Eve Dowling, a talented writer for a successful magazine that covers New Orleans society events, is leading an unexciting life filled with one good friend, no family, and too much work-until she is forced to attend the social event of the season. Feeling overweight and unattractive, her life is turned upside down by a fateful encounter with a stunningly handsome mystery man who ignites her most sensual fantasies with an epic seduction in the garden and the best erotic encounter of her life...

Lacey realizes, after breaking off two and a half engagements, she will never find the romantic love she has always dreamed about, and decides to help others find theirs instead. The Café on the Corner, where she has breakfast every morning, is fertile people-watching territory, and after she successfully brings one couple together, she knows the possibilities for making matches for others are endless.When Lacey has a chance encounter with Hunter at the café, she enlists his aid in...

Break out your pom poms! The highly anticipated, stand-alone companion to the instant #1 bestseller The Tryout promises even more cheer, higher stakes, and relatable middle-school drama. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier."Raw, candid, moving, and full of heart." -Betty C. Tang, creator of the award-winning bestseller Parachute Kids"Gorgeous, heartfelt, and hilarious." -Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the W...

***A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INDIE NEXT PICK*Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism.**Now a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's First Black Friend and everyone is, as she puts it, "stark...

Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorce dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancee and her kids. The fiancee's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever li...

He survived Houthi rebels, but he might not survive his sister's annoying best friend . . .Navy SEAL Zachary Browne made it back from Yemen to find a squatter living in his house—an apparently homeless and very possibly insane, sexy AF interior designer who claims she was hired by his sister to redecorate his place as a surprise.Even he knows decorators don't move in to their jobs with all their worldly possessions. And his sister Amanda should know the two...

A gay professor at a Southern, small-town conservative college must choose between his career and a chance at true love in this steamy romance.Growing up in the Bible Belt, Paul Dunham learned from a young age to hide his sexuality. Now he's teaching psychology at a conservative college in Georgia—and still hiding who he really is. If Paul hopes to get tenure, he needs to keep his desires on the down-low. But when an old college crush shows up on campus—looking mor...

*A PureWow Best Beach Read of Summer 2022**A Washington Post Best Book of June**An Entertainment Weekly Best Book for Summer**A Glamour Best New Book to Get Your Summer Started**A Vogue Queer Book to Read This Summer***A wedding weekend spirals out of control in this bold, electrifying, hilarious novel about the complexities of female friendship

Fans of Jennifer Weiner and Sunny Hostin will love this emotional dual-timeline novel about two former besties finding their way back to each other.To heal their friendship, they’ll have to face their past.Jewel Stone has it all—the perfect marriage, a bestselling author career, her dream home—or so she likes everyone to believe. But between her writer’s block and her husband losing his job, her picture-perfect life is in shambles. And insp...

Anna Corcoran's life is hectic, but that's how she likes it. Between her jobs at the Violet Hill Cafe, the local library, and doing publicity work for authors, she doesn't have much time for anything else. Until Lacey Cole walks into the cafe and she feels like she's been knocked off her axis.Lacey's a photographer and writer and wants to do a profile on the cafe, including an interview with Anna. She's game, but after spending a few days with Lacey, Anna is falling. Hard. The only ...

Dime is fifteen and angry all the time.Her parents don't like the way she dresses, her boyfriend, her attitude. Her older brother Darren was paralyzed in an accident she walked away from, and Dime is sure her parents wish she were the one in the wheelchair. When the fights and accusations finally become too much, Dime moves in with her brother. At first she is overjoyed with the change of scenery and lack of parental control. But when her troubles follow her she fi...

Still grieving for Joey, Linda is unable to move on even though she is attracted to Samson. Samson decides to give her space but at the same time tells her in every way he can that he likes her and he wants more than a fling. Linda's friends slowly draw her out of her depression and during a dinner out, she meets Paul, who tells her that Samson loves her a lot and that she needs to be careful not to hurt him. Linda slowly stops grieving and moves on. A few months later she and Samson have ...