"Shuran... You will go to the inner palace instead." The daughter of a wealthy merchant, Sai Reiran, was chosen to become His Majesty the emperor's newest consort, however, on the trip to the Imperial Capital, she runs away with the son of another merchant! In order to fulfill the emperor's orders, and keep their heads, the family orders Reiran's cousin, Shuran, to take her place instead! They tell her to just pretend to be Reiran, while they search for the real one, however that's easier said than done! Shuran struggles to keep her real identity a secret and ends up being caught up in all sorts of trouble! Not to mention the intrigues and plots that go on daily in the inner palace... How will Shuran survive...?!
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Koyori went to her longtime friend Hijiri's house to drink away her sorrow...and ended up spending the night with him! Not only that, he tells her he loves her-and she's not sure how to reconcile the new development with someone she's known since they were kids. After all, the stakes are high-if things don't work out, she'll hurt one of her closest friends. And to make matters worse, her ex wants to patch things up...? Koyori needs to figure out what she wants, before she loses it all.
Karin's wedding is just around the corner, and while she is enjoying a blissful meal with her family, her fiance Chris and his father suddenly inform her that the engagement is off. Though shaken by their unexpected declaration, Karin asks Chris for the reason, and he reveals that he has fallen for Mary, Karin's best friend. With her honor and dignity tarnished by Chris and his father's thoughtless actions, Karin plummets into despair. However, her brother asserts that they will give them "a taste of their own medicine." The Rhedsum family shall not be trifled with! Dive into a refreshing and elegant fantasy of nobility and revenge!
The King of Darkness and his maid...? Anna River is reborn as a character in her favorite novel "The Sacred Virgin and the King of Darkness". Will she stay a side character like she's supposed to, or will she take matters into her hands and save the infamous King of Darkness...?
As Maki Tomada bleeds every month, she is reminded that life doesn't turn out the way one would want it to. Seven years of marriage, yet Maki is shrugged off coldly by her husband. During a wedding ceremony, a coworker asks Maki when she plans to become pregnant, She can't confess that it's impossible because of a sexless marriage. Although sales representative Yamate lends a hand from the awkward situation, he turns around to tell her she is irritating for never standing up for herself. "Life doesn't always go as planned, right? But I don't mind knowing what that feels like." Despite hormone imbalances and a sexless marriage life, Maki learns to find the sweetness of amidst being unhappy.
Reika Manpuku is a plump woman in her 30's who loves eating...but now she's been reincarnated as a villainess in an otome game!! Reika has the power to eat and not gain weight, but this power came with a price. Now living as Jean, the villainess, her world is full of bland, tasteless food. However, she is discovering and developing delicious dishes with her food buyer knowledge and culinary skills. Reika's goal is to win over the hotties of this world through their stomachs to avoid her doom flag. Can she get all of them to say, "nummy"?!
(We pretend to be the happy "main characters.") Kina's friend group from college is made up of two girls and two guys. She had feelings for Tsukasa, one of the guys, but kept it a secret because he was dating her best friend, Rui. However, when Tsukasa and Rui announce their engagement, Kina aches with the feelings she thought she'd squashed, and she spends her days hating herself for struggling to find closure. To help plan the wedding, Kina meets up with Yutaro, Tsukasa's best friend. As the two are talking, Yutaro makes an unexpected suggestion... This is a love story that starts with a lie and sprouts bittersweetly from the leftovers.
A day before my 40th birthday, it dawns to me that my most accomplished trait is that I've been working in the same office for 18 years. Struggling with an angry customer during an event for a new department, a charismatic salesman comes to the rescue; twelve years younger Kohei Nakajima. On the way home, tears fall as anxiety kicks in, realizing I had turned 40 years old. Suddenly out of nowhere, Kohei appears and confesses his love for me?! I had lost hope... At this age, is it too late to welcome spring into my life?
"I thought I was the happiest person in the world... Until that day." Aya is twenty-nine and in her second year of marriage. She was enjoying a peaceful life with her husband, a handsome and faithful man who was the envy of those around her. One day, Aya sees a certain message on her husband's cellphone, and now he's starting to come home late... "Is he actually busy with work? Or is there some other reason...?" Should Aya question her husband and risk destroying her marriage, or should she keep her doubts to herself and protect the peaceful life she has...? A marriage life of uncertainty is about to unfold...
Our protagonist gets reincarnated as Amelia, the villainess from an otome game. If she follows her route, her engagement with the second prince, Elliot, will be broken off?! Just when Amelia was falling into despair, her bias appears in front of her! She decides to dedicate her life to her bias, using her engagement with Elliot as a tool in her plan. However, Elliot, who acted distant and disdainful towards Amelia in the game, is now concerned about her since she seems to be having fun while they are apart?!
"Won't you have any regrets about breaking off our engagement?" Lady Daisy, the Marquess' daughter, is engaged to Prince Freddie and works hard to become the future queen. One day, Freddie catches an unknown disease. Aside of Daisy's desperate nursing and praying, a saint named Lula comes and saves Freddie. Freddie falls in love with the saint and starts saying that he has found "true love"! He easily dumps Daisy and becomes engaged to Lula. Once her engagement is broken, Daisy's story of fate begins...! This is a story of reclaiming one's life and destiny triggered by a broken engagement.
I am unable to resist the elite pilot's skillful love tactics! The cool and composed pilot suddenly transforms into someone who is hopelessly in love!I had vowed never to fall for a pilot, but with his tender and at times intense displays of affection, I can't help but feel my heart flutter at his overwhelming advances.
Serina, a twenty-eight-year-old airport concierge, prioritizes her work and hasn't been in a relationship for a while. Amid her busy days, she has a fateful encounter at a cafe with Hajime, who is seven years older than her. He seems cool at first, but once they get closer, he flashes a sweet smile. Serina begins to feel a spark she hasn't experienced in a long time. However, she later meets Hajime again at her workplace, where he works as a co-pilot. But Serina has a reason why she absolutely cannot fall in love with a pilot!
A chubby woman's first love starts with a sudden proposal from a hot heir!
Yuki, an office worker who loves sweets, receives an offer to go on a blind date. Reluctantly, she agrees and learns that it's with Shinomiya, the handsome heir to a wealthy family whom she met at her favorite dessert buffet! Yuki is excited and nervous as this handsome man shows her his wholehearted affection. However, Yuki is self-conscious about her figure and lacks confidence, so she is unable to accept Shinomiya's feelings. What will become of this timid, chubby girl's first love?
Kotori Kuramoto works in general affairs at her company. Her motto, "Work Smarter, not harder" has kept her relaxed as she's always turning down promotions offered by her superiors. One day, a top sales planner in the makeup sales department Kotori knows, Kyoko Shiramine, comes to her with an offer out of nowhere: transfer to the sales department, and work under the top hair and makeup artist who is also the heir to the corporation, Hayato Kirishima...! With enough pressure Kotori agrees, but how will the two manage with their polar opposite work styles and attitudes...?!
"I want to spend my life by your side, making you happy." Connie is the daughter of a count, and she can see the auras of any person around her, making sense of what they truly think or feel. However, she's become a bit of a recluse with how this power has affected her experience in high society. During her debutante ball, Connie slips and falls on her back. The admirable Prince Clive comes to help her, but this only calls on the envy and fury of the other girls at the ball who seek to gain Clive's favor. Being hated by the other noble ladies further pushes Connie to become a recluse. However, one day, Connie is directly invited by Prince Clive to a party to celebrate his birthday and she knows she cannot decline. Amid the party, she loses consciousness... and remembers her past life, and the lovely upperclassmen she has always wanted to see just one more time. When she awakens, it hits her... since when did she and Clive agree to an engagement?!
To support her family, Liz got engaged to an abusive viscount, Maurice. For three long years, she endured his unreasonable behavior, only for it all to fall apart. Maurice breaks off their engagement, leaving Liz and her family teetering on the brink of ruin. Just as her world begins to crumble, her childhood friend, Jean, reappears. After running away from his marquis family, he's returned as a wandering musician. "Don't worry, I'll save you." Liz wants to trust in him, but how can Jean save her when he doesn't even have a job?!
The man who bought me at a slave auction is... my former disciple?
The duke sorceror has been in love with her for ten years!
Linya is a demi-human who is unable to use magic due to one of her horns being broken. She was chased out of her homeland, the country of demi-humans, and made a living by selling potions in the humans' country. One day, Linya makes a deal with a black market salesman to buy a young slave, Gil. Gil has an enormous amount of magical power, something that's rare in humans, so Linya decides to make him her disciple. However, Gil is extremely clingy!
They became unusually close, and the kiss he gave her as he transferred his magical powers to her was so sweet and passionate, it was electric.
Then, three years after Linya and Gil started living together, someone appeared, looking for Gil...
"Even if it's just for show, I wouldn't mind being loved by this man"Countess Ruzette has been searching for a husband ever since her debut in high society, but her engagements always end for the same strange reason. After yet another broken engagement, she finally discovers the truth at a debut evening party: people have been mistaking her for the popular debutante "Luzette Datal", who shares both a similar name and appearance!As she tries to move past the confusion, Ruzette receives a marriage proposal from Duke Laures Visant, a man renowned for his status and prestige. Convinced this is just another misunderstanding, she plans to help him realize the truth and call off the engagement. But no matter what she does, the duke's relentless and passionate pursuit of "Luzette" shows no signs of stopping, even though she's not the "Luzette" he thinks she is!
Shirai Ran was just your average nurse in her old world, but after her unfortunate demise, she found herself reincarnated into Sekkakoku--a kingdom where imperial courts hold immense influence.
Now living as Byakuran, she decides to use her memories and modern medical knowledge to cure the sick and injured. However, it's not long before rumors of the "great mender" with incredible powers reach the ears of a certain Prince Kuryu.
In a shocking turn of events, the emperor-to-be snatches her away and gives her an order--become his consort, and cure him of his peculiar illness! (C)Ruina (C)Shiki Yamori/SQUARE ENIX (C)Shima/SQUARE ENIX
In noble society, while most people care more about house or status than love when seeking a partner, this couldn't be any less the case for Grace Shellgrave, the daughter of a marquis with memories of a troubled past life. Seeking a true connection with someone who feels the same way, she attends a masquerade ball in secret. After spending a romantic night with Alan, a man who seems to share the same values, she soon finds out she's become pregnant... and to make matters worse, Alan is actually the heir to House Ward, the sworn arch-enemy of the Shellgraves! Alan aggressively pursues Grace, but she refuses to let her baby become a pawn for another typical noble. Does he just want an heir? Or could it actually be... love? Two equally awkward opposites attract in this aristocratic love story!