"Have we met before?" Bryony slaps her lover's face the moment she hears those heartless words. Five months ago, she fell in love with CEO Rafael, who came to buy her island. They spent an incredible time together, but afterward they lost contact with each other. When she found out that she was pregnant, Bryony began to fear that Rafael seduced her to get her property. Hoping to see him at a party, Bryony gathers up her courage to crash it...but she can't believe her ears when she finds out the truth. He claims that he has lost all memory of her from a plane crash accident!
After meeting and falling head over heels in love with Ryan, a millionaire, Kelly drops out of college and becomes his fiancee. But his family doesn't like her because she is not of their social class and they conspire to break them up. Ryan's brother even attacks her while she's pregnant! Narrowly escaping the attack, Kelly runs to Ryan, but he accuses her of seducing his brother. He calls off the engagement, writes her a goodbye check and leaves her in despair. Feeling as though she can't trust anyone, Kelly disappears from Ryan's life.
Not letting her blindness get the better of her, Celia enjoys life to the fullest, doing whatever catches her interest?from scuba diving to managing her own company. Her boyfriend, Francesco, is beside himself with worry about her, and out of his misguided love he tries to hold her back. "I'm not handicapped, and I don't need your pity! Why won't you let me live my life?" In a moment of recklessness, they hurt each other deeply, and decide to go their separate ways. Do two people need more than love to be able to share their lives together? Read the conclusion of this series of romances about six Italian brothers!
Dominic is the CEO of the international automotive maker Moretti Motors. An attractive man, he's famous for being a shrewd businessman and playboy. His brilliant secretary, Angelina, has secretly admired him for years, but currently she has much bigger concerns. Her younger brother, Renni, has gotten himself into trouble, and is being blackmailed for Moretti Motors company secrets?secrets that only Angelina can provide. Ultimately she decides to help her brother, but soon her betrayals are discovered by Dominic himself...
The infamous Sam, descendant of pirates and the "town outlaw," is back on the island. Seven years earlier, he'd been seeing Annie, a well-to-do girl admired by all the townspeople. However, Annie's father was against her relationship with Sam because of their different social status. So Annie and Sam agreed to elope, but on the night they were supposed to leave, she never showed up at their meeting place. Annie's sure that Sam?now a successful financial genius?is back for revenge. Her reason for not eloping involves the secret of her birth, a secret she's never told anyone...
Prince Drax, Sheikh of Dhurahn, has to find a temporary bride for his twin brother. Enter Sadie Murray, a stranded Englishwoman who is in need of money after being fired from her job. Drax decides she will be the perfect candidate, due to her desperate situation. He takes advantage of her plight by not giving Sadie much of a choice to be under his employ. But will Drax have the nerve to go through with his plan to make her a makeshift bride for his brother?
When Callie's twin sister, Annabella, told her she won the grand prize of the contest?"I Stole the Prince's Heart and Engagement Ring,"?she was more than amazed. However, Annabella, an up-and-coming starlet, asks Callie to go in her place and refuse the prize because it clashes with her acting in a big upcoming movie. "Why would anyone want to publicly search for a bride?" is what Callie thought as she reluctantly agrees to make the far trip for her desperate sister. But the moment she arrives at the airport, Callie gets taken away by the?elegant?butler of the prince.?When she attempts to explain her situation, he doesn't seem to care.??"Stop telling me lies about being a twin. You will marry the price in twenty-four hours."?
Ann finds herself at the crossroads of life when she is criticized as an over-the-hill actress. In hopes of clearing her mind, she flees to Europe, where her twin sister lives. After seeing her sister's happy marriage, Ann feels a strong desire for a family of her own. Then one day, her sister's husband brings home a potential member of his racing team. It's Riley, a womanizer who Ann rejected at the set of a movie they filmed together. And he suggests Ann marry him in exchange for joining the racing team!
Cara is at an acquaintance's wedding when suddenly an incredibly handsome man approaches her. His name is Gui. He is a famous Spanish count and businessman. He is so tall and thin that she feels overweight next to him. Always a flower on the wall, this is the first time that she finds herself directly involved with someone else at one of these parties, and she finds herself a little flustered. But just as she is starting to enjoy herself, a beautiful woman cuts in and takes things over. Apparently she has her sights set on the count and Cara is in her way. Cara is about to leave when the count says something that stops her right in her tracks. "Cara is my fiancee. Your petty conversation is getting in the way of our dance. Please leave us." What? Did she just get engaged to someone she just met?
After seeing her two best friends at her public relations agency get married, Alison feels that something is missing in her single life. She wants to love someone but has no interest in marriage. She just wants a baby to give all her love to. After suddenly landing herself in the emergency room, Alison meets Dr. Logan, a competent doctor with a sarcastic tongue, who, upon her request, agrees to help her make a baby. However, she must marry him in exchange!
Hani is a young girl living a rough life at the Burry Hill Detention Centre in Australia. She has been living as a boy for her own safety and protection, but she has had a mysterious yet beautiful reoccurring dream of living in a gorgeous palace surrounded by roses with her family. She thinks that such a dream is foolish, but then one day a man named Sharif appears; he claims that he is a diplomat from Bagestan, and that he has been sent to find Hani on orders from the sultan. She can barely believe the words she hears from him: "Your real name is Princess Shakira."
When she was a teenager, Desi fell in love with the son of the royal family from the desert country of Barakat. Even though she gave her virginity and swore her future to him, they were too young, and their love too turbulent, ending in the two of them resenting each other. Ten years later, a single phone call from a close friend reunites them once again. "Please seduce Salah. If you don't, then I'll be forced to marry him..." her close friend pleads, as she already as a lover of her own. Desi reluctantly decides to fly to Barakat. Waiting for her there is her former lover, who has since become a sheikh, no longer the young boy she once knew....
There is a noticeably beautiful woman at the victory party of Marco Moretti, star F1 racer. Her name is Virginia. She attends the party with heroic determination, which is to break the spell cast by her grandmother on the Moretti family. In order for her to realize her goal, she has to be impregnated by one of the Moretti men in a loveless marriage. Marco, who has no such knowledge, falls in love with her. Her plan steadfastly progresses....
When Ruggiero met the mysterious beauty Sapphire in London, it was love at first sight. But after two weeks of passion, she disappeared without a trace. He believed their love was destiny, so why did she leave? Since then, he had been an empty shell. One day, as he is test driving his company's new motorcycle, he catches sight of Sapphire among the circuit's spectators. But even though she looks the same, she doesn't seem the same. Shaken by the vision, he finds himself thrown from his machine.
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?
"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?
Miki Donoue has lived an unlucky life, the embodiment of woefulness since he was a child. He's lived in such a way to never involve others in his misfortune. One night, Miki is asked by a mysterious man, "Can I have your woes?" The man turns out to be a creature called "Akashibito," a type of monster that feeds on the woes of humans to extend their lifespan. He asserts that he lacks sustenance, and will die without Miki's woes. Miki, being a good natured boy, gives the akashibito the name "Shiro", and offers to be his host. Now the two of them will live together. Though Shiro can continue to live with a new host, as Miki grows to feel happiness, Shiro loses his sustenance. With the loss, there is a change in Shiro...? Could this mean the end of his life as he knows it...?A BL story between a lonely, woeful human boy and a creature that feeds off their new partner.
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.
Ms. Aoi, I'll do anything if it's for you. Even though he should be someone I hate, why is my heart pounding...!? Aoi has a few secrets - not only is she the daughter of a prestigious family, she has a fiance. The person her parents decided on is Masaomi, the exquisitely handsome heir to a large corporation. "He's always had such a creepy smile. I can never tell what he's thinking about. I absolutely refuse to marry someone like that!" That's what she always thought, but... her parents forced to live with Masaomi!? Though troubled by the sudden cohabitation, she gradually comes to learn of the considerate Masaomi's kindness and earnestness... A story of misunderstanding, between a girl who is afraid of romance and a high-spec heir!
- "Superchats make you feel better, right?" Is this the start of a raw sex livestream between a gorgeous, high quality actor and a cold, lower class actor!?
"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?
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!
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.
"Daiwa Corporation" is one of the leading companies in the food industry.Seiji Nono might look like a delinquent, but he's a master cook who works as the head chef of the company's Chinese cuisine division.He has many fans who show up for his delicious cooking and uncharacteristic looks.One day, Nono meets an elite business man, Kakeru Misato, who was appointed as the new branch manager.Nono tries his best to welcome the new manager by inviting him to the cafeteria, but Misato quickly rejects him by saying, "I don't like Chinese cuisine. It's oily."A tense yet romantic relationship between a cool business man and a delinquent chef.