"What's your safeword?"Firefighter Tripp Truett has somehow tumbled into a whole new kind of relationship with his quirky paramedic best friend, Lee, but mutual relief from their high-stress jobs quickly develops into something more.With all the missed signals and crossed wires, can these two ever figure out that they're so much closer to being on the same page than they think?A flaming hot queer romance novel where a foray into BDSM helps two friends find themselve...

What's your safeword?Firefighter Tripp Truett has somehow tumbled into a whole new kind of relationship with his quirky paramedic best friend, Lee, but mutual relief from their high-stress jobs quickly develops into something more.With all the missed signals and crossed wires, can these two ever figure out that they're so much closer to being on the same page than they think?A flaming hot queer romance novel where a foray into BDSM helps two friends find th...

After Job came through the trials of his life, he proclaimed to God, "I had heard about you before, but now I have seen You with my own eyes" (Job 42:5). Perhaps it takes much of a lifetime for some of us to truly see God in us and around us. Few of us would see getting stuck in traffic, a broken appliance, the death of a loved one, loss of a relationship, development of a lifelong friendship, or connecting with a spouse in quite the same way at the age of twenty that we do later in life. ...

A tour of not-to-be-missed public places—parks, plazas, memorials, streets—that shape the New York experience.The thirty-eight urban gems covered here range from newly created linear spaces along the water’s edge, such as Brooklyn Bridge Park and the East River Waterfront Esplanade, to revitalized squares and circles, such as those at Gansevoort Plaza in the Meatpacking District and Columbus Circle, to repurposed open spaces like the freight tracks, now the High Line, and Concrete ...

In this collection of thirty-four sketches, the author captures the extraordinary range of people, experiences, places and feelings that is New York City -- the city behind the glamorous facade of Manhattan, inhabited by people who remember when this was "a great big wonderful town and they were young in its streets."These sketches, many based on actual incidents, take as their subject the "smaller dramas" of mankind, the chance encounters and random episodes that inform one's life...

Everything in this book is true. The time Kelly peed her pants in the gas station. The time she stalked Leonardo DiCaprio through Los Angeles as a stoned teenager. The time she used her son’s diaper explosion to get out of a speeding ticket. And especially the time she was convinced David Copperfield could read her mind. Kelly’s more than half a million Twitter followers already knew she was hilarious, and Everything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar has proven it, spending months on ...

Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 New York Times bestselling novel in verse from Ellen Hopkins.When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their live...

"So engrossing, so transporting, so moving, I didn't want it to end! A beautiful, lyrical read—I loved every last word of it!"—Alyson Noël, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Immortals seriesWhat is the soundtrack of your life?After living in twelve places in eight years,Calle Smith finds herself in Andreas Bay, California, at the start of ninth grade. Another new home, another new school…Calle knows bette...

This short story collection from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner “shouldn’t be missed” (Entertainment Weekly).Jennifer Weiner's talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime.We meet Marlie Davidow, home alone with her new baby late one night, when she wanders onto her ex’s online wedding registry ...

The original novel as seen in Showtime’s Californication, starring David Duchovny.The critically acclaimed show, Californication, is one of Showtime’s highest rated programs. Averaging about two million viewers an episode, it is the most successfully rated freshman series in Showtime history. A Golden Globe nominee for Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical), Californication features an electric, likeable cast, led by actor David Ducho...

Prize-winning author Lily King’s masterful new novel spans three decades of a volatile relationship between a charismatic, alcoholic father and the daughter who loves him.Gardiner Amory is a New England WASP who's beginning to feel the cracks in his empire. Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him, and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent the first eleven years of her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal, socia...