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Tout le bleu du ciel by Mélissa Da Costa, Bruno Meyere
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPetiteannonce.fr : Émile, 26 ans, condamné à une espérance de vie de deux ans par un Alzheimer précoce, souhaite prendre le large pour un ultime voyage. Recherche compagnon(ne) pour partager avec moi ce dernier périple. Émile a décidé de fuir l’hôpital, la compassion de sa famille et de ses amis. À son propre étonnement, il reçoit une réponse à cette annonce... -
![So Long, Chester Wheeler by Catherine Ryan Hyde]()
So Long, Chester Wheeler by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUnlikely road trip companions form an unexpected bond in an uplifting novel about the past—lost and found—by the New York Times and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author.Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he’s roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn’t need the aggravation, just the money... -
![The Sarah Dessen Gift Set by Sarah Dessen]()
The Sarah Dessen Gift Set by Sarah Dessen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe perfect gift for Sarah Dessen fans! Three of New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen?s most popular titles? Just Listen , This Lullaby , and The Truth About Forever ?are now available in a beautifully designed boxed set... -
![Road to Love by Nicole Falls]()
Road to Love by Nicole Falls
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmerson Parker is a walking ball of stress. Still reeling from the untimely demise of a relationship that she thought would last forever, work strain, & longstanding family drama, she is in dire need of respite. A freak occurrence coupled with a little bit of desperation to get away from it all leads her on an adventure—a cross-country road trip back to her hometown of Ragston, MI... -
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![Castle of Water: A Novel by Dane Huckelbridge]()
Castle of Water: A Novel by Dane Huckelbridge
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo very different people, one very small island. For Sophie Ducel, her honeymoon in French Polynesia was intended as a celebration of life. The proud owner of a thriving Parisian architecture firm, co-founded with her brilliant new husband, Sophie had much to look forward to—including a visit to the island home of her favorite singer, Jacques Brel... -
![That One Summer by C.J. Duggan]()
That One Summer by C.J. Duggan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLoving Chris Henderson would be wrong. Diabolically disastrous. I mean, what is there about him to love? He’s moody, bossy, brooding, a control freak, and that’s on a good day … but there was one achingly obvious fact that haunted my every thought, every minute of every day … He sure could kiss... -
![Scotland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Scotland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book two of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. In book two, enjoy Morgan and Finlay as the newly employed girl finds herself in Scotland. Excerpt:She smiled in return... -
![Australia by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Australia by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book three of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. Follow Morgan in this story as she explores the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia with the gorgeous Aussie, Tanner Collins... -
![Ireland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Ireland by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book five of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. Morgan meets Sean Burke, a gorgeous carefree man that teaches her what the finer things in life really are. He also happens to be the best friend of.. -
![From Afar by Frank Scozzari]()
From Afar by Frank Scozzari
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor centuries, poets have argued that unrequited love is love in its strongest form. From Afar is a timeless tale of Morgan Stanfield’s search for love in the far northern city of Saint Petersburg, Russia...Categorized as:
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Deck the Halls (Darling, VT) by Donna Alward
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith shades of It’s a Wonderful Life , one man must face his past to find his future this Christmas. In the last year, George's life has drastically changed. The formerly homeless veteran now has a job he likes, a family in the residents of Darling, VT, and for the first time in years, a home... -
![The History of Us by Nyrae Dawn]()
The History of Us by Nyrae Dawn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes it's not about coming out, it's about settling in. Eighteen-year-old Bradley Collins came out a year ago and hasn't looked back since. Who cares if he doesn't know any other gay people? Bradley has friends and basketball-that's all he needs. Even if that means always sitting on the sidelines when the guys go out looking for girls...Categorized as:
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![The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett]()
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—from the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely AnimalsAt sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it... -
![The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby]()
The Other Side of Lost by Jessi Kirby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGirl Online meets Wild in this emotionally charged story of girl who takes to the wilderness to rediscover herself and escape the superficial persona she created on social media.Mari Turner’s life is perfect. That is, at least to her thousands of followers who have helped her become an internet starlet... -
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![The Gambler by Denise Grover Swank]()
The Gambler by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook three in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series by Denise Grover Swank.Libby St. Clair believes in fate—so much so, she’s willing to pin everything on a curse a fortune teller placed on her and her two best friends when they were kids...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary]()
The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA heart-warming story about family secrets and one woman’s escape to dreamy Sandy Cove on the stunning west coast of Ireland.The picturesque beach of Wild Rose Bay is the last place Lydia Butler thought she’d be. But having just lost everything, the run-down cottage she inherited from her Great Aunt Nellie is the only place she can take her daughter, Sunny... -
![The Empty Nesters by Carolyn Brown]()
The Empty Nesters by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe worst of times calls for the best of friends in this sassy novel about starting over, from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Dear friends and army wives Diana, Carmen, and Joanie have been through war, rumors of war, marital problems, motherhood, fears, joy, and heartache. But none of the women are prepared when their daughters decide to enlist in the army together... -
![Italy by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff]()
Italy by Brandi Ratliff, Rebecca Ratliff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book four of an eighty part series. Morgan Holland is a beautiful, young, waitress who has struggled to find her way in life. Unlucky in love and unsure about her future, she has a chance meeting with someone who offers to change her life. Morgan meets Dante, the sexy Italian Stallion. Her new hunk for the week is shy and needs Morgan's help to break out of his shell... -
![جو بچے ہیں سنگ سمیٹ لو [Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait lo] by Farhat Ishtiaq]()
جو بچے ہیں سنگ سمیٹ لو [Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait lo] by Farhat Ishtiaq
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![The Prince & the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell]()
The Prince & the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn American teen stranded in London is forced to team up with the British crown prince if she wants to make it back home before the end of the world in this delightfully rompy high-stakes rom-com.Wren Wheeler has flown five thousand miles across the ocean to discover she’s the worst kind of traveler: the kind who just wants to go home... -
![Test Drive by Samantha Chase]()
Test Drive by Samantha Chase
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWillow Andrew’s life is a hot mess.Coming from a family of successful professionals, the fact that at twenty-seven she still doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up doesn’t sit well. Desperate not to disappoint her grandmother, she invents a fake boyfriend so Gammy won’t worry so much. It seemed a victimless lie.. -
![The Atlas of Us by Tracy Buchanan]()
The Atlas of Us by Tracy Buchanan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHow far would you go for the one you love the most? When Louise Fenton flies to Thailand to find her mother, Nora, after the Boxing Day tsunami, she fears the worst when the only trace she can find is her mother’s distinctive bag. In the bag is a beautifully crafted atlas owned by travel journalist Claire Shreve, with her notes and mementos slipped in-between the pages... -
![How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss]()
How Not to Disappear by Clare Furniss
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOur memories are what make us who we are. Some are real. Some are made up. But they are the stories that tell us who we are. Without them we are nobody.Hattie's summer isn't going as planned. Her two best friends have abandoned her: Reuben has run off to Europe to 'find himself" and Kat is in Edinburgh with her new girlfriend... -
![Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud]()
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn electrifying novel of an unconventional family in Trinidad mended by their individual, and collective, quests for loveAfter Betty Ramdin's husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo. Over time, the three become a family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr... -
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![Something Beautiful by Jamie McGuire]()
Something Beautiful by Jamie McGuire
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAmerica Mason, a sassy undergrad at Eastern State University, is in love with a Maddox--Shepley Maddox. Unlike his cousins, Shepley is more lover than fighter, but a road trip to her parents' home in Wichita, Kansas could mean the next step, or the end of everything... -
![Wrapped Around My Heart by Kelly Collins]()
Wrapped Around My Heart by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon’t miss this heartwarming holiday love story.Mark Cantwell has a life most men can only dream of—he’s rich, respected, and ripped. There’s only one thing he wants—to regain control of his grandfather’s company. When the chance finally pops up, he jumps at it even though it means ruining Christmas for his executive assistant, Jess Stone. Jess Stone will do anything for her handsome boss...Categorized as:
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![Thomas & January by Fisher Amelie]()
Thomas & January by Fisher Amelie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThomas Eriksson thinks he has it all figured out."People crossed the street when they saw me. I’m not really sure why that was. I mean, okay, I might have looked a bit intimidating if I was being truthful with you. I’d changed since New York. New York represented a life that wasn’t real, not truthfully, anyway. No, New York was the “young, immature, in love, idiot" side of Tom... -
![Documentary by A.J. Sand]()
Documentary by A.J. Sand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDylan Carroll, an ambitious college student filmmaker still reeling from the death of her brother, may have just stumbled onto the opportunity of a lifetime. Musician Kai White is in the middle of a public relations nightmare, and he may be keeping a secret that could turn things around. His manager/publicist wants to create a web series aimed at cleaning up his image... -
![Between the Cracks by Helena Hunting]()
Between the Cracks by Helena Hunting
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTattooist Chris Zelter doesn’t always make the best decisions when it comes to the people he cares about, or the women he gets involved with. Things have changed recently, though. Chris has lost interest in casual flings as he finds himself wrapped up in Sarah Adamson, a waitress at the local strip club he frequents... -
![Right Kind of Wrong by Chelsea Fine]()
Right Kind of Wrong by Chelsea Fine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPraise for Best Kind of Broken:"By turns humorous and heartbreaking, Best Kind Of Broken has become one of my favorites!" ---Cora Carmack, New York Times bestselling author "You'll fall for Pixie and Levi, just like I did!" ---Jennifer L. Armentrout (J...Categorized as:
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![Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger]()
Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCobb, a devoted teacher and nature-lover, takes a sabbatical from his New England boys prep school seeking to experience what Henry David Thoreau and the transcendentalists did in the early nineteenth century. Kayaking to the last known spot where the American writer and philosopher camped four years before he died, he encounters the beautiful free-spirited Mary... -
![Off the Map by Trish Doller]()
Off the Map by Trish Doller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn the road to love, you don't need a GPS... Carla Black’s life motto is “here for a good time, not for a long time.” She’s been travelling the world on her own in her vintage Jeep Wrangler for nearly a decade, stopping only long enough to replenish her adventure fund. She doesn’t do love and she doesn’t ever go home.Eamon Sullivan is a modern-day cartographer who creates digital maps... -
![Nobody's Girl by Sarra Manning]()
Nobody's Girl by Sarra Manning
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBea thinks she's the most boring seventeen-year-old in the world. She's not pretty or popular or funny, unlike her mother who had Bea when she was 17. The only glamorous thing about Bea is the French father who left before she was born and lives in Paris. She yearns for la vie Parisienne every moment of her dull existence...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier]()
Chasing Forever Down by Nikki Chartier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Haley Sullivan is dragged to a corporate party with her parents, she's searching for one thing - the nearest exit. Instead, she finds a mysterious stranger who plays by his own rules and chases his own dreams, and he's definitely cute enough to disappear with for the night...Categorized as:
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![Riding with Brighton by Haven Francis]()
Riding with Brighton by Haven Francis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the small town of Spring Valley, molds weren’t made to be broken, and high school senior Jay Hall’s been living comfortably in his popular jock one since adolescence. If it weren’t for the colorful, outspoken artistic anomaly Brighton Bello-Adler, he might have been willing to remain there... -
![All the Walls of Belfast by Sarah Carlson]()
All the Walls of Belfast by Sarah Carlson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFiona and Danny were born in the same hospital. Fiona’s mom fled with her to the United States when she was two, but, fourteen years after the Troubles ended, a forty-foot-tall peace wall still separates her dad’s Catholic neighborhood from Danny’s Protestant neighborhood... -
![Road Rash by Mark Huntley Parsons]()
Road Rash by Mark Huntley Parsons
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA teenage drummer finds out what life is really like on tour with a rock band in this funny and bittersweet YA novel. For anyone who loved Almost Famous or This Is Spinal Tap. After being dropped from one band, sixteen-year-old drummer Zach gets a chance to go on tour with a much better band... -
![Cabin Fever by Annabelle Costa]()
Cabin Fever by Annabelle Costa
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was a damsel in distress. Trapped in a car. Slowly being buried by the unrelenting snow. No cell service. No way out. And then when all hope felt lost, he appeared—a shadowy figure emerging from the depths of the blizzard. Except my dashing hero on a mighty steed was instead a hulking beast of a man with an eyepatch and a beard, driving a pickup truck... -
![Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly]()
Four for the Road by K.J. Reilly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing with the messy side of grief who embark on a road trip to Graceland.Asher Hunting wants revenge.Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom and got off on a technicality... -
![Over the Hill by Elle Keaton]()
Over the Hill by Elle Keaton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA shy bachelor, a reformed play boy, a road trip. A snow storm, a secluded cabin; will both men get what's on their Christmas list this year? Owen Addison has no trouble meeting men, but he's never fallen in love. Maybe there's something wrong with him? It's not that Edmund Lake hasn't wanted to lose his virginity. He has. He sooo has... -
![Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally]()
Jesse's Girl (Hundred Oaks) by Miranda Kenneally
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEveryone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she’d get to shadow *the* Jesse Scott, Nashville’s teen idol.But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true... -
![Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez]()
Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJason Carrillo came out to his basketball team senior year and lost his university scholarship. Now, with graduation behind him and summer ending, he's asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country... -
![Paper Hearts by Ali Novak]()
Paper Hearts by Ali Novak
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“I’m sorry,” he said, slowly untying the ribbon that held his mask in place. “It’s just…I didn’t want you to think of me any differently.”Somehow I kept my mouth from falling open. I knew his face, but my mind couldn’t accept that he was the person looking down at me.“My real name is Alec.”Felicity has her entire future planned...Categorized as:
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![52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香]()
52赫茲的鯨魚們 by Sonoko Machida, 町田苑香
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings52赫茲的鯨魚，是世界上最孤獨的鯨魚。其他鯨魚無法接收到牠發出的高頻率叫聲。雖然有很多同伴，但其他同伴聽不到牠的呼喚，牠也聽不到其他同伴的聲音。就像總是無比孤單、無人理解，無人在乎的我一樣⋯⋯ 沒有人能理解、無法將內心呼喊、求救傳達出去的你，並不孤單。「我會傾聽你那無法傳達給任何人的52赫茲的聲音。」 日本九州一處偏遠的海邊小鎮。斷絕所有一切，獨自移居此地的貴瑚，在某個下雨天遇到了跟自己一樣散發孤單感的一名少年。 他身上有和我相同的氣味。那是沒有父母關愛的孤獨氣味。這種氣味很棘手，無論再怎麼仔細清洗都洗不掉。孤獨的氣味不是滲進皮膚或是肌肉，而是滲進內心。 她彷彿從少年身上看見當年的自己──悲慘、絕望、被踐踏、了無生趣。當時的貴瑚遇見了這世上唯一能聽到她求救呼喊的人，她才得以倖存。如今，貴瑚想要對少年伸出援手……... -
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![Just a Name by Becky Monson]()
Just a Name by Becky Monson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf there’s one thing Holly Murphy loves, it’s a solid plan. She has her entire life figured out—or so she thinks. But when life pulls the rug out from under her, she’s left to deal with a canceled wedding—hers, to be precise. And the promotion she’s worked toward for years is now in jeopardy because the team she supervises doesn’t like her management style...Categorized as:
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![Seatmate by Cara Bastone, Amanda Ronconi]()
Seatmate by Cara Bastone, Amanda Ronconi
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsListening Length: 5 hours and 10 minutesRide along on this endearing road-trip rom-com from Audie Award nominee Cara Bastone - scripted exclusively for audio!I have exactly 5 hours and 10 minutes to get from Boston to New York City or the professional opportunity of a lifetime disappears. My only travel option? The second to last seat on a discount bus. Across from the bathroom... -
![Island Hopping by Ann Omasta]()
Island Hopping by Ann Omasta
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEscape to the gorgeous island of Antigua in this sexy romance between workaholic Lizzie and carefree islander Shay, who might just be exactly the man she needs!Lizzie Lowe didn’t mean to kiss her best friend, Roxy’s, fiancé the night before the wedding. It happened, though, and now Lizzie’s desperate to make amends with Roxy’s family for that dumb mistake... -
![Notes from the Northern Lights by Jo Thomas]()
Notes from the Northern Lights by Jo Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDive into this gorgeous winter warmer from Jo Thomas, bestselling author of The Oyster Catcher and Late Summer in the Vineyard. Notes from the Northern Lights is a sparkling short story available exclusively in ebook.Wardrobe mistress Ruby Knightly has been sent to Iceland on a very special mission that could save her opera company's opening night...Categorized as:
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![The Darkest Part by Trisha Wolfe]()
The Darkest Part by Trisha Wolfe
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPressing the boundaries of both the psyche and the heart, Sam and Holden embark on a dangerous journey that will test the limits of love.Sam Wintry’s life used to be almost perfect. She was engaged to her childhood best friend and high school sweetheart, Tyler Marks, planning an amazing cross-country honeymoon during her college break... -
![Leaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs]()
Leaving Unknown by Kerry Reichs
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaeve Connolly is tired of being labelled as irresponsible. Yes, she may spend unhealthy amounts of time on Facebook and watch marathon sessions of America's Next Top Model, but Maeve isn't a typical post-college slacker. Determined to change her life and make her own luck, Maeve impulsively decides on a grand adventure - driving cross country to LA...Categorized as:
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