Download or read book Status Update written by Annabeth Albert and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opposites attract on an accidental roadtrip in this geektastic series starter from bestselling author Annabeth Albert. Adrian Gottlieb is winning at life. He’s a successful video game designer with everything a man could ask for, including a warm comfy ride to Denver and a date for his sister’s wedding. But he finds himself in need of a total reboot when he’s left stranded at a snowy campground in Utah. Holiday plans? Epic fail. That is until Noah Walters offers him shelter for the night and a reluctant cross-country ride. Nothing about the ultraconservative geoarchaeologist should attract Adrian, but once he discovers Noah’s hidden love for video games, the two connect on a new level. Soon, a quiet but undeniable chemistry sparks. Something doesn’t add up, though. As the miles accumulate and time runs out, Noah must face the most difficult choice of his life. Meanwhile, Adrian must decide whether he’s ready to level up. Is their relationship status worth fighting for, or has this game ended before it’s even begun? #gaymers Book 1: Status Update Book 2: Beta Test Book 3: Connection Error Also by Annabeth Albert: Shore Leave Book 1: Sailor Proof Book 2: Sink or Swim Out of Uniform Book 1: Off Base Book 2: At Attention Book 3: On Point Book 4: Wheels Up Book 5: Squared Away Book 6: Tight Quarters Book 7: Rough Terrain Hotshots: Book 1: Burn Zone Book 2: High Heat Book 3: Feel the Fire Book 4: Up in Smoke

Download or read book Kiss Me Cowboy written by Melissa McClone and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was one small kiss. After all, a kiss is just a kiss. Or is it? After a passionate and empathetic kiss, dude ranch wranglers, Charlotte “Charlie” Randall and Zack Harris, are out of sorts as they pretend nothing happened. With too many demons to battle, Zack can’t let Charlie get close. But it’s too late, because she’s fallen hat over spurs for the handsome military veteran turned cowboy. Taking a job in another state is the only way to protect her heart and finally move on. But Zack can’t let her leave, so he concocts a plan to find Charlie a boyfriend–a perfect match–to keep her in Montana. Until he realizes the only cowboy he wants her with is him. But it might be too late. Has Charlie made up her mind to put the kiss in the past and forget the cowboy who rode off with her heart?

Download or read book The Fastest Finish written by Catherine Hapka and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The producers of Junior Ninja Champion announce a wildcard episode, throwing the team from Fit Kidz Gym off balance and forcing them to accept a new competitor on their team.

Download or read book Out to Lunch written by Stacey Ballis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touching and hilarious novel from the fabulous Stacey Ballis about best friends, true love, and the joy of food—for fans of Jen Lancaster, Jennifer Weiner, and Emily Giffin... Jenna has lost her best friend. With Aimee gone so tragically young, Jenna barely knows where to turn. Aimee was the one who always knew what to do—not to mention what to wear. The two built a catering company together and had so much in common—well, except their taste in men. Jenna never understood what the successful, sophisticated Aimee saw in Wayne, with his Star Wars obsession and harebrained business schemes. And gained her best friend’s husband… But Aimee has left a shocking last request: Jenna now has financial custody of the not-so-merry widower. True, Wayne needs someone sensible around to keep him under control, but what was her dear departed friend thinking? The thing is, as she gets to know Wayne better, his latest moneymaking idea actually starts to intrigue her. Her attractive new lawyer boyfriend doesn’t approve of it—but then, Wayne doesn’t approve of her attractive new lawyer boyfriend. Now Jenna has to figure out what direction her life is going to take next. And she can’t help asking herself: What would Aimee do?

Download or read book Future Risk written by Megan Matthews and published by Megan Matthews. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pelican Bay will never be the same in this funny, small-town, suspense standalone from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Megan Matthews! Secrets never stay hidden. It’s time to make my move. Anessa quickly became the cute bakery owner everyone loves when she moves to town. They only see her double fudge cookies. Me, though? I’ve noticed the woman behind the apron. But we can’t be together. My life is too risky for the sweet baker, and my secrets run too deep. Her smile makes it hard to stay away, especially when trouble lands in her kitchen. I’ll put everything at risk when Anessa finds herself with a stolen mountain of dough and criminals competing to make it theirs. It will take all my years of military training as a Navy SEAL to keep Anessa safe once the mob comes to collect. Future Risk is the perfect story for fans of friends-to-lovers books. Grab a copy and revisit your favorite characters in Pelican Bay.

Download or read book El Chapo written by Noah Hurowitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning investigation of the life and legend of Mexican kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, building on Noah Hurowitz’s revelatory coverage for Rolling Stone of El Chapo’s federal drug-trafficking trial. This is the true story of how El Chapo built the world’s wealthiest and most powerful drug-trafficking operation, based on months’ worth of trial testimony and dozens of interviews with cartel gunmen, Mexican journalists and political figures, Chapo’s family members, and the DEA agents who brought him down. Over the course of three decades, El Chapo was responsible for smuggling hundreds of tons of cocaine, marijuana, heroin, meth, and fentanyl around the world, becoming in the process the most celebrated and reviled drug lord since Pablo Escobar. El Chapo waged ruthless wars against his rivals and former allies, plunging vast areas of Mexico into unprecedented levels of violence, even as many in his home state of Sinaloa continued to view him as a hero. This unputdownable book, written by a great new talent, brings El Chapo’s exploits into a focus that previous profiles have failed to capture. Hurowitz digs in deep beyond the legends and delves into El Chapo’s life and legacy—not just the hunt for him, revealing some of the most dramatic and often horrifying moments of his notorious career, including the infamous prison escapes, brutal murders, multi-million-dollar government payoffs, and the paranoia and narcissism that led to his downfall. From the evolution of organized crime in Mexico to the militarization of the drug war to the devastation wrought on both sides of the border by the introduction of synthetic opioids like fentanyl, this book is a gripping and comprehensive work of investigative, on-the-ground reporting.

Download or read book Enchantments and Enemies written by Bridget E. Baker and published by Purple Puppy Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-02 with total page 1906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six full length fantasy romance novels from bestselling authors, together in one convenient boxset! If you’re a lover of romantasy, then this anthology is for you. (PS-It’s also out in AUDIO. Grab it there as well!) 1. Displaced by Bridget E. Baker: In this series opener, royal twin sisters Chancery and Judica are forced into a bitter battle for the throne — and prophecy foretells that the fate of the world is at stake… “A fast-moving, engaging tale in what promises to be an epic fantasy romance series” (Kirkus Reviews). 2. Seeking the Fae by Leia Stone: Bound by fate, torn by duty—Lily must choose between saving her world and surrendering to the allure of her sworn enemy. Love and destiny collide as she faces the ultimate sacrifice: her heart or her home. 3. God of the Sun by Kimberly Loth: I'm the crown princess and my mother has been throwing princes at me for months. Then an enemy prince shows up seeking my hand in marriage. He's all smiles and charm and my mother promised him my hand in marriage in spite of my protests. Because I know once we're married...He's going to kill me. 4. The Fire Prophecy by Alicia Rades and Megan Linski: My life was upended after I cast a Fire spell, and I was escorted away to a school for magical creatures where I bonded with a powerful being. But Fire and Water don’t mix, and now I’ve fallen for the son of the Water chief, the one man I’m forbidden to love— and the greatest enemy of my tribe. 5. Fae’s Deception by M. Lynn and Melissa Craven: Brea always knew she was different. It isn't under she's dragged through a portal into a beautifully wicked world full of dark secrets, powerful magic, and two devastatingly handsome fae princes that she learns the truth... or is it, too, a lie? Both princes want to drag her onto their side in a war between queens, and Brea must figure out which one is truly the enemy. Before it's too late. 6. The Night Calling by Juliana Haygert: Bound by fate, torn apart by betrayal—she’s an outcast in her pack, and the alpha’s son is her worst enemy. But when war erupts, and their bond becomes impossible to ignore, they must unite to save their pack. A sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance with fierce battles and dark secrets!

Download or read book Memorial written by Bryan Washington and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, O, the Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and Lit Hub “A masterpiece.” —NPR “No other novel this year captures so gracefully the full palette of America.” —The Washington Post “Wryly funny, gently devastating.” —Entertainment Weekly A funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love. Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years—good years—but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other. But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying in Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realizing he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it. Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything they've ever known. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end.

Download or read book Noah s Heart written by Neil Rowland and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noah's Heart is an exciting, humorous and moving story: a celebration of life from the view of human vulnerability. With an unusual and atmospheric setting around Bristol, England, we are invited into the unique and colourful world of Noah Sheer: keen balloonist, former student activist, ardent music fan, and a concerned father of three children. An ideal romantic getaway to Crete is cut short by a heart scare. Back home, the consultant warns him to avoid further shocks and stresses. But is that possible? He can't stop worrying about his family. He would never abandon his life’s ideals and passions. These come from university days; around his love affair with ex-wife and childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth. Modern love – in the shape of feisty music executive Corrina – proves that the world really has changed. His eldest son should be finishing his exams but enjoys joyriding in an edgier part of town. Daughter Angela has taken up a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle rather than her university place. She brings her father up against the local demimonde, from criminals to new hippies. Our children can test us, but he is led an unfamiliar dance. His many adventures include an urban riot and a free music festival. This father and daughter relationship has to undergo a bumpy ride, before the pair can reconcile. Noah must learn to accept her, if he’s to rediscover their deep bond. The final crisis looms when Noah sets off on an emergency balloon flight to save her.

Download or read book Sweet Tequila a Journey Through Loss to Acceptance to Wellbeing written by Ken Percival and published by Ken Percival. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine the last day of your life and consider the memories that emerge when you realize that your existence changes to something beyond a tactile space where touch, smell, and sight emerge into different senses. Sweet Tequila examines the journey for Heri Tomlin on the day that he awakes to see his life portrait suddenly complete. It weaves a fictional account of a family through four generations who experience loss, acceptance and change initiated by their patriarch’s youthful choices. The story revolves around Heri Tomlin’s journey to and from marriage through a barrage of consequences that deliver his family into unknown quagmires. The experience allows the reader to step into Heri’s shoes to explore the far reaches of his mind and this universe to uncover a grieving process that leads to well being.

Download or read book Congrats Noah written by Not Only Not Only Journals and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now You Too Can Use This Paperback Guest Book For Your Graduation Memories. Whether you are looking for a guest sign in book, guest registry or autograph book, this versatile lined book is perfect to snapshot your special event. In short, this guest book can be used formally or informally to secure names, addresses, ideas or bits of advice from your guests. The possibilities are endless with its free and open layout Cover: Tough Paperback Cover with Matte-finish Binding:This notebook is bound securely to the same standard of mass market paperbacks. (Pages cannot be easily removed) Dimensions: 20.96cm x 15.2cm (8.25" x 6"). Book may need to be pressed open to lie flat. Interior: There are 110 white ruled quality smooth pages available for your guests to fill their thoughts, well wishes, name and address. Please note this plain lined notebook which does not contain any prompts or internal content. Before purchasing, it's advised to use the look inside feature. Without a doubt, this guest book is a perfect fit for your special occasion and makes a great gift for the graduate in your life. But enough from us. Now it's your turn. Just scroll up, click the buy button now to grab your personal copy of this first-rate guest book today.

Download or read book Noah s Story written by Tyler Baz and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air, earth, fire, water, snow, dreams, light, dark, life, and death. These are the elements ruled by eight Saviors, each uniquely equipped to fight The Darkness that threatens to destroy the realms. These Saviors are born and immediately separated. They are the nation’s only hope. Noah lives in the Realm with No Magic, unaware that the life he leads is a lie. When he discovers that he is really a prince and reunites with his true family, he loses control of his magic, his friend is placed under a sleeping curse, more secrets rise to the surface, and he is banished. Can Noah find a way to wake his true love, get his magic under control, and get back to his family before The Darkness comes? Or will evil claim the kingdom as his own?

Download or read book Matched written by Jamie Farrell and published by Jamie Farrell. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fast paced, witty, and reminded me of Jill Shalvis." Romance Reviews and More A country music heartthrob and his long-lost love walk into a wedding... Will Truitt grew up living a country song. His momma died, his daddy went to prison, and his dog ran away. Now, as superstar Billy Brenton, his life should be pretty dang good. But he hasn't been able to write a decent song in months. Crashing a wedding in a quirky little bridal-obsessed town is supposed to provide inspiration to get his career back on track. Instead, all he finds are regrets when he comes face-to-face with the only woman to ever crush his heart. Lindsey Castellano gave up on love a long time ago. As a cutthroat divorce attorney on the outskirts of a town devoted to brides, weddings, and happily ever after, she's honed her skills at avoiding love, commitment, and inevitable heartbreak. Or so she thought until Will Truitt reappears in her life. When Lindsey shattered Will's heart fifteen years ago, she'd been a sorority girl on her way to the top. He'd been a lowly janitor with a dream. Now he's on top of the world, and she's the last person he should need or want. But she's the only person who has ever inspired his music. And he's the only man she's never been able to forget. Have the years made them wiser, stronger, and better able to love, or this time, will they simply crash and burn harder? Matched is a standalone contemporary romance. Be sure to check out the rest of the Misfit Brides series! Blissed (CJ and Natalie) Matched (Will and Lindsey) Smittened (Mikey and Dahlia) Sugared (Josh and Kimmie) Merried (Max and Merry) For more fun from Jamie Farrell, check out the Officers' Ex-Wives Club series! Southern Fried Blues (Jackson and Anna Grace) Moonshine & Magnolias (Zack and Shelby) And sign up for Jamie Farrell's newsletter to stay up to date with Jamie's latest releases! JamieFarrellBooks.com

Download or read book Ballad written by Gillian Archer and published by Gillian Archer. This book was released on 2024-10-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens on tour in Europe doesn’t stay on tour in Europe. Especially when you’re a rock star’s fake girlfriend. Harper Grey As assistant tour manager for the Tin Gods, I love my job. Especially the delicious eye candy that is their manager, Tyler Worthington. He’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a partner—attractive, polished, and above all, the definition of stable. Too bad he doesn’t see me as anything other than a worker bee. Always helpful, the Tin Gods drummer has a brilliant plan: I should fake date guitarist, Xander Lang, to make Tyler finally see me. WHAT?! Xander Lang Tyler sold his soul to the devil. It’s the only explanation I have for why he approved my ex-girlfriend as our opening act. Our relationship was the definition of toxic. Cue our drummer’s harebrained scheme. And honestly, I’m all in. It’ll keep my ex off my junk and help Harper with drama in her life too. Simple. Only problem is once we start “dating” lines get blurred. Her kisses don’t feel like someone who’s pretending. And when did Harper get so sexy? Now I’m tangled in a clusterf*ck of emotions and confusion. So much for simple.

Download or read book Courtship of the Cake written by Jessica Topper and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Dictatorship of the Dress comes a new novel about a woman who’s vowed to never walk down the aisle—and the two men who’ll do anything to get her to say “I do”… “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” has suited Danica James just fine…until the mysterious man who crashed her sister’s wedding steals her heart, leaves a slice of groom’s cake under her pillow, and then disappears. Hoping to forget her unforgettable fling, Dani takes a job as a backstage masseuse for a rock music festival, not expecting the tour’s headlining bad boy to make an offer she can’t refuse. Nash Drama needs a fiancée—and fast… Mick Spencer is the best wedding cake designer in New Hope and the town’s most eligible bachelor. But despite the bevy of bridesmaids he’s sampled, Mick can’t get the evening he spent with Dani out of his mind. So when she shows up for a cake tasting at the Night Kitchen—with his former best friend’s ring on her finger—Mick vows to charm the woman of his dreams into choosing a sweet and sinful ever after, with him…

Download or read book Blown Dreams written by David T Straw and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story I show begins in 2007, New York City, the year before the financial crisis. The novel centers on three roommates; a teacher, financial analyst, and a bartender. The first part of the story focuses on the teacher and analyst. With their father and aunt’s influence pushing them towards their professions and dreams, both in unique ways, they learn the real lesson will be from reality and a changing world. Soon that world, or worse their dreams, turns on them and they must reinvent themselves afar. With the help of the bartender, they use their distinct talents to get back where they want to be. It’s only when they are away from their past, that they learn who they really are and what they really want. The storyline that sounds like the beginning of a bar joke, is anything but.

Download or read book Scoring Slater written by Susan Scott Shelley and published by Susan Scott Shelley. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slater Knox is known around the league as the tough enforcer for the Buffalo Bedlam. His popular social media accounts and open relationship with the fans have made him one of the most beloved players in hockey. They've also earned him a spot in the All-Star game, and an invitation to be a bachelor at a charity auction. For all his living in the spotlight, he's hiding a secret... He's in love with his best friend and keeping quiet grows harder each day. Noah Alzado is the newest addition to the team, and has spent the last few months joined at the hip with his best friend Slater. Slater is everything Noah wants, but won't let himself have. They are best friends, roommates, and teammates, that's three complications too many. Plus, Noah guards his private life as fiercely as Slater shares his own. His best option is to keep his head down, help his team win, and not do anything stupid... like kissing Slater again. Everything comes to a head during All-Star weekend, where the best in the league compete for ultimate bragging rights, and at the auction, where temptation is hot enough to melt the ice. The chemistry between Slater and Noah is scorching, but can they lower their defenses enough to make a play for love?