In the *Miwaku no Kyoudai* series: 1) *Sasowareta Hanayome* Alex Dacre is a young accountant who just inherited land and money from her uncle. She travels to Florence to attend his wake and to discuss her inheritance with Rinaldo Farnese. They get off to a bad start, and when Rinaldo finds out that Alex now owns part of the property that has been in his family for generations, he proposes to marry Alex to keep the family holdings intact. In return he offers to help Alex pay down her student debts. The stakes are already high, but now someone shady seems interested in the family property, too. Can Alex and Rinaldo both get what they want? 2) *Karisome no Hanayome* A homeless man asleep on a park bench? Instead of staying away from him, Laura Grey's daughter Nikki decides to run up and splash him with water. A sweet girl with a skin condition that makes people shrink away from her, Nikki's impetuous action leads Laura to open her home to the man on the bench, Gino Farnese. Nikki's biological father may haveabandoned his daughter, but she might have a better dad lined up now, …if Laura can help Gino overcome his heartbreak. English version via Renta!: [Vol 1](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/76826/), [Vol 2](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/77217/)

Lisa is a successful career woman who rents a room in a mansion that an old lady owns. The old lady's nephew Nikolai, an earl, comes to visit her, but as soon as he sees Lisa, he declares her a bad woman. He starts to follow her around to find out her real face. Lisa is upset about his arrogant attitude but, at same time, she is seduced by his prize-winning looks...

Lucia has been infatuated with her cousin, Luka, the Prince of Dacia, for years. But Luka is married to Alexa, and Lucia is left to pine after a man she can't have. Then she meets Hunter Radcliffe, a commoner who has worked hard to build his business and fortune. To escape the oppressive lifestyle of being a royal, Lucia travels with Hunter to New Zealand... and finds herself falling in love. When she discovers she is pregnant with Hunter's child, she is torn between what appears to be a union of convenience and her own yearning for a marriage with love. [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/83485/)

It’s been six months since she inherited her late husband’s fortune, and Neve has been struggling with her fourteen-year-old stepdaughter, Hannah, ever since. One night Neve almost gets lost in a snowstorm while running after Hannah, but she’s determined to keep going until she finds her. Suddenly a beautiful godlike man comes to rescue her. He calls himself Severo, and he carries her into a nearby house when Neve tries to continue her mission to rescue Hannah in the storm. They end up trapped by the snow and must spend the night together… What will become of Hannah? And what will happen between Severo and Neve?

[From fictiondb] The doctor meets his match... Patience Martin is a country girl with a sharp tongue and absolutely no interest in the latest fashions. She's hardly the sort of woman who normally attracts the attention of wealthy Dutch surgeon Julius van der Beek! But something about Patience makes her stand out - and it isn't just because they were snowbound together. Not that it means he'll fall in love with her - not with the glamorous Sylvia van Teule making it very clear she expects to become his wife...

Part of the Ai to Meiyou no Tame ni series (愛と名誉のためにシリーズ), also called the "Love and Glory" series, which goes as follows: 1. Kono Ai wa Kizutsukanai 2. Tsubasa o Oranaide 3. Eikyuu no Kikan 4. Kono Yoru ga Aketara Orders were orders, but battle-weary undercover agent Kit Anderson chafed at seeking refuge from death threats in the house of her new boss, Coast Guard Lieutenant Noah Trayhern. Noah's cold authority masked inner demons that rivaled her own; his rough kindness sliced through her careful defenses. Suddenly her safe house was under siege—from the inside!—and Kit's heart was in danger...

From FictionDB: How could she have let him kiss her? Besides her husband, no one had ever kissed Jessica until Matthew Sinclair did. And after seven years of coldness in a desperately unhappy marriage, she was shocked to find herself stirring in response to this stranger's lips, gravitating to the warmth of his arms. But she was a wife and mother, and Matthew was her husband's boss. There could be no future for them. Then her husband was killed, and suddenly Jessica was torn--between wanting to be loved and fearing another marriage as painful as her first.

from fictiondb: Would he ever see how she truly felt? Katrina had known Lucius Massey all her life, and her childish hero worship had grown into a comfortable, warm friendship. She and Lucius had become engaged just to teach her selfish sister Virginia a lesson, nothing more. She knew Lucius would never think of her as more than a friend. But as more and more people congratulated Katrina on her match, a mysterious sadness began to creep into her heart....

**He only married her to have an heir. So what does he want with her now?** One night, Serena is startled awake in her posh New York City apartment by passionate kisses. She opens her eyes to see Nick, the man she separated from three years ago! He’s a wealthy businessman who’d blackmailed Serena into marrying him in order to have an heir. But she thought she’d kicked him out of her life for good. So why has he come now?

**Champion of Her Heart** Though Marion Warenne's past was but a dim nightmare, her present held a vision of glory--the formidable Dunstan de Burgh. A fierce knight who was determined to win their battle of wills, all the while protesting mightily that he believed not in love.... Dunstan de Burgh, Baron of Wessex, had ofttimes heard himself likened to a wolf on the prowl: fierce, brave and ever-alert to danger. How so, then, could one soft-eyed damsel escape his watchful eye time and again? And even more dangerous, slip past his guard and find her way into his heart?

from fictiondb: When Holly learned of the deaths of the grandparents she had loved so dearly, she bitterly regretted having allowed her mother to prevent her from seeing them more over the last few years. Returning to the beautiful Scottish village where she had spent blissful summer holidays with them brought back such happy memories - but one frightening one too. She remembered how threatening the old laird had seemed that day so long ago . . . And now she was confronted with his son, Calum McEwen, who appeared even more ruthless!

Part of the Ai to Meiyou no Tame ni series (愛と名誉のためにシリーズ), also called the "Love and Glory" series, which goes as follows: 1. Kono Ai wa Kizutsukanai 2. Tsubasa o Oranaide 3. Eikyuu no Kikan 4. Kono Yoru ga Aketara Years later, the Korean War is a distant memory for the parents hosting their children for a Christmas party. But when an old photograph rekindles those memories, they’re soon wrapped up in telling their children how they fell in love. As a nurse and a downed pilot, they’d found themselves on the run from the enemy—but the only thing that could snare them was true love.