The forbidden love between a samurai and a craftsman.

Sasakura Kyouya is your typical average high school boy (what else would he be? a ninja?) who is no longer ordinary after meeting a girl shinigami one day, who her purpose is to protect him. How will Kyouya survive this aloof shinigami? What kind nud- *cough* i mean "Plot" awaits him?That is only for Kyouya to find out!

At a school reunion, Machi and Takero meet for the first time in a long while. The smile on his face still makes her heart beat faster, but there's just one catch... They've both got partners...! This 5-story collection contains titles such as "Can't be Stopped", which burns with the passion of first love, and "Time Capsule", about a girl and her kind, versatile boss... Once his and your lips meet... you don't ever want them to separate again! Kanae Hazuki brings you intense stories about girls in love!

English publication via Renta!

Her new client was devilishly handsome, superbly charming... and absolutely hiding something! Why else would a man as rich and powerful as Cristo Verón have any interest in the cleaning services of lowly Isabelle Browne? Her suspicions were confirmed when she discovered his real reason for hiring her. And suddenly, she was agreeing to a preposterous proposition..

Cristo would protect his family at any cost - and keeping Isabelle close was key to his plan. Having her pose as his make-believe mistress was step one. But he hadn't counted on wanting to make the pretense a reality.

Chiba Osamu and Arikawa Madoka are in the same middle school class and in the same swimming school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Although they have many opportunities to talk to each other, they never have for years now. They barely acknowledge each other, even though they have met hundreds of times. But when Osamu learns that Madoka is going to quit swimming school when she starts high school, something emotional starts to grow inside of Osamu. First, it began with nothing more than curiosity, but soon it blossomed into something more real. He has to tell Madoka what he is feeling before he never sees her again.

From JShoujo Scans

"A mermaid will fall in love with the first human she sees."

Shiina is your average grade 8 girl----that is, except for her height, which makes her tower over the other people in her class. She's never met anyone SHE had to look up to...until a young male teacher begins teaching at her school. Because of his good looks and easy demeanor though, the other girls in her grade have turned him into the resident school idol, and there's little chance of him ever noticing her.

That all changes one day when they end up in the same train during rush hour. She's surprised to find that he not only recognizes her---but he remembered her name! What could this mean?

From Tokyopop: Eiri Kurahashi is an art school student, with a job at a local antique store. It's there that he develops a strange obsession. He finds himself entranced by a portrait of a Victorian-era girl named Cossette. It's a portrait with a strange history--everyone who has owned it has been murdered in a bizarre fashion. But the story runs much deeper than that. Cossette was savagely murdered by her lover, who also happens to be the artist who painted the portrait. When the new owner of the portrait nearly kills himself, Eiri decides to get involved. And that's when Cossette begins speaking to him...

THE BILLIONAIRE'S VIRGIN MISTRESS

from fictiondb:
Virgin heiress, billionaire lover!

Ruthless and rich, Cade Lorimer is assigned a very special task by his stepfather--find his granddaughter!

Tess Ritchie has always believed she has no family, so it's a shock when Cade shows up, claiming she's an heiress to a fortune! Tess steps reluctantly into his world of glitz and glamour, then willingly into his bed.

But there can be no future for their jet-set affair, for he's a hardened playboy and she is his innocent mistress....

English publication via Renta!

[From Hochuuami]:

Wataru is an accomplished violinist with wealthy parents. When he decides to enter a violin competition, he starts receiving threats and in comes 2 bodyguards. Are they like big brothers or do they both want to protect his heart?

Ch 1-3 Megane no Incubus-kun
The shy Sawa Sawada has been holding a torch for her high school's prince, Kawakami, for a year and a half when she decides to finally confess to him. On her way to meet her crush, she stumbles and falls on her quiet classmate Nijouin. While breaking his glasses she gets a glimpse of...?

Ch 4 Laylah Laylah

Ch 5 Thousands of Nights

Bonus & Afterword

Yamato works for his father’s company, is subordinate to his older sister, and harbors a secret affection for his sister’s fiancé, Sakaguchi. The day before his sister’s wedding, Yamato privately confesses his feelings to Sakaguchi. The answer he receives is surprising and unexpected, but at this last hour, can Yamato face the consequences of having his wish fulfilled…?

Included in “Last Portrait” is the independent story of “Stairway to Heaven" : Narumi Imai has been with the FBI in Washington DC for six months, and already he has been recognized as the best man for... odd, chore-like jobs. As much as he wants to work in the field, his first opportunity comes under a bizarre set of circumstances. Narumi is the personally chosen bodyguard of Keith Coburn, a former FBI agent brought in from prison to HQ just seven days before his scheduled execution. Both Keith's mission and life have a time limit, and for the next seven days, Narumi will be his companion on the stairway to Heaven.

From DramaQueen

A collection of stories:

V.1 - Bara Datte Kakeru yo

V.2 - Dousousei Daikou

V.3 - Shiawase ni Naritai (I Want to Be Happy)

One day, a girl wakes up and she's suddenly become a high school girl! What's she to do but live life to the fullest - wear loose socks, 90's fashion, make fashionable friends, and maybe even meet a rocker? We're happy to bring you a new series, this thoroughly josei series by the little-known (in the scanlation world) Urino Kiko. The art and fashion is meant to be from the 90s, but the story will be entertaining to modern readers.(This is volume three of Urino Kiko's Story Anthology but completely unrelated to volumes one and two.)

From NetComics:

Abandoned in a cabbage patch as a baby, Iseulbi [aka Misty-Rain] is saved from certain death by a witch who brings her up as her own. Far from the company of humans, she is raised as one of the Dokebi, a magical race from Korean myth. Among them she is happy and content, until one day she loses the trust of her protector, causing the enchantment that had kept the secret of her true identity to be broken. She is cast out to the world of her birth and must find her place among her own kind.

From Go! Comi: Long ago, the king of a far-away land made too many enemies by expanding his massive harem. Punished and sealed away in the form of a genie, the lecherous former king can only end his curse by helping 1000 girls find love...and it's not as easy as it sounds! A shy virgin, a hopeless romantic, a sweet younger sister and a nosy older one -- these girls will need all the help they can get! Includes short-stories The Chicken That Flies in the Sky and I'll Kill You With a Kiss.

Fantasy series of short stories that involves animals:

Pet Doctor Atsushi Kirishima meets a cat-guy with tail, cat ears and an injured eye when he is searching for his runaway patient animal. Atsushi can not leave the cat-guy and takes the guy to his animal hospital with him.

Hattori, an apprentice of Atsushi's father, Kenzou finds a dog in the mountains and brings it back in a car. On the way home the dog changes into a girl.

The titles stories are:

The Sounds of a Bell Can Be Heard
The Cat's Love
A Flicker of Light (two parts)
Amber's Diary (also known as Kohaku's Diary)
The Delicate Pair (also known as Every Subtlety)
(Black Cat + White Dog) > Human

Trouble Little Traveler
A cute unrelated shoujo short story about a boy meeting tiny aliens.

It's been a while since these two appeared, but from the one they'll pass on the baton...

From Wataame Shoujo: A collection of 6 stories about love relationships. 1st story: Emi has her first time with her boyfriend. She had heard that the first time would hurt, but she had no idea how much it hurt! After they first time she became afraid and began avoiding her boyfriend at all costs. But she still loves him. Will her love be able to conquer the pain of sex?

From Wataame Shoujo:
Yoo-i is a very special girl -- she's like refreshing and fragrant orange bubble gum... A boy appears all of a sudden and becomes a natural part of her life, as natural as breathing air... His name is Joo-in. He says, "Do you know nuna? Nuna is.. my past, my present, and my future... You are like this ladder connecting me to this world..."

Shizuku has a unrequited love for Ichinomiya-sensei. But since Ichinomiya-sensei is her sister’s boyfriend, it’s a love that definitely won’t come true... She's trying hard to quickly find a new love, and she's been rushing to search for her soul mate within 10 years! When she went out searching for that fated person, she had a horrible meeting with Hatori from the tennis club.