Showing results for "Time and Literature" in Romantic Comedy

Celeste Varick has a simple plan. Charter a plane to a remote island on Lake Michigan, hike into the woods, find the last remaining wormholes on earth, and ya know, walk into one. For reasons! Okay, maybe not quite simple, given she has no idea where she’ll land in the timeline, or what she’ll need to do to fix a past she can't move on from. Perhaps she could use a little help…

Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights. But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled.

Mona and Duncan used to be best friends. Now they can’t stand each other. Too bad that’s not a good enough excuse to miss their two families’ annual trip to the cabin. But things get really complicated when they accidentally drive through a wormhole together on the way. Look what playing nice and carpooling gets you. Now they’re stranded indoors by an epic storm and stuck in an alternate timeline where things are just slightly ... off.

Ever since Alana Diaz adopted her cat Furrari, she has found herself in a feud with her infuriating neighbor, whom she knows only by the name on the passive aggressive notes he leaves on her door - R. Jones. Alana works hard all day, and the last thing she needs when she finally relaxes on her balcony with a glass of wine and her new furry roommate is her neighbor’s dog barking his head off.

Running into your ex is never ideal. Running into your ex who is now dating your nemesis is a literal nightmare. That’s how I found myself in a sheer panic, reaching for the closest guy at the bar and kissing him. And to my delight he was easily the most attractive man I’ve ever seen.

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.

Down and almost out in Nashville, Hannah May takes a job at what she thinks is a telemarketing company. To her shock, it’s a phone sex hotline. Unfortunately, the only role-playing Hannah can do with conviction is as a cash-strapped twenty-five-year-old virgin caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s. If only her callers were into that fantasy. Instead, one of them is looking for a killer.

With wedding planning underway and a short timeline, my best friend, Lia, has recruited me to help her battle the snarly beast that is Mrs. Beaver. Not scared at all, I accept the challenge as her man-in-waiting--aka, man of honor--and take matters into my own hands. The only problem is, with every second we draw closer to the wedding, I'm starting to see my best girl in a different light. She's always been beautiful to me, but now . . . I find myself staring a touch too long. My hand lingering for one more minute. And when she's upset? Allowing her to sleep in my bed.

One misdirection, and effervescent vacation-home reviewer Sage Featherstone comes bounding up to the door of the wrong cabin. Lucky her. The owner is Travis Blacksburg, a broody, out-of-this-world-sexy tech billionaire. A quick look at that GQ body, and Sage’s fantasies are running wild. So are Travis’s. With Sage’s spirited personality, mop of pink hair, and lack of boundaries, Travis can’t wait to kill her. Because that’s what he does. Thirty-eight victims so far. And his latest target just walked into his life, looking absolutely irresistible.

Has she met The One? Or is she twenty years too late? 48-year-old Amelia Simpson finds herself adrift after her husband leaves, consumed by dreams of something more than her daily routine with her 8-year-old twins in a small Welsh town. When she stumbles upon an old phone number from a handsome stranger in New York, a spark of possibility ignites. Encouraged by her best friend Sian, Amelia embarks on a whirlwind journey to the Big Apple to reconnect with her "Perfect Patrick". But as they explore NYC, Amelia begins to wonder if the magic she seeks might actually be closer to home.

You’d think nearly dying trying to get out of a too-tight gown in a dressing room and being saved by a strong, competent man was a good thing. Not so much, though, when that strong, competent man is your ex. Your secret ex. And the reason you need a gown is because you’re part of a charity auction. The charity auction where he gets into a bidding war to win you. And now, because you’re one of few female coaches in professional baseball, and he’s the captain of the local professional hockey team, and he paid a ridiculous sum of money for you…

When Andie tries to gain closure with her ex-husband, he asks one final favor of her. A distant cousin has died and left North the guardian of two orphans. When Andie meets the two children, she realizes the situation is much worse than she feared. Carter and Alice aren’t your average delinquents, and the creepy old house where they live is being run by the worst housekeeper since Mrs. Danvers. Complicating matters is Andie’s fiancé’s suspicion that this is all a plan by North to get Andie back.

Er ist ein Dunkler Lord, Sohn eines Dämons, der prophezeite Zerstörer des Reiches. Sie ist blond, gutgläubig und viel zu optimistisch. Halbdämon Damien Maleficus Bloodthorne steht mit seinem teuflischsten Zauber kurz davor, das Ziel all seiner grausigen Machenschaften zu erreichen: seinen Vater, den Fürsten der Dämonen, aus dem magischen Exil zurückzubringen. Die niedliche Diebin Amma bindet sich aus Versehen mit einem magischen Artefakt an Damien und durchkreuzt damit seine düsteren Pläne.

Das Drehbuch für einen großen Film zu schreiben, ist für Elle die Chance ihres Lebens. Das einzige Problem? Sie leidet seit Monaten an einer Schreibblockade, und die Deadline am Ende des Sommers rückt unaufhaltsam näher. Auf der Suche nach Inspiration zieht Elle für den Sommer zurück nach New York, wo der Film spielen wird. Dass ihr Nachbar ausgerechnet Parker Warren, der Tech-Milliardär ist, hat Elle nicht erwartet – und noch viel weniger, dass Parker sie bittet, über den Sommer sein Fake-Date zu spielen.

Snagging a date? Not a problem. But one that meets my special requirements? As the premier best-man-for hire in all of Manhattan, I promise discretion, so when I need a plus one for a couple of I dos, she needs to be A-Plus in reliability. Fortunately, I have a brilliant solution in asking my best friend's sister to go on my arm. Truly is my good friend, too, and I trust her completely.

Wen die Braut will, den bekommt die Braut. Milliardär Breaker Cane und Lia Fairweather-Fern sind seit Ewigkeiten eng befreundet und daher hilft er ihr auch bei den Hochzeitsvorbereitungen. Lias zukünftige Schwiegermutter macht allerdings Schwierigkeiten und besteht darauf, immer ihren Willen durchzusetzen. Doch das eigentliche Problem ist nicht Mrs. Beaver, sondern Lia, die Braut. Denn je näher die Hochzeit rückt, desto mehr sieht Breaker sie in einem neuen Licht. Und plötzlich wird ihm schlagartig klar: Er hat sich in seine beste Freundin verliebt.

Daphne Griffin is a first-year Minnesota resident in emergency medicine when she rides her bike into a man who appears out of thin air. Physically, he’s fine. Confused? Very. He claims he’s Henry MacDonald, from Edinburgh, Scotland, 1885. The closer Daphne gets to Henry, the more probable the impossible notion of a time traveler looks. The how and why are vitally important to Henry, who needs to return home before his widowed mother and two sisters lose the family business. In the meantime, he’s adjusting to the marvels of twenty-first-century life and his feelings for the irresistible Daphne.

On the big screen, Mia plays a woman in love. But in real life, she's an actress in need of a break from her real-life philandering husband - the megastar who plays her romantic interest in the movies. So she heads across the English Channel to hide in Paris behind a new haircut, fake eyeglasses, and a waitressing job at her best friend's restaurant.

Nora Jansson will do anything to save her parents’ beloved bakery from bankruptcy, even if it means allowing a TV reality crew into her kitchen and her life. Not to mention celebrity pastry chef Henrik Eklund, its impossibly rude host who’s happy to point out Nora’s baking missteps—on cue. It’s bringing out her feisty side. Nora’s sourdough starter isn’t exactly Henrik’s biggest worry. His popularity is slipping, and his production team has an idea for making this a blockbuster season: fake flirt.

Was tust du, wenn du beinahe einen Footballstar über den Haufen fährst? Richtig. Du landest mit ihm im Bett. Wenn dann auch noch der zehnjährige Sohn deiner verstorbenen besten Freundin vor der Tür steht, ist das Weihnachtschaos perfekt. Sadie Jones hat nach dem tragischen Tod ihrer besten Freundin der Großstadt den Rücken gekehrt. Sie liebt das unaufgeregte Leben auf dem Land, wenn da nur nicht ihre massiven finanziellen Probleme wären.