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Back After This

2025

by Linda Holmes

A podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating—but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love? From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo.


Longtime podcast producer Cecily Foster has always operated behind the scenes. For years, she’s worked toward hosting her own show, putting everything, including her love life, on the backburner. So when her boss finally offers her the chance, she’s over the moon.


But there’s a catch. Actually, two:
1) The show will be about Cecily’s dating life
2) Cecily will be mentored by renowned dating coach/life coach/influencer Eliza Cassidy.


Cecily would rather do anything else than put her singledom on display, especially since the last time she mixed work with romance the outcome was catastrophic. But when Cecily’s boss tells her that doing the show is the only way to protect her mentee's job, she realizes she has no other choice.


To make matters even more complicated, Cecily finds herself unable to stop thinking about Will, a photographer she serendipitously met while chasing a runaway dog down a busy street. Even though there are sparks between the two, Eliza forbids Cecily from dating Will, whom she believes is no better than Cecily's disappointing exes.


As Cecily struggles to balance her real romantic life and the one Eliza wants to create for her, she finds herself at a crossroads. Will she fall back into old patterns, or is this her chance to finally find love that lasts?

Planning Penelope

2017

by Erin Lockwood

Alexander George Bishop V has an obsession. He controls every detail of her life, and she doesn't even know he exists.


Everything always goes as planned ... until it doesn't.


Someone's best quality is also their worst. It's the most extreme parts of us that are extraordinary, but can also be very un-relatable. Alex has been secretly watching Penelope for years, controlling who she dates and what coffee she drinks. But when Penelope unexpectedly bumps into Nathan, Alex starts to lose control of his obsession. How far will he go to get rid of Nathan and protect the masterpiece he's created in Penelope?

The Lover's Dictionary

2011

by David Levithan

basis, n.
There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you're in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.
If the moment doesn't pass, that's it—you're done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it's even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lover's face.

How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to describe something that can be both utterly mundane and completely transcendent, pulling us out of our everyday lives and making us feel a part of something greater than ourselves? Taking a unique approach to this problem, the nameless narrator of David Levithan's The Lover's Dictionary has constructed the story of his relationship as a dictionary. Through these short entries, he provides an intimate window into the great events and quotidian trifles of being within a couple, giving us an indelible and deeply moving portrait of love in our time.

Extreme Exposure

2005

by Pamela Clare

Novels such as Carnal Gift and Sweet Release made Pamela Clare's rising star shine. Now, she turns her impressive talents to a novel of modern romance - and breathless intrigue...

It's been years since her child's father dumped her, and since then, Kara McMillan has kept men at bay - although every day she aches more for a lover's touch. But to get that, the hard-boiled journalist must become vulnerable - a feeling she vowed never to have again.

With his dangerous good looks, charm, and power, Senator Reece Sheridan could have just about any woman he sets his piercing eyes on. But he's intrigued by only one. This Kara, this gutsy investigative reporter, has a sensuality that arouses him to no end. If she's a firebrand in print, he guesses, she must be just as fiery in bed...

But this is no fling. A sudden political scandal - and attempts on Kara's life - could very well drive them apart. Or maybe, just maybe, adversity could draw them into a bond even more intense than their steamy sexual embraces.

Amarse con los ojos abiertos

Amarse con los ojos abiertos es una historia fascinante que explora el encuentro inesperado entre un hombre y una mujer, provocado por un extraño error de un servidor de correo electrónico. Roberto, un soltero bastante mujeriego y cansado de su vida rutinaria, se ve envuelto misteriosamente en el intercambio de mensajes entre dos psicólogos que discuten sobre el amor y la pareja.

Poco a poco, Roberto se siente cada vez más atrapado por la historia y desea ser partícipe de ella, lo que da lugar a una situación fascinante que culmina en un final totalmente inesperado.

Este libro es una reflexión profunda sobre el sentido de estar en pareja y el verdadero significado del amor. Amarse con los ojos abiertos ofrece una visión única con propiedades curativas para aquellos que desean reparar una relación herida o iniciar una nueva.

Cinta Kontrak

Oi cicak kobeng! Ayat aku tu! Yang kau sibuk-sibuk ciplak buat harta sendiri pulak apahal? Ayat aku tu milik aku secara rasmi tau tak! Aku semburkan ayat-ayatku dihadapan wajahnya.

Nur Alia Airysha, seorang gadis yang datang dari kampung ke Kuala Lumpur dengan niat untuk mengumpul duit demi keluarga dan membiayai kos pembelajarannya. Dengan bantuan sahabat Alongnya, Kak Yati, Airysha bekerja di sebuah butik terkemuka yang dimiliki oleh Datin Aleeya.

Muhammad Danial Franz, seorang pemuda kacukan Perancis yang berkelulusan dari luar negara kembali ke Malaysia dan bekerja di bawah daddynya, Dato' Eddy di sebuah syarikat besar. Takdir menemukan Airysha yang brutal dengan Danial yang ego di butik mommy Danial, Datin Aleeya!

Danial cuba mendapatkan Airysha tanpa merendahkan egonya. Danial membawa Airysha untuk bertemu orang tuanya untuk dikahwinkan. Tetapi perkahwinan ini bersyarat! Kontrak yang direka Danial dipandang remeh oleh Airysha.

Disaat akad nikah hampir tiba, Airysha menyusun strategi untuk lari! Airysha mengambil keputusan untuk membatalkan kontrak tersebut. Lantas sekeping kertas yang tertera kontraknya, dibuang. Apa yang bakal terjadi seterusnya? Adakah perkahwinan masih diteruskan? Bagaimana kehidupan Airysha selepas ini? Adakah masih terkurung disangkar yang disaluti emas? Bahagiakah dia? Bagaimana pula penerimaan Danial terhadap perangai brutal Airysha?

Bila senduk bertemu kuali, bila api bertemu sumbu bom, apa yang akan terjadi?

Kontrak! Kontrak! Kontrak! Tu je yang kau tau nak sebut? Yela! Yela! Aku yang buang. Aku tak puas hati dengan syarat-syarat dia. Ada ke aku sebagai seorang perempuan, kena tido atas sofa? Kau ni manusia takde hati, takde perut! selorohku. Dalam masa yang sama, aku cuba melepaskan diri daripada rangkulannya. Danial mendengus perlahan.

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