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*She’s All That* goes desi in this hilarious, affecting, and sweetly romantic comedy by the author of *More Than Just a Pretty Face*. Arsalan has learned everything he knows from Nana, his 100-year-old great-grandfather. This includes the fact that when Nana dies, Arsalan will be completely alone in the world, except for his estranged and abusive father. So he turns to Beenish, the stepdaughter of a prominent matchmaker, to find him a future life partner. Beenish’s request in return?

Castaway Cottage, là où s'épanouissent les secondes chances. Toute sa vie, Brittany a rêvé d'aventures, bien au-delà des rives de Puffin Island. Elle a parcouru le monde, de sites archéologiques en fouilles, mais voilà qu'un poignet cassé lors d'un malheureux accident l'oblige à rentrer pour l'été. Elle se retrouve alors coincée sur cette île chère à son cœur, certes, mais surtout coincée avec Zach : le pilote aux yeux envoûtants et au sourire narquois, qui a été son premier amour.

Simi works in marketing at a furniture company. Ranvir is an analyst at a finance startup. While their desks happen to be on the same floor at Bizworks, a swanky co-working space in Bangalore, their paths aren't meant to cross. But as circumstances bring them together again and again, they find it harder to deny the spark between them. In a live-in relationship with his girlfriend, Ranvir doesn't expect to have feelings for someone else.

After graduation, Kieran expected to go straight into a career of flipping burgers - only to be offered the internship of his dreams at a political campaign. But the pressure of being an out trans man in the workplace quickly sucks the joy out of things, as does Seth, the humorless campaign strategist who watches his every move. Soon, the only upside to the job is that Seth has a painful crush on their painfully straight boss, and Kieran has a front row seat to the drama.

Fresh out of high school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine beach town of Oar's Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she's totally freaking out about how her life will change when her two best friends go to college in the fall. And when a reckless kiss causes all three of them to break up, she may lose them a lot sooner. On top of that, her ex-girlfriend is back in town, bringing with her a slew of memories, both good and bad.

The tale of a broken heart's awakening to hope. A moving, richly told story set in a small fishing village in coastal North Carolina, Patricia Hickman's novel portrays a witty, recently widowed heroine who must learn to let go of the past—and discover God's surprising, renewing provision for her future.

Sometimes you have to go a little bit crazy to discover the life you were meant to live. Heather Curridge is coming unhinged. And people are starting to notice. What's wrong with a woman who has everything—a mansion on a lake, a loving son, a heart-surgeon husband—yet still feels miserable inside? When Heather spends the summer with two ancient Quaker sisters and a crusty nun running a downtown homeless shelter, she finds herself at a crossroads. Life turns upside down for Heather in *Quaker Summer*.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas comes the story of a Confederate widow looking to start her life over and the Yankee captain on a mission to uncover dark secrets still lurking in the South after the war. Maggie, born and bred in Texas, has inherited a sprawling house that sits atop untold secrets. Grayson, hell-bent on hunting down traitors, is the last thing she expected to find. Can their passion and love overcome the many deceptions and deceits as they both try to rebuild in the aftermath of a war that tore a country apart?

"Emotionally resonant and deeply characterized." —School Library Journal (starred review) From the author of You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone comes a stunning contemporary novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart, that examines the complicated aftermath of unrequited love between best friends. Aspiring choreographer Sophie Orenstein would do anything for Peter Rosenthal-Porter, who's been on the kidney transplant list as long as she's known him. Peter, a gifted pianist, is everything to Sophie: best friend, musical collaborator, secret crush.

Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works. Meanwhile a cohort of interested parties circle. The 'Count,' a Polish man in exile, watches over Gertrude with loving patience. Tim, a failed painter, plans with his punk girlfriend to live off his rich friends. Who will judge whom in this intricate pattern of love and deceit? Who will behave well and who badly? Who will be lucky?