Laura overhears her family talking and discovers that she has an incurable illness and not much time left to live. She’s spent her whole life in late nineteenth-century England doing what her parents have asked of her and has never had a chance to fall in love. Now, with death looming, she decides to live what’s left of her life the way she’s always wanted. She’s only met the mysterious Sean once before, but she decides to ask him to marry her. Laura offers him her inheritance if he’ll help her travel and give her a taste of freedom…at least, for the time she has left.

Prince Ethan would never have slept with a palace employee...normally. Then plain-Jane Elizabeth Pryce appeared at the royal ball, unrecognizably gorgeous-- and too desirable to ignore. When he finally discovered her true identity, he also learned she was carrying his child. A royal courtship would defuse the scandal. But would a marriage inflame the passion that still burned between them?

Love took hold, even before they exchanged names… “I want you to play my perfect fiancée.” That’s what Dante Mancini, a notorious playboy who regularly makes the front page of gossip magazines, said to Piper. Two months ago, they met at a party where she was working as a waitress. She couldn’t resist Dante’s devilish charm and irresistible looks and ended up giving him her virginity. She found out a couple months later that she was pregnant, and when she visits him to tell him the news, he quickly seeks to use it to his advantage. But there’s no way Piper could enter a fake arrangement just so that Dante can improve his public image…or could she?

The king has convinced me to become his temporary bride! Amalia is in Khaleej, hoping to save her brother from the consequences of a crime he didn’t commit. Overwhelmed by the beauty of her native country, she gets lost and stumbles upon a man, a millionaire so infamous his face is on the cover of every gossip magazine—none other than the King of Khaleej, Sheikh Zayn al-Ghamdi! Zayn is looking for a bride in order to bury his playboy image and suggests Amalia becomes his queen… Who would have thought she’d have to play the king’s fiancée in order to save her brother?

She uncovered his past, but she’s lost her own! Dominic, an inspector for Interpol, is astonished to learn he is the Grand Duke of Karlenburgh, a country that no longer exists. This exciting historical discovery was uncovered by a woman named Natalie in an old document, and his identity is soon broadcast to the whole world. He’s completely unable to continue his job as an inspector. He moves to Hungary with complicated feelings, but who should appear before him but Natalie? She’s completely lost her memory and can’t remember anything other than the words Grand Duke of Karlenburgh. And now it falls to Dominic to look after her!

This is the first story of the (already complete) Narcissus Black series. What people call Heaven, is actually two places. One is a place of Light, ruled by the God of Law, a place where souls can find a brief respite before they continue on their endless journey of reincarnation. The other place is Darkness, the realm of death. A place where souls can find eternal peace. Death, who lived in Darkness, believes that the world will be destroyed after a hundred years. To gain control over Light, he has descended onto earth, into the soul of a youth called Esuke KIRI. The rest are: #2 [Netsu no Aru Yoru](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22947) #3 [Eden no tawamure](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22939) #4 [Lion Heart](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22943) #5 [Nemuru bara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22946) #6 [Shi no Seppun](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22948)

SOLD! Sexy security consultant Sebastian Sinclair brought a princely sum at auction. And for the next five days he was going to be a boy toy for some rich woman. At least it was going for a worthy cause… and the woman WAS intriguing… SOLD OUT! The LAST thing Brandi Sommers wanted was to fly off to a lover’s retreat with some gorgeous mountain of a man. But Sebastian was an outrageously expensive birthday present from her dear, meddling sister, and she couldn’t very well return him. Besides, SHE would be in control at all times… she thought.

Drew, a special agent from the secret organization OMEGA, follows his target, Tracy, to Catalina Island. He poses as a sightseer and approaches her, but she doesn’t fit the mold of an evil woman who would sell military secrets to terrorists. She says she’s investigating the death of a singer named Trixie, who died seventy-two years ago. She seems shy and lonely… Drew checks into the hotel room next to hers and then he hears a scream. He rushes into her room to help her, but she seems like an entirely different person. With a bewitching stare, she calls herself Trixie and leans into Drew for a hot, sensual kiss!

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