“I’ve dreamed about them ever since I was a child...”Pharm is a skittish but friendly young man who is excited to start his new life as a college student. He’ll make friends, join a club... and maybe figure out why he’s always sensed that there’s a certain someone he’s fated to meet. The moment he locks eyes with Dean, the captain of the swimming club, he’s attracted to him in a way he’s never experienced before. Is this who he’s been looking for all this time? Does Dean feel the same way ...

A Date with DestinyWooseo Shin was never one to believe in fate, but what else could be behind the hot mess his life has become?! For years, Wooseo has pined after his close friend and crush, Jiseok Kang, wanting someone he knows he can never have. So when a ring of red thread appears around his finger, it feels like the universe is rubbing salt in his wound. This ring connects a person to their soulmate, and with it, neither can fall asleep when the other isn’t present. The man with the o...

Sungji is entering the corporate world, the newest hire of a game development studio. Young and beautiful, Sungji quickly draws the attention of her coworkers...but she only has eyes for her aloof team leader Sumin. Unfortunately, the older woman is tied up by her ex, company president Seju, who has one thing Sungji severely lacks—experience in love and lust. And so a love triangle ensues, following Sungji’s present pursuit of Sumin and Seju’s tumultuous relationship with her in the past…

A kidnapped and blindfolded princess’s time in darkness with her silent caretaker. The ten minutes an ordinary woman spends with her tied-up stalker. The last six months a man has before he loses his beloved wife to cancer. These are a few of the moments we share with the characters brought to life by Toryumon Takeda in this collection of seven short stories, including her highly acclaimed “My Wife Whom I Loved Dearly.” But what will become of each of them?

“Don’t cry... I’m right here.” After exchanging phone numbers, Pharm and Dean begin spending time together almost every day. Their budding chemistry doesn’t go unnoticed, though—soon, the potential couple is the talk of the campus! But as the pair’s feelings for each other grow, their recurring dreams intensify, now infiltrating their waking lives. Will the threads of fate pull the two close enough to finally remember their promise?

All’s Fair in Love and WarHis heart torn from the bittersweet pain of unrequited love, Wooseo turns to Jigeon for solace…and the two of them kiss?! What starts as a natural physical affinity between Ring Partners quickly becomes a comfortable routine of intimacy, and Wooseo soon realizes he might be seeing Jigeon less and less as a “stand-in” for his best friend. But all is not well in paradise…Jiseok has caught on to his brother’s suspicious string pulling, dredging up complicated feeling...

This book explores stakeholders’ perspectives, their practices, and engagement with enacting the employability agenda in the context of a rapidly changing world. It explains the need for developing graduate employability under socioeconomic, cultural, and political pressure exposed to the higher education sector. Largely framed within Bourdieu’s concepts of social field, habitus, and capital, it explores international stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences with graduate employability a...

Wooseo’s heart has been swayed, and Jigeon is determined to win it over completely, once and for all. But a meeting between Wooseo, Jiseok, and the Connector may throw a wrench in his plans when Jiseok reveals his brother has been deceiving Wooseo. The lies, the manipulations, the mind games—when all is laid bare to Wooseo, will he choose to stay tied to Jigeon?

A Cruel Twist of FateWooseo has finally found a way to remove the Ring. The catch? Doing so erases all memories related to one’s fated partner. While he loathes being a burden to Jigeon, for some reason, the thought of losing him hurts just as much…In the face of Wooseo’s uncertainty, Jigeon decides to make a gambit—by revealing he is irrevocably in love with him! But all risks come with consequences, and Jigeon’s actions have pushed his brother over the edge. No more sitting on the sideli...

Warm Bodies, Cold FeetEunho and Jaeha are closer than ever before, and their relationship is blossoming and basking in the warmth of their shared feelings. That is, until Eunho’s mother and sister drop by for an unexpected visit, bringing with them a harrowing self-doubt that envelopes Jaeha. As the two lovebirds embark on their first vacation as a couple, they couldn’t be any further from paradise—unbeknownst to Eunho. Will the pair survive the winter, or will Jaeha’s struggle to let love...

The Rocky Road to RomanceEunho and Jaeha have finally gotten together. Spending days by Jaeha’s side and nights in his bed should be everything Eunho dreamed of… Except they’re closer to friends with benefits than lovers. With a persistent ex looming and impenetrable walls up around Jaeha’s heart, winning the man over seems like a Herculean task. Still, Eunho can’t help finding hope in the quiet and intimate moments they share. That is, until Jaeha runs into Hyesun, his ex-wife…

Right Person, Wrong TimeFor Eunho Jung, there has always been one constant in life—his feelings for the boy next door, Jaeha Yoo. From a proposal at the age of three to a confession in his teenage years, the torch Eunho carries for the older man has never gone out…not even when Jaeha got married to a woman. With Eunho now in college, a chance meeting leads the two to reconnect, and Eunho will do everything in his power to make the recent divorcee his lover. There’s just a small hiccup—Jaeh...