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Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Reality merges with fantasy in this hilarious comic novel about the world of radio soap operas and the pitfalls of forbidden passion by the bestselling author of The Storyteller. Sexy, sophisticated, older Aunt Julia, now divorced, seeks a new mate who can support her in high style. She finds instead her libidinous nephew, and their affair shocks both famiy and community.
Author
Publisher
Perigee
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Introvert's Way, a friendly and accessible guide to dating and relationships for introverts. Love is tricky for everyone--and different personality types can face their own unique problems. Now the author of The Introvert's Way offers a guide to romance that takes you through the frequently outgoing world of dating, courting, and relationships, helping you navigate issues that are particular to introverts, from making conversation...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Tracy Strauss helps readers empower themselves by taking a challenging look at the ways the negative events of their lives, including sexual harassment and abuse, have shaped their self-perception and created obstacles to personal success, and how readers can change that troubled self-image along with their (love) lives. I Just Haven't Met You Yet is a modern-day journey of the heart. It is a story about taking big risks, changing old habits and beliefs...
Author
Series
Lady's Guide volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A whip-smart debut that follows the adventures of an entirely unconventional heroine who throws herself into the London Season to find a wealthy husband. But the last thing she expects is to find love ... Kitty Talbot needs a fortune. Or rather, she needs a husband who has a fortune. Left with her father's massive debts, she has only twelve weeks to save her family from ruin. Kitty has never been one to back down from a challenge, so she leaves home...
28) Unspoken
Author
Series
Start up in the city volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Isabel Winton had planned to spend the last few days of her marriage at her vacation home, intending to reflect, regroup...or maybe just do some solitary sulking. Instead, she collides with her almost ex, Paul, who has the same idea. Too stubborn to leave, Isabel figures this is a chance for them to get some closure. But she's astonished to see that months apart have transformed her emotionally aloof husband into "Paul 2.0," more open than ever before....
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From the lifelong devotion of the American crow to the dalliances of the eastern bluebird, from the bald eagle’s dazzling aerial display to the male ruby-throated hummingbird’s reputation as a “deadbeat dad” — courtship, mating, and parenting differ dramatically among birds. Ornithologist and author Laura Erickson takes readers on a romance-fueled romp through the love lives of 35 species, exploring the diversity of avian approaches to pairing...
30) Shall we dance?
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Nature is putting on a dance recital...come watch! From award-winning author-illustrator Robin Page, SHALL WE DANCE? is a beautiful exploration of how and why different animals move their bodies. Whether it's to find a mate, repel a predator, or just for fun, readers will learn the reason and purpose behind each animal and critter's graceful, exuberant, or playful moves. And they might even want to get up and join in the dancing fun!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Coming from a moderately traditional Muslim family, twenty-seven-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz has endured her fair share of arranged matches—first dates she calls “doorknock appeals,” where she and her possible suitors eat snacks in her living room in the company of both sets of parents. Her general rule: no shoes with tassels, no cheesy leather jackets, no mustaches. A girl has to have some standards, right? The truth is, Samira is already experiencing...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
Molly Pohlig's The Unsuitable is a fierce blend of Gothic ghost story and Victorian novel of manners that's also pitch perfect for our current cultural moment. Iseult Wince is a Victorian woman perilously close to spinsterhood whose distinctly unpleasant father is trying to marry her off. She is awkward, plain, and most pertinently, believes that her mother, who died in childbirth, lives in the scar on her neck. Iseult's father parades a host of unsuitable...
34) Seven chances
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"[T]he story of an eligible young bachelor who must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to receive a $7 million inheritance. After bungling a proposal to his longtime sweetheart ... , Jimmie ... embarks on a desperate quest for a bride. He experiences a hilarous series of rejections, until a newspaper announcement of Jimmie's predicament provides him with more fiancées than he can handle"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Bondar examines the sex lives of our animal cousins, which are fiendishly difficult, infinitely varied, and often violent. They involve razor sharp penises, murderous cannibals, and chemical warfare in an epic battle between the sexes. Like us, animals must first find the perfect partner. You think we have it tough? Try having to do it while being hunted down by predators, against a backdrop of unpredictable or life-threatening conditions. Then, sperm...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"A crash course in commitment: one couple and forty dates that could make or break their marriage before the wedding. Picking a partner is life's most important decision, but how are we supposed to make it? Being in love is a good start, but the issues that ultimately wreck marriages--money and monogamy, career and kids--are hard to gauge until you're actually hitched. So after a few years of dating, Jill Andres and Brook Silva-Braga built The Marriage...
37) Girl/friend
Author
Series
Zee files volume 3
Publisher
West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Everyone is surprised when Zee strikes up a friendship--and more--with Archie, the school's most elusive, handsome boy on campus, but unfortunately Zee's friends and Archie do not get along, and the more she tries to help the situation, the more tangled things get.
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Art needs a sense of lack to bring about its own effects; where there is no feeling of need to make up a shortfall, there will be no work. Alright I said, I'll try... This is how Emily Stuart opens the intricately involved account of a classic love affair that becomes Caroline's Bikini: a tale of hope, passion, and the power of the imagination. For they say, the story of love - or, rather, falling in love - is timeless, and that unrequited love is...
40) Caveboy crush
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Neander is a young caveboy. He spends his days doodling on cave walls, chasing mammoth butterflies, and playing with his pet rock, Rock. But one day, he meets Neanne-and he's CRUSHED! She's short, she's hairy, she's perfect! Neander does everything he can think of to get Neanne's attention. He picks a bouquet for her from the Field of the Bees. He fetches a conch shell for her from the Waves of Salt. As Neander's gestures get grander and grander,...
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