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"!
Suga and Hara have been close friends since junior high, and became housemates in university. Hara, a cool guy and popular with girls, is completely unaware of his own popularity, and Suga is proud to have him as his closest friend. Although Hara makes him feel uneasy by how much he looks after him, if Suga's honest he actually slightly enjoys it... Suga ends up developing feelings towards Hara that go beyond friendship, but he's happy with the way things are between them. It's just nice for him to be by Hara's side. One night, Hara tells him that he'll be coming home late. Suga, who's finally able to spend some time at home alone, finds Hara's jacket lying on the sofa. As he takes it in his hand, Suga's scent pervades the air, and Hara gets unwittingly turned on... It's a slightly naughty love story about two guys joined at the hip, and it'll get your heart racing! Now in vertical-scrolling,full-color VertiComix format!
The long-awaited comic version of Monaka Toyama's novel is here!
One lonely Christmas Eve, Yoriko Fujieda, a talent production manager, discovers handsome high-school boy Taichi Ogino crying in the park. He agrees to join her agency, and like running a three-legged race, the pair stumble ahead through the entertainment industry. Seven years later, Taichi is a megastar! But, life isn't perfect. "It's your fault I still haven't done it, Yoriko..."
This is the story of a manager who takes responsibility to the next level. Now in vertical-scrolling, full-color VertiComix format!
The root of white-collar worker Takanashi's stress is Akemi, his neighbor who brings girls home each night. He warns Akemi of his sleepless nights but is ignored, driving him up the wall! Takanashi snaps and proceeds to barge into Akemi's apartment... Even serious guys can be scary when they're mad! This is the love story of a closet gay and a straight guy with a naughty body! Now in vertical-scrolling,full-color VertiComix format!
"I'm making you my 'personal' assistant, effective immediately. Now, serve me with your body!" Yuumi's plain-old life as an office worker completely changes after becoming personal assistant to her company's young, elite president. Day after day she's made to serve his carnal desires at night in his office and even in the suite of a luxury hotel. Her initial embarrassment disappears as her body twinges in ecstasy every time he touches her...!! Now in vertical-scrolling,full-color VertiComix format!
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..!
"Let's keep this between you and I. We'll play til sunrise." With her parents gone, all the support Chiriko had in life came from her older sister. Soon, the two of them will start living together with her sister's husband's family! Chiriko is fully supportive of her sister's happiness, so going out and hooking up anywhere near the house is out of the question. The night before deciding to lead such a peaceful and quiet life, Chiriko runs into a guy who's totally her type. Their chemistry was just right, so they found themselves together getting down all night. The next day, the same guy shows up at the house Chiriko and her sister are moving into. Turns out he's son of Chiriko's sister's husband?!
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?
Polly replies to an advertisement to become a surrogate mother in order to cover the costs of her mother's surgery. But her world is rocked when her mother dies soon after Polly becomes pregnant. Devastated and alone, Polly goes to live in a house prepared for her by the biological father. Soon after, she discovers that the biological father, a rich bachelor, chose to go with a surrogate because of his deep lack of trust in women. So why does he continue to try to get close to her, keeping his true identity a secret?
Gaby is an immigration lawyer in the city of San Diego. One fateful day, an array of seemingly random incidents happen and suddenly she finds herself face-to-face with Anatoly, a member of the Russian mafia. With her instincts screaming at her to stay as far away from him as possible and her heart fluttering at the sight of him, Gaby is confused as to what she should do when Anatoly makes his feelings known to her.
Heidi Ellis is on a mission to save her friend Dana, who's been wrongfully incarcerated for murder. With that goal in mind, Heidi enrolls in a criminology course taught by a retired detective. A twist of fate leaves Heidi in the hands of the attractive substitute teacher and much younger detective, Gideon Poletti.
At the age of sixteen, Hannah Renault was chosen to marry Phillip, the prince of England's Morgan Isle. After eight years of preparation, her wedding has finally arrived, and she's excited to be married to the man she fell in love with at first sight so many years ago. Hannah is a genuine and loving person, and she has long dreamed of her love-filled marriage to Phillip. When Phillip admits that he has never loved anyone and likely never will...how will she respond? And who is that dark-haired woman with such hostility in her eyes?
Gemma Allen is a singer on a quest for the truth about what happened to her sister. Three years ago, Mandy Allen assumed Gemma's identity and came to the three Greek islands laid claim by Angelo Apollonides, the "Resort King." When Mandy returned from her travels, she was addicted to the drugs that would soon take her life. Pretending to be her sister with a bad case of amnesia, Gemma has begun tracing the steps that led to her sister's downfall. Could Angelo be the one that took Mandy's life away, or will he simply take Gemma's breath away?
After marrying the man she loved, Tariq, Jayne discovered he was actually the Sheikh of Zayed. As such, their married life became complicated and lonely for Jayne. She soon faced accusations that led her to leave Zayed. Five years have gone by and Jayne is able to finally settle matters with her husband...through divorce. But before it's finalized, Tariq asks Jayne to pretend to have reconciled with him in order to give his deeply ill father peace of mind. While acting as a reunited couple, can Jayne truly go through with the divorce? Will she risk being hurt again by the man she loves...a man who couldn't trust her five years ago?
Sara is hired to work on remodeling the interior of a castle, so she goes off to the Dukedom of Illyria. The Prince of Illyria, Gabe, was once Sara's fiance. But when the family treasure that Gabe lent to her went missing, he accused her of being the thief and canceled their engagement. Sara thought that there'd never be another chance for a mere interior designer like her to meet a prince, but Gabe is waiting for her in Illyria, and he hasn't forgotten a thing. He looks at her coldly and declares that she won't leave his castle until she returns the "stolen" necklace!
Isabel was only interested in getting married and having a family. Just when she finds the right man to marry to achieve her goal, he calls off the wedding-he's fallen in love with another woman! He says he was driven away by Isabel's lack of love for him. With the wedding canceled, and in possession of two tickets to Dream Island, which was supposed to be her honeymoon destination, Isabel can't figure out what to do. She decides, after a drinking binge, to invite her wedding photographer, Rafe, as her lover and live one last fling. Their dream vacation is cut short, but was it enough to melt Isabel's icy heart or was it just a dream not to be revisited?
The small Pacific island kingdom of Rahiri has just lost its king, and now the widowed queen, Lani, must follow tradition and marry the king's younger brother. Alun is a famous Hollywood director-and an infamous playboy, according to the tabloids. Alun's not thrilled about the arrangement, either, and coldly snubs Lani. The former king was already terrible enough to her, and now that treatment continues with the little brother, too. But when they share an impromptu kiss, Lani's body is overcome with a passion as hot as the jungle. Can she carry on this arranged marriage while hiding an unspeakable secret?
The sixth brother of the de Burgh family, Reynold, is determined to leave the Campion castle. Seeing all his brothers get married one after another is growing painful. He knows it is impossible for him to be happy like them. The ones who come to see him off are the L'Estrange sisters, who are rumored to be witches. Their prophecy states, "Reynold will slay the dragon and then save the damsel in distress." While he thinks the statement is ridiculous, the village he reaches happens to have a dragon that protects a treasure, and the beautiful daughter of the manor, Sabina, has started looking for help!
In the middle of a journey, Reynold de Burgh, a knight, happens upon a village that's being attacked by a dragon. When the head woman of the village, Lady Sabina, begs him to help, he swears on his honor to exterminate the dragon. But is the real danger to Sabina the earnest knight himself, who sets her heart aflame? She can't allow herself to be drawn to him... He's a wolf much more dangerous than the dragon. After all, at some point he must leave and marry a woman suitable to the nobility. And what of the dragon, whose cries they hear and whose fiery breath they can see, but whose true form is a mystery? Will the dragon ever show its face to them...?
If nobody wants to support me, I will live on my own! Sarah, an orphan, decides to go on a life journey after cutting ties with her guardian, who she had never seen. As an unmarried, single woman living in nineteenth-century England, she isn't allowed to take a trip by herself. Pretending to be a widow, she stays at a hotel where she runs into her guardian, Marcus Ravenhurst, who happens to be looking for her. With Sarah doing her best to hide her real identity, Marcus protectively observes her and finds himself enchanted with her young innocence...
When Serena's cousin Dawn suddenly passes away, she steels herself to take in Dawn's daughter, Louisa. Dawn's husband, Carlo, is wealthy but coldhearted; the two were about to get a divorce. When Serena declares that she'll never relinquish Louisa to Carlo, he threatens her: "This is a crime!" Yes, Carlo was her cousin's husband, but Serena can't stop her pulse from racing whenever she sees him. However, she must shut down those feelings as she knows just how terribly he treated Dawn!
I may be just a shy, boring person, but I'll reinvent myself on this cruise! Lana Walker holds this thought firmly in mind as she boards the ship that will take her all around the South Pacific. However, just as she clears the gangplank in her usual plain navy business suit, she trips! "Watch out!" Zac, a sailor clad in a dazzlingly white uniform with eyes a deeper blue than the ocean itself, catches her. Lana's face glows hot from his teasing smile. "What's going on with me?" But just when she's almost taken in by his charm, she overhears him: "Women are all as vicious as piranhas."
Kate happens to walk in on her boyfriend, Steven, who she was thinking about marrying, in bed with another woman. Brokenhearted, she runs to her childhood friend Nick, who she has known for twenty years. He is now a playboy running an IT company; but he understands her feelings the most because they grew up together. A month after he's comforted her just like in the old days, Kate realizes that she can't avoid running into Steven at her best friend's wedding, so Nick offers to act as her boyfriend at the event!
Bewitching green eyes and a stunning body dressed to seduce... Photographer Luke St. Clair can't forget the woman who'd boldly picked him up at a party. He'd woken the next morning to find her gone; she didn't even tell him her name. A year and a half later, a stroke of luck leads him to discover her identity: Rachel Manning. She is a model...and married! Determined to uncover her true motive behind their night of passion, Luke decides to book her for a photo shoot...
Penny is a capable chef who dreams of opening the best restaurant in Seattle. One day, out of the blue, her ex-husband, Cal, asks to meet her. He wants her to help breathe life back into his family's oldest restaurant. He's still as handsome as he was when they separated three years ago, and she never could hate him; so she gives him the okay-as long as he agrees to all of her conditions. Penny's once-smoldering feelings for him light back up, but she can't admit it. After all, she's sure he doesn't love her anymore...
They divorced three years ago, but Penny has only just learned her ex-husband Cal's secret: he has a seventeen-year-old daughter! Why did he keep this information hidden all these years? Penny still loves him, but Cal has his own set of worries. He loves Penny, but she found out about his daughter, Lindsey, in the worst way possible. And to make matters worse, Lindsey's serious illness has come back. Determined not to hurt anyone, Cal feels stuck. Who will support him when he needs it most? Will Penny and Cal ever tell each other how they feel?
"You want me to act as your wife for one million pounds?" Jodie, who had her engagement broken off right before the wedding by her fiance, escapes to Italy from her hometown. Her misty eyes and the treacherous road conditions cause her to have an accident in a unknown place. The person who offers help to her while she is in distress is an incredibly handsome man driving an expensive sports car that is totally ill-suited for the woods. As soon as he learns her desperate situation, he arrogantly makes her an incredible proposition!
No matter how much we look alike, the prince will never love me. Hannah, an American secretary, agrees to switch places with Princess Emmeline, just for two hours. There must be a reason that made her ask me for such a favor. Besides, it's only for a few hours. But Emmeline doesn't return for days, and Hannah ends up having to meet King Zale of Raguva, pretending to be the princess!
Emmeline, the Queen of Brabant, asks her friend Hannah to switch places with her for a few hours. Her objective is to ask her lover, Alejandro, to take responsibility for a certain matter. But when she sees him at a nightclub, he treats her like dirt, and Makin, who is Sheikh of Kadar and also Hannah's boss, goes over and talks to her. She mustn't let him find out her true identity! With an aggravated look on his face, he forcefully takes Emmeline away from the nightclub.
Dana and Adam are constantly at each other at Donovan and Lewis Design Studio, but with him being a ladies' man and her a single mother, it's to be expected. When Adam offers to be Dana's date to a reunion to show up her ex and the father of her daughter, a night of work becomes dangerously mixed with pleasure. Soon, the pair bounce from bickering at each other to Adam helping out Dana, whether it be fixing her roof or fixing her heart. Why are they so sweet together now? Could it be because of her unexpected baby?
Jake, a young businessman in New York, is called back to his homeland, Ruthenia, to succeed the throne and is followed by his personal assistant, Andi. Three years after the rebuilding of his country, Jake is pressured by this staff to get married within the month, by Independence Day. But at the daunting party where Jake must choose a future queen from the women of numerous powerful families, Andi gets into an accident and loses her memory! Unlike her usual brilliant but straitlaced self, Andi becomes naively charming. Then one day, the two are caught together by the media and Jake publicly announces that he is "engaged" to Andi.
Years ago, Cassie discovered that she had been played and betrayed by her boyfriend, the second son of the billionaire Falcon family who once became close to her by acting as if he were poor. When they finally reunite as magnate and his assistant, Cassie has already changed and Marcel doesn't seem to recognize her. Unlike her glamorous modeling past, she is now a stern-looking office worker with glasses and pulled-back hair. But toward the Marcel whom she once loved, she isn't so sure she wants to pretend as if nothing happened...
Since she was fourteen years old, Tia has loved and wished for a relationship with Drew, a man twelve years her senior. Now at the age of twenty-four, a twist of fate has brought her face-to-face with Drew. For one magical night, all her dreams seemingly come true. Once Drew realizes that she's the daughter of his good friend, the age difference between them takes a toll on his conscience. Will Tia be able to overcome the obstacles ahead and finally have the relationship with Drew she's always wished for? Or are a baby and a callous marriage of convenience all that her wishing has amounted to?
The age of the Inquisition was terrifying for many. Despite being the daughter of the duke's doctor, Jessica is an accomplished healer in her own right, and yet must keep her face hidden from society. Cursed with a birthmark under her left eye, she's perceived by the wary populace as a spawn of the devil. When the future Earl of Thornbury, Francis Bardolph, comes to Jessica to treat an old wound, he may end up healing her fear of the world and her father. With a jealous courtesan angling for a brighter future, will Jessica be forced to stay in the shadows, or can she dance with Francis at the carnival?
Scorned by a distasteful courtesan, the sweet healer Jessica Leonardo has become the target of the Catholic Church. Accused of witchcraft and under claims that she's the daughter of the devil, her trial will cast a light on the true ugliness that surrounds her. Her case may have been decided by birth: is her blemish that of a kiss from Satan or a mark from jealous angels? Can Francis Bardolph save Jessica and whisk her away to safer countries, or will her prayers go unheeded?
Atop a hill on the outskirts of town lies an adorable castle that has been the inspiration behind Caroline O'Donald's fairy-tale fantasies ever since she was a little girl. Now as an adult, she's put herself up for auction and, lo and behold, her beloved castle's prince is the winning bidder! Assuming the castle will be more magnificent in real life than it is in her dreams, she steps inside only to find that it's run-down and in need of a lot of love...much like its prince, the handsome recluse Gideon Tremayne!
Rose Thomas is a strong and independent woman. At her best friend's wedding she actually meets a real-life prince. In a whirlwind of dissatisfaction and fear for the future, Rose finds herself in Marvan, the prince's country. Will the star-crossed lovers be able to change their destinies?
A Spanish marquis and a British housecleaner may appear to have nothing in common, but when Sophie's sister passes away soon after her husband, she leaves her darling daughter, Lydia, to both Sophie and the uninterested Antonio. He has a business to run and estates to live on; what could he share with this "trailer trash"? Sophie loves Lydia like she's her own, but to what extent? Would she get married to Antonio just so she can stay with her niece? Will their love truly be nothing more than being married by arrangement?
Mere days before the ceremony, Nell finds out a cruel truth: her marriage is based on a contract. Her husband, a Greek business tycoon ten years her senior, purchased a virgin wife for fifty million dollars. One year later, Nell awakens in a hospital bed after a car crash only to find her husband, Xander Pascalis, there to greet her. After rejecting her on their first night together, the two have always lived apart. However, on this day, Nell sees nothing but anger on his face. "So, has your lover already tasted your forbidden fruit, when I've yet so much as laid eyes on it?"
Iantha, daughter of a nobleman, finds herself trapped alone in a castle full of men because of a blizzard. Lord Duncan, the master of the castle, asks for her hand in marriage to protect her reputation from the scandal-but Iantha had been attacked by a gang of men six years ago, when she was only eighteen! Though her heart is still wounded, Iantha is encouraged by his kindness, and accepts his proposal... This is a tremendously popular, dramatic historical romance!