Bree Prescott hopes against hope that the tranquil lakeside hamlet of Pelion, Maine will be the location where she finally finds the peace she so badly seeks. On her first day there, she crosses paths with Archer Hale, a reclusive guy who is hiding his own private suffering. An unobserved man by others.
The plot of Archer’s Voice centers on a woman who is bound by the memory of a terrible night and the guy whose love holds the key to her release. It tells the story of a man who cannot speak because of a painful wound and the lady who gives him the confidence to speak. It is a tale of pain, karma, and the healing power of love.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words.”
“I lost my heart to you. And, Bree, in case you’re wondering, I don’t ever want it back.”
“Try to believe that maybe more light shines out of those who have the most cracks.”
“I didn’t know enough to dream you, Bree, but somehow you came true anyway. How did that happen?” He rubbed his nose along mine, pausing and then pulling back again. “Who read my mind and knew exactly what I wanted, even when I didn’t?”
“I stand by my logic though. I think love is a concept, and each person has an individual word for what sums it up for them. My word for love is Bree.”
Since they were young children, Ella and Micha have been best friends. But one terrible night permanently destroys their friendship and their lives. Ella once broke the rules and had a fiery disposition. She also wore her heart on her sleeve. However, she left everything behind when she went to college and became a person who keeps everything in order, follows the rules, and covers all of her troubles. Now that school is out for the summer, she can only return home.
Ella worries that everything she spent so much time and effort burying would come to light again, especially since Micha lives practically next door. She is aware that it will be challenging to refuse if Micha tries to lure the old her back. The only person who can get under Ella’s skin like Micha is attractive, intelligent, and self-assured. He is completely aware of all of her darkest secrets. And he’s committed to doing whatever it takes to get his best buddy and the girl he loves back.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You can’t just change who you are on the outside and expect it to change who you are on the inside.”
“Just because it’s broken doesn’t mean it loses its importance. And I figured I’d give it to you one day when you realized it was okay to make mistakes.”
“I love you, Ella May and nothing will ever change that. You can push me away -run away – and I will still love you.”
“When it all comes down to it, it’s just me and her against the world. Always has been.”
“Just because it’s broken doesn’t mean it loses its importance.”
Although I’ve read some excellent books this year, I have to admit that this one stands out. It is a heartwarming tale of a girl and a boy whose lives are anything from normal but who only want things to be the same. Echo wants to recall what transpired the night her mother attempted to kill her, and Noah wants to know the names and addresses of his siblings’ foster parents. However, they can only find out what is in their files if they are aware of what is there. They decide how they will obtain those files together.
While all of this is going on, Echo is teaching Noah, and Isaiah, Noah’s best friend, is repairing Aries’s car since they are consuming so much time together that they are unable to conceal their developing feelings for one another. This book is about much more than just growing up, including loss, friendship, and love above all else.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The worst type of crying wasn’t the kind everyone could see–the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life.”
“I love you enough to never make you choose.”
“Luke used to give me butterflies. Noah spawned mutant pterodactyls.”
“Because growing up means making tough choices, and doing the right thing doesn’t necessarily mean doing the thing that feels good.”
“I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed.”
Denny, Kiera’s partner of over two years, has been all she could have ever wished for: caring, tender, and passionately devoted to her. Everything seems to be going well for them as they move to a new city to begin their lives together, Denny at his dream career and Kiera at a prestigious institution. The happy pair are then split apart by an unexpected duty.
Kiera seeks solace from an unlikely person when she is feeling sad, confused, and alone: a local rock sensation named Kellan Kyle. He is at first just a buddy she can rely on, but as her loneliness deepens, so does their connection. Then, all of a sudden, everything changes, and nobody will ever be the same again.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“If I’m yours and you’re mine…then I will take you, wherever and whenever I can.”
“Do you really think anyone in this world, compares to you in my eyes?”
“He said I was his heart, and you don’t leave your heart behind. You can’t live without your heart.”
“I want to be someone’s everything. I want fire and passion, and love that’s returned, equally. I want to be someone’s heart.”
“I don’t know how to let you back in.” My heart beat spiked and I closed my eyes when he whispered,” I don’t know how to keep you out either.”
An innovative, urban take on the traditional story of star-crossed lovers. Brittany Ellis had no idea that her meticulously crafted “perfect” existence is going to fall apart in front of her eyes as she enters chemistry class on the first day of her senior year. Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the opposite side of town who is compelled to work within the lab, is about to endanger everything she has fought so hard to achieve, including her boyfriend’s relationship, her impeccable reputation, and the knowledge that her home life is anything from ideal.
And Alex is aware that he is a terrible boy. So he doesn’t take it seriously when he and his pals wager that they can get Brittany to commit to them. The bet Alex made in arrogance suddenly becomes much more as he finds Brittany is a genuine person of great concern. Simone Elkeles rips down the hurdles and misconceptions that could keep Brittany and Alex apart in her impassioned tale about going past the surface.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.”
“We’re actors in our lives, pretendin’ to be who we want people to think we are.”
“I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.”
“I want to know how to make this girl laugh. I want to know what makes her cry. I want to know what it feels like to have her look at me as if I’m her knight in shinning armor.”
“One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.”
A stunning debut novel about love, family, and first relationships that don’t include betraying anyone The Reeds are not anything like the Garretts. loud, many, disorganized, and loving. And every day from her perch on the balcony, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed desires she was one of them. However, everything changes one summer night when Jase Garrett scales her terrace. Jase’s family adopts Samantha as they fall head over heels in love. Then, all of a sudden, her world collapses, leaving her with no choice but to make an agonizing choice. What ideal family will save her? Or should she try to save herself? A captivating summer read with characters you remember long after the book is finished.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Maybe if I can just sleep for a hundred years, I’ll wake up in a better story.”
“Who are these people, and why do they think their own opinions are the only right ones?”
“Why do all the hot girls want the jocks and the good boys? We losers are the ones that need you.”
“I don’t know. I didn’t have that choice. But I know what’s happening now. And I’m choosing to stay with you.”
“The Garretts were my bedtime story, long before I ever thought I’d be part of the story myself.”
The owner of The Manor, Mr. Jesse Ward, has scheduled the first consultation with young interior designer Ava O’Shea. On arrival, nothing else would suggest anything other than the overweight, well-to-do countryman she is only expecting to see. How could she be in error? This man is stunningly attractive, endearing, and self-assured. Additionally, he is a pretentious, hedonistic playboy who has little regard for propriety. Even though Ava passionately tries to resist her attraction to him, she is powerless over it. She runs because she is being driven to do so by every instinct, but Jesse Ward is not so eager to let her go. He is adamant about getting her because he wants her. Even though she is aware that she is headed for heartbreak, how can she escape when he won’t allow her?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Just tell me one thing before you leave, Ava.” His voice prickles at my senses… His face is serious, but still stunning. “How loud do you think you’ll scream when I fuck you?”
“I want to look after you forever.” He whispers, pressing his lips against my temple.”
“Ava, you should know that once I’ve had you, you’re mine.”
“Ava, the sexual tension batting between you and that man was so fucking super charged, even I was horny!”
“I don’t want to be pencilled in anywhere, pencil can be erased.”
Jocelyn Butler has spent years running away from her history. But everything she’s kept hidden is about to come out. Jocelyn started anew in Scotland four years ago after leaving her traumatic history in the United States, burying her pain, dismissing her demons, and moving forward without commitments. Until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street and meets a man who upends her carefully guarded world, her solitary existence is going well.
Braden Because he is accustomed to having his way, Carmichael is determined to have Jocelyn share his bed. Knowing how hesitant she is to commit to a relationship, Braden suggests a plan that will satisfy their strong attraction without putting any restrictions on it. Jocelyn, who is fascinated, agrees, but she quickly learns that Braden won’t be content with mere mind-blowing passion. The obstinate Scotsman is determined to understand her completely, right down to her soul.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I love you. You’re mine. I’ll kill any bastard who tries to take you from me.”
“I wanted to create something beautiful in place of all the ugliness.”
“Braden, I don’t want anything to happen between us.”
He raised his eyebrow, clearly unconvinced.
“Tell that to your damp knickers, babe.”
“Why the hell did he have be the human version of a sexually charged nuclear weapon?”
“Sometimes words aren’t needed for you to know a change has come upon you.”
The fresh Good girl Abby Abernathy is. She has the right quantity of cardigans in her wardrobe and doesn’t drink or swear. Abby thinks she has enough distance from her terrible past, but when she and her best friend arrive at college, Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand throws a wrench in her plans for a fresh start.
The person Travis Maddox needs to avoid—and wants to avoid—is Travis, who is trim, slim, and covered in tattoos. He spends his days being the perfect college campus charmer and his nights fighting for cash in a floating boxing ring. Travis lures Abby into his life with a simple bet because he finds it intriguing that she rejects his advances. He has to abstain for a month if he loses. If Abby loses, she’ll have to spend the same length of time in Travis’s residence. Travis is unaware that he has faced his match in each case.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“He won’t hurt you, Pigeon,” Travis said. “I won’t let him.”
“I’ll never love anyone the way I love you, Pigeon.”
“Look at him,” she said, shaking her head. “Travis Maddox: Mr. Mom.”
“I had died and woken up in High School Musical”
“I loved him, and no matter what my reasons were to live without him, I knew it wasn’t what I wanted.”
The startling masterpiece of passion and heedless abandon by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day, revolutionized what it means to desire and became a worldwide phenomenon…
Gideon Cross entered my life like a bolt of lightning in the night. He was stunning and dazzling, angular and blazing. As I had never been to anybody or anything in my life, I was drawn to him. Even though I knew it would make me weaker, I desired his touch like a drug. He was able to simply expose the flaws and harm I had.
Informed Gideon. He has his own personal demons. We would then transform into mirrors that mirrored each other’s most secret wants and hurt. Even while I prayed that the pain of our pasts wouldn’t drive us away, the ties of his affection transformed me.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I must’ve wished for you so hard and so often you had no choice but to come true.”
“I’m an animal with you,” he murmured. “I want to mark you. I want to possess you so completely there’s no separation between us.”
“Don’t. Tell me when, then. And before you say never, take a good look at me and tell me if you see a man who’s easily deterred.”
“Chicks before dicks, and all that.”
“You know how it is – some hot guys don’t make your hormones go crazy, while some unattractive guys have massive sex appeal. This guy had it all.”
How much love is too much? Before his mother passed away, Travis Maddox learned to love deeply. Fight more ferociously. Finally, the eagerly awaited sequel to Beautiful Disaster, a New York Times bestseller. Can someone be loved too much? Before his mother passed away, Travis Maddox learned to love deeply. Fight more ferociously.
In Walking Disaster, Travis leads a violent life filled with fast women and illegal gambling. However, Abby Abernathy pulls him to his knees just when he believes he is unstoppable. Each narrative has two sides. Abby spoke in Beautiful Disaster. It’s time to view the narrative from Travis’ perspective now.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Did women deserve to be treated like sluts? No. Did sluts deserve to be treated like sluts? Yes.”
“Once she kissed me, my heart slowed, and every muscle in my body relaxed. How much I needed her terrified me. -pg 252/ARC”
“Nah. I’m going to see if I can get Abby on the back of my bike again. It’s the closest I can get to the inside of her thighs”
“I took a deep breath, and shut the bedroom door behind me. Even though we’d put each other through hell, we’d found heaven. Maybe that was more than a couple of sinners deserved, but I wasn’t going to complain.”
“I was in love with her; couldn’t imagine my life without her in it; but at the same time, I wanted her to have better.”
Vanessa Mazur is confident that she is doing morally. She shouldn’t regret giving up. Being a temporary helper, housekeeper, or fairy godmother to the best defensive end in the National Football League was always planned. She has plans, none of which call for cleaning extra-large underpants for an extended period of time.
She is utterly astonished when Aiden Graves knocks on her door and asks her to return. The so-called “Wall of Winnipeg” was unable to greet her in the morning or wish her a happy birthday for two years. Now? He is requesting the unfathomable. How do you respond to a man who is accustomed to getting whatever he wants?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I’m starting to understand that you can always make time for the things that matter.”
“What no one tells you is that the road to accomplishing your goals isn’t a straight line; it looks more like a corn maze. You stopped, you went, you backed up, and took a few wrong turns along the way, but the important thing you had to remember was that there was an exit. Somewhere.”
“When life gives you lemons, you get to choose what you make out of them; it doesn’t always have to be lemonade.”
“Home is where you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me there.”
“The only people in the world who can hurt you are those you let have that ability, Van.”
When the person you idolized as a child becomes your coach, it should be the best thing ever. expected to is a key term. Sal Casillas, 27, didn’t need to wait more than a week to start questioning what she saw in the legendary soccer player and why she had ever wanted to marry him and have soccer-playing offspring.
Sal had long since moved on from the worst non-breakup in the annals of fictitious romance with a man who was unaware of her existence. She is therefore unprepared for Reiner Kulti to appear at her team’s season as a quiet, recluse shadow of the passionate, explosive man he once was.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“When one door closes, another one opens. I might just have to do a little breaking and entering to get the right one for me.”
“You know your reputation is just what everyone else thinks of you, your character is what you really are.”
“You are my equal, my partner, my teammate, my best friend.”
“Destiny is a ladder, a series of steps that takes you where you’re supposed to go.”
“This is what matters. You are my gift, my second chance, and I will cherish you and your dream. I will protect both of you.”
One season, rivals in form of two, and a storyline turn they weren’t expecting. The only thing Nora Stephens has ever done in her life is read books, therefore she is not the typical heroine. Not the strong-willed woman, not the carefree dream girl, and certainly not the sweetheart. In reality, the only people who view Nora as a hero are her clients—for whom she secures sizable deals in her role as a ruthless literary agent—and her cherished little sister Libby.
So when Libby encourages her to take a sisters’ trip away, she decides to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the entire month of August. She has images of Nora going through a small-town makeover because she is certain that Nora needs to become the protagonist of her own tale. Nora, however, continues running into Charlie Lastra, a bookish, brooding editor from back in the city, instead of going on picnics in the meadows or running into gorgeous rural doctors or bulging-forearm bartenders. If they had never met before and it hadn’t been cute, it would be a meet-cute.
Charlie and Nora are repeatedly brought together—in a series of coincidences that no editor worth their salt would permit—and while Charlie is aware that he is nobody’s hero and Nora is aware that she is not the ideal heroine, what they learn may just tear apart the carefully constructed stories they have written about themselves.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers
“Nora.” He just barely smiles. “You’re in books. Of course, you don’t have a life. None of us do. There’s always something too good to read.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers
“Sometimes, even when you start with the last page and you think you know everything, a book finds a way to surprise you.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers
“The last-page ache. The deep breath in after you’ve set the book aside.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers
“That’s the thing about women. There’s no good way to be one. Wear your emotions on your sleeve and you’re hysterical. Keep them tucked away where your boyfriend doesn’t have to tend to them and you’re a heartless bitch.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers
A struggling marriage and the one forgotten pledge that might be able to salvage it are the subjects of Colleen Hoover’s masterful new book. Quinn and Graham’s flawless relationship is jeopardized by their shoddy marriage. They are currently being torn apart by the memories, errors, and secrets that have accumulated over the years. The one thing that might be able to save them may also be the thing that breaks their marriage beyond repair.
In the thought-provoking book All Your Perfects, a broken couple’s future depends on past promises. Can a tremendous love with a perfect beginning endure a lifetime between two imperfect people? is the heartrending question posed in this page-turner?
Best Quotes from this Book:
“If you only shine a light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects
“What’s the secret to a perfect marriage?’ The old man leaned forward and looked at me very seriously. ‘Our marriage hasn’t been perfect. No marriage is perfect. There were times when she gave up on us. There were even more times when I gave up on us. The secret to our longevity is that we never gave up at the same time.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects
“When you meet someone who is good for you, they won’t fill you with insecurities by focusing on your flaws. They’ll fill you with inspiration because they’ll focus on all the best parts of you.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects
“And I promise . . . I swear . . . that if you choose to end things between us, I will love you more as you’re walking out the door than on the day you walked down the aisle. I hope you choose the road that will make you the happiest. Even if it’s not a choice I’ll love, I will still always love you. Whether I’m a part of your life or not. You deserve happiness more than anyone I know. I love you.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects
“What did I miss while you were sleeping?”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects
Alex Volkov is a fiend with an angel’s face who is also imprisoned by his history. His merciless ambitions of achievement and retribution, motivated by a tragedy that has plagued him for most of his life, leave little place for issues of the heart. But as he is made to take care of his closest friend’s sister, he begins to experience a strange sensation in his chest: A split. A melt. A fire that might destroy everything he knew.
Free-spirited Ava Chen is imprisoned by nightmares of an unremembered childhood. Nevertheless, she has never ceased appreciating the beauty in the world despite her troubled past including the warm heart that beats beneath a man’s cold exterior.
The closest pal of her brother, neighbors of hers, both her savior and her undoing. Theirs is a love that was never meant to be, but when it does, secrets are revealed that could endanger both of them and all the things they cherish.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“If you wanted, I would burn down the world for you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love
“If you let lesser people determine your self-worth, you’ll never reach higher than their limited imagination.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love
“You are the light to my dark, Sunshine,” he said in a raw voice. His lips brushed against mine as he spoke. “Without you, I’m lost.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love
“She felt like heaven to my hell, the closest I’d ever get to salvation, and yet I still wanted to drag her into the depths of Hades with me.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love
“I never claimed to be Prince Charming, and my love isn’t a fairy tale type of love. I’m a fucked-up person with fucked-up morals. I won’t write you poems or serenade you beneath the moonlight. But you are the only woman I have eyes for. Your enemies are my enemies, your friends are my friends, and if you wanted, I would burn down the world for you.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Love
The adage “you can never go home again” has felt all too true for Persephone Fraser ever since she committed the biggest error of her life ten years ago. She no longer spends her summers in the same glittering fashion as she did as a child, but rather in a chic apartment in the city, hanging out with friends and keeping everyone at a respectable distance from her heart.
Before getting the call that forces her to return to Barry’s Bay and into Sam Florek’s orbit—the man she never imagined she’d have to live without. Percy and Sam had been inseparable for six summers, spending hazy afternoons on the sea, hot summer evenings working in his family’s restaurant, and cuddling up with books—medical textbooks for him and unfinished horror short tales for her. This friendship eventually developed into something breathtakingly more before it abruptly broke down.
Their bond is as apparent as it has ever been when Percy visits the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral. But they won’t be able to tell if their love is stronger than their worst past transgressions until Percy is willing to face the choices she made and the years she spent punishing herself for them.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Betrayals don’t cancel each other out. They just hurt more.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After
“I loved you so much that the word ‘love’ didn’t seem big enough for how I felt.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After
“You and I are special,” he started. “There’s no one else I’d rather spend time with than you. There’s no one else I’d rather talk to than you. And there’s no one else I’d rather kiss than you.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After
“Some people are lucky like that. They meet their best friend, the love of their life, and are wise enough to never let go.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After
“You came home.
I squeeze my eyes shut.
I came home.”
― Carley Fortune, Every Summer After
Two years have passed when Conrad advised Belly to follow Jeremiah. Since then, she and Jeremiah have been close and even attend the same university. However, their relationship hasn’t quite turned out the way Belly had anticipated it would. Additionally, Belly is forced to reevaluate what she believed to be true love when Jeremiah commits the biggest error a boy could possibly do. Has she actually decided to stay with Jeremiah? Has she ever moved on from Conrad? The belly needs to make a final decision on who will always have her heart.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“He didn’t give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity
“Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.”
“But just because you bury something, that doesn’t mean it stops existing. Those feelings, they’d been there all along. All that time. I had to face it. He was part of my DNA. I had brown hair and I had freckles and I would always have Conrad in my heart.”
“He was marrying my girl, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I just had to watch it happen, because he was my brother, because I promised. Take care of him, Connie. I’m counting on you .”
“But just because you bury something, that doesn’t mean it stops existing.”
The Spanish Love Deception is a classic romantic ruse that starts out as “let’s pretend to date for some reason” and ends up as “we inadvertently fell in love.” Additionally, there are several “enemies to lovers” and spice sequences in there (which were good but not the best tbh). This is the one thing that I can think of that sets “The Spanish Love Deception” apart from other contemporary romances I’ve read. It also makes an attempt to critique sexism and roles that people presume are “for women,” which I thought was intriguing.
If you’re interested in the plot, it concerns a female who serves as the chief of staff for a firm and a hot guy who persistently pursues her despite their mutual animosity (so original). Then, since she doesn’t really want her family to learn that she is single and has some conflict with her ex-boyfriend, they have to act like they are dating. You probably have an idea of what occurs next.
Jasmine Santos would undoubtedly choose a four-letter word, to sum up the previous few years of her life if somebody were to ask her to. She knows her chance to participate in figure skating is closing after seventeen years—and numerous broken bones and broken promises.
Jasmine may have to change her mind about everything when the opportunity of a lifetime is presented by the conceited moron she has spent the last ten years fantasizing about ramming into the path of an oncoming bus, Ivan Lukov among others.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Because I’m okay with you having ten other people be your favorite. But you’re always going to be my favorite person.”
“I love you so much I spend all day with you, and it still isn’t enough for me,” he kept going. I stopped breathing. “I love you so much, if I can’t skate with you, I don’t want to skate with anyone else.” Holy. Fuck. “I love you so fucking much, Jasmine, that if I broke my ankle during a program, I would get up and finish it for you, to get you what you’ve always wanted.”
Because of Piper Bellinger’s status as a wild child and her influence in the fashion world, the paparazzi follow her everywhere she goes. When Piper ends up in jail after drinking too much champagne and throwing an unruly rooftop party, her stepfather thinks enough is enough. He then interrupts her and assigns Piper and her sister the duties of managing their late father’s dive bar in Washington while he is gone.
Piper meets large, bearded sea captain Brendan who believes she won’t survive a week outside of Beverly Hills before she has even been in Westport for five minutes. Even if Piper struggles with math and gets hives at the thought of sleeping in a run-down apartment with bunk beds, so what? Just how horrible could it be? She’s determined to prove that she’s more than just a lovely face to her stepfather and the hot, gruff local.
However, it’s a small town, and Brendan is everywhere she goes. Although the stern fisherman and the fun-loving socialite are complete opposites, there is an undeniable affinity between them. Piper doesn’t need any disturbances, especially affections for a man who disappears for extended periods of time. Piper starts to doubt whether the chilly, glitzy life she knew is what she really wants, though, as she makes connections with her past and starts to feel at home in Westport. LA is calling her name, but she might already be in love with Brendan and this town full of memories.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I’ll love you until my heart gives out. I’ll be your man for a thousand years. Longer if I’m allowed.”
“You can be as high maintenance as you want, honey. But I’m the only one who does the maintenance.”
“You can wrap me as tight as you want around that little finger, but I won’t play games about what this is. Get me, Piper?”
“thrust. “Came here to be neighborly, Piper? Is there anything neighborly about the way I’m giving you this cock?”
“That sparkle was positivity and life and promise of better things, and she always, always had it, glowing within the blue of her irises, lighting up the room.”
Olive always has bad luck—in her job, in her relationships, in, uh, everything. On the other side, her identical twin sister Ami is most likely the most fortunate person in the world. She met her fiancé in a scene straight out of a romantic comedy, and she was able to win enough online competitions to pay for her entire wedding (double gag). The worst part is that Olive must spend the day with Ethan, her sworn adversary who also happens to be the greatest man.
Before she can go back to her cozy, unlucky existence, Olive must through 24hrs of wedding misery. Olive and Ethan are the only ones unaffected when the whole wedding party contracts food sickness after consuming contaminated mussels. And right now, a free honeymoon in Hawaii is up for grabs.
Olive and Ethan decide to travel to paradise despite their animosity for one another because it will be a free vacation. Olive promises her future boss a small white lie, but when they cross paths, it risks growing much more. She and Ethan now have to act like a happily married couple, and her luck appears to be getting worse. But what’s strange is that she enjoys acting out scenarios. She actually feels somewhat fortunate.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I can appreciate my body in a bikini and still want to set fire to the patriarchy.”
“knew he was a book lover, but to be the same kind of book lover I am? It makes my insides melt.”
“I am a homebody, through and through, and there’s nothing like being home.”
“love is exhausting.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time”
Naomi wasn’t merely evading her wedding. In Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges community where conflicts are settled the old-fashioned way—with fists and beer—she was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin. In most cases, in that order.
Unfortunately for Naomi, her evil doppelganger has not at all changed. Tina leaves Naomi with something unexpected after taking Naomi’s car and money. Naomi was unaware of the niece she had. With an 11-year-old who is approaching 30 to care for, she is now stranded in the city without a car, a job, a plan, or a place to call home.
There is a reason Knox avoids complicated relationships and demanding women, especially romantic ones. But given that Naomi’s life fell apart in front of him, the least he can do is assist her in getting out of trouble. He can leave her alone and return to his calm, solitary life as soon as she actually gets into new trouble. That is the plan, at least, until the issue develops into a genuine threat.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“There’s a difference between taking care of someone because you love them and taking care of someone because you want them to love you,”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over
“At some point, you have got to stop worrying so much about what everyone else needs and start thinking about what you need.”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over
“When you trust someone to see you for who you really are, the betrayal is a thousand times worse than if you hadn’t handed them the weapons in the first place,”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over
“You’re the one who has to live your life. Don’t apologize to other people for the decisions you make for yourself.”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over
“You get to decide how you show up in this world. No one else gets to dictate to you who you are,”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over