Showing results for "How To" in Contemporary

Gustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. He reads encyclopedias every night before bed. He has a pet ferret called Harry S. Truman. He owns a video rental store that no one goes to. His closest friends are a lady named Lottie with drag queen hair and a trio of elderly Vespa riders known as the We Three Queens.

So I'm throwing myself a breakup party, a glittery fete where I envision I'll lift a glass and celebrate being free and single again. What I actually do: drink too much champagne and blurt out to my best guy friend that I'd really like to get back on the horse. But what I truly don't expect is Carter's answer—he volunteers as tribute.

"Eine der besten Liebesgeschichten des Jahres!" Beth O'Leary Dreizehn Jahre, nachdem ein tragisches Ereignis in der Highschool ihre Leben für immer veränderte, begegnen sich Helen Zhang und Grant Shepard zum ersten Mal wieder. Helen ist Bestsellerautorin und Grant Teil des Writers' Room, der an der TV-Adaption ihrer Jugendromane arbeitet. Während Helen - brillant, schön und verschlossen - gegen ihr Impostorsyndrom und ihre Schreibblockaden kämpft, ringt der nach außen charmante und witzige Grant mit seiner Vergangenheit und wiederkehrenden Panikattacken.

Kate Fletcher is my kryptonite. She's also my best friend. Former best friend? I'm not sure what you call it when we grew up attached at the hip and then she left Silver Creek (and me) to travel the world. The important thing is: Kate is back. (Temporarily.) And I'm still in love with her. (Permanently.) But something is different now. The attraction doesn't seem one-sided. I don't think I'm imagining the heat in Kate's eyes or the chemistry crackling between us.

My daughter and I have spent years just getting by while my ex-husband tries his best to sabotage anything good, and the last thing I need is an athlete who's constantly getting in trouble. But when things heat up and my pride refuses to confide in my brother, Leo is the one who sees me at my lowest and offers to help. I can live with him in exchange for some meals. Maybe some dishes and dry-cleaning. But his fall from grace with the media is far from over, and when he's forced to enter a PR relationship, the only person he trusts is me.

When one of THE Hawthorne brothers—known by their chiseled jawlines and their family-run farm and event center—hires me to be his virtual assistant, I do everything I can to keep him firmly in the work zone. His grumpy demeanor helps. His smoking hot profile picture does not. But even if I do have a crush (a very tiny one), I can't catch real feelings for a million different reasons. Besides the whole business part of our relationship, I'm a single mom. I have to think about what's best for my son. And my grumpy, divorced, humorless boss isn't exactly giving me "ready to be a stepdad" vibes.

At one time, Dominic Evans was my everything. That was before everything fell apart. My parents had warned me he wasn't the right kind of man for me and Dom proved them right. Now seventeen years later, I'm returning home. Running from my own mistakes in the form of an abusive, cheating fiancé. With my trail of bad luck, my car breaks down and Dom is the one who comes to my rescue. I hate having to rely on him, but I don't have much of a choice. Next thing I know Dominic sets up a work space for me in his garage; and finds me a job.

Josiah Erickson wants to be a movie star. The problem with that is so does half of Los Angeles. But he's on his way, what with memorable roles as a TV show background cadaver and a guy in a commercial for herpes medication. All he needs is his big break. And that break may come in the form of a novelist who goes by the enigmatic name of Q-Bert.

Eine romantische Komödie über die Fehler, die wir machen und die Wagnisse, die das Abenteuer Liebe mit sich bringt... mit Momenten zum Loslachen und einer Prise Sinnlichkeit. Mist! Wegen eines Schneesturms wird kurzerhand der Flughafen lahmgelegt und Lucys Flug nach Hause abgesagt. Sie muss es unbedingt vor Weihnachten in die Heimat schaffen. Aus purer Verzweiflung sucht sie sich mithilfe einer App eine spontane Mitfahrgelegenheit – mit Kopfhörern und ihrer Lieblingsmusik wird Lucy die paar Stunden mit einem Fremden schon aushalten. Aber den Mann, zu dem sie ins Auto steigt, kennt sie leider allzu gut.

Lorsqu’une tempête de neige cloue son avion au sol, Lucy fait une ultime tentative pour rentrer chez elle à Noël en s’inscrivant sur une application de covoiturage. Elle croit qu’elle fera le trajet avec un inconnu … mais l’homme qui se présente à sa porte est quelqu’un qu’elle ne connaît que trop bien. C’est le coup d’un soir qu’elle a ghosté il y a quelques mois, et voilà qu’elle se retrouve coincée dans une voiture avec lui pour le voyage le plus gênant de sa vie.

It's lust at first sight when Brody Singer first lays eyes on Abby Dunn. The dark-haired beauty looks a lot like a woman he once knew, who died years ago. At first Brody fears his attraction is a holdover from that secret crush, but Abby's definitely different. She's a lot shyer, a lot sexier, and absolutely mesmerizing. But Abby isn't having any of it. She's still trying to put her last disastrous relationship behind her and overcome the flaws her ex wouldn't let her forget.

For years, I've tried to hide my attraction to him because I know it's one-sided. Gabe is fiercely protective of me, but that's as far as his affections go. He's older than me–something he reminds me of often—and he takes his role of caring for me seriously. But when a family tragedy brings us together, grief and comfort lead to a fiery night of passion. I might have given in to my desires, but I refuse to let this change things between us. I know that Gabe will convince himself that staying with me is the right thing to do.

Rules are made to be broken . . . If England had yearbooks, I'd probably be "Arden St. Ives: Man Least Likely to Set the World on Fire." So far, I haven't. I've no idea what I'm doing at Oxford, no idea what I'm going to do next and, until a week ago, I had no idea who Caspian Hart was. Turns...

Be careful what you wish for . . . Once upon a time there was a totally ordinary boy who fell for a cold, beautiful prince. Only it's not a fairy tale, it's my life. The prince is a billionaire called Caspian Hart. And we're trying super hard to live happily ever after. He's everything I want...

Don't miss the epic conclusion to Caspian Hart and Arden St. Ives' love story! If you love someone, set them free... I thought I'd be okay when Caspian Hart left. He was a brilliant, beautiful billionaire with a past he couldn't escape. And I was ... just me: an ordinary man lost in his own life...

Long black hair and even longer legs, Tess Donahue had lost the braces and gained the confidence she never had as a teenager. She's hilarious, pretty—and when I see her in those cowboy boots? Whoa. Stolen glances. Flirty banter. One drunk filled night. Suddenly, my uncomplicated weekend of "living a little" in my hometown becomes a lifetime being tied to the one girl that was off limits.

Small-town charm and steamy billionaires: Welcome to Cinnamon Springs . . . How to Break My Heart is a cosy and steamy enemies-to-lovers romance following a small-town cafe owner and her best friend’s billionaire brother as they’re forced to work together to plan a wedding. Perfect for fans...

When THE Tatum Elliott shows up to run the catering kitchen at my family's farm and event center, I don't trust her any more than I did back in culinary school. But like it or not, she's here. On my territory. My turf. In the kitchen that shares a building with my farm-to-table restaurant. And she can't seem to keep her hands off my parmesan. Our old rivalry flares to life faster than a flambe, but there's something else flaming between us too. And it's heating up quicker than anything we're making in the kitchen.

Interior decorator Zoe Ryan's life resembles a bad country song. Her boyfriend dumped her, her car died, and she was recently handed a pink slip. What's a girl to do? Leave everything behind for a bit...in Positano, Italy. And when she gets there, she finds a surprising extra-millionaire restaurateur Dante Sabbatini in the kitchen. In his underwear. Making coffee. It's suddenly not only hot outside, but exactly what is he doing inside, in her temporary kitchen?

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Romance is the biggest scheme of them all in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from beloved author Alexa Martin. Emerson Pierce loves everything about being a kindergarten teacher except the painfully low salary. It isn’t until she hears about Petunia...