Paperback Books by Kasumi Kuroda

After an interview for a position as a personal assistant, Emma shrugs and wonders if she has any choice but to end up on the streets. She needs a way to take care of her ailing father’s debt and the bills for his assisted-living facility, but it doesn’t look as if she’s going to get hired this time. Returning home defeated, she runs into the CEO, Luca, on her way out. He’s a true enemy of women, the type who can’t resist whispering sweet nothings to every woman he sees, and he invites Emma to go to Paris with him that night. Emma curtly turns down his advances and closes the elevator door. However, her interviewer is impressed by how Emma handles the situation, and decides to make her a job offer after all. To think that her employment hinges on her ability to rebuff the advances of a playboy like Luca?will she be able to keep it up?

Anna's nineteen, and she's had an unrequited love for Evan for two years. But the thirty-four-year-old Evan treats her like a child and doesn't respond to her attempts. Even that wouldn't make Anna give up on him, though, until one day when Evan comes to a party with his former lover! "Am I really that much of a bother to him?" Anna makes the decision to cut herself off from him. But, noticing how her attitude has changed, now Evan is the one with his heart in turmoil!

Jack Riley can’t stand his boss Madeleine Langston, the Ice Queen. And yet, he can’t help but want her, too. Jack has tried avoiding her, even ignoring an invitation to her party. On his way home the night of the party, he saves a tailor from being mugged. As thanks, the tailor transforms him into a sophisticated young man. Jack’s transformation is so extreme that Madeleine doesn’t even recognize him. For one night they both get what they want, but Jack rushes off the next morning before his identity is revealed. After returning to his normal work life, he discovers that the youth center where he volunteers is about to close down…and Madeleine’s to blame!