After he lost his son, Donovan Barrett wanted nothing more than to isolate himself from everything. He even quit his career as a doctor and left his wife, all to avoid ever being responsible for hurting anyone. When he decides to return to his home in Lake Geneva, Anna Nowell, the maid who'd been taking care of it while he was away, is in fear of losing her job...and all the great perks. Anna decides to prove herself to be indispensable by doing everything on her own. She's not only able to maintain the house but also finds herself, through compassion and resilience, helping Donovan get his life back.

It wasn't supposed to be like this... I just wanted to be a sailor like my late father... It's the third week of training as a deep sea fisherman, and the ship is full of rascals who do whatever they want. Kouta is caught in the net of their lust, and he is assaulted by his mates every night. The sailors on this ship are the ones he wanted to be like... During this perverted voyage, Kuota is hit by even greater tragedy!! You don't want to miss it when unresponsive Kouta starts to move his hips on his own! [from Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/54047/)

Nurse Katya Petrova believes her unborn baby really needs its father. Only talented Italian surgeon Count Benedetto, with whom she spent one passionate night, has no idea that she is pregnant! From the moment he sees Katya again it is clear Benedetto wants to be a father to his child, and he offers her marriage--for the baby's sake! But Katya soon realises that a convenient proposal isn't enough. She's secretly longing for Ben to give her his heart, as she has given him hers...

Yancie, a driver for a large company, notices that she is nearly out of gas one day when she's out in one of the company cars. Panicking, she cuts across another lane of traffic to refuel. At that moment, a horn blares, and she nearly collides with a luxury car. A man exits the car to accuse her of reckless driving, but a startled Yancie gets angry herself and calls him a "noisy old man"! The next day, when she's called into the president's office at work, she's prepared to be upbraided. But she isn't prepared to come face-to-face with the same noisy man! (Source: Renta!)

My mommy can't live without her boyfriend. I can't live without my mommy. But… I'm scared that mommy's boyfriend is going to kill me. **Official English:** [Coolmic](https://coolmic.me/titles/63), [Dashtoon](https://dashtoon.com/comics/read/marionettes-fate_SHOlSOjelZ8uprhyJKL)

**Her life had always been stormy, but his love just might chase those clouds away.** When Mallon, a beautiful housekeeper, is attacked by her employer and rushes out into the rain, she is picked up by a man in a luxury car who calls himself Harris. Mallon has grown to distrust men, but Harris’s calm gray eyes allow her to relax her guard. When she sees where they have arrived, however, she starts to regret her carelessness. The place is practically a ruin, and there’s no other house around. Mallon, recalling all her nightmares, is constantly fearful, but there is one thing she doesn’t yet know—her encounter with Harris is the ray of light that will cut through the darkness of her life…

A certain region in vast China. Xiaodan and his friend An, who once moved to this village, go pearl hunting as usual. During a break from work, Yasu begins to tell him a fairy tale from his distant hometown, starting with a story about how when Kotan was young, he thought of pearls as ``mermaid tears.'' Something nostalgic and somehow disturbing. A rising star who is active mainly overseas makes his first appearance in Japan.

Koutarou's childhood friend Te-chan invites him to his home. Koutarou thinks it's weird since they haven't hung out together in years, but the carnage at Te-chan's home sends the boys running away together. Is Te-chan really bad? If so, why doesn't Koutarou leave him? *Note: Published in Magazine ZERO Winter 1995 \[1995-01-20\]*

*Published in Magazine ZERO Vol. 14 \[1997-04\]*

*Published in Magazine BE×BOY 2003-10*

Seigo, who grew up in a village, moved to Tokyo to find a job and to fight crime (apparently he has some strange superpowers), since not much happens in his village. One day his childhood friend Touma visits him and challenges him to remind him of his mission. At least that's Touma's claim... *Note: Two-part story published in Magazine BE×BOY 2004-03~2004-04*