Collection of short stories: • *Migite ni Ai Hidarite ni Gekijou* • *Kiss wo Kawaita Kuchibiru ni*

Hansome opera singer Ryo is 35 and a virgin. He doesn't want to die still a virgin, so he plans to steal his first sexual encounter.

BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE Lynn couldn't marry without her guardian's permission--permission his stepson would never let him grant. So in a desperate bid to gain control of her fortune and her life she married that same stepson: Paul Loukas, the man who had once loved her. But his love lay seven years in the past .He gave her everything she could want, everything except the freedom she had always been denied. Would she learn too late that her only freedom lay in staying her husband's captive--and could she turn desire into love before it was too late? Source: FictionDB

based on novel "The Loving Touch" by Aimee Duvall [from fictiondb:] Cassie Prentis is eager to assume her new position as assistant veterinarian at the Albuquerque zoo...but totally unprepared for the stark sensuality of her boss, Paul Kelly. Her senses reeling with wild attraction, she inadvertenly sets off one comical mishap after another-to Paul's amusement and her red-faced dismay! Only when Paul finally holds her close does the universe stop spinning. But the memory of Paul's last love stands between them...and Cassie suffered before when a professional relationship became much more. Though Paul's ardor seems genuine...and Cassie trembles with desire...she struggles to hold her emotions in check, unable to turst the man whose loving touch she craves.

[taken from fictiondb] HE PLAYED THE MUSIC OF HER HEART. For Angela Raines, it seemed like a dream come true. As publicist for the renowned but mercurial pianist Paul Blake, she had the opportunity of a lifetime--to accompany him on his Continental tour. She adored Paris and its elegant and Bohemian Lifestyle. Paul's music was rapturous, too, but his interest in her stirred a dark whirlwind in her heart. Despite his disturbingly powerful presence, Angela feared that he saw her only as another conquest. But why, when there were more glamorous beauties waiting in the wings, did he dedicate his music to her?

[taken from fictiondb] After bitter experience, Leigh vowed never to marry--but she desperately wanted a child. In this age of medical breakthroughs, she decided on a bold plan-to have a mere acquaintance, Brian Hathaway, father a child for her by scientific means. But Brian has plans of his own. To provide the child a home and himself a wife, he forces Leigh into marriage. Her pregnancy brings her unequaled joy, but the stranger who is now her husband disturbs her deeply, arousing desires that beg to be assuaged. Though her defenses slowly crumble under Brian's tender caresses, she's afraid to open her heart to love again...

[taken from fictiondb] She knew he was dangerous, driven, and intensely private, but Ashley Forrester wanted newspaper heir Nathan Trent -- for an exclusive interview Success would mean a career coup... and revenge on Clay Pridemore, her paper's editor -- and her womanizing ex-fiance. Ashley never thought of failure... or dreamed that Nathan would want her. Yet he does -- but is it only because of his bitter rivalry with Clay? Still hurting from her broken engagement, Ashley must know -- and when Clay arrives on the scene in Rome, she fears she has the answer...