10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At LoveI’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short. When a near meltdown (and maybe too much champagne) lands me in front of an old friend, things finally start looking up.If Mateo Ramirez, personal trainer, self-discipline junkie, and the Inte...

How do you tell your best friend you had the best sex of your life with her brother in short-term parking? Short answer - you don't.I probably should have declined my bestie’s invitation to spend the summer in England working at her family’s castle-turned-hotel. But, dammit, it was either that or teach summer school math. Two doors down from my ex.Obvious choice, right?Except now I’m living within kissing distance of Jasper for the entire s...

A standalone enemies to lovers romantic comedyDating? Lower than a bikini wax on my list of priorities.Blind dating? Let’s just say I’d rather have a Brazilian - and not the hot soccer-player variety.So the fact I’ve agreed to do a blind-date feature for Pink, the magazine I work for, and write it all up Bridget Jones style means one thing - Pink is in dire straits and this is my best shot at saving my job.Make that my only shot bec...

"Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown" unveils the gripping odyssey of a man known as Fed, whose escape from the clutches of slavery leads him on a transformative journey to England. Sold into bondage at the tender age of ten, Fed's narrative paints a vivid picture of the perils faced by a young slave thrust into the rapidly developing landscape of Georgia. The narrative begins with Fed's acquisition by a slave trader, destined for the burgeo...

The immensely popular knitalong—an organized event where people knit together for a common goal—has only grown with the explosion of the Internet. Yesterday’s wartime Red Cross sock drives have evolved into today’s meet-ups at locales as diverse as cafes, state fairs, and major league ballparks, as well as international online gatherings; in fact, at any given time tens of thousands of people worldwide are involved in knitalongs, organized around a particular yarn, a favorite social cause,...

An enemies to lovers romantic comedyStefan Cane can fill out a Speedo, that’s for sure. Not that Lucy’s ever joined him at the beach, but she’s been keeping up with his Insta since they shared that sizzling hot kiss at the Jingle Ball a few months ago. The kiss she ran away from like some kind of Disney princess.Except Lucy’s no princess. And Stefan is certainly no prince. He’s the guy whose sole reason for being in her small English village is to ...

Whoever said taking a second chance on your first love was a good idea obviously had nothing to hide…They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. But shagging a guy with a “Bad Decision” tattoo is never a good idea. It’s a warning label. Trust me.So when a friend coerces me into taking part in a charity dating auction, I jump at the chance to leave London - and my bad decisions - behind for a weekend.But Max Foste...

Exes running a wedding business? What can go wrong?EvieHaving inappropriate dreams about my ex-husband is problematic. The fact that he’s applied to be the business partner in my wedding business - and is an infuriatingly savvy businessman - is even more so.Our marriage ended because we were both more married to our jobs than each other, but now I can barely look at Lincoln without imagining him naked. How the hell am I sup...

Is shagging the boss you love to hate called a hate-shag? Asking for a friend.My boss:Uptight.Straight-laced.American.Knobhead.If he calls me Ms. St Julien one more time, I might stab him in the eye with a pen.Also my boss:Sexy AF.Dirty-talker.Funny??That tour of London I was supposed to be taking him on kind of ended up in his bedroom. Oops.

John Brown (May 9, 1800 December 2, 1859) holds a unique place in American history, often viewed as a force for good and an evil man at the same time. Brown was a revolutionary abolitionist in the United States who became famous in his own time for practicing armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery for good. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and became notorious for his attempted raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. For that, h...

HE’S a hot actor with an image problem and I’M supposed to be his redemption??Hollywood megastar Greyson Vaughn needs a girlfriend to help him combat rumours that he’s stalking his ex. I need a distraction from grad school, bills and my nonexistent love life. So when he offers me a job as his fake girlfriend for the weekend so the paparazzi can snap some cozy photos, I’m in.But Greyson is either a better actor than I thought or I’ve fallen...

Telling my wannabe rock star ex that I’m his new PR person is easy. What's hard - besides his abs? The fact that he's way hotter than he was 12 years ago.Not that I'm noticing. Nope. I'm 150,000% over him.As far as I’m concerned, my relationship with Alastair Wells is strictly professional. Despite that brooding regret he has when he looks at me. And that smile that tells me he has ideas of his own and they definitely include me. But not in any kind of professional sense.