Download or read book A Lot Like Love written by Julie James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An FBI agent and an heiress have to get up close and personal on an undercover assignment in this thrilling romance from the author of The Thing About Love. As the daughter of a billionaire and the owner of the city’s top wine store, Jordan Rhodes is invited to the most exclusive parties in Chicago. But there’s only one party the FBI wants to crash: the charity fund-raiser of a famous restaurateur, who also happens to launder money for the mob. In exchange for her brother’s release from prison, Jordan is going to be there—with a date supplied by the Bureau. As the top undercover agent in Chicago, Nick McCall has one rule: never get personal. This “date” with Jordan Rhodes is merely an assignment—one they’re both determined to pull off even if they can’t be together for five minutes before the sarcasm and sparks begin to fly. But when Nick’s investigation is compromised, he and Jordan have no choice but to pretend they’re a couple, and what starts out as a simple assignment begins to feel a lot like something more...

Download or read book A Lot Like Adi s written by Alexis Daria and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alexis Daria's A Lot Like Adiós is a charming, sexy spitfire of a novel! Romance readers, this is your new favorite book!" --Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation The national bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola returns with a seductive second-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best friend who has finally returned home. Hi Mich. It’s Gabe. After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? She’s perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago. It’s been a long time. Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parents’ demanding expectations, but it also meant saying goodbye to Michelle, his best friend and longtime crush. Now, he’s the successful co-owner of LA’s hottest celebrity gym, with an investor who insists on opening a New York City location. It’s the last place Gabe wants to go, but when Michelle is unexpectedly brought on board to spearhead the new marketing campaign, everything Gabe’s been running from catches up with him. I’ve missed you. Michelle is torn between holding Gabe at arm’s length or picking up right where they left off—in her bed. As they work on the campaign, old feelings resurface, and their reunion takes a sexy turn. Facing mounting pressure from their families—who think they’re dating—and growing uncertainty about their futures, can they resolve their past mistakes, or is it only a matter of time before Gabe says adiós again?

Download or read book A Lot Like Romance written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can he let go of the past in time to convince her friends make the best lovers? Former Navy SEAL medic Zac Phillips is regrouping in Superstition Springs, still struggling with the guilt that followed him home from Afghanistan. He knows better than to think he could ever have someone as perfect as Dr. Phillipa Snow. She’s focused on helping her clients heal, one therapy session at a time, at the veteran's center where Zac works as a security guard. But when Serenity Force, town matriarch with a direct line to the whispers of fate, gives them a love prediction that says they're meant to be together romantically, they agree to test it out with an experiment designed to land Phillipa her dream job. The only rule? She insists they have to stay friends. And he’s determined to change her mind. Tropes · Love experiment · Friends to lovers · Doctor heroine · Soulmates · Matchmaker · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Found family · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book Lots of Love written by Fiona Walker and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2004 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ellen Jamieson breaks up with her long-standing boyfriend, she plans to go traveling. But first she agrees to house-sit for her parents, who are trying to find a buyer for their idyllic cottage in the Cotswold village of Oddlode. The village is full of quaint and eccentric characters, both blue-blooded and below the salt, and Ellen is the subject of much speculation. Under the wing of Ophelia "Touchy Pheely" Gently, an impoverished local sculptor, Ellen goes to an Auction of Promises village fundraiser and wins a mysterious lot of three wishes. These have been donated by Jasper Belling, the incredibly gorgeous prodigal son of the local lord of the manor. Falling in love with a notorious hell-raiser is the last thing Ellen intended, and the convoluted scandals of the villagers put many obstacles in the way of the young lovers. Several ancient skeletons come rattling out of various cupboards before a no-holds-barred, loved-up finale.

Download or read book A Lot Like Love written by Jennifer Snow and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have different ideas about the fate of an old inn...until it brings them together. When Sarah Lewis inherits a run-down B&B from her late grandmother in coastal Blue Moon Bay, common sense tells her to sell it and return to her life in L.A. But when the new owners decide to tear down the old place, Sarah’s plan changes in an instant. Now she’s determined to return the charming-but-run-down property to its former glory...even if it means hiring her old high school crush to help. Wes Sharrun’s life feels like it’s unraveling. After losing his wife three years ago, he can’t seem to balance his struggling construction company afloat and be a great dad to his nine-year-old daughter. Working on Sarah’s B&B might be the perfect opportunity to get back on his feet. But keeping his distance is tough when even his daughter can’t resist Sarah’s warmth and charm... As Sarah and Wes work together to transform the old place—and discover some of its secrets—the spark between them only grows brighter. But is this a labor of love...or a second chance at it? Each book in the Blue Moon Bay series is STANDALONE: * A Lot Like Love * A Lot Like Christmas * A Lot Like Forever

Download or read book The Love Hypothesis written by Ali Hazelwood and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times Bestseller and TikTok Sensation! As seen on THE VIEW! A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

Download or read book A Lot Like Love written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s falling hard…right into the walls she's put up between them. Former Army Captain Vanessa Emerson wants one thing. Control. After being held captive by terrorists, her world is still wrapped in anxiety and PTSD, and the last thing she needs is a man. Especially not Damian Scott: billionaire developer, philanthropist, and walking suit ad. But when he makes her an offer she can’t refuse to head a housing project for disabled veterans, suddenly he’s got a new title—Boss. Worse, he’s far too charming for his own good and has a habit of pushing all her buttons. Damian Scott has everything money can buy, except the one thing he craves: a woman who challenges him. Vanessa. Smart, irreverent, and utterly unimpressed by his wealth, she’s the only person who makes him feel like a real man instead of a walking bank account. When the town matchmaker gives them both a love prediction, Damian finally has a little help to prove to Vanessa that he’s more than a suit with a fortune—and that what she’s been avoiding looks a lot like love. Tropes · Billionaire boss · Hurt/Comfort · Workplace romance · Alpha cinnamon roll CEO hero · Matchmaker · Wounded warrior (her scars are on the inside) · He falls first · Found family · Small town · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Christmas written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2022-10-29 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s all about Christmas magic; he’s a Grinch—cue the ice storm of the century! When Iris Duncan tracks down her grandmother’s stolen Christmas ornament to a dusty antique store in Superstition Springs, she senses instantly that she and the man behind the counter are meant to be together. Grumpy ex-Navy SEAL, Wesley Ford, is in town to babysit his father’s store, not to have his solitary life upended. But a freak Texas ice storm traps them together for the holidays, and it will take a Christmas miracle for Iris to convince the widower to take this second chance at love. Tropes · Forced Proximity · Widower · Grumpy hero / sunshiny heroine · Matchmaker · Soulmates · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Forever written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2022-10-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only thing real about their fake relationship? The chemistry. Calypso Elliot creates chaos wherever she goes, a hurricane in a handbasket who came to Superstition Springs to restart her life, not attract the attention of a stalker. The last thing she expects is for Garrison Rockwell to jump at the chance to play her fake boyfriend-slash-bodyguard. He attends to her every need. Takes care of her and her problems. It’s so…sexy. Ex-Navy SEAL Garrison Rockwell likes everything in its place and structures his life in this tiny Texas town to ensure it stays that way. It makes no sense why he’d be so intensely attracted to a hot mess like Calypso Elliot. They’re totally incompatible. But faking things is so much fun, it’s easy to forget. Except Calypso is the opposite of a woman Garrison can build a normal, non-chaotic life with. She’s not so sure he can handle a woman like her long term, either. There’s no way this can last forever…even if they fall for each other. Tropes · Bodyguard · Fake boyfriend · Opposites attract · Soulmates · Matchmaker · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Found family · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Fate written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2018-11-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worse than being trapped with her enemy? Falling for him A smoldering womanizer is the last man on earth Cassidy Calloway should be dreaming about. She has no interest in being Ex-Navy SEAL Tristan Marchande’s next conquest. There’s just one snag…Serenity’s infamous prediction that Cassidy will find true love in an unexpected place. It’s definitely not Tristan. Right? Tristan’s too busy fighting his own demons to question why Cassidy always leaves any room he’s in. But when he’s accidentally trapped with Cassidy in an underground storm shelter, secrets bubble to the surface and suddenly, nothing seems so certain except one thing: fate is what happens when you’re making other plans. Tropes · Enemies to lovers · Forced proximity · Player with a heart of gold · She has ADHD · Soulmates · Matchmaker · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Found family · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Paradise written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2022-04-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bad boy’s attention shouldn’t feel so very, very good… Former Navy SEAL Max Braun dives head first into whatever he’s passionate about and Lina Elliot is no exception. When the town’s matchmaker gives them both love predictions that say they’re fated for each other, he’s all in. For now. Love never lasts, right? Lina Elliot followed her sister to Superstition Springs in hopes of finding her own happily ever after. But she never expected a rollercoaster ride named Max to immediately pursue her. His teammates call him Maximum and it’s no mystery why—he’s over the top about everything. Including her. When they’re assigned as co-organizers for an art festival benefiting the new veteran’s center, things get intense fast. How can she give in to what may be the greatest adventure of her life when fate has always ripped away everything she’s ever cared about? Tropes · Bad boy · Working together/same project · Soulmates · Matchmaker · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Found family · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Family written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her second chance comes with strings—him Navy veteran Hudson Rafferty is fine being alone with his nightmares and what’s left of his soul. He’s not fine with Ember Nixon calling dibs on the space in downtown Superstition Springs that he’s earmarked for his new restaurant. She’s the one woman he can’t ignore, the one woman who pushes past his carefully constructed boundaries—and the one woman who seems to accept his quirks. Ember left Superstition Springs at seventeen, pregnant and disgraced. She never dreamed she’d be back with a special-needs seven-year-old in tow. Or that Aunt Serenity’s love prediction would say a partnership with Hudson Rafferty is the only way she’ll get the empty space she wants for her new business enterprise. The enigmatic ex-Navy guy doesn’t even acknowledge that she exists no matter how much she flirts with him. How can they possibly be partners? Or maybe a better question is…how did this partnership blossom into a budding romance that can never survive Hudson’s biggest dealbreaker? Tropes · Neurodiverse hero · Returning home · Single mom · Soulmates · Matchmaking aunt · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Found family · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Heaven written by Kathryn Cantrell and published by Brazoria House Books. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her secrets are keeping him from fulfilling a promise. The only solution? An unlikely partnership Ex-Navy SEAL Blake Keller came to Superstition Springs to get his teammate into a PTSD art therapy program, only to find it doesn’t exist yet. Armed with leverage on consultant Aurora Elliot, he plans to use it to speed things up—except his special ops training never covered how to handle a pretty brunette who checks every one of his boxes and has major distraction written all over her. Aurora recently learned she was adopted and is secretly searching for her birth mother while working on the project, but the charismatic, charming and nosy Blake uncovers the truth within minutes. His deal: work together and he’ll keep her secret. The timing for romance is all wrong. But when Serenity hands them love predictions signifying it’s meant to be, all bets are off…until Blake finds out Aurora never planned to stay. Tropes · Hidden identity · Workplace romance · Family secrets · Soulmates · Matchmaker · Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero · Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside) · Found family · Slow burn · Closed door/kissing only

Download or read book A Lot Like Love Other Short Stories written by Nidra Naik and published by BecomeShakespeare.com. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Whole Lot of Love written by Justine Davis and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the phone, Layla Laraway had always driven men wild with her sexy voice. But in face-to-face encounters, few looked past her full figure to the woman inside. So, long ago, Layla had stopped believing in fairy tales...and Prince Charming One look at Layla Laraway and CEO Ethan Winslow knew he'd found a princess. Layla was more woman than any he'd ever met, and he desired her far more than all those 34-24-34s he used to date. And suddenly this far-from-marriage-minded man was seeking to sweep Layla off her feet-and convince her that happily-ever-afters could come true....

Download or read book A Lot Like Love written by Sumrit Shahi and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And that's how it began...or...ummm...perhaps...ended!

Download or read book Modern Romance written by Aziz Ansari and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times Bestseller “An engaging look at the often head-scratching, frequently infuriating mating behaviors that shape our love lives.” —Refinery 29 A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? Some of our problems are unique to our time. “Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?” “Should I go out with this girl even though she listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods? Combos?!” “My girlfriend just got a message from some dude named Nathan. Who’s Nathan? Did he just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check just to be sure?” But the transformation of our romantic lives can’t be explained by technology alone. In a short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person who lived in their neighborhood. Their families would meet and, after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for Modern Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take things to another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. They enlisted the world’s leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any social science or humor book we’ve seen before. In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world.