The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman
The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

Author: Denis Theriault

Publisher: Oneworld

Published: 2017-02

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781786070531

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Bilodo lives a solitary daily life, routinely completing his post round every day and returning to his empty Montreal apartment. But he has found a way to break the cycle - Bilodo has taken to stealing people's mail, steaming open the envelopes and reading the letters inside. And so it is he comes across Segolene's letters. She is corresponding with Gaston, a master poet, and their letters are each composed of only three lines. They are writing each other haikus. The simplicity and elegance of their poems move Bilado and he begins to fall in love with her. But one day, out on his round, he witnesses a terrible and tragic accident. Just as Gaston is walking up to the post-box to mail his next haiku to Segolene, he is hit by a car and dies on the side of the road. And so Bilodo makes an extraordinary decision - he will impersonate Gaston and continue to write to Segolene under this guise. But how long can the deception continue for?

All the Lonely People
All the Lonely People

Author: Mike Gayle

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2021-07-13

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1538720159

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If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping). In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But it's a lie. In reality, Hubert's days are all the same, dragging on without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news—good news that in one way turns out to be the worst news ever, news that will force him out again, into a world he has long since turned his back on. The news that his daughter is coming for a visit. Now Hubert faces a seemingly impossible task: to make his real life resemble his fake life before the truth comes out. Along the way Hubert stumbles across a second chance at love, renews a cherished friendship, and finds himself roped into an audacious community scheme that seeks to end loneliness once and for all . . . Life is certainly beginning to happen to Hubert Bird. But with the origin of his earlier isolation always lurking in the shadows, will he ever get to live the life he's pretended to have for so long?

The Lonely City
The Lonely City

Author: Olivia Laing

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-03

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1250039576

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There is a particular flavor to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by thousands of strangers. This roving cultural history of urban loneliness centers on the ultimate city: Manhattan, that teeming island of gneiss, concrete, and glass. How do we connect with other people, particularly if our sexuality or physical body is considered deviant or damaged? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens? Laing travels deep into the work and lives of some of the century's most original artists in a celebration of the state of loneliness.

Tiny Love Stories
Tiny Love Stories

Author: Daniel Jones

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2020-12-08

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1648290132

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“Charming. . . . A moving testament to the diversity and depths of love.” —Publishers Weekly You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be swept away—in less time than it takes to read this paragraph. Here are 175 true stories—honest, funny, tender and wise—each as moving as a lyric poem, all told in no more than one hundred words. An electrician lights up a woman’s life, a sister longs for her homeless brother, strangers dream of what might have been. Love lost, found and reclaimed. Love that’s romantic, familial, platonic and unexpected. Most of all, these stories celebrate love as it exists in real life: a silly remark that leads to a lifetime together, a father who struggles to remember his son, ordinary moments that burn bright.

The Case of the Lonely Heiress
The Case of the Lonely Heiress

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 150406125X

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A fight over a rich man’s will turns deadly in this murder mystery by the “kingpin among the mystery writers” from the series that inspired the HBO show (The New York Times). Marilyn Marlow has inherited a good deal of money from her mother. But the money originated with another will—that of her mother’s wealthy employer. Now his relatives are contesting the will, and it’s Rose Keeling, the key witness to its signing, whose mind they'll need to sway. When Rose is murdered, sleuthing lawyer Perry Mason must navigate a twisted case involving a personal ad that casts a cloud of suspicion over his client, Miss Marlow, in this mystery in Edgar Award–winning author Erle Stanley Gardner’s classic, long-running series, which has sold three hundred million copies and serves as the inspiration for the HBO show starring Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany. DON’T MISS THE NEW HBO ORIGINAL SERIES PERRY MASON, BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM ERLE STANLEY GARDNER’S NOVELS, STARRING EMMY AWARD WINNER MATTHEW RHYS

The Lonely CEO: A Billionaire Boss Romance
The Lonely CEO: A Billionaire Boss Romance

Author: Misha Quinn

Publisher: Misha Quinn

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This is the first story in the billionaire boss romance series The Salamander. Graham is a self-centered billionaire and the self-righteous boss of a naïve and courageous girl, Ella, his new intern. Accustomed to bossing people around and conquering women, Graham plans to use his new subordinate to the advantage of his business. However, to his surprise, Ella won't let him play with her feelings and use herself in corporate intrigue. Shocked not so much by the openness of the girl's feelings for him as by her heart's response to him, Graham decides to end the relationship and sever the threads of sympathy and attraction he has developed for Ella. Graham's cold calculation must defeat the heat of the first true love. The billionaire begins his game... The story ends with a cliffhanger to the next story in THE SALAMANDER series, The Independent Woman. The complete 4 BOOK THE SALAMANDER SERIES is available now! Reading order: The Lonely CEO (The Salamander #1) is a feeling-packed first love experience story featuring a virgin heroine and an irresistible playboy hero, her arrogant billionaire boss Graham. The story ends with a cliffhanger to the next story in the series, The Independent Woman. The Independent Woman (The Salamander #2) is a suspenseful love story with a lively heroine who hopes to save her true love for her egocentric billionaire husband, husband-best-friend, dark love triangle, fortune, temptation, second chances, and HEA ending. The Return Game (The Salamander #3) is a heart-warming, HEA-ending second-chance romance with a sassy, independent heroine with a broken heart and her confessed billionaire ex-boss and ex-husband trying to win back his ex-wife's love. The Christmas Gift (The Salamander #4) is the final part of a tender and tempting love story of Ella and Graham, full of feelings and high hopes, with a Christmas gift and miracle. And don't miss the Throne of Flames series, where Ella's life and love continue in the fae fantasy romance world! Keywords: billionaire, CEO, office, alpha strong hero, soul mates, fated mates, instalove, romance novel, sexy book, sexy romance book, steamy romance novel, friends to lover, mature heroine romance, alpha hero reads, instant love, office romance, holiday romance, New York romance, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, alpha hero, alpha hole, alpha hole, adventure romance, action romance series, military, military heroes, spicy romance, forbidden lovers, billionaire romance, five-star romance, hot reads, possessive heroes, dominant heroes, page-turner romance, author romance, writer, danger, romantic love story, passionate romance, sexy villains, billionaire, bad boy, love books, love stories, new adult, holiday, romantic novels, sexually romantic books, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, happily ever after If you love these authors, you’ll enjoy this series: Julia Kent, TL Swan, Sierra Rose, Meghan Quinn, Elizabeth O’Roark, Ava Gray, J.T. Geissinger, Ava Harrison, Melanie Harlow, Kat T. Masen, Eva Winners, Marni Mann, Ivy Smoak, Michelle Heard, Lucy Darling, Monica Murphy, Layla Hagen, Pippa Grant, Carly Flynn, K.Bromberg, Lucy Score, Raylin Marks, Lily Gold, Penelope Sky, Bella J, Claire Kingsley, Eva Winners, Colleen Hoover, Louise Bay, Lucy Score, Ana Huang, Sara Cate, Olivia Hayle, Max Monroe, Tia Louise, Laurelin Paige, Carrie Ann Ryan, Lisa Renee Jones, Skye Warren, Willow Winters, K. A. LINDE, Shayla Black, Piper Lawson, Cadence Keys, Lauren Blakely. For fans of Intrigued, Desire, The Boss Billionaire, Tempting Fate by Z.L. Arkadie // Sweet, Deep by Skye Warren // Billionaires in Love, Billionaires in Disguise by Blair Babylon // The Billionaire Boys Club by Cara Miller // Sinful Duty by Juliette N. Banks // The Billionaire's High School Reunion by April Murdock