-Looking at his sweet, needy face, Aoi can't help but want to mess this man up even more. Will desire win out over propriety...? Find out in this tale of hidden office romance with a role reversal twist! Another day, another scolding from the Accounting Department ace, Aoyama, about how her paperwork is full of mistakes. It's not like he's wrong, but does he have to say it in such an infuriating way?! Still, if she makes nice with Aoyama, it might be easier to get project budgets approved... and so Aoi heads to an Accounting drinking party with nothing but ulterior motives, and that's where she discovers just how adorable Aoyama can be behind closed doors...! _Source: MangaPlaza_
-"I'm going to stop forcing myself to be a better wife! I will be his fan!" So thinks Kiku, who is engaged to her brother-in-law Makoto after her sister passes away. Kiku had fallen for Makoto the moment she laid eyes on him, and while she felt some guilt toward her sister, she was ecstatic about marrying him. However, even after becoming a married couple, Makoto has not taken Kiku out on a single date, let alone taken her to bed. He continues to avoid her for a year until the day of their wedding anniversary, when Kiku catches her husband having a private meeting with another woman... Knowing that she has no hope of being loved, Kiku decides she will not think of Makoto as her husband anymore and will instead support him from afar... as his number one fan...?! Watch this couple discover their mutual love in this Taisho-era rom-com! [Original Manga](https://comic.iowl.jp/titles/237365) **Official Translations:** [English](https://coolmic.me/titles/7846)
In the *Karameru no Koimonogatari / The Carramer Legacy* series: 1) *Ousama to Mermaid / The Monarch's Son*, illus. by MINATO Yoriko HE'D SAVED HER LIFE - When the riptide unloosed her, Allie Carter washed ashore at the feet of Lorne de Marigny, monarch of Carramer. A prince unparalleled in handsomeness...and in having his desires fulfilled. And he demanded that Allie remain at his villa with him and his son. COULD SHE RESCUE A PRINCE? - Acting as adorable Nori's companion silenced those who'd question Allie's relationship with the widower prince. But Allie needed to know why Lorne seemed so tortured. Why he rarely spoke of his wife, when his child so desperately wanted a mother. And if there was a place for her with Lorne and his son.. 2) *Prince ni Kataomoi / The Prince's Bride-To-Be*, illus. by ASOU Ayumu She remembered vividly the day they were betrothed. Michael de Marigny had been a young version of the impressive prince he'd become. She'd listened raptly as the teenager enacted the ancient ceremony...with her twin sister. Forever after, Caroline Temple had dreamed she was Michael's intended. And then she got her wish... When Michael sent for his American 'bride-to-be,' her twin begged Caroline to assume her identity and end the engagement. But once Caroline encountered her dream man and his motherless child, she forgot why she'd come...and why this man and baby weren't hers for the taking! 3) *Princess ni Kiss Shitara / The Princess's Proposal*, illus. by KARINO Mao "MY HORSE AND MY SECRET AGAINST YOUR LAND." Princess Adrienne de Marigny had issued edicts before, but this one was different... and dangerous. Long before arrogant rancher Hugh Jordan had infiltrated her kingdom -- and her fantasies -- Adrienne had vowed to be a successful breeder of horses, using her prize stallion, Carazzan. But Hugh desired to own Carazzan -- and to bend the princess to his will. And the man had some bargaining power: her deeply held secret... and her soul-deep passion for him. Yet neither could foresee what events the princess's proposal would unleash.. Descriptions taken from fictiondb. Note: These are the first three books of Valerie Parv's *Carramer * series and is part of the Carramer Crown sub-series which is followed by the Carramer Legacy sub-series, and the Carramer Trust sub-series respectively.
FAST AND LOOSE From Fictiondb: Seduction -- second time around! Darcy Weston knew everything there was to know about humiliation. Seven years ago she'd made a pass at heartthrob Keir Robards in his hotel bedroom. And he'd been tempted but had turned her down flat. Now Darcy was going through a repeat performance--on a Broadway stage, playing Keir's leading lady and lover! To top it all, Keir seemed intent on beginning rehearsals back in his bedroom-where else? Well, Darcy had been here before, but this time she was going to get her own back...