Salome's marriage to Ralph, a man thirty years her senior, was considered scandalous. While she lead a life of fun and leisure with Ralph, and their surprising divorce left her financially secure, it's not what she desires. When Salome looks into selling her apartment, she finds that her neighbor is Mike Angellini, a world-famous restaurateur who has always given her the cold shoulder. High society thinks Salome was a paid mistress, but she wants Mike to know the truth. Having donated all her money to charity, Salome wishes to put the past behind her, but will she find Mike's menu to be too appetizing? (Source: Renta!)
Meg Valentine might be the Teacher of the Year, but instead of finding herself a great beach to lounge on, she's spending her vacation time helping out her sister by taking care of her clothing shop. When infamous actress Taylor Gee, star of Many Moons and many tabloids, comes in demanding a dress for an event, Meg might make a whole week's worth of sales in one day of dealing with this diva. She may sell more than dresses when it comes to her bodyguard, the handsome and dashing Jaret Miller. Will all outfits be half-off, or just Meg's? (Source: Harlequin) *Note: Includes a bonus story.*
My family line have long served Inari Myojin-sama for generations as shrine maidens. Naturally, I am one, too. However, I just saved an injured fox in front of Inari when I was a child, and I became a fox-possessed shrine maiden! Ginji, a fox who usually takes the form of a beautiful young man, and Rin, a cute high school girl shrine maiden, solve mysterious cases! (Source: Group Zero, translated)
Karyn plans to visit the Talbot residence, the elegant mansion where her estranged twin sister, Fiona, resides. But as she’s busy planning just how to approach such a visit, a young man calls out to her…using Fiona’s name! As Karyn tries to get a grip on the situation, he suddenly kisses her… very passionately. Karyn panics and bolts, but she’s unable to forget what’s just happened. To think that a man she doesn't even know kissed her like that… (Source: Harlequin)
For the first time in thirteen years, Rosemary runs into Willis, her former classmate, and is shocked at how he’s changed. Back in high school she was attractive and popular, and Rosemary wrote off Willis as a scrawny nerd who was only good at studying. Now, he’s a professor at an acclaimed university and has come back to her village to observe a passing comet…and she can’t help but observe his stellar body. During his stay in the village, he’ll be sleeping over at Rosemary’s house. Will more than the comet be keeping him up at night?
"Wednesday’s child is full of woe” is how the old nursery rhyme goes, and Virginia believes she’s the epitome of it. Her artist parents never could love her, and the one time her mother painted her, she titled the painting “Wednesday’s Child.” Years later, both the painting and an ex will come back to haunt her—, but there might be some sweetness in her dark past she wasn’t aware of. (Source: Harlequin)
If you have someone you hate so much that you want them to die, visit the sorcerer Kai. He will give you what you wish, in exchange for only ten years of your own life. (Source: Sukima, translated) 1) **Kiri no Satsui** (霧の殺意) 2) **Fukushuu no Kiba** (復讐の牙) 3) **Shisha no Irai** (死者の依頼) 4) **Rinne (Endless)** (輪廻-エンドレス-) 5) **Sousei no Wana** (双星のわな) 6) **Yume no Sousou** (夢の葬送) 7) **Shisen (Deadline)** (死線-デッドライン-) 8) **Minikui Onna** (醜い女) 9) **Fushibito Densetsu** (不死人伝説) 10) **Manekarezaru Kyaku** (招かれざる客)
The parents of Miako and Junya are good friends. But these two don't get along well and are always fighting. One day, they get caught up in a big panic. This is the first of seven volumes that collect Iisaka's early short stories. Volume 1 of *Iisuka Yukako Masterpiece Collection*: 1. [Wedding Cake wo Buchi Kawase!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=36028) 2. [Nemurenai! Midnight](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=43023) 3. [Aitsu ga Mahoutsukai!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=43022) 4. [Vampire Vampire!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5242) 5. [Konya wa Gekkou Shounen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=43024) 6. [Tasukete! Vampire](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9985) 7. [Vanpu ni Barabara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9986)
Adiyah was born as the next Holy Maiden of Awakening, inheriting the power to banish demons known as Dream Thieves. However, her younger sister conspires with a Dream Thief to steal those powers, leaving Adiyah to be disparaged as "the impotent holy maiden." Caught in her sister's cunning trap, she is terrorized by her peers and family alike, cast aside by her fiancé, and left with nothing. After years of this torment, she reunites with a boy she saved in a dream world when she was young... and he turns out to be an imperial prince?! (Source: MangaPlaza)
Yuito is just your everyday, run-of-the-mill high school student… until he meets Rilnel, the Angel of Medicine, who gives him superpowers! And not just one - she's chosen Yuito as her test subject for all kinds of experiments! (Source: Mangamo) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*
If Kei only falls for the worst kinds of bad boys, how should she avoid her fate? By not falling in love, of course! After her latest ex-boyfriend breaks her heart by leaving her for his pregnant lover, Kei swears up and down that she’s never going to let herself go through that again. This time, she says, as she starts a purely physical relationship with her boss Sakuma, it’s going to be different – but can she really stop herself from falling in love with him? (Source: Manga Planet)
"You killed Chikage!"—is the last thing university student Ako expected to hear at her childhood friend's funeral. She's told that by sharing the accursed legend from her village about the “Demon,” she has brought about a curse. That must be a lie…but then why is Chikage's corpse all unnaturally mangled? And when one tragedy after another occurs, each more supernatural than the last, Ako is physically and mentally pushed to the brink. Is this truly an unfortunate series of events, or is there something else at play…? (Source: Yen Press)

