Muscles as hard as a wall. Kisses that leave you breathless and ready. Happily Ever After when they can’t leave the house… but no one said being alone made falling in love easy. With a Cowboy’s ranch, a billionaire bad boy’s vacation home, a royal on a mountain top, a second chance during a storm, Single dads, and more of your favorite contemporary romance hero with the theme of two couples stranded together. Not one thought Mr. Right was the guy their now stuck with. What could go wrong? Fans of surviving in our pajamas will devour Isolating. Don't miss the limited time collection. Scroll up and one-click to grab these new book boyfriends today!
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When two young Amish men find love, will they risk losing everything? In a world where every detail of life is dictated by God and the all-powerful rules of the church, David takes on Isaac as a carpentry apprentice. Soon their attraction grows amid the sweat and sawdust, and they share sinful secrets. Can they reconcile their shocking desires with their commitment to faith, family and community?
*This is Book 2 of a three-part SERIES and NOT a standalone.Milo: "There is nothing worse in this life than being in love with someone who doesn't love you back. This is what I am when I am around her. Her hero when she accepts me. Her biggest nightmare when she rejects me. I have come to that conclusion. I can't fight it. I can't explain it to her because I could never explain it to myself either."Raven: "The truth is, I have always been slow to react. I don't lash out because I need time to analyze things at my own speed. People perceive that as me being logical and mature; wise beyond my age. I am not. I am indecisive and emotional. I just don't show it. I have flaws. Lots of them. Like every human being, I am allowed to have them. I don't want to cover them up as anything else."This is a dark romance. It contains discussions about the pandemic, mental health issues, and mature new adults. It also contains dubious situations that some readers might find offensive. Dark romance is subjective. Some readers have found this book to be a light read while others were sensitive to the material. Milo isn't a normal romance hero, and some might not consider him a hero at ALL. So, please don't read this if any of the above bothers you. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS PART OF A SERIES AND NOT A STANDALONE!
Originally published in 1984, Reading the Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. Among those who have disparaged romance reading are feminists, literary critics, and theorists of mass culture. They claim that romances enforce the woman reader's dependence on men and acceptance of the repressive ideology purveyed by popular culture. Radway questions such claims, arguing that critical attention "must shift from the text itself, taken in isolation, to the complex social event of reading." She examines that event, from the complicated business of publishing and distribution to the individual reader's engagement with the text. Radway's provocative approach combines reader-response criticism with anthropology and feminist psychology. Asking readers themselves to explore their reading motives, habits, and rewards, she conducted interviews in a midwestern town with forty-two romance readers whom she met through Dorothy Evans, a chain bookstore employee who has earned a reputation as an expert on romantic fiction. Evans defends her customers' choice of entertainment; reading romances, she tells Radway, is no more harmful than watching sports on television. "We read books so we won't cry" is the poignant explanation one woman offers for her reading habit. Indeed, Radway found that while the women she studied devote themselves to nurturing their families, these wives and mothers receive insufficient devotion or nurturance in return. In romances the women find not only escape from the demanding and often tiresome routines of their lives but also a hero who supplies the tenderness and admiring attention that they have learned not to expect. The heroines admired by Radway's group defy the expected stereotypes; they are strong, independent, and intelligent. That such characters often find themselves to be victims of male aggression and almost always resign themselves to accepting conventional roles in life has less to do, Radway argues, with the women readers' fantasies and choices than with their need to deal with a fear of masculine dominance. These romance readers resent not only the limited choices in their own lives but the patronizing atitude that men especially express toward their reading tastes. In fact, women read romances both to protest and to escape temporarily the narrowly defined role prescribed for them by a patriarchal culture. Paradoxically, the books that they read make conventional roles for women seem desirable. It is this complex relationship between culture, text, and woman reader that Radway urges feminists to address. Romance readers, she argues, should be encouraged to deliver their protests in the arena of actual social relations rather than to act them out in the solitude of the imagination. In a new introduction, Janice Radway places the book within the context of current scholarship and offers both an explanation and critique of the study's limitations.
Risk everything for love with this #1 New York Times bestseller from Nicola Yoon • "Gorgeous and lyrical"—The New York Times Book Review What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken. "This extraordinary first novel about love so strong it might kill us is too good to feel like a debut. Tender, creative, beautifully written, and with a great twist, Everything, Everything is one of the best books I've read this year."—Jodi Picoult My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster. Everything, Everything will make you laugh, cry, and feel everything in between. It's an innovative, inspiring, and heartbreakingly romantic debut novel that unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more. And don’t miss Nicola Yoon's bestselling novels The Sun Is Also A Star and Instructions for Dancing.
Calia Read breaks the mold in this explosive novel that grabs hold and doesn’t let go until the shocking truth is revealed. One kiss can change everything. One month ago I was admitted to a psych ward. Yesterday, Lachlan told me I’m losing my mind. But I know what I saw. Will you believe me? Behind the walls of a mental hospital, Naomi Carradine feels her world breaking to pieces. She’s starting to believe all the voices questioning her sanity. Only visitors from the outside world keep her tethered to reality. But deep in her thoughts, Naomi is haunted by memories of a golden summer that twisted into a waking nightmare of obsessive love and fractured truths. Just home from college, Naomi moves in with her best friend, Lana, the daughter of a Virginia senator. At a lavish party thrown by Lana’s father, Naomi meets a sexy stockbroker named Max and finds herself unable to resist his charms. One fiery kiss and she’s going back for more, beginning a terrifying descent. Having witnessed the unspeakable, Naomi has only one hope of escape: unraveling the devastating secrets of her past. Unravel is intended for mature audiences. Praise for Unravel “A sexy, mysterious, and enthralling story . . . Calia Read’s words are so captivating, they’ll hold you hostage and throw you into loops you’ll never see coming.”—Claire Contreras, author of There Is No Light in Darkness
Kevin failed to save Rachel in the ER... So his life spiraled out of control until a stranger named Stephanie came to help. But when he finds out Stephanie is Rachel's mother, can healing and true romance change his life? If you want to read a heartwarming Christian romance book that will have you believing in the healing powers of sacrificial love, you'll want to get your copy of the Glen Ellen Love Series. This series consists of two heartwarming clean romance books by reader favorite Kelsey MacBride. In Book #1, Fall From Grace, Kevin Pierce is an ER doctor whose life crumbles when he fails to save Rachel, a girl who resembles his late niece, who also lost her life while he was behind the wheel. To escape his paralyzing memories, he leaves LA for a small town by the ocean, hoping to rebuild his life. But a surprising twist develops when he meets Stephanie, Rachel's mother, in that town. Stephanie Knight is a Christian single mother who suffers the loss of her daughter in a tragic car accident. She relocates to her parent's home where she can escape memories of the accident and heal. But when she discovers Kevin is also there, she proposes they work together to help each other heal. Will he accept her help and forge an unlikely relationship? Or will Kevin reject her and miss out on an opportunity to experience true Christian romance? ### In Book #2, Saving Grace, Kevin Pierce makes a bittersweet journey toward healing with the support of an unlikely friend, Stephanie, who asks him to join her on the path toward recovery. Together they build a deeper relationship that leads to more than just friends. But the course of their relationship changes when Kevin is forced to return to LA, leaving Stephanie behind to continue her journey of healing without him. Stephanie Knight follows through with her commitment to helping Kevin rise above the debilitating depression that keeps him prisoner. But as their relationship deepens, she finds herself falling in love with him. But when Kevin must return to LA, and a beautiful woman chases him, Stephanie must submit her desires to God's plan. Will Stephanie patiently wait for Kevin to return to Mendocino? Or will she erase him from her heart and move on with her life? Find out by reading this uplifting Christian clean & wholesome romance novel for women. Get your copy now!
Now a Netflix Feature Film! “A heart-pounding page-turner with an outstanding cast of characters, a deliciously creepy setting, and an absolutely merciless body count.” –Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie and The Project A New York Times bestseller It’s been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother and she’s still adjusting to her new life in rural Nebraska. Then, one by one, students at her high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the body count rises and the terror grows closer, can Makani survive the killer’s twisted plan?
