57An exquisite surreal one-shot manga with avant-garde artwork.
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Hikaru Genji (literally "Shining One of the Minamoto Clan" ) is the illegitimate son of Emperor Kiritsubo of Japan, and considered too handsome for his own good. After Genji's mother dies, his father reluctantly removes him from the line of succession and demotes him to commoner status. Genji takes up a job as an imperial officer, and the story follows his sexual, personal, and political exploits through the lens of Heian aristocratic society.
Another facility's been sabotaged! And PR representative Sadie Thompson is on the case. When she's assigned to investigate the damage to her employer's oil rigs, she knows it's her chance. Finally, she can prove she's left her "bad girl" past behind her. Yet someone wants the evidence to disappear—and is willing to threaten Sadie and Caleb, her recently paroled half-brother, to make it happen. Caleb's parole officer, Jon Garrison, is watching them both closely, waiting for one of them to slip up. He doesn't trust Sadie—can she trust him? She needs Jon's help, and has nowhere else to turn...
Gallant to the rescue! So Harry decides he's chosen the wrong sister just as they're about to walk down the aisle; that doesn't make Emily a romantic failure. As her best friend, Meg, sees it, Emily just needs a long holiday and a gorgeous guy who'll make her forget about Harry! The holiday's the easy part; persuading Emily that another romance is the best cure for a broken heart is a tall order even for Meg. That is, until Lyon Gallant comes on the scene. He's rich, he's cute--and he's determined that Emily's going to get over Harry whether she likes it or not! [Taken from FictionDB]
from fictiondb: Get this, Teri, and get it good! You are going to marry me. It takes two people to do right by their child. And we are going to do it together! Leo didn't stop there. He kissed Teri with all the sizzling heat that had fired their affair. But she couldn't forget that Leo had never considered marrying her before she got pregnant - and at no time had he mentioned love. Would the tie of their child be enough? What price..this marriage?
from fictiondb: So it was all a great sham Meredith had loved Ryan Carlisle at first sight and had been swept off her feet in a dream of romance. The miracle was that Ryan loved her, too. The dream shattered on their wedding day when she accidentally overheard Ryan telling a friend "to own her shares, I'd have married her had she looked like the rear end of a horse. " Anger spurred her into action. Meredith didn't know where she'd go or what she'd do--but she could no longer think of living with Ryan... .
Bella, a painter, gets into a car accident with a luxury vehicle. Luckily, neither party is seriously injured, but the man who gets out of the other car is proud billionaire Rico, who is so handsome it is as if he were chiseled out of stone. His charm leaves Bella breathless, but he mistakes her for a hooker! Not caring about Bella’s outrage at the insult, he says that in exchange for the damage she has caused, he will buy…her?
[Taken from FictionDB:] Kidnapped to the altar! Clare usually ran a mile from powerful, sensual men like Guido Bartaldi. Only, she'd agreed to live under Guido's roof as companion to his wayward ward, the young woman clearly destined to become Guido's wife.... Horrified at Guido's marriage plans, Clare soon decided to leave -- and found herself all but captive in Guido's palatial villa. Then she realized it was SHE who'd been chosen as Bartaldi's bride!
Five years ago Kristie adopted her late sister's baby, and has happily brought Ben up as her own ever since. Until the day she meets Radford Smythe... Kristie is instantly struck by Radford's devastating good looks and overt sex appeal. Too late she realizes that he was her sister's ex-boyfriend! What should she do? Her instinct tells her to stay away from Radford before he discovers her secret. But her conscience tells her this could be little Ben's chance to know his true father. Dare she surrender to the millionaire? [Taken from FictionDB]