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So This is Love

Author : Elizabeth Lim

Publisher : Disney Electronic Content

Page : 343 pages

File Size : 19,65 MB

Release : 2020-04-07

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1368056563

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What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king—and the prince—out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it's too late.



Emotional Tales of Romance

Author : Shar Mahe

Publisher : Mahesh Dutt Sharma

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 12,36 MB

Release : 2024-07-02

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN :

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The stories you are about to read are set in diverse landscapes, from bustling cities to serene countryside, from magical realms to the heart of ordinary daily life. They span different periods and cultures, reflecting the timeless and borderless nature of love. Despite their varied settings and circumstances, each story shares a common thread: the exploration of the human heart and its boundless capacity for love. As you embark on this journey through "Emotional Tales of Romance," you will encounter characters who are vulnerable yet strong, passionate yet considerate, and ultimately, deeply human. Each story invites you to witness the myriad ways love can shape our lives, from the exhilarating highs to the heart-wrenching lows. Whether you are a hopeless romantic or a skeptical realist, these tales are bound to resonate with you in some way, offering both escape and reflection.



Bad Romance

Author : Heather Demetrios

Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 18,56 MB

Release : 2017-06-13

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1627797734

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Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Out of her California town, too small to contain her big city dreams. Out of her life, and into the role of Parisian artist, New York director—anything but scared and alone. Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape. Deeply affecting and unflinchingly honest, this is a story about spiraling into darkness—and emerging into the light again.



Love in Color

Author : Bolu Babalola

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 14,9 MB

Release : 2021-04-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0063078511

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“Perfection in short story form, I am in love with every single word Bolu Babalola has written. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this artfully.” —Candice Carty-Williams, international bestselling author of Queenie A vibrant collection of love stories from a debut author, retelling myths, folktales, and histories from around the world. A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to be truly seen. A young businesswoman attempts a great leap in her company, and an even greater one in her love life. A powerful Ghanaian spokeswoman is forced to decide whether she should uphold her family’s politics or be true to her heart. In her debut collection, internationally acclaimed writer Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places. With an eye towards decolonizing tropes inherent in our favorite tales of love, Babalola has created captivating stories that traverse across perspectives, continents, and genres. Love in Color is a celebration of romance in all its many splendid forms. “Babalola’s writing shines”—New York Times Book Review



Tales of Love

Author : Julia Kristeva

Publisher : Columbia University Press

Page : 428 pages

File Size : 39,73 MB

Release : 1987

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780231060257

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From the Publisher: Assuming the voices of psychoanalyst, scholar, and postmodern polemicist, Kristeva discusses both the conflicts and commonalities among the Greek, Christian, Roman, and contemporary discourses on love, desire, and self.



The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance

Author : Trisha Telep

Publisher : Robinson

Page : 655 pages

File Size : 30,27 MB

Release : 2009-06-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1849011796

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You never forget your first time with a vampire. Whether reaquainting yourself with some of your favourite, sexy creatures of the night or getting bitten by the vampire romance phenomenon for the very first time, let the biggest and brightest names in the business help you explore your dark side. Witness the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual and dating practices as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death. Because vampires never really die, do they?



Exemplary Tales of Love and Tales of Disillusion

Author : María de Zayas y Sotomayor

Publisher : University of Chicago Press

Page : 393 pages

File Size : 15,32 MB

Release : 2010-07-15

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0226768678

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At the height of María de Zayas’s popularity in the mid-eighteenth century, the number of editions in print of her work was exceeded only by the novels of Cervantes. But by the end of the nineteenth century, Zayas had been excluded from the Spanish literary canon because of her gender and the sociopolitical changes that swept Spain and Europe. Exemplary Tales of Love and Tales of Disillusion gathers a representative sample of seven stories, which features Zayas’s signature topics—gender equality and domestic violence—written in an impassioned tone overlaid with conservative Counter-Reformation ideology. This edition updates the scholarship since the most recent English translations, with a new introduction to Zayas’s entire body of stories, and restores Zayas’s author’s note and prologue, omitted from previous English-language editions. Tracing her slow but steady progress from notions of ideal love to love’s treachery, Exemplary Tales of Love and Tales of Disillusion will restore Zayas to her rightful place in modern letters.



Romance Is My Day Job

Author : Patience Bloom

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 28,12 MB

Release : 2014-02-06

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0698148568

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“Highly recommended for romantics of all stripes."—Library Journal, starred review Why isn’t real-life romance more like fiction? Patience Bloom asked herself this question, many times over. As a teen she fell in love with Harlequin novels and imagined her life would turn out just like their heroines: That shy guy she had a crush on would sweep her off her feet and turn out to be a rock star. Not exactly her reality, but Patience kept hoping. Years later she found her dream job, editing romances for Harlequin itself. Every day, her fantasies came true—on the page. Her dating life, however, remained uninspired. She nearly gave up hope. Then one day Patience got a real-life chance at romance, but Sam lived thousands of miles away. Was it worth the risk? Could love conquer all?



Tiny Tales

Author : Alexander McCall Smith

Publisher : Anchor

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 45,75 MB

Release : 2021-05-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0593316010

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It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages; anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection from the acclaimed author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight, accompanied by charming illustrations by Iain McIntosh. In Tiny Tales, Alexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness in thirty short stories accompanied by thirty witty cartoons designed by Iain McIntosh, McCall Smith’s longtime creative collaborator. Here we meet the first Australian pope, who hopes to finally find some peace and quiet back home in Perth; a psychotherapist turned motorcycle racetrack manager; and an aspiring opera singer who gets her unlikely break onstage. And, of course, we spend time in McCall Smith’s beloved Scotland, where we are introduced to progressive Vikings, a group of housemates with complex romantic entanglements, and a couple of globe-trotting dentists. These tales and illustrations depict the full scope of human experience and reveal the rich tapestry of life—painted in miniature.



The End of Our Story

Author : Meg Haston

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 29,32 MB

Release : 2017-04-04

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0062335790

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Every love story has a breaking point... From the author of Paperweight comes the star-crossed romance of two high school friends in a tale rife with deeply buried secrets and shocking revelations. BEFORE: Bridge and Wil have been entangled in each other’s lives for years. Under the white-hot Florida sun, they went from kids daring each other to swim past the breakers to teenagers stealing kisses between classes. But when Bridge betrayed Wil during their junior year, she shattered his heart and their relationship along with it. AFTER: When Wil’s family suffers a violent loss, and Bridge rushes back to Wil’s side. As they struggle to heal old wounds and start falling for each other all over again, Bridge and Wil discover just how much has changed in the past year. Though they once knew each other’s every secret, they aren’t the same people they used to be. Bridge can’t imagine life without Wil, but sometimes love isn’t enough. Can they find their way back to each other, or will this be the end of their story?