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“Princess Caroline… you are my destined mate.” Royalty in the Acasia Kingdom is discerned by their gold and silver hair, and elegantly blue eyes. However, the third princess Caroline, born with amber hair and black eyes, is considered a shame for the royal family. She has been locked away in a small villa, being made to do petty work that the maids normally do. One day, her father calls for her… and suddenly Caroline finds herself in the audience of Prince Lienhart, prince of the beastfolk of Toscarna. With his bright white ears and waving tail, he calls to her in excitement. It seems she is to be betrothed to him as his mate?! *Source: MangaPlaza*
You cut my red string of fate! One morning, Alex Hubert, a student in the knight department at Howard Royal Academy, suddenly begins to see countless red threads. The beautiful outcast Sarah Crowleagh tells him that these threads are “red strings of fate.” But she cuts Alex’s red string without a second thought! Alex is outraged by Sarah’s selfish behavior, which has earned her the reputation of being the “witch of breakups” who breaks up lovers, but he realizes that she is actually cutting the threads of unhappy couples. Alex can’t help but worry about Sarah, who is not afraid to play the bad guy and continues to isolate herself. *Source: MangaPlaza*
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Soh Fujima has not been able to recover from grief after his cat's recent passing. Nobody has seen or heard from him for ages, and he and his apartment are a mess. Fujima lives on the sixth street, where many residents have been complaining about the neighborhood's cat infestation. As he was holed up in his room, Fujima was unaware of the dire situation the stray cats of the sixth street were facing. Just as he was witnessing the capturing of stray cats to be sent off to their demise, a mysteriously strong figure appears in front of him to stop the barbarism: Maki Mishima. How will Mishima try to stop these people from trying to get rid of the stray cats? Will Fujima be able to be of any help? And what in the world exactly is a "cat-munity"?! (Source: Manga Planet)
Yoshino found herself married to Keigo Shinoi, the genius artist she had admired since her school days. However, his reason for marrying her was for revenge against Yoshino's father. Hated all the while, she continues to love Shinoi as he suffers in a state of isolation. Will her feelings finally get through to him...? The title story, Maple Leaves, is just one entry in this best-of selection of sorrowful, bittersweet love stories.
The happiness of the royal family of Edenbourg, waiting for a baptismal ceremony of the king's first grandchild, is broken by bad news - the king has been in a traffic accident. Princess Dominique runs to the site in search of her father, accompanied by the family's High Counsel, Marcus Kent, who offers to escort her. Her heart races, as she has admired Marcus since childhood, but he abuses her respect with harsh words.
Due to her sister's infertility, Sheridan decides to undergo artificial insemination, but as a result of the hospital's mistake, she is provided with the semen of a man who is not her brother-in-law. As it turns out, the semen belongs to Rashid, the King of Kyr. Though Sheridan finds him authoritarian, he is as handsome as any prince you might read about in The Arabian Nights. Sheridan frantically resists Rashid's urgings that she should join him in Kyr, but then he makes an unimaginable move, sweeping Sheridan up off her feet and kissing her passionately. Sheridan suddenly finds herself lost in Kyr's intense passion... What will she do next? (Source: Renta!)
High schooler Kota reunites with his childhood friend, Naoto, after six years. When they were kids, they were always together. Kota, being a bit rambunctious, would always drag around the quiet and meek Naoto, getting him caught up in his antics. There was one time, however, when Naoto went against him. After that, Naoto moved away without saying a word. Since then, Kota has regretted bullying Naoto when they were kids. When they saw each other again, Naoto talked to Kota like nothing happened. Kota blurts out an apology and says to make up for things he'll grant Naoto one wish. But Naoto wishes for him and Kota to become lovers?! (Source: MangaPlaza)
Sekina's a rebellious teenager who can't seem to plan ahead more than one day at a time. At school, she's seen as a problematic student in the eyes of her teachers. At home, things aren't going well with her mother who's a single mom. The only place she feels at peace is at Ageo's rock cafe. There, she meets Yanagi. Yanagi understands the pain she carries deep within her, and she finds herself slowly falling for him. One day, Sekina finds herself face to face with Yanagi again... but this time, he's the substitute teacher for her class...?!
A girl (Kiyora Morinouchi) on the way to school literally runs into a scary-looking man with a scar and sunglasses (Junichiro Yaguchi) who drops a butcher knife when she knocks him down. She immediately thinks he's a member of the local yakuza. After quickly collecting her things, Kiyora heads to school only to find out the scary man she ran into is not only her homeroom teacher, but her home economics/cooking teacher as well (hence the butcher knife). She's not a very good cook, so her Yaguchi-sensei assigns her to make a bento (box lunch) for him every day until she gets it right.
Upright and serious secretary Emily is always being confronted with her handsome boss's woman troubles. Not only is Kadir a talented businessman who regularly travels around the world, he's also the prince of a bountiful desert kingdom. And he has a prodigious talent for attracting women. One day, after Kadir receives an emergency message from his home country, he makes an outrageous request: he'll pay Emily a huge sum if she pretends to be his horrible wife! Just what does he have planned? (Source: Renta!)
Paid to be his housekeeper or to warm his bed? An afternoon at the races laced with champagne and women is just another event for Ethan Cartwright, until very ordinary Daisy Donohue catches his eye. Daisy knows to keep her head down and to stay invisible amongst the throngs of designer-clad socialites. But ruthless Ethan is intrigued by the drab assistant, and can't resist one passionate embrace! Daisy is devastated to be fired for a kiss. She needs her job! That's where Ethan comes in. He has a new role in mind: Housekeeper by day, bedmate by night?
