Due to a heart condition when she was little, Dorothea was told she would not live past twenty, but thanks to her mother’s support, she thrived and even earned herself a degree in archaeology from Oxford. However, when her beloved mother passes away suddenly, Dorothea has no choice but to live with her distant father in London. On her way there, she meets a disheveled American man by the name of Jack Temple, who is looking for someone. After twenty years apart, Dorothea is looking forward to meeting her scholarly father…who is actually the cunning thief that Jack is searching for! Source: Harlequin

from here Luca Zeani had the face of a fallen angel. It was a face Chiara had never forgotten, for it belonged to the man who had ruined her sister - the man she had vowed to destroy. But though she burned with vengeance, Luca's passionate kisses ignited a hotter flame that made her his captive in body and soul. Could the whisperings of her wayward heart lead her to the light of truth, or was she forever destined to love a man of darkness?

A woman who single-mindedly pursued her beloved poetry and literature even though she lived in poverty. What is the turbulent life she lived through with her friends and the man of her destiny as she chased her dreams? Yukari Takahashi vividly depicts Fumiko Hayashi's masterpiece.