Bookshop Cinderella

Followers of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn will adore this opposites-attract romance that includes a dashing duke, a shy bookshop proprietor, and a wager that may change their lives without end.

Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in London, which is the largest journey an single girl with no prospects may hope for. Till Maximillian Shaw, Duke of Westbourne, saunters into her store with a proposition: to win a guess together with his associates, he’ll flip her into the diamond of the season. The duke could be devilishly engaging, however Evie has no intention of accepting his ludicrous supply. When catastrophe strikes her store, nevertheless, she’s left with little selection however to let herself be whisked into his high-society world.

All the time comfortable to assist a girl in misery, Max thinks he’s saving Evie from her boring spinster’s life. He’ll assist her discover a husband and congratulate himself on a job effectively carried out. However as shy Evie turns into the shining star he at all times knew she could possibly be, she by some means steals his coronary heart. And when her popularity is threatened, can Max persuade her to decide on a glittering, aristocratic life with him over the comfortable consolation of her bookshop?

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You, Once more

Can they cease hating one another lengthy sufficient to fall in love?

A commitment-phobe and a hopeless romantic conflict over and over—till heartbreak and surprising chemistry convey them collectively on this intelligent enemies-to-friends-to-lovers debut romance.

When Ari and Josh first meet, the fallacious sort of sparks fly. They hate one another. Immediately.

A free-spirited, struggling comic who likes to maintain issues informal, Ari sublets, takes gigs, and by no means sleeps over after hooking up. Born-and-bred Manhattanite Josh has bold plans: Take the culinary world by storm, discover The One, and make her breakfast in his spotless kitchen. They’ve completely nothing in frequent…besides that they occur to be sleeping with the identical girl.

Ari and Josh by no means count on their paths to cross once more. However years later, as they’re each reeling from ego-bruising breakups, an opportunity encounter results in a stunning connection: friendship. Seems, spending time along with your former nemesis is enjoyable if you’re too unhappy to hate one another—and too unhappy for hate intercourse.

As friends-without-benefits, they discover consolation in late evening Netflix binges, swiping by means of one another’s on-line relationship profiles, and bickering throughout boroughs. It’s higher than romance. Till one evening, the unstated boundaries of their platonic relationship start to blur…

With sharp observations and scorching chemistry, You, Once more explores the dynamics of co-ed friendship on this glowing romantic comedy of contemporary love in all its kinds.

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The Age of Magical Overthinking

From the bestselling creator of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a scrumptious mix of cultural criticism and private narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the ability, disadvantages, and highlights of magical considering.

Using the linguistic insights of her “witty and good” (Blyth Roberson, creator of America the Stunning?) first e-book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the internal workings of the human thoughts and its biases in her most private and electrifying work but.

“Magical considering” may be broadly outlined as the assumption that one’s inside ideas can have an effect on unrelated occasions within the exterior world: Consider the conviction that one can manifest their means out of poverty, stave off most cancers with optimistic vibes, thwart the apocalypse by studying to can their very own peaches, or rework an unhealthy relationship to a wonderful one with loyalty alone. In all its kinds, magical considering works in service of restoring company amid chaos, however in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that within the fashionable data age, our mind’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned as much as an eleven.

In a sequence of razor sharp, deeply humorous chapters, Montell delves right into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “Halo impact” cultivates worship (and hatred) of bigger than life celebrities, to how the “Sunk Price Fallacy” can hold us in detrimental relationships lengthy after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these ideas together with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one in all hope, empathy, and in the end forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. In case you have all however misplaced religion in our capacity to purpose, Montell goals to make some sense of the mindless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a heat breeze in. To assist quiet the cacophony for some time, and even hear a melody in it.

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No Different Duke Will Do

Julian St. David, Duke of Haverford, is barely protecting his head above water in a sea of inherited money owed. Although he has a long-term plan to revive the household funds, his sister has a a lot sooner resolution: host a home celebration for London’s single younger women and discover Julian a rich bride.

Elizabeth Windham has little interest in marriage, however a current scandal has compelled her hand. As a lot as she’d somewhat be studying Shakespeare than husband-hunting, she has to confess she’s impressed by Julian’s protecting instincts, broad shoulders, and, after all, his huge library.

As the 2 spend extra time collectively, their attraction is overwhelming, surprising… and completely inconceivable. With meddling siblings, the specter of monetary destroy, and gossips lurking behind each potted palm, will they discover real love or true catastrophe?

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