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.”
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
The heart’s history cannot be undone. Macy Sorensen is getting used to her ambitious but emotionally reserved routine: put in a lot of effort as a brand-new pediatrics resident; arrange her marriage to an older, well-off man; and hold her head down and heart hidden.
But when she crosses paths with Elliot Petropoulos, her one and only love, the meticulous bubble she had built starts to burst. Before he broke her heart the night he confessed his love for her, Elliot was once Macy’s entire world. He had evolved from being her gangly, bookish buddy to the man who helped her heart heal following the death of her mother.
The story of young Elliot and Macy, who spend weekends and leisurely summers together in a house outside of San Francisco reading books, sharing favorite words, and talking through their teething problems and triumphs, is told in alternating timelines between Then and Now. Prior to their unexpected reunion, they were unknown to one another as adults. Elliot will learn the truth behind Macy’s ten-year quiet, despite the pain of what happened that night so many years ago clouding their recollections. He will have to battle his own past and his own self to restore Macy’s trust in the potential of an all-consuming love.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I never got to fall out of love. I just had to move on.”
“Don’t spoil her with toys; spoil her with books.”
“I’ve been waiting for you to come home for eleven years. I’ll go anywhere you go.”
“I like your kind of quiet. Your heart isn’t quiet.”
“Well, you’re more, too. You’re my best everything.”
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.”
Ali Hazelwood’s romance book, The Love Hypothesis, will be available on Berkley Books’ website on September 14, 2021. Olive Smith, a third-year Ph.D. student, doesn’t think long-lasting love relationships exist, but her best friend believes so, which is how she ended up in this predicament. It was always going to require more than just hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks to persuade Anh that Olive is dating and is well on her way to a happily ever after.
Scientists need evidence. Olive panics as a result and kisses the first man she sees, just like any self-respecting biologist. Adam Carlsen, a hotshot young professor, and notorious ass is the one and only. Because of this, Olive is delightfully shocked when Stanford’s top lab tyrant offers to be her pretend lover and keep Olive’s farce a secret.
However, when a significant scientific conference goes awry, Olive’s profession is pushed to the back burner, Adam shocks Olive once more with his unconditional support and his even more unwavering… six-pack abs. Their small experiment feels as though it might explode at any moment. Olive also learns that examining her own heart is the one thing that is trickier than a theory on love.
Belly counts the summers throughout her life. Between June and August, everything wonderful and amazing takes place. Winters serve as nothing more than a season for counting down the days until the upcoming summer. They are a period spent away from Susannah, the beach house, and, most significantly, Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the same male’s Belly has known since the summer she spent in grade school; they have been her crushes, her brother figures, and everything between. But after one particularly awful and amazing summer, everything eventually turns out just as it should have all along.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Moments, when lost, can’t be found again. They’re just gone.”
“It’s the imperfections that make things beautiful”
“In the dark you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.”
“Best friends are important. They’re the closest thing to a sister you’ll ever have.”
“When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can’t say in real life.”
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
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.”
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”
She’s about to strike a deal with the bad lad from college. Finally, Hannah Wells has met someone who makes her feel hot. She may be self-assured in all other aspects of her life, but when it comes to sex and seduction, she is carrying a lot of baggage. She’ll have to break out of her comfort zone and grab her crush’s attention, even if that means tutoring the pompous, conceited, and obnoxious hockey team captain in exchange for a phony date.
Garrett Graham has always dreamed of joining the NHL after graduation, but his deteriorating GPA is jeopardizing all he has fought so hard to achieve. He’s willing to assist a snarky brunette and make another guy envious if it means keeping his spot on the team. But Garrett quickly realizes that pretending isn’t going to cut it as an unexpected kiss triggers the naughtiest sex of both of their lives. He only needs to persuade Hannah that the man she desires resembles him now.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.”
“I want to murder him in his sleep, A. No, I want to murder him when he’s awake so he can see the joy on my face when I do it.”
“Hey, come on, don’t cry,” he begs. “It breaks my fucking heart to hear you cry.”
“Living well and being happy is how we get over the shit in our past.”
“Unbelievable. Every girl at this college would cut her frickin’ arm off to help me out. But this one? Runs away like I just asked her to murder a cat so we could sacrifice it to Satan.”