New Release Books by Takako Hashimoto

A fated love that begins with a blind date! All the dates her overprotective sister introduces her to are boring stiffs, so Josie plans to scare the latest one off with a new, rebellious look. But the moment she lays eyes on the handsome man she’s been set up with, she’s instantly smitten! Nick, who came to turn down the date on behalf of his friend, is also taken by Josie at first sight…and fails to explain the real reason he’s there!

Was it a magic spell this handsome millionaire cast upon me? Tess is a plant designer, managing and caring for the houseplants of her clients. To fulfill her dream of having her own store one day, she tries to sneak into lavish parties to expand her network. One day, Tess receives an unexpected proposal. Dash Black, a handsome millionaire and world-renowned playboy, offers to escort her to a party! Tess is flustered by the way he treats her at the event and is left enchanted by his sweet kiss…

The condition for her to receive her Cinderella inheritance is... Pregnancy!? Hannah was a lonely seamstress who was separated from her parents at the age of three. Working her day job at a high-end men's clothing store, she also dreamed of one day opening her own store, but one day she was told a shocking truth. She was the granddaughter of a wealthy man, and the sole heir to his fortune. How could I be the only heir? But in order to receive her inheritance, she must become pregnant within six months. Hannah had no boyfriend or boyfriend, so she asked her client Yaeger, who she had been talking to for a long time, to help her. He was an attractive businessman who was also popular with women, and he seemed like a perfect match for a sperm donor, but then he came up with three unexpected conditions...

How can we reunite if he can’t remember who I am? Nick and Merry planned to be together, but after a terrible accident, Nick developed amnesia and those dreams were shattered. Merry tracks him down and visits his home with their newborn child, but Nick’s sister won’t let Merry see him and Merry tearfully agrees to let his sister adopt her baby. Thirteen years later, her daughter declares that she wants to meet her birth mother. Nick, still unaware, brings her to meet Merry. Has the day finally come for Merry to experience a real family Christmas?

"Let’s break up, Lisa." Those words broke her heart. Max was a pro football player whose career was destroyed after an accident. Lisa dedicated her life to supporting him, and now he suddenly wants out? Devastated, Lisa is ready to leave, but Max pulls her in for one last kiss. Little does she know that one last night with him will lead to a pregnancy and an unthinkable proposal…

This is a bundle of the best Harlequin comics! The vol. 108 is featuring the theme Cold-blooded Heroes Vol. 1vol.1. It contains This bundle offers "HER MISTLETOE HUSBAND","PURCHASED BY THE BILLIONAIRE", and "After Their Vows".

In 19th century Paris, the city is ravaged by the sudden appearance of Albert Rolan, a handsome thief who steals from the ultra-wealthy in a spectacular and dramatic fashion and gives the riches to the poor. A young aristocrat's daughter named Rose gets caught up in his affairs and ends up getting kidnapped by the thief after trying to stop him from stealing the Rosario, her family's treasured heirloom. But among other things, has the thief also stolen...her heart? Find out this and more in the exciting first volume of the "Romancing the Thief" series, an epic love story filled with hidden treasures!

Camille Rolan is a beautiful female thief who appeared in Paris at the end of the 19th century and brilliantly stole the fortunes from the rich and handed them out to the poor. She set her eyes on a necklace beloved by her late mother, but the private detective Hathaway not only got in her way but also ended up trapped with her in an underground passageway! The distance between them suddenly disappeared in the darkness! What direction will a romance between rivals take? This is the second volume in the Thieves Who Fall in Love collection featuring romances hidden within jewels!

This is the story of a splendid phantom thief that takes place in Paris at the end of the 19th century. The newspaper reporter Michel chases after the upcoming and handsome playwright Gigante, but Michel learns of his true identity through an unexpected incident. At the same time, Gigante learns that Michel is a woman parading as a man. The Thieves Who Fall in Love series has finally been completed!

Whitney runs a specialty teddy bear shop. One day a man visits her shop and Whitney is stunned. It’s Logan, her crush from high school! Using the teddy bear he is searching for as an excuse to meet, Whitney finds her feelings for Logan are rekindled. However, she learns that he may be forced to give up his foster daughter, whom he is in the process of adopting, because he is a single father. Wanting to help Logan, Whitney says something unexpected in front of his social worker without thinking. “We’re getting married!”

While providing medical care in a war-torn region, Caz and Carlos get locked in a hospital when they failed to escape in time. On the third night of their entrapment, they’re no longer able to deny their attraction to one another and sleep together. It was supposed to be just one night of romance, but when Caz returns to Australia, she learns that she’s pregnant and resolves to raise the child herself. However, Carlos discovers the pregnancy and proposes to her. What he had failed to mention during their time working together is that he is actually a prince!

This bundle contains :SOMETHING BORROWED ,A Mediterranean Marriage , and JINGLE BELL BRIDE?.Right before her wedding, Ashleigh is shocked to receive a token from her childhood—a heart-shaped necklace. A teenage Ashleigh gave Jake her virginity, her love and the necklace, but then he dumped her, saying he never wanted to see her again. Now, years later, Ashleigh is flustered by the way Jake is playing with her feelings. She tries to hold in her pain and heads to the chapel, but the man who stands before her there… Could he be Jake?

Freddie stepped in to raise her cousin’s son, Ben, when she was killed in an accident. Then one day the crown prince of the kingdom of Quamar appears at her front door claiming he’s Ben’s uncle! The prince mistakes Freddie for her cousin, who had a reputation for being with countless men, and tries to forcibly take Ben from her. Freddie refuses to be bullied, though, so she gives the prince a new proposal…

Annabel wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory after a cruiser explosion! A strange man is sitting by her bedside and tells her, “My name is Luis Miguel, and I’m your husband.” Although she isn’t sure if he’s really her husband, she leaves the hospital with him and joins him on his boat. Despite her misgivings, Annabel can’t deny the growing attraction she feels for him during their voyage!

The small Pacific island kingdom of Rahiri has just lost its king, and now the widowed queen, Lani, must follow tradition and marry the king’s younger brother. Alun is a famous Hollywood director—and an infamous playboy, according to the tabloids. Alun’s not thrilled about the arrangement, either, and coldly snubs Lani. The former king was already terrible enough to her, and now that treatment continues with the little brother, too. But when they share an impromptu kiss, Lani’s body is overcome with a passion as hot as the jungle. Can she carry on this arranged marriage while hiding an unspeakable secret?※This work is originally colored.

In a sleazy casino full of oil refinery workers, Catherine timidly sits next to her fiancé. “Damn it! Take it all!” a man with black hair suddenly screams and starts taking his clothes off. Then her fiancé whispers into her ear, “Catherine, it’s him.” With strong determination, she approaches the man. This is a risky bet, but she has no choice—she needs to win it. “I’ll transform him into a perfect gentleman.”

Joe comes to love Catherine during his lessons to become a gentleman. She’s also started to fall for him in spite of the fact that she’s engaged. Suppressing feelings for each other, the two try to manage their lessons. The deadline is nearing… Will Joe be able to act like a gentleman at the party? And what’ll become of their love?

Ruth, head chef at her family’s hotel, is drowning her sorrows alone in the hotel kitchen. All of her cousins are married, and she’s the only single one left. On top of that, her boyfriend just dumped her… When is it going to be her turn? At that moment, a stunningly handsome man—Robert—walks in. As they talk, she discovers that they are perfect for each other. She’s never met anyone like him before! By a trick of fate, she ends up spending the night with him. The next day, she is horrified to learn Robert’s true identity—he is a representative from the corporation currently attempting to buy out their hotel!

Jane has been dreaming of a normal, stable life, one far and away from her swindler of a father. So when she meets the rich and smart entrepreneur, Bart, she is drawn to him instantly. But she has no idea about the secret he is keeping…!

Leaving her Kentucky home, Martha travels to Las Vegas to audition as assistant to her hero Gai Jones, the magician of fire. There, she discovers that things are not going well for Gai...and that he is an arrogant sore loser. Can she save her hero, and pull off this magic trick?

Thanks to a scheming stepmother, Bianca, the daughter of an Italian earl, is sailing to faraway Spain be the bride of an old man. But her ship is attacked by pirates during the journey and Bianca ends up sold to the harem of young King Selim of the Kingdom of Afril, an infamous tyrant. Where will the blue diamond of love take Bianca in this unfamiliar land…?

Journalist Lynn has infiltrated the small desert kingdom of Jantal in search of her missing brother. She is collecting information at the palace when she is caught by the guards. Kasim, the newly enthroned king, is rumored to have killed his older brother to succeed his late father. He makes a proposition to Lynn, suggesting that rather than facing execution, she can become his concubine. A captured journalist in a harem and a lonely king—what will become of their clashing spirits?

Sarah has been in love with Rome for a very long time, but her best friend, Diane, married him. Sarah would never break up their marriage, so she’s always kept her feelings to herself. Even after Rome lost Diane and their young children in an accident two years ago, all Sarah could do was watch over him as he ached. She knows Rome’s love still belongs to his late wife, but she can’t stop herself from loving him even if she never confesses to it. However, one day when Sarah gently holds him as he’s overwhelmed in sorrow, something subtle changes…and they wind up kissing!

Sarah accepts a proposal from Rome, the man she’s loved for many years, even though the proposal comes with a difficult condition—they will not have children. Though she knows Rome still suffers from having lost his first wife and children in an accident, their incomplete romance hurts Sarah. She wants to build a home with her beloved Rome. Will the wish she made on a shooting star ever be granted?

Jack’s wife, Cassandra, is standing in front of him, but he just married another woman that very day! Cassandra was declared dead after she went missing while on a research expedition into the remote Amazon three years ago. Heartbroken, Jack quit his job as a professor and started a new job. Today he married his new boss’s daughter. Faced with his first wife, Jack doesn’t know what to expect, but he’s completely blindsided when she introduces herself as his younger sister and ends up staying in the newlyweds’ home. Now there are two wives in the house, and Jack must figure out how to be the right husband!

Interior designer Eva received a job offer from Markos to renovate his penthouse in New York. Markos is a rich and successful playboy who is known for toying with women and then dumping them. Eva hears the rumor about his reputation from her cousin, one of his recent victims. And then Markos sets his eyes upon Eva, who has canceled her appointment with him twice. Not able to forget her painful past, Eva attempts avoid Markos’s advances, yet somehow she finds herself kissing him anyway…

On her way to her mother’s fifth wedding, Devon runs into the groom’s son, Jared. He’s rude, boastful and opposed to the wedding. He makes a horrible first impression on Devon, yet one touch from him is all it takes to make her breath catch. For some reason, she can’t keep her eyes off him. When Jared invites Devon to dance, it marks the beginning of a cruel game, and both will have to live with the consequences.