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-*Note: Includes the one-shot "Mizutamari no Artemis (水たまりのアルテミス)"*.
"...A defenseless person like you could easily be eaten up." Sakura, who works as a secretary at a large company, is approached by her high-spec boss, whom she has had a crush on for a long time, and he sweetly advances on her, suggesting an arranged marriage. Sakura is confused by this sudden turn of events, but she can't contain her feelings of love!? (Source: Rimacomi, translated)
Based on reader submissions to the Dessert magazine editorial department, this collection features five miraculous, true-to-life love stories. From a three-month-only romance to a seven-year-long first love, this is a collection of masterpieces guaranteed to bring you to tears. (Source: Kodansha, translated) 1. **92 Pon no Bara : 3-kagetsu no Koibito** (92本のバラ～3か月の恋人～) \[Yukari Kawachi\] 2. **Watayuki Letter** (綿雪レター) 3. **Sensei** (先生) 4. **Ayamachi** (あやまち) 5. **Ten no Anata e** (天のあなたへ)
Released as Confidential Confessions volume 1 by Tokyopop This volume contains : The Door (Main Story) Mistakes (One-Shot)
[from Carla Kelly's site, this is the synopsis of the novel version] Emma Costello owes a debt of honor to one of the most dishonorable lords in the realm. The infamous Lord Ragsdale is as sinful as he is rich and as heartless as he is handsome. But after he saves Emma from a life of indentured servitude and shame, she decides it is her personal duty to save him from his reckless ways . . . without his permission. The libertine Lord Ragsdale came to aid Emma, saving her from a lecherous brute's attempts to press her into indentured servitude. She vowed to help him reform his ways so he could marry a woman of society. But was she merely leaving the frying pan and diving into the fiery arms of this unrepentant rake? A Regency romance original. "Don't cry, Emma," he said. "I'm not crying," she murmured, attempting to wipe away the tears. "Thank goodness for that," he replied, keeping his tone light. " 'Pon my word, Emma, I hope you are worth five thousand pounds." The infamous Lord Ragsdale is as rich as sin, as sinful as he is rich, and as heartless as he is handsome. But after he saves Emma from a life of indentured servitude and shame, Emma decides that it is her personal duty to save him from his wicked ways. **Step one** - Stop his drinking, his gaming, and his wild revelry. **Step two** - make him break up with his mistress, the superbly sensual Fae Moullé, and transform him into a suitable suitor for the ideal wife that prim and proper Lady Clarissa Partridge would be. **Step three** - don't fall in love with him.
Released as Confidential Confessions volume 2 by Tokyopop
[from Amazon] When shy and secluded author Sara Fielding ventures from her country cottage to research a novel, she inadvertently witnesses a crime in progress—and manages to save the life of the most dangerous man in London. Derek Craven is a powerful and near-legendary gambling club owner who was born a bastard and raised in the streets. His reputation is unsavory, his scruples nonexistent. But Sara senses that beneath Derek's cynical exterior, he is capable of a love more passionate than her deepest fantasies. Aware that he is the last man that an innocent young woman should ever want, Derek is determined to protect Sara from himself, no matter what it takes. But in a world where secrets lurk behind every shadow, he is the only man who can keep her safe. And as Derek and Sara surrender to an attraction too powerful to deny, a peril surfaces from his dark past to threaten their happiness . . . and perhaps even their lives. Together they will discover if love is enough to make dreams come true.