One fateful day, Shannon was offered the acting role of a lifetime and pay to match its grandeur. Since she could pass for the pPrincess Iliana’s twin, Greta and Freddy wanted Shannon to stand- in for the currently ill princess during everyday the occasions she was required to attend over the next few days. To Shannon, a grad school student drowning in debt who waitedand waiting tables for a living, this opportunity was too good to pass up. She figured that waving at people and cutting ribbons couldn’t be all that difficult. It’s It wasn’tnot until she’s she was forced to meet the princess’s Iliana’s fiancé while pretending to be the princess that she starts started to fear this job was much more than she’d bargained for.

BRIDE BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT Adam Ryder, his film production studio on the brink of collapse, answers a summons to be considered as a candidate for the throne of Niroli. With money on his mind and a rambunctious child at his side, Adam hopes to manipulate his position to save his company. Then he meets Elena, a blind piano teacher who inspires love in him—love for Niroli, for his son, Jeremy, and for Elena herself. Unfortunately, the royal house has some strict requirements for becoming king that may threaten what happiness he's found. Part of the Niroli Rules series (ニローリ・ルールズシリーズ), also called "The Royal House of Niroli" series, which goes as follows: 1. Itsuwari no Kamen 2. Doctor wa Prince 3. Prince to Scandal 4. Chichuukai o Wataru Kaze 5. Tsumetai Prince 6. Kokoro no Symphony 7. Yuuwaku no Perfume 8. Oujo no Unmei

Marco’s smile, his kiss, even the heat from his body...it was all at her father’s bidding. Shayna works at a café on Ranai island, hiding her real identity to escape from her coldhearted father. Finally feeling safe in her new world, she fell in love with the gorgeous Marco, a visitor to the island. But just as she begins to trust again, she discovers that he was hired by her father to take her back home!

The man who took her first kiss in her teens, and the man whom she had spent her most passionate time with: Mitchell Carver. "I can't believe the man who has disappeared from my life, whom I've had a hard time trying to track down has suddenly resurfaced as my boss!" It's been 2 years since their romantic weekend in Paris and Darcy still finds her heart beating to Mitch's smile and his casual greeting of "Nice seeing you again". His sudden reappearance catches her off guard. How is she to tell him that he is the father of her twins? [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/78822/)

Jill, a divorced mother of two, is hard at work managing her bakery and raising her children. After receiving a lot of orders one day, Jill struggles to handle all of her responsibilities at once. In steps Connor, the best friend of her coldhearted ex-husband. Seeing the sheer amount of work that Jill has to do, Connor offers to help her out with the bakery and with her children. Though unsure of his intentions, Jill accepts his offer of assistance, but soon Connor expresses his true feelings and Jill is faced with a completely new problem. (Source: Renta!)

I'll be a voice for the animals! Though Elise is forced to live in isolation, she doesn't feel alone thanks to her ability to communicate with animals. That is until she's sent off to marry the ruler of what's known as the Land of the Barbarians! What adventures, and dangers, await Elise in this strange, new world? **Original Novel:** [Chapters](https://ridibooks.com/books/3049009462), [Volumes](https://ridibooks.com/books/3049013183) **Official Translations:** [English](https://manta.net/en/series/princess-of-the-animals?seriesId=2488)

Is she "Cari" or "Cary"? One of them is the girl who Max Angeli was planning to meet for dinner. The other is the girl with whom he ends up wandering the dangerous streets of Dallas late at night with an infant in tow. Cari Christiansen finds herself attracted to this mysterious Italian Texan, but the battles facing the pair might be more spaghetti Western than romantic comedy...

David discovers a woman asleep in his bed after a long night of festivities. When he wakes her, he learns that her name is Ayme, and she's searching for the mysterious father of her sister's baby-Prince Darius of Ambria, who was exiled during a rebellion. It's strange that she's bringing up the royal family of Ambria, who have faded from the memories of most, and stranger still that Darius is David''s second name...Should David reveal his true self to her?

SECRET MARRIAGE? She called herself "Charlie Smith," and only Denver McCaine remembered her as Adrianna Charlyne Chandler. But Charlie was no longer the aloof-but-beautiful heiress a rugged mercenary like him could only dream about. Now she was a struggling single mom who'd run from the husband her wealthy family had chosen for her. And her new life was wonderful—until her family found her…. The only way Charlie could keep her happy home was if she pretended to be Denver's wife. But her son secretly longed to make Denver his real dad. And soon Charlie wondered how much tender loving protection she could take before dreams of happily-ever-after took hold of her wistful heart….

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...