(W) Kosuzu Kobato (A) Murasaki Shido
In this romantic shojo/josei period drama, a noblewoman and nobleman pretend to be in love to avoid getting married! Fiona Clayburn, a headstrong young noblewoman with a passion for art, has no interest in succumbing to the arranged marriage her father plans for her. Getting married would require her to quit her job at her uncle's art gallery and forsake her independent lifestyle. A fateful meeting with Giles Bancroft, an aloof young man and heir to the earl, presents a way out. Giles, like Fiona, wants nothing more than to stay single, so together, they hatch a scheme to achieve their common goal of avoiding marriage: pretend to be destined lovers!
(W) Kosuzu Kobato (CA) Fumi Takamura
The lovers' roles have been cast! Fiona convinces Giles, the Ice Scion, to take a chance on faking a public courtship. Together, they promise to endure the looming social season by putting on a flawless facade, one that requires numerous dates to get to know each other-in the name of their clever ruse, of course. But with the stage for their debut set, how will the two fare under the scrutiny of their peers?
(W) Kosuzu Kobato (CA) Fumi Takamura
In this romantic shojo/josei period drama, a noblewoman and nobleman pretend to be in love to avoid getting married! Fiona isn't one to live an everyday noble life. Instead, she finds more fulfillment in working hard. But when she overhears her father planning an arranged marriage for her to her childhood friend, she's desperate to stop it! Luckily, she meets Giles, the son of an earl and the town darling who's also hoping to avoid marriage. Together they hatch the perfect plan to thwart their parents' matchmaking: by pretending to be soulmates! A flawless plan that can't possibly go wrong. Right...?
(W) Kosuzu Kobato (CA) Fumi Takamura
Fiona Clayburn is one lucky girl. Not only does she have a job she loves, working with fine art at Gallery Roche, but she's also managed to catch the eye of one of the most desired bachelors around-Giles, son of the Earl of Bancroft-and they're madly in love. Well, that's what everyone thinks, anyway. Little do they know it's all but a ruse to help the pair achieve their individual dreams and goals. After all, Fiona couldn't have possibly melted the Icy Scion's heart? right? But fake-love pacts aside, the two find themselves saddled with a case to crack when they pay a visit to Giles's godmother, the Marchioness of Heyward, to appraise a painting-only to discover it hides a terrifying secret!