Week of May 30, 2022
Iโve got ninety-nine problems and my brotherโs snarky, smart-mouthed best friend Sam is tangled up in every last one of them.
When it comes to firefighter Sam OโShea, absenceโand a regime of tactical avoidanceโhas been working for meย juuustย fine. But when the audition of a lifetime falls in my pathetically broke lap, and heโs the only one who can help me land the job, Iโm willing to make a deal with the devil if it means I can kickstart my career as a narrator for audio books.
The problem? Weโd have to actuallyย doย the job. Together. Andย thenย weโre told itโs for an erotic romance. Narrating steamy lines in a tiny studio with a man who lights a fire under your skin? An occupational hazard. Accidentally inciting a town scandal when your erotic audiobook clips wind up on the radio? A crisis. And falling for theย oneย man I promised my brotherโand my heartโI wouldnโt touch?
A disasterโand temptationโI canโt resist.
Return to Tokyo for a royal wedding in Emiko Jean’sย Tokyo Dreaming
When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a princess overnight. Now, sheโs overcome conniving cousins, salacious press, and an imperial scandal to finally find a place she belongs. She has a perfect bodyguard turned boyfriend. Her stinky dog, Tamagotchi, is living with her in Tokyo. Her parents have even rekindled their college romance and areย engaged. A royal wedding is on the horizon! Izumiโs life is a Tokyo dream come true.
Only…
Her parentsโ engagement hits a brick wall. The Imperial Household Council refuses to approve the marriage citing concerns about Izumi and her motherโs lack of pedigree. And on top of it all, her bodyguard turned boyfriend makes a shocking decision about their relationship. At the threat of everything falling apart, Izumi vows to do whatever it takes to help win over the council. Which means upping her newly acquired princess game.
But at what cost? Izumi will do anything to help her parents achieve their happily ever after, but what if playing the perfect princess means sacrificing her own? Will she find a way to forge her own path and follow her heart?
#1ย New York Timesย bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but Americaโs favorite storyteller has several surprises in store.
โHomecomingโ takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many ofย John Grishamโs unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but heโs not in the courtroom.ย Heโs called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy,ย and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from againโuntil now. Now Mack is back, and heโs leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return.ย His homecoming does not go as planned.
Inย โStrawberry Moon,โ we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers canโt save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request.
Theย โSparring Partnersโ are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself?
By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told.
The Kingsley family is American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political service, and unmatched elegance. In 1967, after Joseph S. Kingsley, Jr. is killed in a tragic accident, his charismatic son inherits the weight of that legacy. But Joe III is a free spiritโand a little bit reckless. Despite his best intentions, he has trouble meeting the expectations of a nation, as well as those of his exacting mother, Dottie.
Meanwhile, no one ever expected anything of Cate Cooper. She, too, grew up fatherlessโand after her mother marries an abusive man, she is forced to fend for herself. After being discovered by a model scout at age sixteen, Cate decides that her looks may be her only ticket out of the cycle of disappointment that her mother has always inhabited. Before too long, Cateโs face is in magazines and on billboards. Yet she feelsย like a fraud, faking it in a world to which sheโs never truly belonged.
When Joe and Cate unexpectedly cross paths one afternoon, their connection is instant and intense. But can their relationship survive the glare of the spotlight and the so-called Kingsley curse? In a beautifully written novel that captures a gilded moment in American history, Emily Giffin tells the story of two people searching for belonging and identity, as well as the answer to the question: Are certain love stories meant to be?
Young and naรฏveโthose are his exact words.
Professor Barclay views me as a nuisance, a disruption of his otherwise obedient class and perfectly regimented life. His bad impression of me stems from a simple misunderstanding, and when that impression sours from bad to worse, he decides to make an example out of me in front of the entire class. Every other female student in that auditorium looks on, longing to trade places with me, wishing they were the object of his attention. Itโs humiliating. I want nothing to do with him or the tension growing between us, but he feels inescapable.
Deep down, I know I have a crush on him. Itโs a shameful feeling I refuse to give life to.
Not that it mattersโnothing can come from it. Besides our mutual dislike for one another and the fact that heโs my professor, thereโs an age gap that should be warning enough.
While we might cross the line onceโthe dark glance across a dimly lit barโฆthe metallic sound of the bathroom door locking behind usโฆhis hand slowly sliding up my skirtโI know itโs a boundary I canโt break again.
Now, more than ever, heโs off-limits.
After four years apart, Iโm a brand-new hire at his firm. Iโve convinced myself he wonโt remember me. Iโm safe here in the wolfโs den.
Itโs funny, isnโt it? How easily we can delude ourselves if only we want something bad enough.
Nothing has changed.
That same friction roils between us. My gaze still flees from the chill of his glacier blue eyes. I try to stay out of his way, to keep my distance, but like always we feel inevitable. Fate seems to think I belong in the arms of my old professor, and raging against fateโฆwell, thatโs a battle weโre all bound to lose.
#1ย New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken delivers an over-the-top, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy with this hilarious, standalone new adult romance.
Iโve known Jack my entire life.
We went from being high school enemies to making out one fateful night at college to him being a giant D and making me cry.
Now weโre both interns at the same company.
Mortal enemy interns.
So when the chance pops up to finally beat him at something, to land my dream job plus a bonus? I donโt even blink.
Iโm in. All in.
I mean, how hard can it be?
The managers say itโs like the Olympics for interns. All we have to do is play a few silly games, and if we winโour futures are unicorns and free wine for all.
The only problem? Jackโs my partner, and in order to win, we will have to get along.
As the stakes get higher, so does the heat, and damn is he hot when heโsโฆ never mind. I can focus. I can totally focus and not make out with him or end up in his bedโagain.
I can do it.
For the sake of my career, I can do it.
I just need a blindfold, sage, and a lot of prayers.
My job is the only thing I have right now. My focus is strong.
But when that stupid guy smiles, all I can think about is that one kiss, followed by the second, and I wonder if my priorities are in order or if Iโm falling for the enemy once again.
When a sexy silver alpha hero comes home, he finds himself sharing space with a single mother and facing the truthโhe has a lot to learn about family and love in order to earn a second chance at both.
Archer McCaryn has been a mystery to his family. At forty-five, he isnโt certain himself who he is anymore. When he returns to the familyโs lakeside cottage, he finds there is someone in his garage apartment. In fact, sheโs in his bed, and he doesnโt have a problem with the beautiful, single mother staying there as long as she doesnโt want into his heart.
Jenna Davis is self-aware – sheโs a teacher, a mother, and a widow. Now in her early forties, this once free-spirited woman considers herself a responsible adult and works hard to keep life all together. So when a college friend invites her and her two little girls to come for a visit, sheโs ecstatic about a vacation. Only sheโs placed in the garage apartment of her best friendโs older brother. Being attracted to him hadnโt been on her itinerary, but thereโs no going back when hearts become reckless.
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