other than Marc Hammond, a heartless lawyer who mercilessly fired Robin two years ago!

Elizabeth used to love her job. Her previous boss, Ron, was a caring man who loved his employees. Unfortunately, Ron passed away and his son, the infamous corporate raider Charles, took over the company. Elizabeth knew Charles was very different from his father, but when he denied her a raise to help pay for her son's tuition, she knew that he was the complete opposite of the loving and caring Ron. One night on her way home, Elizabeth finds Charles stranded on the side of the road and offers to give him a ride. Realizing that she is running late, she drags Charles along to her son's hockey game. Before long Elizabeth and Charles's relationship begins to grow and Charles shows more and more interest in the lives of his employees. Yet Charles is still secretly working on a plan to sell the company!

Bestselling novelist Drake Daniels's private life is shrouded in secrecy, to the point that his editors can only reach him by email. Kate, one of his fans, happened to hit it off with him at his launch party and they spent a passionate night together. Since then, Kate had been waiting for him to call her, but when she realized that she was carrying a new life inside of her, she decided to track him down. But she doesn't find just Drake-he's with a beautiful woman...and he's cruelly kicked her out of his home!

They fell in love at first sight, but Sarah and Justin end their happy days together when Sarah becomes pregnant. Disappointed by Justin's authoritative attitude and demand that she have an abortion, Sarah starts a new life as a single mother in a small village. Two years later, Justin suddenly appears in front of Sarah and asks for directions without acknowledging that he knows her. When she finds out that he has lost his memory, Sarah wonders if it's an act of God. Although she could never forget what Justin did to her, Sarah can't help but hope that they are being given a second chance.

Lee despairs that she'll never meet the right man, since she seems to have a knack for dating all the wrong men. But maybe she doesn't need to meet Mr. Right-maybe she's already met him. Trevor has been her best friend since their college days, and Lee thinks he could be her perfect partner. But she'll need more than a best friend-she'll need sexual chemistry, too! To see if it could work, Lee proposes that she and Trevor become friends with benefits. He resists the idea at first, but eventually he caves and sleeps with her. Are these two friends the perfect match, or have they staked their friendship on a fleeting dream?

Lindsey and Tim's marriage is like a bed of roses...at least it was supposed to be. Lindsey, who was abandoned by her parents and raised in an orphanage, and Tim, the son of a wealthy family, are deeply in love. Despite Tim's mother's cold attitude toward her and her unsatisfactory background, Lindsey tries to nurture her love with Tim. She believes that love can overcome any financial or societal struggle...but even she begins to have doubts when she sees her beloved husband embracing a beautiful blonde woman.