Author: J. Michael Chamberlain Publisher: ISBN: 9780989573443 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Wildly entertaining essays laced with wicked concepts, cheap shots and a few bright ideas. An absolute feast of funny words without once mentioning vampires or zombies. The perfect blend of madcap rants and true life experiences, guaranteed to put a never-ending smile on your face. Actually, a never-ending smile might be cause for alarm. In fact, if your smile lasts longer than four hours, you should visit a doctor as soon as possible. Just the same, this extraordinary slice of life is riotously funny and viciously insightful. This book is almost too good to read, but I suggest reading it anyway. I also suggest telling forty or fifty of your closest friends to read this tome; people need to laugh.
Author: Hanya Yanagihara Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0804172706 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 834
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
Author: Richard House Publisher: Picador ISBN: 1250052440 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1024
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A MASTERWORK OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE SET IN THE ASHES OF WAR-TORN IRAQ, ITALY, AND AREAS IN BETWEEN. Richard House's The Kills is an epic novel of crime and conspiracy told in four books. It begins with a man on the run and ends with a burned body. Moving across continents, characters, and genres, there will be no more ambitious or exciting novel published this year.
Author: Meg Medina Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763663549 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 269
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Winner of the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had. One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she’s done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn’t Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn’t kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first Piddy is more concerned with trying to find out more about the father she’s never met and how to balance honors courses with her weekend job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy’s life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off or running away? In an all-too-realistic novel, Meg Medina portrays a sympathetic heroine who is forced to decide who she really is.
Author: Tracy Ewens Publisher: Tracy Ewens ISBN: 0997683856 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 316
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If only life were as simple as smiling for the camera. After years of braving the Arctic’s frigid temperatures or endless hours tracking the Spirit Bear to capture the perfect shot for National Geographic, Meg Jeffries decides to move back to the city—San Francisco. She wants a life with more stability. The kind that lets her see her family more than once a year and comes with owning a toaster or a full-sized tube of toothpaste. But creating her new “normal” is not without its obstacles. Meg is confident and successful behind a camera. A little extra publicity can’t change that… until it does. Westin Drake is famous for fast cars and box office sales. Yet he’s a terrible driver and secretly hopes his fifteen minutes is almost up. West moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco, looking for some substance and time near his family. But now that the buzz of his next film, Full Throttle – Floor It, is hitting maximum fervor, West keeps everyone at arm’s length so he can protect the people he loves… until he can’t. When the public mistakes a simple kiss on the cheek for a budding romance, Meg and West are caught in a media frenzy. Somewhere amid the backseat getaways and plastered smiles, Meg discovers the man behind the glossy photographs, and West wonders how he’ll ever let her go once the cameras stop rolling. Love is never simple, especially when the world’s watching. How much are two people willing to expose for a chance at a true happily ever after? Below are courtesy content warnings to the best recollection. They cover the major topics/themes, but may not be as nuanced as other trigger/content warning sites. death of a partner, alcohol, casual sex, celebrity invasion of privacy
Author: Tori Carrington Publisher: HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 1460829298 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 148
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The Players: 1) Caleb Payne. Calculating entrepreneur. Avowed bachelor. He takes what he wants in the boardroom and the bedroom! 2) Bryna Metaxas. Emotionally invested in her family's business. About to enter into a business deal with Caleb that will shock her on every level And she'll love every minute of it. The Situation: Dangerously hot, filled with steamy sexual tension and cold business machinations. The Turning Point: Caleb makes a critical error. And in the fallout, he realizes that he's lost far more than he gained he's given up his one chance at happiness. He'd have to pull off the coup of a lifetime to earn Bryna's trust and love again. Then again, that's all part of the plan
Author: Jill Ramsower Publisher: Jill Ramsower, LLC ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 284
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Lose yourself in this steamy mafia series by dark romance author Jill Ramsower... He was a vision of power and privilege. Ruthless arrogance personified. A total stranger and an irresistible challenge. I approached him in a busy casino and felt the sting of his brutal rejection. Then I did something incredibly brazen. Impulsive. Reckless. I stole from him. The object was inconsequential, only worth a handful of dollars. I didn’t do it for the money; it was about making a statement. I went back home thousands of miles away without giving him a second thought until I spotted those quicksilver eyes glaring at me across a busy nightclub. It was too impossible to be a coincidence. Yet, there he was, seething with a violent promise of retribution. He thought he’d intimidate me. Hunt me down and make me pay. What he didn’t realize was I don’t scare easily. My name is Giada Genovese, and I’m a goddamn mafia princess. “This book was full of twists and turns and I loved the hell out of it!” -Abstract Books Impossible Odds is the fourth novel in The Five Families series, although all books in the Five Families world can be read as standalones. A dark romance with adult themes, it may not be suitable for sensitive audiences. But if you like a HOT romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after, this forbidden lovers romance will have you begging for more!
Author: T'Nesha Sims Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing ISBN: 1648407161 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 223
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“Sometimes in life, we feel that we have it all with the one we love, but we often forget that everyone can be replaced.” Chanel and Jamal are high school sweethearts, who seem to have it all together, but we all know that everything that glitters isn’t gold. Jamel has put Chanel through so much, yet she continues to hold onto the love that they share, until he pushes her too far. But has he pushed her far enough to finally walk away? Will someone come into her life and show her that Jamel’s seemingly irreplaceable love is replaceable after all? Da’sha is a mother of a handsome three-year-old son, whom she loves to death. She wants nothing more than to live a happy life and have a real family with her son’s father, Benz, but we all know we often meet people who change us. Can Benz get his family together before it’s too late or will someone sweep Da’Sha off of her feet and help her move on? Angie feels that her man is all that she needs and no one can take his place. That is until she catches the eye of another man, who just may prove her wrong and show her that her man is indeed replaceable. Can love keep them together or will Angie find that the grass really is greener on the other side? Join Chanel, Da’Sha, and Angie on their journey through life and love as they prove to the men in their lives that no matter how much history you may have, everyone is replaceable.
Author: Amanda Heath Publisher: ISBN: 9781490533537 Category : Languages : en Pages : 252
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*This is a new adult romance not meant for those under 18. It contains sex, drugs, and under age drinking.The first time I ever saw Caden Harper I'm pretty sure I fell in love. All that golden hair and pale blue eyes. He was mysterious and covered in paint. I found it endearing and wanted nothing more than to find out all his secrets. I gave that man things I would never give anyone else. He blew it though. Which I shouldn't be surprised considering he is a womanizer.So I moved on, well kind of. Jaden Harper wasn't what I expected. I found myself drawn to him almost as much as his brother. Maybe it's the fact they are twins or maybe it was the fact I wanted to live on the wrong side for once in my life.Now I've found myself dug deep in this game. There's no end in sight and I wonder when all the lies I have told will come back to haunt me. Neither man should know the things I've gone through. Neither should trust me. I'm not who I say I am. My past is full of things I won't ever share.But where will that lead me when Caden wants nothing more than to consume me? He won't wake up to see he has the wrong kind of love.My Name is Grace Breadfield and this is my story.*While this title is a part of the Young Love series, it can be read as a standalone. There is a HEA and no cliffhanger.
Author: Adrienne Wilder Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781500941550 Category : Languages : en Pages : 360
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My sister Julia manipulated my life into a prison to keep me silent about our dirty family secret. Her greed made me a slave and circumstance left me with no way to escape. Trapped, the only way I could silence the nightmares driving me to insanity was to wrap them in color, hold them with shadow, and stitch them to negative space with line. But no matter how bright the pigments, no one could see my confession. Except for Roy Callahan. I thought he was just another nameless one-night stand in a long line of many. But I was wrong. Roy could see past the façade of my life and through the veil color over the canvas. He could see what the world couldn't. And with him I'd find the courage to tell the truth about the boy. The boy who kissed me. The boy who loved me. The boy whose name I couldn't remember.
Author: J. Michael Chamberlain
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Author: Richard House
Author: Meg Medina
Author: Tracy Ewens
Author: Tori Carrington
Author: Jill Ramsower
Author: T'Nesha Sims
Author: Amanda Heath
Author: Adrienne Wilder