Books like 'So That Happened: A Memoir'
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The Perfection of a Moment by Kimberly Brown
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“When I first saw you, I felt something I had never felt before. It was a mix of joy, excitement, and wonder. You are my adventure.”She was beauty and a mystery, and he wanted to know all there was to her.He was love in human form, and she wanted to experience all there was to him.The day Ximena Solomon met Hiram Moss, the last thing either of them were expecting was to find true love... -
Untamable by Jamie Schlosser
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmery Matheson knows p*ssies. Cats, that is. As the star of a reality show called The P*ssy Tamer, it’s his job to fix extreme feline behavioral issues. When he hears about his next project—a lonely cat hoarder named Estelle—he expects a little old widow, not the blond bombshell who opens the door. With a 100 percent success rate, Emery has never had trouble finishing a job... -
Men or Paws by Rich Amooi
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWatch a dog for three weeks, get fifteen thousand dollars. Piece of cake, right?Wrong.First, I have to stay in my client’s guesthouse while he’s in the main house working on an important project. That may not sound so bad, but HE is Hollywood’s Bad Boy, Rocco Romano, voted “Sexiest Man Alive.”The guy could charm the pants off a mannequin.Luckily he’s not my type.Seriously... -
#1 Crush by T. Gephart
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratings#1 Crush Tia Monroe was smart, sassy and successful. Sure, she could get a little crazy at times—life around Tia was never boring—but that was part of her appeal. And while she didn’t see herself as ‘classically beautiful’, she had no shortage of options in the boyfriend department. She just hadn’t found one who held her interest... -
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His Desire: A Contemporary Romance Box Set by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Contemporary Romance Box Set5 full-length novels for readers who love their stories filled with surprise marriages, billionaire bad boys, hot daddies and steamy fairy tale romances. Escape into the world of these protective alpha males and let them entertain you all night long. Book 1 - His Rock “Lena Hunt, you’ll be my wife for a week... -
Bossy Billionaire: A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy by Deborah Garland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s the boss. But she’s calling all the shots. Can they fall in love in between all the hilarious sabotage?Everything stops when CEO Luke Hart struts through his luxury hotel. He’s tall and gorgeous with golden hair he wears like a crown. There’re secrets behind those blue eyes and he’s determined to stay closed off. Enter Lexi. A quirky smart-mouthed law school student in need of tuition money... -
Where Love Leads by K.C. Luck
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes love leads where you least expect it.When socialite Melanie Sotheby finds herself abandoned on the wrong side of Los Angeles, she has few options. With no phone, credit cards, or identification, the means to get back home to New York seem slim. Not until she is rescued by a tall, dark stranger in the middle of the night does Melanie think of a plan... -
Fake Dating the Footballer by Marion De Ré
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴.𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜’𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮.𝗸.𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿.Oops. 𝘍𝘢𝘬𝘦 dating.Long story short, my longtime crush, Karl, came back from a mission abroad with a fiancée at his arm when I thought he was about to declare his love to me... -
Do Me a Favor by Christina Hovland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome days things just click. Today is not that day.Love is a battlefield, and divorce attorney Sadie Howard is entrenched on the frontlines. She thought she might have met the right man once, but he was a career military guy who got shipped overseas and left her heart on the tarmac. These days, the only commitment Sadie wants is the one she's made to her Denver law practice... -
The Collected Plays, Vol. 1 by Neil Simon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis first volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon contains the triumphs that put his unique brand of comic genius on the American stage, and made him the most successful playwright of his generation... -
Dating My Sworn Enemy by Summer Brooks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSo…I agreed to go speed dating.What’s the worst that could’ve happened, right?I’d embarrass myself, meet a few horrible men, and be on my way.But no.The universe has a crazy sense of humor.The man I meet is none other than my sworn enemy.Cody. The biggest player alive.A massive pain in the behind.Insane ego. Humongous bank account.Our last fight was a nightmare. I almost pulled his hair out... -
Being Delightful by Shayne McClendon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSnark and sass that will have you laughing out loud! Praise for "Being Delightful"... "Being Delightful certainly lives up to its title... -
Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow exactly do you kill someone who's already dead?Playboy Police Chief Ian Dex didn't believe in zombies...until now.An old necromancer has been summoning the dead. His goal is to overrun the world, one city at a time. Too bad he started in Vegas.With the horde of zombies heading in from the old cemeteries, Ian and his crew soon realize they can't handle this threat alone... -
Crossing the Line by Zoey Locke, Z.L. Arkadie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA relationship between them is strictly forbidden, but they are drawn to each other like moths to a flame. Neither would dare cross the line, until now.He calls me PG, short for Paisley Grove, and my heart skips a beat.Nobody calls me that but Hercules Lord, a guy I've had a crush on since we first locked eyes in high school... -
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#1 Muse by T. Gephart
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLanding a writing gig in Hollywood was just as difficult as becoming an actor, and something Claire Becker had learned the hard way. Sure, she didn’t have to conform to ridiculous beauty standards and give up her love for raw cookie dough, but the sting of rejection burned all the same... -
Knowing Me Knowing You by Mandy Baggot
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - BRING ON THE LOVE!Recently single mother Kate is struggling. Clinging on to a career and bringing up her 2 year old daughter leads to nights alone drowning her sorrows in the cheapest white wine she can find... -
#1 Lie by T. Gephart
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWorking in Hollywood meant Jessica Dawson was used to lying. As an assistant to one of the biggest agents in town, biting her tongue and spewing out sugarcoated untruths were an almost daily occurrence. But fabricating alternate realities never spilled into her personal life, until three months ago when she told the biggest lie of all... -
Sugar Rush by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings$.99 for a Limited Time! Colt Avery is on fire. Dubbed one of the NFL's best kept secrets, he's in the spotlight for the first time in his career. Women want him, coaches are courting him, and his Kansas cornfield good looks are too good not to be shared. His face is everywhere; TV, magazines, billboards. The entire world is in love with him. Everyone wants a piece of him... -
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... -
It's Not That Complicated: Bakit Hindi pa Sasakupin ng mga Alien ang Daigdig sa 2012 by Eros S. Atalia
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNoong bata pa si Intoy, problema niya lang kapag may nakikialam sa kanyang pag-iisa. Noong elementary, kung kanino pa siya makapanghihiram ng komiks, at kung paano niya imamasaker ang mga langgam sa bakuran nila... -
The Fan Man by William Kotzwinkle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Fan Man is a comic novel published in 1974 by the American writer William Kotzwinkle. It is told in the first-person by the narrator, Horse Badorties, a down-at-the-heels hippie living a life of drug-fueled befuddlement in New York City c. 1970... -
Belinda Blinked 1 by Rocky Flintstone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is an alternate-cover edition for B00UO7WOAS.Belinda Blumenthal gets exciting, sollicited sex regularly, so regularly in fact she makes big bonuses from it. Based in London UK, Belinda works for Steeles Pots and Pans as their world wide Sales Director. Sexually supported by Giselle and Bella her head office colleagues, Belinda always gets the order when it comes down to the bare facts... -
Belinda Blinked 2 by Rocky Flintstone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs you know from Belinda Blinked 1; Belinda is the Sales Director for Steele's Pots and Pans. Based in central London she is the expert in cracking the most difficult of accounts. This is a modern story of sex, erotica and dripping passion. Read how the sexiest sales girl in business earns her huge bonus by being the best at removing her silk blouse... -
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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Saving the Secret Prince by Kristin Canary
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEver heard of love at first sight? What about love at first push?Because I may have hurtled Christopher to the ground so that car wouldn’t hit him, but I’m pretty sure I’m the one who fell that day.How could I not? There’s just something about him.It’s not just that he’s drop-dead handsome, like Henry Cavill and Chris Hemsworth had a baby... -
Breaking The Bro Code by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCOMING SOON! A HOT NEW FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS ROMANCE THRILLER!BOOK 3 IN THIS FUN AND FLIRTY BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE SERIES IS FILLED WITH PAGE MELTING HEAT, DRAMA, AND OF COURSE A HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER GUARANTEED TO LEAVE YOU VERY SATISFIED... -
First Comes Love: A Grumpy Boss Surprise Baby Romance by Ashlee Price
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing Soon! A Grumpy Boss Surprise Baby Romance.Book 1 in this hot, new, fun & flirty (grumphole) romance is filled with page melting heat, lots of teasing, drama and some sugar sweet moments that will give you all the feels. Into happily-ever-afters? Don't even wait because this HEA is guaranteed to satisfy your cravings.Office Rule #1: Don’t fall in love with the woman you’re interviewing... -
Love in a Pawn Shop by Bonnie Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis woman’s conning his grandmother.He’s the cop who’ll stop her.Unless he falls in love first.In this satisfying, charming romance, meet Dix, a woman who’s given the last ten years of her life to her raising her brother. In weeks he’ll go to college, and she’ll be living her own dream.Then a cop walks into her pawn shop, looking for stolen goods... -
PS, I Scored the Bridesmaids by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSo there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous and rich, living off my legend as a schools rugby player, scoring the birds, being the man, when all of a sudden, roysh, life becomes a total mare... -
The Oh My God Delusion by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThat risk assessor ex of Sorcha's turned out to be right - it really was the end of the world as we knew it ...See, I thought the porty was going to last forever. I certainly didn't believe the current economic blahdy blah was going to affect people like me... -
The Humans by Stephen Karam
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree generations of the Blake family have assembled for Thanksgiving in Brigid and Richard’s ramshackle pre-war apartment in Lower Manhattan. Whilst the event may have a slightly improvised air, the family is determined to make the best of its time together... -
Going Gently by David Nobbs
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKate Thomas was beautiful, intelligent, witty, passionate and sexy. Now, at the ripe old age of ninety-nine, she is trapped in a hospital ward of sad, mad and bad old women. She escapes by playing to herself the video of her life. What a life it has been... -
Belinda Blinked 5 by Rocky Flintstone
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBelinda Blinked 5 continues the story of erotic fantasy; of sexual innuendo; of unforgettable characters… and somewhat big business deals whilst the Devil’s darkness engulfs their world.Wait let’s not forget family betrayal… yes family;Once again Rocky Flintstone, the self-published author who put the 'rot' in Erotica, presents his 5th book of the Belinda Blinked series... -
The One That I Want by Sandy Barker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreta Davies, the features editor at a women’s magazine, is accomplished and successful. That is, in all areas except her love life.Determined to help, Greta's boss - and friend - secretly enlists the help of the Ever After Agency, and sets out to make her dreams come true... -
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Man Candy by Elise Sax
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRaine Harper is in love with Wade Gates. But Wade likes women who are model thin, and Raine is model thin plus a lot of pounds. Desperate to make him love her, she trains just a little too hard and passes out in the arms of superstar movie star Dirk Adams. Dirk thinks Raine’s junk in the trunk is perfect and proposes to make Wade jealous by becoming her pretend boyfriend... -
Poslední aristokratka by Evžen Boček
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrantišek Antonín hrabě Kostka z Kostky je potomek šlechtického rodu, žijící v New Yorku. Po pádu komunistického režimu se s americkou manželkou Vivien a dcerou Marií (III.) vrací do Čech, aby převzal rodové sídlo. Kromě zámku „zdědí“ hraběcí rodina i personál: zpátečnického kastelána, hypochondrického zahradníka a kuchařku, která si ráda cvakne a občas to přežene... -
His 'N' Hers by Mike Gayle
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom their first meeting at the student union over a decade ago, Jim and Alison successfully navigated their way through first dates, meeting parents, moving in together and more...Then they split up and divided their worldly goods (including a sofa, a cat and their flat) into his 'n' hers. Now, three years on and with new lives and new loves, they couldn't be happier... -
The Best Man's Ghostwriter by Matthew Starr, Glen Powell
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bad best man’s speech can ruin a wedding. Why do we plan every detail of a perfect day and then give the groom’s idiot best friend five minutes of total power?Enter Nate (Glen Powell), a speechwriter-for-hire who helps people write incredible best man speeches... -
A Fairy Tale of New York by J.P. Donleavy
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Fairy Tale of New York is a funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Returning from study abroad, Cornelius Christian enters customs with his luggage and his dead wife. His first encounter in New York is with a funeral director, with whom he reluctantly takes employment to pay for the burial expenses... -
Tuff by Paul Beatty
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs fast-paced and hard-edged as the Harlem streets it portrays, Tuff shows off all of the amazing skill that Paul Beatty showed off in his first novel, The White Boy Shuffle.Weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston “Tuffy” Foshay, is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of millions from his idea Cap’n Crunch: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito... -
The Confusion of Karen Carpenter by Jonathan Harvey
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Having the same name as a 70s pop star was just the start of her troubles . . .'Hello. There are two things you should know about me:1) My name is Karen Carpenter.2) Just before Christmas my boyfriend left me.I’m not THE Karen Carpenter. I just have the most embarrassing name in Christendom. Particularly as I’m no skinny minny and don’t play the drums.I can’t even sing. I’m tone deaf... -
When the Messenger Is Hot: Stories by Elizabeth Crane
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFeatures the stories of women recovering from loss, addiction, or betrayal, from a woman who decides to live on the patio rooftop of her friend's apartment, to a writer whose identity is compromised by the actress who portrays her, to a daughter who believes her mother is still alive. Readers' Guide included. Reprint. 30,000 first printing... -
If the Slipper Fits by Elaine Fox
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisarming Prince Charming Anne Sayer learned long ago that fairy tales don't come true. Connor Emory was the "prince" of a rich and powerful family and she was the "hired help," and for one glorious Maine summer, it was heaven. But evil stepmothers do exist, so Anne's "happily-ever-after"—wasn't... -
Mean Season by Heather Cochran
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrepping for his new movie in the tiny town of Pinecob, West Virginia, up-and-coming actor Joshua Reed lands himself another drunk-driving conviction, this time involving a stolen limo, a dark country road and a cow... -
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Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Calvin Trillin's Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin.Murray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to read the newspaper in peace. But he reads while sitting behind the wheel of his parked car, and his car always seems to be in a particularly desirable parking spot... -
Mail by Mameve Medwed
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKatinka O'Toole is desperately smitten by the postman's charming smile. Despite wearing Dior dresses to attract him, the affections of a corporate lawyer and her mother's advice and his dodgy past, she continues to hope that romance will flourish... -
A Perfect Proposal by Katie Fforde
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSophie Apperly's family has never taken her seriously. Fiercely academic, they see her more practical skills as frivolous whilst constantly taking advantage of her. So when her best friend Milly invites her over to New York, she jumps at the chance. It'll do her ungrateful family good to do without her for a while... -
Just Friends With Benefits by Meredith Schorr
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a friend urges Stephanie Cohen not to put all her eggs in one bastard, the advice falls on deaf ears. Stephanie’s college crush on Craig Hille has been awakened 13 years later as if soaked in a can of Red Bull and she is determined not to let the guy who got away once, get away twice. Stephanie, a 32-year-old paralegal from Washington, D.C... -
Lying to Children by Alex Shahla
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fictional father writes letters to his college-aged daughter and son remembering events, large and small, from their family’s past in the poignant and hilarious Lying to Children... -
Gamble on Engagement by Rachel Astor
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJosie McMaster is on the move to London for a top-secret stint as a ghostwriter for a high profile celebrity. It's her dream job; she's got a beautiful place to stay in the English countryside, full access to the celebrity, and three months to complete the best ghostwritten autobiography anyone has ever seen...
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