When Saebom's boss Jiheon asked her out for lunch, the last thing she expected was to be given a ring and introduced to his parents as his lover. As if that wasn't enough, he even proposes a fake marriage to her. But Saebom, who dreams of finding true love, declines his absurd offer and tries to take off the ring he put on her... and discovers that both of them can't get their rings off. Will they succeed in removing them? Or will they be stuck with each other forever? **Original Webtoon:** [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/62107971), [Daum](https://webtoon.kakao.com/content/%EC%83%81%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%98-%EC%B2%AD%ED%98%BC/3580) **Official Translations:** [English](https://tapas.io/series/my-bosss-proposal/info), [Japanese](https://jp.piccoma.com/web/product/159083), [S.Chinese](https://pdt.tencentac.com/?contentId=640)

Emperor Carlos Afforny suffers from an awful curse that causes him to smell a foul stench from everything and everyone at all times. In a desperate attempt to break the ever-worsening curse, he summons Ersala, the apprentice of the Grand Witch, to the imperial palace. However, lacking experience, she fails to fully lift the curse leading to the stench vanishing for the emperor but only when Ersala is within his vicinity. Moreover, with Ersala being able to use magic only once a year, it seems she is tied to the emperor, almost quite literally, until she can attempt to lift the curse again. **Official Translations:** [English](https://www.tappytoon.com/en/book/fragrant-magician), [French](https://www.delitoon.com/detail/daf_1000793), [Japanese](https://jp.piccoma.com/web/product/171438)

The world changed one day. In the world of humans, the devils showed up. No one knows how creatures from different dimensions managed to appear in the human world. Cain was abandoned by his parents and raised by Guseul, the ace of Evil Hunter. During his mission, he met a little girl with blue hair, a mixed creature of a human and a beast. (Source: DAYcomics)

Chunhoo Kang lives in a world of crime, sex and intrigue. He’s the Nihon Saikono Warrior, Japan’s greatest fighter in the yakuza underworld. However, he’s also Korean. He holds the title through Shi-Nan-Joo, a powerful and ancient martial arts from Korea. Haunted by past sins, Chunhoo abandons his crime life to search for the young woman and son he abandoned decades ago. His yakuza bosses are unforgiving. They want his honor and title back. Assassins trail him all the way back to Korea and Chunhoo resolves that he’s not going to be anybody’s servant anymore. He’s going to become an Emperor, standing at the apex of his own empire. Meanwhile, his son Sukgi is a rising hotshot in the Baekhwa criminal organization in Korea. He’s got it all; money, women and power. But when the Baekhwas spark a national murder scandal, the mob boss forces Sukgi to publicly assume the guilt for the crime by threatening his mother. To save her life, Sukgi must agree to take the fall, a certain death sentence. Will father and son find each other? What will happen to Sukgi’s mother? Will Shi-Nan-Joo be powerful enough for them to survive the murderous intrigues of the crime world surrounding them? And who is the Emperor that Chunhoo seeks to become? Will he be for good or evil? (AAA Anime Distribution)

Tess and Rafe are childhood friends. They've never really seen each other as more than that in the past (well, almost never). When Tess returned to her hometown as a single parent, Rafe, despite being very surprised, was there to support the two of them as a friend. Until, one night, everything changes. A distraught Tess has been told that her son may be taken away from her, and Rafe is there to comfort her. And in doing so he comes to the realization that he wants to be more than just friends. Can he be the man Tess and her child deserve? (Source: Renta!)

When Jackie's ex-lover Noah dies, she decides the best and quickest way to get over the love of her life is to hold a personal ritual with Noah's ashes. Jackie consumes the ashes for 12 days, hoping the pain will subside with her profound reaction to Noah's death. While she and her partner-in-crime Nick, Noah’s brother, spend the time in the closed space her apartment, they slowly become consumed by Noah's tragedy. [Original Comic (Tokyopop)](https://www.tokyopop.com/book-catalog-classic-titles/2016/1/27/12-days) [Original Comic (INKR)](https://inkr.com/title/82)

23-year-old Chahui Yun is already tired of life: tired of Cheongna, her rural hometown where nothing seems to change; tired of her family's failing apple orchard; and tired of running away from Wookyeong Park, her childhood friend and first love. Although Chahui and Wookyeong grew up together, their lives couldn't be more different-Chahui's family has constantly been down on their luck and struggling to get by, while Wookyeong's family breezes through life as the wealthiest people in town. When Chahui returns home to nurse her ailing mother and help her unreliable father tend to the family farm, she has no choice but to face her past-and her past love with Wookyeong-that she's been trying so hard to forget. Can love blossom again among the apple orchards of Cheongna, or are some things meant to stay in the past? **Original Novel:** [Chapters](https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=8865690), [Volumes](https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=9726372) **Official Translations:** [English](https://www.wattpad.com/story/384853838-in-the-shadow-of-the-spring) ***Note:** The cover with the FL is a unofficial cover but was a gift illustration to the author, by the artist Not. (Source) The novel was first titled as 'The Shadow of the Spring' before being change to 'In the Shadow of the Spring'*

From UDON Entertainment: APPLE stands for “A Place for People who Love Entertainment”, and features original stories and illustrations from the best creative talent Korea has to offer. From video games, to animation, to comics, Korean artists have touched all facets of modern media. APPLE lets these artists shine as their creativity flows through eye-popping artwork and wondrous original tales. The talent featured in each 250+pg volume of APPLE includes the artists behind the mega-hit Lineage MMORPG series, superstar Hyung-Tae Kim(Magna Carta, War of Genesis), Manga creator Hyung Min-Woo(Priest) and dozens of other pro illustrators, animators and graphic artists. APPLE's website can be found here (in korean).

Let me hold your hand once more. Jiwoo can see the future of those she holds hands with. Yet when she holds Haesung's hand, she can see her own! Hoping to know her fate in the upcoming art contest, Jiwoo tries to hold Haesung's hand again, but he refuses. What trauma lies in his past? Can the two pull each other back to the present? (Source: Manta)

After an office worker is reborn as Everia Oberon, a romance novel villainess destined for an evil life and a tragic death, she decides to skip the drama by retiring to the countryside. Having moved to a frigid region full of nonflammable wood, Everia calls on archmage Theoharis to warm her home with his azure flame...not realizing that she’s bound herself to a lifelong contract! Now that she’s master of a bloodthirsty (but breathtakingly handsome) demon dog, can she kiss the quiet life goodbye? **Original Novel:** [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/51528055), [Naver Series](https://m.series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=5753982), [Ridibooks](https://ridibooks.com/books/3170013041) [English Translation](https://tapas.io/series/the-villainess-is-retiring-novel/info)

Samantha is rooted to the spot in the lobby of an office tower. She has come to tell CEO Cesare that she's pregnant. The tabloids have been full of his rumored is love affair with an actress, he's from a different world and he's so rich that he earns in a minute what she might earn in a lifetime How is she going to tell him about the baby? He doesn't even know her name. The two of them met when he was a guest at the B and B where she worked. On that stormy night, he was in the darkness of despair from having suddenly lost his eyesight in an accident, and Samantha felt compelled to comfort him... [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/73043/)

Samantha meets Alessandro, the brother of the bride of Samantha's old friend—a friend whom she still has feelings for. Initially, Samantha dislikes Alessandro, who has exhibited hostility toward her since their first meeting at the wedding. However, one day he forcibly steals a kiss from her. His ulterior motive is to protect his sister from Samantha—he has discovered Samantha's feelings for his sister's husband, and so he plans to seduce her for himself! Samantha soon realizes that she loves Alessandro, despite his cold black eyes that imprison and disturb her heart. Even though she knows that his seducing her doesn't stem from love, she can't control her feelings toward him…. (Source: Harlequin)