During the day, he's cool and cold... But at night, he becomes like a completely different person, passionately devouring her.
"It's a husband's duty to pleasure his wife."
"Your body is already responding. You must be sensitive." The newlywed bride can't contain her pleasure as her husband, the "marble marquis," gazes upon her with cold eyes. Amelia, a daughter of a duke who lost her parents, is taken in by her guardian, Evan, whom she grew up to be as good as siblings with. Due to a misunderstanding, she marries Evan, who is cold and distant during the day, and doubts whether their marriage is one of simple duty. But at night, he pursues her with a sweetness and persistence that makes him feel like a completely different person. She doesn't understand her husband's true feelings. She wants to refuse, but why do her body and soul yearn for him? The sweet married life of an awkward couple, frustratingly drifting apart!
Kotori works in customer support, but she can't stand her coworker, Ryosuke. Known as the "Apology Prince," he has a frustratingly perfect ability to melt away even the harshest complaints.
To cope with the daily grind, Kotori relieves her stress through self-pleasure, though she secretly longs for something more than just her own touch. Her world is turned upside down one evening when, after a few too many drinks, she catches Ryosuke in a compromising position. This isn't the "Prince" she knows at the office-and Kotori is left questioning everything.
Alexis is a knight hailed as a hero after his many exploits in the war. He is granted the title of marquess, and at the behest of the royal family, is urged to marry...?! Uninterested in love, Alexis hopes for a marriage in name only. His fiancee is the notorious Liselotte, but the rumors are far from true. You couldn't find a woman kinder or more sincere. Gently, their hearts grow together as one. When Alexis visits Liselotte's chambers, he bears witness to something unimaginiable...! A tender love story woven by a knight who knows no love and an persecuted aristocratic daughter!
Kazuma, a "Master" at a BDSM club, is assigned to learn under Masaki, a blunt but exceptionally skilled rope artist. Their professional relationship gets off to a rocky start when Kazuma, frustrated by Masaki's cold demeanor, lashes out. In response, Masaki insists on Kazuma to first understand the sensation of being the one in the coils. To Kazuma's surprise, the experience is overwhelming; the bite of the rope leaves him with a bittersweet ache that he can't stop thinking about.
Episodes 1-100: Main Arc / Episode 101+: Side Stories Atop the execution scaffold, Ella Walker looks back on the first half of her life. Her engagement to Prince Gil was forcibly annulled-handed over to her stepsister, Isabella Walker-she was banished to a remote region already rotten to the core, and to crown it all, held responsible for a riot that erupted there and put to death. Ella meets her end still carrying the despair of having had not a single ally. Yet somehow, she finds herself cast back in time-reborn ten years into the past. Given a second chance, Ella makes up her mind: this life, she will live bound by nothing-just watch. To that end, she willingly cedes the position of Prince Gil's fiancee to Isabella and, as lord of the remote region before it rots to its core, drives one reform after another to success-this time beginning a life of happiness different from her former one. Yet the guillotine of fate refuses to lift from the nape of Ella's neck, driving the blades of all manner of hardships into her. Can Ella escape the looming fate of execution and seize her happiness...?
After a rough breakup, Yamagi's grief has grown as a chronic online shopping addiction. His life takes a surreal turn when a bag was swapped on the train with a collection of adult toys. The owner, Amane Ishikura, is a charismatic proprietor of an adult novelty shop. Upon discovering Yamagi is a writer, Ishikura offers a proposition to write reviews for his products. But the research is more hands-on than Yamagi bargained for. With a whisper and a touch, Ishikura challenges him: "Online shopping doesn't hold a candle to this. You might just get addicted." Can a serious, lonely writer find a cure for his emptiness in the arms of a dry pragmatist?
*Chapter 6 contains bonus content featuring characters from the main story.
Young noblewoman Nicole has had her heart broken more times than she can count by her fiance, Keios. Day after day, he overlooks her in favor of Princess Caroline, beloved queen bee of their elite academy and Keios's childhood friend. After one too many slights, Nicole makes a bold decision: If he can do as he pleases, why shouldn't I? Embracing her newfound independence, she begins to shine in ways that even the clueless Keios can't ignore...
In the Dragonlord Kingdom, the royal family who are descendants of the Dragon Lord, must marry their fated mate. Since Ludwig, the crown prince of this kingdom, has yet to find his mate, his childhood friend, Julianna, has assumed the role of his stand-in fiancee for over ten years. One day, when Julianna finds out that Ludwig desperately wants to find his mate, she decides to break off the engagement for his sake. However, upon hearing her ask to break off the engagement, Ludwig suddenly starts acting strangely...
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...
"I'm not a woman-you don't have to be gentle with me."
Kobayashi is headstrong and set in his ways, constantly clashing with his boss at work. He opens up about his pent-up frustrations to Ishihara-a former colleague who is everything Kobayashi is not: calm and collected.
But Kobayashi has an ulterior motive. Knowing that Ishihara has feelings for him, he uses that affection to maneuver Ishihara into taking him to bed. And yet...?
In addition to the title story, which paints a portrait of adult romance in all its complicated, unglamorous reality, this collection includes the "God" series-a heartwarming yet bittersweet tale of love centered around a god with mysterious powers-as well as a push-and-pull love story between an uncle and his nephew, where the real battle is over who gets to take the lead.
"Sin's Paradise" A mistake between childhood friends that began on a wedding day. A BL story brimming with immorality. A married man who can't rid himself of lingering affection and a secretly sensitive troublemaker.
It's wedding day for the groom-to-be, Aki. While waiting in the changing room, Jun, his childhood friend with whom he had lost contact with, appeared. Aki once had unrequited feelings for Jun, and their sudden reunion has him dazed and confused. Doubting Aki's true feelings about the wedding, Jun kisses him. Aki rises in anger at Jun for stirring up his emotions. However, he's unable to resist the temptation. Once he starts, he can't stop. Bread's debut comic, a story that threads the line between greed and morality.
"What do you mean he's a virgin again?!" After being a couple for years and years, Risa and Touya are finally going to tie the knot--but he seems to be hiding something... and she's got cold feet!
Suddenly, Risa finds herself zapped back to her college days...with a chance to relive all those awkward, romantic, and above all, HOT nights all over again! Will Touya's charming inexperience win over Risa's jaded heart a second time, or will it take more than the passion of youth to save this love in crisis? A bittersweet page-turner that'll keep you coming back for more!
"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...?!
"If I had never met you..." Those were the last words Rosa heard from her husband, Claude, on the day he was killed. Although her marriage was politically motivated due to her failure to become a saintess, Rosa truly loved him and believed she was the cause of his death. Overcome with despair, she lost consciousness. When she awakens, she finds herself six years in the past! Determined to save her love, she resolves to avoid their marriage, but fate has other plans for them.
Aoi Yagi is secretly engaged to the company's rising star, Sota. They've already met each other's parents, and she now eagerly anticipates their wedding. But out of nowhere, he tells her he wants to break off their engagement.
Hurt and betrayed, Aoi finds herself in the midst of her misery, only for the young, visionary president of their company, Haruto Kujo, to appear. Known as the "tyrant," he appoints her as the project manager of a new business venture aimed at revolutionizing the education sector and commands her to be his right-hand woman?!
"You're the one behind Sota's success, aren't you?"
How did he uncover her secret? Why does he have his eye on her? And why is he so enamored with Aoi?