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Cressie may be the daughter of a count, but society regards her as plain and strange. Still, she's highly intelligent, sneaking into scientific society disguised as a man. Now, years after her debut in London society, she is yet unwed. Cressie then encounters Giovanni di Matteo, a world-famous artist hired for a portrait of her stepbrothers. Cressie and the comely Signor di Matteo discuss seriously art versus maths, and a connection grows. Can he see beyond her exterior... to the beauty within? The Beauty Within Story (Original novel) by Marguerite Kaye Art by Nei Nowaki Published by TAPAS MEDIA 2020

This story is about a young girl, Yuri, who was born into a prestigious flower arranging family, the Misono family. In order to pay of the debt her mother left, Yuri is made to marry Tsubaki, her first crush. Yuri, having admired Tsubaki from a far for ten years, is actually bewildered by the decision, To complicate matters, the dignified and beautiful Tsubaki is cold and won't even make eye contact with Yuri. On their wedding night, though, he kisses her sweetly as if deeply in love and ravishes her until she loses consciousness...

Naruse Fumika has bad luck with men. "I won't get married, so at least I want to be soothed by a man!" When she murmured, her handsome secretary Nakahara suggested, "If you can pay me, I will soothe you"!? He's 8 years younger than her, but he's impertinent... If she give it a go, she'll be deeply addicted to his body and mind with his sensual technique and sweet doting... Age gap & contract love!

【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Eleanor is crushed when she learns that her boss, Curry, whom she has always longed for, has no interest in her as a woman. Especially when she has been working so hard for him. So when her good friend Jim offers her a new job, Eleanor decides to give up on love and leave her boss. The moment she turns in her resignation, Curry unleashes an onslaught of cruel, insulting words. Yet when Eleanor fights back, she’s shocked that Curry responds with an intense, deep kiss!

Charlotte, who is a journalist, meets Iannis with sculpturelike beautiful coal-black hair on the Greek island of Iskos! with a desire to write about him, Charlotte approaches him and finds herself smitten; he has an arrogant side, but also gentlemanlike elegance. The two indulge in a passionate love affair, but one incident generates a doubt…!

Nanase-san, a high school student, is studying at a famous private school. Unlike all the wealthy students she knows, her family situation is far from easy, as she lives alone in a dilapidated home with her little twin sisters, fights and small jobs supporting the house. The opposite of the high school star, a well-known actor who leads an easy and uncomplicated life ... But appearances deceive? Are you hiding anything behind that facade? And what consequences will an impromptu meeting have in a delicate situation for each of them?

I know we are meeting for the first time, but there’s something nostalgic about him… When her father dies suddenly, nineteen-year-old Marianne and her family are left in dire straits. Distraught over the idea that she must now marry a haughty aristocrat to help her family, Marianne visits her great-aunt. On the way there, Marianne meets a mysterious gentleman. As soon as he looks at her, she is overwhelmed by a feeling of nostalgia, which confuses her. Marianne leaves without asking his name. What she doesn’t know is that he’s actually Drew, the Marquis of Marlbeck, and that she will meet him again in an unexpected place…

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The story of a guy who loves black hair, and the afternoon he spend with the black-haired girl which he had previously set his sights on and has been harboring a crush for.The protagonist is utterly head over heels about how cute she is. But is her hair the object of his affection, or is there more to it...?

Kim, a widow raising a young daughter by herself, was interviewing for a secretarial position. All the women there were beautiful—had she gone to a modeling agency by mistake? It seemed the applicants were all hoping to become the CEO’s wife, which made Kim feel out of place. And CEO Lucas’s high-pressure attitude made her recoil. She never thought she’d get the job, but for some reason he hired her. As she worked for him, Kim began to see Lucas’s surprising kindness. And for his part, Lucas was becoming thoroughly attracted to family-oriented Kim…

She gave birth to their baby named Xiaobai after being framed. When they meet again in five years, the cold-hearted CEO keeps her with him to refute the rumor. After all, he doesn't seem to be all that terrible... The story starts when Xiaobai gets into a fight with a boy from a privileged family. This time, Xiaobai's father shows up on time for his rescue...

Can this engagement to a billionaire be the height of her happiness? The model Sylvie is about to marry the billionaire Leonidas! However, their engagement is broken off because of a fake gossip article! On top of that, after they split up, Sylvie discovers that she’s pregnant with his child and decides to raise him alone. What’ll happen next?

[As if it were a sentence, I married and tamed the monster prince in the palace.] Irenea married the First Prince, who bore the notorious reputation of being a monster prince due to a curse. As the illegitimate daughter of a prestigious noble family, her marriage was practically a death sentence. She believed that, like the previous candidates for crown princess, she was doomed to die on her wedding night—but with an unexpected ability, she managed to calm the monster prince and ended up staying by his side...

Ao Ichinose 26 y.o, is injured when her boyfriend who has been dating for 3 years is robbed by a junior at work. One day she spends the night with a younger boy she happens to meet at a bar. She would have thought she would never meet again, but she happened to meet again on a rainy day. What's more, he was begged for "I won't come back" and "Can't pick me up ...?" ... !? I'll be fond of him under one roof !? Swung around and love!

20 years have passed since the zombie virus outbreak. Yoo Yeon, the leader of Team A from the armed security group ‘A/Z,’ and her teammate Ryung are investigating a suspicious noise at a landfill when they’re suddenly ambushed. “Sunbae… what do we do?” “I got bitten.” While shielding Yoo Yeon, Ryung is bitten by a strangely mutated zombie. Sensing changes in his body, he chooses to end his life before fully turning—but... “Huh…?” For some reason, he doesn’t die—and more surprisingly, he retains his consciousness. “Weirdly enough… I only feel this thirst when I see you, sunbae.” “It can't be hunger.” “Unless… it's something more primal.” This might be even more dangerous...

Instead of trying to express his feelings to the girl he likes, Revan gets bad luck because his love letter was found by her friend. Because he didn’t want the letter to leak, he had to be Yesika’s servant for one semester!

Zoe, the daughter of millionaire Oscar Balfour, has always lived a life of luxury. But when she discovers that Oscar is not her biological father, her world collapses. Zoe, who has built her entire identity around being a Balfour, tries to forget by going out to parties night after night. One day at a gallery opening, she meets Max, a dark and gloomy man who stands out among the joyful crowd. They spend a dreamlike night together, but then he coldly dismisses her. In this story of love and resurrection, can these two mend their broken hearts?

"I am not in love with you." -- Those were the words Abigail's groom uttered to her on the first night of their marriage, causing her to break out in a panic. Sure this may be a marriage of convenience...but what is she to do for meals now?! Abigail has been mistreated all her life by her family despite being of nobility (or the fact that she was a Dark Lord in her previous life). A refreshing take on the romance genre that follows a noble lady and her quest to discover happiness through scrumptious food and...being hand-fed by her new husband?!

Aromatherapist Sienna is having the worst year of her life. She lost her job, was betrayed by her lover and her mother is suffering from illness. To top it all off, she receives an eviction notice from her apartment complex. But all of her problems could be solved if she obtains the inheritance left to her by her late father. There is but one condition: she must be happily married. Sienna asks a recent acquaintance, Keir, who needs money to save his company, to be her “hired husband.” Surprisingly, he agrees, but has one condition?that for the duration of their contract, their marriage is the real thing!

I should be dead, but instead I seem to be lost in a world similar to a maiden game. The prince proposed to me, but the person I like is…!

I wanted to give up on love, but now he’s back in town… When Ashley was fourteen, she had her first love. Max was the grandson of the president at the company where her mother worked. He was kind to Ashley, and one day he promised to take her to lunch…but then never showed up. A few days later, Ashley learned that he had left town. Now, ten years later, she is surprised to see him again and finds that she’s still in love with him! But Max is in town only temporarily, and Ashley’s heart will break when he leaves once more…

I can't believe I have to marry a man who detests me… Not even in her wildest dreams did Lee expect to see David, her ex-fiance from six years ago, at the same company job interview. Their engagement fell through over some serious family issues, which caused the two to be out of touch this entire time. However, time never made Lee’s love fade away. Lee is betting everything for this job interview, and needs to get hired no matter what… even if it means to lie about being married! Since there is a rumor about the company favoring married workers, both David and Lee slip out a lie that they are both married. This lie ends up haunting Lee, as she cannot take on the guilt of lying to get a job, which is why David

Louise sneaks into a charity dance party hosted by a non-profit organization run by a royal family in a bid to find out embezzlement within the organization. But the prince, whom she doubts is the center of the crime, comes to like her, and she’s asked to pretend to be engaged to him?!

On the 15th of October 1990, World War III breaks out. It only lasts for 40 minutes, but industrial establishments were nearly wiped out by the 1000 megatons of nuclear weapons used in the war. The Earth was then cloaked by in a nuclear winter which lasted for 6 months, and all the grain plants died. Each government fell into anarchy and transport and communication networks could not be restored easily. Soon, declarations of state establishment from the citizens in various areas came one after another, and America was split into 6 parts, adding other unapproved small states, it was divided into more than 20 countries. The story is set in 2021, 31 years after World War III. Filicia Epstein, a bionics genius, came to Sabano and Sergent Mutou was ordered to protect her. Searching for her only brother, Lyon, Filicia encountered with 1019, a cybernoid, who directed them to the phantom city, OZ, which is a shelter created by Lyon. As the story unfolds, they gradually realised what 'OZ' actually was... Very loosely based on some parts of The Wizard of Oz. Two OAVs were made. Note: Won the 24th Seiun Award for Best Comic (1993).

Childhood friends reunite after 10 years and set off on a journey to defeat the demon lord---- Yuria, Allen, and Sieg are childhood friends who grew up together in a remote village. The world is plunged into chaos, and the people wait eagerly for heroes to appear and save them. When Yuria became 9, she was called to the temple to become a sage that will assist the hero. For 10 years she has lived there secluded from the outside world to focus on her training. Now the time has come! The hero is one of her childhood friends she grew up with, Allen. They form a party together with the eldest, Sieg... and after many years, miraculously the three childhood friends are reunited... Their time... and feelings begin to move forward once more----

Irae wakes up in the hospital, married but with no memory of the wedding or her husband. To everyone else, he’s the perfect man, but to her, he’s a tentacled cosmic horror! Bewildered by the gap between memory and reality, she wonders... Is this really just an aftereffect of her accident?

The day the news of my broken engagement spread through the company. That very day, Yoo-hyun, my ex-boyfriend, appeared in front of me and said something shocking. We had loved each other more passionately and recklessly than anyone else, but that was already ten years ago. —“I’m going to use you, noona, to heal my body. And you use me to forget that man.” With Yoo-hyun’s constant provocations, I began to lose control...

When a down-on-her-luck student runs out of money – and hope – it’s time for the devil to make his entrance and give her an offer she can’t refuse. But this devil has problems of his own. He’s a cog in Satan’s corporate ladder, who’s quickly losing credibility because that same desperate girl isn’t ready to part with her soul willingly. Now, she’s working at his coffee shop while he tries to convince her that she can have it all. And the cost? Merely her mortal soul...

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"Your body's fine the way it is. I love it," he tells me. He loves this embarrassingly chubby body of mine?! He's coming at me with his tongue so impatiently... I had gotten my heart broken in the past because of my chubbiness. I tried to overcome my trauma by looking for marriage, but I ended up getting rejected again for the same reason... I tried to stay positive, but my childhood friend, who happens to be the most popular guy at work, saw right through me. And on top of that, he asked why I couldn't settle for him... What?! He's a lot more muscular now than he was when we were little... Not only do his passionate words make me dizzy, but the way he touches me... No way, I'm gonna cum again?!

The part-time job that manga loving yukiko found was working as an assistant to manga artist renji kaneko . However, when she shows up at his workplace, she discovers that renji kaneko is actually her ex-boyfriend from high school who broke up with her out of the blue, Tsukasa. When Yukiko learns of how he was told he needed to draw sexier looking female bodies, she offers to be his model however, she is dumbstruck when he tells her he wants to see her boobs! And upon seeing them, some sort of sadistic switch seems to be turned on inside of him and instead of just staring he pounces, and for some reason, she likes it!

Zerak, a bold and beautiful witch born from a gemstone, dreams of joining an official witch gathering. But her fiery fashion sense and unapologetic attitude don’t sit well with the more conservative witches, who quickly shut her out. Determined to find a place where she truly belongs, Zerak sets off on a journey to seek a gathering that will accept her. Along the way, she finds herself entangled with three very different men—each more complicated than the last. Will Zerak be able to claim her place among the witches, or will these unexpected encounters change her path forever?

"I like big ones!!" Jiho thinks a man's 'size' is the most important! The next day, after having a drinking party with her friends. Dabin joins the company as a new employee. Jiho once dated Dabin, who was close to her ideal type, but Dabin ran away, leaving her for some reason... "A man this big, who I won't be able to forget even after a few years... I'll definitely catch him!"

One day, you suddenly become sex partners with your childhood friend of 13 years?! Taehwon's pants were pulled down by mistake at a university get-together. The whole university is in chaos after the huge and magnificent appearance (?) of Taehwon's 'third leg'. He seeks the help of his childhood friend, Jaekyung, to get over his social anxiety through a 'special' relationship. During their relationship, Jaekyung realizes that her childhood friend may not truly be who she thinks he is.

Rumor has it he hates everyone, but his eyes are very kind… Gwendolyn, the head of a poor orphanage, visits the earl of Cwm Rhyss to ask for donations for the children’s Christmas gifts. The earl is famous for his disdain for others after being horribly burned in a fire five years ago. Gwendolyn, not afraid to stand up to the unpleasant man, ends up waylaid by a terrible snowstorm. A reluctant Gwendolyn has no choice but to spend the night with the bitter earl!

Sebastian Savas purchases a houseboat to get some time away from his chaotic family. He arrives to find it already occupied by Neely Robson, a work colleague whose architectural design sensibilities he constantly clashes with. Sebastian is known at work as the “ice man,” unfeeling and distant, but Neely quickly notices there's another, kinder side to the handsome man. Although an attraction soon blooms, Neely is dead set against any relationship that won't lead to marriage, while Seb is dead set against falling in love. Misunderstandings and familial estrangements complicate their living and working arrangements; will mending the past lead to love?

Tilda was shocked by her mother's words. Without her knowledge, her mother accumulated massive debts and was about to be evicted! But the man who holds the debts is the crown prince of Bakhar, Rashad, a former lover, and a man she'd hoped never to see again. He is a cruel man who sent Tilda away when she refused to be intimate with him. She's so shocked her blood runs cold when she hears his offer at their face-to-face meeting: "I will dissolve the debt if you become my lover once more."

“You are just like my hopeless alcoholic mother,” Sarah was told by her first love, Raoul, who took her viriginity, before he broke up with her. Five years have passed and Sarah, working as a temp janitor, freezes in front of the elevator. There is Raoul in a suit with a beautiful woman at his side. She wishes not to reveal herself to Raoul, now the head of a bank. He doesn't know her secret, that she had his child, Oliver, and she tries to disappear from the scene.

The young woman accepted her fate from her illness, and concealed her loving heart... Vasso, a Greek tycoon and founder of a charity fund, paid for Zoe's treatment. Zoe was a young woman who suffered a serious illness, so Vasso was her lifesaver. Zoe had lost her parents in a fire and had nowhere to go after being released from the hospital, and Vasso asked if she wanted to work in Greece. He was both a talented businessman and a caring and handsome man, and Zoe couldn’t help but notice the excitement in her heart. But she didn’t know when her illness would return, and thought that she had no right to love Vasso, who had lost his father from the same disease. She makes up her mind to leave...

I Want To Be Your First, , at manhwawebsite"Has the blind princess not opened her eyes yet?"The gazes cast upon Ariel, who is blind, have always remained the same.Either with ridicule and contempt, or a sympathetic gazeThe man acknowledged as the best groom in the empire, proposed to such an Ariel.It could have been due to his family, it could have been sympathy. Ariel, who had nowhere to go, accepted his proposal.She was prepared to accept the contempt of others by standing beside him."Wife, can you see my face?"The man did not ignore her.He didn't even take in a mistress, nor did he hit her.Ariel was relieved by his dignified speech, his elegant attitude, and his considerate touch."I am alright."She was.She thought that it would be okay But this marriage turned out better than she expected."II guess I must have fallen for the Count."Without knowledge of the Count's true colours, Ariel fell for himMaybe you like !

"This feels good..." That act should have brought me nothing but pain, and yet... I felt pleasure. Three days before her wedding, Saya winds up coming face-to-face with the sight of her fiance cheating on her. "You're such a clean freak, and you're frigid, so..." - these harsh words are thrown at her, and her engagement is called off as well. Still nursing her wounds, Saya turns to a solo trip to Okinawa in hopes of being reborn as a new her. And there, while taking a diving lesson, she meets the man of her destiny... "Even if it's only for the rest of this trip, that's fine. I want you to be my girlfriend." It's the heartrending romance of a frigid office worker and a wealthy heir who has never been in love.

She always wanted to be a campus couple with someone, he just thought she was a weirdo with an impulsive streak. So what happens when what starts as a whim becomes something neither of them expected? Maybe love really does come when you least expect it...

Is the playboy’s kindness the real deal? Or is it all just an act? When a multimillionaire is injured in a car accident, Sam ends up taking care of him. Xander is an international entrepreneur, one of the Sterne brothers and an infamous playboy with shining blond hair. Sam is a single mother who’s survived a tremendous ordeal. She promises herself that she’ll never do something so stupid as falling in love with a multimillionaire playboy. But will Sam be able to keep her cool when faced with his gorgeous body? Her resolve crumbles when his kindness and overwhelming charm shine through…

Anna Shepherd’s life as a school teacher is up-ended in a single day when she’s fired after a drunk, steamy night with her school’s sponsor, Max Harpman. However, her unemployment ends as abruptly as it started when she’s invited to work as a child’s private tutor. Which is great, except for the fact that her student’s guardian is her handsome one-night stand, Max. Things are further complicated when Max requests her to give him private lessons on high society etiquette. As a series of sensual encounters ensues, Max learns as much as he can about Anna… including her mysterious past.

Meet Pamela, a tarot card reader who helps supernatural beings living in the human world. She'll help anyone, whether they're a love-stricken cat, a vampire spending eternal life running from his one true love, an unattractive waitress looking for the man of her dreams, or even a magician who creates a humanoid doll to serve the woman he loves. Although Pamela is good-natured, there is a deep dark secret that she must deal with before she can move on to the next life.

Our first meeting in 10 years...... and we're hugging each other while naked!? I'm now living under the same roof with my childhood friend who went overseas and came back a very good-looking guy. On my way home from work, I got caught in the rain, so I hurried back to take a bath. That's where Yoshiki, who had been away for 10 years, was taking a shower! Despite the situation, he just said? It's been so long!" and started to hug me! Yoshiki used to be a shy cry baby who I protected as a younger brother, but now he's a totally different person. He's very friendly, quick to hug, and kisses me while saying? Let's get married."... Is this what happens to everyone who goes overseas!?

It was when I was 10 years old in my second life. I found the young duke that the female protagonist should have saved. In these villains and extras’ novels, it is the standard to help, whether it is the female lead, male lead, or villain. I know the original, too, since it’s like this, should I try to seduce the duke to avoid the death flag? But in the original story, the female lead said something to him. ‘I like the Duke as he is.’ Hearing this, this guy came to me in the middle of the night while covered in blood. ‘You said you like me the way I am. I love you too, you will never… You won’t leave me, right?’ Phew, you’re hopeless. Just die. Rather than saving the young duke, I decided to break the plot and run away. But… “You’re a kid with no blood or tears”. “Argh! I’m sorry!” * “Where else are you going to disappear and hide?” “……….” “I tell you, no matter where you hide on this damned empire, there’s nowhere I can’t find you.” The Duke said, but it was not scary at all when he threatened me with such an insecure and desperate face.

In an alternative timeline of feudal Japan, a strange disease that only affects men has caused a massive reduction of male population, thus women have to pick up men's jobs, changing the social structure. Now, after 80 years of the initial outbreak and current man:woman ratio of 1:4, Japan has become completely matriarchal, with women holding important political positions and men being their consort. Only the most powerful woman -- head of Tokugawa shogunate -- can keep a harem of handsome yet unproductive men, known as "Ooku."Recipient of special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender awards (2005), Excellence Award for manga at Japan Media Arts Festival (2006), Grand Prize in Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize (2009), Tiptree Award (2010)Nominated for the first annual Manga Taish? (2008).--------------From the creator of smart, sensual and wry stories like Antique Bakery and Flower of Life, comes a historical manga set in the era of samurai with a twist: What if most of the men were wiped out by a plague, and what if the shogun was a woman? The result is Ooku: The Inner Chambers, a historical fantasy series about a once-male dominated society turned inside-out, and a female Tokugawa-era shogun who keeps a harem of handsome male consorts for her pleasure.