Petra met Caine on her eighteenth birthday. Though Caine was only in his twenties, he'd already made a name for himself as a talented investor. He radiated confidence, and Petra fell in love with him at first sight. They were soon wed, but behind her back, Petra's aunt and uncle—the people who raised her—sought to use Petra and Caine's passionate love to extort money from him! Betrayed and furious, Caine decides to take out his rage on Petra...

Souko has a tendency to take things home with her when she gets drunk. One day, she wakes up to find a boy sleeping next to her! But she's engaged! And not only that – he's a distant relative!

Containing two stories from Okaya Izumi, “Drunks” offers up a pair of romantic short stories. Opening up the collection, the titular “Drunks” follows a man who falls in love with a vampire who first leaves him with the impression of being an alcoholic. “Tick Tock”, about a romance decades in the making, matches up a woman frozen for years with the caretaker of her cryogenic chamber.

[Read on Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/88496/) In a cafe in Paris, Ernest, a top model, harshly scolds a Japanese man who keeps taking his picture. Ernest was sure the man, Takahiro, was a tourist, but he turns out to be a professional photographer. Despite their unfortunate first meeting, Ernest finds himself captivated by Takahiro, who continues trying to perfect his craft even with his disability. However, the more time they spend together, the more irritated Ernest becomes, as Takahiro doesn't even try to be friendly with him. A young man who lost interest in socializing and a famous model who has never fallen in love; what fate awaits them...?

Who would expect to get sexually harrassed during some boring part-time job!? That's exactly what happens when yours truly (said part-timer Haruka Akizuki) gets sent to a famous writer's estate to pick up his latest work. The guy, a bigwig in the field and sporting the face of a real player (must get laid all the time!) tells me it's not ready. I'm freaking out, trying to get him to write, when he says, ''I want a treat when I'm done.'' Did I hear that right?? And what's this thrill I'm getting, being tied up and... Was that MY voice...!? A dude's never done that to me before! The hell's going on with me...!? These are a part-timer's hard days at the mercy of an eccentric novelist! It's a sadistic, erotic love story from Azumi Kana! [Official English](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/124865/)

Musica Nostra is a collaborative work where various mangaka draw and/ or write about music and bands that inspire them, published in the Grand Jump. It includes Urasawa's musings about guitarists and playing guitar; his traveling to Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record a song with Mike Viola and Jim Keltner, the latter of which sends a picture of Urasawa's The Beatles manga to Ringo Starr, and why their performance is credited to "Monaka"; Urasawa seeing Neil Young and Paul McCartney perform at Desert Trip; his meeting with Jack Oliver and depicting how the English record executive started working at Apple Records. *Note: this manga includes written chapters and drawn chapters, and never got a total volume release. This entry includes only the manga chapters.*

"But you couldn't have known!" A mysterious encounter in the surgery room leads back down the paths of memory, after a young woman refuses anesthetics to protect her secret... Kyouka Izumi's 1895 classic is a mysterious, wrenching tale of doomed love. Source: Kodansha

A world where light and dark magic are interweaved...Pairazahda. The harmony of that world is embodied in Lega and Iliyer who have awakened. But, the religion of Narudo's evil influences are creeping up on the two of them…

Sohei gives up on his dreams of becoming a picture book author and starts looking for a job. Then he realizes the girl he sees every morning is his childhood friend! (Anthology). from Manga Reborn

from fictiondb: REBEL BRIDES Two rebellious cousins -- and the men who tame them? Caitlin Bodine is the black sheep of her family. She's shunned by her cousin Maddie -- but no one's bad opinion of her hurts so much as Reno Duvall's. As a young girl, Caitlin hero-worshipped him. As a woman, she's haunted by a tragedy Reno will never forgive... Reno Duvall blames Caitlin for his brother's death. He can't believe she has the nerve to return after all these years! So why can't he stop thinking about her? Caitlin is simply too wild to wed, but suddenly Reno finds himself longing to claim her as his wife!

Four years ago, Tessa was trapped in South America with no way out. In order to save Tessa, a complete stranger had to marry her to smuggle her out. Tessa had no way to thank the man who saved her life because he died protecting her…or did he? After seeing an article about Stavros Denakis four years later, Tessa was determined to give her savior back his family ring. All she had for Stavros was gratitude, but he was suspicious of the convenient timing of her arrival—during his engagement party. he figures out what’s going on, he decides to keep Tessa under watch on his estate. But the more time he spends with her, the more he’s reminded of why he helped her in the first place all those years ago…

from fictiondb: The bad boy... Sam Beaumont was a poor boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Seven years ago he thought he was going to elope with Annie Delacorte. Instead he found himself run out of town. and the virgin bride! Sweet and innocent Annie had a very good reason for jilting Sam. But now, Sam is back, and he has the money and the power to get what he wants. And he wants Annie. Only, the whole town is determined to protect her good name and ensure that Sam's seduction attempts don't end in the bedroom--but begin with a wedding!