When Tomosaka realized he was in love with his best friend Noda, it seemed the most natural thing in the world. He couldn't even remember when he'd first started falling in love. He had his feelings, but he couldn't express them... because Noda was his best friend. A story about the delicate thread that separates friendship and love.
When Lilly's husband passed away in an accident, she immediately reached out to Dane, her husband's older brother, and awaited his arrival with a shattered soul. But Dane believes Lilly married his brother for his money and doesn't hide his opinion from her: she's a lowly woman who's disgraced the renowned Norfolk name, a villainess with a pretty face! Lilly's heart is torn by Dane's hateful words. Little does he know the secret agreement she and her late "husband" came to. He's unaware that the marriage was fake, nor does he know that Lilly's body remains innocent...
Alexander has been waiting for his stepbrother, Damon, to bring home his fiancee, Sophie. But when he finally meets her, Alexander realizes that she's wild, she's adventurous and, above all, she's beautiful. At Damon's request, Alexander keeps Sophie company while she's staying at their mansion, but his feelings for her grow stronger. Sophie, meanwhile, seems to be noticing Alexander, too. Their forbidden love deepens, but it isn't Sophie's only secret...
Fifteen years ago, Isabelle, a rich young woman, fell in love with Emilio, her housekeeper's son. And, though they were from different worlds, they promised to elope. But just before they were to marry, Isabelle broke their promise and married another man. Today, their circumstances are reversed; Emilio has hired Isabelle to work as his housekeeper. Isabelle performs as poorly as you'd expect given her charmed upbringing, but Emilio is surprisingly kind to her. Her heart races with the possibility that the young man who once loved her is still somewhere inside Emilio, but Isabelle is all too unaware of his cruel secret plan-to seduce her, then break her heart!
Gabriella was raised in a sheltered home and knows nothing of the world. After her grandfather, her last living relative, passes away, she reunites with Raoul, her first love, whom she hasn't seen in over twelve years. Even though she doesn't expect him to remember the promise he made to her when they were children-to marry her when they got older-he tells Gabriella that he will stay with her through these tough times. He takes her with him to Venice, and they spend dreamy days together. However, there are things she doesn't know about him. Behind that gentle exterior lies the promise he made to her grandfather...and a quest for revenge!
Laura is struggling to support her large family when her former boss Gabriel hits her with a proposal. He wants her to go to Rio with him and spend one night as his mistress, and he'll pay her one million dollars to do it. There's a company he's desperate to buy, but the current owner's fiancee is an ex-paramour of his. In order to avoid jealousy clouding the deal, he wants plain-faced Laura to pretend to be his girlfriend! But will they be able to keep the lie going?
CEO Jesse is rumored to be an unfeeling "machine." But deep in her heart, she's burning to get revenge on her father. Her hateful father laid his hands on his housekeeper, her mother, and eventually drove her to her death. Jesse's determined to expose his illegal actions and have him sent to jail. A crucial part of her plan involves the buyout of his company, but suddenly a man appears who's about to spoil her plans. His name is Luc Sanchis, a billionaire whose many affairs with glamorous women are known all over the world. Reluctantly, Jesse kidnaps Luc and takes him to a deserted island. But Luc remains perfectly calm, and in fact, he ends up seducing her!
The biggest landscaping opportunity of Izzy's career has just dropped into her lap: working on the millionaire Rio D'Aquila's New York country house! Ever since she was a girl, her family has treated her like a child, undermining her confidence, and this is her chance to show them they're wrong. However, due to a series of unfortunate events, she is running incredibly late for the interview. When she finally arrives at the estate, she finds Rio is gone-only his half-naked groundskeeper is still around. And my, is he handsome...
Lily's house has been sold by her stepmother and she has to move out right away. The buyer is a gorgeous man named Ciro. But she's certain his charming mask is hiding a coldhearted businessman. Unexpectedly, he visits her right before she must move out and invites her to dinner. Then he offers to pay her brother's college tuition and asks her to marry him! She's been shying away from men ever since she made love to and was promptly dumped by her ex-fiance, yet she begins to think that Ciro is a man she can trust... Until she learns after the wedding that what Ciro was dreaming about was a "pure" bride.
Bookstore owner Rose gets shaken up by a rose she finds in front of her store with a card reading "A rose for Rose." The message written on the card was what James Sinclair used to say to her. James was a perfect man who was admired by everyone and embraced Rose passionately. But when he learned that their college romance was only a game, it ended in disaster. An unforgivable mistake was made-can he ever forgive her?
Kaye was asked out on a date by Formula One world champion Jared. Completely smitten with the famous playboy, she gave him her virginity. But after they consummated the act and Jared realized she had been a virgin, he turned away from her. Kaye's first love was cruelly trampled on. But her pain wasn't over yet. She had gotten pregnant from her one-night stand, and she was unable to get in touch with Jared. So Kaye raised her child alone for six years. Until one day when Jared showed up again...
Sheila Waring, a physiotherapist, goes to a job interview and is shocked by the identity of the beautiful man who greets her at his mansion. A twist of fate had brought them together again: Sheila's husband was the one who caused the car accident that killed Ross Calvert's wife. Ross, however, doesn't know her connection to his life. Sheila suppresses the urge to escape and accepts the job. Ross courts her and steals her heart, but she doesn't think she has the right to love him. Still, she finds she can't resist the seductive power of his kiss!
Annabelle's life has become a dream. She was a nurse at a small hospital in America until the CEO of Amalfi, a famous Italian car brand, became mesmerized by her beauty and asked her to become Amalfi's campaign girl. Annabelle was staying at a villa in Italy during the span of the photo shoot when Lucca, the CEO's son, suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Lucca's gray-green eyes and overwhelming aura stun Annabelle. Until, glaring down at her, Lucca accuses her of being his father's mistress!
After her brother and his wife passed away, Brynne worked so hard to take care of her orphaned little nephew, Michael. When a Spanish millionaire, Alejandro, suddenly shows up, arrogantly claiming custody as Michael's real father, Michael is taken away from Brynne. Even though Brynne can't forgive Alejandro, she chooses to stay in his mansion as Michael's companion. Even though Alejandro is the scoundrel who dumped her sister-in-law, Brynne can't help but feel his magnetism. Will she be able to do what's best for Michael and still protect her heart and her innocence? Can Alejandro be the man Michael and Brynne need him to be?
Ever since he was a child, Ben Palmer had a passion for motorbikes and dreamed that one day he could toss everything aside to ride across the country with the wind in his hair. Amelia Russell, a widow, feels as if her life is missing something. Something more exciting than her usual boring routine. One night Ben's and Amelia's paths cross when Ben rescues her from a stranger's unwanted advances. Sparks fly between them when Amelia accepts a ride home on the back of Ben's motorcycle. Ben starts teaching Amelia how to ride a bike and the attraction between the two becomes stronger. Ben can't deny his feelings for her, but he also believes that he is incapable of forming a healthy relationship with any woman. Will Ben accept his love for Amelia? Or will he let her head for the open road?
Sydney thought her dreams had come true when she married Malik, the prince of Jahfar...until the day she overheard Malik making a confession to his brother that shattered her. Heartbroken, Sydney fled from her husband and their once happy home. Now, a year later, Sydney is in California, working in real estate, but her heart still yearns for Malik. Determined to get over him, Sydney files for divorce and sends the papers his way. But much to her surprise, Malik won't sign the papers, instead insisting that she must come to Jahfar and spend forty days with him before he'll finalize the divorce!
When Lucy's father suddenly confesses to her that he's been embezzling company money, she knows she must do what she can to protect him from being arrested and imprisoned. The only man who can help is Gabriel, the new president of her father's company. Gabriel asked her out on a date two years ago, but she turned him down. Now Gabriel will only help her on one condition: she must go to bed with him!
Catherine has been living half a globe away from her husband, Vito, for three years now. For as long as he can remember, their son, Santos, has never seen his mother and father together. Vito was looking forward to the next of Santos's periodic visits, but his new lover, Marietta, isn't happy about having Santos in the picture. To protect Santos from Marietta's cruelty, Vito hatches a plan to live together with his wife and son as a family once more. Though her old wounds haven't healed and the fire of their love has long since gone cold, Catherine finds her heart racing at Vito's touch. Are they living together for Santos's sake alone?
Left orphaned after her father is lost at sea, young Dina is taken under the wing of Bella Rhinehart, a rich widow. She grows up to become a beautiful, refined young woman and gets engaged to Bay Bigelow, a man chosen for her by Bella. Bay is a man of good breeding and an ideal husband for the young, high-class woman, but Dina feels no passion for him. It's then that she meets Raf, an Italian with eyes as captivating as a sorcerer's. He's a few years older than her, he's arrogant and he's not shy about making advances. As Dina feels a passion that she's never felt before, she finds herself torn between the two men...
Charlotte is the personal secretary of the Greek investor Nico, and she has been trying to get in touch with land developer Zander for him. When she finally manages to get ahold of this very busy man, her heart skips a beat at his lovely voice. Before she knows it, Charlotte starts chatting with Zander regularly. These conversations are her only relief from taking care of her severely ill mother day in and day out. She gets the chance to meet him in the flesh when she is assigned to negotiate a deal with him, but when she finally lays eyes on him, she's shocked. He looks exactly like her boss, Nico!
Trish's first love was Adam, a man sixteen years her senior. Figuring there was no way he could love her back, she pulled away from him, but now it's four years later, and she has met him again at his engagement party. Adam is more attractive than ever, and his lovely bride-to-be seems like a good match. Trish wonders what might have happened if she hadn't run away all those years ago... She returns to her hometown on a remote island, hoping to soften the sting of her regret. Her relief doesn't last long, though, as Adam has followed her there! What could he possibly be thinking?
The hotel where Mari works has been purchased by Luca Fiori, the owner of a big hotel chain. He's a tyrant who wants to enforce his own management plan and renovate the hotel to his liking. Mari is not pleased as she is partial to the current atmosphere of the hotel. Yet, despite all the turmoil he brings with him, Mari can't seem to help but feel attracted to the handsome and passionate Luca!
The wedding reception of her ex-boyfriend is not where Callie wants to be. When she escapes to the balcony, she meets the mysterious Nick. Mesmerized by his inviting green eyes, she decides to forget reason for the first time in her life and they spend a passionate night together. But the next morning she is stunned to learn who Nick is-a famous billionaire and the brother of the bride! Callie leaves while he's sleeping, not knowing that fate will reunite them again...
Country girl Henrietta has been abandoned quite suddenly by the man she thought of as her sweetheart. While grieving in the shadows during a London ball, she meets a man who is bewilderingly handsome. That man is Count Deben, and he has a reputation as a playboy. Perhaps he's grown bored of the girls who swarm to him like bees to nectar, but why would he be interested in her? Henrietta is surveying him cautiously when Count Deben directs a challenging gaze her way and declares that he will make her the brightest flower of high society.
Rafael, an arrogant and ruthless businessman, stole a kiss from Isobel at her eighteenth birthday. And he's the fiance Isobel's family has forced on her! All he wants is her status as an aristocrat. In return for the marriage, her family will be saved from bankruptcy. But rather than suffer a loveless marriage, Isobel leaves her home and high society to moves to Paris, where she makes a modest living by teaching tango. But before her twenty-first birthday, Rafael unexpectedly shows up in her class, takes her hands and starts dancing with her!
Alex is a single mother who teaches at a local high school. Competent lawyer Nolan lives right next door. He lost his wife and is raising his son on his own. Alex and Nolan are best friends and their children get along really well. It's a platonic, peaceful way of life. But when Nolan confesses his attraction to Alex, their carefully cultivated friendship suddenly hangs in the balance. Will Nolan's confession undermine their friendship or will it transform it into something even better?
Jillian was in a fix. A clause in her uncle's will stipulates that unless she marries the town's police chief, Theodore Graves, she will forfeit her ranch, which is her home. Jillian has known Theodore since she was little. She likes him. But the idea of marrying him, when they haven't even dated, is too much. Jillian is twenty-one years old, but she's never been in a romantic relationship with a man. In fact, she lives with the terrible memory of nearly being r*ped when she was a teenager by a man her uncle had hired to do odd jobs. Can Jillian overcome her fear of men to become a bride one day?
Melissa Swift, an ER doctor, went on a holiday to Italy for some much-needed relaxation. While she's unwinding on the beach, a boy is severely injured in an accident, but thanks to her skilled care, she's able to save the boy's life. Later at the hospital, she meets the emergency room doctor, Mateo, who also happens to be the boy's father! He is strikingly handsome, and his deep brown eyes begin to make Melissa's heart beat faster. Mateo is overwhelmed by gratitude for Melissa's kindness...but there's something more there, too. His words are as sweet as chocolate and Lissa is melting in the face of his passion. But Lissa has made up her mind never to fall in love with anyone again. Will this rare encounter spark the true love she never hoped to gain?
At the funeral of her husband, who died in an accident, Savannah was cruelly jeered at by her husband's family for being an unfaithful wife. Determined to leave, Savannah is suddenly confronted by Leiandros! He is the head of the family and her late husband's cousin. He joins the fray, throwing contemptuous and humiliating words at her. She's especially shocked by Leiandros's callousness-after all, he hasn't always been so unfeeling where she is concerned...
Fantasy novelist Jillian Jones-Jenkins always stays in the house. She hasn't had a single romantic encounter in the past thirty years, and she's never been in love. Her friend Andrea is worried about her and assigns her brother Forrest as a "trial horse" so Jillian can find out what love is like. Jillian is a dreamer, who always lives in a fantasy, while Forrest is an A-list celebrity and a realist. They live in very different worlds. But that isn't the only problem-Jillian has yet to find out that her romantic meeting with Forrest was all a setup!
Rosalind is forced by circumstances to pretend to be married to her old flame Michael, moving into his great-grandmother's country home along with her little brother. Once, she and Michael, who is now an archaeologist, shared an extraordinary passion, falling in love at first sight. But when Rosalind rejected his proposal, they quickly separated. She had no choice at the time, but can he ever forgive her for rejecting him?
Zach Masterson can't believe his ears. Not only does Sarah not know what a credit card is, she has never even gone shopping before! Sarah Solomon was found camping alone on Zach's ranch. She is a beautiful yet peculiar woman who was born and raised in a community with century-old religious views and lifestyles. After losing her mother, she fled from her abusive stepfather and discovered the outside world for the first time. Despite her worries, Sarah remains hopeful in her search for a place where she truly belongs. Zach, on the other hand, is ashamed of his roots and on the verge of abandoning the place he once called home.
One Friday evening, a large bouquet of beautiful white roses is delivered to Sarah just before the end of the workday. The card says they're from her secret admirer. Rumors spread rapidly through the company about who the sender could be. But Sarah is at a loss. She has absolutely no idea. But suddenly, raising her eyes, she notices her boss, Matt, staring at her. Could they be from him? Because he's the kind of secret admirer she could really get on board with!
Eleanor de Tressail lost her father and grandfather in quick succession, and now she's racking her brain trying to figure out how to pay the inheritance tax on the estate and all the property that was bequeathed to her. She promised her grandfather that she wouldn't lose the home that the family has lived in for generations, but her stepsister, Grania, believes they should sell the house and split the money equally. At that moment Joss, the trustee of their finances, appears and proposes marriage to Eleanor. In exchange for the de Tressail family title, he'll take care of all her financial problems. But she can't marry someone who doesn't love her...even if she loves him!
Adriana is the capable secretary of the crown prince of Kitzinia. Her foremothers sullied the family name by seducing kings and reducing them to ruin, but Adriana has thrown herself into her work in an effort to restore her family's honor. Having come to respect her for these efforts, the crown prince gives Adriana her most difficult assignment yet-keeping an eye on his scandalous younger brother, Prince Patricio. Adriana, however, soon realizes that she is becoming more attracted to Patricio every day. She never wanted to fall in love with a member of the royal family, but she can't help herself. Is her bloodline cursed after all?
Strong-willed Samantha has led a life without love. Even when she follows her friend's advice to make herself more feminine, she still has no idea how to get a man. When she meets her boss, a playboy sheikh named Bandar, he finds her conceited, yet he is completely taken in by her beauty at first sight... Perhaps he could be the one to teach her how to love...
King Zahir, ruler of the desert country of Maraban, is taken aback when he learns that his ex-wife, Sapphire, is visiting the country. Zahir divorced her five years ago, despite the fact they were still madly in love! Even after all this time, the moment the two meet again there's an undeniable attraction between them. But Sapphire hasn't returned alone-she's brought a secret back to Maraban with her!
Tess Monahan grew up surrounded and protected by her five brothers, and her current life has nothing to do with romance. Still, when she almost collapses on stage while being awarded the "Teacher of the Year" award at the school where she teaches, a coworker speculates that she must be pregnant. The rumor about her pregnancy spreads through town like wildfire even though she's still a virgin! Her first love, Will, believes the rumor and offers a gentle, helping hand. But the way he looks at her has changed, and he's stopped treating her like a child.
Noor's wedding to her beloved Sheikh Bari is about to begin when her happiness turns into despair. She accidentally learns that Bari doesn't love her and that he proposed to her so that he could keep his claim to his family assets. Still in her wedding dress, Noor rushes to the airport, where she takes off on a small airplane. But a storm ungulfs the airplane, making it almost impossible to control. She then hears a voice from the back seat, and it belongs to a furious Bari! The plane ends up crashing into the ocean and they find themselves stranded on a deserted island!
Lily, who was betrayed by her fiance right before their wedding, takes her broken heart to Milan. She stays with her loving aunt and works as an Italian chef. She also reunites with her teenage crush, Alessandro, and all the bittersweet feelings for her first love come rushing back... Now he is one of the most successful businessmen in Italy. But despite her feelings for him, it is too painful for Lily to spend time with Alessandro while still reeling from her fiance's betrayal. Unless Alessandro can be the one to help heal her heart...