Download or read book All I Want for Christmas is My Dad s Best Friend written by Brill Harper and published by Brill Harper. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He wouldn't. Until he does. We can't. Until we do. I have always been in love with Mr. Pine. What's not to crush on? He's built like a god, could cut glass with his chiseled jawline, and has a low, growly voice that makes me weak in the knees. I swear the silver in his hair makes him even hotter. (Nice.) He's also my dad's best friend. (Naughty.) But this year, when I'm home for the holidays, he's looking at me with a new hunger in his eyes, and before I know it, we're kissing in front of my parents' Christmas tree and putting the X in Xmas. Everything about us is wrong, from our age gap to his friendship with my dad. But it's beginning to feel a lot like none of that matters. This nice girl is enjoying being on the naughty list for a change. And if the fates allow, the man who was my first will also be my last. Author Confession: Mr. Pine is getting coal in his stocking this year for his foul mouth...but that's not what he's stuffing in Holly's stocking for sure. I know that the timeline of this story is ludicrous, but just let it happen. It's not even the least believable part.
Download or read book Friends Forever written by Shannon Hale and published by First Second. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following up their mega-bestselling Real Friends and Best Friends graphic memoirs, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with Friends Forever, a story about learning to love yourself exactly as you are. Shannon is in eighth grade, and life is more complicated than ever. Everything keeps changing, her classmates are starting to date each other (but nobody wants to date her!), and no matter how hard she tries, Shannon can never seem to just be happy. As she works through her insecurities and undiagnosed depression, she worries about disappointing all the people who care about her. Is something wrong with her? Can she be the person everyone expects her to be? And who does she actually want to be? With their signature humor, warmth, and insight, Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham have crafted another incredible love letter to their younger selves and to readers everywhere, a reminder to us all that we are enough.
Download or read book Gifting Me To His Best Friend written by Katee Robert and published by Trinkets and Tales LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Christmas, my husband is going with an unconventional gift for his best friend. Me. It’s only supposed to be for one night… But one night becomes two, becomes our entire vacation. There are no rules except the ones we make, and sharing me brings both Derek and Grayson closer than any of us could have imagined. This year, what happens in our bedroom will put all three of us on Santa’s Naughty List. *Sword-cross guarantee* In Gifting Me to His Best Friend, you’ll find: - Snowed in - MMF Romance - Christmas story - Friends to Lovers - Sword-cross guarantee
Download or read book My Dad s Best Friend written by Katee Robert and published by Trinkets and Tales LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s the one man I’m not supposed to want… My dad’s best friend. After he rejected me six years ago, I’ve steered clear of Jonas. Until now. I need his help, and I won’t take no for an answer. The plan is to show up at his house and plead my case, but a rainstorm derails everything, trapping us together for the weekend. When he catches me in a compromising position, things quickly spiral out of control. We promise each other the weekend to purge the desire that’s been simmering for six long years. No fantasy is too dark, too filthy, too forbidden, to play out. The only rule is that this thing between us ends when the storm does. Surely it’s the one rule I can keep from breaking? In My Dad’s Best Friend, You’ll Find: - Grumpy One + Sunshine One - Daddy Stuff - Age Gap Romance - Kinky roleplay - Only One Bed!
Download or read book Firefly Lane written by Kristin Hannah and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a #1 Netflix series! In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.
Download or read book My Daddy s A Soldier written by Sara Jane Arnett and published by High-Pitched Hum Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Daddy s Best Friend written by K. C. Crowne and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 17 years age gap.Strictly off-limits.Forbidden.Taboo.Why does something so wrong feel so right?My dad's best friend is a single dad of twins...And my secret crush.I'm the only one who can clear his name...But he's too scared to let me get close.The uptight Mayor needs to relax...And I'll do whatever it takes to loosen him up.I'll prove there's no age restriction when it comes to lust...Or to falling in love.But there's one small problem...I need to work up the courage reveal my secret... That his twin daughters will soon have a baby brother or sister to share their daddy with!!Warning: This taboo, older man romance is sure to leave your kindle on fire. Grab a cool beverage and enjoy this sweet forbidden romance.
Download or read book My Dad s Billionaire Best Friend written by Lexie Miers and published by Harley Romance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be swept away by this FREE contemporary whirlwind romance and experience the rush of first-time love as college student Chastity and billionaire Axel play their risky game of cat and mouse. The steam and excitement will not only satisfy but lead you right into Book 2 of the Axel and Chastity trilogy! A billionaire playboy and the most eligible bachelor in the city, Axel thought he had it all… until he met Chastity. When their paths cross, all bets are off. It’s an instant attraction. Chastity is young, sweet, sassy, and refreshingly curvaceous. Her drive and honesty intrigue him, and he soon finds that one taste will never be enough. But life’s a bitch, and Chastity is his best friend’s daughter. Axel has a mind to call it off—but the problem is Chastity wants him too. Even if it means betraying her father’s trust and potentially breaking his heart…
Download or read book The Wishing Bridge written by Viola Shipman and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With unabashed winter charm, The Wishing Bridge sparkles with the humor and heart fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey, Nancy Thayer and Jenny Colgan love most. Once the hottest mergers and acquisitions executive in the company, Henrietta Wegner can see the ambitious and impossibly young up-and-comers gunning for her job. When Henri’s boss makes it clear she’ll be starting the New Year unemployed unless she can close a big deal before the holidays, Henri impulsively tells him that she can convince her aging parents to sell Wegner’s—their iconic Frankenmuth, Michigan, Christmas store—to a massive, soulless corporation. It’s the kind of deal cool, corporate Henri has built her career on. Home for the holidays has typically meant a perfunctory twenty-four-hour visit for Henri, then back to Detroit as fast as her car will drive her. So turning up at the Wegner’s offices in early December raises some eyebrows: from her delighted, if puzzled, parents to her suspicious brother and curious childhood friends. But as Henri fields impatient texts from her boss while reconnecting with the magic of the store and warmth of her hometown, what sounded great in the boardroom begins to lose its luster in real life. She’s running out of time to pull the trigger on what could be the greatest success of her career…or the most awkward family holiday of her life. Includes the bonus novella Christmas Angels
Download or read book Christmas with Brother s Best Friend A Secret Pregnancy Holiday Romance written by Ajme Williams and published by Ajme Williams. This book was released on 2024-10-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was hard enough to resist my brother’s hot best friend. On top of that, did he have to be an Army Ranger? And did it have to be Christmas? I’ll be honest. I’m the opposite of holiday cheer this year. Let’s start with… I was dumped by my prick of a fiancé. Because I found out that I couldn’t have children. You get the point. Life freaking sucked. Until Matteo came along. A younger man who knew how to make a woman feel good? Yes please. He held me like he’d had me for years. But our lip locking had to remain a secret. Our night together had to remain under wraps – literally. But how would I hide my Christmas miracle? The only word that came to mind...Run. Could that word drown the three words that I wanted to tell Matteo? A full-length second chance secret pregnancy romance featuring loads of festival traditions, Christmas brunches, heartaches, boyhood infatuations and... that seven year age gap! The perfect HEA and absolutely no cliff-hanger. ‘Christmas with Brother's Best Friend' is a part of the Heart of Hope series but stands alone. Books do not have to be read in order.
Download or read book That s The Way The Christmas Cookie Crumbles written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly divorced and relieved of her position as head pastry chef in the restaurant she had slaved over for the last seven years, Ella Templeton was headed to the Sunshine Coast to lick her wounds and decide what to do with the rest of her life. This wasn’t the dreamy Christmas holiday that it sounded like. Ella hated Christmas and she was only going to the Sunshine Coast because that was where her parents lived and they’d offered her a place to stay. Thirty-four year old women shouldn’t be going home to their mothers—especially not Ella’s mother—even if her parents lived in a multimillion dollar mansion right on the beach and Ella could probably avoid her mother all together. No one told her she would be expected to take part in a bake-off on her mother’s YouTube channel, nor did they tell her about her fellow competitor. Michelin starred chef, Jake Collins. Please note: This story takes place in the sub-tropical area of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It’s a Christmas story that takes place in Summer because…that’s how it happens down under. There is no snow, but there is plenty of heat…and I don’t just mean the temperature *wink wink* *This book uses UK/Australian English
Download or read book Snowed In with My Best Friend s Dad An Age Gap Secret Pregnancy Christmas Romance written by Ajme Williams and published by Ajme Williams. This book was released on with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3 things I want to do to my best friend’s dad: 1. Slap him for being a cold, domineering and rude prick 2. Kiss him for being the hottest older man I’ve ever met 3. Climb into his bed when we’re snowed in for Christmas… I never meant to hookup with my best friend’s dad… But when we’re forced together during the merriest time of the year, I end up falling into his bed… and into his heart. He may be a jerk, but Brett McKinnon is also totally irresistible. And off-limits… forever. My friend would never forgive me for sleeping with her father… Much less if she found out our heated encounter left me pregnant with Brett’s baby. A man who is old enough to be my father. I grew up with nothing and worked hard for everything in my life. This surprise pregnancy feels like a curse destined to ruin my life along with Brett’s. That’s why I’m never, ever telling him. SNOWED IN WITH BEST FRIEND’S DAD is a full-length, standalone spicy age gap romance, complete with a secret pregnancy and a Christmas theme! **Fall in love with an older alpha hero and his powerful young match! Seasons greetings! **
Download or read book Little Ocean s Stories written by Dwight Jeffery and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers are leaders...and leaders are readers! One of the most powerful foundations that a parent can lay down is for their children is to inspire them by reading a story to the kids before bedtime. 7 Benefits of Reading to Children can help them achieve career success: 1) – Supported cognitive development 2) – Improved language skills 3) – Preparation for academic success 4) – Developing a special bond with your child 5) – Increased concentration and discipline 6) – Improved imagination and creativity 7) – Personal growth for cultivating a lifelong love of reading This book was written to increase motivation for learning, enhance the child’s imagination and to help them visualize spoken words. It also focuses on helping to improve vocabulary, increase communication skills, understand the importance of names, and lastly, to help the child understand that struggle can lead to purpose. Therefore, reading is an important skill in life, and the sooner your child gets into a routine of reading every day, the more they will learn.
Download or read book To Wawa with Love written by Tom Douglas and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tom Douglas's father returned home after the Second World War, he was forced to move his family from Sault Ste. Marie north to Wawa, where he was the timekeeper at the Helen Mine. Although his parents were upset by the move, Tom was thrilled. In the forties, Wawa was still a wooden-sidewalked mud wallow of a mining town, and for a city kid, nothing could have been more exciting. To Wawa with Love is a nostalgic collection of true stories about a time in northern Ontario that still exists only in the author's imagination. These are light-hearted stories about a town teeming with colourful characters, like Doc MacTavish, Wawa's veterinarian and part-time dentist; magical places, like the Lions Club Hall, where a quarter could buy a kid an afternoon at the movies; and comical adventures, like the rescue of Rocky Mitchell from the bottom of the school outhouse on a sub-zero January day. These warm and humorous vignettes about the way life used to be will delight readers of all ages.
Download or read book Young People Bereavement and Loss written by Jane Ribbens McCarthy and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines what we know about young people, bereavement and loss. It includes case studies and other evidence of how young people discuss their experiences of bereavement; the theoretical history of research into bereavement and young people; the evidence of bereavement as a 'risk factor' in the lives of young people; the social and cultural contexts of bereavement, and approaches to education and intervention. It considers the implications for policy-makers and practitioners developing best procedures and practice for working with bereaved young people. This book will help those involved with working with young people - across the broad range of mainstream as well as specialist services - to respond imaginatively and rigorously to this issue in young people's lives.
Download or read book Second Best written by Calum Best and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER Calum Best should have had it all. As the only son of world-famous footballing legend George Best and his first wife Angie, a gorgeous English model, Calum was born into a world of privilege and opportunity. But his father’s fame came at a price, and George’s playing career was soon overshadowed by his playboy lifestyle and an increasing dependence on the comforting embrace of alcohol. Whilst his tumultuous later years could never diminish the memories of the peerless, often breathtaking, quality of his football, they had a profound effect on Calum. Growing up with his mother in California, Calum’s visits to see his father in England were all too rare, and he cherished every moment he could spend in the company of the man he adored. But as George’s alcoholism spiralled out of control, inebriation frequently led to violence and George’s self-destruction spilled over onto his son. Vivid, deeply moving, brave and honest, Second Best is the heart-breaking story of their relationship. It is a powerful tale of love and suffering, of an absent father and his wayward son, and of a family torn apart by addiction.
Download or read book Moonglass written by Jessi Kirby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age seven, Anna watched her mother walk into the surf and drown, but nine years later, when she moves with her father to the beach where her parents fell in love, she joins the cross-country team, makes new friends, and faces her guilt.
