Books like 'Anti-Player (A Curvy Nerdy Romance)'
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The Bluff by Emma St. Clair
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's hard to be professional when you hate and are attracted to your boss in equal measure... -
Понедельник начинается в субботу. Сказка о Тройке by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsШедевр русской фантастики!!! Блистающие юмором истории младшего научного сотрудника Александра Привалова стали настольной книгой многих поколений российских читателей.Федор Симеонович Киврин и Витька Корнеев, ведьмочка Стеллочка и профессор Выбегалло,Лавр Федотович и птеродактиль Кузька, пришелец Константин и Клоп Говорун... Герои "Понедельника..." и "Сказки о Тройке" живут среди нас по сей день... -
Die Känguru-Apokryphen by Marc-Uwe Kling
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSensation, Sensation: Archäologen haben in einem Geheimfach in Marc-Uwes Schreibtisch neue Geschichten vom Känguru und seinem Kleinkünstler gefunden! Dies ist nicht die Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Fortsetzung der Känguru-Chroniken. Triologie bleibt Triologie. Aber ein anständiger Kleinkünstler hat natürlich eine Zugabe vorbereitet... -
You're So Vain by Whitney Dineen
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamily drama is something Lutéce Choate struggles to avoid. With a mother who’s an award-winning country western song writer, an aunt who’s a Country Music Hall of Famer, and a brother who’s a rock star, it hasn’t exactly been a low-key kind of life, and she’s ready for a break... -
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The Secret: A Billionaire and Nanny Romance by Lulu Moore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAsk any new parent; no one is ever actually ready to become one, are they? Even with nine months to prepare, it’s still a shock. Still mind-blowing that this tiny, little thing is now your sole responsibility.Except try coming home to find a baby on your doorstep, wearing a pink striped hat and attached to a note saying she belongs to you. Then you can say parenthood is a shock... -
Double or Nothing: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (A Pride and Pranks Romance) by Cindy Steel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy best friend’s older brother is back in town.Do I care? Not one bit. Logan may have been my childhood crush, but I’ve always been little Tessa to him. Not to mention, he’s turned into a shallow flirt and I’m not looking to get played again.What’s the problem, you ask? (Besides all the flirting... -
Angry Annie by Dawn L. Chiletz, Uplifting Designs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoslyn Walters has goals: 1. Infiltrate the life of the internet troll, Annie McClintonuck, who wrote a nasty review for her sister’s bakery before it even opened. 2. Write an article exposing Annie for a fraud, thereby catapulting Joslyn's stalled career from fact-checker to journalist. 3... -
Bought by the Silver Fox by Aimee Bronson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI did what any self-respecting billionaire would do: Buy a fiancée. I’ve got a business deal I don’t want to lose. They want me to prove I can settle down?No problem. Besides, she fits the bill. I saw her fight off a rich old man as she was serving drinks. She’s beautiful, curvy, and clearly has a mind of her own. I made her an offer she couldn't refuse. All she has to do is play the part... -
The Golden Girls: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Francesco Sedita, Douglas Yacka
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCelebrate this holiday season with the Golden Girls!'Twas the night before Christmas and out on the lanai...This holiday season, celebrate with Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia. This illustrated gift book is a perfect stocking stuffer for fans of the show that won eleven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and a place in pop culture fame as one of the best shows of all time... -
Royal Crush by Rich Amooi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s the worst wedding planner ever.Perfect to sabotage his wedding.GRACEScorned by viral videos of my client’s wedding fiascos, I never expected royalty to appear at my door and throw me a lifeline. Yet the roguishly handsome Prince Oliver insists on hiring me to plan his lavish nuptials, saying he believes in second chances... -
Boss Me Baby by Crystal Monroe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe dipped his pen in my company ink.But I didn’t know he was the damn boss.Last night, he was the tattooed surfer who made me scream his name.This morning…He’s my new grumpy boss.And he’s demanding I report to his office.When I walk in all I see is naughty blue eyes and a panty-melting smile.He hands me a company bulletin.No workplace romance allowed.So we play office during the day... -
Dirty Lover by Cassie-Ann L. Miller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlakelyMy roommate found her happily-ever-after in the middle of our lease. Don't get me wrong - I'm glad that she found her prince and they're shacking up. I swear I am. But I've got rent to pay... -
Bossy Alpha Protector by Ava Nichols
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy plan was to marry the kind of man I write about in my sweet romance novels, not lose my v-card to the ultimate bad boy… my brother’s best friend …Women always line up to be with Travis Ray—a handsome, arrogant, alpha, playboy, rodeo star, and billionaire cattle rancher.I can’t stand Travis, but my brother convinces me to work as his assistant while I get my writing career off the ground...Categorized as:
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Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell by Harry F. MacDonald
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsForget everything you thought you knew about the world’s greatest lover…History records that Casanova completed the twelve volumes of his memoirs and settled in Castle Dux in Bohemia to live out his senior years in a disgraceful and largely undeserved style... -
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The F It List by Alexis Winter, Sarah Kil
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt started when my hot-as-hell coworker offered to give me my first O.Let me back-up.It actually started when I got dumped at the altar.If I have to see one more sympathetic head tilt from someone asking me how I’m holding up…I might lose it.After some serious self-reflection (and momentarily swearing off men forever) I decided the only way to figure out what I want in life is to make a list... -
Moira Lisa Smile by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA girl with a Mona Lisa smile, a woman who wants to confront her demons and that pesky red fox… Take a break you’ll never forget at O’Mara’s Manor House with Moira Lisa, Book 2 in the fresh new series - The Guest House on the Green where a full Irish breakfast is always included! Moira O’Mara’s developed an annoyingly enigmatic, Mona Lisa smile of late when it comes to talking about her new... -
Stories by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsT. C. Boyle is one of the most inventive and wickedly funny short story writers at work today. Over the course of twenty-five years, Boyle has built up a body of short fiction that is remarkable in its range, richness, and exuberance... -
Uber Bossy: A Small Town Romantic Comedy by Marika Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNumber one rule of ride sharing as a female driver? Don’t fall for the mysterious man riding in the backseat. LenoraI came across crazy people on the daily giving rides to strangers for a living. I carried pepper spray and I wasn’t afraid to use it. But one gorgeous male in a fake mustache and a story he wasn’t willing to share, and I was ready to climb in the backseat to peel his layers... -
The Billionaire's Lawyer by Lauren Wood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf temptation had a name, it would be Eric Halstead.Powerful, sexy-as-hell billionaire and my romantic nemesis.He’s the one man responsible for the worst date of my life,And the only person that stands between me and my dream job... -
Fake Vow [For Now] by Penny Wylder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have a reputation as a bit of a flirt. What can I say? I’m a guy who likes to get a reaction out of the girls that catch my eye.Girls like Rose.She’s renting a room at the lodge I run with my friends in Blue Mountain, and our chemistry is off the charts, but the rule is no sleeping with the guests. Not a problem: I’ll just hook up with her before she checks in... -
The Grumpy Billionaire's Mafia Princess by Ashlie Silas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey call me a princess, but the mafia has no use for damsels in distress. Until Graham Steele waltzed in. When two men cornered me that night at the bar, the handsome billionaire appeared with effortless authority and saved me.I woke up in his mansion, snow piling up outside, trapping me with Mr. Tall, Dark, and Grumpy.As the snow piles higher and the temperature drops, so do our defenses... -
The Pitch Queen by Karin Gillespie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA hilarious send-up of the publishing business and a delight for readers who love books about books. If "Yellowface" and "Book Lovers" had a baby, it would be named "The Pitch Queen.". Claire Wyld, a literary agent, is the queen of the flashy pitch and is fighting to be the number one dealmaker in debut novels... -
Rivers of Babylon by Peter Pišťanek
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPeter Pišt'anek’s reputation is assured by Rivers of Babylon and by its hero, the most mesmerizing character of Slovak literature, Rácz, an idiot of genius, a psychopathic gangster. Rácz and Rivers of Babylon tell the story of a Central Europe, where criminals, intellectuals and ex-secret policemen have infiltrated a new ‘democracy’... -
Selected Stories by William Trevor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Trevor was our twentieth century Chekov.--Wall Street Journal Selected as one of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year. Four-time winner of the O. Henry Prize, three-time winner of the Whitbread Award, and five-time nominee for the Booker Prize, William Trevor is one of the most acclaimed authors of our era... -
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The Big House on Lovelace Lane by Alice Ross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen widow Ruth Dutton accepted her daughter’s offer to live in the annexe of The Big House on Lovelace Lane, she imagined her days being filled with sedate activities like reading and painting... -
The Fifty-Two Week Chronicles by Joslyn Westbrook
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHAT HAS THE POWER TO CONQUER HATE: LOVE OR FOOD? OR PERHAPS A LOVE FOR FOOD? When Penelope Monroe loses her dream job as a food critic, she launches a weekly Food Blog - The Fifty Two Week Chronicles - promising to post restaurant reviews to keep fans entertained... -
The Bliss List by Piper James
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings#1 Go on vacation by myself.#2 Eat alone in a nice restaurant.#3…you get the point.It’s my Bliss List, and I intend to check every item off before the ink dries on my divorce papers. I’m Charlie Heywood—no, Emerson—Charlie Emerson, and after a dismal ten-year marriage, I need a change... -
The Little Cottage On Lovelace Lane by Alice Ross
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's love at first sight for Lily when she first sets eyes on Hollyhocks Cottage on the gorgeous Lovelace Lane. But after months together in a caravan while the renovations take place, boyfriend, Luke, is not quite so enamoured with the place... -
Royal Rebel by Jessica Peterson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSUBJECT: I’m sorry (Marked Confidential)From the Desk of His Royal Highness Prince RobertAly—I can’t stop thinking about tonight. Why is it that the sex is so good even though we hate each other so much? We say it will never happen again. Still, I can’t resist having you against the wall in our office every time I see you. But tonight I sense that you are serious about us NEVER. HAPPENING. AGAIN... -
One Night In Paris by Sandi Lynn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author Sandi Lynn comes a new standalone romance. Anna I have two rules in life: 1. Never marry someone you’re not in love with. 2. Do what makes you happy and not what’s expected of you. I flew to Paris to spend my honeymoon alone after I left my fiancé and my life standing at the altar in California... -
The Complete Plays by Joe Orton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis volume contains every play written by Joe Orton, who emerged in the 1960s as the most talented comic playwright in recent English history and was considered the direct successor to Wilde, Shaw, and Coward... -
A River Called Time by Mia Couto
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images."—The Washington Post"To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarly African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives . . . remarkable... -
The Early Stories, 1953-1975 by John Updike
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town. There follows tales of life away from home, student days, early marriage and young families, and finally Updike's experimental stories on 'The Single Life'... -
Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories by Raymond Carver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMore than sixty stories, poems, and essays are included in this wide-ranging collection by the extravagantly versatile Raymond Carver. Two of the stories—later revised for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love—are particularly notable in that between the first and the final versions, we see clearly the astounding process of Carver’s literary development... -
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You're So Basic by Angela Casella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s harder to run from love when you’re living with it.DannyI don’t want a new roommate.I especially don’t want a new roommate who’s loud, mouthy, and so painfully hot I can’t keep my eyes off her.Not that I’m interested in Mira Evans. She’s made it very clear that she agrees with the ex who famously broke up with me for being “too basic... -
Girl Tripping by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI didn’t expect to spend my annual company party sobbing in a photo booth, wearing nothing but a homemade grass skirt and a pair of coconuts. I also didn’t expect to lose my apartment, my job, and my boyfriend in a rapid series of embarrassing events. Events that, unfortunately, also landed me in a bit of hot water, and left me with a secret that only money can fix... -
Haute Couture by Joslyn Westbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBreaking News: Mr. Right Is Always Mr. Wrong... Lauren Blake, fashionista extraordinaire, has what almost every woman wants: Glamour. Fortune. Prestige. Plus a new driver who she finds terribly annoying, despite his good looks. As the creator of the popular clothing line she's worked years to build, Lauren's got no time for love... -
Accidental Fake Fiancé by Callie Stevens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe left me with more than one memorable night.Now a surprise is on the way.One reckless night is all it took to leave me craving his arms and carrying his baby.Too bad he disappeared, and I have no way to find him.Oh, it gets worse.My brother’s wedding is coming up, and I am dateless.If I show up alone, my cheating ex will be all over me... -
The Bad Girl and The Good Boy by Karla Luna
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI closed my hand around her tiny wrist, yanked her to me to gently place her back against the wall, and crashed my lips to hers. I kiss her with as much passion as I could give her. Her lips are softer and sweeter now. Tender. I ravish her plump lips in mine and continue to taste her as I feel her lightly tugging at my hair from behind... -
All's Fair in Love and Blood by Jennifer Peel
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey are both out for blood, but could it end in love?Scarlett Armstrong and Kane Hudson have a tangled past involving not only their families but their own failed love affair. Now, eight years later, to make things more complicated, they’re both in the running to become the next CEO of Scarlett’s family’s business, Armstrong Labs, a privately held blood plasma company... -
No-one Ever Has Sex on Holiday by Tracy Bloom
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGet ready to enjoy your first holiday abroad with small children. Highlights include: being woken at 5 every morning and working a gruelling day in unbearable heat chasing kids around the pool with a bottle of sunscreen. Added features: screaming during mealtimes and toddlers moaning about sand... -
Gotta Have Fate by Max Monroe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Watch out for those Winslow brothers. They’re nothing but trouble.”That’s what everyone used to say when Remy, Flynn, Ty, and Jude were kids.But now that those wild boys are all grown up, it’s time for the four, larger-than-life men to settle down—and find love.If only it were that easy.Going to a fortune-teller was supposed to be a joke. Something to laugh about later... -
Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOffering all the qualities of his general bestselling fiction, this is Tom Sharpe's blazing satire of South African apartheid, companion to Indecent Exposure... -
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? by Johan Harstad
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA pop-saturated epic novel about the second man on the moon, and the quiet thirty-year-old gardener who idolizes him. A story of unconventional psychiatry, the Faroe Islands, amateur boat building, and the journey across the space that divides us from other people: a journey as remote and dangerous as the trip to the moon itself... -
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The Answer Is No: A Short Story by Fredrik Backman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities of modern life cause one man’s solitary world to spin suddenly, and comically, out of control.Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much... -
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMaman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified.Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in the translation)...Categorized as:
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Swimming for Beginners by Nicola Gill
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'The perfect mix of funny, poignant and heartwarming.' - Good Housekeeping'Warm, witty but also heart-wrenching read' - Red Magazine'Touching and witty. I adored Loretta and her relationship with Phoebe' - Lisa Snowdon. 'This heart-warming and creative contemporary fiction is a story of unexpected self-discovery.' - Woman's Weekly'Full of heart and depth... -
Descent of Man by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn seventeen slices of life that defy the expected and launch us into the absurd, T.C. Boyle offers his unique view of the world. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp; a Norse poet overcomes bard-block; collectors compete to snare the ancient Aztec beer can, Quetzacoatl Lite; and Lassie abandons Timmy for a randy coyote... -
Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories by Jim Shepard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been a problem baby, a lousy son, a distant brother, an off-putting neighbor, a piss-poor student, a worrisome seatmate, an unreliable employee, a bewildering lover, a frustrating confidante and a crappy husband. Among the things I do pretty well at this point I’d have to list darts, re-closing Stay-Fresh boxes, and staying out of the way... -
This Champagne Mojito Is the Last Thing I Own by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe don't think we can improve on the author's own summary of his book: I am many things, roysh -- unbelievable babe magnet, red-hot lover, loyal kind of goy, best forward who never played for Ireland -- but there's a few things I was basically sure I'd never be, related to a jailbird for storters, or listening to the old dear getting randier than a goat in heat, or even a father, for that matter...
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