Can one night lead to many more? When tycoon Graydon Gallagher lends Rebecca a shoulder to cry on at her ex-fiance's wedding, she doesn't expect to wake up next to him the following day! Exactly what kind of comfort has he given her? Then Gray makes a proposal -- he wants to take Rebecca on a business trip. But the question still remains: did they sleep together, or did they sleep together? Rebecca has to accept this assignment, not knowing if Gray's expecting to mix business with pleasure. After all, he's the boss -- and he could request her services after hours! (Source: fictiondb)

As a member of the famous Balfour family, Sophie grew up surrounded by her gorgeous sisters and the paparazzi. Being the only plain sister in the beautiful family, she became increasingly withdrawn, and she allowed her looks and her personality to become duller and duller. But her new employer, Marco Speranza, immediately notices the voluptuous, beautiful body that she's always trying to cover up. He knows that making this unfeminine woman his girlfriend isn't possible, but maybe they could have a fling...? Sophie hesitates in the face of the tycoon's advances, especially since he's never known love. (Source: Renta!)

Quinn Sullivan, a cold businessman who wants to exact revenge on the Murray Oil Company CEO, takes over the company and orders the youngest daughter to marry him. Her older sister, Kira, is the only person who can protect her and goes face-to-face against the man with the long-standing grudge against her father. Kira confronts Quinn, begging that he let her sister go, but then finds herself thoroughly stunned when he changes his plan. *"For your sister's freedom, would you be willing to take her place?"* (Source: Renta!)

Sarah, who works in the editorial department of a magazine, has been hiding her royal heritage-her family once ruled a kingdom that no longer exists. One day she's visited by Devon Hunter, the millionaire chosen as number three in the magazine's "Top Ten Sexiest Single Males" ranking. But he has something to tell her and it isn't about magazine business. He claims that her sister has stolen a priceless artifact from his home! But Sarah knows her sister wouldn't do anything to hurt their family name. In return for not taking this matter to the police, and with her grandmother the grand duchess's approval, Sarah must now go with him on a business trip to Paris as his fiancee! (Source: Renta!)

Leigh agreed to take care of her seven-year-old niece, Amy, after the sudden death of her older sister and her husband. She took a break from studying graphic design at university to work and pay down her sister's debts, but the bank finally put the house in foreclosure. Leigh was devastated and decided to seek help from Amy's real father, Nicholas Kendall, the CEO of a major corporation who had a one-night stand with Amy's sister. At first, he doubted that Amy was his, but he changed his mind soon after meeting her. All Leigh wanted was to borrow a little bit of money, but instead Nicholas insisted that Leigh and Amy move into his house! (Source: Renta!)

Based on Ginna Gray's novel "Images" You can't judge a book by its cover... But Grant Sloane had Mara Whitcomb, acclaimed artist, read before he'd ever laid eyes on her. Soon, however, her emerald green eyes and fiery red hair added new colors to the inaccurate portrait he had painted of her. Never had Mara seen such a strikingly handsome man--that is, from an artistic point of view. She submerged herself in her painting, not allowing herself to see Grant as anything more than an image. How could they convince each other that things aren't always as they seem? (Source: Fiction DB)

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

During her first Season, Tilda found her first love…or at least she thought she had. She’s deeply hurt when the man she fell for proceeds to throw abusive words at her. Seven years have passed since then, and as a chaperone Tilda attends a party hosted by the duke who has proposed to her cousin. The moment Tilda sees the duke’s face, she grows pale. It’s the man you hurt her all those years ago!

Jack Riley can't stand his boss Madeleine Langston, the Ice Queen. And yet, he can't help but want her, too. Jack has tried avoiding her, even ignoring an invitation to her party. On his way home the night of the party, he saves a tailor from being mugged. As thanks, the tailor transforms him into a sophisticated young man. Jack's transformation is so extreme that Madeleine doesn't even recognize him. For one night they both get what they want, but Jack rushes off the next morning before his identity is revealed. After returning to his normal work life, he discovers that the youth center where he volunteers is about to close down...and Madeleine's to blame!

After an interview for a position as a personal assistant, Emma shrugs and wonders if she has any choice but to end up on the streets. She needs a way to take care of her ailing father’s debt and the bills for his assisted-living facility, but it doesn’t look as if she’s going to get hired this time. Returning home defeated, she runs into the CEO, Luca, on her way out. He’s a true enemy of women, the type who can’t resist whispering sweet nothings to every woman he sees, and he invites Emma to go to Paris with him that night. Emma curtly turns down his advances and closes the elevator door. However, her interviewer is impressed by how Emma handles the situation, and decides to make her a job offer after all. To think that her employment hinges on her ability to rebuff the advances of a playboy like Luca—will she be able to keep it up?

Anna's nineteen, and she's had an unrequited love for Evan for two years. But the thirty-four-year-old Evan treats her like a child and doesn't respond to her attempts. Even that wouldn't make Anna give up on him, though, until one day when Evan comes to a party with his former lover! "Am I really that much of a bother to him?" Anna makes the decision to cut herself off from him. But, noticing how her attitude has changed, now Evan is the one with his heart in turmoil!

2 in 1 **The Virtuous Widow by Anne Gracie** One snowy evening, a man collapses at widow Ellie's door as if he was led by the candlelight in her window. “He’ll freeze to death this way!” She takes him in and cares for him that night. On the following morning, she finds that he is suffering from amnesia. He believes he is Ellie’s husband and asks her for a passionate kiss! She has never had such a delicious kiss like this before… But who is he? [Taken from Romance Comics] **Malone's Vow by Sandra Marton** Best man Liam Malone has been dispatched by the groom to bring a runaway bride back to the altar. Against his better judgment, he's tracked down the gold digger, but she surprises him in ways he couldn't imagine! [Taken from Fictiondb]