Manga About Harlequin (P.30)
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"You are just like my hopeless alcoholic mother," Sarah was told by her first love, Raoul, who took her viriginity, before he broke up with her. Five years have passed and Sarah, working as a temp janitor, freezes in front of the elevator. There is Raoul in a suit with a beautiful woman at his side. She wishes not to reveal herself to Raoul, now the head of a bank. He doesn't know her secret, that she had his child, Oliver, and she tries to disappear from the scene.
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"I want you to marry me," Rebecca says to Will, who is rumored to be a gold-digging con artist. She needs a husband for show because she is desperately trying to put a stop to the ongoing marriage offers brought upon her as a result of inheriting a massive estate. The sudden proposal by the "Ice Lady," who is known to keep away from men, is quite a surprise for Will, but he is also grateful for her offer to pay off his late father's debts. He could flourish in the elite class of London and wipe away the image of him before he was about to get arrested. The great marriage fraud has begun...
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Dora is staying at a cottage belonging to her sister and her husband when late one night she wakes up to some suspicious sounds. When she goes down to the living room, she discovers a barefoot, shivering little girl looking petrified and a strange man in the kitchen. "Who the hell are you?" When the man realizes that Dora is living there, he decides to leave immediately. While she doesn't mind the man's departure, Dora can tell from looking at her that the little girl has a fever and isn't feeling well. Dora can't bear to abandon her. Just then, the police show up having been alerted by the home security system. Without thinking, Dora lies and tells the police that nothing is amiss!
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Along with her mother, who was mistress to a Greek millionaire, Louise often visited a mansion on a small island in the Aegean Sea during her adolescence. She developed feelings for the millionaire's son, Dimitri...but at the time, she couldn't pursue the devilish man who despised her mother and thought of her as a harlot. But when Louise was nineteen, this man she had never once spoken to before whispered sweet nothings to her and stole her body and heart away. "He used you to get revenge on me!" her mother had insisted. It's been seven years since then, and now Louise has to see Dimitri once more...
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Grace Hunter has to step in and hurriedly research an ancient text when the university professor who was supposed to becomes unable to perform the task. This valuable text was discovered in a castle on an Italian island that to Grace's eyes is more like a fortress keeping people away. The owner of the castle is Count Alessandro Volta. A former pianist, his face was damaged in a tragic accident ten years ago, and ever since the count has secluded himself in the castle that has been in his family for generations. When he lays his eyes on Grace, he angrily blurts out, "I didn't invite any prostitutes here. Leave at once!"
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After her mother's death, Libby has been trying to eke out a living in a small English village with her baby half brother, Gino. One day, the rich Raul Carducci visits her store and mistakes her for Gino's mother, informing her that Gino's father was a millionaire who died recently, leaving his company shares to Gino. Worried that Raul will take Gino away if he finds out she's not Gino's mother, she keeps up the charade. When she moves to Italy with Raul, he begins to seduce her, but little does she know that his eyes are on Gino's inheritance, not her love.
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Budding interior designer Cami has one weakness: she can never say no. Over and over she's been forced to go on disastrous blind dates, much to the irritation of her carpenter, Tanner. One night her date abandons her in the mountains after his car breaks down! Alone in the darkness, all she can dream of is Tanner rescuing her... Will Tanner be able to rescue her from her terrible dates as well as her own compliant nature?
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Rebecca stays with a wealthy family, the Kinrosses, to write a biography of the great actress Fiona Kinross. However, her work doesn't make much progress because of Fiona's younger brother, Stewart, who is also the head of the family. He keeps making unwanted advances and distracting Rebecca from her work. Despite her indifference to him and his fortune, people around her believe that she's a gold digger, especially Stewart's son, Brod, who doesn't hide his animosity toward her. There seems to be a deep hatred between the father and son. But when he looks at her, Rebecca also senses burning, irresistible lust in Brod's eyes!
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Melody is lying in a hospital bed and fighting a terrible headache. She was diagnosed with amnesia just two days ago. A car accident had nearly taken her life and now she does not remember the accident or anything before that. Suddenly a man named Ash appears in front of her. Handsome as a model, he claims to be her fiance. He shows her photos of before the accident and she has no choice but to believe him... but something makes her uneasy.
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Kate is sent to Monaco to interview media-beloved F1 racer Cristiano. The two are passionately attracted to each other moments after meeting, and they become tied together in both heart and body. But during his race the next day, Cristiano gets into a terrible accident and is gravely injured. Just like that, she never hears from him again. Kate cries, believing that to him she was merely a one-night plaything. Four years later, they are reunited, and he looks at her with a puzzled expression and says, "Who are you? I don't remember what happened that night." Now that she knows he had amnesia, Kate is unsure whether she should reveal to him the big secret she's been hiding all this time...
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Meredith can't believe it. Who would have thought that a girl who grew up in the slums could be dancing at the palace? The dance studio founded by Meredith to teach poor girls how to dance has been invited to perform at the spring festival, and it includes a special dance with the prince. During her lesson with him, she is overwhelmed by seeing a member of royalty up close for the first time, but she also notices something. The prince never shows his emotions. But dance is something that comes from the heart. Desiring to open up his heart, Meredith disguises the prince and sneaks him out of the palace!
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Sebastian Savas purchases a houseboat to get some time away from his chaotic family. He arrives to find it already occupied by Neely Robson, a work colleague whose architectural design sensibilities he constantly clashes with. Sebastian is known at work as the "ice man," unfeeling and distant, but Neely quickly notices there's another, kinder side to the handsome man. Although an attraction soon blooms, Neely is dead set against any relationship that won't lead to marriage, while Seb is dead set against falling in love. Misunderstandings and familial estrangements complicate their living and working arrangements; will mending the past lead to love?
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Gianni Firelli and Briana O'Connell get off on the wrong foot when they meet in an elevator. Briana is immediately hostile, and Gianni can't stand her attitude. What should have been a onetime encounter turns into a heated night when their best friends, Karen and Tomasso, die in a car accident. Karen and Tomasso left behind Lucia, a newborn girl, and named both Gianni and Briana as her guardians, forcing their relationship to continue. Will they be able to put aside bad first impressions to form a new family for Lucia?
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Sally's moved from the countryside to Sydney in order to gain independence from her fussing family, and she's found employment at the Black Corporation as a secretary. But, strangely enough, she ends up teaching her boss, Logan Black, how to waltz! Just the two of them, alone in the conference room... She knows she shouldn't, that she's not what he's looking for, but the attraction is there. And in his arms, the music enveloping her, she loses herself in his rare smile.
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Mary is a timid shop attendant with glasses and braided hair. And though she's fallen for James, a handsome and smart lawyer, the only thing she can do is admire him from her window. The shopkeeper, Margaret, wants to help and offers Mary a dress. Thanks to the beautiful, magical dress, Mary gains the courage to go to a ball under a fake name. The time she spends there with her beloved James feels like a dream...one she knows she must wake from.
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In order to clean up her scandalous past before her grandfather's upcoming presidential election, Phoebe pays a visit to her college boyfriend, Carter. They used to be madly in love, until the difference between their social statuses proved too big a gap to bridge. If the intimate photos Carter took of Phoebe back when they were dating ever got into the press's hands, it would be disastrous for her grandfather's reputation. But when Phoebe sees Carter for the first time in twelve years, she barely recognizes her old sweetheart. The once lanky, frail boy has turned into a brawny, confident man. Carter makes Phoebe a deal. He'll give her the photos if she agrees to go out with him-one date per photo.
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The same night Marianne was proposed to by the love of her life, Hudson, unexpected circumstances forced her to vanish from his life forever. Two years later, with the wounds still fresh in her heart, Marianne is trying to pick up the pieces of her life as a photographer's assistant. While in Morocco for a shoot, she spots a man with an uncanny resemblance to her former lover, but that can't be. Hudson should be in New York, working as a high-profile attorney. But that voice...it really is him! However, exhibiting none of the gentleness he had two years ago, Hudson approaches Marianne and forces her to come with him. Fear starts to well up within Marianne. Just what is Hudson planning?
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Gianni Bellini is the son of the onetime count who contracted Megan to be his head gardener. When the former count passed away a few days ago, Gianni all but chased Megan away-he has absolutely no interest in gardens. But there's no way that she's losing this job! Megan desperately reminds him that she has a contract. And when she does, the previously cold Gianni quickly backs down. But it's all part of his plan to try to make the noble, beautiful Megan into his plaything! She doesn't see the trap at first... Will she be caged by Gianni's charm?
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Mark may be great at his job, but he's exceedingly bad when it comes to relationships. He's ridiculously sexy and his techniques in bed are extraordinary, so the women he dates become obsessed. Mark mistakes that for love and proposes, each time coming to his senses and canceling right before the wedding! This timeMark is determined to find true love. He goes on a first date with Charlie,falls in love with her at first sight and soon proposes yet again! Is Charlie his forever girl? Will the sixth time be the charm?
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Cheryl was hired to be the nanny for Vettor, the nephew of billionaire Marco, a man she's never even laid eyes on, but Vettor has come down with a bad fever, and she can't get in touch with his uncle at all. She considers taking him to the hospital, but a sudden storm hits, trapping them inside the mansion. And there's no indication that the blackout in the old house will be fixed anytime soon. Scared and nervous, Cheryl is frightened at first when a stranger suddenly appears in front of her. It turns out to be Marco...but what kind of man is he really?
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