63Julia Fairchild has loved Iain MacLerie forever--but the boy she once knew is now a hardened and aloof man. Amid the festivities and warm cheer of yuletide, can Julia melt Iain's guard and ignite the spark that continues to burn between them...?
63This volume compiles two 1965 rental manga stories starring characters who use their rebellious spirit to try to preserve individual justice and freedom in the midst of feudal society. In Meitou Ruten, a man grows up in the face of adversity when his fiancée is robbed according to the rules of a tournament of master swordsmen. And Rakujou no Fu tells the fate of a man persecuted by his lord for having played a forbidden melody.
She’d always planned to save herself for marriage…so Mia is shocked when she decides to make love to a man she just met! They met at a party, and he made the world drift out of focus as she fell under his spell—it was as if they were destined to find each other. But she came back to herself when she woke up and ran out before even asking his name. Three months later, Mia was invited to her friend’s house for dinner and was shocked to see the man she’d made love to standing in front of her. He must never know that Mia is carrying a huge secret.
Dressmaker Lena Schneider, a rising star among the nobility’s clientele, reluctantly agrees to an arranged meeting for marriage with Count Elias’ son. To her shock, she finds the fiancé to be 15 years old, a minor—and discovers that the meeting was a mere facade for a “selling of two siblings” by their adoptive parents. In order to protect the younger siblings she once helped, Lena enters into a contract marriage with Elias, intending to care for the kids until they reach adulthood—then seek divorce. But as their arrangement deepens, unexpected emotions, protection, and commitment arise. Lena must navigate the aristocratic dangers, her own choices, and the siblings’ unfolding lives
The odd dynamics of a slightly indirect boy and a girl who is less than honest.
