62Billionaire businessman Jack Mason had devised the perfect strategy for keeping custody of his orphaned niece. He'd hire the right nanny and seduce her into marrying him. It should prove easy enough. He was, after all, irresistible. Annalise Stefano was ideal. The attractive new nanny had quickly bonded with the little girl. And Jack was anticipating their wedding night more than he'd imagined. Even so, he couldn't have predicted that Annalise wouldn't want to become his wife. Or that the secret she was keeping could jeopardize his plans for creating the perfect family....
In the Cinderella no Butoukai series (シンデレラの舞踏会シリーズ): The inspiration behind the Cinderella Ball was simple--come single, leave wed. By midnight perfect strangers could find themselves married...as if by magic! 1. Yumemiru Hanayome (夢見る花嫁; Temporary Husband): Wynne Sommers was invited to a wedding -- her own! Wynne Sommers needed a husband to secure her inheritance. She got Jake Hondo! He was a mean, moody rancher who needed to get married, on paper at least. Wynne wasn't his idea of a temporary wife. She was a hopeless romantic, whereas, Jake had his cowboy boots firmly planted in Texas soil! But he couldn't let her marry just anybody. Unfortunately, it was only after they'd wed that Jake discovered Wynne's inheritance wasn't money or land -- but two little boys determined to call him dad! 2. Maigo no Glass no Kutsu (迷子のガラスの靴; Accidental Wife): Nikki Ashton was invited to a wedding--her own! To keep her love-struck boss, Eric, at bay, Nikki Ashton had told him she was happily married. The wedding ring had been easy -- all she needed now was a husband! Jonah Alexander seemed heaven-sent. Unfortunately he'd come to the ball to stop a wedding, not start one! He was convinced his brother Eric was about to make the biggest mistake of his life -- marrying Nikki Ashton. But then he realized Nikki wasn't so much waiting for her husband-to-be as shopping for him... 3. Hoshi no Kagayaku Yoru ni (星の輝く夜に; Shotgun Marriage): Ella Montague was invited to a wedding -- her own! When Ella Montague's Prince Charming had left her, she lost her faith in fairy tales. But now Rafe Beaumont was back! The Montague's had destroyed his sister's life with their romantic nonsense -- he wanted revenge. He'd marry Ella and break her heart. But once wed, Rafe discovered that marrying Ella hadn't broken her dreams of happily-ever-afters, but restored them! She'd married for love -- now all she had to do was convince her stubborn husband! (info from fictiondb)
Zara would risk anything to escape the loveless marriage her ambitious stepfather had planned for her. She knew that a traditional birthday gift was being sent to the exiled Prince Haidar -- a woman for his pleasure! Zara was determined to be that woman.... Prince Malik was immediately suspicious of Zara when she arrived as a birthday gift from his cousin. But if she refused to explain her true mission, Malik would simply take control -- making her his mistress...and bride? [Taken from FictionDB]
In the *Ai to Inbou no Oukyuu* series: In Verdonia, the king is elected through a popular vote among the eldest royals from the three principalities, Celestia Verdon and Avernos. With the throne of Verdonia at stake, marriage becomes just another strategy for securing the crown... WHERE'S THE ROYAL BRIDE? Minutes before walking down the aisle, Princess Alyssa Sutherland from Celestia, vanished into thin air. Rumor has it that the lady in question wasn't marrying for love. Did Her Highness catch a case of cold feet? Perhaps a certain oh-so-uninvited guest crashed the party. Sources say Merrick Montgomery was spotted on the scene...and gossipmongers are buzzing with tales of a secret elopement. Did the dangerously sexy rebel kidnap the princess for political gain? Or did he simply sweep our royal beauty off her feet? - fictiondb V.1 - *Mezametara Princess* In her youth, the mother of Alyssa Sutherland fall in love with the prince of Celestia, the middle principality of Verdonia, but they are forced to separate. In the second part of the volume, another love story in Verdonia. V.2 - *Wedding wa Namida Iro* This story explains how Prince Brandt von Folke from Avernos, the northernmost principality of Verdonia, while trying to force princess Alyssa Sutherland into marriage, end up marrying unknowingly Miri Montgomery.
When Daisy happens to run into her first love, a young and charismatic entrepreneur named Justice, she learns that he has lost some of his memories to an accident…so the two of them try to make up for lost time by sharing a night of passion. Soon afterward, however, Justice recovers some of his memories and accuses Daisy of being a thieving seductress! He goes on to tell her exactly what tore them apart the first time around. Wracked by guilt, Daisy goes crying into the night—she’ll never be able to get Justice out of her heart.
When Caitlyn saw her lover, Lazzaro, it felt like her entire body was on fire. This was it. This was what she had been waiting for. She had met Lazzaro six weeks before. The second their hands touched, an electric current ran through them, and Caitlyn was sure it was fate. But that thrill seemed to have disappeared after that, so she was worried. What Caitlyn didn't realize was that the mind-blowing kiss she had now was with Marco, Lazzaro's twin brother and her true soul mate!
**My husband is a millionaire…and I have no memory of him at all.** When Kiley awakens in the hospital after her accident, the first person she sees is an absolutely gorgeous man. His name is Nicolo and he says that he’s her husband. Kiley has lost her memory and doesn’t remember a thing about her past or her family. She soon learns that Nicolo is a famous millionaire, but she gradually grows suspicious of her too-good-to-be-true situation, given that she’s not a celebrity and wouldn’t travel in the same social circles as Nicolo. So how on earth would they ever have met? As she searches for the truth behind her accident, what she finds is something she could never have expected!