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Truman L. Cobbler has not had an easy life. It's bad enough people say he looks like Donkey from Shrek. He also suffered the death of his policeman father and his mother's remarriage to a professional swindler, who cost them everything. Now dirt poor, they live in the barrio of San Antonio, Texas.

Mark Knightley is used to women falling at his feet, except Emma Woodhouse- she's like part of the family. But Emma's grown into an attractive young woman, full of ideas for modernising her family business, and when Mark gets involved the sparks begin to fly. Although he's seeing her through totally new eyes, Emma remains immune to his charm. She's never forgotten the embarrassing moment when he discovered her teenage crush on him.

My name is Julia, and I’m the daughter of Connor and Ellery Black. I may look like Daddy’s little princess, but I’m far from it. My life consists of lying to my parents and sneaking out of the penthouse. My CEO millionaire father seems to think that at the tender age of sixteen, I’m too young to date boys. My mother, the artist, tries to stay neutral and doesn’t say too much. My best friend London and I hang out almost every day. We love to shop, and we try to pick up all the bad boys that our parents wouldn’t approve of.

She’s a f--king menace. She has no regard for her safety and dances along the tongue in the mouth of danger. A loose cannon who torments me day in and day out. She thinks I can’t rise to meet her challenge. She thinks I don’t know what goes on in that beautiful head of hers. But she’s sorely mistaken. Mistaken about who exactly she is to me. Mistaken about how much danger she’s in. And mistaken about what I can take.

Imogen is supposed to be on the most romantic weekend of her life and instead she's quickly realised that her current boyfriend definitely isn't ‘The One' and is actually One Big Mistake. Frankie is fed up. Fed up of her good-for-nothing husband and her four unappreciative children. Well, they hardly notice her anyway, so maybe it's time to shake it up a little.... Grace thought she had the perfect life. Gorgeous little boy and perfect, hardworking husband. Or rather, she did, until she realised her husband was shagging his 'work'.

When you build your life on lies, how do you find the truth? After years of trying–and failing–to make relationships work, Rose has come to the realization that she isn’t made for anything that lasts. When you can’t even befriend your own cousins, why would anyone else want you? But faced with the reality of attending another family holiday alone, she enlists Michaelson, her handsome, friendly, talented coworker to pose as her fake boyfriend. The only problem is, she doesn’t even know his name. Dmitri has known loss and the heartache that comes with it.

In the gripping story of Into Your Being, immerse yourself in the haunting tale of a couple whose once-unbreakable love has eroded into a chilling void. The story unfolds against a backdrop of fading affection and mounting resentment, where the weight of their unspoken burdens threatens to consume them both. Amidst the silence of their disintegrating relationship, a single night of passion unravels a sinister turn. As desire and desperation intertwine, boundaries blur, and forbidden impulses surge to the surface. In a moment of darkness, an unthinkable act shatters their world.

They say there is happiness at the end of every love story, but they never truly mention the hardships it takes to get there. With Cane, I’d been through hell and back, and now, I was going to be walking up the altar, promising my life to a man that I’d gambled everything for. Some would call me dumb. Some would deem me insane. Others would say I was a fool in love. But I knew what we were, and I knew what we had was real.

A party girl and a grumpy British CEO fake a dream European honeymoon for a reality TV show that could save their travel agency—and give them both a new lease on life (and love)—if only they’d take the chance. Rebecca “Bex” Daniels has just lost everything: her father, stepmother, and...

Hailey Sharp has a one-track mind. Get By the Cup salad shop off the ground. Do literally everything possible to make it a success. Repeat. No distractions. Wes Jansen never understood the fuss about relationships. With a string of lackluster first dates and the pain from his parents’ angry divorce following him around, he’d much rather find someone who he likes, but won’t love. When Hailey and Wes find each other in a disastrous meet cute, they go their separate ways. But when Wes finds Hailey to apologize, they strike a friendship. What could possibly go wrong?

Hotshot attorney Gabriel Vane was on the fast-track to partnership at one of the city's most prestigious law firms—until a judge caught him kissing a client and clipped the legal eagle's wings with a six month suspension. Gabriel agrees to vanish from the public eye until his suspension is over, trading his luxurious high-rise apartment for a forgotten Victorian home—but as soon as he moves in, he discovers he's not alone. He has nosy neighbors, bad plumbing . . . and a peppy ghost with anxiety issues.

Blake Evans never imagined in her wildest dreams that she would find a way to heal the broken part of herself. Twenty years was a long time to live with the grief of her loss, and the hole she had dug herself into was deep. She is getting a second chance to love again and redeem herself from her mistakes. Will things work out for her this time? Taylor Collins' safe and comfortable life was flipped upside down without warning after Blake entered it. The discoveries she made were extraordinary, and led her to find out the truth about herself.

“Being 20” is a short coming-of-age romance about young love, freedom, and the unforgettable intensity of early relationships. Two young adults steal moments away from the world to explore their connection, sharing laughter, closeness, and the kind of feelings that only exist at twenty. A tender, emotional snapshot of youth — spontaneous, warm, and full of honest desire to experience life as it comes.

If anyone asks, I knew better than to flash my boobs for Mardi Gras beads. I still don't know why I did it. Maybe it was the dare from my two best friends. Maybe it was the guys on the balcony saying they'd throw Fireball shots with the beads. Or maybe it was the quiet guy in the corner of that same balcony with piercing gray eyes, wavy dark hair, and a smile so tempting I wanted to climb up there and lick it off his face. Maybe it was because I never thought I'd see them again. Not that it matters. Not today. Because the hotel I manage was finally bought.

1979 is getting on Piper Penn’s nerves. Struggling to survive past tragedies, she finds comfort in Old Hollywood movies in her native San Francisco. Seeing no reason to adhere to man-made rules after her first-hand look at the ultimate in hypocrisy, Piper does what she wants, and trouble follows. An unexpected inheritance on a tiny Midwest island in the Straits of Mackinac provides an escape. The mandated stay at the island’s glorious Grand Hotel gives her spirits a much-needed boost, especially when she catches the eye of a handsome groundskeeper.

Irelyn Wilkes was Zolt Hamil's seraph. His angel. His hallucination suddenly real. But her abrupt departure from his life has sent him into a tailspin of nameless women, alcohol, and drugs. When Zolt realizes that Irelyn lied to him, he sobers up and sets into motion a public rescue, making an even greater enemy of Marcus Xavier. Marcus doesn't take kindly to people taking what is his, and he's not about to let Zolt and Irelyn ride into the sunset without a fight.

Making the right decision hasn’t always been Ines Garcia’s strongest point. An aptitude for dithering, Ines is now faced with making some life changing resolutions. Can she go through with them? Meet Ines Garcia, a dynamic young woman with her finger on the fashion pulse—she’s living the London dream with her best friends and their messy lives. That’s great…or so it should be; her boyfriend is a serial player, and to her friends’ frustration Ines can’t make the break, but then a visit to the optician changes her life as she knows it and the man who’s always by her side is her friend, Luke.

Abby Archer, a smart and savvy woman who refuses to be taken in by celebrity culture, becomes fascinated with it girl and media darling Brooke Simmons after she falls into a coma following a car crash. Her loyal security-guard-turned-lover Nick Lawson is implicated in the accident - someone Abby met just days before. One day Abby begins to feel unwell and is shocked to see the face looking back at her in the mirror is no longer her own but that of Brooke Simmons.

Mohammed is an Arab in love with Iris, a Jewish soldier of 18 years defending the State of Israel. Will he experience the happiness of a love fulfilled or will he experience the tragedy of rejection and be engulfed in an excruciating tragic end? In his second play, H. C. Kim explores the themes of love and sorrow. Like his first play, Ping Pong: A Play about American College Life, Jewish Being centralizes the idea of the power of love. Love is the most awesome phenomena in the world.

Determined to take the time before the tour slow and easy with friends and family on a routine camping trip, Nyx is not ready for the surprise that waits for her and Declan at the campsite, a surprise that will change their lives together in the shortest amount of time possible.