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from fictiondb: At his beck and call -- day and night! Kane Lindley is a regular customer at the restaurant where Shannon works. When an incident results in her getting the sack, Kane comes to the rescue and offers her a job! As well as being his secretary, Shannon also finds herself caring for his young daughter. In fact, he even persuades her to move into his home! But all the while Shannon is fighting her attraction to her boss, playing the part of a responsible, diligent employee -- until Kane propositions her, daring her to act on the overwhelming attraction between them.... Nine to Five

From Village Idiot: The colourful story of Aya, Hina, Kei, and their classmates, trying to figure out the mystery behind Risa's sudden disappearance. It all begins with the discovery that her disappearance haves some correlation to the online dating site called "Amore." Hina proposes that they should try out the site first-hand themselves, and upon doing so, they encounter something completely unexpected?!

Description As a child, Chiyoko loved chocolate, and loved her dad the chocolatier even more. But after he suddenly disappeared, she grew up detached and cold, and now hates the taste of chocolate. Her dad’s old chocolate shop still stands, and as she passes by one day she notices that it’s reopening under the same name, selling the same homemade chocolates. Not only that, but the new chocolatier there is a girl whose name is also Chiyoko! Can this new Chiyoko bring back some warmth — and chocolate — into our Chiyoko’s life?

On "Deer Island", all children have a guardian, sent from the deer god.. These guardians are supposed to stay for twelve years and move on to the next child. That's why the guardians always try to leave a lasting impression on their child's twelfth birthday...

The piano prodigy Shinbi and the genius boy soprano Taeui had played together and been friends for a long time. One day, Taeui suddenly went abroad for study, leaving Shinbi, once a piano prodigy, to return to an ordinary student life. Five years later, the dramatic reunion of these two high school students marks the beginning of their challenge in a competition.

This is a story of a woman whose husband turns into a bear. When they go to the doctor he tells them it’s stress related and that he will turn back to normal soon. But how can you define normal when your husband looks like a wild animal? A story about love and the hardships of keeping it.

Through round after round of extensive plastic surgery and vigorous maintenance, Ririko has become the absolute manifestation of beauty, and becomes a wildly successful model, actress and singer. However, soon her body, unable to withstand the burdens of surgery, begins to crumble, and along with it so does her mind, as she plummets towards a frightening and inevitable end. A story about a woman's vanity, greed, hatred and despair, by the author of River's Edge. Helter Skelter won the 2003 excellence prize at the Japanese Media Arts Festival, and the 2004 Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize.

From Lililicious: Rutsu, a novelist, finds herself caught between her boyfriend and another woman.

A story packed with the yet unnoticed charms of Kyoto, brought to you by a society of her public servants.

After causing the destruction of his parents, the protagonist only lives for the sake of his younger sister and avoids other people. But one day, a mysterious stranger appears and calls him 'master'...thus his life is forever changed.

Scientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The Seven Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of young healthy people, which allowed them to survive the meteor. After the computer determined that Earth was once again safe for human life, it released them into the world. The Japanese government created five groups of survivors: Winter group, Spring group, Summer group A, Summer group B, and Fall group. Each group consisted of seven members and one guide. The guide carried small tubes of poison on their necks to allow them to end their lives if their situation became unbearable. The Japanese government prepared seven "Fuji" as refuges for the groups. In each Fuji, the group would find seeds and numerous books instructing them on survival in the wilderness. 7 Seeds won the 2007 Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo manga.

[from FantasticFiction] Princess Marie-Therese and her brother elude their escorts to spend seven carefree days in Paris before she becomes engaged to an English Duke. In the glittering world of gaiety that marked the Second Empire, the Princess pretends to be Zena, her brother's mistress. This farce brings unexpected problems, especially when she falls in love with the Comte de Graumont. Can love triumph over a royal decree and her father's anger?