Uigang Bang is an ordinary small business owner who leads an ordinary life… until unordinary things start to unfold in his life. His business partner suddenly disappears, leaving a notorious loan shark chasing after his company. His wife and their child-like dog survive an attempted murder by an impulsive killer only to live in fear of his second attack. Uigang faces the killer to end the matter, but things go south and now he faces two dead bodies instead. Just when he’s debating whether to turn himself in, he receives a life-changing offer -- do you want to become a hitman?
In the distant future, people live in abundance in the Retreats, a so-called Paradise on Earth. This prosperity is made possible at the expense of an impoverished underclass in the surrounding slums of Brine, who must either serve the citizens of the Retreats or fight in the dreaded Battlegrounds for a shot at becoming a Retreats citizen. For Brine resident John Canty, whose father and grandfather died in the Battlegrounds, the desire to rise to the Retreats seems like a hopeless pipedream. All that changes when his new job takes him into the Retreats and he encounters Edward, a boy who looks identical to his own son Gable…
From the death of the universe, to fantastical worlds of fantasy - join Wumpus & friends on their strange and wonderful adventures!
On February 29th, children under the age of 14 are said to have their wishes granted on a day known as Melly Day. In a world where humans are said to be blessed by the gods, Hiasen has been granted the ability to manipulate mana in his dreams... but all he really wants is to see his mother again. When his wish is granted on Melly Day, the world as he knows it changes forever.
Bea is over her ex. Absolutely, completely, over her... except that she's not. When Bea finds out that her ex is also attending her sister's wedding, Bea does what any logical person would do and summons an incredibly hot, sarcastic demon to be her date. But demons are tricky, and now hers won't leave her alone.
Once upon a time, in a land of fairy tales, lived a girl and her grandmother, protected and secluded from the rest of the world. When her grandmother is taken by a mysterious boy, Wen must travel to the outside world to save her, but the world isn’t as magical as she once thought, and danger lurks around every corner. With the help of her friends, will Wen be able to solve the mystery of the boy with the ravens? And more importantly, will she be able to solve the mystery of her past?
Divers discover an immortal jellyfish in the Caribbean Sea and the key to immortality is seemingly at hand for humanity with the development of Harmonia, a pill that keeps its consumers looking young as long as it is taken daily. However, a fatal flaw is discovered when a singer experiences its side effect while on TV, rapidly aging until death. Trapped on Nakwon Island with his family, islanders he’s known all his life, a group of church volunteers, and a dwindling supply of Harmonia, will Junam be able to escape alive?
Suryeom is just an ordinary veterinarian… or is he? There’s certainly more to Suryeom than meets the eye. What are his secrets? Where do his powers of perception come from? Who is his alter-ego, the Hound? And who is Argos? Whoever he is, there’s only one man who could catch him, and he calls himself… Dr. Hound.
Ayeka is a talented, but hot-headed agent for the Deep Garden, a secret organization tasked with exorcising spectral entities known as "Spiders". But when more powerful Spiders start to appear, Ayeka's recklessness will both help and harm her, as she embarks on a journey to discover the secrets of the mysterious Black Compass project. Will she lose herself in her findings? Or will she gain the power to send the Spiders back to Hell?
A wayward teenager with existential questions, Sugu has a secret that he can’t tell anyone: he has a swimsuit fetish. When his homeroom teacher catches him peeping on the girls’ water polo team at school, Sugu is given only one way out. He must disguise himself as a girl and join the water polo team. He reluctantly accepts, only to discover that there’s much more to the sport than splashing around with cute girls in swimsuits. Somewhere along the way, Sugu might even discover the reason his heartbeat is taking up a new rhythm.
Yeong-gi Han, a talented soccer prospect teenager, loses all hope when he gets into an accident and hurts his left hand. He receives a prosthetic hand through a clinical trial and soon after, has constant nightmares of machines coming to life and destroying its surroundings. In the midst of confusion, he is chased by mysterious people and as he runs for his life, a girl he’s never met saves him and acts as if she knows him well. Who is she and why is he being chased? What is happening to his surroundings?
Is love ever where we expect it to be? Love has a way of bringing people together, no matter how different they might seem. Come along on this journey to discover the stories of unexpected pairs finding love in this anthology from Harlequin -- complete with dramatic reunions, off-limits relationships, and magic! It won’t be easy to overcome life’s complicated trials and tribulations, but love always finds a way back to the heart.
