Declan Knight, a popular socialite, has shown up unexpectedly at Gwen’s engagement party. His obsidian eyes burn with intensity, thinking back to when they last held each other eight years ago. Gwen comforted him after his lover’s death, but in the afterglow of their passion, he cast Gwen off as if she were nothing. Gwen has no idea why he’s suddenly appeared, so she’s as surprised as anyone when Declan takes Gwen’s hand and declares to the room that he’s her groom!

“I bought you.” Madoka marries Touma, the young CEO of Futafuji Trading Company, in order to save her father’s company. The night after the party when they announced their engagement, Touma tells her that he plans on taking her to bed every night until she gets pregnant so that she can give birth to his heir. She tries to reject him, but he says, “Is that all your resolve is worth?” Agitated, Madoka makes up her mind. Yet, despite theirs being a loveless strategic marriage, Touma’s hands are gentle when he touches her...

Here comes a million-dollar marriage! Dumped by her fiancée, poverty-stricken Claire takes a well-paying job at a massive bridal corporation called Bannister Weddings. However, she discovers an ulterior motive behind her job. Now that she’s rushed into an intimate relationship with her arrogant CEO, what fate awaits Claire? This is the story of a heart-pounding, whirlwind office romance.

The Ceo Takes A Wife No ordinary wife would do for Australian tycoon Alex Valente. Emotional entanglements were to be avoided but physical attraction was essential. Struggling designer Olivia Cannington certainly fit both of his requirements most especially the latter. And she was in such desperate need of his funds, perhaps the beauty would even agree to his marriage ultimatum to give Valente an heir...within a year! The C.O.O. Must Marry To keep his family home, Nick must marry the woman of his father's choosing Sasha Blake, a long–ago flame. Sasha had been barely out of her teens, but there had been nothing immature about her or his desire for her. Now she would be his wife, and Nick would be free to make love to her as often and any way he liked. But there was one nagging question in his mind. He knew his reasons for agreeing to this marriage, but what were hers?

Lizzie’s family owes handsome Greek billionaire Ilios an enormous debt, and to repay him, he says Lizzie must become his wife. Although she runs a design firm with her two sisters, they are drowning in debt that their late parents left behind after being massively swindled. Determined to protect her family, Lizzie puts herself on the line and marries a man she barely knows. As Ilios’s new wife, she spends her days in a marriage that lacks both love and affection. Yet, although he is proud and arrogant on the outside, Lizzie begins to notice a lingering sadness within Ilios, one that she finds herself unable to walk away from…

Isaku never asked to be the daughter of a yakuza boss, but when her parents died in a car accident when she was 5, her gangster grandfather took her in and raised her as part of the clan. After years of being avoided by her schoolmates because of her family ties, Isaku is finally ready to make her high-school debut, live a normal life, and maybe even find love...until loyal family servant and Isaku's dedicated guardian, 26-year-old Keiya, enters high school right alongside her and vows to protect her from all of the above! Now she's got a chain-smoking, pistol-wielding knight-in-shining(?)-armor to deal with, and navigating high school besides? What's a young lady to do?!

An expert in business turnaround shares his inspiring approach to problem-solving: “A fascinating read” (Mitt Romney). Visionary leader Greg Brenneman believes that true business success and personal fulfillment are two sides of the same coin. The techniques that will grow your business will also help you achieve a rich, purposeful, and integrated life. Here, Brenneman takes what he’s learned from turning around or tuning up many businesses—including Continental Airlines and Burger King—and distills it into a simple, clear, five-step roadmap that anyone can follow. He teaches you how to: *prepare a succinct Go Forward plan *build a fortress balance sheet *grow your sales and profits *choose all-star servant leaders *empower your team For more than thirty years, Brenneman has seen these steps foster dramatic results in a variety of business environments. But he also came to realize that he could apply these same principles to improve his life and build a lasting moral legacy. He found he could make better decisions by carefully taking the most important facets of his life—faith, family, friendship, fitness, and finance—into consideration. Brenneman’s inspiring examples, from both his business and his life, demonstrate the astounding effects these steps can have when you apply them—right away and all at once.

Mio, stuck with her father’s debt, finds herself at a dead-end when she runs into her first love, Yamato Kujo. She’s surprised when she learns that he’s become a lieutenant for the Yakuza, and he’s willing to take on her debt in exchange for her hand in marriage! After learning about Yamato’s past, the two of them grow closer as the dreaded day of the Family Meeting arrives. Yamato’s completely unexpected statements send violent tremors throughout the Hazakura-gumi, but how will Mio feel when she meets Yamato’s father for the very first time...?

Satori has been brought as a living sacrifice to the world that is home to the fox god, where she meets another godlike man. He makes Satori an offer, but...just what does Satori need to do every night in order to restore the fox god's divine powers?!