Download or read book Cordially Uninvited written by Blythe Dowling-Eversly and published by Darn Pretty Books. This book was released on 2023-01-18 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as she’s been able to sample her fair share of eligible bachelors, Jennifer Corcoran has always preferred to look at her life as being temporarily obtainable rather than single. Born and raised in the Big Apple, she was literally taught to believe that the world was her oyster. That world, however, slowly begins to unravel when she discovers a cascade of wedding invitations awaiting her response from the numerous “friends” she’s cultivated over the years. Unfortunately for Jenna, being invited was never enough. No, each invitation has given her the “option” for the dreaded plus one. Worried about the passive aggression she would be forced to endure should she attend solo, Jenna [with the help of older sister, Julie] cooks up a plan to hire a handsome stranger [appropriately] named Wynn to cover as her arm candy for the season. What begins as a weekend side gig to pay the bills turns into something much greater for the struggling actor, who notices the high-class crowd that Jenna calls her circle. For a guy who’s been trying to hustle his way into a career for years, hobnobbing with the one percent is the gift that keeps on giving. With the pressure mounting to end this charade before it all blows up in her face, Jenna pulls out all the stops in hopes of turning her cordially invited guest into a social pariah. Her actions begging the question: When you’re already paddling in a sea of lies, is one more stroke really gonna kill ya? This is one invitation you’re gonna regret turning down.

Download or read book Cordially Uninvited written by Jennifer Roy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When eleven-year-old Claire is invited to serve as a junior bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin, a commoner, to the Prince of England, she learns that another, social-climbing junior bridesmaid is trying to keep the wedding from happening and it is up to Claire to stop her from spoiling the big day.

Download or read book Q are Cordially Uninvited written by Rudy Josephs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new original Star Trek: The Next Generation e-novella! The wedding of Captain Jean-Luc Picard to Doctor Beverly Crusher was a small, private affair overseen by the mayor of La Barre, France, and witnessed by the groom’s sister-in-law and the mayor’s wife. At least that’s what the happy couple always told their friends. On the anniversary of that blessed day, however, Worf and Geordi La Forge manage to coax the real story out of the pair, to discover a tale of mythical treasure and a lost civilization in the Delta Quadrant. It all begins when the omnipotent being Q crashes the festivities, declaring himself best man and bringing along an unwilling guest as a surprise for the groom…

Download or read book Wifey Material written by Blythe Dowling-Eversly and published by Darn Pretty Books. This book was released on 2024-01-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Happy wife. Happy life.” This recurrent phrase has slowly morphed from folksy colloquialism to full-blown mantra by an ever-increasing share of married men all around the modern world. The irony [or the ignominy–depending on which side of the aisle you sit on] being that no such idiom appears to exist in the reverse. Nevertheless, for Bethuel “Bee” Blazey, finding that special someone to stand beside him while he grows his family business has proven to be an exercise in futility. More meme than Kermit the Frog sipping black tea. Introducing, M.A.I.A., short for Modifiable Artificial Intelligence Android. Designed to complement the forgotten men and women on the go who struggle with the ever-evolving intricacies of relationships in today’s hyperactive, online-focused world. Maia’s unique conjugal abilities would prove to be a welcome addition to Bee’s mental, physical and emotional well-being. But as renowned 19th century poet, Emily Dickinson, once wrote, “Fame Is A Bee.” The more self-aware Maia becomes, the more Bee realizes that the old adage still rings true: There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Everything comes with a price. He is at a crossroads with the machine poised to take total control. If a return to normalcy is what he truly desires, then it is action he must take; while being cognizant to remember Newton’s third law: “For every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction.” The battle of the sexes has just been upgraded.

Download or read book Soft Power written by Robert Winder and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their 'sphere of influence' as brands in a global marketplace. In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf, Robert Winder explored the way Britain was shaped first by migration, and then by hidden geographical factors. Now, in Soft Power he reveals the ways in which modern states are asserting themselves not through traditional realpolitik but through alternative means: business, language, culture, ideas, sport, education, music, even food - the texture and values of history and daily life. Moving from West to East, the book tells the story of soft power by exploring the varied ways in which it operates - from an American sheriff in Poland to an English garden in Ravello, a French vineyard in Australia, an Asian restaurant in Spain, a Chinese Friendship Hall in Sudan; the fact that fifty-eight modern heads of state were educated in Britain; the student exchange that took a teenage Deng Xiaoping to a small town on the Loire; the way that Japan could seduce the world with chic food and smart computer games. Now there may be a new twist in this Great game. With soft power's quiet ingredients - education, science, trade, cultural values - and a new emphasis on shared mutual interest, it may be the only force supple enough to tackle the challenges the future looks likely to pose - not least the slam-the-door reflexes pulling in the other direction.

Download or read book Down a Dark Alley written by Will Viharo and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-11 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Down A Dark Alley" is a torrid tale exploding with raw romance, savage sex, voluptuous violence, mirthful mayhem and delirious decadence as a sorry sap takes a breathless cross-country walk on the wild side with a ferocious femme fatale, desperately trying to escape a chaotic past and facing an uncertain future. This is hard-boiled but heartfelt neo-pulp fiction for fearless dreamers.

Download or read book Dreamsleeves written by Coleen Murtagh Paratore and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, radiant story about a girl who wears her dreams on her sleeve . . .Aislinn is a girl with a lot of dreams, but due to family issues (caused mostly by her hard-drinking father), there's a lot standing in her way. While she should be enjoying the summer with friends, Aislinn is kept under lock and key and put in charge of her younger siblings. The average girl might give up, but not Aislinn. A person, she says, should write their dreams on their sleeve, putting them out there for the world to see, because there's a good chance that someone might come along and help you make your dream come true. What begins as a plea for help for her father to stop drinking, turns into a spark that has the whole community making their own dreamsleeves. At times heartbreaking, DREAMSLEEVES is also surprising, powerful, and luminously hopeful. Everyone will see a little of themselves in Aislinn, a girl with talent, ambition, and big dreams.

Download or read book Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein written by Jennifer Rozines Roy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For forty-two days in 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil and his family struggle to survive as Basra, Iraq, is bombed by the United States and its allies.

Download or read book Wedding Sanity Savers written by Dr. Dale Atkins and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a bride, you worry about finding the perfect dress, choosing the location for the reception, and keeping your wedding expenses within a certain budget. But beyond the straight ABCs of planning a wedding lie the more personal, emotional issues that can threaten to unravel your perfect day: jealous friends, bratty bridesmaids, complicated extended families, and pre-wedding jitters. Thankfully, help is here! From wedding and relationship experts Dr. Dale Atkins and Annie Gilbar comes Wedding Sanity Savers—the ultimate troubleshooting guide for the sticky situations that arise on the road to happily ever after. From the day you get engaged until the day you say “I do,” Wedding Sanity Savers provides fresh, frank advice that you won’t find in other wedding books. With over 300 Q&As from real brides that tackle issues including body image, friends and exes, divorced parents, in-laws, merging religions and cultures, money questions, planning mishaps, sticking up for yourself, and more, Wedding Sanity Savers gives you the strategies you need to make tough decisions, finesse difficult scenarios, stay true to yourself, and keep smiling throughout it all.

Download or read book The Book Proposal written by KJ Micciche and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A wonderfully real main character and a sparkling new voice. Every page is a rom-com lover's delight." —Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka, authors of The Roughest Draft and Do I Know You? "With witty banter and a clever, self-aware plot, this romantic gem marks Micciche as a writer to watch." —Publishers Weekly STARRED Review "Ridiculously endearing and entertaining, this debut rom-com...will have fans of bookish romances laughing out loud, unable to stop turning the pages." —Library Journal "Full of laugh-out-loud passages, great characters who seem ready to walk right off the page, and some fun raunchy bits, this is a joy to read." —Booklist DESPERATELY SEEKING FICTIONAL HERO FOR HAPPILY EVER AFTER Broke up with, broke, and with a vicious case of writer's block, romance writer Gracie Landing is a hot mess. She can hardly be blamed for drinking one (or a few) too many cocktails when out with her besties in an attempt to cheer herself up. Sometime in the foggy wee hours, she recklessly emails her unrequited high-school crush, Colin Yarmouth, who is now a successful attorney harboring regrets of his own. When she receives an intriguingly friendly (not to say flirty) response, her acute embarrassment is overcome only by her fervent curiosity—what would a hottie like Colin be like as a grown up? The two forge an unlikely friendship that's unmistakably headed for more. Colin's tales of his own woeful break-up become fodder for Gracie's fertile imagination and her current work-in-progress takes off. With the deadline looming and her checking account dwindling, Gracie has no idea that borrowing Colin's story could wreak havoc on her life, her career, and her own chance at happily-ever-after...

Download or read book An Anglo Indian Childhood written by Shirley Gifford-Pritchard and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-11-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my first book, written primarily to record my family’s history for future generations; however, people who have read it thought it would be of interest to many others and when you turn the pages, I hope you too find it informative and interesting. I have also written booklets about each of my beloved dogs (they number 5, so far) and a book of recollections of real, sometimes humorous, adventures. Shirley Gifford-Pritchard

Download or read book Flyover States written by Grace Grant and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two degrees of separation Ronnie, M.F.A. Langsdale U. poster girl for diversity Veronica Williams just lost out on a coveted summer teaching position. Instead, this West Coast transplant finds herself spending her nights at a factory job and her days in search of her writer's voice—until she meets a brother not of the fraternal kind, which is hard to do in this white-bread, ivory tower town. Doris, Ph.D. Brooklynite Doris Weatherall hadn't expected this kind of turbulence when she landed that sought-after summer teaching spot—but then she met her class of surly high school seniors prepping for freshman year. Her love life isn't exactly a smooth ride, either—somehow her East Coast sophistication has gotten her involved with an ambiguously gay professor, and a tie-dye-wearing, free-loving computer techie. Were it not for fellow misfit and best friend Ronnie, navigating campus life in the Midwest would be more fiasco than fun.

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Download or read book A Little Something Different written by Sandy Hall and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive new crowdsourced publishing imprint Swoon Reads proudly presents its first published novel—an irresistibly sweet romance between two college students told from 14 different viewpoints. The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in common—they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing class. They get the same pop culture references, order the same Chinese food, and hang out in the same places. Unfortunately, Lea is reserved, Gabe has issues, and despite their initial mutual crush, it looks like they are never going to work things out. But somehow even when nothing is going on, something is happening between them, and everyone can see it. You'll be rooting for Gabe and Lea too, in Sandy Hall's quirky, completely original novel A Little Something Different, chosen by readers, writes, and publishers, to be the debut titles for the new Swoon Reads imprint!

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Download or read book The Everything Wedding Etiquette Book written by Holly Lefevre and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your essential guide to the modern wedding! Is it acceptable to invite my boss to my wedding? Can I tell my guests not to post pictures of my wedding online before I can? How do I ask my in-laws to help with wedding costs? How long do I have to write thank-you notes? Every bride has her own etiquette dilemma, from dealing with unhappy stepfamilies to a guest who posts a picture of the invitation on Facebook, advertising the wedding date and site to hundreds of nonguests. While some etiquette rules stay the same (bringing an uninvited guest is still rude), the ever-changing modern world has brought on a new slew of challenges. Luckily, The Everything Wedding Etiquette Book, 4th Edition has the advice you need to conquer any etiquette predicament. From satisfying future in-laws to controlling your event's online presence, you'll learn how to handle every situation with grace and ease. Organized to guide you through the wedding-planning process as it happens, this little book has all the answers you need right when you need them. It's your one source for planning a perfect, stress-free wedding.

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