After witnessing a tryst between her subordinate and an executive one late night at the office, Mihaya Hoshino suddenly finds herself betrayed by someone she trusted, and transferred to her company's branch in the boonies (also her hometown). Dejected and drunk after returning to her childhood home, she runs into Koda, the delinquent who confessed to her as a prank back in middle school. Years later, he now runs a farm that happens to be one of Mihaya's business partners. Acting as the new liaison, she must now work with the last guy on Earth she wants to see! It's an unexpected reunion between one clumsy-in-love former head class representative and a bad boy-turned-farmer!
"Why am I doing this with Masho...?!" Amatsuka and Masho work in the same company together and have been around each other since elementary school. Amatsuka has always viewed Masho as a rival but has never been able to win at anything against him, and at the same time learned that she has a rare condition called "Dynamics" divided people into "Doms" and "Subs"... but she's a sub! And she's quick to find out Masho is a Dom!
Philia is the daughter of an Earl and wishes to spend her life enjoying her hobbies and doing the things she likes. She has no interest in socializing with other socialites of her age and in dating the opposite sex. She enjoys reading books and listening to the stories of the coming and going merchants. She relied on her parents when it came to marriage. That is when Philia receives a marriage proposal from Duke Claude Morris, who is admired by everyone. Being unable to decline, Philia marries Claude. ? On the first night of being married, they return to the Duke's estate where he suddenly pushes her away saying "don't come near me." With a stern face, Claude says "I don't plan on having a man and woman relationship with you," and Philia begins to ask the reason but...
It's been three months since a tragic accident led to the disappearance of Aurelia Dumont, the daughter of a marquis and fiance to the second prince. Despite an exhaustive search, her body was never found. With little hope for her survival, a funeral is finally held. Vicious rumors surrounding Aurelia run rampant. "She stole her stepsister's friends." "Haven't you heard? She's a harlot, tempting lord knows how many men." Whispers have branded her a villainess. Yet in truth, she was nothing but a girl, shunned by her family and fiance, who wished only to live an honest and quiet life. Aurelia was meant to be solemnly laid to rest... or so she should have been.
"I'll show everyone what it really means to be a villainess."
The wheel of fate gears up after a fateful encounter with the prince of a neighboring country. Her fragile peace is slowly eroded. Betrayal comes at the hands of one she respected. Even her hopes of freedom are completely shattered. In the depths of her despair, her malice awakens. This is a tale of revenge, dedicated to the fools who sought to use the poor girl for their own ends.
After her ex-boyfriend refuses to marry her because of her cooking skills, Waka decides to devote herself to cooking! Her efforts have paid off, and she now manages a restaurant of her own. Being next to a police station, cops often come by to eat, but one, Mr. Takeda, has caught her eye. His "satisfied" face when eating her cooking has her absolutely swooning! She can't help but imagine him eating more than just her food! How far can her cooking take her with this dreamy cop?
"Did you notice my feelings for you back then?" Back in high school, Hinako had secretly loved her classmate Masashi. Ten years later, they're suddenly reunited! Once reserved, Masashi has become much more handsome. When he openly expresses his thoughts to Hinako, they send her heart racing! "I love him... I want to hold his hand. I want to be close to him." A love reunited and finally fulfilled...?!
Even though housewife Misaki didn't love the brusque attitude from her husband, Satoru, she still believed they were raising a happy family of three with her daughter, Megumi. However, one day, Misaki got in an accident and had to be hospitalized. Even while injured, her husband's cold attitude was a drastic difference from his friendliness towards the beautiful nurse. After being discharged, Misaki, injured and needed help to bathe, invites her husband to get in the bath with her for the first time in a long time. But for some reason, he absolutely refuses to take off his clothes...
"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.
At the Valery manor, the count Lord Frederick is enamored by his mistress, whose whims dictate where his finances go. Unsurprisingly, his servants begin to leave one after another, refusing to become collateral damage. Meanwhile, the count's wife Liese enlists the help of the chancellor Lord Alwin so she may finally save enough money to escape her hellhole of a marriage!
Kei Wataya, age 28, is an unwed single mother from a small town... whose beloved son refuses to go to class. The pitying looks she gets from her fellow clinic staff, not to mention the rest of the world, are almost bad enough to make her wince. Between work and trying to help her son integrate into school better, Kei's got her hands too full to worry about romance... and that's assuming anyone would even be interested in a woman with so much "baggage." That's where 40-year-old doctor, Nagisa Kamijo, comes in. He's more than a decade older than Kei, and his disparaging view of women is just one of many reasons they don't get along, so there's no danger of love blooming between them... Or so she thought, until a bizarre proposal from Kamijo lights a spark that might just become more. She couldn't care less about love or romance, and she doesn't regret the life she chose, but some nights she yearns to feel the warmth of another body... Tune in for an age-gap romance just as off-kilter as it is passionate, between a single mother who's "done with men" and a doctor who "hates" women.
A rose desperate to hide her thorns finally blooms in this office romance. Suzu Takamine, the office's unattainable beauty who turns down anyone that asks her to date, is carrying a painful secret. Whenever she tries to be intimate with a man, they faint for some reason. Suzu wants to get married someday, but with her condition ruining her dating life, she's losing hope for any happily ever after. When the office playboy, Kinase, learns of her unbelievable secret, Suzu is shocked to hear him offer his "expert assistance" in resolving her problem. Now she has to decide: Will she give him a try?
Anise spends her days working to support the baron, her father, for her family is on the verge of collapse due to bankruptcy. Right as she convinces herself she'll have work 'til she's dead, she suddenly receives a marriage proposal from Julius, a beautiful young man from a family of dukes. Anise is perplexed by this sudden turn of events, but she soon realizes that Julius' goal is a marriage blanc, or a marriage without love. Julius, who has no interest in the opposite sex, desires a wife who is not attached to him nor restricts what he can and cannot do. Anise, however, has a certain condition that she proposes to Julius before the two marry...?
Angenica's engagement is called off after her stepsister Veronica sleeps with her betrothed. On top of that, Veronica's engagement to the rumored "Brutish Count" is transferred to Angenica, forcing her into a suspicious marriage of unknown circumstances. After all the years of hard work Angenica had put into managing her family's estate after her mother passed away, she's now being driven out of her own home and into the arms of a man known as the Brutish Count Lloyd. Others that were engaged to the count are rumored to have gone mad and run away from him!
Hana Ichise is born into a family of practitioners, but her powers pale in comparison to her gifted twin, Hazuki. As she yearns for freedom from her parents' expectations and ridicule, she makes a shocking discovery when she turns fifteen that changes her life!
Mei had always believed that money was the most important thing in life?more important than love, relationships, or anything else. But when her apartment burnt down, leaving her with nothing but a pile of ashes, her carefully constructed world crumbled. In her moment of despair, "Wanna stay over at my place?" Takayuki, a coworker she despises, stood before her, his offer as genuine as his gaze. His simple words were a key that unlocked her heart, melting the cold, steel armor she had built around herself for so long.
"I want you." Imagine being told such a thing after a long and hot kiss from a beautiful elf. "I'm an introverted plain girl who's never had a boyfriend. There's nothing special about me, and the best I can do is just live a quiet life without bothering anyone else." That's what Sae Maizumi thought before she suddenly fell through the puddle she stepped on. After falling through what felt like a deep portal, she found herself in a world of elves. Where she arrived-the sacred spring of the elven forest. Sae, soaked in the water of the springs, is suddenly taken into the care of Elion, who is set to be the next leader of the forest elves. However, as a suspicious being who appeared out of nowhere, she's taken into c*ptivity! The moment Sae has a chance to break free, she makes a run for it. On her way out, she happens upon Elion's quarters to find him in an unexpected situation...?!!
On a moonless night... I hear your voice for the first time. Ume was abandoned by the family she married into because she was unable to bear children. She returns to the village where she was born but finds herself alone as her parents die from a spreading disease. As told in tales of sacrifice to the gods, the village also begins to experience a shortage in the crops of their farms that will only continue until someone is offered. Ume is not able to bear a child but as she does not have any children, she is able to lie her way into being offered to the gods. Waiting for her at a shrine deep in the mountains is a wolf god with silver hair and beautiful nails that shine in five different colors... what will come from this encounter between a despised god and an unhappy girl?!
Welcome to the inner palace, where only the most skilled and diligent maids are stationed to wait on the king's consorts and their children. Fina Scalchi is one such maid. The problem is that she despises the cold climate of the royal capital. She's managed to put up with the frigid temperatures for the past five years (with the help of aphrodisiacs), but she's had enough! So when she's finally offered an assignment in the warmer South, you can imagine how ecstatic she is. The caveat, however, is that she must work at the southern military fortress ruled by the "Stone Cold General," Silverio Orcagna. Despite her distaste for his arrogant demeanor, she remains the dutiful maid, impressing him with her dedication. Then one evening, when the general visits Fina's room, he mistakenly partakes in her precious aphrodisiac! Unable to bear the sight of him in his heated state, she aids him...in quelling his fervor. But as a result of their close-quarters contact, a sense of possessiveness begins to take hold of the general...!
Estar is an herbalist working at a botanical garden in the Kingdom of Blutoire. She is fed up with Grayson, the Garden owner's son, following her around every day. Full of jealousy, Grayson's fiancee Katia frames Estar and makes her appear as a "villainess" who poisoned and attempted to murder her. Unable to prove her innocence, she is exiled from her homeland. When she is attacked by wild dogs while wandering in the woods by herself, she is saved by King Lacelvist, the ruler of a neighboring kingdom, known for being ruthless and without a shred of mercy in his heart. And, due to certain circumstances, she ends up pretending to be his fiancee...! Immerse yourself in a romantic fantasy that begins with a fake engagement between a girl branded as a villainess and a fearsome king rumored to be a ruthless beast!
"I want a divorce." Saori has been married to Satoru, the young heir to the Enjo Group fortune, for 3 months now and is at her limit. They sleep in separate rooms, no meals together, and never have the chance to talk. Her mother-in-law is constantly pestering her about children while talking down on her. Saori's been putting up with it all. After all of this, her husband comes home one day drunk and begins to kiss her... could this finally be the distance closing between them? There's a feeling of bliss finally hearing the words "I love you" come from Satoru... but as morning comes, he's quick to say he doesn't remember a thing as he holds a rough and ice-cold demeanor. That's it. Divorce is the only path now... However, just as they begin their separated lives Satoru suddenly seems to be kind and caring...?!