Jean-Pierre "JP" Larocque doesn't believe in love, especially not love at first sight. As a rising star for The Baltimore Banners, the hockey player has his choice of women. Why should he settle for just one? Then he meets Emily Poole. She's quiet, reserved, maybe a little shy--and completely unlike any woman he's ever met. Can he convince the woman of his dreams to give him a chance? Emily has no idea what to make of the sexy hockey player. She's never met anyone like him before: charming, charismatic, and attentive. Is he merely flirting, or is he after something else? Should she take the chance and end up risking so much more than her heart? Sometimes opposites really do attract. But is it enough for these two to risk everything and try for a first shot at love?
Ever since the Loveborne virus wiped out half of humanity decades ago, people steer clear of each other. Twenty-four-year-old Alias Novar is no exception. He lives alone in a windowless apartment with a robot he fixed himself, working two remote jobs and barely earning enough to eat, let alone take care of his sick mother. He’s a great runner, but he can’t outrun the half-life he leads, enslaved to fear. He also can’t keep paying hospital bills on his meager salary. When a lucrative but risky job opportunity presents itself, he’s desperate enough to apply—even if his prospective employer is none other than Deon Dehive. Everyone knows Mr. Dehive. He’s the business mogul whose mysterious offices lie in the woods outside of New York. And unlike most, he encourages social interactions, claiming that people have gained security with antivirals but haven’t regained what they need most: each other. Miraculously, Alias gets hired as Mr. Dehive’s personal assistant. From a technical standpoint, the job’s easy enough. It’s the constant interactions that keep him on edge. Deon’s teasing smiles and challenging questions reveal kindness and a keen interest that Alias shouldn’t return but is helpless to deny. And therein lies danger. Medicine may have come a long way, but love still kills.
I trust as you are reading my poetry you will experience a combination of everything that love entails: Humor, pain, anger, happiness. These experiences are written in the forms of poems. You will discover that you feel the same way I do. You will be able to open up yourself more and be more receptive to your feelings and become in sync with my poems and we will connect on a higher level through my authentic words and the experience will be truly awesome!
From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing: to get inside. Growing up, he was the artsy son in the sporty family. At his all-boys high school and Catholic college, he was the closeted gay kid surrounded by crush-worthy straight guys. And in his twenties, in the middle of a disastrous career in advertising, he accidentally became an MTV VJ overnight when he finished second, naturally, in the Wanna Be a VJ contest, opening the door to fame, fortune, and celebrity—you know, almost. In Party of One, Holmes tells the hilariously painful and painfully hilarious tales—in the vein of Rob Sheffield, Andy Cohen, and Paul Feig—of an outsider desperate to get in, of a misfit constantly changing shape, of a music geek who finally learns to accept himself. Structured around a mix of hits and deep cuts from the last four decades—from Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart" and En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" to LCD Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge” and Bleachers’ “I Wanna Get Better”—and punctuated with interludes like "So You've Had Your Heart Broken in the 1990s: A Playlist" and “Notes on (Jesse) Camp,” this book is for anyone who's ever felt like a square peg, especially those who have found their place in the world around a band, an album, or a song. It's a laugh-out-loud funny, deeply nostalgic story about never fitting in, never giving up, and letting good music guide the way. – NPR “Best Books of 2016”: Staff Picks, Biography & Memoir, For Music Lovers, Funny Stuff, Non-fiction Categories
Deacon Hunter is domineering. Condescending. Infuriating. And yet I can’t seem to keep my panties on for five minutes when we’re alone together. He keeps melting them right off. With that sexy voice, those confident hands, the way he brings my body wildly to life, he’s proved my libido hasn’t gone into permanent, post-divorce hibernation after all. Surely there’s no harm in being enemies with benefits… Right? *** When Violet Boden asks me to take her Divorce Virginity, the only thing I can think is—come again? No, seriously, come again. And again and again, until both of us are so satisfied we can’t remember the people who did us wrong. Best if we keep conversation to a minimum, though, considering I drive her crazy. She drives me crazy sometimes, too. But she’s also sweet, loyal, fearless, and so much fun she’s making it damn hard not to fall for her. But how to convince a woman who’s put me in the emotional no-fly zone that I deserve a place in her heart? As well as in her panties… KEYWORDS: Over 40 Romance, Older Man, Older Woman, Mature Romance, Second Chances, Alpha Male, Romantic Comedy, Heartwarming, Laugh out Loud, Small Town, Wine Country, Romance, Family Life, Contemporary Romance, Friendship Books, Romance Marriage, Romance Drama, Love Story Books, Books Love Stories, Baby Romance, Romance with Pregnancy, Family Saga Romance, Sweet and Sexy Romances, Enemies to Lovers Romance, Friends to Lovers Romance, Contemporary Adult Romance, Drama Romance Books, Romance and Drama Books, Romance Baby, Baby and Romance, Literature and Fiction, Contemporary, Marriage, Family Life, New Adult, Boy Next Door Romance, Lighthearted Romance, Light Romance, Heartwarming, Family, Quick Read, Romance Fiction Books, Hot Guy, Love, Love Books, Kissing Books, Long Series, Long Romance Series, Swoon, Loyalty, Love Story, Romance Love, Lili Valente, L. Valente.
Trisha Sterling is the confident, self-assured director of For the Love of Family, a resort designed to bring families closer together by reviving the extended family vacation. Though she never had any real family of her own, Trisha takes her job very seriously. She is responsible for the satisfaction and comfort of all of the guests. But bringing families together is bound to have its difficulties. There are Babs and Frankie, sisters in their late forties who fight constantly. The Atkinsons are a handful with six kids ranging in age from two to twelve, and the youngest doesn't ever seem to stop crying or yelling. Chris and Pat, well, they're just strange. Even more serious of a problem is Li Yee, who is at the resort with her father, and she doesn't seem to have come to grips with her father's illness. Add to the mix David Hindley, the attractive and charming guest whose family had to back out at the last minute but thought David still deserved a vacation. The intense chemistry between Trisha and David is present from their first meeting. Over the course of David's stay at the resort, their attraction to each other turns swiftly into something much deeper. But when things start to get a little hectic at the resort, can their blossoming romance survive? Will Trisha get the family she's always longed for? Find out in Resorting to Love. Author Lori Rohrer resides in a small town in Indiana with her husband, Paul, and children, Andrew and Logan. She has been a nurse for nineteen years but has recently felt God calling her to put her creativity to use in writing. Resorting to Love is her first novel.
This is the story of a sixty-four-year-old man who tragically loses his wife to ovarian cancer after thirty-eight years of marriage. The years together were barren of children but filled with adventure and the many trials that confront couples during a young and maturing relationship. The period following her death is accented by his vow to avoid any future relationship, which may cause him to deal with the pain and heartbreak he endured while watching her suffer through this horrible disease. He makes the decision to leave the city where they had lived for many years and to return to Texas, leaving his friends and family behind. This is evidence of his commitment to seclusion, which will undoubtedly send his life on a downward course to loneliness. Two phone calls interrupt his plan and ultimately lead to his meeting a friend of a friend, who changes his life forever. This story is one of tragedy, downheartedness, and romance. Salvaged by Love can be an inspiration for any person who has lost a loved one. It is a story of moving forward from guilt and fear often associated with such loss and of entering a new life while relishing past memories.
Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. In "Alcatraz," we meet a middle-school spelling champion who spends her afternoons taking baths with the boy next door. In "Almonds and Cherries," a young woman turns an unexpectedly arousing bra-shopping experience into a short film, with ramifications for everyone around her. In "On the Occasion of My Ruination," a college-bound student plots to lose her virginity to a pizza parlor waiter. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature -- an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent
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