New Release Books by Junko Matsufuji

This week has been a dream. But this love will never last… Nina meets Alex at a camp that she participates in with her young son, and Alex makes her heart skip a beat when he asks her out on a romantic date. Having lived solely for her son after her ruthless husband’s death, Nina hesitates before she finally allows herself to enjoy life a little. However, Alex, whom she thought was an employee, is actually the owner of the camp and the son of a prestigious family. The world she lives in is too different from his. Not to mention, Alex has an inheritance problem of his own…

When Johanna was eighteen years old, she lost her parents in a fire, leaving her all alone in the world. She has since made her home on a ranch in Texas as their resident veterinarian. One day, the grandmother of the ranch owner gives her an astonishing request: as she may not have long left to live, she wants Johanna to take her four dogs across the country to their new owners—together with her grandson, Stone. As it turns out, Stone, CEO of an enormous jewelry company, was the first one with whom Johanna ever fell in love. Now she has to travel alone with him across the country… Can Johanna’s heart handle it?

While pursuing her dream of becoming a novelist, Theodora works as a secretary. The protagonist of her book is modeled after her boss, James, who is stubborn and hard on his assistants. But their similarities are no more than skin deep. Her protagonist is the ideal man—her boss is no match for him! So when the obstinate James falls in love with her, his passionate attempts to win her backfire. She assumes her boss is testing her, and instead of falling for his seductions, she works even harder to be the best possible secretary she can. James, meanwhile, only grows more and more attracted to Theodora!

Abby Conway always believed that one day Hunter would come back to her. And now, after seven years of waiting, he’s appeared before her again. But Abby knows he’s come back not for her, but to meet their son, Tyler. Hunter suddenly left town seven years ago despite knowing that Abby was pregnant. Yet when Tyler comes home from school, Hunter shows no reaction. And when Abby tells Tyler that Hunter is his father, Hunter is apparently shocked!

Before she marries Luca, Tia discovers that he doesn’t love her. She flees her wedding, goes back to London and is determined to make a life for herself and the child she is carrying. But then Luca shows up…as a doctor at the hospital where Tia works as a midwife. Citing his concern for the unborn child, Luca moves into her home. Contrary to his cool demeanor at the wedding, he’s incredibly attentive to her and an amazing doctor at work. Which of these men is the real Luca—the cold bridegroom or the attentive doctor?

On the day of her wedding, Dana discovers her fianc?’s deception. In an attempt to run away from him, she jumps overboard and faints. Luckily veterinarian Sam comes to rescue her on his boat. When Dana regains consciousness, she pretends to have lost her memory for fear he will turn her over to her fianc?. Taken to the island where Sam stays, Dana receives a warm welcome from his great-aunt. But Dana is worried that they will contact the mainland to find out her identity, and all the while Sam is becoming more and more suspicious of her...

Hope, a twenty-five-year-old party consultant, was as happy as could be when Andy, her cousin with whom she was raised, got engaged. So when Andy had a meal with his fianc?e’seolder brother for the first time, Hope came along with him. But his fianc?e’s brother, Trace, was against the marriage. Trace was a multimillionaire and the owner of a corporate giant, and he was convinced that Andy was just after his sister’s money. Hope knew that Andy, a serious environmental scholar, wasn’t that type of person at all…but how could they convince Trace?

Deanna, an art student, has taken a job as a live-in nanny so she can pay her tuition, and she’s falling hard for her boss. His name is Jay Masters, and he’s the president of a security firm in addition to being a single father to two little girls. Deanna finds his love for his family very attractive, but he still can’t get over his dead wife. What’s more, Deanna doesn’t think anyone will ever want to marry her. She has her reasons… She tries to work out her feelings in her sketchbook, but one day before he leaves for a business trip, she and Jay share a passionate kiss!

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Aldona finds herself in a grave predicament while on vacation in Malta. Zeb, a young businessman, is fiercely drawn to this beautiful, reserved woman; however, Aldona is being threatened by a man who knows about her father's fraudulent activities. She has agreed to join him on vacation as his "lover" on the condition that he keep quiet about her father's wrongdoing. Aldona was shocked to discover her strict father had committed a crime, but was even more dismayed that she'd have to let herself be treated like a prostitute... And what's worse, she can't tell anyone about it?certainly not her beloved Zeb! "I can't sleep with him without telling him the truth first!" Aldona longs to confess, but continues to keep silent, causing Zeb to misunderstand and build up a tremendous rage, unlike any Aldona has ever witnessed. Was his anger the result of true love?

Jamie is the secretary to the president of a large industrial conglomerate. Ryan, the president, has earned her trust but his playboy ways remain a problem for her. One day the always punctual Jamie arrives late to work, and the always carefree Ryan cannot let it go for some reason. The cause of Jamie's tardiness is her younger sister Jessica's sudden arrival amid personal troubles. When Jamie attempts to resolve Jessica's problems, Ryan shows up suddenly. Will things just keep getting worse?