"A young Black woman contends with New York media culture."--Kirkusreviews.com. Mickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter. She has a flashy media job that makes her feel successful and a devoted girlfriend who takes care of her when she comes home exhausted and demoralized. It's not all A-list parties and steamy romance, but Mickey's on her way, and it's far from the messy life she left behind in Maryland. Despite being overlooked and...

Award-winning author M. E. Kerr challenges stereotypes in this story about a fifteen-year-old grappling with his older sister's sexuality Parr Burrman lives with his parents and his older brother and sister on a farm in Missouri. They're a typical Midwestern family-except for one thing. Parr's father thinks Evie's going to marry Cord Whittle, who's had a crush on her forever, and settle down in their hometown to help out with the farm. Instead, she...

They say a life, our bodies, our cells, the cosmos, even our karma, cycle every 7 years.Is it possible that how we come into the world colors every other day of it? Born of tragedy, what might the twins expect of life.Book I: The first two cycles: Living in the confines of a hacienda in New Spain in the 1700s, with a driven, broken father whose hopes of restoring his family's good name rest on his son's shoulders, things are not easy to begin with.Once...

It's Christmastime and Elaine has a fantastic surprise for her longterm girlfriend, Jenna. She's going to propose they get a puppy, which Jenna has wanted to do for a long time now. But when Elaine finds out that Jenna has been cheating on her and is pregnant, she ends things immediately and decides to get a puppy for herself instead. Despite being heartbroken, she likes the idea rescuing an animal in need this holiday season. Even if it feels like...

Ludivine a seize ans lorsqu'elle croise le chemin d'Angélique, une jeune fille de son âge et, dès le premier regard, la jeune adolescente timide, en mal de reconnaissance, va tomber amoureuse de cet être solaire qui représente pour elle tout ce qu'elle n'est pas.Aveuglée par cet amour de jeunesse qui la poursuivra toute sa vie, elle se laissera entraîner dans une spirale infernale dont l'issue sera dramatique…

In this sequel/prequel to The Incredible Transformations of Alice Hollywood, nearly twenty years have passed since a fiery crash changed Em Martín's life. Now living in Los Angeles, and known professionally as Mackenna, a recent life-altering tragedy has her in an emotional tailspin. Memories and regrets previously buried and ignored have been churned up.In a desperate effort to stop her downward spiral into melancholy, Mackenna turns to her writing...

Im Weißen Rössl... spielt dieser Roman zwar nicht, aber Vanessa betreibt mit ihren Eltern den Auhof am Wolfgangsee. Und natürlich trägt sie Dirndl... Doch ihre Neigung gilt nicht nur der traditionellen Welt im Salzkammergut, sondern auch: Frauen. Als sie sich an ihrem 27. Geburtstag vor ihren engsten Freundinnen als lesbisch outet, reagieren sie offen, aber erstaunt. Ob Vanessa denn schon einmal eine kennengelernt habe, die ihr gefalle... ? Unter...

The three of us - Morgan, Raven, and I - are faerie godmothers. Not fairy in the cute, flitting around, harmless kind of way, mind you. Faerie as in unpredictable, otherworldly, dangerous. And when three tricksters like us are assigned to a town full of humans, things are bound to get… untidy. Ella is a faerie godmother in training, sent to complete her apprenticeship in Winslow, Arizona. A by-the-book student at the top of her class, Ella is keen...

When Danielle comes home for Thanksgiving in an attempt to surprise her parents, things don't go well. She has always tried to foster a decent relationship with her parents but despite this, there is a lot of tension between them. Tension that comes to a head when Danielle finds out that her parents have moved away from her hometown without even telling her, leaving her stranded at an empty house for the holidays. Fortunately, right across the street...

Sometimes I wonder if my dreams will ever come true. I've neglected everything else, including my relationships, to reach my goal of getting a record deal. I moved out to LA when I was eighteen just to have a shot at becoming a recording artist. I had so much hope then... But I'm not getting any younger. Maybe there is one last opportunity to follow my dreams, though. It comes in the form of Heather, a very successful owner of one of the most famous...