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!)
"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."
Being torn apart from his first love, Alex, a housekeeper's son, fell in love with his boss's daughter, Rebecca. Because of that, he and his whole family felt her father's wrath when they were fired. To protect his family and his younger sister, who was still only a child, he did whatever it took and became rather successful. He now had a mansion that rivaled Rebecca's father's. However, no matter how rich he got, he couldn't forget the shame and powerlessness he felt that day. Now a cruel millionaire himself, he comes face-to-face again with Rebecca to get his revenge... (Source: Harlequin)
"My life has totally fallen apart..." Haruko was 29, with both her 30s and a blissful marriage right on the horizon, when her fiance dropped a bomb that tore that happiness to shreds. Her friends and family do their best to cheer her up afterward, but she just can't shake the suffocating feeling that plagues her days. If only, she wishes, there were someplace where it would be easier to breathe... And that's when her old classmate Asano invites her to come join him in bustling big-city Tokyo! She went from the top of the world to rock bottom so fast, she didn't even see the precipice she'd been standing on, but now Haruko is taking the reins and starting over from square one!! (Source: MangaPlaza)
Following the decision of the pop idol group to disband, the manga focuses on the struggle of one member who is reliant on the group to bolster her own self-esteem and keep her personal demons at bay. (Source: Star Fruit Books)
Tired of the boring company party, popular women's magazine columnist Lacey sneaks out to the pool, where she finds a stylish and sexy man. They both abandon themselves to passion on the spot…until Lacey finds out the man is actually Nate, a rival columnist for a men's magazine! How will she ever live down sleeping with this chauvinistic pig? She's supposed to be the champion of feminism! To make matters worse, Lacey's also forced to go head-to-head against Nate in her column! Who will win this battle of the sexes? What will triumph, sex or love? And what will become of the spark they started that night...?Tired of the boring company party, popular women's magazine columnist Lacey sneaks out to the pool, where she finds a stylish and sexy man. They both abandon themselves to passion on the spot…until Lacey finds out the man is actually Nate, a rival columnist for a men's magazine! How will she ever live down sleeping with this chauvinistic pig? She's supposed to be the champion of feminism! To make matters worse, Lacey's also forced to go head-to-head against Nate in her column! Who will win this battle of the sexes? What will triumph, sex or love? And what will become of the spark they started that night...? (Source: Renta!)
Akiko Misono is 32, dateless for eight years, and is getting desperate, so she decided to go to the marriage interview set up by her aunt. It turns out it was with an old classmate from middle school, Takanobu Ichihara, who's handsome and has a good job now. After the interview, Akiko was sure she's been rejected, but Takanobu later invites her on a date. However, at the end of the date, he reveals the big secret that he has never slept with a woman, and thus begins the journey where both characters confront and overcome their insecurities.
A half year after returning to Sydney, Sophie just can't seem to get a job interview. Annoyed, she enters a hair competition, where she gets an offer for an interview from a law firm because of her flaming red hair. As unconventional as it is to get an interview this way, Sophie is ecstatic about the chance and Jason, the dashing young lawyer she'll be working with. (Source: Harlequin)
Circumstances led Sophy to take a DNA test, but now she's misplaced the all-important letter containing the results and can't find it anywhere. If anyone else sees it, it will mean major trouble for her! In a panic, she searches a room reserved for breastfeeding, but, as if to thwart her search, the room is already occupied...by a shirtless, muscular man who is shaving. Sophy turns bright red and averts her eyes while he keeps a perfect poker face-it's almost as though he had known she was coming. Just who is this thoroughly mysterious man? (Source: Renta!)
The woman Armando falls in love with is the former fiancee of his deceased cousin. He is a charismatic doctor in an Argentinian hospital. Laura is full of passion and excitement about her new job that she got through her lover, Diego. However, the moment she meets Armando, she is not only disrespected, she's not even allowed to do her job. Could she really have been admiring someone like that all this time? What Laura doesn't notice is the flame of lust hidden within Armando's heart.... (Source: Renta!)
Our bias got married! What's the next big thing for these former groupies? Perhaps it's time for them to chase down... the perfect marriage partner?! When the actor they had dedicated their lives to announces his marriage, four young women (and former groupies) call an emergency meeting. A panicked Chikako, 34-years-old and the eldest of the group, announces to everyone that she absolutely will find a partner and be married within one year. Her secret weapon? Online dating! These women are giving up on the race to snag concert tickets and stepping onto the battlefield of love and dating. (sentence). (Source: MangaPlaza) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*
Alena, the 19-year-old scion of a well-respected, old Russian family, falls in love at first sight with Kiryl, a man she met in the lobby of a high-class hotel. He cuts a devilishly stylish figure, so she has no idea that this man who wears an air of danger around him like cologne has painfully risen up from the slums to become a billionaire. With his sweet words and the simple press of his lips to the back of her hand, Alena readily offers up her body and her heart to him. She could have no idea, at the height of her happiness, that the dazzling pleasures he offers her are, for him, a means to revenge! (Source: Renta!)
