When Shoko’s husband Masahiro is sent abroad for work, she takes her daughter Tomomi with her to visit her mother who lives alone in the countryside. Compared to her mother-in-law who is good at cooking and setting a beautiful table, her mother’s modest, plain cooking embarrasses her to the point that Shoko is too hard on her… A collection of short stories filled with human drama. (Source: Beaglee Inc.)

Chloe secretly carried and gave birth as the surrogate mother of her half sister, the queen of a desert country. However, as Chloe waited for her sister to pick up her baby, her sister and her husband perished in an accident. To Chloe, who is a dedicated researcher and has never given any thought to love or marriage, the child they left behind is her only blood relative. She's determined to raise the child with all her love, no matter how difficult it might be. But then Sayid, the younger brother of the late sheikh, who is now serving as regent, appears at her door. With a cold, stern expression, he informs her that he has come to collect his country's future ruler and is prepared to take the baby by force. Now the only way for Chloe to stay by her child's side is to marry Sayid! She will do anything for her child-even wed Sayid in a loveless marriage. But will her heart be able to withstand the charm hidden under Sayid's serious facade? (Source: Renta!)

After her sudden death at the hands of an assassin, the former granddaughter of a yakuza boss reincarnates in an otome game as the heroine. The game is, of course, set in the time of early European mafia (but with magic), specifically a kingdom where the royal family is supported behind the scenes by five major gangsters! A dangerous love game between a former yakuza heiress and her villain fiancé begins! (Source: TO Books, translated)

Hyewon is in for the surprise of a lifetime when she suddenly gets a marriage proposal from her boss and longtime crush, Jihoon. Everything's perfect except for the fact that it's a loveless fake marriage! However, Jihoon's sizzling kiss to seal the deal leaves her completely defenseless. Instead of refusing, she decides to seize the chance and accepts the two-year faux marriage to try and make him truly hers. Can she turn this fake arrangement into a genuine love story? (Source: Tapas)

**One college student finds himself in a cat-astrophe when he comes across a catboy who won’t leave him alone!** Jiro Haruta has an unfortunate penchant for attracting trouble, so when he stumbles upon an odd-looking cat on his way to class, he does his best to avoid it. However, the cat not only steals Haruta’s lunch, but it follows him home! And if that’s not strange enough, the cat transforms into an extremely handsome man named Kanawa, who declares in front of everyone that he wants to be kept by Haruta! Can Haruta escape this cat-astrophe, or is he stuck being the proud owner of a handsome catboy?! *Source: Seven Seas Entertainment*

Juliette, a destitute seamstress living in nineteenth-century London, comes upon a man being attacked by ruffians in the dead of night. Instinct takes over, and she pelts them with potatoes to save the man. He is Sir Douglas Drury, a courtroom lawyer and a baronet. His mind in a haze, he calls out to her and plants a sweet, passionate kiss on her cheek. When he wakes up, though, he's forgotten all about the kiss and treats Juliette as his servant, but when Sir Douglas's mysterious assailant targets Juliette's life, she pretends to be Sir Douglas's lover and makes her debut in high society in search of the culprit! (Source: Renta!)

(From Wingtip Cafe) Two stories: The first is from the Mesopotamians' Gilgamesh Epic, centering around Sdynaza, the woman who brought Enkidu to Uruk city, and Leo, the dream guardian.

After a terrible plane crash, Cynthia Dempsey miraculously woke up in a hospital bed. But she’d lost her memories, even her memories of her handsome multimillionaire fianc? named Will. All she remembers is her name and the feeling of this man’s warm hand pulling her out of the dark grasp of death. He greeted her warmly then, but has had this conflicted look on his face ever since. Will Cynthia ever be able to make sense of her memories or her heart? (Source: Harlequin)

Deeply traumatized by the murder of her doctor parents, Mandy has been unable to speak ever since. One day, she was being harangued by a drunk man at a party, and novelist Brian Stone comes to her rescue. Mandy, who has no relatives, takes up residence in his mansion, working as a secretary and transcribing his novels. "Why is he being so nice to me? To him, I'm just a child he needs to help. It means nothing… I mustn't misunderstand…" (Source: Renta!)

"I've always felt this discomfort with my own body. I wondered why my penis never grew on my body even though I always hanged out with the boys in the class. I was scolded for asking Santa for a penis. In elementary school, boys teased my by undressing me. I never wore the uniform, but only the school jersey. I never made a friend. When I had my first period, the shock was excruciating. My mind lied to my own body, and I just wanted to die. I began to worry if I was a freak... But when I found out that I was not the only one through the internet, my world opened up. Even so, my own freedom was nowhere to be found at home."

A collection of eight oneshots (some related) by Kumota Haruko, all of which ran in Tokyo Mangasha's "Themed Catalogue" series under the Marble Comics line. Includes: 1. Madobe no Kimi (Shokugyou Catalogue) 2. Good Bye, Honey (Salaryman Catalogue) 3. Lay Down, Sally -Oyasumi, Sally- (Bad End Catalogue) 4. Hajime Hiku Koi no Uta (Hajimete Catalogue) 5. BAD Boy Seventeen (Mibun Chigai Catalogue) 6. Anata ni wa Ienai -Can't Tell You- (Sankaku Kankei Catalogue) 7. Daitai Iro ni Tokeau (Seme x Seme Catalogue) 8. Tecchan to Yasu no Kyuujitsu (short omake)

The beautiful Duke Enrico Michele approached like a devil whispering sweet lies, offering a cunning deal. "Just dance for me like a living doll. In return, I'll tell you about your dead parents." Along with his mysterious patronage came a chilling question: "Don't you want to know the truth?" And so began my secret, dangerous entanglement with the Duke, a meeting that should never have happened. (Source: WEBTOON)