This workplace romance josei features two opposites-attract coworkers helping "train" each other to overcome their fear of intimacy.
Narumi, a hardworking but plain office worker, hides a secret from her colleagues: her traumatic dating history, which has led her to take on her alter ego, the popular live streamer Minarin. Her charming coworker, Shinonome, seems like her opposite - handsome, charismatic, and admired by all - but struggles with his own insecurities. When an unexpected taxi ride forces their secrets into the open, they make a deal... to help "train" each other to overcome their touch aversion and fear of intimacy!
As Narumi begins to see Shinonome as a path toward healing, they must confront their pasts together. Can this mismatched pair help each other find solace in shared vulnerability?NOTE: This book contains mature content and is intended for readers 18 years of age and over.
While working at their mother's cosmetic shop, Takeru and Ayumi discover a mermaid in one of the lotion bottles! A strange and unexpected phenomenon, the two aren't sure what to do when Ayumi volunteers to take the mermaid home. Puzzled by his sister's behavior, Takeru thinks about their childhood and how much everything changed after their parent's failed marriage. Could this mermaid mystery be just the thing to help them reconnect and rebuild inspite of their troubled past? Mermaid in a Bottle dives deep into a the bitter-sweet relationship of a brother and sister from a broken family.
Mine-kun is Asexual. He doesn't like sexual intimacy in a relationship. He can kiss a girl, but it's not something he wants to do if he can help it. But Murai loves him so much that she's willing to overlook the fact that she can't hold his hand; that she can't cuddle up next to him when they watch movies together; that she can't fall in love with him the way that she hopes to be loved in return. In the eyes of those around them, is this even a relationship that's meant to last, or is it a train wreck just waiting to happen?
The girl who feared love because of her mother's death meets the one and only romance in her life...
My mother lived for love, went crazy for love, and sacrificed herself for love...
Minerelli, the "Ice Noblewoman," was raised while being compared to her half-sister who gets doted on. Due to her unrequited love, Minerelli's mother left her as a young child and took her own life. As a result, Minerelli fears dying the way her mother did and worries that she'll go crazy for love. However, Kaktos' warmth and kindness touch her closed-off heart...
Tomoko was called "ugly" back in her school days. And what really makes her seethe is the fact that the "pretty" girl who bullied her, Rika, is now a successful beauty influencer. But Tomoko sees a whole different world reflected in Rika's eyes... These two women with different pasts, looks, and approaches both take the world head-on in this story of sisterhood and overcoming beauty discrimination!
From her entrance exam days to her college years, and even when she was job hunting, Hana Kanazawa's mother has decided everything for her. Even as an adult in the present day, she continues to act as the "good girl" her mother raised. Hana's finally started living on her own near her parents' house, but her mother keeps interfering as usual and forces her to wear a fancy kimono to her best friend's wedding. For the kimono fitting, Hana drops by a barber shop, run by the unsociable Shinichirou and the effeminate Maria. Her heart races as she gets her hair and makeup done by these two handsome men. Hana discovers her first love while imprisoned by her mother's values...!!
At the office they're CEO and employee, but in the kitchen they're student and teacher!
Himari's office job doesn't allow side hustles, so she keeps her weekend job as a personal baking teacher a secret. One day, her student coincidentally turns out to be Kosuke, the CEO of her company! Where will their secret lessons take them?
Hana has started dating Shinichirou, a divorced barber with a child. Even though Hana is clumsy, Shinichirou, his cute son Jinta, and Maria, who supports their relationship, all care for her. Finally, Hana has started living her own life and is surrounded by love, happily married!! ...Or not, as a series of real-life problems stand in her way...! The highly-anticipated sequel to "When The Grown-Up Good Girl Falls in Love"!
The Holy Maiden Yurisia's only duty is to hear the "oracles" of the Gods. One day, the oracle was, "Go and make babies with the prince to save this world from destruction." Having understood the message loud and clear, she rushed off to propose to the prince, who happens to be her first crush. Sadly, the prince didn't believe in oracles and refused, but compromised by saying, "If you seduce me into loving you as a woman would, then I will." She got fired up by his challenge and promised to make him pay by seducing the pants off of him, but now he's strangely... showering her with affection? "I thought I was just going to seduce him, but this sweet love chase we're partaking in is getting so intense, it's driving me out of my mind!"
"Has the one I've been searching for been you this whole time?" This is the story of Garnet, a servant who transcended her social status and shared a heartfelt bond with Louis, the duke's heir. However, Louis lost his sight in an epidemic and departed for distant lands to seek treatment. At their parting, he swore to marry Garnet upon his return, and set off on his journey. But time passed, and when they finally met again, he was found to have lost his memory, transformed into a different man feared as the "Cruel Grand Duke." Louis had forgotten that day's vow and coldly pushed Garnet away. Even so, the heart that should have forgotten everything instinctively sought only her, the one who held its sole memory! What will be the fate of their burning love, cruelly trifled with by destiny...?
I'm sure I would have loved him even if I knew about our difference in social statuses...
Suzu, who helps sell rice balls at her mother's shop, is passive when it comes to romance and has never had a relationship despite being twenty-six. However, she's immediately attracted to Shinji when she meets him at the park. Shinji becomes a regular customer and they start dating with the intent to get married. Yet even as they grow closer, Shinji never tells Suzu about his work or family. Just as Suzu begins to feel uneasy, she finds out that Shinji is the vice president of the large company where she will be working. Then she hears from her coworkers that he has a fiancee...
Reincarnated into a world of dual monarchies, former teacher Mito is destined to become a princess. But the school for brides-to-be becomes a gilded cage when she catches the eye of the wrong man: the Black Prince Dian. Their connection is undeniable, even as they both have their own brides-to-be. As their secret trysts intensify, the White Prince, Heal, grows suspicious-and his obsession takes a coercive turn. Caught between two powerful rulers and a destiny she never asked for, which king will Mito choose to serve?
Constanze (Connie), a marquess's daughter, is told by Crown Prince Wilhelm that their engagement is broken off. It seems the prince has found someone he loves-and what's more, that person is apparently a saint who only recently appeared. After two whole years of serving as the de facto Crown Princess, Connie is left crushed by this utterly heartless pronouncement. Yet then, out of nowhere, memories of her past life come flooding back-and she realizes she has been reincarnated as the "villainess," the throwaway love rival in a romance novel she used to devour in her previous life. "Give me a break. I want no part of that role-I'm going to live my life as a lord!" This is the story of Connie, drawing on her innate talents to thrive in a remote frontier domain far from the imperial capital!