In the *Ai to Inbou no Oukyuu* series: In Verdonia, the king is elected through a popular vote among the eldest royals from the three principalities, Celestia Verdon and Avernos. With the throne of Verdonia at stake, marriage becomes just another strategy for securing the crown... WHERE'S THE ROYAL BRIDE? Minutes before walking down the aisle, Princess Alyssa Sutherland from Celestia, vanished into thin air. Rumor has it that the lady in question wasn't marrying for love. Did Her Highness catch a case of cold feet? Perhaps a certain oh-so-uninvited guest crashed the party. Sources say Merrick Montgomery was spotted on the scene...and gossipmongers are buzzing with tales of a secret elopement. Did the dangerously sexy rebel kidnap the princess for political gain? Or did he simply sweep our royal beauty off her feet? - fictiondb V.1 - *Mezametara Princess* In her youth, the mother of Alyssa Sutherland fall in love with the prince of Celestia, the middle principality of Verdonia, but they are forced to separate. In the second part of the volume, another love story in Verdonia. V.2 - *Wedding wa Namida Iro* This story explains how Prince Brandt von Folke from Avernos, the northernmost principality of Verdonia, while trying to force princess Alyssa Sutherland into marriage, end up marrying unknowingly Miri Montgomery.

A reprint of [Itaikezakari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20718).

[taken from fictiondb] Nicole Starr had managed the Seawinds boutique on Silver Cay ever since the death of her husband. For five years she had devoted herself to her work, unmoved by the romance of the Bahama resort or the attentions of men. Then Grant Sutton, self-styled efficiency expert and notorious womanizer, sweeps in with the force of a tropical storm. His arrogant business tactics endanger Nicole's job, while his persistent charm threatens to awaken her tong sleeping emotions. Though she vows to resist the elemental power of his passion, her heart begins to feel the undertow of overwhelming desire...

Yuumi, a housewife living in Kyoto, decides to work part-time at a Japanese-style cafe in order to build her dream home. The heart-warming interactions that take place there with the store manager, Yoko, the signboard cat, Aneyakoji, and the customers, the delicious-looking cafe food, and the heartwarming and harmonious family life of her husband, Naoto, and her son, Kento, will warm your heart. story.