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In the *City Bride* series: V.1 - Fiance Wanted Fast! (*Yatowareta Fiancé*) Half a year after Ben dumped Phoebe at their engagement party, she’s stuck searching for another roommate to keep her house—as well as a date for Ben’s wedding. Gib needs to prove that he can just be friends with a woman, so he offers to fill both the new tenant and fake boyfriend positions. Can Gib keep things friendly and professional, or will Phoebe’s trust in him grow to something neither of them are ready for? ============================= V.2 - A Whirlwind Engagement (*Konyaku wa Arashi no You ni*) Josh and Bella have been good friends for years... They have been very close and never thought of each other romantically. He knows her numerous loves and disappointments and how she looks without any makeup. However, this relationship Bella thought would last forever comes to an end when Josh tells her that he's getting married. These words shock her and Bella's heart breaks at the realization that she's too late. She loves him as a man... not only as friend. She tries to hide her feelings for him, so she can stay close to him, at least as a friend. But it's harder than she thinks!

This collection of Twitter-famous self-contained yonkoma (four panel manga) is available in English for the first time! Always ridiculous, always irreverent, and sometimes flat out raunchy, each punchline reminds us that hey, life isn't that bad after all...until when it is. But we can still laugh at it!

The first selection (English edition) from Japanese independent alternative comic magazine «USCA». The contributors are young and energetic cartoonists, NISHIMURA Tsuchika, SINZO Keigo, MIYAZAKI Natsujikei, TANIGUCHI Natsuko, HIRANO Ryo, and diverse artists, MOTO Hideyasu, BRIDGE SHIP HOUSE, Zajirogh, SANUKI Naoya, error403, KAMODA Jun, Skirt,NATSUME Tomoyuki, etc. USCA presents you 15 not mainstream but artistic Japanese comics today. Contents: NISHIMURA Tsuchika 西村ツチカ "The Woman Who Planted Flowers" SHINZO Keigo 真造圭伍 "Me & My Brother - One Summer" MIYAZAKI Natsujikei 宮崎夏次系 "Lunch Time" TANIGUCHI Natsuko 谷口菜津子 "I Love You To DEATH, Takada-kun" MOTO Hideyasu 本秀康 "Birthday Party"（太田出版刊『本秀康の描く4ページ』より「息子の誕生パーティ」をリライト） BRIDGE SHIP HOUSE "meter" Zajirogh 座二郎 "A NIGHT BEFORE WEDDING" KASABE Tetsu 笠辺哲 "Hawaii" KATSUHIKA Keita かつしかけいた "Town Trail" HIRANO Ryo ひらのりょう "Password" SANUKI Naoya サヌキナオヤ "Sweat Dreams" Yoshie 嘉江 "Ubasute" OOTA Motoyuki 太田基之 "effect" KAMODA Jun 鴨田潤 "BGM:Jelly Fish" error403 "MacroMesoMicro"

In the *Karameru no Koimonogatari / The Carramer Legacy* series: 1) *Ousama to Mermaid / The Monarch's Son*, illus. by MINATO Yoriko HE'D SAVED HER LIFE - When the riptide unloosed her, Allie Carter washed ashore at the feet of Lorne de Marigny, monarch of Carramer. A prince unparalleled in handsomeness...and in having his desires fulfilled. And he demanded that Allie remain at his villa with him and his son. COULD SHE RESCUE A PRINCE? - Acting as adorable Nori's companion silenced those who'd question Allie's relationship with the widower prince. But Allie needed to know why Lorne seemed so tortured. Why he rarely spoke of his wife, when his child so desperately wanted a mother. And if there was a place for her with Lorne and his son.. 2) *Prince ni Kataomoi / The Prince's Bride-To-Be*, illus. by ASOU Ayumu She remembered vividly the day they were betrothed. Michael de Marigny had been a young version of the impressive prince he'd become. She'd listened raptly as the teenager enacted the ancient ceremony...with her twin sister. Forever after, Caroline Temple had dreamed she was Michael's intended. And then she got her wish... When Michael sent for his American 'bride-to-be,' her twin begged Caroline to assume her identity and end the engagement. But once Caroline encountered her dream man and his motherless child, she forgot why she'd come...and why this man and baby weren't hers for the taking! 3) *Princess ni Kiss Shitara / The Princess's Proposal*, illus. by KARINO Mao "MY HORSE AND MY SECRET AGAINST YOUR LAND." Princess Adrienne de Marigny had issued edicts before, but this one was different... and dangerous. Long before arrogant rancher Hugh Jordan had infiltrated her kingdom -- and her fantasies -- Adrienne had vowed to be a successful breeder of horses, using her prize stallion, Carazzan. But Hugh desired to own Carazzan -- and to bend the princess to his will. And the man had some bargaining power: her deeply held secret... and her soul-deep passion for him. Yet neither could foresee what events the princess's proposal would unleash.. Descriptions taken from fictiondb. Note: These are the first three books of Valerie Parv's *Carramer * series and is part of the Carramer Crown sub-series which is followed by the Carramer Legacy sub-series, and the Carramer Trust sub-series respectively.

A vengeful spirit from a thousand years ago appears in the present world!? A horror comedy is born!

When Isabella was younger, she followed Paulo around as if he were her brother. He’s ten years older and has always been a prince in Isabella’s eyes, but he works for a large bank in London now and only returns to Brazil once a year. One day, Isabella overheard him talking about his plans for marriage. She was so upset that she ran off and had a one-night stand with her professor, and now…she’s pregnant! But how can she tell Paulo that? She runs into him while she’s studying abroad in London, and he invites her to come and live with him until the baby is born. Isabella is carrying another man’s child, but she can’t stop her feelings for Paulo! What is she to do?

CONFESSIONS OF A MILLIONAIRE'S MISTRESS Celeste thought she’d be handed the reins to her father’s company, but when her father passes off the business to Ben, she finds their relationship strained. Keeping an eye on how Ben handles the company might lead to him being a bigger influence on her life than just lightening her pocketbook, as fate threatens to change the best-grown plans of this botanical business.

THE BOSS'S MISTRESS Oh, no! Laura finds herself in a fender bender with a luxury car owned by a handsome but rude young man. He is in fact so rude that she loses her temper and starts to argue with him. Laura's on her way to work to meet the scary new boss who's taking over her company, so she's already under a lot of stress. Then she finds out just who her new boss really is....

After her mother passed away, Elizabeth was going through her mother's things, when she discovered a letter that told her the true identity of her father. She decided to do whatever it takes to meet him, which means…becoming his caretaker? At least this way, Elizabeth decided, she can stay by his side. He takes a liking to her and she works hard as his devoted caretaker, but there’s one man at the mansion who views her with suspicion. It’s her father’s adopted son, the coldhearted, hardworking Andreas. He’s convinced she’s out to steal the family’s wealth. He orders her to spend nights working as his secretary so he can see what she’s really like. Will he discover her true identity?

**Happiness is right in front of me, but I can't see a future for us.** Zoe, a fledgling interior designer, is training in Paris, grieving the loss of her family. One day, she receives a job offer from Jules, a real estate tycoon. It doesn't take long for the two to be attracted to each other, even though they are polar opposites: he is a rationalist and she is image-conscious. But as Zoey bites her lip in happiness, Jules tells her, "I have a rule that we can only go on three dates." She's scared of losing someone she loves, and he's the same way, unable to take love seriously. But Zoe feels like giving herself to this dangerous relationship...