Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over-the-moon. She has a flawless Asscher cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancée willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore's It Girl Astrid Leong is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly-minted Tech Billionaire husband. A romp through Asia's most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it's like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich.
Beach Read is a witty and heartfelt story that explores the unlikely relationship between two writers, each struggling with their own creative block. January Andrews is a bestselling romance novelist who has lost faith in love, while Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction known for his tragic endings. Despite their stark differences, they find themselves neighbors for the summer, both financially broke and unable to write.
Their worlds collide one evening, leading to an unconventional pact: Augustus agrees to try his hand at writing a story with a happy ending, and January decides to tackle the challenge of penning the next great American novel. January's mission to give Augustus a taste of romance includes field trips straight out of a romantic comedy montage, and Augustus takes January on a journey to interview survivors of a mysterious death cult. They agree to help each other break through their writer's block with the understanding that no romantic entanglements will ensueâor so they think.
Set against the backdrop of a sun-soaked summer, Beach Read is a delightful exploration of life, literature, and the unexpected ways love can rewrite our stories.
Liya Thakkar is a successful biochemical engineer, takeout enthusiast, and happily single woman. The moment she realizes her parents' latest dinner party is a setup with the man they want her to marry, she's out the back door in a flash. Imagine her surprise when the same guy shows up at her office a week later -- the new lawyer hired to save her struggling company.
What's not surprising: he's not too thrilled to see her either after that humiliating fiasco. Jay Shah looks good on paper...and off. Especially if you like that whole gorgeous, charming lawyer-in-a-good-suit thing. He's also arrogant and infuriating. As their witty office banter turns into late night chats, Liya starts to think he might be the one man who truly accepts her. But falling for each other means exposing their painful pasts.
Will Liya keep running, or will she finally give love a real chance?
Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, itâs that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it.
Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldnât be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriendâs things.
But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them?
Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated.
Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited.
But what if they canât quite nail a first date... or a second first date... or a third?
What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work... and Ben doesnât try hard enough?
What if life really isnât like a Broadway play? But what if it is?
Eileen is sick of being 79. Leena is tired of life in her twenties. Maybe it's time they swapped places...
When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.
Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile, Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.
Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn't as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?
Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They're preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And she is miserably and utterly sick of him.
Naomi wants out, but there's a catch: whoever ends the engagement will have to foot the nonrefundable wedding bill. When Naomi discovers that Nicholas, too, has been feigning contentment, the two of them go head-to-head in a battle of pranks, sabotage, and all-out emotional warfare.
But with the countdown looming to the wedding that may or may not come to pass, Naomi finds her resolve slipping. Because now that they have nothing to lose, they're finally being themselvesâand having fun with the last person they expect: each other.
Scarlett MacGregor has lived a very sheltered life, courtesy of her over-the-top controlling parents. Having never been to a co-ed party, much less out on a date, Scarlett has relied on her books, music, and living vicariously through her best friend Evie to keep her sanity as she's patiently awaited her freedom from their rule.
When Scarlett and Evie leave home for college, Scarlett soon meets Ashton, Dylan, and Mason, and is thrown into a crash course of like, love, and lust. With Evie's help, she must figure out the difference between the three, and which one she wants, before she ends up without any of them.
Metamorphosis is the beginning of Scarlett's transformation from a young, naĂŻve girl to a strong, mature young woman and her search for self-discovery and true love.
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almostâbut not quiteâdying, she's come up with seven directives to help her Get a Life, and she's already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family's mansion. The next items?
But it's not easy being bad, even when you've written step-by-step guidelines on how to do it correctly. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job.
Redford 'Red' Morgan is a handyman with tattoos, a motorcycle, and more sex appeal than ten-thousand Hollywood heartthrobs. He's also an artist who paints at night and hides his work in the light of day, which Chloe knows because she spies on him occasionally. Just the teeniest, tiniest bit.
But when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. Like why he clearly resents Chloe's wealthy background. And why he never shows his art to anyone. And what really lies beneath his rough exteriorâŠ
Maddie and Theo have two things in common:
After an "Oops, we made a mistake" kiss, neither one can stop thinking about the other. With Alexa's wedding rapidly approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction with each other than they're comfortable with. Underneath the sharp barbs they toss at each other is a simmering attraction that won't fade. It builds until they find themselves sneaking off together to release some tension when Alexa isn't looking.
But as with any engagement with a nemesis, there are unspoken rules that must be abided by. First and foremost, don't fall in love.
Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met.
After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts as art.
Desperation makes her open-minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He'll only ever be there when she's at the office. In fact, they'll never even have to meet.
Tiffy and Leon start writing each other notesâfirst about what day is garbage day, and politely establishing what leftovers are up for grabs, and the evergreen question of whether the toilet seat should stay up or down. Even though they are opposites, they soon become friends. And then maybe more.
But falling in love with your roommate is probably a terrible ideaâŠespecially if you've never met.
When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard partâthey've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans...
At the game with his sister, Carlos Ibarra comes to Nik's rescue and rushes her away from a camera crew. He's even there for her when the video goes viral and Nik's social media blows upâin a bad way. Nik knows that in the wilds of LA, a handsome doctor like Carlos can't be looking for anything serious, so she embarks on an epic rebound with him, filled with food, fun, and fantastic sex. But when their glorified hookups start breaking the rules, one of them has to be smart enough to put on the brakes.
No one wants to be single at the holidays. Even Little Miss Grinch, Nikki, a successful and independent woman, must face her bachelorette status at the most horrible time of the year. December is her personal version of holly-jolly hell: a merry torture made of couples kissing at every corner, forced vacation days, and an inescapable family reunion. And when her baby sister announces sheâs engagedâto Paul, the man Nikki is secretly in love withâand that heâs spending the holidays with them, Christmas starts looking bluer than ever.
Nikki canât possibly survive an entire week trapped home as the familyâs spinster. But she has no time to meet men or to try the newest dating app, sheâs too busy working as a video producer for an advertising agency. So whatâs a girl to do? Nikki has the perfect solution: to hire a fake boyfriend. Luckily, her job gives her access to an endless catalog of gorgeous actors to choose from. But Nikki will soon discover that keeping business and pleasure from mixing isnât so easy, and that she might not be immune to a little mistletoe magic. Especially not when she picked out the perfect man as her Christmas date...
A fun, festive romantic comedy with lots of bad behavior and Christmas spirit. Like a creamy hot chocolate with marshmallows, you wonât want to put this deliciously hilarious novel down. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Sally Thorne, and Jo Watson.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She steps into the world of the superrich, working for Leonard Gopnik and his much younger second wife, Agnes. Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her new job and New York life.
As she begins to mix in New York high society, Lou meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. Before long, Lou finds herself torn between Fifth Avenue, where she works, and the treasure-filled vintage clothing store where she actually feels at home.
And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself: Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you find the courage to follow your heartâwherever that may lead?
Funny, romantic, and poignant, Still Me follows Lou as she navigates how to stay true to herself, while pushing to live boldly in her brave new world.
Ayesha at Last is a modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice, set in a Muslim community, for a new generation of love. Ayesha Shamsi has her life filled with various challenges. Her aspiration to become a poet has been shelved for a teaching occupation to settle debts owed to her affluent uncle. She resides with her lively Muslim household and is frequently reminded of her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, who is on the verge of declining her one hundredth marriage proposal.
Despite Ayesha's solitude, she is adamant against an arranged marriage. However, her world turns upside down when she encounters Khalid. He's as intelligent and handsome as he is traditional and critical. Ayesha finds herself inexplicably drawn to someone who disapproves of her life choices and appears to be from a different era entirely.
Amidst this, a surprise engagement between Khalid and Hafsa is declared, leaving Ayesha caught between her feelings for the forthright Khalid and troubling rumors about his family. Delving into these whispers, she must confront not only the revelations about Khalid but also the truths she uncovers about herself.
The Kiss Quotient is a heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that demonstrates one thing with certainty: there's not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick. Stella Lane believes math is the only thing that unites the universe. She devises algorithms to predict customer purchasesâa job that has given her ample financial resources but significantly less dating experience than the average thirty-year-old.
Stella's Asperger's makes social interactions challenging, with French kissing evoking images of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. Her logical conclusion: she needs plenty of practiceâwith a professional. Enter Michael Phan, a Vietnamese and Swedish escort who can't afford to refuse Stella's proposition. Agreeing to assist her with her intimate lesson plan, Michael helps Stella explore everything from foreplay to more adventurous positions.
As Stella begins to enjoy his kisses and yearn for more of the sensations he elicits, their straightforward arrangement starts to make an unexpected kind of sense. And the emerging pattern will persuade Stella that love is indeed the best kind of logic.
Marnie MacGraw wants an ordinary lifeâa husband, kids, and a minivan in the suburbs. Now that sheâs marrying the man of her dreams, sheâs sure this is the life sheâll get. Then Marnie meets Blix Holliday, her fiancĂ©âs irascible matchmaking great-aunt whoâs dying, and everything changesâjust as Blix told her it would.
When her marriage ends after two miserable weeks, Marnie is understandably shocked. Sheâs even more astonished to find that sheâs inherited Blixâs Brooklyn brownstone along with all of Blixâs unfinished âprojectsâ: the heartbroken, oddball friends and neighbors running from happiness. Marnie doesnât believe sheâs anything special, but Blix somehow knew she was the perfect person to follow in her matchmaker footsteps.
And Blix was also right about some things Marnie must learn the hard way: love is hard to recognize, and the ones who push love away often are the ones who need it most.
Buying a lotto ticket with her two best friends didn't change Zoe's life. Only following her heart would do that...
Sure, winning the lottery allows Zoe Ferris to quit her job as a cutthroat corporate attorney, but no amount of cash will clear her conscience about the way her firm treated the O'Leary family in a wrongful death case. So she sets out to make things right, only to find gruff, grieving Aiden O'Leary doesn't needâor wantâher apology. He does, however, need something else from her. Something Zoe is more than willing to give, if only to ease the pain in her heart, a sorrow she sees mirrored in his eyes...
Aiden doesn't know what possesses him to ask his family's enemy to be his fake fiancĂ©e. But he needs a bride if he hopes to be the winning bid on the campground he wants to purchase as part of his beloved brother's legacy. Skilled in the art of deception, the cool beauty certainly fits the bill. Only Aiden didn't expect all the humor and heart Zoe brings to their partnershipâor the desire that runs deep between them. Now he's struggling with his own dark truthâthat he's falling for the very woman he vowed never to forgive.
Classic movie buff Bailey âMinkâ Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by âAlex.â Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush.
Faced with doubts (what if heâs a creep in real lifeâor worse?), Bailey doesnât tell Alex sheâs moved to his hometown. Or that sheâs landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Or that sheâs being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Rothâa.k.a. her new arch-nemesis.
But life is whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers that tricky fine line between hate, love, and whatever-it-is sheâs starting to feel for Porter.
And as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter.
The choice is both simpler and more complicated than she realizes, because Porter Roth is hiding a secret of his own: Porter is AlexâŠApproximately.
In this delightfully charming teen spin on Youâve Got Mail, the one guy Bailey Rydell canât stand is actually the boy of her dreamsâshe just doesnât know it yet.
A groomsman and his last-minute guest are about to discover if a fake date can go the distance in this fun and flirty multicultural romance debut by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.
Agreeing to go to a wedding with a guy she gets stuck with in an elevator is something Alexa Monroe wouldn't normally do. But there's something about Drew Nichols that's too hard to resist. On the eve of his ex's wedding festivities, Drew is minus a plus one. Until a power outage strands him with the perfect candidate for a fake girlfriend.
After Alexa and Drew have more fun than they ever thought possible, Drew has to fly back to Los Angeles and his job as a pediatric surgeon, and Alexa heads home to Berkeley, where she's the mayor's chief of staff. Too bad they can't stop thinking about the other. They're just two high-powered professionals on a collision course toward the long distance dating disaster of the century--or closing the gap between what they think they need and what they truly want.
A romantic comedy set in a world that is larger than life...
As far back as Julia Walsh could remember, she always had a difficult relationship with her father. They hardly ever saw each other, hardly ever spoke, and on the rare occasions they did, they never seemed to agree on anything.
Three days before her wedding, Julia receives a phone call from her father's personal secretary. Just as Julia had predicted, Anthony Walsh will not be able to attend his daughter's wedding. However, for once, Julia has to admit that her father's excuse is irreproachable. He's dead.
Julia cannot help seeing the tragic-comical side of the situation. From one second to the next, her nuptial dreams transform into funeral plans. Even beyond the grave, it seems, Anthony Walsh has his own particularly effective way of disrupting his daughter's life. But the day after his funeral, Julia discovers that her father has one last surprise in store for her.
Without a doubt, the journey of a lifetime, and an opportunity to say, at last, all those things they had never said.
With this novel, Marc Levy creates a world of mischief and suspense. At its heart lies the relationship between a father and daughter, and a tale of first love, the kind of love that never dies.
Anna-Simone is a savvy television producer, desperate to find her place in lifestyle television. The colour, the madness, and the manic deadlines form the perfect harmony of creative chaos she knows she can tackle.
Enter Sky-High, the top-rated television network in the country, taking a chance on the âyesâ girl of the century. In a gut-wrenching twist of events, the talented producer meets Satan in stilettoes: a hellish nightmare of a woman who goes by the name Klarissa Maree-Francis. Well-heeled, well-spoken, and a subscriber to the mean-girls group in media, Klarissa will make Anna-Simone question her very existence.
From Louboutin cliques to live crosses gone wrong, Klarissa is set on making each day difficult for her team of fifteen producers â namely Anna-Simone. One by one, her team will leave the battalion, shot down too many times, their brilliant ideas lying dead on the cutting room floor.
See what happens when two alpha females go head to head. When women sell their souls for a promotion. Where the price of success costs you your sanity. Where the ultimate lows lead to creative highs and where out of the darkness, unlikely heroes emerge.
Twenty-nine-year-old Blair Walker is a girl with a plan, or more a girl with a list. A list of dos and don'ts to live the perfect life, land a dream career, and marry Mr. Right. But when Blair loses her job and gets dumped by her boyfriend all in one day, she starts to wonder if she's had it all wrong. And what better way to find out than experience everything the list forbade?
With hilarious consequences, Blair will discover some items are trickier to tick off than she'd thought...
Dans leur tĂ©lĂ©phone, il y avait toute leur vieâŠ
New York. AĂ©roport Kennedy. Dans la salle dâembarquement bondĂ©e, un homme et une femme se tĂ©lescopent. Dispute anodine, et chacun reprend sa route. Madeline et Jonathan ne sâĂ©taient jamais rencontrĂ©s, ils nâauraient jamais dĂ» se revoir. Mais en ramassant leurs affaires, ils ont Ă©changĂ© leurs tĂ©lĂ©phones portables.
Lorsquâils sâaperçoivent de leur mĂ©prise, ils sont sĂ©parĂ©s par 10 000 kilomĂštres : elle est fleuriste Ă Paris, il tient un restaurant Ă San Francisco. CĂ©dant Ă la curiositĂ©, chacun explore le contenu du tĂ©lĂ©phone de lâautre. Une double indiscrĂ©tion et une rĂ©vĂ©lation : leurs vies sont liĂ©es par un secret quâils pensaient enterrĂ© Ă jamais...
Entre comédie romantique et thriller de haute volée, une intrigue magistrale portée par des personnages bouleversants. Un final virtuose.
Babe, you might want to close your mouth⊠unless youâre offering something, if you know what I meanâŠ
For Bellatrix Brown, going back to America was like eating an entire bowl of broccoliâabsolutely revolting. Returning to that country meant leaving the people she cared about in London.
Connor Michaels, the devilishly handsome bad boy of the school, never really cared about anything, especially not about girls. His usual game: use them then lose themâŠthat is, until he came upon a stunning British belle.
The day Bella and Connor's paths crossed, seats were overturned, hot spaghetti was spilled, and sexual innuendos were flung around like confetti. But the more Connor tortured Bella, the more he found himself inexplicably drawn to her, and the more he began to behave amusingly unlike himself.
Will Bella continue to be the bad boy's victim? Or will she be able to do what no other girl has ever done beforeâcatch his heart?
Join them in this hilariously spunky love story full of twists and turns, dark pasts, and even a dangerous stalker.
Rainelle, you were eye-f***ing me in the casino.
Rae couldn't exactly deny what Andrei, the king of the incubi, said so matter-of-factly. But she is her father's daughter, and having a forbidden liaison with a sinfully irresistible demon king is not something her demon hunter father would have approved of.
With just one glance from Andrei's piercing cerulean eyes, however, she found herself being plunged into delightful unknown territories, and only half-caring whether she should sink or swim.
Should she fight her unholyâbut oh-so-deliciousâattraction to the dark lord, or ignore the warnings of her demon hunter blood and just give in to the indescribable enticing pleasures he brings her?
If you're a fan of sexy romantic comedies with a dash of supernatural, then this charming story of a beautiful sassy private investigator and her seductive drop-dead gorgeous demon king is for you!
In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself.
Rose in Bloom is a delightful tale of self-discovery and the search for true love, set against the backdrop of societal expectations and familial bonds.
Wedding planner Avery Crosslin may be a rising star in Houston society, but she doesn't believe in loveâat least not for herself. When she meets wealthy bachelor Joe Travis and mistakes him for a wedding photographer, she has no intention of letting him sweep her off her feet. But Joe is a man who goes after what he wants, and Avery can't resist the temptation of a sexy southern charmer and a hot summer evening.
After a one night stand, however, Avery is determined to keep it from happening again. A man like Joe can only mean trouble for a woman like her, and she can't afford distractions. She's been hired to plan the wedding of the yearâa make-or-break event. But complications start piling up fast, putting the wedding in jeopardy, especially when shocking secrets of the bride come to light. And as Joe makes it clear that he's not going to give up easily, Avery is forced to confront the insecurities and beliefs that stem from a past she would do anything to forget.
The situation reaches a breaking point, and Avery faces the toughest choice of her life. Only by putting her career on the line and risking everythingâincluding her well-guarded heartâwill she find out what matters most.
What happens when an unsuspecting girl and guy are thrown into a marriage they don't want? That's exactly the case of Ivory and Darius, born into different families whose marriage serves to prevent competition between their businesses.
No matter how they oppose the idea, their parents are hell-bent on marrying them to each other to honor a five-generation-old deal that took place between their ancestors.
For Ivory, whose heart has just been broken, her marriage to the handsome but cold Darius Quartz fails to provide her the happy life she wants. Instead, she finds herself in endless boredom and doing the same things she'd been doing the past six months.
That is, until Darius arrives home from his training and her ex returns in the picture. Thrown in her loyal best friend, Rose, and Darius's insane cousin, Adrian. Her life suddenly turns upside down and becomes exciting and a whole lot crazier!
It's a long journey full of tears, fun, joy, even insanity, and most of all, love.
Have you ever wondered what might have been?
Gemma Dawson is at the airport, staring at two plane tickets to two different cities. Two different weddings. Two possible futures. She's at a crossroads.
Be maid of honor at her best friend's wedding or crash her ex's? Gemma's decision, unknown to her, hinges on a delayed flight and a chance meeting. Now her life is about to go down two parallel tracksâwill Gemma fly toward a life with her first love or a future with a man she's not even met yet?
Love Connection is a feel-good Romantic Comedy about one woman, lifeâs infinite possibilities, and the destiny that lies beyond two different choices.
The Rat Prince by Bridget Hodder is a funny and magical retelling of the Cinderella story from the point of view of one of her footmen, a rat!
Before Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters moved into Lancastyr Manor, she was known as the beautiful Lady Rose de Lancastyr. Then her stepmother forced her to become a kitchen maid and renamed her. At first, the rats of the manor figure her for a lack-wit and take pity on her by bringing her food and a special family heirloom. But when Cinderella's stepmother finds a way to prevent her from attending the ball, the rats join forces to help her.
The night of the ball is filled with magic and secretsânot least of all who Lady Rose will choose as her Prince Charming.
This version of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won't discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend, neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
Love ignites in the City That Never Sleeps, but can it last? Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on introspective cartoonist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And after a chance encounter in Manhattan over the summer, romance might be closer than Isla imagined.
But as they begin their senior year back in France, Isla and Josh are forced to confront the challenges every young couple must face, including family drama, uncertainty about their college futures, and the very real possibility of being apart. Featuring cameos from fan-favorites Anna, Ătienne, Lola, and Cricket, this sweet and sexy story of true loveâset against the stunning backdrops of New York City, Paris, and Barcelonaâis a swoonworthy conclusion to Stephanie Perkins's beloved series.
Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. They were just pretending, until they weren't. And now Lara Jean has to learn what it's like to be in a real relationship and not just a make-believe one.
But when another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean's feelings for him suddenly return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Lara Jean is about to find out that falling in love is the easy part.
She stole his roses. Fleeing the spotlight, burnt out rock star LaylaââBelleââDubois seeks refuge in the south of France. That old, half-forgotten heritage in a valley of roses seems like a good place to soothe a wounded heart. She certainly doesnât expect the most dangerous threat to her heart to pounce on her as soon as she sets foot on the land.
He wants them back. Matt didnât mean to growl at her quite that loudly. Butâhis roses! She canât have his roses. Even if she does have all those curls and green eyes and, and, andâŠwhat was he growling about again?
Or maybe he just wants her. When an enemy invades his valley and threatens his home, heart, and livelihood, Matthieu Rosier really knows only one way to defend himself. It might involve kissing. And that might be just the start.
ONE OF THE BOYS
What girl doesn't want to be surrounded by gorgeous jocks day in and day out? Jordan Woods isn't just surrounded by hot guys, thoughâshe leads them as the captain and quarterback of her high school football team. They all see her as one of the guys and that's just fine. As long as she gets her athletic scholarship to a powerhouse university.
But everything she's ever worked for is threatened when Ty Green moves to her school. Not only is he an amazing QB, but he's also amazingly hot. And for the first time, Jordan's feeling vulnerable. Can she keep her head in the game while her heart's on the line?
From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player, comes Book Two of the brand-new Wild Seasons series that started with Sweet Filthy Boy - a story of friends, love, and lust.
Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don't even like each other... which would explain why their marriage lasted only 12 hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra.
Maybe she's too similar to the rugged fisherman - or just what he needs.
Back when not being able to stand each other also meant not being able to keep their hands off each other, neither Bennett nor Chloe could have seen this day coming.
An exasperated bride who just wants to elope. A determined groom whose only focus is getting to the wedding night. Andâof courseâa whole lot of name calling.
The Beautiful Bastard series continues in this new novellaâback when not being able to stand each other also meant not being able to keep their hands of each other, neither Bennett nor Chloe could have seen this day coming. One beautiful bastard of a groom. The most beautiful bitch of a bride. A panty-ripping office hook-up turned true love everlasting. Wedding bells canât chime soon enough for Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan. Chloe, exasperated and stressed by all the last-minute to-dos, is on the verge of saying âI doâ to eloping. For his part, Bennettâs so worried about being distracted by Chloeâs body that he makes a no-sex-until-the-wedding-night rule that only seems to be making things worse by continually backfiring on him. As their crazy families descend for the big day- only a few of them actually trying to be helpful- the fiery lovers are about to test whether the couple that argues together can keep it together long enough to exchange rings, and not just heated words.
Nikolai Leokov never thought he'd fall in love with the only girl he's ever befriended. Valentina Tomic has issues with commitment after the ultimate betrayal. When Tina decides to make broody Nik's day better, she never thought she would end up friends with the hard man.
Nik has never had a woman be so affectionate to him without expecting something in return. Nik and Tina cordially invite you to read Friend-zoned. A story of friendship, humour and love.
Hope and Heather have been friends for years. But Heather's two older brothers have always teased and bullied the two, especially Hope. Luckily, Hope manages to avoid them for a couple of years while they are away at college.
But when Hope moves closer to her friend, she finds out the two are returning and will have no chance of avoiding them forever.
What would happen if you fall for your best friend's brother?
Author note: This is NOT a dark romance.
Delilah âLilyâ Flynn is used to her drab existence. Lilyâs been living it for twenty-two years. Her boring life is suddenly turned on its head when sheâs rudely kidnapped from her bedroom. Or so she thinks.
Nox Taylor is far too high up in his field to be assigned a babysitting job. Thereâs nothing more he wants than to complete his mission so he can be rid of the smartass tomboy, Lily. Day after day, Nox watches Lily and her strange ways. Sheâs unlike any woman heâs ever met. Getting close to the girl is purely for her own protectionâŠright?
Lily never imagined sheâd make her first real friends in captivity. What lengths would she go through to keep them?
This is a stand-alone novel and is unrelated to Friend-Zoned.
Her first thought: Who are you?
It's the morning after her cousin's bachelorette party in Vegas, and Megan Scott wakes up with the mother of all hangovers. Even worse, she's in a stranger's penthouse, having woken up with something else as well â a funny, arrogant, sexyâŠhusband!
Up until now, finding even a boyfriend had seemed impossible â been there, got the broken heart, sworn off men for good. Then a few martinis with Carter...no, Connor Reed, and she's gone from first meet to marriage in one night!
Megan wants a lawyer. But Connor's shocking bombshell? "I don't want a divorce."
Mia Galliano is an aspiring filmmaker. Ethan Vance has just played his last game as a collegiate soccer star. They're sharp, hungry for success, and they share a secret. Last night, Ethan and Mia met at a bar, and, well... one thing led to another, which led to them waking up the next morningâtogether.
Things turned awkward in a hurry when they found themselves sharing a post-hookup taxiâto the same place: Boomerang headquarters. What began as a powerful connection between them is treated to a cold shower courtesy of two major complications. First, Boomerang has a strict policy against co-worker dating. And second, they're now competitors for only one job at the end of summer.
As their internships come to an end, will they manage to keep their eyes on the future and their hands off each other, or will the pull of attraction put them right back where they started?
For sixteen-year-old Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, being raised by a single dad and three older brothers has its perks. She can outrun, outscore, and outwit every boy she knowsâincluding her longtime neighbor and honorary fourth brother, Braden. But when it comes to being a girl, Charlie doesn't know the first thing about anything.
So when she starts working at a chichi boutique to pay off a speeding ticket, she finds herself in a strange new world of makeup, lacy skirts, and BeDazzlers. Even stranger, she's spending time with a boy who has never seen her tear it up in a pickup game.
To cope with the stress of faking her way through this new reality, Charlie seeks late-night refuge in her backyard, talking out her problems with Braden by the fence that separates them. But their Fence Chats can't solve Charlie's biggest problem: she's falling for Braden. Hard. She knows what it means to go for the win, but if spilling her secret means losing him for good, the stakes just got too high.
In essence, it's an ugly duckling tale. Our heroine, Aureliana, returns to school after fifteen years for a reunion. School doesn't hold happy memories for her. As a roly-poly Italian (known as the Italian Galleon), always armed with a Tupperware full of pungent Mediterranean food, she was bullied incessantly throughout her years there.
Now in her 30s, Aureliana wants to put the past behind her once and for all and face up to the bullies who made her life hell. But she is much-changed from the girl she once was - all curves and 'because I'm worth it' hair - and no one recognizes her when she arrives. Losing her bottle, she backs out on her plan for revenge and slinks off, hoping never to be reminded of her years at school again.
But fate gets in the way, and after the reunion, her path keeps crossing with James - major hunk and Aureliana's major crush back at school. But alas, as a cronie to the bullies, Aureliana to this day believes that his beautiful exterior hides an ugly interior.
As they continue to cross paths, a love/hate relationship ensues until eventually something shifts, and they both start to discover what the person underneath is really like...
Full of Mhairi's trademark laugh-out-loud humor, Here's Looking At You is a novel about facing your demons and being happy with who you really are.
Emily Johnson needs this job. What she doesnât need, is all the aggravation that comes with being the assistant of the worldâs most eligible bachelor.
Adrian Kingston, a 25-year-old billionaire and Emilyâs boss, is known for being difficult. He works late at night and early in the day â and expects his assistant to do the same. The only thing he does for fun is, well, women. The spoiled, wealthy playboy gets whatever he wants from whomever he wants.
Some mornings, women swing in and out of his office, one after the other. And as if he couldnât get enough girls, he even tosses his flirtation and sexual innuendo Emilyâs way.
Good thing Emily knows how to keep her priorities straight. A flirty, devastatingly handsome boss? His jealous girlfriends? Her demanding workload? Emily has enough on her plate! She really doesnât need all the headache.
What she doesnât understand though, is this: Why does Adrian seem to need her? After all, Emily Johnson, while beautiful, is not exactly Adrianâs usual type. What could he possibly want with her?
Is this just another game played by a bored, rich billionaire trying to win the only girl who has the guts to tell him âNo?â Or could Adrian Kingston really be falling in love with The Assistant?
A sweet, sexy contemporary romance for new adults.
Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroadânot a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action. No dates, no moving in together, theyâll just get married... right now.
Her sister, Fliss, thinks Lottie is making a terrible mistake, and will do anything to stop her. But Lottie is determined to say âI do,â for better, or for worse.
She Knows Better Than to Say "I Do"
After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men. But when her sister winds up engaged after a whirlwind courtship, she's thrown into close contact with exactly the kind of sexy playboy she wants to avoidâthe gorgeous best man. She's stuck with him, for better or worse, until her sister walks down the aisle, but that doesn't mean she has to give in to his smooth advances, no matter how tempting they areâŠ
But He Makes It Hard to Say "I Don't"
Special Agent Vaughn Roberts always gets his man on the job and his woman in bed. So Sidney's refusal to fall for his charms only makes him more determined to win over the cool and confident redhead. Only what starts out as a battle of wills ends up as a serious play for her heart. Because the one woman who refuses to be caught may be the only one Vaughn can't live withoutâŠ
Alana Gore is in danger. A take-no-prisoners publicist, her way with people has made her more than a few enemies over the years, but a creepy stalker is an entirely different matter. She needs a bodyguard, and the only man she can ask is not only ridiculously hot, but reputed to have a taste for women that goes beyond adventurous.
Chandler Gamble has one rule: don't protect anyone you want to screw. But with Alana, he's caught between his job and his increasingly hard libido. On one hand, Alana needs his help. On the other, Chandler wants nothing more than to take the hot volcano of a woman in hand. To make her writhe in pleasure, until she's at his complete mercy.
She needs protection. He needs satisfaction. And the moment the line is crossed, all hell will break loose...