Download or read book The Brightsiders written by Jen Wilde and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band The Brightsiders, Emmy King’s life should be perfect. But there’s nothing the paparazzi love more than watching a celebrity crash and burn. When a night of partying lands Emmy in hospital, she’s branded the latest tabloid train wreck. Luckily, Emmy has her friends and bandmates, including the super-swoonworthy Alfie, to help her pick up the pieces of her life. She knows hooking up with a band member is exactly the kind of trouble she should be avoiding, and yet Emmy and Alfie Just. Keep. Kissing. Will the inevitable fallout turn her into a clickbait scandal (again)? Or will she find the strength to stand on her own? Jen Wilde, author of Queens of Geek, which Seventeen called, “the geeky, queer book of our dreams” is back with a brand new cast of highly diverse and relatable characters for her fans to fall in love with. Praise for Queens of Geek: "The book deals head on with issues of mental health, body shaming, sexuality, and internet celebrity, handling them with a delicate and skillful touch." —Teen Vogue "This fun book about fierce friendships gives voice to a group of diverse female characters who are so defined by so much more than just their mental health and sexuality." —Bustle "This celebration of geek culture and fandom promotes diversity and being true to oneself." —School Library Journal

Download or read book Girl on Pointe written by Chloe Lukasiak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe Lukasiak is a big believer that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues-but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things. From her status as fan favorite on the hit reality television show Dance Moms through her life as a social media star with millions of fans, Chloe has found that self-acceptance and kindness are the key to getting over the rough spots in life and realizing your passions. This full-color, heavily designed book featuring never-before-seen photos, inspirational quotes, and Chloe's own doodles and poetry offers exclusive insight into Chloe's world as well as a message that will inspire all readers to be their very best selves.

Download or read book Crafty Chloe written by Kelly DiPucchio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe is very good at sewing and crafts and when her best friend's birthday approaches, she not only creates a fabulous gift, she also saves the day for a classmate who had been unkind to her.

Download or read book Another Way written by Holli Kenley and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High school. Dating. Sex. 14 year old Chloe Wheeler wonders - is she ready? Finding it uncomfortable talking with her parents, Chloe turns to her best friend--Amanda Hill. Searching for guidance, they attend a nondenominational youth group where Pastor Rick Summers is facilitating a series of talks on sex entitled Another Way. At the first group meeting, Chloe meets football star Tyrell Fields. As they begin dating and Chloe's feelings intensify, she grabs hold of the lessons of Another Way and discovers...Her worth.Her voice.Her levels of readiness.Her power to make healthy decisions. "Holli Kenley beautifully shares in Another Way how young people can embrace confidence and self-empowerment as they find their way through the challenges of the teen years." Cathy Taughinbaugh--Parent Coach, Helping Parents Find Peace "Another Way is an indispensable book for teens and those who care about them...Holli Kenley has done it again with this practical, entertaining, and bold book." Jill Osborne, Eds, LPC, RPT - Helping Families Reconnect "Another Way introduces our young readers to a new way of thinking. Through self-discovery and self-empowerment, Chloe learns there truly is Another Way--a way to stand strong with honesty and personal integrity." Judy Herzanek - Changing Lives Foundation "Another Way is one of those great reads that is sure to find an audience with readers of all ages." Cyrus Webb - Host of Conversations LIVE, Editor-in-Chief Conversations Magazine Learn more at www.HolliKenley.com From Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.co

Download or read book Insomnia written by Sarah Pinborough and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you loved Behind Her Eyes, prepare to be totally and utterly blown away by Insomnia. Sarah Pinborough is a twisted genius." —Lisa Jewell In the dead of night, madness lies... Emma Averell loves her life—her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband—but it wasn’t always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her older sister went into foster care because of a deeply disturbing incident with their mother. Her sister can remember a time when their mother was loving and “normal,” but Emma can only remember her as one thing—a monster. And that monster emerged right around their mother’s fortieth birthday, the same milestone Emma is approaching now. Emma desperately wants to keep her childhood trauma in the past, but as she stops being able to sleep, she also can’t stop thinking about what happened all those years ago. Is the madness in her blood? Could she end up hurting her family in her foggy, half-awake state, just like her mother? Or is there another explanation for the strange things that keep happening around her? Emma must unravel the dark strands of her past to protect the people she loves… or risk losing it all, including her sanity. "Insomnia is the twistiest and most gripping thriller since Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train, an absolute must-read for suspense fans." — Joe Hill

Download or read book The Ashland Series written by Alexandria Bishop and published by Alexandria Bishop. This book was released on 2019-02-17 with total page 1007 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bundle of four books in the Ashland series, FINDING FLYNN, FALLING FOR HUDSON, FREEING JUDE, and FIGHTING FOR JAX. FINDING FLYNN When the drama in your life is crazier than fiction, anyone would want to escape. Bookworm Ashtyn is fed up with the immature rich boys who fill her high school. Her parents' marriage is on self-destruct mode. And her sister puts on a facade of perfection. Now her mom is running away and dragging Ashtyn with her. Finding herself in the middle of nowhere right before her senior year, she has no qualms about turning anything around. A distraction is just what the doctor ordered, and he comes in a tall, dark, and tattooed rocker package. At night, Flynn slings drinks as a bartender. During the day, the success of his band is the only thing on his mind. Neither was looking for love, but they can't deny their sizzling attraction. As the summer heats up so does their relationship, but will a secret that Flynn is keeping be enough to tear them apart or is their connection strong enough to withstand anything? FALLING FOR HUDSON What would you do if you suddenly lost your parents? Becoming an orphan right before her senior year is not something Chloe had on her agenda. Neither was moving away from the only home she's ever known. Rather than dealing with her grief she drowns her sorrows in a liquor-induced haze and relies heavily on Hudson. The only person who truly has her happiness in mind. With his band starting to take off the only thing missing from Hudson's life is someone to share it with. Lost in an internal battle between being the friend Chloe needs and the boyfriend she wants his resolve soon weakens when they find themselves locked in their school's auditorium for a long weekend. When these friends decide to finally become lovers, could a misunderstanding break their already unstable foundation? Or will they persevere and be exactly what the other needs? FREEING JUDE What happens in the past never truly stays there. Abbie dreams of an Olympic gold medal came crashing to the ground as a result of a former taboo relationship with her coach. With a fresh start, her thoughts are no longer consumed by gymnastics and the future she'll never have. Recently emancipated and freed from his past, Jude is finally going after his dreams, and nothing is standing in his way. Marlowe, the pop-punk band he's in is taking off and now he's determined to get the girl. A major event will change not only their lives but the small town they live in forever. Are Abbie and Jude strong enough to make it through and be free of their demons? Or will the weight of it all be their undoing? FIGHTING FOR JAX What would you do for a second shot at true love? When she was 17, Erin made a decision that would forever change everything. With fierce determination and hard work, she's found success but at the price of her happiness. Four years later, Erin has an opportunity to right the wrongs of her past and help the one person she's never stopped loving. Jax embraces his new rock star lifestyle. Women. Booze. Drugs. When he's given an ultimatum by his bandmates to clean up or leave the band, Jax agrees to accept help from the one person who has the ability to break him. Again. When Erin and Jax return to her family's ranch in Texas they're forced to face the ghosts of their past and decide if the time apart has changed the love they once shared. They must answer a question that neither is prepared to face - Can your first love remain your true love? Together they're given a second chance. At life. At love. At everything. BONUS: Includes the short story A Very Marlowe Christmas, previously published in the charity Anthology Love, Snow & Mistletoe.

Download or read book I ll Tell You in Person written by Chloe Caldwell and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Chloe Caldwell: "I read it a couple of months ago in one can't-put-it-down-even-though-it's-the-middle-of-the-night sitting. It's as intense and interesting and clear-hearted as they come."—Cheryl Strayed "I'll read anything Chloe Caldwell writes. She's a rare bird: fearless, dark, prolific, unpretentious, and truly honest."—Elisa Albert "Nothing's sexier than first love and first intimacies, and Caldwell's brave autobiographical tale twists the trope into a powerful story about unexpectedly falling in love with a woman and the discoveries, sexual and otherwise, that ensue."—Time Out New York "The essays in this collection are as exuberant as they are sad. Her storytelling is as vulnerable as it is bombastic. These essays roll in gangsta, but wear freshly picked daisies in their hair."—Rookie Magazine Flailing in jobs, failing at love, getting addicted and un-addicted to people, food, and drugs—I'll Tell You in Person is a disarmingly frank account of attempts at adulthood and all the less than perfect ways we get there. Caldwell has an unsparing knack for looking within and reporting back what's really there, rather than what she'd like you to see. Chloe Caldwell is the author of the novella Women, and the essay collection Legs Get Led Astray. Her work has appeared in the Sun, Salon, VICE, Hobart, Nylon, the Rumpus, Men's Health, and LENNY, among others. She teaches personal essay and memoir writing in New York City and lives in Hudson.

Download or read book Escaping Reality written by Samantha Jayne Grubey and published by Samantha Jayne Grubey. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody wants to live without their best friend, but when Holly is murdered, Chlo has no choice. Chlo is the only person who has the answers - too bad she can’t remember when she wakes up two weeks later. Chlo is sent to a rehabilitation centre where she has to learn to grieve, along the way of trying to access her memories she has to deal with her feelings for Corey, her best friend’s brother. For Holly was always a reason to stay away, now it’s their reason to try.

Download or read book Chloe Cates Is Missing written by Mandy McHugh and published by Penzler Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disappearance of a young internet celebrity ignites a firestorm of speculation on social media, and to find her a detective will have to extinguish the blaze. Chloe Cates is missing. The 13-year-old star of the hit web series, “CC and Me,” has disappeared, and nobody knows where she’s gone — least of all ruthless momager Jennifer Scarborough, who has spent much of her daughter’s young life crafting a child celebrity persona that is finally beginning to pay off. And in Chloe’s absence, the faux-fairytale world that supported that persona begins to fracture, revealing secrets capable of reducing the highly-dysfunctional Scarborough family to rubble. Anxious to find her daughter and preserve the life she’s worked so hard to build, Jennifer turns to social media for help, but the hearsay, false claims, and salacious suspicions only multiply. As the search becomes as sensational as Chloe’s series, Missing Persons detective Emilina Stone steps in, only to realize she has a connection to this case herself. Will she be able to stay objective and cut through the rumors to find the truth before it’s too late? Told from multiple points of view including Jennifer, Emilina, and pages from Chloe’s lost diary, Chloe Cates Is Missing is a suspenseful novel of a child pushed to the brink, and of the troubled family that desperately needs her back.

Download or read book Heartstrong written by Ellidy Pullin and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'If not with you, then for you.' It was a perfect Wednesday morning when Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin kissed his partner, Ellidy, goodbye to go spearfishing. Most days Ellidy would go to the beach too, but that day she didn't. Later, there was a knock at the door. A man had been found unconscious on the ocean floor. It was Chumpy. From that moment, Ellidy's world stopped. There was deep grief, disbelief and then the gradual realisation that this was real. Ellidy's partner of eight years, a World Champion snowboarder, a man of energy and music, was gone. And so was the life they had built together and the dream of the child they had been trying for. In the hours that followed a suggestion was made: did Ellidy want to harvest Chumpy's sperm and try for the baby they both wanted so deeply? There was a ticking clock and the need to discuss with family and friends. They had thirty-six hours before it would be too late . . . Heartstrong is an unforgettable book about love, joy, grief, hope and finding a way to keep going in the darkest of times.

Download or read book Chloe and the Kaishao Boys written by Mae Coyiuto and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese Filipina girl in Manila whose father sets her up on a marathon of arranged dates in hopes of convincing her to stay close to home for college. “A sweet and refreshing story about family, first love, and chasing your dreams. The way Coyiuto writes romance will completely sweep you away.” —Dustin Thao, New York Times bestselling author of You’ve Reached Sam. Chloe knows what it takes to be the perfect Liang daughter—stay in Manila, study business management, and join the family company. But when she unexpectedly gets off the wait list for USC, her dream of becoming an animator in the United States is suddenly within reach. Before she goes, her auntie insists on planning a traditional debut for Chloe’s eighteenth birthday. And while a party with all her friends and family sounds like the perfect send-off, the huge production her auntie wants—complete with ball gowns and a choreographed dance number—makes Chloe want to pass out from stage fright. To make matters worse, her father, intent on finding Chloe the perfect escort for the party, keeps setting her up on one awkward kaishao—or arranged date—after another. Why does her dad suddenly care so much about her love life? And what happens when she actually starts to fall for one of the guys, only to have to leave at the end of the summer? At home in the Philippines, Chloe has her future all planned out for her. In America, nothing is certain. With a career in animation far from guaranteed, Chloe must decide if following her dreams is worth everything—and everyone—she’ll be leaving behind.

Download or read book Pandemic written by Daniel Kalla and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original novel explores what happens when two of Western society's most recent threats--SARS and terrorism--unite. "Daniel Kalla expertly weaves real science and medicine into a fast-paced, nightmarish thriller--a thriller all the more frightening because it could really happen."--Tess Gerritsen. Original.

Download or read book The Fallen written by Liz Braswell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe King is a normal girl. She goes to class (most of the time), fights with her mom, and crushes on a boy…or two. But around her sixteenth birthday, Chloe finds that perhaps she isn’t so normal after all. There’s the heightened night vision, the super fast reflexes – oh, and the claws. As she discovers who she is – and where she comes from – it is clear she is not alone. And someone is trying to get her. Chloe has nine lives. But will nine be enough?

Download or read book One Last Breath written by P S Cunliffe and published by Embla Books. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I was hooked right from the start and couldn't put it down. I stayed up until after 2am to finish it... A non-stop, tense and thrilling read' Reader review, 5 stars A deadly trap. A ticking clock. How long until she has only one last breath? Jessie wakes to darkness, cold, and the rain beating down on her. She reaches out, and her hands meet hard stone. Suddenly she knows where she is. Deep in the woods, far underground, at the bottom of the well where her best friend's lifeless body was found fifteen years ago. After returning to her hometown to investigate a new murder, she now finds herself poised to become the killer's next victim. Jessie gazes up to the circle of night sky above her, the relentless raindrops landing on her face. She doesn't know how she came to be here, but she knows that, with the storm getting worse, it's only a matter of time before the well begins to fill with water. Can she make it out before it's too late? And what will be waiting for her on the surface if she does? A totally gripping, dark and twisty psychological thriller that will leave you breathless. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards and Freida McFadden. Readers have been loving One Last Breath: 'Heart-pounding thriller that left me on the edge of my seat. Definitely one of the best books this year' Reader review, 5 stars 'This book blew my mind! ... You know it's good when you get past half way in one sitting!' Reader review, 5 stars 'Riveting and engaging ... a testament to Cunliffe's storytelling prowess, delivering a gratifying and suspenseful experience' Reader review, 5 stars 'White knuckles from the very first page and the tension does not let up!' Reader review, 5 stars

Download or read book Forever Hold Your Peace written by Liz Fenton and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father of the Bride meets Bride Wars in Forever Hold Your Peace, in which two ex-best friends find themselves shockingly entangled after more than two decades apart, for fans of Good Company. When their newly engaged kids ask all four divorced parents to meet each other over brunch, everyone RSVPs yes--secretly hoping someone at the table will get to the bottom of the bottomless mimosas fast enough to say what they’re all thinking: that this engagement, coming after a whirlwind romance between two people barely out of college, is too much too soon. But at that brunch it’s not the impulsive couple's decisions that end up under the microscope, as it turns out June, mother of the bride, and Amy, mother of the groom, certainly do know each other--they're ex-best-friends who haven't spoken since their explosive falling out more than twenty-five years ago. Reeling from their unwanted reunion and eager to shift the spotlight off their past as decades-old secrets and rivalries come to light, the two moms battle it out for the prize of Most Enthusiastic About This Wedding. But when their history—and their present-day shenanigans—threaten to crack the foundations of the happy couple’s future, June and Amy find themselves becoming unexpected allies in an all-hands-on-deck effort to get their kids (and themselves) a happily-ever-after two generations in the making. Forever Hold Your Peace is perfect for readers who love messy, complicated family novels like All Adults Here and stories that bring the past and present together like One Italian Summer.

Download or read book Chloe Zhivago s Recipe for Marriage and Mischief written by Olivia Lichtenstein and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here’s the perfect recipe for mischief: Take one sexually neglected woman and one dashing, romantic foreigner (with a delectable accent). Add a craving for adventure plus a few drops of heady desire . . . then stand back, because in Olivia Lichtenstein’s sparkling and sharply observed comedy of lust, longing, and marital unrest, this mix proves to be deliciously volatile. Chloe Zhivago has it all: a successful career, two teenage children who still speak to her, a faithful best buddy, a Famous Friend from hell (so decadently self-indulgent that one can’t help but admire her and hate her at the same time), and Greg, her husband of seventeen years, a family-practice doctor who has the annoying habit of hiding the teakettle (to keep his memory sharp) and who occupies his time writing letters to the parking commission. And then it suddenly hits her. Is this all there is? When did wild weekends of passion become nights of chaste kisses and snoring to wake the dead? Will she ever savor sweet whispers of desire, or knowing glances filled with longing? What happens when the kids leave the nest but the husband stays behind? Enter Ivan. Married but questing and quixotic, he proffers notes of seduction written in Russian (necessitating awkward pleas for translation from a nearby shopkeeper) and lures Chloe to the precipice of one glorious, fortuitous fling. Does she dare? This wonderfully funny, sexy novel asks a vital question–how do you keep love alive in a marriage?–and answers it with poignancy and pure irresistible comedy.

Download or read book The Alpha s Silent Mate written by Kristy J. Walker and published by Kristy J. Walker. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's a queen looking for her king. He's a mute looking for answers. They all expect her to be mated to a strong, fearsome Alpha. They expect him to have no mate. What game was fate playing at pairing these two?