Takako Hashimoto's Manga List

The Crightons are a well-known, wealthy English family that has turned out generation after generation of lawyers. Jonathan and David are twins, and Jonathan, the quieter of the two brothers, has spent years living in David's shadow. His wife, Jenny, even dated David first, until David abandoned her when she got pregnant. Jonathan proposed to her instead, as if to make up for David's wrongdoing. But everything changes when David has a heart attack and collapses at their fiftieth birthday party. It turns out that David has been embezzling funds from a client, and the family is plunged into an unprecedented crisis. Problems that had been slumbering in darkness come to life one after another, and David begins to wonder whose love he can really trust.

Intelligent, unflappable Brianna was secretary to Sakis, the Greek shipping tycoon. After being abandoned by her mother, betrayed by her lover and sent to prison, she'd changed her name and vowed never to open her heart to anyone again. Not even her boss, despite her feelings for him. Then a company tanker got in an accident and the two of them ended up flying to the Republic of the Congo. But with only one room left in the hotel, they'll have to share it!

Meg, an innocent and cautious woman, finds herself seated next to handsome millionaire Niklas on an airplane. Feeling marvelously attracted to the man, Meg allows herself to share a few kisses with him, and they even get a little action in under the blanket on the dimly lit plane! When their magical passion doesn't abate in the slightest after they come down to earth, they exchange wedding vows the very next day. But the following morning, her husband gives her the cold shoulder and disappears from her life. A year later, Niklas's lawyers show up to meet Meg, who has completely closed off her heart, to inform her Niklas is being imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. On top of that, the only way to meet him is to show up there as his wife and request a meeting-a conjugal meeting!

Richard! Isabella is shocked to see a familiar face on New York's Fifth Avenue. Her memory of the passion they shared is the single bright spot in the hellish time she spent in South America. Eight years ago, he seduced her, but it turned out he only wanted to get revenge. Now they've reunited just as she's starting to make a new life for herself as a doctor. Soon he invites her to his extravagant penthouse. Though he's become incredibly rich, there's still a lingering shadow in his gray eyes. She's unable to resist his desperate kisses and passionate embrace, which make his next words all the more shocking. He's demanding that she leave the country!

Unable to let go of her hatred for her father, Olivia instead directs her negative feelings toward her husband, Caspar, and insists on a divorce. Caspar thus sets off on a motorcycle journey across America, hoping he can ultimately reconcile with his wife. Olivia returns home to England along with her daughters and finds the life of a single mother challenging. She has hardly anyone to turn to, as the rest of the Crighton family have their own lives to attend to. Just when Olivia thinks all is lost, she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, who wants to make amends with his family. Can she really let this man back into her life? Could doing so heal her marriage?

After unraveling a layer of misunderstandings, Sophie and Kit are now together. But when Kit comes back home from a long deployment, Sophie notices something off about him, even though their lovemaking is as passionate as ever. Still, she's elated when he asks her to marry him and visit his mother with him. What Sophie still doesn't know is that Kit has been hiding something big from her...

Sophie is an actress whose best friend, Jasper, wants her to pretend to be his girlfriend to hide the fact he's gay. So, wearing a provocative outfit, she hurriedly hops on the train to get to Jasper's father's birthday. The attractive, sophisticated man sitting in front of her on the strain gives her a look of blatant contempt. The two happen to get off at the same station and, it turns out, are heading to the same destination. He's Jasper's brother! Believing that Sophie is only with his brother for his money and title, he decides to set a trap to reveal her true motive!

"Happy birthday!" At her best friend's request, Amelia shows up at millionaire Worth's party dressed as a flamboyant dancer. But all the partygoers are silent... She's still wondering why Worth didn't react to her surprise kiss when he kicks her out. To make matters worse, he's involved the police, which gets Amelia fired from her job. She hopes to never see the emotionless CEO again, but destiny has other plans!

Hannah was a lonely seamstress who was separated from her parents at the age of three. Working her day job at a high-end men's clothing store, she also dreamed of one day opening her own store, but one day she was told a shocking truth. She was the granddaughter of a wealthy man, and the sole heir to his fortune. How could I be the only heir? But in order to receive her inheritance, she must become pregnant within six months. Hannah had no boyfriend or boyfriend, so she asked her client Yaeger, who she had been talking to for a long time, to help her. He was an attractive businessman who was also popular with women, and he seemed like a perfect match for a sperm donor, but then he came up with three unexpected conditions...

In order to buy the highest quality yarn, fashion designer Jessica travels to the Principality of Alp'Azuri in Europe. While admiring the picture-perfect beautiful landscapes on a drive through the country, an out-of-control car smashes into Jessica's car at full speed and knocks her out! When she regains consciousness, she finds herself at the royal palace. Alp'Azuri's Prince Raoul's fiancee died in that crash. Jessica blames herself for her death, but Raoul firmly asserts that it is not her fault...

"My dream is to be happily married!" Helen, filled with the desire to fall in love, visits the Love Mansion, where a legend claims that if any unmarried woman stays at the mansion on her birthday, the next man she meets will be the man of her destiny! However hearing strange noises in the darkness, Helen starts to regret her idea. "It was reckless for me to come here on my own." Suddenly a large shadow appears in front of her! Who could this be...?

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...?

Elissa and Helen are determined to have their vengeance after their sister Lucy is betrayed by her fiance. They decide that their stepbrother Jack should pretend to be Lucy's new fiance, and make her former lover jealous. Even though they are not blood-related, Lucy cannot imagine Jack being her lover. Her sisters try to persuade the hesitant Lucy by telling her, "you are destined to be with Jack". This is true, if one believed the legend of the "Mansion of Love". Lucy finally starts to see Jack, not as her brother, but as a man...

Cesar de Falcon is the star of the F1 racing world. With an unparalleled skill behind the wheel, he captivated his fans and was the object of women's desires around the world. This was how Sarah remembered her ex-lover. But now, after a horrific accident, it appears he will not recover from his injuries and he sinks into a pit of despair. When Sarah visits Cesar in the hospital, he is less than happy to see her. He is still angry that she left him with no explanation. But Sarah has come to explain things to him, because what she has to say might give Cesar a reason to live again...

Gina is hired as the manager of a lodge buried deep in the Alaskan wilderness known for it's intense winters. However, just as she is heading into her first harsh winter, the owner of the lodge suddenly passes away. Clay, a pilot and the owner's son, asks Gina to marry him. Although she learns that he only needs a wife in order to inherit his father's property, she feels a flicker of hope and anticipation burning in her chest....

Lilly flies to Istanbul to appeal to Rauf Kasabian in person, an investor in her family's travel company. He is suing the company for allegedly failing to pay its dividends, but she is unaware of any fraud. Rauf, who has gorgeous hazel eyes, coldly abandons her right after taking her virginity because he sees her as a wicked, calculating woman. Unbeknownst to Lilly, he plans to manipulate her for his own desires, thinking she is a fraud and a crook...!

The small Pacific island kingdom of Rahiri has just lost its king, and now the widowed queen, Lani, must follow tradition and marry the king's younger brother. Alun is a famous Hollywood director-and an infamous playboy, according to the tabloids. Alun's not thrilled about the arrangement, either, and coldly snubs Lani. The former king was already terrible enough to her, and now that treatment continues with the little brother, too. But when they share an impromptu kiss, Lani's body is overcome with a passion as hot as the jungle. Can she carry on this arranged marriage while hiding an unspeakable secret?

Jake, a young businessman in New York, is called back to his homeland, Ruthenia, to succeed the throne and is followed by his personal assistant, Andi. Three years after the rebuilding of his country, Jake is pressured by this staff to get married within the month, by Independence Day. But at the daunting party where Jake must choose a future queen from the women of numerous powerful families, Andi gets into an accident and loses her memory! Unlike her usual brilliant but straitlaced self, Andi becomes naively charming. Then one day, the two are caught together by the media and Jake publicly announces that he is "engaged" to Andi.

"I want to live on the wild side for once!" On her thirtieth birthday, Gwen turns to rum to drown her sorrows. Her husband has left her, and though her life revolves around raising her two children, it feels empty lately. What has she accomplished in her life? Her neighbor Spense happens to overhear her drunken mumbling and gives her another birthday present-a hot birthday kiss that awakens a storm in Gwen's heart! But hunky Spense is a successful entrepreneur, and Gwen's a plain Jane. She knows the kiss was only a joke, yet she's starting to have feelings for him...