As a child, Aleta Clayton’s favorite bedtime stories had been about the faraway kingdom of Monticello. She’d longed to believe her mother’s claim that she was related to the glamorous royal family, but that was hardly likely. Now Aleta was all grown-up, and the closest the Chicago secretary had ever gotten to royalty was by reading the tabloid gossip columns. Still, a woman could dream… Bachelor Prince Giancarlo of Monticello had been ordered by his mother, the queen, to marry and produce an heir. Where on earth was he going to find a chaste woman with Monticellan blood? In Chicago, according to his advisers. Aleta Clayton was the only possible princess candidate. But it never dawned on Prince Giancarlo that she’d refuse an arranged royal marriage—because she was waiting for something as intangible as love!

from fictiondb: THE LADY CATRIN HAD SURVIVED A NIGHTMARISH PAST Now her willful ways had plunged her headlong into danger --- and into the arms of Nicholas Talbot, a man whose very presence stirred up emotions she had long thought buried forever. HE ALONE COULD PROTECT THE LADY CATRIN FROM HER ENEMIES Yet Lord Nicholas Talbot felt like a fraud. For beneath his thin coat of nobility lay a troubled past, and an even more troubling passion for the lovely Catrin, a woman who could never be his .

[Taken from FictionDB:] She wanted a baby! A successful businesswoman nearing thirty years of age, Amanda Fleming's biological clock was ticking furiously. When she met Daniel Bedford, owner of a sexy, lopsided smile and gorgeous blue eyes, she began to fantasize about him as a father to her baby. Not a husband! Letting Daniel assume she was a secretary rather than the boss, Amanda set her plan in motion. But she hadn't expected to fall in love. Before she could confess who she really was, that she wanted Daniel's baby and a wedding ring, she discovered he'd been practicing a little deception of his own. And by that time it was too late: she was expecting his child ....

1. **Wara Ningyou Shopping** (わら人形ショッピング) \[Wakana Makihara\] 2. **Oyayubi no Satsui** (親指の殺意) \[Maki Sugawa\] 3. **Hoshigaru Hito** (欲しがる人) \[Rino Mizuho\] 4. **Noroi Gazou** (呪い画像) \[Isao Sakamoto\] 5. **Tsumetai Kyoushitsu** (冷たい教室) \[Mami Shimizu\] 6. **Shinyuu Gokko** (親友ごっこ) \[Kirara Himekawa\]

from fictiondb: Desperate to turn her life around, nurse Amanda Reston swore off big-city E.R.'s and powerful, deceptive men. Surely working private duty in placid Pine Grove would provide peace of mind.... Alas, Amanda's first patient proved impossible -- impossibly handsome, impossibly rich, and impossibly impatient to recover from his skiing injuries. Difficult, demanding, yet maddeningly attractive, Sheik Rahman Harun imperiously installed Amanda in his posh ski villa -- and seductively insinuated his way into her heart. Yet Rahman was royalty...while all Amanda had to offer was TLC. When he had recovered, would Rahman leave her with a broken heart or would he take a chance on the love of a lifetime?

from fictiondb: 'Twas a Love To Remember... Lady Gillian de l'Eau Clair would never forget what she had once shared with Rannulf FitzClifford. How could she, when he had disappeared so suddenly, leaving her with nothing but a cryptic message scrawled upon their betrothal contract? Now, four years later, Rannulf had returned under the guise of being a stranger. And though she wanted nothing to do with him, she'd agreed to keep his secret from her guardian. For Gillian could not deny that despite what he had done, Rannulf FitzClifford would always hold her heart.

1. **Oshiire Ojou-san** (押し入れおじょうさん) \[Mayuki Anan\] 2. **Tsuya no Ban** (通夜の晩) \[Eiko Komuro\] 3. **Issho ni Torou yo** (いっしょに撮ろうよ) \[Maki Sugawa\] 4. **Daruma-san ga Koronda** (ダルマさんがころんだ) \[Isao Sakamoto\] 5. **Gekkou Chuu** (月光虫) \[Kirara Himekawa\] 6. **Hime no Hitsugi** (姫の棺) \[Mizuki Kuze\]