Friendship Drama

For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances. Until one choice, one moment, destroys everything. Now Lena isn't looking forward to tomorrow. Not when friend time may never be the same. Not when college applications feel all but impossible. Not when Sebastian might never forgive her for what happened. For what she let happen. With the guilt growing each day, Lena knows that her only hope is to move on. But how can she move on when her and her friends' entire existences have been redefined? How can she move on when tomorrow isn't even guaranteed?

I was running late for my friend's bachelorette party. I was having a year to forget, this weekend was meant to be about disconnecting, but fate and my ability to arrive just in time everywhere made Cris and her bicycle cross my path. Cris made the wounds I thought were healed reopen, rejecting my feelings for my own protection wasn't the right plan. Cris had come to turn my world upside down.

The New Girl – Book 6: Aftermath... Alexa and the twins are dismayed to discover their plan to prank Ronnie has backfired. Casey, however, takes matters into her own hands in the hope of turning things around. Will she succeed, and will the girls get the outcome they have been striving for? Meanwhile, Ali’s friendship with Mike takes a different path. Just when everything seems to be working out, a whole new debacle unfolds, and the twins and their new neighbor are faced with consequences of epic proportions. What will be the aftermath of their decisions, and how will they manage to ...

Out-of-work actress Sophie LaFleur is ready for a scene change. When she discovers she’s inherited both a house and pub in quaint Friendship Harbor, Maine, she’s thrilled. This is exactly what she needs— fresh start, fresh air and fresh faces. What she doesn’t need is a trouble causing llama named Jack Kerouac or a hunky, disinterested pub manager who just so happens to live in her guesthouse. Just when you think it can’t possibly get worse, it does. Two words. Dead. Guy.

Two best friends with one big problem. Max and Sam have always been there for each other. They’re closer than brothers. But then they meet Molly. And that will change everything. The three share a place in the mountains of upstate New York in the early ‘70s, living by their whims and vices in an endless party of drunken flirtations, freedom and experimentation, transcendent drugs, and casual sex. But as Sam’s drug use spins out of control, Max can’t ignore his feelings for Molly even though Sam hooked up with her first. And it seems Molly is drawn to Max too. Can love and friendship...

Shep Carson discovers he has family in Fort Kenton. Shep didn't know anything about his family but Johnny Iron Hawk and 'Shotgun Sally' are nothing like what he thought a grandma and grandpa would be. Johnny is feared by the people in town but he offers to help Shep fix up the ranch. Shep refuses. Grandpa shows up anyway. Cody knows Johnny and Sally and he tells Shep that Johnny is 'kind of awesome' but Shep's not a believer. Cody's still upset by what happened the night before but he doesn't want Dottie to cancel the show that he and Shep are in. The show must go on. Shep is shocked when a...

Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Or so it seems. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, award-winning author Carl Deuker explores that dark and confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal.

A steamy boss secretary romance. I'm barely thirty, yet I'm already a widow. Ethan, my two-year old, is the light of my life. I've been a complete mess since my husband's passing because every single day, I must live with the knowledge that I'm the one to blame. I'm nothing but a hollow shell, trying to be strong for Ethan, and failing miserably. Yet surprisingly, all it takes is one jolt to bring her back to life; an opportunity to work with the reclusive wealthy man in the penthouse upstairs. Weston Hanson is odd, beautiful, sweet, playful, and unlike anyone I've ever met before. And ...

On the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished village. It is only when Mei arrives at the Chairman’s opulent residence—a forbidden city unto itself—that she learns that the girls’ job is to dance with the Party elites. Ambitious and whip-smart, Mei beelines toward the Chairman.

A mysterious girl birthed him, but couldn’t raise him Armed with an adoption diary written by his father and a picture of a young girl, Gadi searches for his roots in Brazil. He hunts down clues about the identity of his biological mother and wants to know what had happened that made her give him up and what is her life like. Gadi learns about Brazil’s adoption process and retraces the steps of his own adoption journey; from the arms of a young girl who could not raise him, to the arms of his adoptive parents who looked forward to his arrival. While traveling with two friends in Brazil,...

Allie Finkle is excited when a new girl - who comes all the way from Canada - joins her class at Pine Heights Elementary. Now Allie won't be the new girl anymore!But her excitement turns to dismay when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts creating drama and telling everyone in the fourth grade what to do!

Andrea was Leah’s best friend. A strange attraction between a wild, confident, fun-loving, widow and a quiet, insecure housewife.But Leah’s gentle and loving nature hide the depths of an underlying iron-hard mental strength. After surviving her vicious husband’s terrifying games and the mental asylum he committed her to, Leah’s only desire now is for a life of peace with her new partner, and her best friend, Andrea. What could possibly go wrong?Plenty, as it turns out. With her husband now on the run from a mob hitman, and his family each hiding their own secrets, they are prepared ...

Cassie Logan and her brothers have been warned never to go to the Wallace store. So they know to expect trouble there. What they don't expect is to hear Mr. Tom Bee, an elderly black man, daring to call the white storekeeper by his first name. The year is 1933, the place is Mississippi, and any child knows that some things just aren't done. Can a shared past between the two men make a difference?

Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England, 1944. The pit village awakens with the dawn – a tapestry of terraced houses, each brick etched with stories of endurance. The war may scar the landscape, but it cannot extinguish the spirit of this down-to-earth working-class community, forged in coal and grit. The war casts its shadow, yet life persists. On Deightonby Street three friends in their thirties navigate the highs and lows of life, love, conflicts, neighbours, children, and the formidable Doris Price. Will happily married Lucy Hobson give in to her mutual passionate feelings for her ...

'Fans of Maeve Binchy and Cathy Kelly will love this.' A story of the aftermath, of picking up the pieces, of finding yourself again and discovering that life isn’t always easy . . . it’s not meant to be, but it can be worth it. Ann Maguire believes that discovering the truth of her past will set her free, but sometimes having all the answers isn’t enough . . . Forced to leave Dublin after her marriage crumbles, Ann returns to her childhood home of Knockmore, to find herself even more isolated than before. Catapulted back to grieving for her parents and the life she once knew, ...

**He was supposed to be a nameless hookup, not my best friend's billionaire dad.** **Now he's my grumpy boss and my deepest temptation.** **Can our age gap love survive family, scandal, and corporate sabotage?** I thought I'd never see him again after that explosive night at the club in Paris. Then he walked into my New York office as the new owner; Jamie Katz—the man from my wildest fantasies and my best friend's estranged father. He's experienced, demanding, and irresistible. Every heated argument leaves me breathless, every accidental touch reignites the passion we shared. When we're ...

Treasured is the eighteenth novella in the ongoing story of the Andersen family. Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s been months since her death and her children and grandchildren she leaves behind continue to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. For some of them it is about far more than adjusting to her absence in their lives. Trisha Andersen doesn’t do anything without careful deliberation. She can’t remember the last time she made plans involving a man that had her questioning her own ...

Naomi, Emma, and Taylor are heading to drama camp, but the drama doesn’t stay at camp. Word is spreading about the snake-saving club, and when a local news crew asks to interview the club, things grow tense. Naomi wants to teach people more about snakes, but she’s not the only one who longs for a moment of fame. During the interview, things go from bad to worse. Can Naomi salvage the interview, her drama camp performance, and the club?

In the sultry, shadowed streets of New Orleans, where jazz drifts through iron-laced balconies and secrets fester beneath the Spanish moss, four extraordinary women are drawn together by fate—and a touch of the supernatural. Welcome to The Order of the Midnight Bloom , an urban fantasy series that will sweep you into a world where life, death, and everything in between blur like smoke on a moonlit night. Rose and Gail, society mavens and proprietors of their family’s historic funeral parlor, have built lives steeped in tradition—but nothing could prepare them for what lies beyond the ...

When the lights go out at a Georgia high school football game, senior Macy Atwood finds herself in the arms of a boy who kisses her senseless - but he's gone by the time the lights come back on. All she knows is that there was something special - and oddly familiar - about her mystery kisser. Noah Granger, Ridgedale's resident bad boy and newest transfer student, has no problem taking credit for the kiss, but Macy can't shake the feeling that he's lying. Especially since a photograph of Macy and former star football player Joel Hargrove resurfaced online moments before the blackout.