Antonio Moretti, who is running a prestigious motor company with his two brothers, is in distress. They tried to launch a new car, named after an F1 driver, but the family who holds the name-use right put a stop to it. These two families have a long-lasting quarrel between them. Natalie, the daughter of the CEO of Valerio Co., is sent for negotiations regarding the name-use right. Antonio becomes interested in her beauty and cold attitude. If she doesn't agree to the negotiations, the only means left for him is to seduce her. How will this love game end?
"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...?!
"I'm sure I'll have to pay for this one day." When Mitsu was a junior high school student, a fortuneteller told her, "You should marry the person you love the second most." Now all grown up, she works at a clinic. One fateful night she runs into her first love, Arishima, and they start having an intimate relationship. But Mitsu is already married to a man who is a wonderful and kind husband?! Mitsu and her husband, Arishima and his wife. Four point of views, two married lives, only one way this can end... right?
Fay is a sweet and simple nurse. One day a famous movie director, Lew, proposes to her after meeting her for the first time. Lew tells Fay that he doesn't believe in love, and he only wants to get married because he is tired of living alone. Lew asks Fay to be a good wife, and nothing more. Somehow, Fay is attracted to Lew and decides to marry him. Fay is just about to enter the gaudy Hollywood life as a newlywed!
Paul Von Setan is a genius surgeon acknowledged by the world for his accomplishments. The nurse Merlin unknowingly hands the doctor powerful eyedrops, which is part of a setup. The talented surgeon resultantly becomes blind; she then cries, "I have stolen everything that should be his!" Merlin is blamed for the incident and forced to leave the hospital. Merlin wishes to help the now-blind surgeon and make up for her action. She decides to follow the man she loves under an assumed identity to the remote tropical island where he hides himself after the incident. If it's ever possible, she is willing to give herself to him....
"Vicki, you're as beautiful as the spirits of the night. Will you marry me?" Vicki was given this passionate proposal by Claudio Varelli, the second son of a prominent, wealthy Italian family. However, three months later, the day before they are to announce their engagement, Claudio's brother, Maurizio, informs her, "You are going to marry me." Vicki plummets from the peak of happiness to the depths of darkness. In the end, Vicki is persuaded by Maurizio saying, "This is the only way to save both you and the Varelli family," and she begins her married life with him. Maurizio's love engulfs her like a gentle hug, but Vicki's heart is always full of uneasiness. Maurizio! Do you pity me? Do you love me? Or are you just trying to protect your family's reputation? Vicki begins "a journey to find true love" on the set of a lavish household befitting that of a wealthy Italian family....
When Abby's best friend got into an accident, Abby's skills as a doctor weren't enough to save her. Now Abby has promised to live enough for the both of them, working herself half to death to put her absolute all into everything. But then Abby is appointed by a supervisor to organize a conference party together with an amazing surgeon named Greg. "If you're going to work with me, you need to be beautiful," he says. Confused as she is, she decides to go with his plan!
Amy works as a waitress at a cowboy bar and has a younger sister who's ill. Eira, a farm owner who's a regular at the bar, takes pity on her and tells her that he will take care of her and her sister if she will marry him with the intention of being a friend who can enjoy having tea with him. Amy believes his honest and kind words and heads to Wyoming, but when she arrives the place is covered in snow. The snow prevents her future husband to come and pick her up, and instead she is trapped in a house due to the blizzard with his son....
"I...was abandoned by both of my mothers." The first time was by his birth mother. The second time was by the mother who had adopted him. To help forget his past, Justin changed his name and focused on succeeding as a businessman. Unfortunately, due to his stubbornness, he has a tendency of marginalizing the people around him. Even his wife abandoned him and their child to run off with another man. He feels like he will never be loved by anyone, but someone notices the pain in his heart. This person turns out to be his son's elementary schoolteacher, Evie. She had gone to Justin's house with animosity and an intention of chewing him out, but soon she discovers she is beginning to fall for him....
After being betrayed by her husband, Olympia swore to never trust another man. She focused on her work and ended up becoming a board member of a large company. But then one day, her company is bought out. On the morning that they get the news, the company is in an uproar. She just so happens to get a new temporary secretary, a very young and handsome secretary, who turns out to be none other than Primo Rinucci, the behind-the-scenes decision maker of the new management. He has disguised himself as a secretary to perform an undercover investigation of the company he has just bought. What happens when Olympia speaks ill of Primo right in front of her new secretary?
Ever since she lost her first love and husband, Minnie had closed her heart to everybody and only interacted with the other people who lived in her apartment building. Then one day, the new landlord, Rook, comes to inspect the rooms. Could he possibly have the intention of tearing down this wonderful apartment? Minnie is wary of this newcomer at first, but Rook really settles into the place well. Just as Minnie begins to start opening her heart again, there is a gas explosion in his room! She won't be able to go on if she loses another loved one....
This volume contains the two stories of "The Rich Man's Mistress" and "Facing Up to Fatherhood." Miranda is the daughter of a wealthy family, and is accustomed to getting everything she wants. Then one day, while on a ski trip with her friends, she gets stranded by a blizzard. Desperate for help, Miranda manages to find shelter in a nearby cabin in the woods. It turns out to be the home of an overpowering, handsome man, who doesn't have any intentions of obeying Miranda's bossy attitude. All it takes is a little isolation in the woods with this handsome stranger for Miranda's life to change forever. Tina is a fierce and determined actress who recently lost her dearest friend, Sarah, due to a terrible accident. That means it's up to Tina to care for Sarah's newborn baby girl, Bonnie, and to find her birth father so that she can give Bonnie the one thing Sarah couldn't: a family.
Mary Jo didn't really want to turn down a marriage proposal from her lover, Evan. But as someone aiming to be a politician, he needed a society wife. Evan's mother made it clear that Mary Jo was unsuitable, so she made the painful decision to let him go. Three years later, Mary Jo approaches Evan for help?her father has been swindled out of money?and she starts to work for Evan to pay off the legal fees. Even after all this time, it hurts her to see him dating other women. However, with a single, passionate kiss, their love is rekindled. But is love really all that's needed to overcome something?
Akira, a sensitive high school boy who struggles with socializing, admires Nao, an older cafe employee. He respects Nao as his mentor and follows him around like a faithful dog out of sheer hope of getting closer. As they spend their days eating, traveling, and chatting, Akira's feelings gradually develop into romantic love, but... This is an everyday love story which portrays step-by-step feelings of a loyal but clumsy school boy and a guy with maxed-out social skills.
Foo lives together with his grandmother, but doesn't have any friends. One day, Foo gets lost in the mountains trying to find herbs for medicine. He meets Smoochy, a demon, who helps him. Smoochy doesn't have any friends either! They get along well and become each other's first-ever friends, and play together all the time. But Foo suddenly stops coming to the mountain...
Tart is the world's ugliest stuffed animal, and gets thrown out by his owner because of it. Yet...he still loves her! Wanting to gain her affection, Tart sets off on a quest to find the witch who is said to grant any wish. Though his ugliness remains unchanged, Tart grows and forms new bonds along his journey.
Miho is a 28-year-old office worker who is uprooting her whole life and moving to the countryside from Tokyo in order to change who she is. The night before she leaves, she meets Osamu, falling for him instantly, and they spend the night together. A few months after she has started her new job, her company asks her to become the executive secretary to the new managing director, who turns out to be no other that Osamu himself! Miho has left her flashy and luxurious ways behind and looks completely different from when they first met in Tokyo, and she is desperate to keep her identity a secret from him. To top it off, she has put in place a strict NO DATING rule, so she is doing everything she can to squash down any feelings she might have towards him... Meanwhile, unaware of her secret efforts, Osamu continues to chase after her with his "Have we met before?" accusations!
"Ahhhh... Sweat is the best!" I'm a profuse sweater, and the colleague I fell for just happens to have a sweat fetish?! Stop sniffing and licking me...!
"You used to get this wet back then too." Sex with my ex-boyfriend for the first time in 4 years. Now I'm at the mercy of his malicious questions and sopping, violent fingers...!
I won't meet the guy I like again until after I'm dead!? All of the sudden, I'm closer to him than I ever thought I'd be... and he's a lot pushier than I expected. The catch? I'm supposed to be his Cupid!
There's no way...I could love the daughter of my son's murderer. One couple's newly-adopted child is the daughter of their son's killer. Will they be able to come together as one family?
"Ms. Mamiya, so cute...!" Aroused, manly gaze, gentle fingertips, and drippingly sweet voice... To think I'd feel so much pleasure from being lusted after...!
In a series of tales that dance between warring clans and clandestine meetings, take a step back hundreds of years to the Jishou Era.These are the days where a beloved musical instrument can bring the emotion out of an ascetic monk for his young ward; a tasked assassin will fall in love with his target and lay his life down on the line for his prey, while devouring him in more intimate ways; where the pages of history are too scandalous that one must be careful not to be taught with in class, after all.When the war rages in the background, men will find comfort with those that they have sworn to protect; they will find appreciation in the simple niceties that have been offered to them, as well as the camaraderie and companionship with those they trust their lives.The Jishou era has never come alive quite like this!
Average looks, average skills. That's me, Tarou Suzuki. My extreme ordinariness has been something I've been worrying about my whole life. But one day, and extremely beautiful, but drunk man showed up at my door-step!!! The moment he saw me, he burst into tears, claiming that I ""looked like his ex-lover"", and tried to kiss me... A few days later, that same beautiful man also showed up at my new workplace! His name is Ryouta Shiga. Will my meeting with Shiga prove to be something life-changing?!
With the help of a friendly ghost, Masaki, Ono-sensei can examine his young patient's teeth without much fuss. It seems that only Ono-sensei and children can see Masaki. He brings a calming presence, which is convenient for children at the dentist and for Ono-sensei as well. But is he really a ghost? He doesn't remember much about his past but for some reason, he's very attached to Ono-sensei. So much so that Masaki hangs out around the office and even walks Ono-sensei home. Once they reach the entrance to Ono-sensei's apartment however, Masaki is asked to stay out. Ono-sensei doesn't want Masaki to know that something else haunts him behind closed doors.
"Whenever I see your face, I just want to pick on you..."Sakura Somei has been told he's as "beautiful as an angel" countless times ever since he was tiny. But it wasn't until high school that he met his match in Tsukasa Yukihira who people talk about as being "even better looking than Sakura". Naturally, Sakura falls in love with him at first sight.Ever since, Sakura has maintained the fantasy of just "hanging around him long enough until he notices and falls in love" while lowkey following Yukihira around like a stalker. They've even made it to the same university, but his inherently 'twisted' personality leaves him unable to convey his feelings, which come out all at once when Sakura suddenly kisses him! And after that, the refreshing and kind prince Yukihira has a sudden change in personality...
After overworking himself in the city, Nagisa returns back to the small fishing village he once called home. A place filled with painful memories and regret becomes all too real as his childhood friend, Kaito, shows up at his home. There was a reason Nagisa left his hometown in the first place and the last person he wanted to see was Kaito. Even after all these years, Nagisa's feelings have remained the same, hiding just beneath the surface. After the tragic events that unfolded in this little fishing village, can Nagisa and Kaito find closure? Or will memories of the past hinder their future?
Gyou Ryouta is a 18-year old university student. All he wanted was a normal school life and eventually get a cute girlfriend who will wear a frilly apron when he returns home.But this is a BL, and that's never the case.Instead, his apartment is haunted by a young delinquent ghost named Taiga Yamakawa who, for his own reasons, is there to stay. Ryouta usually hates the bully type but why does Taiga seem... cute? He cooks, cleans, and looks after him. Maybe living with a ghost is not so bad?
Volleyball teammates Yuichi and Ryo have great chemistry together on the court and were considered the best combo on the team. Underclassman Ryo even went as far as to express his aspiration to follow Yuichi after graduation. What transpires thereafter complicates their dreams of playing together on the court and so much more.
One day, a beautiful man collapses in front of the home of Araragi Rikuo. "I'm the cat you rescued last week!" Such are the crazed ramblings of the self-proclaimed cat boy, given the name Tama by Rikuo, and so their life together begins...Outside of jerking off next to Rikuo in bed, Tama appears to be a cat given human form to stay close to Rikuo just as he says. But, after seeing Tama in a high class suit by chance one day, Rikuo starts to notice discrepancies in their life together and in his feelings...
I lost my job, and one day, I woke up realizing that I had been transported to another world. Moreover, it seems that I can use an ability called 'grant blessings.' By using this ability, I will strengthen beautiful girls and thus create the strongest harem of all! Oh, by the way, I will also prevent the destruction of this world!
"What did you learn from just doing it once?" Huh...? Is my experience not enough? Are we going to continue this relationship? Wakana, an employee who has no experience in love, is troubled by her huge hurdle of being a "virgin." One night, she happens to help Tachibana, a popular man who is arguing with a woman. When he says, "I want to return the favor," she replies, "Please take my virginity." For the first time, she fells the touch of a man's tongue and temperature. Every time his fingers touch her pussy gently, her whole body goes numb... I want more! "I'm filled... with Tachibana's voice..." This is my first sex, but I came so much. No way... What else is he going to do?
"Do you like me even now, Sou?" Hearing that revived painful memories from back then... In the train during college summer break, Sousuke reunites with Asafuna, a classmate from high school, with mixed feelings. This is because the day before graduating high school, they had parted in an awkward way when it was revealed that he had a crush on Asafuna. And, as if nothing had happened, Asafuna insists him to hang out with his usual smile. Even though he wanted to forget the sorrowful feelings, he can't suppress his pounding heart when Asafuna embraces him... A clumsy love story of a direct, handsome college student and a college student afraid of love.
With the proposal, "Let's make a baby". High school student Kotori is roped up into a fake relationship with Sei, the head of the wealthy Takamiya family. Even though Kotori's traumatic past makes her uneasy with other people, she can't escape this situation, but Kotori isn't the only one with secrets. Being forced to visit Sei every day, actually shows he's keeping some of his own! As the Takamiya family aims to continue its lineage, Kotori's gradually getting caught up in their schemes. Clumsy, but also straightforward, this story follows a lonely girl and a troubled nobleman's son's love story.
If I can't get a boyfriend, can't I just rent one? Even when Jun, our protagonist, has a crush on a guy, she is always friend-zoned. While everyone around her is busy with their own love lives, Jun, impatient, decides to "rent" a boyfriend! This is a love comedy between a girl who doesn't have the courage to take the next step and a boy with perfect specs but comes with a "price"!
Due to past sexual trauma, Haruka was unable to find new love. Who knew meeting her strong-willed co-worker Yanase at a mixer and while under the influence would lead to an overnight stay at a hotel together?! Haruka was thrilled by his unusual and gentle behavior, but then Yanase told her that she could thank him for taking care of her by having sex with him...? Is that even okay to do here? Hearing Yanase's sweet whispering voice excites her body, which normally has aversions to sex. Why is her body suddenly sensitive and where are the noises of pleasure coming from..!
An odd, perfectly timed string of events brings together two lovelorn people: Miranda Easton and Gianni Fitzgerald. In a shared country cottage, these two strangers battle their inner emotions, while seeking solace in the arms of the other. Fate has brought about this chance meeting of these two emotionally battered individuals, but was it all just so it could end with them being nothing more than star-crossed lovers?