Emmeline, the Queen of Brabant, asks her friend Hannah to switch places with her for a few hours. Her objective is to ask her lover, Alejandro, to take responsibility for a certain matter. But when she sees him at a nightclub, he treats her like dirt, and Makin, who is Sheikh of Kadar and also Hannah's boss, goes over and talks to her. She mustn't let him find out her true identity! With an aggravated look on his face, he forcefully takes Emmeline away from the nightclub. (Source: Renta!)
Early works by Tsuruta
Meet Hotaru Yanagawa: defender of justice, protector of the innocent and high school student! She's looking to jumpstart her future career as a police officer between homework and home ec., but the sins of the city might be more than she can handle. From kidnappings to crime syndicates, Hotaru will skip the badge and hit the beat in the crime-fighting adventures of a girl detective! (Source: ADV)
Story 1: Inferno (1 volume) (Linda Howard) Professional gambler Lorna lives the drifting life: hit one casino, clean house, and then move on to the next. Her luck runs out when savvy casino owner, Dante Raintree notices her unusual winning streak. She expects an interrogation, but what she gets is far more eerie: he reveals he's psychic, just like her! Dante, convinced Lorna's a supernatural spy sent to collapse his clan of psychics, drags her to his home as a captive! In book 1 of the Raintree miniseries, Lorna travels on a journey of self-discovery and passionate romance! Story 2: Haunted (2 volumes) (Linda Winstead Jones) Hope Malory's first day as a homicide detective isn't going well. Not only assigned to her first gruesome murder, but also partnered to the infamously eccentric Gideon Raintree. Gideon is quite handsome, but a tad creepy, seemingly talking to the very air! Hope's homicide investigation reveals some intriguing facts: the victims roommate is none other than Gideon's cousin! With supernatural meddling, suspicious circumstances, and romance in the precinct, Raintree: Haunted starts off with a bloody bang! Story 3: Sanctuary (1 volume) (Beverly Barton) Mercy Raintree, princess of the Raintrees, has a surprise visitor: Judah Ansara, heir to the Ansara clan! She claims he's an old flame and a faint memory, but how can she forget him when they share a daughter? As the war between the Ansara and the Raintree comes to head, Mercy must take up her clan's fabled sword and fight for a future her daughter can proudly live in! Is Judah truly a man worth trusting? Can their daughter, who shares the blood of both clans, be the key to ending the conflict? Don't miss this exciting conclusion of the Raintree miniseries!
Kaihei is a rather normal high school student but soon discovers that his deceased grandfather has left him the chairman position of his all-girls high school, St. Luminous Mission High School. Besides being the only male student on campus, he is also now the young chairman in charge of campus rules, happenings and punishments. When Kaihei arrives however, it seems a student has gone missing. Kaihei, along with his closest friends, are now determined to solve this mystery (without getting the local police involved) before graduation.
Rereko is just your average high-school girl from Electopia, the land of electricity, but she’s totally failed her final electricity exam! Now she has to go to summer school on Earth. And this time, she has to pass. Luckily, her ever-patient tutor Hikaru is there to help. Join them in the pages of The Manga Guide to Electricity as Rereko examines everyday electrical devices like flashlights, heaters, and circuit breakers, and learns the meaning of abstract concepts like voltage, potential, current, resistance, conductivity, and electrostatic force.
No matter how much we look alike, the prince will never love me. Hannah, an American secretary, agrees to switch places with Princess Emmeline, just for two hours. There must be a reason that made her ask me for such a favor. Besides, it's only for a few hours. But Emmeline doesn't return for days, and Hannah ends up having to meet King Zale of Raguva, pretending to be the princess! (Source: Renta!)
As the son of a distinguished family, Hugh is temporarily forced to take on the role of CEO in place of his father. While Hugh used to be a playboy-type that favored women over work, his competent secretary, Kathryn, cuts out any time for play in his schedule, leaving him nothing but work-filled days. Despite his resistance in the beginning, Hugh finds himself slowly falling for Kathryn to the point where he hardly even looks at other women. One morning, upon seeing Kathryn with a bruise on her face and her eyes swollen from crying, the feelings Hugh kept inside come flowing out all at once… (Source: Harlequin)
The notorious 'Scorpion of the Sea', the pirate Red, is now causing an uproar across the entire country. At a banquet held to encourage the fleet sent to subdue him, the Scorpion of the Sea suddenly appears. What will the task force do when the pirate kidnaps the two 'Jeweled Princesses'…!? A grand maritime adventure set in the Age of Exploration begins! In addition to the title story, this collection also includes the near-future sci-fi tale 'Red Crowd', which depicts humanity heading toward destruction in the nuclear age.
A BL anthology by seven up-and-coming authors. It consists of seven individual short stories, each themed and named after a line in the poem "A Kiss" by the 19th century writer Franz Grillparzer.
Kyouhei is the kind of person who cherishes every moment of his peaceful, ‘normal’ everyday life. Choose whichever synonym you like; he just wants a quiet life. However, with his dad being involved in some really shady businesses, his best friend being a wannabe rockstar, and his schoolmate Sanae... being Sanae, that’s easier said than done, but he does his best. One day, he ends up accidentally releasing a naked girl from a coffin, who has no idea what ‘normal’ means. Unfortunately for him, Kyouhei can kiss that peace and quiet goodbye. Now, on top of his dad’s lack of regard for anything approaching common sense or decency, his friend’s thirst for excitement, and his admirer’s... attention, Kyouhei has to deal with a (self-proclaimed) body double android of a princess from some European country? He just wants off this fake fake princess’ wild ride! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Tina is a maid who remembers that she played a video game that contained this world in her past life. But she’s not just any maid… she works under the throwaway character Prince Viself who’s fated to die as the kingdom falls into ruin! Now she’s on a mission: save the kingdom by ensuring Prince Viself doesn’t ruin his engagement. However, things take a turn from what she knows from the game story when all these main characters start taking an interest in her…?! *Source: MangaPlaza*

