"The perfect Summer read—smart, funny, escapist, and bursting with charm."—PopSugar In the tradition of Good in Bed and The Assistants comes a funny and smart comedy about a young matchmaker balancing her messy personal life and the demands of her eccentric clients.Sasha Goldberg has a lot going for her: a recent journalism degree from NYU, an apartment with her best friend Caroline, and a relationship that would be amazing if her finance-bro boyfriend Jonathan would ever look up from his BlackBerry. But when her dream career falls through, she uses her family's darkest secret to land a job as a matchmaker for New York City's elite at the dating service Bliss. Despite her inexperience, Sasha throws herself into her new career, trolling for catches on Tinder, coaching her clients through rejection, and dishing out dating advice to people twice her age. She sets up a TV exec who wanted kids five years ago, a forty-year-old... Views: 23
"A story that delivers action, conspiracy, and betrayal alongside a meditation on love, family connection, and humanity." —Publishers Weekly Sasha Stephenson's intriguing debut is a combination road trip story and sci-fi adventure about the strange, strong bond between two sisters. Fans of Under the Never Sky and The Darkest Minds will devour ICELING, the first book in a new and utterly original sci-fi series.Seventeen-year-old Lorna loves her adoptive sister, Callie. But Callie can't say "I love you" back. In fact, Callie can't say anything at all. Because Callie is an Iceling—one of hundreds of teens who were discovered sixteen years ago on a remote Arctic island, all of them lacking the ability to speak or understand any known human language.Mysterious and panicked events lead to the two sisters embarking on a journey to the north, and now Lorna starts to see that there's a lot more to Callie's origin... Views: 23
Erotic Romance, Time travelWhen a socially-awkward history geek attempts to escape his present-day insecurities with the ladies...and just about everything else...through a role-playing game, he lands his sorry-ass in a pseudo-medieval world, where he can either assume the persona of the brutal warrior called Ajest or risk life and limb in mortal combat as his conflicted self.Well...the choice is obvious.What's not so obvious to Ajest is the lovely damsel in distress he meets in this parallel universe.Weird, how she keeps throwing herself at him. Weirder still is how strongly she reminds him of Ria, the girl who wouldn't give him the time of day back home...Poor, confused Ajest! The joke is on him in more ways than one in this goof on time travel and role-playing games and history geeks...and just everything else, including techno phobes and craft beer brewing and Boston speak.In other words, it's a typical Louisa Trent erotic romance, with a dominant warrior who really isn't, a submissive fem who really isn't, and a happily-ever-after that really is well-earned. Views: 23
How did a club night with friends go so off the rails? Nash’s day had started out so well. An adorable barista flirted with her as she picked up her morning espresso, which might have contributed to the distraction that moments later nearly ended in disaster. Nash had used the word “disaster” carelessly not realizing how far the rest of her day would spiral after her tragic morning commute. Picking up girls after midnight in an ER is a clear sign of desperation, right? Unless that girl is the enchanting nurse who keeps coming to her rescue. Views: 23
They say you never forget your first kiss, your first touch—your first time making love. Katie knows she never will. A Promise of Passion
follows the love affair of Katie Donovan and Bryce Collins, a budding
high school romance destined to last a lifetime. Throughout the
challenges of college, a long-distance relationship, and the rigors of
careers, their flame only burns brighter. To Katie, Bryce will always be
her "walking Adonis." And for his part, Bryce has been enthralled by
Katie since their high school physics class. Theirs is the storybook
romance that everyone dreams of. But if that's the case, where's
Bryce now? Katie struggles with this question as she sits alone in a
bar drinking a gin and tonic with an olive—their favorite drink. They
always kept their promise, a vow to keep passion alive no matter what.
Why would he break it now? Views: 23
Just when famed youth reporter Pollo di Nozi thinks she'll never find another news story she stumbles upon not one, but two very surprising secrets. With hidden treasure, cunning crooks, mistaken identities and mysterious disappearances, unravelling them may be Pollo's greatest challenge yet. Views: 23