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Summoned like a serving girl to the king... Laura Cambridge was hired as nanny to Richard Blackthorne's secret child. Rumors about this hulking recluse didn't daunt Laura, her beauty-queen past had taught her the inner person didn't always match the facade. But Richard's heart was as painfully scarred as his chiseled features....

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Contains multiple stories written by different artists.Cover illustrator: TadanoPin-up illustrator: HinoharaStories included:??????????? by KARIKATA Hinono?darlings? by itz???????????????????? by SHIDATSU Takayuki???????????????!?? by NISHIYAMA Arata?????????????? by SAKURADA Kyouko???????????????? by AION Kiu???????????????? by Yan???????? by MOGU Emu?????????? by Hinohara??????????? by TANAGAWA Mimi??????????? by KOBACO Aki????????????? by FUJISAKI Moe???????? by Tadano

The purpose of his sending scandalous images of the two is…? Lauren, the president of a graphic arts company, was proposed to by Jason, a major advertising agency owner. However, they had only spent one night together four months ago. When Jason found out that Lauren is pregnant, he suddenly appears in front of her to marry her just for the sake of their child. With her company on the verge of bankruptcy, she coldly rejected his proposal, but from that day on, he started bombarding her with gifts and even offered money to rebuild the company! When he said, "I want to take care of you and the child," her heart is shaken...

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While working part-time in a high-end department store in London during the Christmas season, Cassie recommends some candles to an especially gorgeous customer, who then buys half a dozen of them. When the man, Giancarlo, invites her to dinner, she turns him down. When he forgets to take his candles with him, she ends up delivering them herself. But when she arrives, a romantic dinner with a sexy man awaits her. Could there be any harm in sitting down at the table?

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When she regains consciousness in a hospital room, Belinda realizes she’s lost half a year’s memories. Standing before her is the unfamiliar, handsome, rich Luc Tanner. He says he’s her husband! Even after he brings her back to their mansion and shows her pictures of when they were married, she just can’t remember anything about him. What is more, his eyes are cold, and he doesn’t seem to welcome the return of her memories…were they really in love? When he touches her body, memories of their love and passion begin to slowly return. But for some reason her heart is telling her he’s dangerous…

Stranded in a raging Gold Coast storm, Bridget had lost her car and her cell-phone signal. Luckily a captivating blue-eyed man rescued her from this predicament. Bridget felt it was destiny when he embraced her with his warm arms and she devoted herself to him that day… What she didn’t know was that this was no generous passerby?he is none other than womanizing business man Adam Beaumont, who toys with women just for fun!

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At a New York night club Lacey fell in love with Prince Hafiz at first sight. She moved to Rudaynah to be with him and had spent a year in his desert country of beautiful sunsets and starry nights when he suddenly told her that he was marrying a girl from a respected local family at the sultan’s order. As she listened to him with shock, he said he would not let go of Lacey’s body or soul even after he married—he wanted her to stay and be his mistress!

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Saskia’s heart was shattered when the love of her life, Alexander Koutoufides, refused to make love to her once he found out she was a virgin. Years later she still feels the pain he left her with, especially because he also ruined her father’s business. Unfortunately, fate crosses their paths again, because she has to write an article about Alexander in order to earn a promotion. Initially they want nothing to do with one another, but Saskia soon realizes that her heart still burns for Alexander…and she can’t help but think that, behind his cold veneer, he still feels for her, as well. But something is holding him back, something to do with Saskia’s father. Will Alexander be able to give up the grudge that has kept him and Saskia apart for all theose years?

Zoe is taking care of Genie, her late friend’s daughter, after her husband died. One day, a strangely familiar man appears at the real estate agency where she works. His name is James Langford and he’s the CEO of a world-famous company. Why did such a famous man come to her tiny real estate agency? She shows him a property and he invites her to dinner under the guise of wanting to ask more questions about the home. He’s pushy and seems accustomed to getting what he wants from people. But during the dinner, he reveals the astonishing truth: “The girl you call Genie is actually my daughter.”

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Not Safe For Work.A short Arknights Lappland and Texas doujin.Artist's Twitter: https://twitter.com/GLalviceArtist's Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/3177120

Ella, a scion of a noble family and a violinist, is known for her detachment, which has earned her the nickname Ice Princess. Men in her orchestra steer clear of her, trying to avoid her cold gaze. After a performance in Paris, she attends a reception where she falls under the sway of charismatic and dangerous Russian oligarch Vadim. She knows his reputation as a playboy and vows to keep her distance…yet on a stormy night she gives in to his seduction and the fire in her breast. But when Vadim learns of Ella’s virginity he coldly pushes her away?he won’t let her innocence ensnare him!

I love you. That's all I want you to say... I never thought I'd get pregnant... Tasha, a young lawyer, was shocked by this unexpected fact. The father of the child is Jared, who had been living with her for the past two years, one of the most talented barristers in Brisbane. When she gathered up the courage to tell Jared that she was pregnant, he pondered for a while and then said, "Let's get married. That's the best choice." So he wants to get married just out of a sense of duty? I can't raise a child in a loveless home. Tasha decided to become a single mother and ran away from her apartment...

Ava is struggling to solve two major problems when billionaire Cal, a man she had a passionate one-night stand with, appears before her. He does not seem happy about their reunion and announces flatly that if she can prove that the baby she’s carrying is his, he’ll marry her and give her the money to save her failing hotel from bankruptcy. Cal is a cold man who assumes that she got close to him for his money and is using the promise of an heir to reel him in. But even if he insults her memories of that night, all he can do is hold to his conditions. What will happen to Ava if she chooses to go through with a loveless marriage?

In exchange for the damage done to his car, he wants to buy…me? Bella, a painter, gets into a car accident with a luxury vehicle. Luckily, neither party is seriously injured, but the man who gets out of the other car is proud billionaire Rico, who is so handsome it is as if he were chiseled out of stone. His charm leaves Bella breathless, but he mistakes her for a hooker! Not caring about Bella’s outrage at the insult, he says that in exchange for the damage she has caused, he will buy…her?

This cowboy never realized he was buying…a wife! At the local auction, cowboy Linc is shocked to see a beautiful woman put up for sale. Rachel’s been put on the auction block by The Community, a group who lives isolated from modern society. Wanting to grant her freedom, Linc places the winning bid, not realizing that it means he must marry her. Linc decides he’ll divorce her in order to give her independence. But naive Rachel’s purity soon wins the cowboy over.

Viveka’s sister was supposed to marry Mikolas Petrides, a Greek millionaire who is connected to the mafia. But at the last minute, Viveka takes her sister’s place. Her plan was to buy some time so her sister could marry the man she truly loves, but Mikolas immediately realizes she isn’t his bride. With his real bride on the run, Mikolas takes Viveka on his boat and demands that she compensate him for the damage her sister caused, heartlessly telling Viveka that any daughter of the Stamos family will do as recompense.

I want to hide my scarred past and just support him as his secretary… It's impossible... I can't work as his secretary. Lily couldn't help but look up at the sky. She was the owner of a company that dispatched secretaries. The business was going well, but the staff she had sent to Zack Swift, a famous young businessman, had angered him by following him around for a week, hoping to win him over! When Lily managed to explain herself and propose a solution, Zack gave her a suggestive look, and said, "You work for me as my secretary, that's the deal." But Lily had a secret that he mustn't know about...

One day this dangerous Onii-san is going to love me to death!

A few short stories about the relationship between an office worker and her boss.

I got married to a millionaire within a week of meeting, then broke up with him! I am Riva Corelli, 28 years old, a freelance photojournalist. I met Demetrio Corelli, 35, a year and a half ago when I followed a subject from London to Milan. He is a millionaire and a nice guy, to say the least. I fell in love with him like a fever and married him within a week of meeting him, but.... In fact, he was incredibly arrogant. Before we got married, he was very understanding about my work, but after we got married, he told me that I should prioritize his convenience or even quit my job!　After that, he locked me in my room, so I broke the window and we started living separately. And....

Teddy wasn’t too heartbroken after her cruel father died. But he’s left her one last command. If she doesn’t marry multimillionaire Alejandro Valquez within a month, she’ll be left homeless and penniless. Hoping that Alejandro will turn her down, she purposefully dresses in shabby clothes when she meets him. There’s no way that the coldhearted playboy will make her his bride! However, Alejandro agrees to the wedding and attempts to seduce her in order to get his hands on her family's land. So, in order to save the nanny and gardener who raised her like their own family, Teddy agrees to a six-month-long paper marriage!

Sam is a career-driven woman and the daughter of a governor, with the height and determination to put regular men to shame. When one of her colleagues teases her that she’s “not a woman,” she makes the decision to find and marry her soul mate. To her surprise, the one to throw a wrench in her plans is her father’s right-hand man, Liam. Because just before she leaves for England to find her soul mate, he gives her a passionate goodbye kiss!

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Marriage and succession are all part of business for him. Even in bed...? Beth was a woman who took in her best friend's baby and decided to raise him on her own, but was forced to take an unpaid leave of absence, putting the family's finances under pressure. Unexpectedly, she landed a job at an upper class masquerade ball, but it was a trap set up by Alessio, the baby's uncle, a businessman: "I'm going to adopt him and raise him with the woman who will become my wife. And that woman is you." But if I refuse, I'll lose custody of Dom... The only way for me to protect him is to become the bride of that arrogant, overbearing, and prestigious family...

Daisy has never had the chance to fall in love before because her father is always watching her like a hawk. But a trip to Las Vegas might just be her chance… With her bodyguard at her side, she goes to a nightclub. The next morning she wakes and finds herself with Luiz Valquez, a renowned playboy! She remembers when he asked her to dance the night before, but she also remembers declining his offer.. So how did she wind up in his suite?

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He seems so cold and arrogant, but he’s the only one who believes me… After being falsely accused of embezzlement, Lark decides to confront the prosecuting lawyer to prove her innocence. What awaits her is gorgeous, intimidating attorney James Wolfe. Lark decides to trust James with her plea but finds out a week later that her information has been leaked! Tabloids paint her as a conspiring femme fatale, which results in Lark losing not only her job and home but also the trust of her family. Overcoming her despair, Lark reunites with James, who wants to help her fight her case!

Rose is always suspicious of men who flock to her beautiful sister Lily. She’s protective of her carefree sister who is striving to become an actress. One night Lily came home with a gorgeous man named Nick, and he threw vituperative words at Rose when she tried to get rid of him. The way the two met certainly wasn’t ideal, but since then Nick has always been kind to the sisters. Though she’s still wary of Nick, Rose now finds herself in a situation where she must ask for his help!

Caroline came to Milan to find Giancarlo, the only son of Alberto, the man she’s caring for. The successful Gian treated her coldly when Caroline told him that his father’s health wasn’t good. She was persistent, however, and after much persuasion, he finally agreed to meet his father. But when he did, he didn’t make any effort to get along with him because of their troubled past. Is there any way Caroline can help heal the rift between them?

The news of Amy’s pregnancy came as a wild disturbance in her life. Two months earlier, she had lost her fiancé in a car accident and was wreathed in grief. The night she found out about his death, she was comforted by her fiancé’s younger brother, Heath, and the two of them crossed a line they should never have crossed. Although she insists that she doesn’t want to be a burden on him, Heath proposes to her after learning she is pregnant with his brother’s child. But though the marriage itself was conceived out of a sense of familial responsibility, the baby was not. The baby is, in fact, Heath’s! How can Amy marry Heath with a lie like this weighing on her conscience?

Cat has no intention of getting married just because her grandfather wants her to. But he’s arranged for her to marry Italian millionaire Aldo Patrucco in order to repair an age-old rift with his family back in Italy. Cat had always refused the arrangement…until the dazzling man appears before her. Instantly, Cat falls for him, but he’s a man who doesn’t believe in love… From that moment, she vows to make him fall in love with her!

I would rather not fall in love than open my heart and risk being rejected… When pediatrician Katrina goes back to work after a vacation, she meets newly appointed Dr. Reese for the first time. He’s an exceptionally handsome and talented doctor, but he also has a reputation for being cold. When he invites her to dinner, Katrina finds him to be surprisingly kind, and gradually she finds herself falling for him. But she’s sworn to never get involved in a workplace romance again. On top of that, when Dr. Reese finds out that Katrina is deaf, he starts to distance himself from her. She knows she can’t risk opening her heart to him…

Sage dreams of becoming a professional dancer. During one of her lessons, she feels a burning gaze on her—the powerful, silver-gray gaze of a man named Xandro. He says he’s looking for her younger brother, but she can’t imagine what sort of business they have with each other. As she tries to focus on her lesson, she is distracted by Xandro’s intimidating presence. Then, while Sage is celebrating passing her big audition, Xandro reveals himself to be a hotel magnate. He takes Sage hostage to flush out her brother…and reveals that’s precisely why he sponsored her audition!

Angie was undergoing fertility treatments with her husband when she finally became pregnant, but then the clinic told her that she had been accidentally inseminated with another couple’s fertilized egg! Her husband left her in a fit of rage, but she decided to give birth to the child and give it to its proper parents. There was no way she could end the life she had been blessed with. But when she meets Dominic Pirelli, the baby’s true father, in person, he sneers at her appearance and scathingly asks how much money she wants!

Isabel rescues Miguel, who has collapsed in the street, and ends up becoming the elderly scholar’s caregiver and housekeeper. But one day, they’re visited by a handsome young man. With scorn-filled eyes he asks Isabel, “How much will it take to get you to leave this house?” The man is none other than Miguel’s nephew, Cayo. Isabel wonders why, if he’s so well-off, he hasn’t saved his uncle from his austere lifestyle. Why is he trying to drive her out?

Don’t leave me, Angelo! Rosie woke up from the nightmare. Three years ago, her boyfriend, Angelo, left her for her best friend, Amanda. Rosie’s scars were almost healed, so she wondered why she’d been haunted by this dream. Then she received a phone call notifying her of Amanda’s death. Rosie was reunited with Angelo at the funeral, and he was just as attractive as ever. But as soon as he heard about Amanda’s will, his eyes filled with mingled hate and passion.

Olivia is taking on a big project for her company, renovating a historic mansion at Ramillies College. The opportunity is too good for her to pass up! But she soon discovers that their current client, Ludwig, is the same person who evicted her and her grandfather from their beloved home nine years ago! Despite hating him to the core, she is steadily taken in by his devilishly good looks and magnetic personality. In this unavoidable reunion, will she be able to take control of her feelings and seek revenge on the man who ruined her life?

Young Petra saw a grown man cry for the first time. Left alone at a party by her mother, she sees Lysandros on the roof, where he is trying to kill himself, and manages to stop him. She couldn't forget his face and he ended up being her first love. Ten years later, he is a wealthy Greek tycoon…and her stepfather's rival. She read in the gossip magazines that he became a famous playboy, and had apparently forgotten all about her. Petra tries to get close to him, but then finds out about a feud between their two families...

Emily is a caring soul who pretends to be her ill sister so she can pursue her musical dreams. When she's the one who mistakes the identity of the Crown Prince of Ferrara for a talent scout, she's whisked away into a world of royal machinations. Prince Alessandro needs a wife so he can allow his elderly father to abdicate the throne and enjoy his later years, and Emily needs her sister to get the best medical treatment possible. Will the pair come together purely for business, or will they find passion in each other's arms?

One day, Maddison’s younger brother Kyle confesses to her that he was the one who sank the yacht of wealthy businessman Demetrius Papasakis, the man who fired their father, which led to his untimely death. Maddison is worried that once Demetrius finds out the truth, he’ll go to any lengths for revenge. When Demetrius suddenly appears at Maddison’s door, he has proof of Kyle’s guilt and demands that she marry him. Now Maddison has no choice but to accept Demetrius’s proposal and marry the man who is responsible for her father’s death…

I had been so sure that it was my fate to never fall in love… Three years ago, Emma was engaged to a wealthy nobleman, but it ended in disaster. Now Emma is planning to marry off Amy, her younger sister, and then she can become a governess. However, Amy is being pestered by Charles Hawthorne, a well-known prodigal aristocrat! Emma finds herself drawn to the man’s charms but is shocked when he and her brother engage in a duel. When Emma begs him to stop, Charles tells her that in return she must become his lover!