Sweat and Soap
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Fall In Love, You False Angels
Manga - Romance
The Japanese hit manga rom-com comes to print! The sweet smiles across the faces of the “perfect” student council duo hide secret, tough-as-nails personalities. These two-faced angels vie for dominance through manipulative schemes…but how long will it take for contention to give way to attraction?This modern spin for fans of classics like Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War is already a best-seller in Japan!
The Writer and His Housekeeper
Manga - Romance
Emi Machida has led a hard life, but she's learned to be an optimist...even if her first housekeeping job is at a dilapidated house. Which, that would be one thing, but the home's resident happens to be Akihito Fukase, a popular novelist of an erotic mystery series...and quite the erotic himself. Emi puts her foot down when he tries to use her to help him get material for his books, but when her house suddenly burns down and he offers her a place to stay...somehow, she can't resist!
Love Massage: Melting Beauty Treatment
Manga - Romance
Shiho's job is going fine, but she has no lover or friends to hang out with. In the middle of all this, she's been calling for in-home massages as a means to fill the void, when one day she meets a handsome masseur named Toudou. With his delicate touch, he makes her body and mind melt. However, the very next day he shows up at her company...? Here's a sexy story of a single office worker and a handsome masseur who fall in love!
Aoba-kun's Confessions
Manga - Romance
The new series by Ema Toyama, the hit creator of Missions of Love!Mayo is a high school loner who has issues with communication. She starts a peculiar job at a “Listening House,” where she silently listens to people’s problems. But her first client is Aoba-kun, the star of the basketball team who is seemingly perfect! Could Aoba-kun and his complicated situation be too much for Mayo to handle?! So begins the secret relationship between the girl who lacks communication skills and the guy who seems to have it all.
My Boy in Blue
Manga - Romance
Kako gets tangled up when she lies about her age in order to attend a company-mixer party for singles and ends up totally infatuated with her young local policeman! And it looks like it’s mutual with Kota... until he finds out Kako's still in high school. Read on to see if straight-arrow Kota manages to find a way to do the right thing as our story unfolds in the first volume of this upbeat new romantic comedy from Maki Miyoshi!
Our Bodies, Entwining, Entwined
Manga - Romance
Sex is intimate, and for some, it takes everything to bare it all…so when Misuzu was told that sex with her was “boring” she gave it up all together…and dating, too. So when, years later, she’s asked out by her colleague, Mikage-san, she screws up her courage and gives it a shot. But it turns out Misuzu isn’t the only one with baggage around sex. Can the two of them work together to overcome their hurdles, and enjoy each other as the couple they wish to be…?
Peach Heaven
Manga - Romance
At first glance, Momoko Shina may appear to be nothing more than your average high school girl, but she has a secret identity-as the famous erotica author George Aihara"! After she witnesses an intimate moment between one of her teachers and the supermodel Ranmaru, she borrows a little too much from reality in an effort to beat the deadline on her latest story. When Ranmaru gets wind of this, he makes Momoko an offer she can’t refuse … Watch the sparks fly as these two try to figure each other out in this high-tension romantic comedy!"
Saving Sweets for After-Hours
Manga - Romance
Reika has it all—she’s a model-tall cool beauty with a high-powered job at her sweets company. But it’s precisely because of all that that she’s never had a boyfriend…men find her too unapproachable, or beg her to be their mistress, in the S&M sort of way. But when she meets a young coworker, Hasegawa-kun, she happens to find out that they have more in common than just their job, including secrets…
The Dashing Zaddy and His Icy Protégé
Manga - Romance
An outrageous BL manga about work, unlikely friends, and problems down there! At age 40, Takanashi is in the prime of his life, heading up a high-performing sales team and driving all the ladies crazy. Yet he turns them all down, because he has trouble performing in the bedroom! What will he do when a rising star on his team finds out his secret?!
Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best!
Manga - Romance
Akari Tachibana, and her coworker, Onda-san, are more than just friends…they’re fans of the same idol! But when Onda-san confesses to Akari out of the blue, she’s floored. Of course it would be great to date someone with whom she shares so many interests, but can she navigate this new dimension to their relationship?