It's a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? This manga comedy is now a hit streaming anime!Extra-long book includes 2 Japanese volumes!Narumi and Hirotaka are, by all appearances, a power couple. They're young, good-looking professionals. But they have secrets from everyone but each other: They're serious geeks! Narumi is a fujoshi, and Hirotaka's a hardcore gamer. Their sweet, awkward love story started life as a webcomic before becoming a full-blown manga series by popular demand, and is about to become a major anime series!

    NOTHING VENTURED, NO XP GAINED Frustrated at the slow pace of their relationship, Hirotaka asks Narumi on a real date, with one critical stipulation: They can’t show their otaku sides at all! Can the two find something to bond over in the absence of games, manga, and anime? Meanwhile, Hanako and Taro revisit the origins of their own tempestuous relationship back when they were in high school, and even Naoya seems to be spending more time with a new friend!

    They're young, good-looking professionals. But they have secrets from everyone but each other: They're serious geeks! Narumi is a fujoshi, and Hirotaka's a hardcore gamer. Their sweet, awkward love story started life as a webcomic before becoming a full-blown manga series by popular demand, and is about to become a major anime series!work.

    and that line is where Asako -- a woman who sweats copiously -- met Koutarou -- a perfume developer who can't get enough of Asako's, er, scent. Don't miss a romcom manga like no other!Yae's living her dream, working at the toiletry maker Lilia Drop. Little do her coworkers know, the reason she loves the company so much is that she's ashamed of her body odor, and their soap is the only thing that does the trick. So when the company's lead product developer, a perfuming genius, approaches her in the lobby and wonders what "that smell" is, she's terrified... but could it be... that he likes it? And, even more surprising to Yae... does she like him?The hilarious ups and downs of an office romance at a personal care products company are the subject of this sexy, strange romp. Sweat and Soap combines the odd-couple chemistry of Wotakoi, the "too real!" workplace comedy of Aggretsuko, and a heavy dollop of office steaminess!

    He spent the whole time they were in high school together harassing her and now suddenly he shows up and steals her away while she’s working!!! After whisking her away, he tells her that the letter she wrote for a time capsule ended up being sent to him and revealed how in love with him she had been. Without waiting for her to respond, he locks his lips with hers in a passionate kiss, giving her no time to respond and tell him that he wasn’t the Kanda she meant. The strange thing is, although she hated back then, the way he’s treating her now and showing her love is starting to awaken something in her… Vol.3, 50 pages.

    And that's when famous billionaire Darius Sterne, a man followed by dark rumors, approached them and asked her out. Andy has devoted her life to ballet and has never been in a relationship. After her accident left scars on her body, she can't imagine being intimate with anyone. Knowing that Darius lives in a totally different world from her own, she decides to let him take her out just once. But when Darius kisses her, she wishes it could never end...

    Aoifs mother is so worried about the fact that Aoi has never had a boyfriend that she forces her to sign up for a “special” website for marriage seekers which asks its users to fill out their sexual desires!Aoi finds a match almost immediately and heads off to meet him alone... in a hotel room. Who should appear before our nervous young heroine but a handsome young man from her office that also happens to be her boss...!? Before she has time to collect her thoughts, Aoi finds herself being kissed and fondled. “You know what you came here for.” Bwuh? What does that mean!?Apparently, the marriage interview site Aoi signed up for is to test your sexual compatibility with your matches...!? And this is her “first time.” What does the future hold for our leading lady!?

    Aoi’s mother is so worried about the fact that Aoi has never had a boyfriend that she forces her to sign up for a "special" website for marriage seekers which asks its users to fill out their sexual desires!Aoi finds a match almost immediately and heads off to meet him alone... in a hotel room. Who should appear before our nervous young heroine but a handsome young man from her office that also happens to be her boss...!? Before she has time to collect her thoughts, Aoi finds herself being kissed and fondled. "You know what you came here for." Bwuh? What does that mean!?Apparently, the marriage interview site Aoi signed up for is to test your sexual compatibility with your matches...!? And this is her "first time." What does the future hold for our leading lady!?

    One day, she finds a service man making a woman cry; she attacks him with her wooden sword, but gets beaten like nothing. Her parents bring up a potential marriage proposal, and the potential husband happens to be the naval officer that beat her, Yoshimi. On top of that, the two proceed with a loveless marriage, and get married. On their first night, Chiyoka is told that “This is what married couples do” and gets pinned down on the bed. “Your skin… it’s so white” he tells her, as if he’s used to handling women. His caresses continue… Chiyoka’s eyes and heavy breathing makes Yoshimi even more aroused, but this man is actually…!! Vol.6, 62 pages.

    Aoi’s mother is so worried about the fact that Aoi has never had a boyfriend that she forces her to sign up for a "special" website for marriage seekers which asks its users to fill out their sexual desires!Aoi finds a match almost immediately and heads off to meet him alone... in a hotel room. Who should appear before our nervous young heroine but a handsome young man from her office that also happens to be her boss...!? Before she has time to collect her thoughts, Aoi finds herself being kissed and fondled. "You know what you came here for." Bwuh? What does that mean!?Apparently, the marriage interview site Aoi signed up for is to test your sexual compatibility with your matches...!? And this is her "first time." What does the future hold for our leading lady!?

    Aoi's mother is so worried about the fact that Aoi has never had a boyfriend that she forces her to sign up for a "special" website for marriage seekers which asks its users to fill out their sexual desires!Aoi finds a match almost immediately and heads off to meet him alone... in a hotel room. Who should appear before our nervous young heroine but a handsome young man from her office that also happens to be her boss...!? Before she has time to collect her thoughts, Aoi finds herself being kissed and fondled. "You know what you came here for." Bwuh? What does that mean!?Apparently, the marriage interview site Aoi signed up for is to test your sexual compatibility with your matches...!? And this is her "first time." What does the future hold for our leading lady!?

    One day, she finds a service man making a woman cry; she attacks him with her wooden sword, but gets beaten like nothing. Her parents bring up a potential marriage proposal, and the potential husband happens to be the naval officer that beat her, Yoshimi. On top of that, the two proceed with a loveless marriage, and get married. On their first night, Chiyoka is told that “This is what married couples do” and gets pinned down on the bed. “Your skin… it’s so white” he tells her, as if he’s used to handling women. His caresses continue… Chiyoka’s eyes and heavy breathing makes Yoshimi even more aroused, but this man is actually…!! Vol.5, 62 pages.

    One day, she finds a service man making a woman cry; she attacks him with her wooden sword, but gets beaten like nothing. Her parents bring up a potential marriage proposal, and the potential husband happens to be the naval officer that beat her, Yoshimi. On top of that, the two proceed with a loveless marriage, and get married. On their first night, Chiyoka is told that “This is what married couples do” and gets pinned down on the bed. “Your skin… it’s so white” he tells her, as if he’s used to handling women. His caresses continue… Chiyoka’s eyes and heavy breathing makes Yoshimi even more aroused, but this man is actually…!! Vol.4, 62 pages.

    At first she refuses because of his arrogant attitude, yet he is so bewildered by having suddenly learned he has a child that Melissa’s curiosity wins out… But she is taken aback when she sees Elliot trying so hard to be a good father. He has a fiancée, so Melissa tries to tamp down her growing interest in him. Until one night when they make a mistake…

    But at the palace a familiar man approached her—Reyhan. She had no idea what he might be doing there until he announced he was the third prince of the kingdom and that she’d been summoned so they can be divorced. Emma is shocked twice over—she still can’t believe Reyhan’s a prince and, on top of that, she had no idea that marriage of theirs was for real!

    Her only option was to ask a regular at her bakery, a poor, amateur actor, to play the part—he even had the same name as her imaginary fiancé! Julie assumes her plan will run smoothly. How could she know Robert's passionate acting would draw her to him so strongly?

    While there, she came across a marvelously beautiful man—Draco. In no time, he and Shayla were in bed together. Shayla fulfilled her wish of giving up her virginity to someone wonderful. However, she has yet to notice that she is falling in love…and Draco, her lover, is destined to lead her either to heaven or to hell.

    He orders the entire family to vacate immediately. Poppy begs her him for forgiveness—she has no other place to go. The next day, Gaetano makes an odd offer: he will save her family, if she becomes his fake bride…

    is actually an extremely handsome guy with a sadistic streak?! He’s the only man who’s ever snuffed the advances of the truly devilish high school girl Ichika who thinks that all men are easy marks. His name is Mr. Hazama (or as Ichika calls him, the scrufflord). In a bout of pure anger, Ichika proclaims that she is going to make him fall for her, and she gleefully puts her plans in motion to make the target of her irritation love her. But... as she gets closer and sees him without his glasses on she finds out he’s actually handsome?! And then when she asks him why he’s disguising himself, Mr. Hazama shoves her onto the bed... and he starts acting like a completely different person?! Now that she knows his secret, Ichika finds herself falling for him...

    When her employer suffers a heart attack, his godson, Bruno, comes to stay at the estate! He’s a beautiful young businessman, and to tell the truth, Katy has a hard time dealing with him. He’s overflowing with confidence, and when she’s in front of him, she turns red in the face and can’t speak for some reason. But as the days go by, eventually the time comes when she gets accustomed to his presence, and Katy finds out that he’s thinking about getting married to his girlfriend. It seems like he’s doing it to put his godfather at ease, but hearing about it causes a pain in Katy’s chest like nothing she’s felt before…

    Still, she didn’t let herself succumb to his charm or wit. Due to unforeseen circumstances, she was in financial debt and forced to work under this impressive man. To her dismay, he kept asking questions about her personal life until she opened up about her family and her past. Just when she thought the job must have slipped between her fingers and things couldn’t get any worse, he said something that caught her completely by surprise…

    One day, she finds a service man making a woman cry; she attacks him with her wooden sword, but gets beaten like nothing. Her parents bring up a potential marriage proposal, and the potential husband happens to be the naval officer that beat her, Yoshimi. On top of that, the two proceed with a loveless marriage, and get married. On their first night, Chiyoka is told that “This is what married couples do” and gets pinned down on the bed. “Your skin… it’s so white” he tells her, as if he’s used to handling women. His caresses continue… Chiyoka’s eyes and heavy breathing makes Yoshimi even more aroused, but this man is actually…!! Vol.7, 62 pages.

    His beautiful face and hypnotic eyes captured her heart instantly and drew her into a sensual night. She knew it could only ever be a memory for her. Yet, despite everything, Rakhal whisked her away to his own country the next morning. Will Natasha and Rakhal be able to find a love between two worlds?

    He’s talented and mysterious, and his many relationships with supermodels and celebrities, which rarely last even two weeks, have earned him a reputation as a playboy. Alissa, the CEO’s dutiful but plain secretary, never imagined she might have any common ground with him…until the night he hit on her. Then they started dating, and before she knew what hit her, he was proposing to her…but nothing can prepare her for his next request: “If you marry me, I want you to give up on ever having children.” Alissa loves him, but will that love be enough for her to agree to his terms?

    Bria comes running to the hospital after hearing he’s been taken there after being severely injured, and she’s shocked by the words Sam speaks when he awakens from his coma. “Did we do it this time, sweetheart? Are you pregnant?” Can it be…he doesn’t remember? Due to her miscarriage five months ago, the two of them had a huge falling-out and separated, but he doesn’t remember any of it! Bria decides to live with Sam until he’s recovered, but how is Bria’s heart supposed to handle spending sweet days together as if they were newlyweds when they were planning on divorcing?

    Feeling pressured, she leaves for a small island in the Caribbean. There she meets a mysterious man named Niall, who challenges her with his sweet seductions. On this island that was once a pirate hideout, Niall promises Jemima an unforgettable day. But he has yet to learn the real reason why Jemima is so hesitant to fall in love…

    Aoi's mother is so worried about the fact that Aoi has never had a boyfriend that she forces her to sign up for a "special" website for marriage seekers which asks its users to fill out their sexual desires!Aoi finds a match almost immediately and heads off to meet him alone... in a hotel room. Who should appear before our nervous young heroine but a handsome young man from her office that also happens to be her boss...!? Before she has time to collect her thoughts, Aoi finds herself being kissed and fondled. "You know what you came here for." Bwuh? What does that mean!?Apparently, the marriage interview site Aoi signed up for is to test your sexual compatibility with your matches...!? And this is her "first time." What does the future hold for our leading lady!?

    But, after reluctantly accepting her coworker’s invitation to go to a club, she meets Nikolai and throws all caution to the wind. He is a dangerous, beautiful person who reminds her of a wolf. If she were to get involved with him, she would be making a mistake she couldn’t undo. But even so, she can’t look away. When they embrace, she is filled with an intense desire. Nikolai’s kiss feels like this will be a night of destruction, and Hope isn’t sure she even wants to save herself.

    She'd reached her limit taking care of her late sister's baby twins all by herself. So she flew from London to Paris to visit the babies' father at the Archangel gallery. The dignified owner of the gallery coldly asserted that he has never met her sister. It turns out the real father is his younger brother, who is on his honeymoon! Though he suspects Eva of being a gold digger, she ends up staying at his mansion until they can sort things out.

    The night she got her heart broken, she has sex with a good-looking bartender after getting drunk. The next day, he shows up at her work. Telling Kyoko, "It was a first time for me to come so many times" However, there seems to be the other reason that he approaches her. What is his true identity...? Vol.2, 50 pages.

    She was born with a taste for alcohol and good food, so every night she searches for a good place to enjoy her meals alone. Perhaps she will sit next to you tonight?These popular shorts featuring the solo heavy drinker have been successfully turned into an anime and a drama!

    However, he won’t allow for love or children in their marriage. Dervla really wants to have his child, but it can never happen because she is barren. So when she finds out there may be a small chance she could get pregnant, she tells Gianfranco about the treatments. He, however, becomes angry, telling her she must not get pregnant! Is it because he doesn’t love her that he doesn’t want to have a child with her?

    There's only one problem—cofounder and photographer Briana Harper had a college romance with Ian, and they're now stuck in a snowed-in cabin! With the relationship warming up faster than the weather outside, Briana and Ian start to reconnect…but Ian's abandonment of his own music career to pursue the business side of things has always irked Briana. She begins to ask herself if she could get together with Ian again, but how is that possible when he's getting married to the mother of his unborn child?

    I need to get married, in a hurry.... I mean, my mom is really looking forward to the day I get married. I know she is, but... I have trouble dealing with anything new, I'm not exactly beautiful, and I'm just a totally average office worker. I'm in such a rush to get married that I met up with a guy I met on a marriage matchmaking site who ended up not being who he said he was, and he stole my first kiss... (T_T) That was the absolute worst day of my life, but... later that evening I randomly met this hot bartender and spent the night at his place, losing my virginity!? I think... I don't really remember. But hey... isn't this one way to meet a guy? I can't just sit around waiting for the rest of my life, I'm well aware of that! This average girl's gonna dive right into the vast oceans of love for the first time at the age of 31!!

    Her real identity is a secret kept from the media. One day, she learns that Cannon, the elder brother of her sister's fiancé, is opposed to their marriage, so she calls him up. He informs her that the son of a plutocrat and a poor girl are a poor match. In order to convince him otherwise, Margie visits his villa in Florida, but can she resist his charms? And what will happen when he finds out that she writes the “pornography” he looks down on?

    When the man, Giancarlo, invites her to dinner, she turns him down. When he forgets to take his candles with him, she ends up delivering them herself. But when she arrives, a romantic dinner with a sexy man awaits her. Could there be any harm in sitting down at the table?

    In shock, she quits her job and leaves her hometown. Then one day, she runs into Noelle's ex-fiancé. Needing a wife for his job, he surprises Stefanie by asking her to marry him. Despite some hesitation, she accepts his offer. His kindness helps her begin to heal her broken heart, even as she realizes that their makeshift marriage is more than a little confusing.

    He spent the whole time they were in high school together harassing her and now suddenly he shows up and steals her away while she’s working!!! After whisking her away, he tells her that the letter she wrote for a time capsule ended up being sent to him and revealed how in love with him she had been. Without waiting for her to respond, he locks his lips with hers in a passionate kiss, giving her no time to respond and tell him that he wasn’t the Kanda she meant. The strange thing is, although she hated back then, the way he’s treating her now and showing her love is starting to awaken something in her… Vol.2, 50 pages.

    She flies to Ireland to be there for her sister, Laura, when she gives birth, but once Laura’s in the hospital, Georgia finds herself alone with Sean, the brother of Laura’s husband. He’s the CEO of an airline company and intimidatingly handsome…which is why Georgia has always tried to keep a little distance between them in the past. But now she finds herself gazing passionately into his eyes and she makes up her mind to live in the moment. What starts with a sweet kiss ends in a passionate night together. Georgia is determined to keep things strictly physical, but then he asks her to pretend to be his fiancée!

    Absolutely not. Deborah has continued to tell herself this during the four years she's been secretary to Alex, the CEO of a music production company. No matter how passionately he looks at her or how attractive he is, she will not become one of his many women. But when Alex suddenly kisses Deborah, she's not sure what to think anymore. If Deborah plays with a passion this hot, she might get burned, but how can she resist?

    But when Marco hears that Claudia has placed his sister, Bianca, in danger, he walks out on her in the middle of the night. Four years later, his heart burns for vengeance. So when Claudia is forced to marry a man she doesn’t love to save her father, it’s Marco’s chance to strike! Claudia feels her heart stirring with old feelings for Marco…but there’s no room in his heart for anything but cold-blooded revenge!

    However, as Chloe waited for her sister to pick up her baby, her sister and her husband perished in an accident. To Chloe, who is a dedicated researcher and has never given any thought to love or marriage, the child they left behind is her only blood relative. She's determined to raise the child with all her love, no matter how difficult it might be. But then Sayid, the younger brother of the late sheikh, who is now serving as regent, appears at her door. With a cold, stern expression, he informs her that he has come to collect his country's future ruler and is prepared to take the baby by force. Now the only way for Chloe to stay by her child's side is to marry Sayid! She will do anything for her child—even wed Sayid in a loveless marriage. But will her heart be able to withstand the charm hidden under Sayid's serious facade?

    Julia is waiting for a man—Riccardo Fabbrini, a big-shot in the business world. When he appears in front of her, he's overwhelmingly attractive, but he tells Julia off in the most arrogant way possible. He was once married to her sister-in-law, who recently died in an accident along with Julia's brother. Julia has been raising the daughter they left behind. Concerned for the future of her precious niece, Julia decided to tell Riccardo the whole truth, so she fights her urge to run and tells him, “You have a daughter.”

    Since then, she has devoted her life to charity. One day, Liana visits King Alessandro of Maldinia for an arranged marriage proposal. On first meeting the attractive King Alessandro, Liana felt her icy heart warm a little. Yet his cold gaze is puzzling. Why does he look at her with spite after asking to marry him?

    He's the CEO of Golden Spurs whom she happened to meet at a bar. The next morning, she feels embarrassed and leaves. But it's not long before she finds out that she's pregnant with his child. Leo is far from her ideal man, but Abby agrees to marry him for the sake of their unborn baby. Little does she know there's another reason he wants to marry her・・・

    He's a genius known around the world for his work in technology・・・and even though he's an arrogant playboy, the two have chemistry and Fletcher is passionate about her. But it doesn’t last long! Fletcher is pessimistic about marriage while Tammy hopes to settle down one day. She's convinced that Fletcher wants nothing more from her than a short fling, but then she realizes that she's pregnant! She doesn’t know how to tell him the truth, but she may not be able to hide it from him for long.

    Despite going through a tough time as a single mother, Jenna appears to be well-bred, making it harder for Liam to resist her. For her part, Jenna is busy hiding her identity as a princess. She fled to the United States in order to hide her relationship with her deceased boyfriend. When she’s obliged to go back to her own country, Jenna must fight her feelings for Liam, which she finds have grown much stronger than she’d realized…

    When she awakens in a dreamy state of mind, he's already gone. After she discovers she's carrying his child, Reina tries calling him, but he doesn't even remember her name. Some time passes and the two meet once again, but he continues to behave like a shallow playboy, seeming not even to notice her. What nerve!

    When he met Rosie while undercover, he felt a tremulous excitement that he had never experienced before. While Alex tried to get closer to Rosie and take care of her, Rosie fell in love with him. Their relationship seemed to be going well, but then Rosie realized Alex’s true motives. Shocked and devastated, she has to ask herself if her first love is over.

    Right before her wedding, Ashleigh is shocked to receive a token from her childhood—a heart-shaped necklace. A teenage Ashleigh gave Jake her virginity, her love and the necklace, but then he dumped her, saying he never wanted to see her again. Now, years later, Ashleigh is flustered by the way Jake is playing with her feelings. She tries to hold in her pain and heads to the chapel, but the man who stands before her there… Could he be Jake?

    One day, Nina's father decides to show his jewelry collection at the gallery Archangel, where Nina meets Rafe, the owner of the gallery. Seduced by his passionate gaze, Nina realizes her inner wish to be taken away from her cage...!

    But consequences of that past, and the secret that lies buried under the mountains, make her task a difficult one.

    One day, a millionaire named Sam comes for a long-term stay. However, the handsome guest, who's caught Erin's eye, has a secret objective. Erin, knowing nothing of Sam's motives, receives a letter containing an astonishing message—due to a mix-up at the fertility clinic, her baby's father isn't who she thought, and he will soon be fighting for custody! And Erin has no idea that the father is Sam!

    Though Leah had always admired Ajax from afar, it was her beautiful older sister he chose to marry. Leah resigned herself to her fate and sealed her feelings away…until her older sister left her husband-to-be at the altar for her family’s business rival!

    She finds a good way to surprise Mike and changes out of her usual plain clothes into a sexy dress. But he comes to pick her up on a motorcycle and takes her to a pub. It seems that he shocked her more than she shocked him! “I'm not compatible with people like him after all,” thinks Denise. At the same time, her heart won't stop thumping after being embraced by him in his leather jacket… She never anticipated such a life-changing romance!

    However, the carefree and pleasure-seeking Gina isn’t interested in marrying this potential presidential candidate. She doesn’t even want to consider whether or not he actually loves her. Overwhelmed by the consequences of her wild weekend with Jack, Gina decides to become a single mother. But this plan is complicated by her growing inability to control her desire to be intimate with Jack…and then she begins to consider how he might truly feel about her. In reality, she loves Jack as much as she loves the child she’s carrying, but she won’t marry for the wrong reasons!

    The results were disastrous. It made her parents think she was a harlot when they saw her her lying in bed with a boy. And her brother-in-law, Joel, was with them! Since then, she's done her best to avoid him, but now Joel and Lissa have been appointed shared guardianship of their nieces after the sudden death of the girls' parents. Seeing Joel after so long, Grace trembles at the cold, scornful look in his golden eyes.

    I need to get married, in a hurry.... I mean, my mom is really looking forward to the day I get married. I know she is, but... I have trouble dealing with anything new, I'm not exactly beautiful, and I'm just a totally average office worker. I'm in such a rush to get married that I met up with a guy I met on a marriage matchmaking site who ended up not being who he said he was, and he stole my first kiss... (T_T) That was the absolute worst day of my life, but... later that evening I randomly met this hot bartender and spent the night at his place, losing my virginity!? I think... I don't really remember. But hey... isn't this one way to meet a guy? I can't just sit around waiting for the rest of my life, I'm well aware of that! This average girl's gonna dive right into the vast oceans of love for the first time at the age of 31!!

    The price keeps going up, and the final bid is…eighty thousand dollars! The bidder is venture capital giant Tiarnan Quinn, an old friend of Kate's and her first love. Ten years ago, she told him how she felt about him, and his rejection was cold and humiliating. He's just as intense and haughty as ever, but overflowing with the kind of charm that instantly captivates women. He invites Kate to go to an island in the Caribbean with him… What is he doing? Kate knows it's risky to go along with his ploy, but she wants to get some closure for her youthful heartbreak, so she decides to go along with it.

    isn't a girl at all! "I just couldn't help myself," he says in a deep voice, licking my most sensitive area. Shizuka goes to a drinking party, but she can't adjust to the mood. Just then, a stunning woman named Ryou approaches her. They ditch the party to have a drink together and quickly hit it off. Shizuka ends up going to Ryou's place afterward, where Ryou suddenly forces her into a kiss. "She's a lesbian!?" Shizuka thinks so at first, but Ryou's body feels unusually hard below the waist. Could Ryou actually be... a man...!? Shizuka's mind goes blank as Ryou's fingers thrust into her deepest area...!

    The manor she’d grown up in was on the market, and Jack had showed up as a buyer. He was the son of the manor’s former cook, and now he was a rich businessman. Ten years ago Esme had offered herself to him to comfort him when he was rejected by her older sister. The next day, Esme left home. Now they’re meeting again after many years, and Esme has a secret she doesn’t want him to know!

    Not long after the funeral, their stepmother’s younger brother, Etienne, who runs a shipping company, comes to their home. Mel holds a grudge against her stepmother for transforming their home into a luxury estate and running their family into debt, and that grudge extends to her stepmother’s relatives. However, Etienne imposes a startling ultimatum on Mel: she can do nothing and lose everything, including her brothers to foster care…or she can marry him!

    But the next day Raoul called the police on her! He thought she’d stolen money from his bank account. He used to be kind, but when he sues her, his hatred is plain to see. Unable to handle his contempt, Sirena faints the moment the trial is over. When he holds her in his arms, she silently pleads from within her hazy consciousness, fearing he’ll find out that she’s pregnant!

    She was his devoted worker and passionate lover, but as soon as he’d had his fun, he left her high and dry. Now he has Erin’s back against the wall. He claims he has proof that she stole twenty thousand pounds from the hotel he’d trusted her to manage, and Erin can’t prove her innocence. He says he’s willing to keep quiet on one condition… He wants to spend one last weekend with her!

    She now lives alone on a deserted island owned by her friend. One day, a terrible storm sets in, and she finds an injured man washed up on the beach. As she and Ben wait out the storm, they end up warming their hearts and bodies. A single night of romance to heal long years of isolation. That's how Mary tried to think of it when Ben left the island. But many weeks later, she finds out that she's carrying his child!

    is actually an extremely handsome guy with a sadistic streak?! He’s the only man who’s ever snuffed the advances of the truly devilish high school girl Ichika who thinks that all men are easy marks. His name is Mr. Hazama (or as Ichika calls him, the scrufflord). In a bout of pure anger, Ichika proclaims that she is going to make him fall for her, and she gleefully puts her plans in motion to make the target of her irritation love her. But... as she gets closer and sees him without his glasses on she finds out he’s actually handsome?! And then when she asks him why he’s disguising himself, Mr. Hazama shoves her onto the bed... and he starts acting like a completely different person?! Now that she knows his secret, Ichika finds herself falling for him...

    It's been seven months since they fell in love and she believes that he's about to propose to her, but after a passionate kiss and a night in bed, she's shocked by what he tells her. He's not proposing…he wants to break up! “It's all in your test results—I cannot marry a woman who cannot give me an heir.” He then leaves and Gillian realizes that he must never have loved her. So what is she to do when she learns she's carrying a small life inside her?