Neville, at age forty one, faces personal and professional ruin as his obsession with society's darling, Dido, becomes a web of deceit and threatens the picture-perfect world he has created.

As a struggle for control of Noble House, the most powerful English trading company in the Orient, takes place in 1862, Lord Toranaga Yoshi is trying to usher Japan into the modern age.

In the final minutes of Fai's life, Kurogane makes a deal with a witch to save him and ends up in great danger.

Eloise "Weezie" Foley is divorced from Talmadge Evans III and living in the carriage house on their former estate while he and his new girlfriend reside in the main house. As she tries to rebuild her life and her antiques business Weezie also finds herself having to deal with loony relatives, a handsome ex-boyfriend, and dirty deals.

The Guru Guru Bone stops working, leaving Ponta is trapped in her dog form and unable to communicate with Mirai. To make things worse, a good-looking labrador has set his romantic sights on her. When the lab's cute owner starts hanging out with Mirai, where does that leave Ponta?

A group of friends who are all named Jane get together and try to make their small town beautiful by engaging in subversive art, and the main Jane wrestles with her affection for two different boys on Valentine's Day while she runs out of money for continuing her artwork.

Ann, having moved to her mother's hometown in rural Shimane after the divorce of her parents, struggles to get used to her new surroundings, until a tragedy forces her to appreciate the people around her.

Ann, having made a new life and good friends in the country following her parents' divorce and her mom's suicide, does not know what to do when her father asks her to come and live with him in Tokyo.

When a research scientist begins studying the genetic components of aggression she discovers a chilling conspiracy involving the government, a biotech company, and her own university, all devoted to reshaping society through genetic manipulation.