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Manga adaptation by Masako Watanabe, based on Kay Thorpe's novel "Master of Morley." He wanted an heir more than a wife! The rigid conventions of Morley Grange had driven Emma's grandmother into exile when she had dared love a man beneath her social station. Now Emma had returned to her ancestral home and found love with the present master of Morley. Only Emma wasn't at all sure her grandmother would have approved! For although Emma loved Craig Stafford deeply, he had proposed to her only because he wanted a son and she satisfied his family's standards. Would marrying him be the worst mistake of her life? (Source: fictiondb)
The president of Fox Construction, Jack Riordan, is keeping two major things from his wife, Rachel. The first is that he’s having serious heart problems; too much stress, especially from running a company, could knock him out of commission permanently. The second is that he ended up in a compromising position with Karen Johnson, though he swears he’s been faithful to his wife. Will his heart be able to take it whenKaren comes to his house and announces that she’s pregnant? Adaptation to manga of the novel "Jack Riordan's Baby" by Anne Mather (Source: Ballons & Chapters)
The main character, Rosa, is the child of the devil. Although her appearance is patently innocuous, the terrible things that befall everyone around her soon prove that she is anything but. A dark, gruesome story, made all the more eerie by the sparkly, feminine 1960s shoujo art style Watanabe continues to use.
In the deep snowy forests of Sweden, Vincent Minnelli, a doctor, mistook a person for a deer on a hunt. The girl he shot at, Joanna, was unharmed, but she told Vincent a shocking story, and the next morning she disappeared without a trace. Later an envoy of the General Ambrose du Closter invited the doctor to Castle Scorchloster, a mansion on the lakeshore, because General Closter was interested in Vincent's research. Vincent went to castle and was introduced to the General's daughter, Mona Lisa. To Vincent's surprise, Mona Lisa looked just like Joanna. Vincent thought they were the same person, but Mona Lisa told him that she had never seen Vincent before. The others also confirmed that Mona Lisa had been in the castle the whole time, and none of them knew anyone named Joanna. Mona Lisa disliked her governess, Miss Corban, and adored her ailing mother, Camilla, but Camillia did not recognize Mona Lisa as her own daughter and hated her. The inhabitants of the castle are entangled in a complex web of emotions. Soon, Mona Lisa was at the mercy of a spectacular, bloodcurdling, and horrific love-hate drama. What is the fate of Mona Lisa in "Mona Lisa's Room," Masako Watanabe's masterpiece of bizarre romance? And what is Joanna's true identity? (Source: Taiyoutosho, translated) *Note: Includes the one-shot "Shijin Keiyaku" (死人契約)*
The events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps. Based on the famous children's book chronicling the adventures of the carefree girl Heidi in the Swiss Alps and her friendship with a sickly city girl.
Benie lived a comfortable but restrictive life as the wife of the company president. She was often troubled by an unbearable sense of loneliness. One day, when Tetsuro Ike came by the house on company business, a casual gesture made Benie feel the intense provocation of a younger man...! An unforgivable love, made more beautiful by the feeling of chaos. (Source: Futabasha, translated)
Fives stories originally published in *Manga Grimm Douwa*: 1. **Shinoda Tsuma** (しのだ妻); 2007-07 2. **Adabana Aku-no-Hana** (仇花 悪の花); 2009-04 3. **Kibitsu no Kama** (吉備津の釜); 2009-07 4. **Rokou** (呂后) 2009-09 5. **Majo no Tettsui** (魔女の鉄槌); 2009-11