Kikuka is a server at Hananoya, a high-class restaurant frequented by well-to-do politicians and entrepreneurs. She's also the daughter of the establishment's current owner and his late mistress. Her mother was kind and gentle, but suffered from illness, and eventually passed on to the next world. Since then, Kikuka has been working hard at Hananoya while enduring constant mistreatment from her mother- and sister-in-law. She never argues back, keeping her promise to her mother: always smile and never resent those around her. But when her sister-in-law grows tired of putting up with her, she's abandoned in the mountains one night. However, before despair takes ahold of her, Kikuka stumbles upon the rumored pavilion, Hell's Gateway. There, she meets Homura, a man with glistening, vermillion hair and otherworldly beauty... And for reasons she cannot understand, he treats her with a warm kindness that she's never known...
As a young boy, Prince Alexei was rescued from certain death by a strange woman with the appearance of a monster. The two of them spent blissful years in the forest , but tragedy struck after his former life caught up with him. Now a young man, Alexei has taken the throne, becoming a cold-hearted emperor intent with no interest in finding love. Little does he know, the person who saved him has been reborn as the daughter of a duke-a taciturn young lady named Eleonora. Soon enough, fate throws them together at the imperial court, but can Alexei overcome his jaded past to see what is right in front of him?
Princess Charlotte is to marry into the neighboring Kingdom of Gandalia. Her fiance, Crown Prince Alfred, treats her coldly, and on the very day she is placed under house arrest, she is murdered by someone. Charlotte thought she was dead, but when she woke up, time had somehow rewound to the day she married into Gandalia! Charlotte makes up her mind to start her life over so she won't be killed again, but right when she thought she would be treated creuly again by her fiance, he ends up doting on her?! The tables turn in this suspenseful love story between a princess looking to escape and a crown prince looking to spoil the one he loves!
Princess Leone of Alderia is a dedicated knight who would take armor over dress and sword over jewelry. Feared as the "Golden Lion" for her bravery, she is surprised to receive a marriage proposal from Berthold, a marshal of the enemy nation whom Leone has confronted numerous times in battle.
United with the former enemy in a political marriage, Leone accepts her role with Alderia's best in mind, but through getting to know Berthold, his modest kindness touches her heart and her guard is slowly taken apart. What kind of change will this marriage bring to the two who have only known each other through battles and war?
I, Liliana, am the daughter of an earl...and am in a terrible bind. For whatever reason, during the party hosted by Prince William, also known as the "Ice Prince," I was the lucky duck chosen as his bride! The only problem is...living as royalty is just about the last thing I'd ever want, so I'm plotting to break off my engagement-the sooner the better! However, since His Highness's frosty attitude just keeps growing sweeter each and every day, it's getting kind of hard to leave...
Tiara, who has special power to heal people, had been working in the Imperial Court of Lerys since she was just a girl. As a "Saint," she healed wounded or sick people every day until she was exhausted. However, one day she was accused of pretending to be a saint--the second princess, Isabelle, who hated her, wanted to show how powerful she is. Tiara thought for a moment...she was never happy here. It would be better to be kicked out of here and live a life of her own! While she was trying to find a book to read before leaving, she met Alex. When he heard what happened, Alex suddenly said "Why don't you come to Ekwald, my land?" Tiara never knew that he was the prince and the strongest dragon knight of Ekwald! Tiara's journey begins.
Coral is self-conscious about her rust-colored hair. Neither her family nor her childhood friends ever cared for her. To make matters worse, she was sold by her stepmother to a man living in the remote frontier. Her husband, Jade, is a marquis and head of the noble house that commands the dragon knights. Bound by a contract to continue his bloodline, Coral is required to welcome him into her bed each month.
"Even if you're scared, you can't stop me."
Although it began simply as a contract, Jade can no longer hide his growing affection for his devoted wife?!
Everyone knows the tale of a poor girl, ab*sed by step-sisters and helped by her fairy godmother. Stella knows the story well, but she finds herself reincarnated as a wicked stepsister-the classic villainess role! Rather than playing along, Stella tries to befriend Cinderella instead!
An unconventional, perhaps slightly more realistic take on a classic fairy tale.
Hana lost both her parents as a child and now lives with her uncle and her younger cousin. That is, until he racks up a mountain of debt and disappears. Now, she's been taken in by the cold and calculating loan shark, Shiro. Trapped by her debt, Shiro proposes a deal: if Hana bears his child, her debts will be wiped clean?!
If I don't have a child with my less-than-appealing childhood friend, my favorite character won't be born?! Richelle, a lady of a noble family, retains the memories of her past life. She realizes she was reincarnated into her favorite game's world and is ecstatic, but that feeling doesn't last long. If she doesn't have a child with her childhood friend Lucian, she won't be able to give birth to her favorite character in the game, Mikaril. To make matters worse, the key piece to her puzzle won't stop teasing her! On top of that, he's a heartthrob and a major hit with the ladies in town! Richelle is sure, without a doubt, that she doesn't stand a chance. However, one fateful day, she closes the distance with him at a party. She can't let this chance slip by, so she pushes him down the first chance she gets. What happened next wasn't what she'd expected though...!
Have you ever cried while looking in the mirror...? "With this face, if I talked about fashion or went out to buy cosmetics, I'd be a total joke." Living with such thoughts, pitifully ugly office worker Tachibana Rin passed the days miserable and taunted by fate since she shares a first name with the most beautiful woman at her company, Kaizuka Rin. But that's just how it had to be. After all, for ugly girls, life's over before it begins... Then one day, Rin wins 11,910,000 yen in the lottery!! "Life's over for ugly girls, but for me this is just the beginning."
"He's the CEO?! That guy from yesterday?!!" After losing my precious puppy who'd been at my side through high school, college, and since graduation, I went to a bar to drown my sorrows by the gallon. While I was wailing with grief, the man sitting next to me cut in with a majorly nasty retort: "Why not take some pills for your dysfunctional brain and start acting your age?" Well, I don't have to take that from some stranger!! So I returned the favor by sticking my leg out to trip him with an, "Oh, sorry. That was on purpose!" (Yeah, maybe I went too far...) Then, the next day that same guy turns up at my office and apparently he's the company's CEO! What's more, he's here looking for...me...?!?!
Haruka is a totally average high school girl, but she has a secret. A certain tacky four-eyes from her class, Souta Sano, is actually her childood friend and neighbor. What's more, that frumpy look is a disguise, and he's really a popular male model. "He's been there beside me since forever, but now..."Your true face that I've known since childhood, and the face you wear as a popular model - the more I see of you, the stronger this feeling of love grows, yet why do you feel so far away...?The pure love of this high school girl and her childhood friend turned model is sure to make your heart pound.
A boyfriend whose love is so strong it becomes smothering - "Sena, look only at me." - an impudently wicked underclassman - "You should just break up with that boyfriend of yours." - and the girl wavering between them on a seesaw of love! Since Sena struggles to speak her mind, her boyfriend Minoru worries and has been taking extra care to watch over her. Then one day, Sena decides to attend her school club's drinking party after Hayato, an underclassman in the same club, asks for her help.She's always turned down the parties before to avoid worrying Minoru, and the moment she tells him she's going to one, his whole demeanor suddenly changes... While she's tossed about like a ship in a storm, which man will Sena choose in the end...?!
While she was alone in the office with him, he pushed her to the ground… "Didn't you know that things like coworkers having sex while working overtime does occur?"
Today, for the second time, we were trapped again and he kissed me hard and deep while we couldn't escape. But, if someone sees us, rumors will spread again...!
Demonically scary x secretly shy x dessert loving = heartthrob moe boss!! One day, Kasumi Mugino, a writer for a women's magazine, loses a photo of a past she wants to leave buried in the dark. After searching high and low for it, what she found was... her boss with the worst workplace rating in the company (because he's as scary as a demon), Hibiki Hasegawa, in the middle of making desserts!? Completely shocked, she shouts in surprise, and Hasegawa sees her... and though she thought he was one real demon of a boss, he's actually harshly sweet! Sweetly harsh! A super sweet boss!? Enjoy a taste of this 1000% sugar overloaded office romcom that's so sweet, it'll practically give a heart attack!
Ran is beautiful and stylish, with leading scores in her class. No boy on Earth would have the gall to try their hand with her, and no one would think that she's so entirely innocent...except Akira. Join us in this innocent love story about Rin the "mountaintop flower" and Akira, whose parents own a floweshop. This pure love blooms in volume 1 of Ran the Peerless Beauty.
33 year-old Naho has the worst luck in her search for a partner. Until she crosses paths again with her childhood friend Ren at a class reunion... What does Ren mean by "I'll put an end to your husband hunting"!?
"Do you want to be kissed?" "Push me away if you don't like it."
To avoid moving overseas for her second year of high school, Koko decides to live with her younger childhood friend, Shuri, whom she suddenly reunites with after two years of being apart. Until now, she had only considered him a cute little brother, but once they start living together, Shuri's behavior does a 180. He approaches her as if he's in love with her, whispers tenderly in her ear, and pins her down on the couch?! What is Shuri up to?! Who knows...but there seems to be no way to hold back his dangerously sweet advances!