"I would like you to be my fiancee." Anabelle may seem like a run-of-the-mill daughter of an aristocrat, but in fact, she has an exceptional aptitude for magic. On the day of her father's death, her fiance demands for their engagement to be nullified, accusing her of a crime she didn't commit. As if that weren't enough, he even subjects her to a powerful curse that even her strongest magic cannot undo! Desperate, she has no choice but to embark on a journey in search of a remedy.
Soon after, she runs into the highest-ranked member of the nobility, the duke Lord Maverit. More importantly, he's a man in possession of a Moon Fragment, the key to undoing her curse. Their encounter, however, does not lead where she expects... Before the day's end, Anabelle finds herself (pretending to be) engaged to a man whose circumstances are far more complicated than what she could imagine. What's a lady to do now?!
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...
Yuki is a college student who's into friends and fashion. She's also deaf. A chance meeting on a train leads to a serious crush... but can it grow into something more? A sweet and touching manga romance from the creator of Shortcake Cake! Yuki, who's always been deaf, is used to communicating with sign language and her phone. But she's not used to English, so when a tourist from overseas asks for directions, she nearly panics...until a handsome stranger steps in to help. His name is Itsuomi, and it turns out he's a friend of a friend. A charismatic globetrotter, Itsuomi speaks three languages, but he's never had a deaf friend. The two feel drawn to each other and plan a date on a romantic winter's night...but Yuki's friend is afraid that she might be setting herself up to get hurt. Could this be something real? Or will these feelings melt away with the snow? From the acclaimed author of Shortcake Cake, the hit shojo series with more than a million copies in print, this new work is full of real-life details about Japanese sign language and living without hearing, and it's sure to please fans of romantic stories like A Silent Voice, Kimi ni Todoke, and Love in Focus!
"A young lady from a rich family lost everything she had on her wedding's eve." On the eve of Qianqian's wedding, her fiance cheats on her, her father goes to jail, and her mother dies. In the space of a single day, she goes from being the daughter of a rich family with a promising future to losing everything she has. Just when all hope is lost, she meets Quan Yuchen, G City's most sought-after bachelor. He promises to help her get back everything that once belonged to her and save her father... but in return she has to marry him and bear his child!
The beautiful Shizuku Makita turns heads wherever she goes. However, she harbors a secret she must absolutely keep hidden. Every night, she sleeps next to the rising star and heartthrob, Yuto Itsumi! Shizuku has spent countless nights wrapped in his arms, yet remains uncertain about their relationship. For the sake of Yuto's future, she tries to put an end to these sleepovers, but he refuses! "It has to be you, or...?" A pure yet scandalous love story begins!
Ariadne only wished her loving half-brother, Siegbert, to be the emperor...but he betrayed her. But the moment she was executed, she was back in time.
Ariadne found herself as a fifteen-year-old girl, before she even met Siegbert. Now she can redo everything...she must avoid that bad ending!
In order to survive, she decides to ally Arnold, the first prince. She had poisoned him in her first life, but this time he seems to be in love with her. The brave princess is determined to change her fate...and have her revenge.
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.
In this fantasy romance shoujo, two kind-hearted characters get caught up in an arranged political marriage amid imperial court intrigue.The Tale of Luvelia Kingdom begins with the end of a royal engagement... and the start of another.
Erina, daughter of a duke, was raised to become the crown prince's bride.
Alvis, royal by blood but serving as a member of the Royal Guard, never imagined life beyond duty.
But everything changes when Crown Prince Girard abruptly breaks off his engagement to Erina - and the king declares Alvis the new heir and Erina's fiance.
Once a guard, now a prince, Alvis struggles to adapt to his new role and responsibilities. Erina, now engaged to a stranger, must reconcile her duty with her desire for true love.
In a world ruled by status and expectation, can a love born of circumstance bloom into something real?
Serika's family owns a bistro, and she loves working there. In fact, it's her calling. She has one secret, though. She has magic powers that only nobility are supposed to have, and Serika's definitely not nobility. She's been able to keep it under wraps for years until one day, she uses her magic to save a boy who is about to get run over by a horse and carriage... and is seen. She desperately tries to cover it up, but is she successful...?
The comic version of the novel "Why the Girl from the Bistro Wants to Keep Her Magic Hidden."
"Who will be my prince?" At just barely 26, Akane Koyama is a capable business consultant. An outspoken beauty who doesn't suffer others' foolishness, she tends to be seen as "manly" both inside the company and out. Actually, though, she's a young maiden who dreams of a romance with her prince. One day, the CEO of a client company leaves Akane in charge of running a share house. And who should be living there, but three princely, handsome men?! And on top of that, Koh, one of the three, was actually Akane's "first"?! It's an all-out bout between a "manly" woman who dreams of love and her three prettyboy housemates!
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...!
"You make me wanna mess up that cool, indifferent face of yours," says Ritsuki to Sumire in the gym storeroom. So begins the game between Ritsuki, the most popular boy at school, and his friends. His objective: to make Sumire, a cold, aloof girl who's rumored to sleep with anyone, his new conquest. As Ritsuki gets closer to Sumire, however, he starts to see her true face, which is far different from what her normally stoic demeanor would suggest. It's a hurt-filled lovestory of two hearts nursing deep wounds.
Her boss pinned her down in the company's nap room and told her, "The truth is, is that you want to sleep with me right?" while his lips drew nearer to hers...
"Don't tell me you love me so much you chased after me?" Momo has never been able to forget Hiiro, the boy who lived next door to her in her childhood. Right when she'd decided to turn a new leaf and find another great love story in high school, Momo reunites with Hiiro on her first day of high school. Hiiro had always been good-looking and a bit of a meanie, but now he was completely cruel, and a womanizer, at that! To make matters even more confusing for poor Momo, Hiiro suddenly kisses her...! Momo's first love is the school scoundrel, and yet the irresistably dreamy Hiiro -- how will this indulgent yet complicated love story turn out...?
Kurumi lives under one roof with her father and her overprotective brother, Ataka. One day, she reunites with Nagio, her childhood friend. Now a young man, Nagio doesn't hesitate making advances-much to Kurumi's dismay-kissing her out of nowhere and telling her how he has always liked her, in the process totally wrapping her around his finger. And while Kurumi is put off at first, she eventually finds herself head-over-heels for Nagio ... This childhood-friend romance starring a black-hearted-yet-loving (?) boy is filled with sweet and passionate kisses!
"I demand absolute obedience from you." Yu Akabane has worked hard to reinvent herself for high school, and there's only one step left in her plan to leave her plain Jane days behind: asking out her idol, the "White Prince" Shirakawa-kun. When circumstances lead to Yu moving into the school dorm where Shirakawa-kun boards, she thinks she's found her lucky break. But unluckily for Yu, "Black Devil" Kurosaki-kun, the boy everyone at school (including the teachers!) is afraid of, lives there too-and when Yu defies him, he's all too eager to punish her...
A sweet romantic story of a soft-spoken high school freshman and her quest to make friends, Waiting for Spring will delight fans of earnest, fun, and dramatic shojo like Kimi ni Todoke and Say I Love You. Mizuki is a shy girl who's about to enter high school, and vows to open herself up to new friendships. Of course, the four stars of the boys' basketball team weren't exactly the friends she had in mind! Yet, when they drop by the cafe where she works, the five quickly hit it off. Soon she's been accidentally thrust into the spotlight, targeted by jealous girls. And will she expand her mission to include... love?
Kako gets tangled up when she lies about her age in order to attend a company-mixer party for singles and ends up totally infatuated with her young local policeman! And it looks like it's mutual with Kota... until he finds out Kako's still in high school. Read on to see if straight-arrow Kota manages to find a way to do the right thing as our story unfolds in the first volume of this upbeat new romantic comedy from Maki Miyoshi!
Kagari Tojyo is smart and beautiful...but what really draws a crowd is her rare "honey blood"-a crowd of vampires, that is! Enter Ryotaro, her bodyguard and a vampire himself...with quite the p*rverted, sadistic streak! What's Kagari got to do to have a "normal" life?