Victoria was handpicked to be an assistant by the crown prince of the desert kingdom of El Deharia. So then why would the Imperial Guard suddenly break into her room and drag her away wearing nothing but a negligee? Her good-for-nothing father has been in trouble for gambling before, but to think he would have tried to cheat at cards against Prince Kateb... The prince's personality is as fierce as his scarred face. He earned the scars amid a failed kidnapping, during which they say he killed a man. Rejecting palace life, he has been known to disappear to a desert village for months at a time. Victoria despises her father, but can't abandon the promise she made to her dying mother. She pleads with the prince to set him free, and the prince agreed...on one condition. She would become his lover, and join his desert harem! (Source: Harlequin)

In the *Arabian Romance: Bahania Oukokuhen* series: *1) Sheikh to Maboroshi no Miyako* He'd kidnapped a princess!... How dare he! And how dare her body betray her so recklessly at Prince Kardal Khan's heated touch? How dare she feel cared for in her captor's tender embrace? All the lonely princess had ever wanted was someone to love her...but falling for the sexy sheik who'd stolen her as his slave was out of the question! He's rescued his wife... He might be the Prince of the City of Thieves, but when it came to the half-American Princess Sabra whom he'd rescued from the desert, he wasn't stealing...he was claiming what was rightfully his. Because though she didn't know it, the stubborn beauty was betrothed to be his wife! [Taken from FictionDB]

A wealthy playboy is going to give her lessons in romance! Beth winds up on a date with young, wealthy businessman Todd after he participates in a charity auction. She can’t believe that she, a widow living with kids in the suburbs, is going out on a date with a notorious playboy. Gentlemanly Todd picks up Beth in a limo and treats her like a queen, but she feels uncomfortable in his high-class world and ends up leaving in the middle of their date!

from fictiondb: Brides or bankruptcy -- the MacIntyre brothers had a helluva choice! Now, thanks to their cagey uncle's ironclad will, saloonkeeper Lucas MacIntyre was forced to find himself a bride. So he proposed a chaste businesslike "merger" to Miss Emily Smythe, a uniquely enterprising schoolmarm. But how could he keep them wed in name only when all he wanted to do was bed down with his bride in her brand-new inn? [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/75681/)

In the *Sanshimai ni Ai (w)o!* series: V.1 - *Usotsuki na Daifugou* (The Substitute Millionaire) V.2 - *Kokou no Okuman Chouja* (The Unexpected Millionaire) V.3 - *Hyakuman Doll no Hanamuko* (The Ultimate Millionaire)

IRRESISTIBLE Volume 1: Elissa is having trouble changing a flat tire when she is caught off guard by a man offering her help. The man, who appeared out of nowhere, was Walker Buchanan, a handsome man who had recently moved in to the upstairs of her apartment. Not wanting to be in debt to a man, Elissa tries to refuse Walker’s generosity. Irresistible is a popular spin-off work that depicts love and hate of the Buchanan restaurant empire in Seattle and is now available as a manga! Also included in the book is a side story, Loving Spoonful. =========================== Volume 2: Elissa lives with her daughter, Zoe, in Seattle. She is slowly reaches out to her neighbor, Walker, and begins to forms a relationship. With her new job and a reunion with her estranged family of eight years, everything is in favor for her. That is until her drug addict ex-boyfriend, Neil, reappears in her life. Once again Elissa is thrown into hell with her daughter being used as her weakness, but who will save her? This is the final installment of the popular manga depicting love and hate of the Buchanan restaurant empire! Included is a side story, Loving Spoonful [English publication via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/56182/)

Erin's twin sister dies shortly after giving birth... without revealing the name of the child's father. Four years later, Erin finds a diary in her sister's belongings and learns that her niece's father is Parker Hamilton, a world-wealthy man. Parker, who has been living in the mansion as a recluse since the death of his wife, surprisingly accepts the fact and begs Erin and her niece to stay at the mansion. Erin's heart is stirred by his kind eyes. She should not fall in love with him, even though he is hurting and suffering... Source: Harlequin

Nun-in-training Kayleen has been dispatched to the desert kingdom of El Deharia to work as a teacher at an orphanage. One day a local chieftain comes to take three young sisters, her students, with him to his village, but Kayleen refuses to let him have his way. Who responds to the commotion, but Prince As'ad of El Deharia himself. In order to preserve the chieftain's honor while eliminating the girls' worries, As'ad agrees to adopt them as his own children. Amid the fuss, Kayleen is assigned a new position as the girls' personal nanny. Never in a million years would she have thought that she'd live under the same roof as royalty!

Maggie came to El Daharia to restore Prince Qatar's classic car. But she is almost sent away when he learns his mechanic is a woman. Her first impression of the prince is awful, but eventually they warm up to each other because of their shared love of cars. He then asks Maggie to pretend to be his lover, so he can decline a fiancée who was decided for him, and she agrees. Maggie lives in a totally different world than the prince, after all, so there’s no way they could actually fall in love...right?

**A once timid girl has become a confident businesswoman. All to win the heart of a man who refuses love…** After a fire at her office, Cathy begins living at her client Stone’s mansion and starts working as his secretary. She hopes working hard for Stone will create a chance for them to become more intimate, but although they are obviously attracted to each other, Stone just doesn’t seem the type to fall in love. Will Stone ever return Cathy’s affections and see her as the confident woman she has become, rather than the timid, self-conscious girl he first met?

Penny is a capable chef who dreams of opening the best restaurant in Seattle. One day, out of the blue, her ex-husband, Cal, asks to meet her. He wants her to help breathe life back into his family’s oldest restaurant. He’s still as handsome as he was when they separated three years ago, and she never could hate him; so she gives him the okay—as long as he agrees to all of her conditions. Penny’s once-smoldering feelings for him light back up, but she can’t admit it. After all, she’s sure he doesn’t love her anymore...