JOSEI

A collection of four short stories.Chapter 1 is the 100-page title story. It's a supernatural fantasy tale about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven.Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead.Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest.Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway.

Zara was engaged to a Greek billionaire, but when she received an offer to design a garden, she left London to forget about her arranged marriage. The offer was from Vitale, an Italian banker. She was nervous about receiving an offer from such a famous man, but she was enticed by his sexiness. Zara tries to remain rational around him and resist his charms, but when Vitale seduces her, Zara risks losing her resolve. If only she knew that his seduction was just a cruel trap…

Jenny must get married before she turns twenty-seven in order to release the curse on her family. She rushes to Vegas and finds a random guy to have a shotgun wedding with—but some mysterious handsome guy claps handcuffs on him during the ceremony! She begs the bounty hunter, Nick, not to take her last hope away. Baffled that she’d marry a con artist willingly, Nick suddenly finds himself bound up in the curse—bound by marriage!

No decent woman would put out an ad for a boyfriend! I can't let some harlot near my little brother! In place of his brother, Greg decides to meet a woman who placed a singles ad, with the intention of turning this "Coffee Girl" down. But the Coffee Girl he meets is exceedingly beautiful. Why would she have put out a singles ad? And Lana, a coffee shop owner, is suddenly kissed by a man who's supposed to be applying as her potential roommate. The first of three romances revolving around magazines!

"Please pretend we're married, just for two weeks!" Bianca was sure Adam would agree to do it. He was in love with her, after all...or so she'd thought. His answer? No! Bianca's chest tightened when she saw the boy she'd grown up with go against her wishes for the first time. Is there any way she can change Adam's mind?

Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?<br /><br />This manga won the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.<br /><br />Indonesian :<br />Si pandai, sukses, dan cantik Iwaya Sumire bekerja untuk sebuah perusahaan media yang besar. Tetapi, bosnya meminta dia untuk pensiun karena dia telah menjadi seorang wanita yang “terlalu” sempurna. Merasa marah dan ditolak Iwaya pulang ke rumah dengan perasaan depresi dan kesepian. Tetapi ketika dia menemukan seorang laki-laki muda yang tak sadarkan diri berada di dalam sebuah kotak yang ada di depan rumahnya, dia membawanya pulang, karena dia seperti anjing yang pernah dimilikinya dahulu yang bernama “Momo”. Iwaya memanggilnya Momo dan memutuskan untuk merawatnya sebagai seekor peliharaan. Hal ini membuat hidup Iwaya menjadi tak terduga dan merasa saling memiliki satu sama lain. Tetapi dapatkah cinta seperti ini bertahan?

The man who deserted her has returned as a proud prince… Bailey is a waitress, working her way through college. She has dreams of marrying her lover, Raphael, until he suddenly breaks up with her. Telling herself that such a perfect man could never love her anyway, Bailey resolves to live independently…until she discovers that she’s pregnant. Facing an uncertain future, Bailey is shocked by a tabloid cover that catches her eye: Raphael is actually the prince of a small Italian nation! Then Raphael appears before her again. What will happen when she tells him she’s pregnant?

Serious Troy or passionate Trent. Which one did I fall in love with? Chloe has been hired by Troy for a display-window design project at a big department store. She’s excited about the work, and surprised when she catches Troy dancing in the rain with no shirt on. He’s always so serious! She falls in love with him when she sees this other side of him. But he is always strictly professional in the office. She meets the passionate side of Troy again in Florida and is seduced by him…but now he’s calling himself Trent! And after they return home, Troy acts as if he doesn’t remember the hot night they shared in Florida! What kind of game is he playing?

A rainy night. A mysterious island. A boy with a dangerous story to tell – if only he could remember who or where he was. So begins a chilling journey into the unknown – when uncovering a twisted world of secrets is the only way to survive.

All Yuer wanted was to find herself a groom, but she accidentally led four fiancés to their premature deaths… Fine, if no one wanted her, she could settle with being single forever. Still, dear Imperial Uncle, we have to talk about this. Next time you want to visit me in my room, could you please use the door? I can leave it open for you! “No, this is our secret rendezvous. It feels more romantic if I come in through the window…”

"The head of the Chiyogami family conglomerate, Sou Chiyogami. And the woman who was their slave, Rindo Amadera. In a twisted and cruel world, these two each became monsters (sadists). Years later they meet again, yet this time their roles are reversed. Sadist versus sadist...a distorted lover game is about to begin..."

Sex is the only thing I'm confident in. Kissing her so deeply she could melt, he relentlessly teases her nipples, making them hard... and when he rubs against her, shuddering pleasure runs through her like bolts of electricity...!! Fumi helps her next-door neighbor Ryo when she finds him passed out from hunger in front of his door, and from that day on, they become fast friends. Fumi can't help but get swept up in Ryo's puppy-like energy and feeds him whenever he's hungry... until one fateful evening when he accidentally catches her masturbating! And on top of that, the guy on Fumi's DVD is none other than Ryo himself...! "How about a night of pleasure to make up for all you've done for me?" Ryo says, as he shows her a hungry expression she's never seen before. Now fully in porn mode, Ryo gently tickles her entire body, touching her deep inside with his long fingers...

All aboard! This book is your ticket to seven romances - from confessions in Iriuda to proposals in Enoshima and all points in between. Beloved josei and boys love mangaka Asumiko Nakamura returns to the English market with a unique collection of romance shorts each set around the Kanagawa railway system, the Odakyu. Combining moments of yuri, shojo, josei and teen love, Maiden Railways is a ride to romance rarely seen in manga these days.

Scarlett Gibson only came back to Italy to help save her uncle’s restaurant, Rosa. She never expected to run into her former flame Lorenzo Nesta again. Much to her dismay, Lorenzo is now Rosa’s head chef. They must work together to save Rose from shutting its doors forever, but Scarlett is determined to stay cold and distant toward Lorenzo. The hurt and betrayal she suffered five years ago still remains fresh. Will Scarlett be able to find it in her heart to forgive Lorenzo and save the restaurant?

[OFFICIAL SUMMARY FROM MANGAPLAZA] A newlyweds-in-love story featuring a tough-looking husband and a stubborn wife dealing with their own misunderstandings! "Is it okay for me to love you?" Jossette has been in love with Theophile, a man from a noble family, since she was young. However, she couldn't bring herself to be honest with him, and every time they met, she said she hated him! But one day, the king ordered them to get married! Jossette was overjoyed, but she grew depressed with the thought that there was no way he would love her back. She wanted to at least fulfill her wifely duties, and they had their wedding night. "Does this feel good?" Theophile gave her gentle and sweet pleasure. This is a story about a newlywed couple in love despite themselves!

Who is this barely recognizable man standing before her? Max, a lawyer, approached and seduced Maddy purely because she was the daughter of a major player in the legal world. After they got married, Max was constantly unfaithful, piling up scandal after scandal with other women, and now he’s disappeared. Deeply wounded by her husband’s horrible treatment of her, Maddy begins a new job and tries to move forward with her life. Just as her new life is taking shape, Max appears before her again—now calm and gentle, as though he were a different person entirely…

Tell me you ain't here for the title... Warning: Sexual assault.

Ambitious Saori Fujiya may be pushing 30 by now, but romance is absolutely the least of her problems – she’s committed to her job, and she’s really good at it! So it’s nothing but an unwelcome distraction when every time she makes her rounds at Touma General Hospital, a certain Doctor Maki keeps attempting to reel her in with his flirty charms...

Samantha has dedicated both her personal and professional life to her job as secretary to Blake, the owner of a luxury resort hotel, for the past two years. She worked hard because her respect for him had turned into love and she began dreaming of a future with him. But he lived only for work and wouldn’t love another. Deciding to end her days of chasing after an empty romance, she worked up her courage and turned in her resignation. But he refused to accept her resignation so easily and offered her something else instead…

An anthology series from “Moonlight novels” that collects the adorable stories of young women and charming men! Includes one-shots with plenty of lovely and sweet R-rated scenes. We will give you a lovely romance with high sugar content!

Can people truly be alone?

Beth, the daughter of a baron, despises noblemen and is determined to remain unmarried. Her orphan cousin Phemie dreams of security and marrying a wealthy man. At a Christmas party, the girls are reunited with the Keith brothers they played with as children. The older brother Jack recently became an earl after a sudden death in the family. Tired of the women drawn only to his title, he secretly switches places with his younger brother Colin. Amid all their secrets, can these longtime friends find the right match?

After searching and failing to find a husband for 3 years, Shoko Hama is ready to give up. Tired from work and marriage-less future prospects, she quits her job and travels on a solo trip to Korea. On the plane ride there, Shoko meets the young and attractive Jobanni Park, but accidentally tells him… she’s married? Now caught in her own web of lies, Shoko is about to have the wildest time of her life!

After suddenly dying at the age of 17, Emily opens her eyes again as Jane, a poor fallen noble. To survive, she needs to find a job. As a noblewoman, being a tutor seems like a simple enough job. However, the student she has to teach is the only successor of Duke Kleinfelt - Samuel Kleinfelt. The ill tempered child in front of her is the man who cut off her neck in her past life and was the worst enemy who ruined Lindell, the Dukes family. ‘Alright, I'll raise this brat well and prevent future tragedies.’ ‘Call me Teacher Jane. Teacher Jane.’ ‘What an eyesore. Die, old maid.’ His words are like those of a beast and his attitude is savage. Can I really tame this scoundrel?

Qiao's Group is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Qiao Yu, the youngest daughter of Qiao's family, is ordered to become a social animal in danger! He did not hesitate to use himself and Lu Nancheng, the president of scheming, to make a deal, but he did not expect the two to pretend to be true and form a preference for each other. Crisis!! The love that is actively in business is cracked due to the grudges between the fathers, and Qiao Yu is gradually disheartened by Lu Nancheng due to the malicious and serious injuries of his rivals. I don't know if the president will stage a wife-chasing crematorium!

When her marriage to Alejandro, Spanish heir to the vast Vasquez family estate, fell apart due to a misunderstanding, a pregnant Jemima escaped to the English countryside. Two years later, she’s raising her child, Alfie, when Alejandro suddenly steps into their lives. He claims he can ignore her past indiscretions with his brother, but is Jemima ready to face the wrath of Doña Hortencia, his cold-hearted mother, in order to give her son the family he deserves?

Inside this too-cute rabbit is a painfully stubborn man?! Tatsuto Uzaki (age 46), harshly strict with both himself and others, lives with his daughter Honoka as a family of two. Uzaki holds only contempt for the helpless and weak-willed animals known as housepets, while Honoka has always wanted a pet of her own, and one day this conflict of opinion explodes into a huge fight. Hoping to make up, Uzaki visits a pet shop, but the moment he picks up a rabbit to bring home, he gets struck by lightning...!! (Source: Shodensha)

Sixteen-year old Kaoru, who cannot be exposed to sunlight, can only experience “life” at night, when she’s in front of the train station, singing. There begins a love that has blossomed for the first time in her life.

She went to the desert seeking solitude, and instead she found a handsome stranger. Morgan was sick of city life, so she went camping in the desert by herself. There she came across a man who was severely injured. She’s not sure how far she should trust this stranger, but she certainly can’t leave him to die! Despite her concerns, she decides to take care of him. He introduces himself, explaining that his name is Riley and he’s a whale researcher. Traveling through the desert together, they often argue, but as they spend more time together Morgan finds herself becoming attracted to this mysterious and sexy man!

Misaki Kato's a chubby girl who started going to the gym to change herself. That's where she runs into her boss, Ryohei Kuraki, who's dubbed "the boss from hell" at work. They talk and he assures her he'll give her confidence, right before he boldly makes his move!! She can't resist his muscular body and smoldering gaze... Friends with benefits or not, there's no going back after she finds out how good he makes her feel...!! Misaki's heart is racing at work and at the gym! A secret love story between a strict but handsome boss, and a girl who's plain and chubby.

"It's okay if you cum. I want to see more of you like that." Cool, good-looking, (various) big eater with glasses x Loves to eat, a little fluffy, naturally older office lady "I often hear that people who eat well are also good at sex." Nene, who works for a healthcare company, is an ordinary office lady who loves food. However, lately I've been concerned about the weight around my stomach, so I've been going to the in-house gym. There, he met Kuroda, a junior at the same company who had a cool and quiet demeanor. By chance, Nene ends up having dinner with him. She is attracted to Kuroda-kun, who is a big eater, which is hard to imagine from his slender appearance, but he feels that he has a complex about her... Nene tries to cheer him up, but because he's drunk, he ends up saying something outrageous. And then, for some reason, I decided to have sex with him...! ? “Senpai, would you like to try it?”

[OFFICIAL SUMMARY FROM MANGAPLAZA] "...Do whatever you want. Just don't come crying to me." When he plays with her wet and sensitive spot... as he looks at her with a fiery passion, she won't be able to last long! Honoka is a 28-year-old office worker in a long-standing stationery maker from the countryside who is bothered by her slightly girlish looks. She's continued to flee from her parents begging her to get married, but now her mother is saying she's going to bring her a potential suitor... In an effort to prevent their meeting, Honoka's former college upperclassman and totally intimidating boss Kosuke has agreed to pretend her boyfriend. Although he's a ball-buster at work, he shows her a softer side. Kosuke was supposed to only be her fake boyfriend... but now he's pampering her and showering her with love...?

Sena’s built the perfect life for herself. She a has a caring boyfriend, a job she enjoys, and all the comforts she could hope for. But behind her happy facade, she hides a past marred by a past relationship with another woman. Jinri isn’t thrilled to be working at an office, much less to be running a department her father set up for her. She’s spent years living a carefree live and adding to a long list of casual relationships with men and women. When these two meet, they’ll have to re-evaluate their lives as well as the men and women they share it with.

After being transmigrated as Ibellia the Villainess, Soyoon strives to twist the plot in order to survive in her favorite web novel. Her plan is to break off the engagement with Duke Cassis Adelhardt and live a quiet life on her own. However, the Duke and his young son Lucius would not let her go so easily. "Lady Ibellia... Will you be Lus' mommy?"

Sarah is at her house by the beach one day when a stranger drops by to visit her. His name is John Englewood, and his aunt Cindy was a friend of Sarah’s who lived nearby before she passed away. He says that he’s come to tell Sarah about a mysterious condition that Cindy left in her will. Cindy left a share of stocks in the Englewood’s factory in Sarah’s name, but if Sarah lives with John, the stocks will go to him. If she does not, the stocks remain hers. Now these two must figure out what Cindy’s last wishes for them were.

We live in very different worlds. Why are we attracted to each other? Gabriel, an architect, was disappointed when his long-held dream of one day owning the Lullaby House and having a big family with lots of children was dashed. The buyer wanted to turn the house into a hotel. In order to protect the historic Lullaby House, which his grandfather had admired, Gabriel took on the task of renovating the house, but the client turned out to be Faith, a popular movie actress. The two were brought together by their mutual friend Henry, and although they clashed at every turn, they gradually grew closer...!

Bullied for being gay, teenager Takashi Arashiro wishes he could just be somebody else—but who could predict he'd morph into a giant-headed sci-fi creature?! Takashi's tumultuous emotions become the catalyst for personal and social exploration of the LGBTQ experience in this quirky, profound manga from prolific BL author Kazuki Minamoto.

Are all men... As big as you are...? Teeny tiny Rino has always been super insecure about her petite size. She knows it's the reason she has never had a boyfriend, or even been asked out by someone her own age. That is, until her boss asks her out! But, what does her super tall and super hot boss see in her? He seems too tall to even kiss, much less do other, more intimate, things...

Let the female pirate, the Emerald Queen, have the prince’s kiss! In the 17th century, during the age of exploration, the beautiful female pirate, Henrietta, has assembled a group of men to fight against strong nations. One day, she captured the mysterious prince Raoul. They were both attracted to each other, but the English queen’s dagger, the beautiful and talented Raoul, was ordered to kill Henrietta. In this historic romance, their true love shines as they drift among the waves.

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EMT Rachel Brant is troubled by a mysterious onset of sleepwalking episodes. Night after night, the same man, who apparently is her lover, appears in her dream. A tragic ending always awaits them. Haunted by the visions, Rachel struggles to understand what is happening. One day, she encounters the spitting image of her dream lover. Irresistibly attracted to the dangerous man, she warns herself not to get too close—fearing the same tragic fate as her dream.

He remembers me…for all the wrong reasons. Schoolteacher Helen starts sweating the moment she sees Oliver, the guardian of a new student. She wonders if he remembers saving her all those years ago from her aristocratic employer’s wandering hands. Oliver remembers, all right, and can hardly believe an aristocrat’s prostitute could become a teacher!

Despite his youth, the painter Kim Hong-do has been recognized as one of the greatest painters in Joseon (Korea). In the midst of wallowing in the pleasures of wine and women, he received an important mission from the king. How did he end up in Japan? What is the secret of a landscape painting in Osaka Castle? Can this debauched painter succeed in his task?

Zara’s a plain-looking twenty-eight-year-old virgin who lacks self-confidence. But now, she’s found out that she’s the princess of Bahania, and she doesn’t have any idea how to navigate life in the royal palace! The king assigns Rafe, a blue-eyed American who holds the title of sheik, as her bodyguard. Zara can feel the desire in Rafe’s eyes when he looks at her, and before long, she develops feelings for him. Little does she know what terrible things might befall them should the king find out…

Until the two rings are reunited, the path to true love will be difficult for the Covelli family... Rick Covelli, made a millionaire from a recent success on an oil rig, doesn't believe in nonsense like curses. Especially not the one supposedly placed on the family rings—even though a string of bad luck, starting with his father's death in an accident, has continued to plague him. Now, he's returned to help his family in his native Indiana, only to be drawn like a magnet to the blue-eyed Jill...

Lorena Ruiz has a gift from God. Noa Asadi and Chuck Williamson run a ghosting hunting vlog channel. When both parties are called to investigate the same haunting, neither knows what to make of the other. But as the haunting begins to spiral out of control, Lorena finds it harder and harder to act like the perfect nun she was raised to be. Her new companions have questions; about her, about her so-called power, and about the mysterious Convent she belongs to. And through it all, something watches from the house's darkest corners.

Enter Rika, still a virgin at the ripe age of 30. One day, her boss makes an unwanted advance on her in the women's restroom. Unable to resist, she loses all composure at the sound of his panting voice... "Are you turned on?" But then, just as he closes in to silence her cries, the young janitor Takahiro steps in to rescue her. Afterwards, he approaches a sobbing Rika with an unexpected offer: "Why not get used to men by using my body?" ...What do you mean by that!?

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