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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…

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…

From Gourmet Scans: “Nice to meet you. It’s the first time we’ve met, but I want a divorce.” Rio, the daughter of an old family in Kyoto, was forced to marry a stranger by a contract. Her husband is Takamine, the handsome president of an IT company. One day, after 10 years of no contact, Rio finally makes her way to Tokyo to ask him for a divorce. Stunned by his wife’s beauty, how can Takamine bear to let her go? Fast forward a little to when Rio visits Takamine again… “Let’s live together.”

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...

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?

Hana is the daughter of the owner of Four Seasons share house. When her parents leave to pursue their lifetime dream of traveling around the world, she’s left in charge of looking after the place. But this seemingly peaceful and harmonious share house never fails to surprise everyone with unexpected events. Will Hana be able to handle being in control?

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?

Can people truly be alone?

Trying to find a fake boyfriend and got the first boyfriend’s help instead. How will this story end? The independent and rational city girl, Yao Yufu, requests help from Li Weichen, who used to help her, act as a couple to stop her parents from urging her marriage. However, Li Weichen is someone who already acted as her boyfriend when they were studying. Li Weichen thinks he was being used at that time and is not satisfied with Yao Yufu’s attitude regarding their plan and disobeys her orders. How will the lies of this fake couple progress?

The 25 years old Tong Hua is once again harrassed by her parents to go to a marriage interview, and this time the guy supposedly is a noble? Little does she know, this man dressed in rags during their first meeting is not who he seems to be at all...

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.

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)

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?

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.

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.

The nightmares come again. They remind Seung-gyu that just 3 years ago, he was a helpless gigolo selling his body and soul for money… Money he wouldn't have spent on a bad investment if it weren't for his then roommate, Min. But that's all in the past. Now, Seung-gyu is in a position of power when it comes to money and sex. He's a successful account executive, and has an endless list of girls who're willing to come over for a good time. But when Min returns into his life as a new recruit at his company, Seung-gyu realizes the past can't be forgotten or forgiven. It's time for revenge.

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!

The master's bride disappeared on their first night. In the empty chamber of his princess, the master commanded the bewildered Iveli: "You shall take the princess's place." A game begun, half in jest. Yet the maid's fearful yet unyielding audacity stirred his cruel instincts. "M-Master." "Yes. I am your master." Therefore, "Quietly offer your tongue."

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...!

Rin, who studies zoology at college, had a dream. That dream was to reunite with the silver lion that saved her when she was little. Her wish is fulfilled by a chance partnership between a safari park and her university. Rin is overjoyed, but this lion is hiding a huge secret. Somehow, said lion transforms into a lion man that calls himself Ashiro, who then pounces on Rin with furvor... Zoology student Rin wants nothing more than to reunite with the lion that saved her when she was little. By chance, that wish is fulfilled... but not in a way that Rin could ever have suspected...!

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.

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Being labeled a shrew for her eccentric behavior and tastes, Melissa runs away from her conservative family in order to debut as an artist at the Paris Salon. And she knows exactly what artwork to showcase when she encounters David, whom she persuades to be her nude model. But as time goes by, Melissa starts to gain a lot more than artistic inspiration from her attractive muse...

Roah Eckleiden, a renowned royal herbalist, finally takes a long-overdue break. While enjoying her time off, she discovers a bakery highly praised in a popular gourmet column. But instead of simply tasting a delicious loaf of bread as she had hoped, Roah encounters an unexpectedly special condensed milk baguette.

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.

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?

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...

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…

After seeing a photo of a woman named Sena Haneda, actor Hayato Takamatsu makes up his mind to become a photographer. Shortly thereafter, he announces his retirement from acting to make his photography dreams come true. He has yet to photograph something as moving as that photo of Sena, however. One day, he meets a famous model and photographs her for a relationship―themed magazine photo shoot. She's drop―dead gorgeous, but is very stiff on set once the camera turns to her. She starts to worry she's upset Hayato... but then Hayato gets an idea after he makes her smile on set! She later reveals to him that she's never dated anyone and asks him to show her what it's like. What will happen to the couple as they follow their sweet feelings of love...?

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Trevor Jarrod enjoys his hobbies, works hard and ends his days with liquor and music. All he needs now is a beautiful woman. Then one day, as he revels in his bachelorhood, he receives a Christmas present—a baby son! Trevor requests a DNA test and asks Haylie, who is raising the child, her late sister’s, to live with him until they get the results. Haylie was distrustful of Trevor before they met, but she imagines she is safe living with him. After all, she’s the opposite of her flashy sister, so there’s no way anything could happen between them, right?

When Ran wakes up to a giant egg by her bed the morning after being rejected by her longtime crush, she has no idea what to do. To make things weirder, a handsome man emerges out of the egg and starts calling her "mom"! As Ran and Eggy grow closer, she starts questioning their relationship. Is she really just his "mom"?

"Please don't hold back, go completely crazy!" I never knew sex could feel this good! At her office job, Kaede is like everyone's reliable older sister. And currently, her love life isn't going that well, so she isn't seeing anyone right now. But then Okitsu, the most popular guy in the office, finds out her secret and declares to the whole office that she and him are dating! She wasn't very fond of the flirty Okitsu at first but talking to him brings a certain peace and calm to her stormy heart. He is both gentle and rough and she is completely defenseless against his sweet words. His warm embrace seems to envelop her completely... Is she feeling this way only because his fingers work their magic deep inside her? Or is she really falling for him?

[With Bonus Episode !] Including 4 special pages of additional story.Paige is working on her next creation in her workshop when a strange man appears and shouts, “Fire!” Thanks to him—her new Russian neighbor—her house is saved from burning to the ground. Stefan is so sexy that her heart starts pounding, but she’s not one to fall in love, preferring to live in solitude. Then he begins coming by her house for English lessons day after day… And before she knows it, he’s become a part of her life!

At first glance this looks like the female version of GTO. However Kumiko is the daughter of a Yakuza boss and must hide her background so she doesn't get fired from her first teaching job. Comparisons aside, Gokusen stands in it own right with its witty humour and dialogue.From Baka-Updates:Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 2-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain their respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Group - one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.-ANN

At school, Andrea is the popular girl everyone admires. But that’s all just an image and she has a big secret: she works as a maid in a mansion owned by her nemesis, Alex. A mischievous playboy, Alex has it all — or at least that’s what his classmates think. That’s just an image, too, and at home Alex hides a big secret: he’s unhappy and has few true friends. Will a certain hot-headed maid come to the rescue of this dude in distress?​

After a tragic accident leaves her niece parentless, Flora races to Amsterdam. She’s determined to assume custody of her niece, Mariska, no matter what the cost. Upon her arrival, she’s met by her brother-in-law, Angelo van Zaal. Since the day she met this man, he’d never once looked at her with anything but contempt. Regardless, she refuses to allow this cold-hearted brute to raise her precious niece. But her life crumbles around her when a twist of fate and a night of passion leaves Flora pregnant with Angelo’s child.

"Show me more of your cute side." I can't believe he's putting his hand into my underwear in the conference room... He shouldn't touch me there... She's pursued cuteness for eight years in the character design department. Yukiko Momose, who's fallen into a rut, is asked to train a new employee. The employee who showed up was Ritsu Kogami, their first ever male employee. She thought he was a good and diligent guy, even though he was somewhat strange. One day, she was suddenly hugged by him from behind...! He said, "You're way too cute." What on earth was he thinking...? The next day, Ritsu's behavior escalated even further...

Siyeon had the rug pulled out from under her when she realized that everything in her life was a lie-- her parents are not her real parents, her fiance not really her fiance, and her cousin Eunhye is actually the birth daughter of this household. Siyeon is resigned to her misfortunes until Eunhye reveals to Siyeon that all of this was planned and orchestrated. Swallowing her tears of anguish, Siyeon makes a fateful wish that brings her 10 years into the past where she may be able to change everything... or can she?

“Deputy Manager, could you teach me?” “Yes, well. Huh?” “A kiss.” Harin, who at twenty-seven had never even been in a relationship, let alone had any kissing experience, bragged with pointless pride that she was a “master of kissing.” Thanks to that bluff, she ended up completely caught by an innocent(?) virgin junior employee. “You said you’re really good at it.” “A kiss so good it could make a cock stand up ten times over.” Sure, she had let those words slip out of her mouth, but in reality, she was just a kiss-less virgin who had never even held a guy’s hand. “I want to learn… a kiss like that.” Despite being the company’s most popular man, he confessed he was a virgin. “Could you… teach me?” And now, he was asking her, the virgin, for kissing lessons. Should she teach him… or not?

I grew up seeing ghosts, but this one ghost is not like the others. She's my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.

A man returns to his ancestral hometown in the hopes that he can break a curse.A short story by the author of Blade of the Immortal.

Who knew being fake was a job? Kyoungjin's new job is writing fake product reviews as the fictional blogger, "Lady Chatterley." And she's good at it. But one day, she receives a letter reading: “B's disinfectant spray poisoned my children. We started using it after reading your review...”

Bella is thinking of running away from her stressful life as an actress when she suddenly remembers Sergio, her stepbrother. Though it may seem odd, he was her first love. After all, they aren’t biologically related and he is dashingly handsome! Perhaps she can rely on him… Sergio, however, is bewildered by her phone call. He’s done his best to avoid her ever since the day his desire for her first awoke! Still, now that he has become a powerful billionaire, maybe it isn’t a bad idea to play a new game. What will happen to innocent Bella when she walks into Sergio’s trap?

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Ahn Choi, a food columnist with a tongue that savors the flavors of people's hearts, falls for Yudan, a man with a sweet taste. But it turns out he was once a chef whose restaurant closed down because of her harsh review... Can she ever win his heart? “How can a person have a scent like this? If only I could taste it just once more…”