Download or read book The Perfect Match written by Melody Summers and published by Melody Summers. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows that your best friend's ex is totally off limits. I didn't want to date Dylan, my best friend's ex-boyfriend. I just felt bad for him because the last two girls he'd gone out with had dumped him to go back to their exes. He was a sweet guy who deserved better, and in a moment of insanity I decided to make it happen for him. I was going to discover everything there was to know about him and then find the girl who was his perfect match. It all sounded so easy, until I started hanging out with him. But things got complicated really fast, and the more time I spent with him the less interested I was in matching him up with someone else. Dylan is afraid that I'm going to be like the other girls, though, and dump him to go chasing after Seth first chance I get. And I'm scared that he's going to be like every other boy I've gone out with and drop me without a backwards glance. Plus there's that whole issue of him being my best friend's ex, which would be majorly awkward. There's just no way that the two of us could possibly work out, so the safest thing to do is to stick with my plan and get him out of my life as soon as possible. Even though deep down I know that he's my perfect match. high school romance, ya romance, teen romance, romance series, clean and wholesome romance, beach romance, young adult romance, contemporary

Download or read book The Deputy s Perfect Match written by Lisa Carter and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lawman loses his heart to a sweet-as-pie librarian with something to hide in this charming inspirational romance from the award-winning author. Still nursing old heartache, deputy sheriff Charlie Pruitt vowed he’d never get close to another woman again. But that’s easier said than done when librarian Evy Shaw arrives in his small coastal Virginia town with a secret—one Charlie’s determined to uncover. When Charlie joins Evy’s all-female book club, he gets more than he anticipated when the romantic reads stoke a real attraction to Evy. Falling for the pretty librarian wasn’t part of the plan, but when the truth behind Evy’s suspicious behavior comes to light, will love be enough to bind them together?

Download or read book Everybody s Jane written by Juliette Wells and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to investigate Jane Austen's popular significance today, Everybody's Jane considers why Austen matters to amateur readers, how they make use of her novels, what they gain from visiting places associated with her, and why they create works of fiction and nonfiction inspired by her novels and life.The voices of everyday readers emerge from both published and unpublished sources, including interviews conducted with literary tourists and archival research into the founding of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the exceptional Austen collection of Alberta Hirshheimer Burke of Baltimore.Additional topics include new Austen portraits; portrayals of Austen, and of Austen fans, in film and fiction; and hybrid works that infuse Austen's writings with horror, erotica, or explicit Christianity.Everybody's Jane will appeal to all those who care about Austen and will change how we think about the importance of literature and reading today.

Download or read book Perfect Match written by Chris Keniston and published by Indie House Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to find the Perfect Match? To Liz Carmichael, online dating just might have been worst idea she's ever had. So how much worse would it be to hire her favorite bartender's grandmother—a professional matchmaker? Except doing that would be ridiculous, absurd, and totally out of the question. Right? Damon Miller has had enough of well-meaning friends and bad blind dates. Determined to find the perfect girl for him, he turns to the ridiculous and absurd idea of hiring a professional matchmaker. After all, what could go wrong? More From the Author What's a flirt? I think of them as episodes of a weekly TV show. Same familiar location and lead actor with guest stars, and of course cameo appearances of the Aloha cast. These short story Flirts have been so much fun to write. I hope you enjoy seeing the main characters from the series pop in from time to time as much as I do. It's always fun to see a snippet of their lives between books. If you haven't read the rest of the Aloha Series, you're in for a treat. Full length novels about active duty and former navy men and the women and family they love and care about. Some have a little humor, others a little mystery, but all have a lot of heart. Mostly set in Kona around the Big Island Dive shop there's plenty of fun in the sun, so pour yourself a cool drink, put up your feet and enjoy the bestselling Aloha contemporary romance series. Available Now in the Aloha Series: Aloha Texas, Nick and Kara's story Book 1 (two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Almost Paradise, Billy and Angela's story Book 2 (two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Mai Tai Marriage, Lexie and Jim's story Book 3 (two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Dive into You, Doug and Emily's story Book 4 (two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Look of Love, Madeleine and Dan's story Book 5 (two versions: Original and Closed Door) Love By Design, Ava and John's story Book 6 (two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Shell Game, Luke (Brooklyn) and Sharla's story – the Beginning (two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Love Walks In (Two versions: Original and Heartwarming) Waikiki Wedding (one version: original) Flirting with Paradise (one version: Heartwarming) Surf's Up Saloon Flirts: Shall We Dance Love on Tap Head Over Heels Perfect Match Just One Kiss It Had to Be You

Download or read book The Blossom Which We Are written by Nir Evron and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blossom Which We Are traces the emergence of a distinctly modern form of human vulnerability—our intimate dependence on the fragile and time-bound cultural frameworks that we inhabit—as it manifests in the realm of the novel. Nir Evron juxtaposes seminal works from diverse national literatures to demonstrate that the trope of cultural extinction offers key insights into the emotional and ideological work performed by the realist novel. With an analysis that ranges from the works of Maria Edgeworth and Walter Scott, Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence and Joseph Roth's Radetzky March and Yaakov Shabtai's Past Continuous, and finally to the current state of the humanities, this book seeks to recover literary criticism's humanistic mission, bringing the best that has been thought and said to bear on urgent contemporary concerns.

Download or read book Pride Prejudice written by Ann Herendeen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Audacious and masterful….True to Austen’s spirit, Ann Herendeen has given us a compelling, and sexual, novel of manners.” —Pamela Regis, author of A Natural History of the Romance Novel Ann Herendeen’s Pride/Prejudice—a novel of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth Bennett, and their other loves—revisits the classic Jane Austen work to “fill in the gaps” that the original left unexplained and unexplored. Ingenious, brazen, and unrelentingly entertaining—yet always appreciative and respectful of one of the world’s most beloved literary works—this masterful reinvention by the acclaimed author of Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander is truly a Pride and Prejudice for the 21st Century.

Download or read book The Bachelor s Perfect Match written by Kathryn Springer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bookish librarian steps out of her comfort zone for the romantic adventure of a lifetime—from the award-winning author of The Bachelor’s Twins. He loves adventures . . . She only reads them . . . until now! Maddie Montgomery, Castle Falls’ shy librarian, has always played it safe. Enter Aiden Kane, the town’s resident adventurer, on the mend from an accident and in need of Maddie’s help. As Maddie assists Aiden with his search for a long-lost relative, the handsome outdoorsman coaxes Maddie out of her safety zone. But can Maddie take the biggest risk of all—giving in to love? “The characters demonstrate that, while change isn’t always pleasant, it is a necessary component of life . . . and it sometimes ends better than expected.” —RT Book Reviews

Download or read book I Dream of Darcy The Complete Novel A Regency Pride and Prejudice Variation written by Andrea David and published by Artesian Well Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Bennet refuses to sit idly while her sister pines for a lost love. Certain that Bingley will renew his addresses if only he and Jane are reunited, Lizzy travels from Hertfordshire to London to track him down. A chance encounter brings her face to face with her nemesis, the disagreeable Mr. Darcy. Lizzy is certain he is responsible for parting Jane and Bingley in the first place. Though furious with him for the pain he has caused Jane, she is touched by the brotherly affection he shows towards his own sister, Georgiana. Lizzy and Georgiana soon strike up a friendship that gains Lizzy and Jane invitations to the best ton events. As Lizzy and Darcy are thrown more and more together, he tries to deny his growing ardour for her. But when an earl begins courting her, Darcy realizes he must act. Will the mistakes of the past get in the way of their future? Or will Our Dear Couple find their way to lasting love? This sweet Regency romance is a standalone novel of 100,000 words. It includes kissing but no on-page intimacy.

Download or read book Adaptation Studies written by Christa Albrecht-Crane and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays offers a sustained, theoretically rigorous rethinking of various issues at work in film and other media adaptations. The essays in the volume as a whole explore the reciprocal, intertextual quality of adaptations that borrow, rework, and adapt each other in complex ways; in addition, the authors explore the specific forces

Download or read book Practice Tests for the TOEFL iBT written by Bruce Stirling and published by Nova Press. This book was released on 2024-10-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practice Tests for the TOEFL iBT contains four full-length tests, with answer keys and audio scripts. Perfect for self-study and classrooms. Each TOEFL iBT Practice Test... * reflects the design of the official TOEFL internet-based test * tests academic English-language proficiency expected of university students in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland and England * provides extra practice before you take the official TOEFL iBT * will help you identify those areas of academic English you need to improve for a higher TOEFL iBT score * will give you an unofficial, TOEFL iBT range score within a 10-point range

Download or read book The Jinniyah written by Maria Aragon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE JINNIYAH is a supernatural drama about two souls exiled from humanity and their spiritual journey through the darkness back into the light and ultimate reconciliation. It begins when a history writer discovers that a local history professor is much older than he appears.

Download or read book Pride and Prejudice written by Kate Hamill and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools…than the high-stakes game of love?

Download or read book Pride Prejudice and Cheese Grits written by Mary Jane Hathaway and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hilarious Southern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice tells the story of two hard-headed Civil war historians who find that first impressions can be deceiving. Shelby Roswell, a Civil War historian and professor, is on the fast track to tenure—that is, until her new book is roasted by the famous historian Ransom Fielding in a national review. With her career stalled by a man she’s never met, Shelby struggles to maintain her composure when she discovers that Fielding has taken a visiting professorship at her small Southern college. Ransom Fielding is still struggling with his role in his wife’s accidental death six years ago and is hoping that a year at Shelby’s small college near his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, will be a respite from the pressures of Ivy League academia. He never bargained for falling in love with the one woman whose career—and pride—he injured, and who would do anything to make him leave. When these two hot-headed southerners find themselves fighting over the centuries-old history of local battles and antebellum mansions, their small college is about to become a battlefield of Civil War proportions. With familiar and relatable characters and wit to spare, Pride, Prejudice and Cheese Grits shows you that love can conquer all…especially when pride, prejudice, love, and cheese grits are involved!

Download or read book Pride and Prejudice 2 0 written by Hanne Birk and published by V&R Unipress. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austen's Pride and Prejudice has been adapted, transformed and translated into numerous languages. Thus the classic today constitutes an international, transcultural, transmedial and iconic phenomenon of pop culture that transcends genre boundaries as easily as centuries. The vitality of the book at the crossroads of the literary canon and pop culture is analysed by contributions focusing on its translations, Bollywood adaptations, iconic TV versions or vlog adaptations, on erotic rewritings or generic transformations into Chick-Lit, crime fiction or the Gothic mode, on teaching contexts or on a diachronic analysis of its illustrations. Complemented by a compilation of student essays, this volume affirms and celebrates Pride and Prejudice being perhaps more alive than ever before.

Download or read book Marriage Property and Women s Narratives written by S. Livingston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary approach to the study of women and property, combining literature, history, and economics. By looking at women's marriage narratives over a long period of time, the book reveals the deep discontent with the institution of property ownership as a unifying thread from the Middle Ages up through the twentieth-century.

Download or read book The Viscount Always Knocks Twice Steamy Historical Romance and Mystery written by Grace Callaway and published by Grace Callaway Books. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sizzling enemies to lovers romance, featuring a hoyden who falls in love with her best friend's brother and a viscount whose buttoned-up exterior hides his sensual nature. All wrapped up in an exciting Regency house party whodunnit! National Reader's Choice Award Finalist Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery & Suspense Finalist “Pride & Prejudice with a murder mystery thrown into the mix and possibly the WORST proposal in history! I was entertained.” -Skye, Goodreads A Hoyden's Prejudice Spirited and unconventional, Miss Violet Kent has landed in hot water time and again due to her impulsive ways. Her latest fiasco involves Richard Murray, Viscount Carlisle, her friend Wickham's older brother. She and Carlisle hate each other on sight, their animosity culminating in a mortifying accident. Ashamed and inflamed by their encounter, she wants to stay far away from the stuffed shirt...and instead finds herself trapped with him at a secluded and intimate house party. A Gentleman's Pride A man of duty, Richard Murray, Viscount Carlisle, has always protected his brother Wickham, whose latest trouble involves a debt to a cutthroat. To survive, Wick must marry an heiress; instead he's distracted by that improper minx Violet Kent. As Richard strives to extricate his brother from Violet's wiles, the last thing he expects is to find himself ensnared by passion. When Murder Leads to Love Sparks fly when Violet and Richard encounter each other in dark corners and secret passageways. Yet their forbidden passion and blossoming romance are not the only adventures afoot. For a guest is soon discovered dead—and Violet and Richard must join forces to solve the mystery and protect their loved ones... before the murderer strikes again. Grace's books feature scorching hot historical romance, fun and feel-good happily ever afters, and exciting mystery and adventure. Her books are standalones which can also be enjoyed as part of her interconnected series set in the same universe. Heart of Enquiry (The Kents) series (hot Regency romance) Prequel Novella: The Widow Vanishes (Will & Annabel) 1. The Duke Who Knew Too Much (Alaric & Emma) 2. M is for Marquess (Gabriel & Thea) 3. The Lady Who Came in from the Cold (Marcus & Penny) 4. The Viscount Always Knocks Twice (Richard & Violet) 5. Never Say Never to an Earl (Sinjin & Polly) 6. The Gentleman Who Loved Me (Andrew & Primrose) Game of Dukes series (hot Victorian romance) 1. The Duke Identity (Harry & Tessa) 2. Enter the Duke (Ransom & Maggie) 3. Regarding the Duke (Garrity & Gabby) 4. The Duke Redemption (Wickham & Beatrice) 5. The Return of the Duke (Knight & Fancy) 6. Steamy Winter Wishes: A Hot Historical Romance Short Story (featuring characters from all of Grace's series) Lady Charlotte's Society of Angels series (hot Victorian romance) 1. Lady Olivia and the Masked Duke (Olivia & Ben) 2. Pippa and the Prince of Secrets (Pippa & Cull) 3. Fiona and the Enigmatic Earl (Fiona & Thomas) 4. Glory and the Master of Shadows (Glory & Wei) 5. Charlotte and the Seductive Spymaster (Preorder today!) Mayhem in Mayfair series (hot Regency romance) 1. Her Husband's Harlot (Helena & Nicholas) 2. Her Wanton Wager (Percy & Gavin) 3. Her Protector's Pleasure (Marianne & Ambrose) 4. Her Prodigal Passion (Charity & Paul)

Download or read book Philosophy and the Novel written by Alan H. Goldman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan H. Goldman presents an original and lucid account of the relationship between philosophy and the novel. In the first part, on philosophy of novels, he defends theories of literary value and interpretation. Literary value, the value of literary works as such, is a species of aesthetic value. Goldman argues that works have aesthetic value when they simultaneously engage all our mental capacities: perceptual, cognitive, imaginative, and emotional. This view contrasts with now prevalent narrower formalist views of literary value. According to it, cognitive engagement with novels includes appreciation of their broad themes and the theses these imply, often moral and hence philosophical theses, which are therefore part of the novels' literary value. Interpretation explains elements of works so as to allow readers maximum appreciation, so as to maximize the literary value of the texts as written. Once more, Goldman's view contrasts with narrower views of literary interpretation, especially those which limit it to uncovering what authors intended. One implication of Goldman's broader view is the possibility of incompatible but equally acceptable interpretations, which he explores through a discussion of rival interpretations of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Goldman goes on to test the theory of value by explaining the immense appeal of good mystery novels in its terms. The second part of the book, on philosophy in novels, explores themes relating to moral agency—moral development, motivation, and disintegration—in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, John Irving's The Cider House Rules, and Joseph Conrad's Nostromo. By narrating the course of characters' lives, including their inner lives, over extended periods, these novels allow us to vicariously experience the characters' moral progressions, positive and negative, to learn in a more focused way moral truths, as we do from real life experiences.