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Playthang
by Janine A. MorrisFrom the author of the smash hit Diva Diaries comes this unforgettable story of a woman who is ready to trade her long-term hopes for some short-term pleasure Jordan Moore is in the middle of a breakdown. Thirty-four years old and newly single, she has given custody of her son to her ex-husband and now regrets the decision; her ex-husband is getting married again; and after a year of disappointments from Jayon, her best friend-turned-boyfriend, she has given up on true love. All her years of living a moral, straight-laced, practical life seem to have gotten her nowhere. Now she wants to walk on the wild side and do a little heartbreaking of her own. It does not take Jordan long to find the rowdy, steamy pleasure that she seeks--with no strings attached, of course--and she is content with her new attitude. By using men the way she has been used, Jordan believes that she is somehow evening the score. But when she meets Marcus, a wonderful, caring gentleman who sees through all of her guardedness, she is thrown for a loop. Is he another Mr. Wrong to be avoided at all costs? Or will Jordan realize that true love is standing right in front of her...before it is too late? Praise for Janine A. Morris and Diva Diaries "Reminiscent of Waiting to Exhale."--Booklist "Morris has a way with words and drama."--NY Daily News "I felt like I was experiencing one of my own girls' night out."--La La, MTV VJ
Playworld: A Novel
by Adam Ross"Starting off 2025 with a novel this terrific gives me hope for the whole year." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post"A gorgeous cat's cradle of a book . . . The swirling vapors of Holden Caulfield are present in Playworld, for sure, but also Lolita, Willy Loman, Garp." —Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review"Extraordinary . . . A beguiling ode to a lost era . . . Line for line the book is a revelation." —Leigh Haber, Los Angeles TimesA big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut&“In the fall of 1980, when I was fourteen, a friend of my parents named Naomi Shah fell in love with me. She was thirty-six, a mother of two, and married to a wealthy man. Like so many things that happened to me that year, it didn&’t seem strange at the time.&” Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role as Peter Proton on the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and the pressure of high school at New York's elite Boyd Prep—along with the increasingly compromising demands of his wrestling coach—he's teetering on the edge of collapse. Then comes Naomi Shah, twenty-two years Griffin&’s senior. Unwilling to lay his burdens on his shrink—whom he shares with his father, mother, and younger brother, Oren—Griffin soon finds himself in the back of Naomi&’s Mercedes sedan, again and again, confessing all to the one person who might do him the most harm. Less a bildungsroman than a story of miseducation, Playworld is a novel of epic proportions, bursting with laughter and heartache. Adam Ross immerses us in the life of Griffin and his loving (yet disintegrating) family while seeming to evoke the entirety of Manhattan and the ethos of an era—with Jimmy Carter on his way out and a B-list celebrity named Ronald Reagan on his way in. Surrounded by adults who embody the age&’s excesses—and who seem to care little about what their children are up to—Griffin is left to himself to find the line between youth and maturity, dependence and love, acting and truly grappling with life.
Pleasant Lake P.D.
by Kelly FitzpatrickAlexandria Moreno, parking enforcement officer for the serene town of Pleasant Lake, has signed on with the FBI to nail a gorgeous suspected criminal, Miguel Diaz, who's passing himself off as a legitimate businessman. Alex's assignment is to use her feminine wiles, of which she has few, to infiltrate Diaz's world and find some evidence for a conviction. To complicate matters, she's teamed up with Detective Roman Plow, who is her ex-boyfriend, though the FBI doesn't know it. As they focus on retaliating for past wrongs, real and imagined, their smoldering love/hate relationship brews. They're not exactly an ideal team. With her bumbling nature, a steamer trunk full of emotional baggage, and no investigating skills, Alex spends most of her time reminding herself that the tall, dark, and handsome Miguel Diaz is not her real boyfriend and struggling to keep from falling into his bed. As she tries to dig up dirt on her undercover lover, the steamy investigation leads to a fight for her life. But who is behind the attacks?
Pleasant Lake P.D.
by Kelly FitzpatrickAlexandria Moreno, parking enforcement officer for the serene town of Pleasant Lake, has signed on with the FBI to nail a gorgeous suspected criminal, Miguel Diaz, who's passing himself off as a legitimate businessman. Alex's assignment is to use her feminine wiles, of which she has few, to infiltrate Diaz's world and find some evidence for a conviction. To complicate matters, she's teamed up with Detective Roman Plow, who is her ex-boyfriend, though the FBI doesn't know it. As they focus on retaliating for past wrongs, real and imagined, their smoldering love/hate relationship brews. They're not exactly an ideal team. With her bumbling nature, a steamer trunk full of emotional baggage, and no investigating skills, Alex spends most of her time reminding herself that the tall, dark, and handsome Miguel Diaz is not her real boyfriend and struggling to keep from falling into his bed. As she tries to dig up dirt on her undercover lover, the steamy investigation leads to a fight for her life. But who is behind the attacks?
Pleasant Lake P.D.
by Kelly FitzpatrickAlexandria Moreno, parking enforcement officer for the serene town of Pleasant Lake, has signed on with the FBI to nail a gorgeous suspected criminal, Miguel Diaz, who's passing himself off as a legitimate businessman. Alex's assignment is to use her feminine wiles, of which she has few, to infiltrate Diaz's world and find some evidence for a conviction. To complicate matters, she's teamed up with Detective Roman Plow, who is her ex-boyfriend, though the FBI doesn't know it. As they focus on retaliating for past wrongs, real and imagined, their smoldering love/hate relationship brews. They're not exactly an ideal team. With her bumbling nature, a steamer trunk full of emotional baggage, and no investigating skills, Alex spends most of her time reminding herself that the tall, dark, and handsome Miguel Diaz is not her real boyfriend and struggling to keep from falling into his bed. As she tries to dig up dirt on her undercover lover, the steamy investigation leads to a fight for her life. But who is behind the attacks?
Pleasant Vices
by Judy AstleyThe residents of the Close were much concerned with crime -preventing it, that is. With all those out-of-work teenagers on the nearby council estate hanging around, stealing, joy-riding and goodness knows what else, it was just as well that Paul Mathieson was setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. Not that the inhabitants of the Close did not have their own little activities, of course, but these were hardly the same thing. If Jenny and Alan's daughter was caught travelling on the underground without a ticket, and their son was doing a little experimenting with certain substances, and Laura didn't see the need to declare her earnings from hiring out her house to a film crew, and Jenny drove home only just over the legal limit- well, these were quite different matters, not to be compared with what went on in the Estate. And then there was Jenny's discovery, when she advertised flute lessons, that she could work up quite a nice little earner in a rather unexpected way . As the leafy London street resounded to the efforts of its citizens to keep crime at bay, Jenny realised that it was her marriage, rather than her property, that needed watching. .
Please Be My Star: A Graphic Novel
by Victoria Grace ElliottA fun and unique reimagining of The Phantom of the Opera as a teen rom-com set in high school!Erika knows that people find her weird and off-putting. Instead of making friends, she finds solace in talking to herself and obsessing over handsome actors and pop stars. When she starts attending a new school, her loneliness takes on a life of its own and she develops a new obsession: the cutest boy in her theater class, Christian. For some reason, Christian is kind to her and even agrees to star in the play that she wrote for him, and Erika starts to find a creative voice that might lead to new friendship and romance. But the more time Erika spends with Christian, the more she wonders what he sees in a creep like her. Can Erika somehow write her way into the center of her own heartfelt love story? Or does Christian have an ending of his own in mind?
Please Calm Down, Dear Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Wan WanShe is a good writer and a good fighter wen is to win the favor of her lover and wu is to deserve him for him she on the knife mountain under the sea of fire in return is he in front of her and other women married heartache heart dead sister married the night before want to commit suicide was saved by her in order to save the life of the family she replaced her sister on the sedan who knows she married is not full of the name of the capital to her admiration of the two imperial son north yang but the notorious four imperial son north easy this would like to spend the rest of his life in yi wang fu but the notorious north easy unexpectedly repeatedly challenge her patience she endure again and again unexpectedly north easy incredibly push one s luck well unbearable then need not endure again mother and you fight to the end
Please Calm Down, Dear Wife: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Wan WanShe is a good writer and a good fighter wen is to win the favor of her lover and wu is to deserve him for him she on the knife mountain under the sea of fire in return is he in front of her and other women married heartache heart dead sister married the night before want to commit suicide was saved by her in order to save the life of the family she replaced her sister on the sedan who knows she married is not full of the name of the capital to her admiration of the two imperial son north yang but the notorious four imperial son north easy this would like to spend the rest of his life in yi wang fu but the notorious north easy unexpectedly repeatedly challenge her patience she endure again and again unexpectedly north easy incredibly push one s luck well unbearable then need not endure again mother and you fight to the end
Please Come Home for Christmas: A Novella (Sleigh Bells Ring)
by Lenora WorthIn the air there’s a feeling of Christmas . . . and something fishy.Her heart ought to be on the naughty list. Amy has hardly shown her son around the family horse farm or brushed a thoroughbred before she’s fraternizing with the enemy. It’s been awhile since her husband died, since her heart felt this way.But after real estate developer Dan Wentworth has been so cozy with her sisters about selling their newly inherited property, Amy can’t be sure if he’s warming up to her. Or merely warming her up to the idea of letting the family homestead be bulldozed for a housing development.She doesn’t want to hurt her sisters, but the money from Dan’s proposal could go a long way in making single-motherhood merry and bright.
Please Don't Ask Me to Love You
by Anne SchraffTina Hayes leaves home after a fight with her hard-drinking mother's latest boyfriend. Her attempts to survive on her own lead her into risky situations.But a Country singer and a lonely couple give Tina the love and compassion she never knew at home.
Please Don't Die
by Meghan SchiereckRosemary O'Brien, a painter living in the West Village in New York City, still reeling from the loss of her fiancé three years earlier, must move out of their shared home and find meaning in her new life by beginning to date again and answering a request for proposal to paint a large-scale mural in a new Korean tea house, owned by none other than Jordan Park, the man who moved into her old apartment.As Rosemary and Jordan butt heads at first, Rosemary questions what it means to "move on" from grief, from her late fiancé , and from the place she called home for so long and how she can still love someone else without compromising her feelings from the past.
Please Don't Stop the Music
by Jane LoveringA desperate jewelry designer falls for a mysterious musician in “a real gem of a story that completely caught me by surprise” (Romance Junkies). After a rough patch that she doesn’t like to talk about, Jemima Hutton is determined to build a successful new life. Unfortunately, her handmade jewelry business is on the edge of ruin. That is, until the enigmatic Ben Davies offers to stock her handmade belt buckles in his guitar shop and things soon start looking up. But Ben has his own secrets he’d prefer to keep quiet. When Jemima finds out he used to be the front man of a hugely successful indie band, she wants to know more. Like why did he desert the band on their US tour? And why is he now a semi-recluse? But the curiosity is mutual—which means that Jemima’s own secret is no longer safe. And only by trusting one another will Ben and Jemima be able to rock together, in this witty tale that earned RoNA Awards for both Best Romantic Comedy Novel and Romantic Novel of the Year.
Please Don't Tell: A Novel
by Elizabeth AdlerIn this thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of A Place in the Country, a woman’s choice to help an injured man changes her life forever.Fen Dexter’s quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to have had a car accident. He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police solve the murder of his fiancée. Unable to make it to the hospital because of the storm, he stays the night at Fen’s, and the attraction between them is obvious. The next morning, he heads to the hospital where Fen’s niece, Vivi, is an ER doctor. Vivi is treating the most recent target of a serial killer whose signature move is to leave a note saying “Please Don’t Tell” taped across his victims’ mouths. When Fen’s mysterious stranger comes to Vivi to have his wounds stitched, she agrees to set him up to talk with the police about his fiancée. But who is this man, really? What does he want with Fen and her family? And will they all live long enough to uncover the truth?“Brawn, bravado, and romance . . . Adler is in top form in her latest thriller. She delivers fascinating characters [and] twists that shock and surprise.” —Mystery Scene
Please Don't Tell: A Novel
by Laura TimsDebut author Laura Tims writes an intense and utterly gripping contemporary YA tale perfect for fans of Pretty Little Liars. Joy has done everything to protect her twin sister...including murder.Joy killed Adam Gordon for what he did to her sister, Grace. At least, that’s what she thinks happened. Now Adam can’t hurt anyone ever again, and her sister can be free from the boy who harmed her.But someone else knows what Joy did, and they’re going to out her as a cold-blooded killer if she doesn’t expose the scandalous secrets bubbling just below the surface of her mundane town. As the demands escalate, and she finds herself falling for Adam’s half brother, Joy must figure out the blackmailer’s identity before everything spirals out of control.
Please Don’t Let Me Down: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Jiong BaoHave you ever loved anyone? Have you ever hated anyone? Lin Xiang Ye had them all.Her heart that was filled with blood and flesh was mercilessly squashed by Lu Tingxiao with a single kick.She had thought that love could be wishful thinking, but ten years of love and a child's life couldn't offset Lu Tingxiao's hatred towards her.In the end, she had no choice but to climb up to the top of the tall building and leap down.
Please Enjoy Your Happiness: A Memoir
by Paul Brinkley-Rogers"The most romantic memoir you're likely to read in a lifetime." --Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of Here's to Us An evocative memoir. A beautiful journey to half a century and half a world away. An ageless love story.Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Paul Brinkley-Rogers has lived an adventurous life all over the world. But there is one story he cannot forget: that of his haunting love affair with a mysterious older Japanese woman in 1959. Paul was a sailor aboard the USS Shangri-La that long-ago summer when he met Kaji Yukiko in the seaport of Yokosuka. A fierce intellectual, Yukiko shared her astonishing knowledge of literature, film, and poetry with Paul and encouraged, even demanded, that he use his gifts to become the writer he is today. But theirs was not a quiet love story. When a member of the yakuza, Japan's brutal crime syndicate, attempted to kidnap Yukiko, Paul realized that there was much more to her--and to Japan in the devastating wake of World War II--than he saw at first glance. Through the searing letters that Yukiko wrote to him and Paul's vivid telling of a history made all the more powerful and poignant by the weight of time, Please Enjoy Your Happiness reaches across decades and continents, inviting us all to revisit those loves of our lives that never do end.
Please Forgive Me
by Melissa HillHave you ever dreamed of running away? Of just leaving the past behind you? Leonie has done just that. She's moved to another country and got a new job, a new home, a brand new life . . . But when she discovers a box of unread love letters in the bottom of her wardrobe, all ending with the words 'please forgive me', she finds herself drawn to the mystery behind them. Can the unravelling of another person's story help Leonie deal with her own past and her own secrets? All she knows is that she has to try. Because if the couple behind the love letters had a happy ending, then perhaps she just might too.
Please Forgive Me
by Melissa HillHave you ever dreamed of running away? Of just leaving the past behind you? Leonie has done just that. She's moved to another country and got a new job, a new home, a brand new life . . . But when she discovers a box of unread love letters in the bottom of her wardrobe, all ending with the words 'please forgive me', she finds herself drawn to the mystery behind them. Can the unravelling of another person's story help Leonie deal with her own past and her own secrets? All she knows is that she has to try. Because if the couple behind the love letters had a happy ending, then perhaps she just might too.
Please Release Me
by Rhoda Baxter“A deeper, more mature love story . . . written with the deft characterization and emotional richness which are already a hallmark of Ms. Baxter’s books” (Home on Deranged). Sally Cummings has had it tougher than most but, if nothing else, it’s taught her to grab opportunity with both hands. And, when she stands looking into the eyes of her new husband Peter on her perfect wedding day, it seems her life is finally on the up. That is until a car crash puts her in a coma and throws her entire future into question. In the following months, a small part of Sally’s consciousness begins to return, allowing her to listen in on the world around her—although she has no way to communicate. But Sally was never going to let a little thing like a coma get in the way of her happily ever after . . . “This story has twist and turns, lies and truth, reality and possibility all messed up in a delightful tale . . . A unique love story that will stay with you long after the final page.” —Keeper Bookshelf “Absolutely wonderful writing, highly readable, really enjoyable, and I was quite blown away by the story—unmissable.” —Being Anne “The story has just the right amount of conflict, love and remorse and these all come together to make a wonderful read . . . A richness of characters and plot which are seldom found in a contemporary romance.” —Long and Short Reviews
Please Remember Me
by Jacob Z. FloresSuccessful lawyer Santi Herrera couldn't be happier with the direction his life is taking. Not only is he on track to becoming a partner in his law firm, but he's planning his wedding to Hank Burton, a south Texas contractor who has made a name for himself despite his humble beginnings. The introverted lone wolf Santi and the friendly, outgoing Hank complement each other perfectly. From the moment they laid eyes on each other, they were hooked, and as far as Santi and Hank are concerned, a happily ever after is their destiny. But fate deals them a devastating new hand. A construction accident leaves Hank with severe head trauma and brings him precariously close to death. When he finally awakens, Hank doesn't remember Santi or the love they shared for the past three years. Santi faces the greatest challenge of his life. Can he respark a flame his lover can't recall? And can he stop the diverging paths that fickle fate charts between them? Santi has faith in the love he and Hank shared and in the words his father once spoke to him: "It's never too late to fall in love. All over again."
Please Say "I Do" (Three Weddings & a Hurricane #698)
by Karen Toller WhittenburgThree Weddings & a HurricaneShe's determined to make it the wedding of the century!The Brewster wedding was to be the triumph of Hallie Bernhardt's career. Never mind that the bride hadn't shown up and the groom couldn't be found. Never mind the hurricane warning. Or that the hotel had put Hallie in the same room with Rik Austin, the best man.He's determined to make it the wedding that never was.Rik was a laid-back guy...but he wasn't going to let Miss Button-down disrupt his plans to disrupt this wedding. He knew what to do-a little tequila here, a little seduction there...and before she knew it, Hallie would be bewitched and bewildered-and the wedding would be history. But a funny thing happened on the way to disaster....
Please Say Kaddish for Me (Havah's Journey)
by Rochelle Wisoff-FieldsFirst in the historical trilogy set in Czarist Russia: &“Filled with suspense, beauty, love, and true-life horror . . . a riveting read.&” —Diane Yates, author of Pathways of the Heart Nineteenth-century Russia is not a safe place for those of Jewish faith. They are prisoners in their country, unable to own land, and denied an education beyond their Hebrew schools. Pogroms rage—and it is one such massacre that rips Havah Cohen&’s family from her . . . Found wounded and barefoot on the steps of nearby synagogue, clad in only a nightdress, Havah is taken to safety by a rabbi and his son, Arel, who are shocked to hear the words of the Kaddish come from a mere girl. No woman should know the holy writings. Havah is welcomed into the house of the local midwife, where she becomes part of the family and close-knit community—though some eye her with suspicion as the rumor of her praying spreads. And while she now lives with the girl who is Arel&’s intended, his kind face is never far from her mind. With the pain of her family&’s death and the threat of pogrom always hanging over her, the fiercely intelligent and independent Havah knows that a bigger world awaits—if she&’s brave enough to meet it . . . &“This book will ignite the fire of indignation in your soul against all forms of intolerance, as well as the fire of faith in the face of despair.&” —James C. Washburn, author of Touching Spirit: The Letters of Minominike
Please Take Care of Willie
by Tracy SinclairCupid's Little Helpers UNEXPECTED GUARDIAN... Alexandra Reynolds thought Willie was the most adorable male to come into her agency in years. And when the towheaded tyke's mother suddenly disappeared, Alex found herself his unexpected guardian. But then Chase Mainwaring showed up to claim his long-lost nephew and barged right into Alex's life. The ruggedly handsome man had the most amazing eyes-and more charm than was legal. Alex wasn't sure if Chase was Prince Charming or the devil in disguise! But Willie liked him, and soon the little matchmaker had Alex convinced she had lost her heart...and Chase had found it! CUPID'S LITTLE HELPERS... These matchmaking kids come with a happily-ever-after guarantee.
Pleasing Her SEAL (Uniformly Hot!)
by Anne MarshSUBJECT: Navy SEAL Mason Black MISSION: Remain undercover...even if it means going commando! Wedding blogger Maddie Holmes is twelve times the bridesmaid and never the bride. Still, being on the sidelines of everyone else's happy endings has its perks, like staying at the luxurious, decadent Fantasy Island. The resort isn't just romantic-it's filled with sinful temptations...like delicious hottie resort chef Mason Black. And Maddie can't wait to take a bite! There's just a teeny problem with her plan. She has no idea that Mason is an undercover Navy SEAL who needs photographs Maddie took that put both his mission and her life at risk. Mason's plan? Retrieve the pics and indulge in a few X-rated fantasies with the curvy redhead...and hope like hell that being between the sheets doesn't blow his cover.