“Intruder kisses Elena; mistaken identity leads to forced betrothal to Italian count Angelo to prevent scandal.”
Wife in the Shadows
会うときは他人の顔で
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Intruder kisses Elena; mistaken identity leads to forced betrothal to Italian count Angelo to prevent scandal.
In the darkness of her bedroom, an unknown intruder steals a kiss from Elena's lips. She initially yields to an experience unlike any other before she pushes away her assailant, an Italian count named Angelo. A tremendous flirt she had met earlier that day at a party, he lives in a glamorous world completely unlike her own. It seems he expected to rendezvous with Elena's cousin, but mistook their bedrooms...however, their kiss was witnessed by others, and to prevent a scandal, the count's grandmother orders them to be betrothed! (Source: Harlequin/SB Creative Corp.)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Nov 2012 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M53774 catalog