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| In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati AlexanderIn exchange for a free trip to Turks and Caicos, overworked video game designer Sloane Cooper is more than willing to pose as her neighbor Charlie's new girlfriend as part of his ill-advised plan to win back his ex. For fans of: Elle Everhart's Wanderlust; Priscilla Oliveras' Island Affair; Sidney Halston's The Valentine's Hate. |
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| The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate ClaybornYears after their mother ran off with an infamous con artist, Jess accompanies her half-sister Tegan on a journey to find out what happened, accompanied by a pair of true crime podcasters. This novel by the author of Love Lettering offers an "engrossing road trip romance that doubles as a journey of self-discovery" (Publishers Weekly). You might also like: Alicia Thompson's Love in the Time of Serial Killers; Nicole Deese's The Roads We Follow. |
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The beloved
by J. R. Ward
The Black Dagger Brotherhood's deadliest fighter, Zsadist, when his daughter, Nalla, falls in love, must confront the future and face the reality he may not be able to protect her forever.
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The house on Biscayne Bay
by Chanel Cleeton
After the tragic death of her parents, Carmen Acosta arrives at Maribrisa, the grand home of her estranged older sister and her husband on Biscayne Bay, and soon discovers beneath its glittering façade lies a treacherous legacy and must unravel Maribrisa's secrets to stop history from repeating itself.
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| Just for the Summer by Abby JimenezEmma and Justin have one thing in common: all of their exes have gone on to find their soul mates after breaking up with them. By that logic, dating each other should produce similar results, right? Read-alikes: Lynn Painter's Happily Never After; Alison Rose Greenberg's Bad Luck Bridesmaid; Jacqueline Firkins' The Predictable Heartbreaks of Imogen Finch. |
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King of greed
by Ana Huang
Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years. She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they've reached the top, she realizes he's no longer the man she fell for. When it becomes clear that she'll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first-even if it means leaving the only man she's ever loved. But what she didn't count on was his refusal to let her go...or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes.
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| Maya's Laws of Love by Alina KhawajaBelieving she's cursed when it comes to love, Maya Mirza agrees to an arranged marriage. Then, en route to her wedding in Pakistan, she unexpectedly meets the man of her dreams. You might also like: Sara Jafari's The Mismatch; Noreen Mughee's The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed; Amal Awad's Courting Samira. |
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| How to End a Love Story by Yulin KuangIn this heart-wrenching but hopeful debut by screenwriter and director Yulin Kuang, author Helen Zhang moves to L.A. to write for the TV adaptation of her bestselling YA series and encounters producer Grant Shepard, who played a role in the death of her younger sister. You might also like: Melissa Ferguson's How to Plot a Payback, Xio Axelrod's Love on the Byline. |
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The rule book : a novel
by Sarah Adams
Representing famous NFL tight end Derek Pender, her college ex-boyfriend, agent Nora MacKenzie, when he tries to make her life miserable, sets in motion a scheme of her own, but when a wild night in Vegas leads to marriage, their rule book goes out the window.
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Happily never after
by Lynn Painter
When Sophie Steinbeck finds out just before her nuptials that her fiancé has cheated yet again, she desperately wants to call it off. But because her future father-in-law is her dad’s cutthroat boss, she doesn’t want to be the one to do it. Her savior comes in the form of a professional objector, whose purpose is to show up at weddings and proclaim the words no couple (usually) wants to hear at their ceremony: “I object!” During anti-wedding festivities that night, Sophie learns more about Max the Objector’s job. It makes perfect sense to her: he saves people from wasting their lives, from hurting each other. He’s a modern-day hero. And Sophie wants in.
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