**“I’ll do anything for you… Just take me away from this country!”** Hira, a daughter of nobility in the desert kingdom of Zulheil, on the cusp of being forced into an unwanted marriage by her strict father, plans her escape. She asks Marc, the president of an American trading company, for help. “I’ll do anything for you… Just take me away from this country!” Marc is handsome and mysterious…and covered in scars. Hira falls for him at first sight—and then accepts his marriage proposal, even though she knows he wants her only for her beauty and lineage!

"Your father just asked me to marry you." These are the words of the handsome man who appeared in front of Gabriella, the heiress to a fortune. He is Prince Ricardo of the principality of Moldoravia. "I won't marry a notorious European playboy!" Luckily, he doesn't want to get married, either, but that fact shakes Gabriella. What dramatic event will bring them together in marriage...? (Source: Jmanga)

Her parents divorced when her mother, a painter, took a female lover. She tries to prove that she is different from her mother by giving her body to a man. However, for some reason, her heart refuses to budge. However, she begins to feel something different about Yugo, a man she met by chance... (Source: Shogakukan, translated) Included Stories: 1. ヒミツなこと 2. やわらかな雨 3. 神さまのローズ 4. 桜の日

1. Uso, Uso, Uso 2. Aimai na Mama de Ite 3. Sweet Gamble 4. Fujitsu na Yousei

1. Boku Yori Warui Onna (Hito) 2. Mou, Nani mo Iwanaide 3. Nukumori ga Oboeteru 4. Shindou Reo no Shuubun

A collection of short stories. The title story focuses around Chihaya, who has a crush on Morisaki. However, the flower arranging school she inherited from her father isn't doing well, and her step-mother wants her to marry into another school to revitalize it. Chihaya disobeys her step-mother and runs away, only to be later rescued by Morisaki. Unwilling to go back home, Chihaya starts to spend the summer at Morisaki's place, painfully aware of the situation... though Morisaki doesn't even seem to notice.

A collection of stories: 1. **Ai-teki Suushiki** (愛的数式) 2. **Nagusame wa Setsuna** (慰めは刹那) 3. **Anata ga Korosu Yoru** (あなたが殺す夜) 4. **Ayamachi de Kamawanai** (過ちでかまわない)

WHITE WOLF from fictiondb: SHE WAS CALLED "WALKS WITH WOLVES" Ruthless corporate cowboy Dain Phillips had kicked off the traces of his impoverished past, burying his scars under wealth and power. But money couldn't help him buck the illness now fatally riding him. Only a mysterious Cherokee medicine woman deep in the Arizona desert could.... Earthy, radiant Erin Wolf bred in Dain a rage to live. A hunger to mate. A thirst for the wonders of love. But surrender the reins of his steely control? Trust his heart to another? Never! That would take a miracle....

In the *Miwaku no Kyoudai* series: 1) *Sasowareta Hanayome* Alex Dacre is a young accountant who just inherited land and money from her uncle. She travels to Florence to attend his wake and to discuss her inheritance with Rinaldo Farnese. They get off to a bad start, and when Rinaldo finds out that Alex now owns part of the property that has been in his family for generations, he proposes to marry Alex to keep the family holdings intact. In return he offers to help Alex pay down her student debts. The stakes are already high, but now someone shady seems interested in the family property, too. Can Alex and Rinaldo both get what they want? 2) *Karisome no Hanayome* A homeless man asleep on a park bench? Instead of staying away from him, Laura Grey's daughter Nikki decides to run up and splash him with water. A sweet girl with a skin condition that makes people shrink away from her, Nikki's impetuous action leads Laura to open her home to the man on the bench, Gino Farnese. Nikki's biological father may haveabandoned his daughter, but she might have a better dad lined up now, …if Laura can help Gino overcome his heartbreak. English version via Renta!: [Vol 1](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/76826/), [Vol 2](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/77217/)

From [Esthétique](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=674): Ayumu, after winning the Olympics Gold Medal in woman's competetive swimming, smashed her leg and retired. She transfered high schools, but makes little friends because of her unfriendly attitude. She meets Yoku, a diver on the school's diving team that all the girls fawn over. He teaches her to open her heart. But then Yoku finds out the truth about Ayumu and her doctor, Kasai-sensei...

She is sweet and soft like sugar. "Sugar" is a popular fashion model, and lives with her mother. Her mother is bedridden as a result of an accident, but she supports Sugar tremendously. She happens to know Kazuhisa, a manager of a cafe, and they fall in love.