Eiji and Karen, newlyweds, have moved into their new home. However, Eiji is away on a long business trip and will be out for a while... Karen feels increasingly lonely while her husband is away. Her neighbor, Haruko, becomes her confidante. Haruko's marriage to her husband, Fumio, is in a rut, and she envies Karen's newlywed status. After Haruko returns home, Karen is alone again when Eiji sends her some sexy lingerie...
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl.
Erotic work depicting the undisguised lust of a man and a woman. In a big city, there is a chance that a man and a woman who meet for the first time connect in a playful mood.
The tale of an alienated young guy eager to discover a way to spend his bills. Financial relief shows up in the form of unknown e-mails directing him to rape women for money, capturing the crimes as evidence of his work.
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
It's Boxing Day and already Karen is making New Year resolutions - chiefly for others - and the family have been burgled,though selectively,causing Sue to cheat on the insurance claim.
An eleven-year-old girl, living in Edinburgh, Scotland, hates her Christian name, Kylie. She prefers to be called "Morticia" And she wants a real Dad she can identify with.