Atsuko Nakamura's Manga List

Loris was standing alone at a party-her fiance, Mark, had gone off to dance with another woman just because she was lateSo when a stranger asks her to dance, she takes his hand without a thought. Perhaps dancing with this blond, green-eyed, handsome man will make Mark jealous... Loris, emboldened, asks the man for a kiss only to have him refuse her! Rejected by two men in one night, Loris feels mortified-what has she done to deserve this? Will she ever find happiness?

At the funeral of her husband, who died in an accident, Savannah was cruelly jeered at by her husband's family for being an unfaithful wife. Determined to leave, Savannah is suddenly confronted by Leiandros! He is the head of the family and her late husband's cousin. He joins the fray, throwing contemptuous and humiliating words at her. She's especially shocked by Leiandros's callousness-after all, he hasn't always been so unfeeling where she is concerned...

Teddi is a student paying her way through college by modeling. She dreams of becoming a teacher one day. People around her sometimes misjudge her, assuming she lives a life of idle luxury. Her best friend Jenna has invited Teddi to her family ranch in Canada to spend the summer there, which sounds appealing...except that she doesn't want to see Jenna's brother, King. He makes biting remarks when he sees her. Why does her first love despise her this much? She wishes she could just hate him...

Caris wakes up from a nightmare that has brought back memories of her bittersweet love affair three years ago. Those days she spent together with the confident, rich and handsome Zander Devereux were too beautiful to forget, and the memories keep rushing back. But it's time for her to move on, so Caris says goodbye to her past and throws herself into running a real-estate agency. Then one day Zander suddenly shows up in front of her, as confident and good-looking as ever. Caris once again is drawn to him, but she still remembers his cruel betrayal three years ago. And she hides a secret that he must never find out...

Sophia, a poor preacher's daughter, has lost both her parents and is desperately seeking work. Then one day she is summoned to a lawyer's office and is introduced to the Venetian prince Rozzano, who tells her that her mother was actually the daughter of an Italian noble. She is shocked to learn that the luxurious life of the aristocracy is suddenly open to her, so thankfully she is guided by the kind Rozzano. However, there is a nefarious plot hidden behind the smiling face. Will the innocent Sophia, not understanding the machinations that revolve around her, offer her honest and grateful heart to him?

It took Katrien's breath away when she saw mountaineer Zachary at the party. He looked just like that man from twelve years ago! The one who pulled her back into the light when she was falling into darkness... But she's already engaged to the sophisticated Callum. As a model, Katrien is skilled at keeping a poker face, but coincidence keeps bringing Zachary back into her life, leading her heart away from her fiance and toward a different love!

Nicole, a journalist, was intrigued by a newspaper ad her roommates were discussing. Her roommates said the person who placed the ad to find a wife must be either very ugly or very old. Nicole told them not to pass judgment. She was curious about the mysterious ad, so she called the number to make an appointment. Figuring the meeting would make for an interesting article, she showed up at the address provided only to find herself in front of a mansion! And the man who'd placed the ad wasn't ugly at all-he was an incredibly attractive man with demons in his past.

When her doctor tells Meg she might not be able to bear a child in the future, she's shocked. She's always dreamed about building her happy family. Feeling the pressure to get pregnant now, she asks her childhood best friend, Ben, if he will offer his sperm. She can't think of anyone else she'd rather ask. She loves him, after all. She hasn't confessed her love to him, though, afraid it would ruin their friendship. Unaware of her feelings, Ben puts harsh conditions on his compliance, almost extinguishing her secret love of him!

Callie lost both her mother and beloved stepfather, Jeff, in the span of six months. While still mourning her losses, a lawyer informs her that Jeff has left her a fortune and his family wants to meet her. Callie visits them but finds them cold and unwelcoming, and they plan to take her inheritance by orchestrating a marriage between her and their son! Meanwhile, she meets a gentleman named Logan and becomes attracted to him. But will there only be romantic tragedy in store for Callie?

While working as a nurse in London, Charity falls hard for a visiting physician from the Netherlands. She decides to follow him to Amsterdam when his training term ends, but she soon discovers that he is a playboy who isn't ready to settle down. Though heartbroken, Charity ends up meeting handsome and kindhearted Dr. Tyco van der Brons. He invites her to meet his twin daughters and soon Charity grows to love them. She wonders how such an amazing man could care for a dull woman like herself, so she is shocked when Tyco asks her to marry him!

Desperately needing to get away, Abby takes a vacation to Europe and meets gorgeous Raoul. His sexy body and dark, brooding eyes instantly captivate her. While she's staying at the winery that he operates, Abby can't help but hope that Raoul might be her destined lover. But in order to get close to Raoul, she'll first have to deal with his cruel aristocratic family!

To apologize for her brother's misconduct, Stephanie asks to see his employer, Dominic. She and Dominic had once spent a night together, but her heart ached with h*miliation when she discovered him passionately kissing another woman the very next morning! Now he greets her with a cynical smile, as expected, but then he makes an unexpected proposal. If Stephanie marries him, he will let her brother off the hook!

Joey, who is a lawyer, has always admired her brother-in-law, Gideon. She looks up to him as a fellow lawyer, but is attracted to him as a man. Gideon is intelligent yet sexy?my ideal man. I'm so drawn to him, but he won't accept me as a romantic companion. Perhaps I just don't have any female charms. Joey tries her best to act like a woman who is highly experienced with relationships when Gideon says the unexpected: "I think we can be great friends with benefits."

When a famous author asks magazine reporter Isobel to interview her, Isobel heads to Brazil. The moment Isobel meets the author's son-in-law, she freezes. It is Alejandro, the man she met in London three years ago, the man who disappeared suddenly after spending a night of passion with her. How could he marry another woman while she pined for him? And how did he get the unsightly scar on his face? Isobel is disturbed. It soon becomes clear that this reunion is no coincidence, and Isobel shudders with fear when she realizes his goal!

A fire stole her voice and with it her dreams of becoming an opera singer, so Katie now leads a mundane life working as an attorney in a small law firm. Until the day she meets Italian playboy and business tycoon, Rigo Ruggiero and instantly falls in love. However, she senses his disappointment upon seeing her less-than-refined appearance. With a heavy heart and shattered confidence, Katie prepares to give up on yet another chapter of her life, but perhaps it isn't yet time to step down from this stage of love.