"Didn't they teach you in school? If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all." Aya Sakurai is your average office worker who likes to mind her own business, but she can never get across the things she wants to say... until Shun Serizawa comes along. After transferring to her department, he's got a lot to say regarding a mean boyfriend, workplace bothers, and all the other things she can't manage to confront!
I know he'll come to save me, even though we've never metGlory has unusual powers, and one night, in the middle of a snowstorm, she uses these powers to save the life of a man named Wyatt after he gets into a car accident. Glory has premonitions, but her power causes people to fear her. Still, she has a happy life with her loving familyuntil someone sets their house on fire and Glory loses her father and brother. Isolated and afraid, Glory reaches out to Wyatt for help. Even though they've never met, ever since his accident, Wyatt and Glory have shared a connection, and she knows that Wyatt will come to her when she calls for him.
If I wear crimson lipstick, will I be a woman worthy of him?Cressida is eighteen years old and has a father who is a wandering writer. Her father dies suddenly during the voyage, and she is alone at the helm of the yacht in the stormy seas. Just when she thinks she can hold on any longer, a helping hand comes to her rescue. A beautiful man with strong arms...the moment she sees him, a violent shock runs through Cressida's body. Cressida, who has nowhere to go, is sheltered by Luke, and they live together under one roof. When she looks at him, she feels pain. He has a wonderful lover... What is the feeling she has??She feels like her heart is going to burst.
I want an exciting adventure anda dangerous man?Finally free from her overprotective father, Eden craves a change from her life as an uptight librarian. That's why I need to go on an adventure! So Eden drives off with a heart full of expectation. Suddenly a man in a tuxedo appears in the road. "Please get me out of here," he begs. Not only are people chasing after him and hurling insults, they are throwing rice and flowers, as well. What a perfect start to an adventure! Eden asks the man, Riley, to take over driving and he brings them to the hotel he runs. Now she must pretend to be his blushing bride!
A bestselling author is giving a twenty-six-year-old virgin a lesson in romance!High school teacher Harriet meets bestselling author Brad Barrington at a party at her house. Why would be abandon the city for this small town? He gives her advice on her writing and she ends up telling him about how her sister stole her fianc. He tells her that she's still hung up on the past and needs to make a changeby giving her precious virginity to a better man! He'll even help her look for a suitable partner!
Haruka Usami is a 24 year old office worker with an honest and hard-working attitude. Her boss, Tsukasa Ogami, is a serious man with eyes like a wolf. She's beginning to feel fed up with her boss's strictness, when she has to continue working after her ex-boyfriend has left her with a horrible loan to pay off! While working another job as a mascot character, she runs into her boss by chance! "I want to help my staff to work and grow together. There's someone in our office who does so much for us..." She gets to hear her boss's true thoughts!? It turns out her serious boss is a softy who's no good with talking to people. Now that she knows, she can't help but find him adorable. Now Haruka has to figure out how to express these feelings to him! What will happen in this odd office love story??
Ursula's boss, Ross, invites her to his daughter Katie's birthday party one weekend, saying Katie really likes Ursula and insisted she be there. But this just throws Ursula's heart into chaos. Ursula has had feelings for Ross for a long time now, but she knows he's married. Ursula makes up her mind to keep things strictly professional and agrees to attend the party. But while everyone else is having a great time, Ursula learns just how unhappy Ross's marriage really is.
In addition to the title story about boy and a girl who kill their parents and roam the American Midwest, the collection includes five short stories: "VAMPS," Okazaki's version of a vampire tale; "Sunflowers," a summer vacation nightmare experienced by an elementary school student; "Little Sun in the Water," a coming-of-age story of bankruptcy; and "Otome-chan," a family story about a father with eccentric tastes. A collection of masterpieces by Okazaki Kyouko!
If only he weren't an enemy of us sisters, I could be honest with him... March, who works for a real estate company, is surprised by a man who walks in. Early in the morning, that man interrupted her in front of her car and took her parking space! Handsome with blue eyes, he introduces himself as Will and tells her he is looking for a room to rent for a short period of time. Then she has just the room for him. March, who wants to get back at Will for what happened in the morning, makes a face of disrespect and introduces him to a room in a remote part of the farm, her home. But March doesn't know that Will is actually an employee of a large corporation that wants to buy her family's farm!
She's never known romance and she can't give birth but even so, she definitely still wants a perfect family like those she's seen in family sitcoms. While she was having trouble with her marriage hunting, a high-spec hottie who agreed to accept all of Sachiko's conditions miraculously appeared before her. However, this man, Keiichi, actually has an outrageous secret. Will Sachiko be able to overcome the various hardships in her way and finally obtain the happy home she's always wanted!?
