Download or read book This Time Next Door Romantic Comedy BBW Romance Friends to Lovers Office Romance written by Gretchen Galway and published by Eton Field. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-six-year-old Rose Devlin may shop in the plus-size department, but she's never had a problem attracting men--with disastrous consequences. Recovering from her latest mistake, Rose has sworn off casual sex and moved to California to grow up, help her best friend, and make something of herself. When Rose asks the cute-but-geeky guy next door to help her land a job in high tech, she never expects to unearth his quiet strength, stunning accomplishments--and hidden talents. With a secret in her own past, Rose tries to keep her distance, but she finds that nerdy Mark isn't so nerdy when the lights go out. And that maybe, just maybe, she's not too grown up to risk one more disaster...

Download or read book Hero Boss written by Piper Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's something sexy about a woman with a man's name..." Stevie Maddox was the last person I would have hired. Or kissed. Or slept with. Somehow, I managed to do all three despite her being all wrong for me. But she's funny. Sweet. Sexy as hell. And I can't stop thinking about her... I just have to convince her this is more than just an office romance. He was another rich pr*ck doctor, at least that's what I thought. Keeping Dr. Scott in his box would keep everybody safe. It would keep things uncomplicated. Simple. But nothing about the former football player was simple. He was a gentle giant, a dominating gentleman. He wasn't anything like I thought he would be. But we're all wrong for each other, no matter what Scott thinks. I just have to convince him of it too. Before one of us gets hurt.

Download or read book By a Thread written by Lucy Score and published by Hodder Paperbacks. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sunday Times and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Things We Never Got Over Dominic: I got her fired. Okay, so I'd had a bad day, but there's nothing innocent about Ally Morales. Maybe her colourful, annoying, inexplicably alluring personality brightens up the magazine's offices that have felt like a prison for the past year. Maybe I like that she argues with me in front of the editorial staff. And maybe my after-hours fantasies are haunted by her brown eyes and sharp tongue. She's working herself to death at half a dozen dead-end jobs for some secret reason. And I'm going to fix it all. Don't accuse me of caring. She's nothing more than a puzzle to be solved. If I can get her to quit, I can finally peel away all those layers. Then I can go back to salvaging the family name and forget all about the dancing, beer-slinging brunette. Ally: Ha. Hold my beer, Grumpy Grump Face.

Download or read book Kiss My Cupcake written by Helena Hunting and published by Forever. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As two neighborhood shop owners battle for business, they prove opposites attract in this "deliciously sweet and savory new romantic comedy" (USA Today bestselling author Abby Jimenez). Blaire Calloway has planned every Instagram-worthy moment of her cupcake and cocktails shop launch down to the tiniest detail. What she didn't plan on? Ronan Knight and his old-school sports bar next door opening on the very same day. He may be super swoony, but Blaire hasn't spent years obsessing over buttercream and bourbon to have him ruin her chance at success. From axe throwing (his place) to frosting contests (hers), Blaire and Ronan are constantly trying to one-up each other in a battle to win new customers. But with every clash, there's also an undeniable chemistry. When an even bigger threat to their business comes to town, they're forced to call a temporary time-out on their own war and work together. And the more time Blaire spends getting to know the real Ronan, the more she wonders if it's possible to have her cupcake and eat it too. "Kiss My Cupcake is a laugh-out-loud romance full of charm, wit and magic. Ronan and Blaire will have you fall in love with their story from their very first encounter. A thoroughly delicious read." --LJ Shen, USA Today bestselling author "With a sweet, sassy heroine and a deliciously sexy hero, Kiss My Cupcake is romantic comedy perfection!" -- Melanie Harlow, USA Today bestselling author Library Journal Best Romances of 2020

Download or read book Arrogant Boss written by Olivia Hayle and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julian Hunt is a legend. A tech billionaire and a playboy philanthropist. He's not someone you meet, not without a six-month wait. Except I did--and not in that sweet, meet-cute kind of way. I wish.No, I manage to run head-first into Julian Hunt in a nightclub. It's the spill-my-drink-over-his-suit kind of headfirst, the break-my-heel kind. But the arrogant bastard doesn't leave. No, he carries me to my car. He implies that I fell on purpose to catch his attention--how dare he!--and after I've chewed him out, he asks for my number.I don't expect to see him again. After all, lightning doesn't strike twice. Except it does, when Julian's involved. Because when I walk into a business negotiation the next day, who's sitting on the other side? Julian Hunt. He's wearing a smirk and a perfectly tailored suit, and he's not there to play. He dominates. I walk out of the negotiation having--somehow!--been offered my dream job. It's an offer far too sweet to refuse.But if there's one thing more intimidating than running into Julian Hunt at a nightclub, it's the prospect of Julian Hunt as a boss. A very persistent, dominant, sexy-as-hell boss. He might have decided that we'd be perfect together, but I won't be tempted by his broad shoulders and wicked tongue. Julian might be a hunter. But I refuse to become prey. "Arrogant Boss" is a riot of a romantic comedy, starring a billionaire bad boy looking to woo the woman of his dreams, a pint-sized girl with big dreams and a ton of sexy banter. Standalone, no cheating and HEA-guaranteed!

Download or read book Golden Chaos written by Colette Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life isn't a fairytale, but for a few days I got to pretend it was. Now I'm back in my childhood bedroom in New York, eating breakup ice cream and listening to early 2000s emo music. Whatever, this was the wake-up call I needed. It's time for Ria 2.0. No more bailouts. No more half-baked projects. No more impulsive decisions. Simple, right? Except my ex-boyfriend wants to drop the ex part, the three bears aren't so willing to let their Goldilocks go, and their mother is more Wicked Witch than Mama Bear. How am I supposed to pull it together when chaos follows everywhere I go? Golden Chaos is book two of the Three Bears duet. It is a medium burn, reverse harem romance for readers 18+

Download or read book Learning Curves written by Molly O'Hare and published by Be You Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning Curves is a single dad, enemies to lovers, plus-size/curvy romcom with a teacher everyone wished they had in school and a swoon-worthy dad who would do anything for his daughter. To Spencer, women only left pain and destruction in their wake. The only good thing that came from his ex was his daughter Annabelle. And right now, his only focus was making sure she was taken care of and was getting the help she needed with her learning disabilities. Even if that meant moving to a new town and starting over. Ellie spent her childhood being judged and bullied because of her learning disabilities. Joke's on them because she's now the top special education teacher in her area. She's extremely protective of her kids, even if that means going toe-to-toe with their parents. See, Ellie totally had her life together. Well, kind of. Maybe… Okay, really, she's a word-vomiting, curvy, hot mess who hasn't had a date in years with a diva of a dog who's determined to get a second, third, and fourth dinner every day. But that was fine. It was always fine. Until one disastrous parent-teacher conference with her new student's father turned her world upside down. Now she couldn't get the agitating single dad out of her mind no matter how hard she tried.

Download or read book So I Married a Werewolf written by Kristin Miller and published by Entangled: Covet. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carter Griffin, enforcing officer for the Seattle Wolf Pack, has a problem. He’s been offered the promotion of his dreams...if he can find a wife to prove he’s over his playboy ways. But Carter’s already walked the matrimonial road and bought the stinkin’ T-shirt. Besides, a werewolf only gets one fated mate. Been there, done that. All werewolf dog trainer Faith Hamilton wants to do is earn enough green stuff to put her younger brother through college. Okay, okay, so she also totally wants Carter, her sexy next-door neighbor, to look at her as more than a friend. It’s too bad size 12 and plain isn’t his type. At all. The two friends strike a deal to help one another out. They must face a variety of challenges from a psycho ex-girlfriend to a Yorkie with a shoe fetish...and that pesky problem of only having one-fated mate in a lifetime. Will a relationship ruin their friendship...or spark a love neither anticipated? Each book in the Seattle Wolf Pack series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Gone With The Wolf Book #2 Four Weddings and a Werewolf Book #3 So I Married a Werewolf

Download or read book Muffin Top A BBW Romantic Comedy written by Avery Flynn and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing about me that’s a size zero is the filter on my mouth. I’ve got a big personality, a big rack, and a big number on the scale. And I’m perfectly fine with that. But when some random guy suggests I might not be eating alone if I’d ordered a salad instead of a hamburger I’m shocked silent, which is a feat, trust me. That brings us to one sexy fireman named Frankie Hartigan. He’s hot. He’s funny... And he’s just apologized for being late for our “date” then glared at the fat-shaming jerk. Next thing I know, he’s sitting down and ordering himself dinner. I have no problem telling him I don’t need a pity date...unless of course it’s to my high school reunion next week. Oops where did that last bit come from? And what do I do now that he’s said yes?! Because this is no make-over story, and I think Frankie is using me for something. I just have to figure out what... Each book in the Hartigans series is STANDALONE: * Butterface * Muffin Top * Tomboy

Download or read book Beautiful Disaster Signed Limited Edition written by Jamie McGuire and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abby Abernathy is re-inventing herself as the good girl as she begins her freshman year at college, which is why she must resist lean, cut, and tattooed Travis Maddox, a classic bad boy.

Download or read book Whoa I Married A written by Megan Wade and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Oakwood Falls. A mountainside town, where the swoon is high and the men are dreamyGet all five Wedded Curves stories in one boxset.Whoa! I Married a Mountain ManAlways the bridesmaid and never the bride. It's something I'd resigned myself to. Then at my best friend's wedding, I met Gavin 'Bear' Warren. He made my heart go boom.I remember laughing. I remember talking. I even remember going for a long walk together. What I don't remember is saying 'I do'. Somehow, I'm the bride, married to a man-a mountain man-I just met. What do I do now? Whoa! I Married a Billionaire You never truly know a man until you share a bank account.That's something my granny used to say growing up. I never cared about money, only the man. But when I married Danny Cardiff, I finally understood what she meant. When I said, 'I do' I thought it was to a mild mannered ex-marine turned business analyst who spent more time working at home than in the office. But when we went on our honeymoon, I realized just how wrong I was. There was a private jet.We had an entire island to ourselves.Staff to cater to every whim. When I grew concerned over how we could afford this, he broke the news.He's a billionaire. Whoa! But now I'm wondering what other secrets he's hiding.Whoa! I Married the PitcherIt only took one strike.The moment I saw Bryce Cardiff step up to the mound, I knew he was the man I wanted to marry. Problem was, he was off limits to me. As the owner's daughter, I wasn't allowed to mingle with the players. But then we ran into each other in the stairwell, and...we couldn't help ourselves. Now we're on the run.All we want is each other. All baseball wants is their prized pitcher and their little princess back under the owner's thumb.I don't know how we're going to stop them from pulling us apart, but Bryce says he has a plan. I hope it's a good one.Whoa! I Married a Rock Star He made me the girl in his songIn the beginning, I was nothing more than an employee, a gift to his wealthy friends, the nanny who'd take care of their baby. Then we got to know each other.I always imagined a rock star would be arrogant and crude, but Tristan Alto was none of those things.Away from the limelight, he was charming, intelligent, and oh so worldly. He swept me off my feet, told me secrets I don't think anyone knew. I was his the moment he picked up his guitar and described me in song.Whoa! I Married a BikerWith one look, my engine revved...Tattoos and leather jackets are a dime a dozen in the music industry. And as goddaughter to one of the world's biggest rock legends, I've seen my fair share of bad boys on motorcycles. Then Wyatt Tanner enters the room... He has the bike, the tattoos, and the leather jacket. But he isn't a musician pretending to be bad. He's a real, bonafide bad-a-s-s. An ex-member of an outlaw biker gang, he's the only genuine person in a room full of pretenders. I'm instantly drawn to him...We click immediately. He makes me feel things I've never imagined existed outside of stories and songs. I can see myself spending my life with him. But then his old life catches up, and suddenly my happily ever after doesn't seem so happy after all. Can we beat the odds and find our happily ever after in Oakwood Falls? As always, this Megan Wade book comes with her 'Sugar Promise'. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.

Download or read book Asking for Trouble written by Elizabeth Young and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmarried, thirty-year-old Sophy Metcalfe told a little white he to soothe her nagging mother. The white lies name was "Dominic," the ideal boyfriend: charming, successful, the kind of prospective son-in-law that would make any mother proud. But now that Sophy's thin and beautiful sister, Belinda, is getting married, Dominic is going to have to make an appearance in the flesh -- which should be a pretty neat trick ... since the genuine article vanished from Sophy's life after a single, singularly unmemorable evening. So she resorts to a very drastic measure -- aka Josh Carmichael, the escort she hires at the very last minute, sight unseen. But the trouble with white lies is that they tend to multiply. The trouble with rugged, too-sexy, and independent Josh is ... well, that Sophy's actually beginning to like him! Even if they make it through the Wedding Day from Hell together -- with its new intrigues, old flames, and all-too-familiar faces -- there's the night that follows... and, of course, the morning after. And that could end up being the biggest trouble of all! A hip, witty, and freshly fantastic delight, Asking for Trouble is the most hilarious and knowing novel to make the scene since Bridget Jones first set pen to paper to record her most intimate innermost thoughts.

Download or read book Fat Fine written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curvy Girl Romance Series - USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author I’m going to make him eat his words. So what if my ex thinks I’m fat? He doesn’t know what he’s missing. But I joined a gym and I’m going to show him. First step, ignore the sexy and intense owner of my new gym. He intrigues and intimidates me at the same time. The way he watches me makes me wonder if he’s trying to find a way to kick me out. I can’t handle another guy rejecting me because of my curves. Then he throws out other clients for making me feel like crap. And kisses me. He’s not like any guy I’ve ever met. He’s strong and silent and a whole lot of alpha. Maybe a little too much for me. He gives me confidence and defends me and makes me believe I can do anything. I’ve never felt this way. That’s good though, right?

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Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Download or read book Butterface A Hot Romantic Comedy written by Avery Flynn and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s true. I’m not what most people would call “pretty” and, well, high school was rough. Fast forward ten years and life is good... Until a bunch of jerks think it’s hilarious to put the “butterface” (AKA me) on a wedding Kiss Cam with the hottest guy ever—and that old humiliation hits hard. I recognize him immediately. The sexiest cop in Waterbury and totally out of my league. But then he kisses me. And we totally forget the room, the crowd, everything. Then he tells everyone we’ve been dating for months. Soon everything starts to feel too real, from adorable fights over “necessary” tools to fix my broken porch to surviving a free-for-all dinner with his six siblings to picking up where our last kiss left off. But there’s something he’s not telling me about why he’s really hanging around, and I’m pretty sure it has to do with my mob-connected brothers. Because this is not a make-over story, and Cinderella is only a fairy tale... Each book in the Hartigans series is STANDALONE: * Butterface * Muffin Top * Tomboy

Download or read book Bet Me written by Jennifer Crusie and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agreeing not to pursue a relationship after one date, unlikely lovers Min Dobbs and Cal Morrisey are thrown together again in the wake of such factors as a jealous ex-boyfriend, a determined psychologist, and a bizarrely intelligent cat.