December 5 Beau is the least cheerful person in Christmas, Michigan. He took over his dad’s mechanic shop and now he’s stuck in this holiday town.
When his dog runs off one night as he’s closing up, he follows him to a find a car that slid off the road. He rushes down to help and comes face to face with Holly.
One look into her green eyes and it feels like his tiny Grinch heart just grew three sizes.
Will Beau be able to convince Holly that he’s the man for her and that she should stay in Christmas with him forever?
Review: this was such a cute and sexy Christmas story this is about Holly and Beau. Holly ends up kinda crashing her car and Beau owns a car shop so he offers to fix her car and they start to get to know each other and flirt and they end up fooling around. They decorate for Christmas and they sleep together and start to fall for each other and Holly decides to stay in Christmas with Beau. They end up getting married and have kids such a sweet story
Quote : I love you, Holly. This might be a terrible thing to say but I am so glad that you slid off the road. I wasn’t looking for you or to have this kind of relationship with someone but now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go.
Renowned LA-based photographer Aiden had one job: spend a few weeks in a tiny Midwestern town and capture scenes of a small-town Christmas. Pretty straight-forward, until he comes across one beloved — not to mention kind, funny, sassy and beautiful — citizen who keeps dodging the camera. He’ll do everything in his power to get her attention, even if it means digging himself a hole in the snow he can’t get out of.
Snow plow driver Ruby doesn’t like having her picture taken. The sooner that flirty LA photographer gets that through his head, the better. With a big snowstorm on the way, she’s got way more urgent things on her mind than flirting or posing for silly photos. He can keep trying to get her attention and to change her mind, but unless he’s buried up to his neck in snow without a shovel, he’ll be trying for a long, long time.
This book has all the stuff of your favorite Hallmark movie — small-town Christmas with a side of fish-out-of-water and a dash of we’re-stuck-together-in-a-snowstorm — with one important difference: when these two come together it’ll knock your snow boots off!
Review: this was such a cute Christmas story I love Ruby and Aiden . Ruby is well loved in the town of Christmas and Aiden is the photographer hired to photograph Christmas and he fall for her imminently. Aiden is so sweet with Ruby and cares for her Ruby doesn’t liker her photo done cause when she was 17 boys took photos of girls and rated them. Ryby wants Aiden to take photos of her naked and then sleep with her and thats what they do. Aiden wants to move to Christmas and be with her but then something bad happens Aiden accidentally mailed Ruby nudes to LA and Aiden creepy assistant posted them on social media. He comes back to Christmas and everyone is pissed at him for Ruby but Ruby explains to the town and then they go off to have some fun. A year after they meet they get engaged loved the story . Quotes But better get inside now and put on snow pants. Your tender LA testicles are gonna freeze and fall off if you have to hoof it.” Before I shut my door and start the engine, I hear him shout. “What are snow pants?”
“I never cried so many happy tears until I met you, Aidan.”
Santa’s coming to town and this Christmas Eve is going to be anything but a silent night!
When Bella returns home for the Holidays, the last thing she’s expecting is to find a man in her bathroom. Turns out, her parents’ new neighbor is a bit of a handyman and was fixing a leaky pipe as a favor. He can fix my leaky pipes whenever he likes… The handsome bachelor isn’t much of a talker, but Ryder likes what he sees when the busty beauty busts in on him and almost falls at his feet–and lose her towel in the process. Neither of them believe in Christmas Miracles, but with their bedroom windows facing each other, they’re in for an interesting show, and a not so silent night…
The Not So Silent Night is part of the Santa’s Coming Collaboration with five of your favorite instalove authors. As always, this story comes with Megan Wade’s Sugar Promise, low drama, high heat, guaranteed.
Book Review: Bella is back in her hometown of Christmas for Christmas where she meets Ryder who is fixing her parents sink and she’s only in a towel . They soon begin to flirt with each other but Ryder doesn’t think he deserves her cause of his past with the army . But he gives in and they end up sleeping together and engaged on Christmas and five years later they are married with two kids so cute . Quote just know you are the best Christmas present this man could ever ask for.”
But when my boyfriend cheats on me, I decide to get a little revenge…by sleeping with his father.
Tyler, Mr. Phillips. The silver fox that fills my fantasies and has been off limits… until now. Our one night together turns into more than we could have ever imagined, but when real life explodes into our torrid romance can we handle what it brings?
Hearts are broken, lives are ruined, but if we can survive the world pulling us apart, we just might have a chance at a happily ever after.
Buckle up daddy, I’m about to be your angel.
Screw you Justin, your dad does it better
Review : I loved this book this is about Lexi she’s dating Justin but then she meets Justins dad Tyler who she can’t stop thinking about . Justin ends up cheating on Lexi and breaking up with her . Tyler comes to see Lexi at the club she works at and they end up hooking up all weekend. Lexi and Tyler know this more than just sex .Lexi doesn’t want to go public yet cause she’s afraid of ruining Tylers reputation. I love Tyler he care so much for Lexi its so sweet . Lexi ends up coming to a family thing with Tyler and Tylers dad figures out they are together. Justin starts stalking Lexi and tells her he wants to get back together but she says no but then he breaks into her apartment and catches Tyler and Lexi together and he freaks out .then he tries to blackmail Tyler but then something bad happens Justin gets in a car crash and dies Tyler is a wreck and ends up breaking up with Lexi she’s hurting and so is he and when enough time passes they get back together. Four months later Tyler proposes and shows Lexi the house he had built and then they are pregnant with a girl I loved this book.
Quotes : Tyler Phillips will ruin me. I know it, I saw it in those eyes. But I want it. I want to be ruined at his hands. Broken and remade.
I’ve had my fair share of boys and fools, and now I want a king who will take care of me in every way.
This angel walked her beautiful ass right into the demon’s lair, and this demon
You make me want to be the man you see when you look at me.”
Tyler Phillips is my new obsession. He’s the reason behind all those love song lyrics I sing without understanding. But now I finally do, they are starting to make sense.
I’m sick of men thinking they own me just because they’ve stuck their dick in me. They never have the right to touch me unless I say they do, and they need to realise that, because I’m tired of just accepting it.
Love doesn’t have an age limit, son. As long as you’re both happy and consenting, does it matter? You only get one life on this world, Tyler, don’t waste it on worrying what others will think or do. Just spend it being happy,
Hearts heal, sometimes stronger than before, sometimes as thin as paper that’s easily shredded so they have to be protected,”
Life is too short not to live in every single second of it. The good, the bad, the ugly.
How do you screw up your life in three steps? Easy.
Step one: Graduate from college with no prospective jobs lined up.
Step two: Move back home with your parents because no job unfortunately equals no money.
Step 3: Forget to social media stalk the guy who broke your heart before accepting a job in a town with a smaller population than a frat party on a Wednesday night.
I should quit but living with my parents forever doesn’t seem like a solid life plan.
Jase Hale is the golden boy. Our boss thinks he’s beyond talented. The receptionist sends him more flirty smiles and baked goods than is considered normal for a woman old enough to be his mom.
I try to avoid him and his undeniable charm at all costs.
He does everything he can to get under my skin.
Every encounter leaves me reeling.
Every smirk makes my stomach flip.
I assume he’s playing with me, just pushing my buttons like always, but when he lifts me onto my desk and shuts me up with his lips on mine, I’m more confused than ever.
It doesn’t matter that he’s trying to prove me wrong. Having my heart broken by the same jerk twice in one lifetime isn’t an option.
He already blew his shot, and I have no intention of getting in Trouble with the Hotshot Boss
Review : Loved the story between Jase and Sophie Sophie is Tucker sister and Jase is Tucker best friend Years ago Sophie and Jase almost hooked up but Tucker almost interrupted and Jase freaked out . Sophie ends up working with Jase at a architecture company. Sophie is trying to deal with working with Jase. Jase and Sophie end up having sex . Sophie knows she shouldn’t get attached to Jase that he could break her heart .Tucker and Kennedy come into town for their wedding. Jase ends up telling Tucker about him and Sophie and Tucker punches him but he tells Tucker that he’s in love with Sophie. Sophie ends up getting a job in Seattle but turns it down but Jase hears about it and freaks out and gets pissy at Sophie cause he thought Sophie was taking the job. He apologizes they officially start dating. A year later they are working on the building Sophie is working on Jase and Sophie are engaged.
Quotes :August 30-September 11
How do you screw up your life in three steps? Easy.
Step one: Graduate from college with no prospective jobs lined up.
Step two: Move back home with your parents because no job unfortunately equals no money.
Step 3: Forget to social media stalk the guy who broke your heart before accepting a job in a town with a smaller population than a frat party on a Wednesday night.
I should quit but living with my parents forever doesn’t seem like a solid life plan.
Jase Hale is the golden boy. Our boss thinks he’s beyond talented. The receptionist sends him more flirty smiles and baked goods than is considered normal for a woman old enough to be his mom.
I try to avoid him and his undeniable charm at all costs.
He does everything he can to get under my skin.
Every encounter leaves me reeling.
Every smirk makes my stomach flip.
I assume he’s playing with me, just pushing my buttons like always, but when he lifts me onto my desk and shuts me up with his lips on mine, I’m more confused than ever.
It doesn’t matter that he’s trying to prove me wrong. Having my heart broken by the same jerk twice in one lifetime isn’t an option.
He already blew his shot, and I have no intention of getting in Trouble with the Hotshot Boss
Review : Loved the story between Jase and Sophie Sophie is Tucker sister and Jase is Tucker best friend Years ago Sophie and Jase almost hooked up but Tucker almost interrupted and Jase freaked out . Sophie ends up working with Jase at a architecture company. Sophie is trying to deal with working with Jase. Jase and Sophie end up having sex . Sophie knows she shouldn’t get attached to Jase that he could break her heart .Tucker and Kennedy come into town for their wedding. Jase ends up telling Tucker about him and Sophie and Tucker punches him but he tells Tucker that he’s in love with Sophie. Sophie ends up getting a job in Seattle but turns it down but Jase hears about it and freaks out and gets pissy at Sophie cause he thought Sophie was taking the job. He apologizes they officially start dating. A year later they are working on the building Sophie is working on Jase and Sophie are engaged.
Quotes : It didn’t matter though. I would let him take a tour of my panty drawer if it meant I could get him away from my crazy mom.
I was going to tell him that, but his eyes were firmly planted on my ass. I snapped my fingers. “Up here, Mr. Hale.”
Hating Jase Hale was far easier than liking him
Jase in his work clothes was hot. This Jase, this was my every teenage fantasy come to life.
Fuck you, Jase.” She spit the words at me. “Ah, darling. You already have.”
When loyal ranch hand Smitty is asked to help a big city wedding planner arrange his boss’s nuptials, he’s ready to saddle up. The gorgeous whirlwind of a wedding coordinator quickly takes over the ranch and stakes a claim on Smitty’s heart.
Ally has one job to do and that’s to get Sam and Wren married in one week. Tall and capable, this ranch manager turns out to be pretty good at more than just helping her drape tulle at this rustic-chic affair; his kisses also touch down like a twister in Tornado Alley.
Review : This book was adorable Smitty is so cute and sweet and I love Ally their relationship is sweet . Ally is the wedding planner of Sam and wren . Smitty helps Ally with the wedding planning and they get closer after sam and wren wedding they go off to have some fun. A year later they get married and it doesn’t go smoothly but it was fun and cute . Then it goes to 5 year later where they have kids and they are planning for another loved this book.
Quotes :
Let’s go check on the mamas, Charmander.” Yes, I named my horse after a Pokémon character.
Am I going to let this cowboy put his hands on me? Yes. Yes, I am.
You better marry that girl, or it ain’t proper.” I whirl around and I see Sam and Wren.
Sam may have a ranch to run, but he’s not one to shirk his civic duties when he receives a jury summons in the mail. Fate, however, seems to be summoning him to the jury pool for entirely different reasons when a fellow juror half his age buddies up to him and refuses to leave him alone.
Nobody has ever stuck up for Wren before, who’s been on her own since she was a teen. When the grouchy rancher, Sam, acts on his protective instincts on her behalf, Wren is sure beyond a reasonable doubt that he’s meant to be hers for life.
Review : This book was really cute and sweet so this is about wren and sam who meet when they are doing jury duty . Sam is an old cowboy and Wren she is a girl who hasn’t had a lot of people care about her . Sam and wren start to connect more and end up having sex . sam falls for wren and after there jury duty is over they plan to get married and move in together I loved it .
Quotes: Some people read cowboy books. The lady in the row in front of us crochets baby blankets. Me? I listen to guys jerk it while I cross stitch cuss words and pictures of vaginas. I didn’t bring the current cross stitch project with me today, though. I can’t very well be stitching “Fuck Off” at the county courthouse,
Meet me in the room in five minutes.” “But I’m enjoying the movie,” I say, even though her whispers awaken the need in my body. “Sam.” “What? I am!” “I’ll be naked.” “See you in five minutes.”
That’s how I ended up in the bathroom of some dive bar with a stranger.
Me, Monty Andrews, the quintessential virgin girl next door.
I was so out of my element, but there was no denying our explosive attraction, even via text.
Commence Operation Bang Each Other Out of Our Systems, because that was all it was—unfinished business.
I had no intention of falling back into the sheets with the tattooed, muscly, dirty-in-the-best-kind-of-way single dad over and over again…but I did.
Everything was going great—until we discovered I was his son’s teacher
Review: Loved Robbie’s book . Robbie is Zach best friend. Robbie ends up making out with a girl named monty at the bar and she leaves him but leaves her number . Robbie can’t stop thinking about her so Zach tells him to text her so he does and they text for awhile and they both want to have sex but monty has been making him wait . The agreement was to sleep together and then go their separate ways but once they had sex they couldn’t and monty was a virgin and didn’t tell Robbie at first . They end up fooling around a lot more and then make it official and then they find out something big . Monty is Robbie son teacher and there isn’t any rule against it but the creep teacher catches Robbie and Monty together at a photo booth and saved the photo for blackmail and they broke up . Monty goes to her boss and explains the situation and the boss says he going to talk with creep teacher. Robbie and monty get back together and a year later they move in together so cute .
QuotesHey, I’m Monty.” “Hi Monty. Wanna see my python?
Is Uncle Zach a creeper?” The kid’s voice is full of excitement because he is in love with my best friend. In a weird turn of events, I met Zach the same night I got my ex-girlfriend pregnant.
The biggest one I know. Don’t let him in.” “I’m not a creep. I’m awesome,” Zach says
I stare at my best friend, mouth hanging open in shock. “You’ve turned my own spawn against me? That’s messed up, man.”
Laughter bursts out of Zach and water covers the counter. “What in the hell are you teaching your child?” I shrug, grabbing a new towel and cleaning up the mess. “I don’t know where he gets that shit.” “Uh huh.”
Ah, ah, ah—a live-in girlfriend.” I briefly squeeze my eyes shut and try not to laugh at his enthusiasm. “Right. My bad.” “It’s because of my ass. That’s what sealed the deal, really.”
Hey!” she calls when I step out. “I heard you finger-banged some girl in the bathroom of a bar.” “I fucking hate your boyfriend.”
Ah, ah, ah—a live-in girlfriend.” I briefly squeeze my eyes shut and try not to laugh at his enthusiasm. “Right. My bad.” “It’s because of my ass. That’s what sealed the deal, really.”
Checking out my fridge too? Damn.” “I had to check for severed heads.” “I keep those in the basement.
Thank you for trusting me with your body, Monty. Thank you for choosing me, for allowing me to be the one who will always have that part of you
You love me so damn much that you went out and bought a bunny so I’d stop making unannounced visits to your place, right?” “First, who in their right mind is actually afraid of bunnies? Bunnies! The most innocent creatures ever.” “Hey, Marshy resents that remark!” I roll my eyes. “Second, you leave Thumbelina Bruce Wayne out of this. She’s done nothing wrong.”
“I know this was supposed to be light and fluffy and fun or whatever, but it’s evolved. I want more than that. I want stability. I want real. I want you.”
He’s named after your goat-loving bestie?” I chuckle at her description. “The one and only.” “That must really go to his head.” “You have no idea.”
When I put up a ROOMMATE WANTED poster, he was the last person on earth I thought would respond.
He was also the last person on earth I’d agree to let live with me…on purpose.
But, here we are—roommates. I’m certain we can coexist without it being awkward, and I’m determined to make it work. There will be no sexual tension building with each accidental touch, no flutters when he wears that stupid backward baseball cap, and definitely no flirting when we text back and forth.
Caleb Mills can’t be the guy for me. He’s my best friend’s ex-boyfriend.
And that would be wrong…right?
Review : I loved the sequel I love Caleb and Zoe we met Zoe and Caleb in the first book Zoe is Delia best friend and Caleb is Delia’s ex boyfriend. Zoe puts up a roommate wanted since Delia is moving in with her boyfriend Zach. She finds someone and it turns out to be Caleb who moves in with his adorable kitten Mittens . Zoe is into Caleb but she thinks its wrong since girl code but it doesn’t stop her from flirting with him. Caleb disappears every Sunday. Caleb got injured and can’t play baseball anymore . Caleb and Zoe get closer they end up kissing and then Zoe ends up finally talking with Delia and she just wants them to be happy . Zoe invites caleb on spring break at her parents house .They have a great time and end up finally having sex but then caleb leaves and Zoe is pissed I would be to . Caleb shows up at Zoe Rocky horror even dressed up . They end up talking after and Caleb talks about his family they are kinda fucked up so he cuts them off he wants Zoe he wants to be happy with her .
Quotes : I still cannot believe you’re ditching me to move in with your stupid boyfriend,” I tell Delia. “And goats. Don’t forget those sweet baby goats I bought her,” said stupid boyfriend interjects,
I’m a strange breed of people when it comes to notebooks. I use every square inch on a page. Doodles, notes, lists, random reading assignments—it all goes in my book.
You know those silly videos you see online with the hot guys playing with kittens? The big, macho dudes falling apart at the sight of them? That’s what’s happening right now, in this car, right in front of me—and it’s every bit as swoon-worthy as it is in video form.
Holy crap—that’s why you don’t want me to live with you.” He grins, and it’s full of playfulness for the first time since I pulled up. “You want me.”
Me: Oh, everyone already knows you were checking me out because they were too. I’m hot. shrugs Caleb: You are like a female version of Zach. You know that, right?
Me: I have this theory that you’re really a stripper and you’re just embarrassed and don’t want to tell anyone about it. That’s why you work such crazy hours and come home smelling like old ladies and sadness. Caleb: LMAO Caleb: Are you serious? Me: Dead. Caleb: Holy fuck. dies Caleb: Zoe, I am NOT a stripper.
Your cat has three beds. Explain that.” He lifts a shoulder. “Mittens has a bed-hoarding problem. He’s in therapy for it. Don’t judge him
I’m going to marry the shit out of you one day, Zoe. Just wait.”
Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who just happens to be the best man.
Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable, unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from eating bad shellfish, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. And now there’s an all-expenses-paid honeymoon in Hawaii up for grabs.
Putting their mutual hatred aside for the sake of a free vacation, Olive and Ethan head for paradise, determined to avoid each other at all costs. But when Olive runs into her future boss, the little white lie she tells him is suddenly at risk to become a whole lot bigger. She and Ethan now have to pretend to be loving newlyweds, and her luck seems worse than ever. But the weird thing is that she doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, she feels kind of… lucky
Review : I really loved this book it was cute and funny and I loved the characters. This is about olive she’s a twin and her sister is getting married and olive is happy for her but she’s annoyed she has to deal with Ethan Dane’s older brother. But the reception doesn’t go to well when everyone but Ethan and olive get some kind of shellfish poisoning and Ethan and olive have to take their honeymoon. Ethan and olive don’t get along she thinks it has to do with him judging her eating cheese curds . They have to pretend to be married on this honeymoon and then olive runs into her new boss and Ethan and olive have dinner with her new boss and his wife . Then they run into Ethan ex girlfriend and her fiance very awkward. Olive starts enjoying Ethans company and hes not what she thought he was . Ethan ends up drinking a lot and ends up kissing olive he tells her he likes her and apparently Dane told Ethan when they first met not to bother with olive . Ethan and olive hook up and then they end up start dating but the problem is ethan let it be clear he never planned those trips Dane did and he was cheating on ami . When they get back home olive tells her boss the truth and he let’s her go and then Dane hits on her and Ethan doesn’t believe her and either does ami when olive tells her and then Ethan breaks up with her . Ami finds texts on Dane phone . Ami invites all the girls Dane has been cheating on her and Ethan shows up and Ethan is trying to get her back and he shows up at the restaurant she’s working at and they get back together. Two years later they are back at Maui with her sister and her new boyfriend and Ethan plans on proposing. And he does kinda and it was so sweet so them . Quotes:“I can appreciate my body in a bikini and still want to set fire to the patriarchy.”
the only coherent thought that comes to mind is how insulting it is that eyelashes like his were wasted on Satan’s Errand Boy”
Rumor has it your dad brought her flowers and she pulled off every petal and used them to spell PUTA in the snow.”
Ethan Thomas is doing something weird to my emotions.”
knew he was a book lover, but to be the same kind of book lover I am? It makes my insides melt.”
A funny and timely debut YA about the toxic masculinity at a famous improv comedy camp
Seventeen-year-old Zelda Bailey-Cho has her future all planned out: improv camp, then Second City, and finally Saturday Night Live. She’s thrilled when she lands a spot on the coveted varsity team at a prestigious improv camp, which means she’ll get to perform for professional scouts—including her hero, Nina Knightley. But even though she’s hardworking and talented, Zelda’s also the only girl on Varsity, so she’s the target for humiliation from her teammates. And her 20-year-old coach, Ben, is cruel to her at practice and way too nice to her when they’re alone. Zelda wants to fight back, but is sacrificing her best shot at her dream too heavy a price to pay?
Equal parts funny and righteous, Unscripted is a moving debut novel that Printz Award winner Nina LaCour calls “a truly special book, written at exactly the right time.”
Review: I loved this book it was a very emotional read but it was funny to . This is about Zelda she is going to a improve camp with her brother and his boyfriend. She meets her bunkmates and they are all very different but awesome girls . Zelda has to deal with a coach who is abusive asshole and her teammates are Jerks who don’t think girls are funny . A lot goes on in this book Zelda also meets some great boy scouts Jesse namely is my favorite he is actually kind to Zelda and respects her. Ben is a monster he assaults her she kicks him to get away he yells at her tells her the only reason she’s on the team is cause she’s hot and she’s a girl but he’s 20 and she’s 17 she’s a minor yet he touched her inappropriately many times and when she tries to tell the two Paul’s in charge they don’t listen. She goes on a hike with Jesse and she tells him she likes him and then when she gets back at camp Ben is there and he hits Jesse and then she hits Ben where the sun don’t shine and she gets kicked out of camp yep thats logic but she ends up staying with Karen the nurse at boy scout camp. And the police officer asks her if she wants to press charges she thinks about it for a second and then the Paul’s say if she doesn’t press charges she can come back to camp what a bunch of assholes so she presses charges. They ended up sneaking her back onto camp so she could meet Nina and they do her sketch she wrote . Everyone needs to read this book.
Quotes:
The situation should be if you two are happy together, everyone else should be happy for you. And not gross-happy.”
Lady doctor? I guess that makes you my gentleman patient.” I looked down at his “chart.” “Ah! I see you’ve had a series of brain injuries that make you say inappropriate things.
I was relying on books by Rainbow Rowell and Nicola Yoon and Maurene Goo and on movies like The Princess Bride and Love, Simon
Hey, Ellie. Come on,” Ben said. “Smile.” “She doesn’t have to smile if she doesn’t want to.”
Is that what you want, Zelda-girl?” Hanna asked. She pushed my knee. “Someone who’s only nice to you sometimes?”
If I leave, they’ll have won.” “If you stay,” Sirena mused, “doesn’t that excuse their behavior?
Will stopped walking. “You know, I’m offended by that. Guys everywhere should be offended. ‘Boys will be boys’? What—we’re so out of control we can’t be kind? Thoughtful? Human? ‘Boys will be boys’ aligns us with wild animals. I can think about what I say before I say it. I can anticipate how someone else might feel before I do something. I can keep it in my pants.”
Kristen Petersen doesn’t do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don’t get her. She’s also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children.
Planning her best friend’s wedding is bittersweet for Kristen — especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He’s funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm, and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. Even her dog, Stuntman Mike, adores him. The only catch: Josh wants a big family someday. Kristen knows he’d be better off with someone else, but as their attraction grows, it’s harder and harder to keep him at arm’s length. Review : I loved this book it was funny cute and sad and I loved the characters this is about Kristen and Josh . Josh hits Kristen’s car when she’s going to meet Josh cause her best friend is engaged to a firefighter and its family day . Kristen and Josh end up hitting it off and Josh ends up being a contractor for Kristens dog business. Kristen can’t have kids she is getting surgery after Sloans wedding her boyfriend Tyler who is in the military is supposed to be moving in soon . Josh and Kristen get closer and they both like each other but Josh wants kids and she can’t have them so she doesn’t want him to settle . Then her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her on voice-mail he reenlisted. Kristen and Josh hook up but she only wants it to be a hook up thing no feelings but Josh wants to be with her and love her and they both love each other . Then tragedy happens Brandon sloans fiancee gets in a crash a drunk driver hits him and he’s in the hospital and then he dies . Josh found out ways for him and Kristen to have kids and then they get married I was sobbing .They go to the doctor to schedule her surgery and it turns out she’s pregnant. It skips to two years later they have a son named Oliver Brandon so cute loved this book.
Quotes: “I already know how I’m going to die”…”How?” I asked. “Spider bite. Or being sarcastic at the wrong time
“I’d found my person. She was the foundation. She was the thing that all other things are built on. Everything was secondary to being with her. It didn’t matter where I worked or if I liked my job, where I lived or how many kids I had. My happiness, my sanity, my well-being – it all started with her. And now that I knew that, I didn’t want to just be her boyfriend – I wanted everything.”
“You know what I think the trick to dealing with family is? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.”
“What?” I said, spreading strawberry jam on my toast.
“Marrying your best friend.” He wiped his mouth with a napkin. “You marry your best friend, and at family gatherings you deal with your shitty relatives together. You laugh about it and have each other’s backs. Share looks and text each other from across the room when everyone else is being an asshole. And nobody else really matters because you have your own universe.”
He held my eyes for a moment. “That’s what I want. I want someone to be my universe.”
He’d have no problem finding that. No problem at all. Josh could have any woman he wanted. After all, he was the sun. Warm and vital. He would be the center of a big family one day, just like he wanted, and they’d all adore him.
And I was just some passing comet. Momentarily distracting. Useless and unimportant. I was nice to look at, fun to observe, but I’d never give life or be the center of anything.
I’d streak through and be gone, and Josh would forget me before we knew it.”
When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run?
So that’s what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She’s not ready to think about the why yet, just the how—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can’t outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—The Taker—that haunts her.
Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn’t her fault, but she can’t feel the truth of that.
Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she’ll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss…and what is to come.
Review : this book was beautiful and powerful and everyone needs to read it . This is about Annabelle who has been through a tragedy who decides to run to Washington. Annabelle refers to the guy who caused her pain the taker . So shes running and her grandpa is in a RV meeting up with her on the way . Annabelle meets a guy named Luke he makes a playlist for her . Annabelle talks about the taker who is a creep who becomes obsessed with her after her boyfriend breaks up with her . Shes running and shes grieving because the anniversary of the event has come up . Annabelle is remembering The taker takes her to a concert he kisses her and she doesn’t like it he becomes more obsessed with her and then she gets back with her ex boyfriend and the taker gets mad so mad when going to a party with her friends her friend kat and her are dressed very alike and the taker comes to the party with a gun and shoots Will and Kat cause he thought Kat was her . She runs more her grandpa is getting closer to Luke’s grandmother. Luke admits he likes Annabelle and he kisses her . She makes it to Washington and then in September she goes to court and she faces him and he gets what he deserves.
Quotes:
It’s the people who know you and love you that save you.”
The point is not him being weird or not being weird. The point is that you feel uncomfortable, and you’re trying to talk yourself out of it because you think you’re supposed to be nice.
Oh, every person is a book with chapters. Some are glorious and some are dark and ugly. Every person survives something.”
Why does anyone do anything impossible? To be bigger than the big bastard. I’m not bigger . Yeah? Who is standing here ? You , or the bastard?
Difference don’t matter all that much when you love someone
“Exactly. I’m almost done. Last pages.” “I shouldn’t interrupt, then.” “Hey! You know rule number one. You must be a reader.” “I thought rule number one is ‘Don’t tell the ending.’ ” “Wait. Rule number one: Hate the movie version.” “Probably, all our rules are rule number one. We can get a little hard-core.” “Always judge a person by their shelves. To fold or not to fold the pages.”
She does not read it the way she and Kat used to read books – devouring them with the speed of two people famished for words, ideas, and beautiful sentences that make you feel everything. No, she reads Endurance the way a person might read the Bible – in small passages, repeated again and again, to help her stay grounded. To help her persevere, and understand her place in the world. She has missed books, but she’s been afraid of them, same as music. Books make you feel things hard. They hit the tender spots. Books remind her of her and Kat, but also of her old self, too, the mostly carefree self. The girl who was just so happy to come home from the library with a big stack of new stuff to read. Books were dangerous.”
In this volume we’ll see the Heartstopper gang go on a school trip to Paris! Not only are Nick and Charlie navigating a new city, but also telling more people about their relationship AND learning more about the challenges each other are facing in private…
Meanwhile Tao and Elle will face their feelings for each other, Tara and Darcy share more about their relationship origin story, and the teachers supervising the trip seem… rather close…?
Review : I love this series this volume was so cute and dealt with some hard topics like eating disorders and cutting . Charlie and Nick want to start telling there friends but they dont know how and Charlie is worried that people will bully Nick . They are getting ready to go on their trip to paris for school . Nick’s brother is home and hes a jerk . Nick and Charlie come out to aled Charlie wants to come out to Tao but Aled told Charlie that someone overheard Tao talking about Charlie being gay which is how he got outed . They are in paris now . Aled ,Charlie ,Nick and Tao end up rooming together. Tao and Elle obviously like each other Charlie tells Tao about him and Nick . Tao and Elle kiss aww I loved this volume cant wait for the next one .
Quotes: There’s this idea that if you’re not straight, you HAVE to tell all your family and friends immediately, like you owe it to them. But you don’t. You don’t have to do anything until you’re ready.”
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