From Dejah Rice comes a drama-filled sequel, Yo' So Called Hubby In My DM 2, full of secret rendezvous, romance, and heartbreak.Chynna is no stranger to adversity, but true happiness is foreign to her. When she walks in on the unthinkable, she's left with a couple options. One option leading her to true happiness and the other leading her straight to destruction. Falling for another woman's husband was never the plan; however, what was to be expected when he came full force, not taking no for an answer? Love is in the air, but whose court is the ball really in? Polo is on top of the world and very close to running things in a whole new way. With his cousins by his side, he felt unstoppable; until, one slip up stops everything. On top of that, he's found someone to really pique his interest, and he's not willing to let her go so easily. The only problem is, he's still married and he's walked into an ambush. Within the blink of an eye, Polo's left to question every single move he's ever made, but what's to come next?It's said that the same way you get them will be the same way you lose them. Find out if that's true for Polo and Chynna, or if they'll beat the odds and find the love they both now crave. After all, whoever said two wrongs don't make a right?
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Can’t get enough of Joe Goldberg? Don’t miss the latest thriller in Caroline Kepnes’s compulsively readable You series, with an all-new plot not seen in the blockbuster Netflix show. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE • “Fiendish, fast-paced, and very funny.”—Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train Joe Goldberg is done with the cities. He’s done with the muck and the posers, done with Love. Now he’s saying hello to nature, to simple pleasures on a cozy island in the Pacific Northwest. For the first time in a long time, he can just breathe. He gets a job at the local library—he does know a thing or two about books—and that’s where he meets her: Mary Kay DiMarco. Librarian. Joe won’t meddle, he will not obsess. He’ll win her the old-fashioned way . . . by providing a shoulder to cry on, a helping hand. Over time, they’ll both heal their wounds and begin their happily ever after in this sleepy town. The trouble is . . . Mary Kay already has a life. She’s a mother. She’s a friend. She’s . . . busy. True love can only triumph if both people are willing to make room for the real thing. Joe cleared his decks. He’s ready. And hopefully, with his encouragement and undying support, Mary Kay will do the right thing and make room for him.
From the authors Theresa Reese & Tasha Mack comes an enthralling, smokin' hot, new, three-part, urban romance series. The drama filled novel, It's His Other Baby Mama's For Me, will have you hooked from the first page until the very last.Isa was never given a pass in life. At eighteen, she should have been living wild and free; yet, she was being forced to become an adult sooner than expected. Raised by a single parent, Isa was her mother's pride and joy. Although, for reasons, Isa was not proud of. On the verge of a breakdown, Isa gets put in a position where running is all she knows. That's until running is no longer an option. Meeting a Perry brother wasn't what she envisioned as her saving grace, but the timing was perfect, or so she thought.Zane is the youngest of the Perry brothers. He's what you would consider a hothead. Meeting his son's mother, Tayvin, was a blessing. She saved him from the streets and taught him the ways of life. Owning a business at just twenty-two made Zane a hot commodity. He was raised to handle his business and take care of the home. However, when he's placed in the middle of deciding where home is, Zane is forced to deal with the consequences of his actions. With multiple baby mamas and a bunch of sleepless nights, Zane has to figure out who is worth losing and who is worth keeping.Ryleigh didn't have what you would call a fairytale life. Growing up, she spent her years coming into womanhood behind bars. As a result, her mother refused to be in her life. When she is finally released, she has to navigate through life as best she can-with the guidance of her older sister Remi. While trying to stay focused on making a life for herself, Ryleigh stumbles across one of the infamous Perry brothers and vows to stay away from his kind. They say, never say never because sometimes, fate has other plans.Zay, the oldest of the crew, was the type who could have any woman he wanted. After getting shot, his son's mother, Leah, stays by his side and nurses him back to health. In return, he feels forever indebted to her. Unfortunately, her loyalty is simply not enough to make Zay love her.Once he meets Ryleigh, he is immediately intrigued by her determination to make something of herself, despite the odds being stacked against her. With everyone advising him against pursuing Ryleigh, Zay sets out to show her that he's different. Instead, he is thrown a few curveballs in the process, which causes him to regress. It was always said that the truth would set you free. Though, in Zay's case, the truth threatens to turn his whole life upside down. Will Zay continue to build on a foundation of lies? Or will he do the right thing?Theresa Reese and Tasha Mack deliver yet another riveting, captivating drama-filled story of baby mamas, secret lovers, and the men who love them.
This book deals with the construction of diverse forms of humor in everyday oral, written, and mediatized interactions. It sheds light on the differences and, most importantly, the similarities in the production of interactional humor in face-to-face and various technology-mediated forms of communication, including scripted and non-scripted situations. The chapters analyze humor-related issues in such genres as spontaneous conversations, broadcast dialogues, storytelling, media blogs, bilingual conversations, stand-up comedy, TV documentaries, drama series, family sitcoms, Facebook posts, and internet memes. The individual authors trace how speakers collaboratively circulate, reconstruct, and (re)frame either personal or public accounts of reality, aiming –among other things– to produce and/or reproduce humor. Rather than being “finished” products with a “single” interpretation, humorous texts are thus approached as dynamic communicative events that give rise to diverse interpretations and meanings. The book draws on a variety of up-to-date approaches and methodologies, and will appeal to scholars in discourse analysis, conversation analysis, interactional sociolinguistics, pragmatics, ethnography of communication, and social semiotics.
It's a snowy day in the city of Decreston, New York. After 25 years of service, Detective Derrick Mallow is retiring from the Decreston Law Enforcement Division. Mallow needs a change; there are too many bad memories in Decreston. No longer wanting to be a detective, he moves to Lake Tisdale, South Carolina, taking a new position as a patrol officer. But not long after Mallow arrives, there are two mysterious murders and a suicide. A small boy claims he saw a demon leaving one of the crime scenes. Together with his fellow police officers and the Jenkins County Sheriff's Department, Mallow must piece together the clues and find the killer. But is it the culprit really a demon, or something even more sinister?
NOTE: This is a special edition cover. The content is the same as the original work. She fears the dark. He rules it. Her dresses are too tight, her heels too tall. She laughs too loudly, eats without decorum, and mixes up most sayings in the book. Little do most know it's just a sparkly disguise, there to hide one panic attack at a time. Nobody can crack Gianna's facade . . . no one anyway, until he comes along. Most see a paragon of morality; a special agent upholding the law. In the New York underworld, others know him as a hustler, a killer, his nature as cold as the heart of ice in his chest. Christian Allister has always followed the life plan he'd envisioned in his youth, beneath the harsh lights of a frigid, damp cell. With a proclivity for order and the number three, he's never been tempted to veer off course. But perhaps one should never say never . . . One winter night and their lives intertwine. She hates him-his stone-cold demeanor, his arrogance and too-perceptive eye-but over the years, even as their games consist of insulting each other's looks and intelligence, she begins to live to play with him. Nowhere in Christian's plans had he ever prepared for Gianna. She's chaos embodied, not his type, and married, but none of that can stop his eyes from following her wherever she goes. All along, she doesn't even know that she's his-his frustration, his fascination. His maddest obsession.
