Download or read book Kissing Strangers written by Neha Singh and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Strawberries and cigarettes still taste like you.” Arya, a voguish overachiever gets into IIT and finds herself in a whirlwind of reckless antics and youthful highs. She is a misfit at the prestigious engineering college as she resolves to pursue art. As life happens on campus that seems estranged to her, she keeps chasing highs with her friends until she stumbles upon an art instructor. The irrevocable collision of their worlds turns out to be an aesthetic awakening for Arya. She is caught up in an exquisite affair of love and pain as she encounters strangers on the way who make her world tragical and magical in their own ways.

Download or read book Kissing Strangers written by D. S. Dehel and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas of 1899, the world looks forward to new discoveries, new inventions, and a new century. Wealthy heiress Viola Peery is looking forward to a new life and a husband, preferably one with a title, since her father has told her not to return from England without one. A New Year’s weekend at Aescton Hall holds promise for Viola and eight other ladies of wealth. There, ten eligible bachelors will vie for their hearts and hands during dinners, skating parties, and—of course—balls. Both the charming Cedric Stanhope and the dashing Rhys Findlay catch Viola’s eye and pique her interest, and through flirty tea parties and nightly waltzes, she mulls her decision. But one of the men holds a secret that will change her destiny and haunt her for the rest of her life.

Download or read book Kissing Strangers written by Michelle Mitchell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kissing Strangers is a collection of short stories exploring the complicated relationships of Brittain, Darren, and Heidi.When Kenneth proposed to Brittain, she said I do without hesitation. He was her ideal guy, and she would've probably always felt that way, if she had never met his wife. Darren loves Trish with all of his heart, but nothing he does is enough for her. The same day he decides to take action in rebuilding his marriage, he realizes his wife is doing more than giving up on their marriage. She's stepping out on it all together. Heidi's had enough of her husband Patrick, and she's devised a plan to pack up that part of her life. But closing that chapter proves to be difficult when she finds out her husband's involved in something far worse than an affair.

Download or read book Kissed by a Stranger written by Cynthia Woolf and published by Firehouse Publishing. This book was released on with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Fitzhugh's life crumbled in the wake of tragedy: first, the loss of her husband, then the swift eviction from her job and home by her callous mother-in-law. With nowhere to turn, she clings to a glimmer of hope offered by a distant cousin—a chance for a fresh start in Homestead Canyon, Montana. But as Laura and her daughter, Josie, settle into their new surroundings, uncertainty shadows their newfound refuge. Bill Simms, haunted by the ghosts of his own heartache, harbors a deep-seated anger following the loss of his wife and daughter to illness. Initially reluctant to embrace Laura's presence, he finds himself drawn to Josie's infectious smile, sparking a tentative connection between two wounded souls. As Laura and Bill navigate the delicate balance of grief and healing, their paths converge in unexpected ways. Will their shared pain forge a bond strong enough to mend their shattered spirits, or will the weight of past memories prove too burdensome to bear? In a story of love, loss, and redemption, Laura and Bill embark on a journey of healing, discovering that sometimes, amidst the ruins of the past, new beginnings await.

Download or read book Ordinary Human Beings written by Salem Miles and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year was supposed to be about me being out of the spotlight and minding my own business, not about me French kissing one of the school’s most hated kids in the back of the burner room! Yasmina shut the door in my face. “You better not lock—” the click was loud enough for me to roll my eyes. “The door.” *** After a controversial start to the New Year, Kendall Riddick has to navigate her first senior year at Riveria Boarding School while trying to avoid her ex girlfriend and former best friend on campus. But none of that is easy, as a not so unfamiliar stranger decides to enrol into the school...and guess what? She’s Kendall’s room-mate. And if there’s one thing Kendall has learned about sharing a room with a complete ‘stranger’ is that room-mates don’t kiss, right? Right?

Download or read book Infidelity written by Stacey May Fowles and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When being good isn’t enough . . . Ronnie, a hairdresser with a history of recklessness, feels stifled by the predictable, comfortable life laid out before her with her live-in boyfriend. Charlie is an anxiety-ridden award-winning writer, burdened by his literary success and familial responsibility, including a bread-winning wife and a child with autism. When the unlikely pair meets, a filmic affair begins on office desks and in Toronto hotel rooms, creating a false reality that offers solace in its secrets. Two very different people, trapped by everyday expectations, take pleasure in destroying those expectations together. Their relationship, with all its differences and failings, with all its pleasure and pain, calls into question our rigid and limiting definitions of right and wrong, and what it means to be a partner, parent, lover, and human being.

Download or read book The List written by Gail Belsky and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a tattoo, ride in a fire truck, or use food as foreplay—in short, get out there and shake things up! Fun, inspirational, and incredibly motivating, The List offers one hundred ideas—ranging from challenging to outrageous—for women who have been craving a little novelty in their lives. With instructions and inspirational stories from women who have risen to the challenge, The List will excite, scare, and push readers to do something they’ve always dreamed of, or better yet, to do something they’ve never dared consider. Whether it’s writing a novel, running a marathon, or taking on a lover, The List delivers what many women are missing—taste of adventure and a light kick in the butt.

Download or read book Married To A Stranger The Reluctant Brides Series Book 3 written by Kay Gregory and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well-written and enjoyable love story." ~Romantic Times Man Marries Woman He Claims To Not Love in Married to a Stranger, a Contemporary Romance, by Kay Gregory --1991 and 1996, Vancouver, British Colombia, CanadaWhen-- Brand wakes up beside a beautiful stranger attempting to escape a marriage orchestrated by her wealthy parents, he agrees to marry her. After all, the only woman he ever loved is dead. Moving his new bride into his basement apartment in Vancouver, Brand is determined to make a go of it. But his guilt and her secrets force a change of plans. From the Publisher: The Reluctant Brides Series will be enjoyed by readers who appreciate traditional romance in unusual contemporary settings. Fans of Fern Britton, Caroline Roberts, T.A. Williams and Debbie Johnson will not want to miss this series. "Kay Gregory's writing and characterization always sparkles..." ~Affaire de Coeur "...crisp writing and a tense love story which softly echoes traditional romance." ~Romantic Times THE RELUCTANT BRIDES, in series order Married To Deceive Married Times Two Married To A Stranger OTHER TITLES by Kay Gregory A Woman of Experience A Woman of Impulse

Download or read book A Stranger Like You written by Elizabeth Brundage and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the acclaimed novelist of All Things Cease to Appear “An intense, provocative thriller.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Hedda Chase is a top-flight executive producer at Gladiator Films, fast-tracked in the business since she graduated from Yale. An aggressive businesswoman, she recently pulled the plug on a film project initiated by one of her predecessors. The screenwriter on the project was Hugh Waters, a wannabe with a dead-end marriage and a day job at an insurance company. This script was his ticket out-until Hedda tampered with his plans, claiming his violence was over the top, his premise not credible, and his ending implausible. Hugh decides to prove otherwise by staging his script’s ending and casting Hedda Chase as the victim. He flies to Los Angeles and finds Hedda, kidnaps her, and locks her in the trunk of her vintage BMW in the parking lot at LAX. He leaves the keys in the ignition, the parking ticket on the dash, and lets “destiny” take its course. This is the set-up for a troubling, smart, deadly look at women and images of women, at media as a high-stakes game and the selling of a war as theatre. Brundage’s Los Angeles is a casual battleground that trades carelessly in lives and dreams. As always, her characters are complicated, surprising, and intense in this high velocity, provocative novel.

Download or read book Downtown Owl written by Chuck Klosterman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major film! New York Times bestselling author and “one of America’s top cultural critics” (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman’s debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small-town life. Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a fictional town called Owl. They don’t have cable. They don’t really have pop culture, but they do have grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. But that’s not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it’s perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries about his weirdness, or lack thereof. Julia Rabia just moved to Owl. A history teacher, she gets free booze and falls in love with a self-loathing bison farmer. Widower and local conversationalist Horace Jones has resided in Owl for seventy-three years. They all know each other completely, except that they’ve never met. But when a deadly blizzard—based on an actual storm that occurred in 1984—hits the area, their lives are derailed in unexpected and powerful ways. An unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where local mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing, Downtown Owl is “a satisfying character study and strikes a perfect balance between the funny and the profound” (Publishers Weekly).

Download or read book Inked Promise written by Tierney O'Malley and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In bed or out of bed, it's worth breaking all the rules for her. For many years, the pain of shattered dreams has haunted Gypsy Grey. Now, she hopes to spend a week at her friends' house on Shaw Island to attend the yearly fair with her daughter, Nika. But her plan changes when she learns that her ex-lover, Nolan Keats, and his friends will be sharing the house with them. However, Gypsy begins to enjoy Nolan's company, which again turns into fierce possessiveness and a fiery touch. When Nolan proposes that they not talk about the past or future and only live for the present, Gypsy also decides to hide the truth from him. He's no longer single. Telling him about Nika doesn't matter anymore. Once their temporary affair is over, she's unsure if she'll be able to survive living with another shattered dream. Years of running from his hurtful past finally catches up to Nolan—unexpectedly. He's supposed to celebrate his last remaining bachelor days with the Blue-Eyed Four, but upon seeing the beautiful, spirited woman he once promised to love eternally, he begins to burn for her again. This time hotter and deeper than the last. Worse, he realizes that he's never really stopped loving her. Like fever flowing in his blood, he must possess her. She's now a mother to a blue-eyed daughter he wishes belonged to him. On beautiful Shaw Island, Nolan and Gypsy boldly ignore their present situation for a blazing, forbidden passion. More than anything, he wants her back in his life. But for that to happen it will hurt another.

Download or read book Loving the Wounded Warrior written by Adriana Anders and published by Adriana Anders. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was my best friend's little sister—and the woman who ruined my life. O'Neal Jones was the last person I expected to run into on this mountain in the middle of nowhere. But I wanted her, even if it was a bad idea. And it was a very bad idea. Because this thing between us was too deep, too hot. It tore through flesh and bone to sear my soul. Then, in the course of one night, she worked her way into my tent and my sleeping bag... The question was, could I heal my wounds enough to let her into my heart? Loving the Wounded Warrior is a sexy standalone novella, in the Love at Last series. Originally published in the Rogue Affair anthology, this edition has been expanded with new material.

Download or read book Sexual Attraction written by James Giles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and why does sexual attraction happen? This book is an exploration of the universal yet highly individualized experience of being sexually attracted to another person. Incorporating interviews, research findings, and excerpts from romantic and erotic literature, lyrics, and film, Sexual Attraction: The Psychology of Allure explores a subject that is central to the human experience and highly relevant in not only personal, intimate interactions but also other relationships. Although the causes and effects of sexual attraction have been studied, sexual attraction itself-how we experience others in terms of their sexual attractiveness-remains a neglected, rarely researched topic. James Giles presents jargon-free information that is accessible and fascinating to the general reader as well as highly useful and informative to students and researchers in social psychology, sexology, sex and marital therapy, and relationship counseling. The book explores subjects such as how sexual attraction is fundamentally different from other forms of interpersonal attraction and how at the heart of sexual attraction lies the experience of allure-something that makes one feel helplessly drawn toward an intimate physical joining with the sexually attractive person. The allure of strangers, cross-sex friends, sexual friends ("friends with benefits"), and romantic partners are all addressed, revealing the often subtle heterosexual attraction that typically exists between men and women in all their relationships, including between those who are ostensibly "just friends."

Download or read book Let Me Go written by Helga Schneider and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Helga Schneider was four, her mother, Traudi, abandoned her to pursue her career. In 1998, Helga received a letter asking her to visit Traudi, now 90-years old, before she dies. Mother and daughter have met only once after Traudi left, on a disastrous visit where Helga first learnt the terrible secret of her mother's past. Traudi was as an extermination guard in Auschwitz and Ravensbruck and was involved in Nazi 'medical' experiments on prisoners. She has never expressed even the slightest remorse for her actions, yet Helga still hopes that at this final meeting she will find some way to forgive her mother.

Download or read book In Bed With Anthology written by Imogen Edwards-Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An unashamedly sexy collection" (Glamour) featuring today's top female writers hiding behind naughty pseudonyms. A unique and sexy collection of bedtime stories by bestselling, award- winning, and well-known novelists delivering the goods under their X- rated pseudonyms. So who's who? We're not telling. After all, a woman should have at least one good secret. Feturing Adele Parks, Ali Smith, Bella Pollen, Chris Manby, Daisy Waugh, Emma Darwin, Esther Freud, Fay Weldon, Jane Moore, Joan Smith, Joanne Harris, Justine Picardi, Louise Doughty, Rachel Johnson, Santa Montefiore, Stella Duffy, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Jessica Adams, Kathy Lette, and Maggie Alderson.

Download or read book Kissing Strangers New Adult Romance written by Bella Paasch and published by . This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Death s Favorite Child written by Frankie Y. Bailey and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American, 38, a crime historian, Lizzie Stuart has spent most of her life in Drucilla, Kentucky. When her grandmother dies, Lizzie decides it is time for a vacation. She joins her friend Tess for a week in Cornwall, England, in the resort town of St. Regis. Lizzie finds her vacation anything but restful when she becomes an eyewitness to a murder and the probable next vicitim.