NATIONAL BESTSELLER The lives of three women-transgender and cisgender-collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires in "one of the most celebrated novels of the year" (Time) "Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand."-Vulture One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century Named one of the Best Books of the Year by more than twenty publications, including The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Time, Vogue, Esquire, Vulture, and Autostraddle PEN/Hemingway Award Winner Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Gotham Book Prize Longlisted for The Women's Prize Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick New York Times Editors' Choice Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York City, a job she didn't hate. She had scraped together what previous generations of trans women could only dream of: a life of mundane, bourgeois comforts. The only thing missing was a child. But then her girlfriend, Amy, detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Now Reese is caught in a self-destructive pattern: avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men. Ames isn't happy either. He thought detransitioning to live as a man would make life easier, but that decision cost him his relationship with Reese-and losing her meant losing his only family. Even though their romance is over, he longs to find a way back to her. When Ames's boss and lover, Katrina, reveals that she's pregnant with his baby-and that she's not sure whether she wants to keep it-Ames wonders if this is the chance he's been waiting for. Could the three of them form some kind of unconventional family-and raise the baby together? This provocative debut is about what happens at the emotional, messy, vulnerable corners of womanhood that platitudes and good intentions can't reach. Torrey Peters brilliantly and fearlessly navigates the most dangerous taboos around gender, sex, and relationships, gifting us a thrillingly original, witty, and deeply moving novel.

Alaric, Paladin of Solaris I was sent to kill her... but I submitted to her instead. The GodKing ordered me to slay the sorceress Sylvanna and retrieve the Heart of the Eclipse-a legendary artifact said to shape fate itself. Failure was not an option. But when I found her, her Shadow Magic overwhelmed my Celestial Light. I alone bear the Holy Fire, yet I was powerless against her. She offered me a deal: take her Oath of Submission and serve her for a time, and she would grant me a chance at the Heart. I had no choice but to obey. I never expected to crave it. Sylvanna, Sorceress of Nocturna He came to destroy me. Now he is mine. Shadowbound. I knew the Paladin was coming to kill me. I didn't expect him to kneel. Alaric is strong enough to snap me in half... but instead, he begs to serve, to please, to taste. He burns with Light, but his soul hungers for Shadow-and for me. Training him is a pleasure. Keeping him is a temptation. But our bond will be tested. To reclaim the Heart of the Eclipse, we must travel to the City of Night and face Kraven-my treacherous former Blood-Partner. If we fail, our kingdoms will fall. If we succeed... the magic awakening inside my Paladin may change everything. Shadowbound is a steamy enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance featuring: * A dominant vampire sorceress * A proud, submissive paladin hero/ Dragon Shifter * Sex-Magic training, and power exchange * A high-stakes quest through a sensual, magical world * Fated mates tension with dark spice and deep feels If you love romantasy, magical kink, Dark Romance, enemies to lovers, and powerful heroines who take what they want, this book is for you.

David Sedaris returns with his first collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso. Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes. But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine. As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. His offer to fix a stranger’s teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone’s son. And back on the road, he discovers a battle-scarred America: people weary, storefronts empty or festooned with Help Wanted signs, walls painted with graffiti reflecting the contradictory messages of our time: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter. In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris. “A champion storyteller” —Los Angeles Times

The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie "LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival," proclaimed USA Today. "The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night." The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists. When Cameron Post's parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl. But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both. Then Coley Talor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to "fix" her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self-even if she's not quite sure who that is. Don't miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Identity and Self-Discovery: After her parents' death, Cameron's first secret kiss is just the beginning of a journey to understand who she is—and who she's allowed to be. A Small Town Story: In early 90s Miles City, Montana, blending in is survival. But when the beautiful Coley Taylor arrives, Cam finds it harder than ever to hide. Forbidden First Love: From an intense, secret friendship to an unexpected bond with the perfect cowgirl, Cam's heart pulls her in directions her conservative family cannot accept. Found Family: Sent away to be "fixed" at a gay conversion camp called God's Promise, Cameron finds herself among a community of fellow "sinners" and must decide what salvation really means.

EW's 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 O Magazine's "31 LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020" BookRiot's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of 2020" Lambda Literary's "Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of May 2020" Salon's "Best and boldest new must-read books for May" BookPage's "19 can't-miss reads from independent publishers" Garden & Gun's "Best Books of May" Logo NewNowNext's "11 Queer Books We Can't Wait to Read This Spring" A stunning novel about the bounds of family and redemption, shines light on an overlooked part of the AIDs epidemic when men returned to their rural communities to die, by Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award-winning author Carter Sickels. Small-town Appalachia doesn't have a lot going for it, but it's where Brian is from, where his family is, and where he's chosen to return to die. Set in 1986, a year after Rock Hudson's death brought the news of AIDS into living rooms and kitchens across America, Lambda Literary award-winning author Carter Sickels's second novel shines light on an overlooked part of the epidemic, those men who returned to the rural communities and families who'd rejected them. Six short years after Brian Jackson moved to New York City in search of freedom and acceptance, AIDS has claimed his lover, his friends, and his future. With nothing left in New York but memories of death, Brian decides to write his mother a letter asking to come back to the place, and family, he was once so desperate to escape. The Prettiest Star is told in a chorus of voices: Brian's mother Sharon; his fourteen-year-old sister, Jess, as she grapples with her brother's mysterious return; and the video diaries Brian makes to document his final summer. This is an urgent story about the politics and fragility of the body, of sex and shame. Above all, Carter Sickels's stunning novel explores the bounds of family and redemption. It is written at the far reaches of love and understanding, centering on the moments where those two forces stretch toward each other and sometimes touch.

Chick Lit, Unterhaltungsliteratur von, über und für Frauen, ist ein Phänomen, das nicht nur Verlagen unerhörte Gewinne einbringt und sich spätestens seit dem Erfolg von Bridget Jones und Sex and the City einen festen Platz innerhalb der Popliteratur gesichert hat. Wie diese aktuelle Form von Frauenunterhaltungsliteratur funktioniert, welche Formen sie annimmt und welche Strategien sie verfolgt, wird in dieser Untersuchung geklärt. Dabei werden inhaltliche, formale und pragmatische Kriterien beachtet und alle medialen Darstellungsformen von Chick Lit analysiert. Inwiefern deutsche Autorinnen sich an den englischsprachigen Urmüttern des Genres orientieren und bedienen, zeigen die ausführlichen Einzelanalysen auf. Zielsetzung ist es, an Hand von ausgewählten deutsch- und englischsprachigen Texten eine möglichst allgemeingültige Beschreibung und Konfiguration des neu entstandenen Genres Chick Lit zu erstellen: Wie lautet die Formel, nach der erfolgreiche Chick Lit-Texte verfasst werden können? Darüber hinaus sollen die untersuchten Romane Auskunft über soziokulturelle Tendenzen in der postmodernen Gesellschaft, insbesondere im Hinblick auf den postfeministischen Diskurs geben.

Efter Gustavs bortgång försöker Malin hitta tillbaka till sig själv. Hon åker på solsemester till Kanarieöarna, ensam, uppmuntrad av sina barn. Det är ett lyxigt spahotell, och där träffar hon Aylin, kvinnan som erbjuder Malin att vara försökskanin i framtagandet av ett njutningspaket. Hon tackar ja, och får nya överraskningar varje dag. En manlig anställd verkar också vara inblandad. Den så länge bortglömda sensualiteten väcks återigen till liv inuti Malins hungriga kropp.Delen om Malin i serien Bokklubben Basic Instinct skildrar en mogen kvinnas krokiga väg genom äktenskap, hemligheter och att försöka hitta sig själv. Serien tillhör genren erotisk romance och kan bäst beskrivas som en modern Sex and the City.

Kleiderschrank FJORD 110x197 Eine Garderobe ist viel mehr als nur Kleidung Erinnern Sie sich an jene Morgen, an denen Sie vor dem Kleiderschrank stehen und lange überlegen, welches Outfit heute das richtige ist? In „Sex and the City“ war der Kleiderschrank voller Versprechen und Möglichkeiten, während in „Pulp Fiction“ die Kleidung den Charakter einer Figur perfekt definierte. Ihre Garderobe ist kein Lager für Textilien – sie erzählt Ihre Geschichte, zeigt Ihre Rollen und bringt Ihre Stärke zum Ausdruck. Der Kleiderschrank FJORD 110x197 ist ein Ort, an dem jeder Kleiderbügel und jede Schublade ein neues Kapitel Ihrer persönlichen Geschichte schreibt. Hier ist keine Entscheidung zufällig. Hier hat jedes Outfit eine Bedeutung. Platz für Ihren Alltag und kleine Geheimnisse Der Hauptbereich des Kleiderschranks mit einer stabilen Kleiderstange bietet idealen Platz für Hemden fürs Büro, Abendkleider oder Sakkos, in denen Sie sich vollkommen selbstbewusst fühlen. Die unteren Schubladen mit Push-to-open-System eignen sich für Unterwäs

Detective Inspector Stanley Low is having a really bad day. His bipolar condition is already ruining another session with his psychiatrist when a sadistic sex murder-suicide at Singapore's most prestigious hotel plunges him back into a sordid underworld he was desperate to leave behind. Marina Bay Sands represents Singapore's attempt to become the Monaco of Asia, a sparkling, physical embodiment of the island's devotion to economic growth at any cost. A murdered prostitute and a dead expatriate ask questions of a society no-one is particularly keen to answer. As the case spirals out of control, Inspector Low encounters self-help celebrity couple Yue Liang and Jimmy Chew. She's a desperate singer willing to do whatever it takes to break the US market. He's a motivational speaker embroiled in a financial crisis. Neither of them can get their story straight. Meanwhile, a South African CEO cannot control his addiction to Asian women, an elusive Indonesian businessman plays pimp for exiled military generals, a government minister is determined to protect foreign 'talent' and an imprisoned loan shark pushes Low to the brink of a nervous breakdown. Fuelled by his uncontrollable mania, Inspector Low goes undercover once more and returns to a world that the Asian metropolis refuses to acknowledge; a world of gambling addiction, crime syndicates, international money launderers, immoral celebrities and corrupt politicians, all living in Asia's cleanest city. As Inspector Low gets closer to the unpalatable truth, the search for the murderer races to a gripping, horrifying finish. An intelligent, thought-provoking novel, Marina Bay Sins is Humphreys at his satirical best.

Her best friend disappeared. A stranger came back. SEX AND THE CITY MEETS STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING IN THIS CHILLING DEBUT Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return-except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone. She feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back. She's right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she's been or what happened to her. Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong-she's emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who-or what-is she? An eerie storm of a debut that fuses thriller and horror into a brilliant depiction of women's friendships - the rivalries, jealousies, anxieties and love . Praise for THE RETURN 'The Return expertly treads the fine line between thriller and horror . It's as deliciously creepy as opening up a box of candy-coated spiders-and eating them all in one sitting' Christina Dalcher, bestselling author of Vox 'Combining suspense and horror with razor-sharp insights into the nature of female friendships, Rachel Harrison's The Return is a creepy, nerve-wracking, page-turning addition to the emerging field of horror thrillers' Alma Katsu, award-winning author of The Hunger 'The Return is moving and terrifying in equal measure. A brilliant rumination on friendship , pain, and the myriad of unsuccessful ways we all try to run from our past and fill the holes in our hearts. Harrison's keen prose won't let you go . Be warned, you'll double check the locks on your doors before you try to sleep' Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon 'By turns scary and funny , horrifying and real , The Return is impossible to put down. It takes an honest, scathing look at female friendship while at the same time pulling the reader into a perfect nightmare of a story ' Simone St. James, bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel 'The Return is supernatural horror at its very best ! Sharp dialogue, complex relationships and mind-bending action will have readers locking their doors and checking under their beds. Rachel Harrison has reinvented this genre and will surely be hailed as a pioneer among her peers' Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before ' Hair-raising horror and pure entertainment in Harrison's compulsively readable debut . . . The tension and nuance of Harrison's complicated female friendships add depth to an already delicious, chilling debut ' Publishers Weekly 'Fusing horror and thriller together, it's an unsettling tale of rivalry , envy , fear , friendship and love ' Culturefly's Books of 2020

What readers are saying about What A Time To Be Alive 'I know so many people will adore this as much as I did!' Goodreads reviewer, 'Read if you love: Sally Rooney style messy relationships, relatable characters you don't want to stop reading about, and 20 somethings still figuring things out.' Goodreads reviewer, 'I loved Okay Days so expectations were high - and I was not disappointed!! I absolutely loved this.' Goodreads reviewer, 'Jenny mustard you have done it again.' Goodreads reviewer, Twenty-one and friendless, Sickan arrives at Stockholm University utterly unprepared for adult life. After a chronically lonely childhood, the city represents a fresh start, a chance to finally make friends and the right kind of mistakes. And just as Sickan begins to fit in, she meets Abbe: beautiful, confident, charming - and by some miracle he wants her too. Tender and intelligent, What A Time To Be Alive is a story about class, sex, loneliness, and the trials of young womanhood. About asking yourself the question: how much of myself am I willing to sacrifice to simply be normal? A New York Times Editors' Choice 'A fresh, tender, and resonant bildungsroman' R. O. Kwon, author of Exhibit 'A measured and gorgeous writer, in command of the senses in a way that makes the reader feel alive' New York Times 'Playful and witty, What A Time To Be Alive is a charming meditation on coming-of-age, privilege, and grief' Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls 'A dark coming-of-age story set in Stockholm [with] a really light touch that makes it really beautiful' Natasha Brown, author of Universality

Maharashtra. Among the country's largest, wealthiest, most significant constituents. A great state in name and in deed that has been the cradle of individuals and events that have shaped India.Girish Kuber, a seasoned journalist and one of Maharashtra's foremost opinion makers, tells the region's story in Renaissance State. Taking in its vast sweep the politics, society and history of the land, from the time of the Satavahanas down to the present day, the book chronicles a number of lesser-known tales: the empire that brought the mighty Mughals to their knees, the woman who took the issue of consent in marital sex right up to Queen Victoria, the social reformers who were far ahead of their time, the men and women who were pioneers in different walks of life, the evolution of movements of the right and left as well as for Dalit identity, the man who mentored Gandhi and also the one who killed him, besides recounting the region's long tradition of standing up to the power centres of the north.This is the account of the making of Maharashtra and the Marathi Manoos that its proud people deserved but which had so far remained unwritten.Reviews:'A fascinating account of Maharashtra's long and turbulent history, Girish Kuber's Renaissance State presents the key facts and faces of some 2,000 years of this great state's existence. Introducing us to mathematicians and warriors, scientific legends and political giants, Kuber's insightful and extensively researched narrative is enriched by compelling detail.'– Shashi Tharoor, author and Member of Parliament'One of the unfortunate side effects of rabid nationalism is the loss of regional identities. Maharashtra has a magnificent history, unimpeachable traditions and a unique artistic culture that has always refused to bow before the mighty monarchs of Delhi who believed they owned it all. Freedom came. But Maharashtra is still fighting for its rightful place in Modi's new India. Girish Kuber takes a panoramic view of what makes Maharashtra so special and why its proud people have always refused to bow before Delhi – and still do. For good reason.'– Pritish Nandy, senior journalist and media personality'"Though as an individual Shivaji was a practising Hindu, he kept religion at bay when it came to his politics and social life." For me, this is one of the most significant lines in Renaissance State, a rigorously clear-eyed study of Maharashtra's past and present.'− Shanta Gokhale, author and translator'Sweeping through centuries of history, Renaissance State is an excellent starting point for anyone trying to understand the dynamics and dynamism of India's richest state. It also offers a window on the paradoxical intellectual currents that have shaped the Marathi Manoos. As Girish Kuber notes, Maharashtra produced both Gandhi's mentor and his murderer.'− Naresh Fernandes, editor, Scroll, and author of City Adrift: A Short Biography of Bombay'This will be the go-to book on Maharashtra and its residents for many decades to come.'− Jerry Pinto, author of Em and the Big Hoom and Murder in Mahim

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A long overdue reality check.” —Oprah Daily “Honest; unapologetic, and brutally funny.” —Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter A Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by Oprah Daily, Town & Country, and Brit + Co Belletrist Book Club Pick The Times (London) Book of the Week An unflinching motherhood memoir that dares to ask what happens when “what to expect when you’re expecting” turns out to be months of rage, anguish, brain fog, and a total surrender of sex, career, and identity. “The kid was objectively a tiny worm, even worse, a worm with my nose.” Welcome to Sarah Hoover’s candid and propulsive take on motherhood where she turns the ecstatic narrative women have been fed—one of immediate connection to your child followed by a joyful path of maternal discovery—on its head. Like most of us, Sarah Hoover grew up imagining a certain life for herself, and when she moved from Indiana to New York City to study art history, the life she’d imagined began falling into place. She got her degree in art history, landed a job in a gallery, made friends, and met interesting artists, one of whom became her husband. But when Hoover got pregnant, everything in her life began to unravel. She felt like an imposter in her own body. She grew distant from her friends and husband. Anxiety, fear, guilt, and shame threatened to swallow her. She also experienced trauma at the hands of one of her doctors—a stark trigger. And when her son was born, there was no… joy. Her despair was persistent, even with help, therapy, and pills. Grieving a lost identity and angry at the world around her, she found herself despising her baby, her husband, and herself. She was afraid it might not end. With the help of a doctor’s diagnosis, Hoover began to understand the cluster of symptoms that informed her experience—she was drowning in postpartum depression—and that she wasn’t a bad mother or a failed woman. At its core, The Motherload is about learning to forgive yourself. It’s a rejection of the cultural idea of the mother as a perfect being. And it’s an honest, propulsive, and often funny take on the vicissitudes of marriage, life, and parenting—a motherhood memoir unlike any other.

Her best friend disappeared. A stranger came back. SEX AND THE CITY MEETS STEPHEN KING'S THE SHINING IN THIS CHILLING DEBUT Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return-except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone. She feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back. She's right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she's been or what happened to her. Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong-she's emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who-or what-is she? An eerie storm of a debut that fuses thriller and horror into a brilliant depiction of women's friendships - the rivalries, jealousies, anxieties and love . Praise for THE RETURN 'The Return expertly treads the fine line between thriller and horror . It's as deliciously creepy as opening up a box of candy-coated spiders-and eating them all in one sitting' Christina Dalcher, bestselling author of Vox 'Combining suspense and horror with razor-sharp insights into the nature of female friendships, Rachel Harrison's The Return is a creepy, nerve-wracking, page-turning addition to the emerging field of horror thrillers' Alma Katsu, award-winning author of The Hunger 'The Return is moving and terrifying in equal measure. A brilliant rumination on friendship , pain, and the myriad of unsuccessful ways we all try to run from our past and fill the holes in our hearts. Harrison's keen prose won't let you go . Be warned, you'll double check the locks on your doors before you try to sleep' Mallory O'Meara, author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon 'By turns scary and funny , horrifying and real , The Return is impossible to put down. It takes an honest, scathing look at female friendship while at the same time pulling the reader into a perfect nightmare of a story ' Simone St. James, bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel 'The Return is supernatural horror at its very best ! Sharp dialogue, complex relationships and mind-bending action will have readers locking their doors and checking under their beds. Rachel Harrison has reinvented this genre and will surely be hailed as a pioneer among her peers' Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before ' Hair-raising horror and pure entertainment in Harrison's compulsively readable debut . . . The tension and nuance of Harrison's complicated female friendships add depth to an already delicious, chilling debut ' Publishers Weekly 'Fusing horror and thriller together, it's an unsettling tale of rivalry , envy , fear , friendship and love ' Culturefly's Books of 2020

"Jag känner hur kyssandet får mig att nästan bubbla inombords, särskilt ihop med hans händer som smeker min hals och sedan ner mot ryggen."Efter skilsmässan kände Julia inget behov av att kasta sig in i en ny relation men när hon träffar en nyförälskad vän på nyårsafton känner hon längtan. Hon skapar en profil på dejtingappen AmorRosa och samtidigt som hon är på väg till Sälen för en weekend med vännerna börjar meddelandena i appen hetta till.Serien Bokklubben Basic Instinct, är skriven i sann chick-lit-manér och skildrar en mogen kvinnas krokiga väg genom nätdejting-djungeln. Serien tillhör genren erotisk romance och kan bäst beskrivas som Sex and the City för femtioåringar.

In De hotelgids laat Louisa een leven met verschillende minnaars en een carrière als klassiek zangeres achter zich om aan een hotelgids te werken, een idee dat ze jat van een van haar scharrels. Ze ziet het als de perfecte mogelijkheid om op zoek te gaan naar betekenisvolle nachten. Met slechts een koffer, een notitieboekje en een beperkt budget reist ze van een kasteel in Parijs naar een familiehotel op de Wadden en alles daartussen, op zoek naar avontuur en vrijheid. Geluk, haar verschijning, nieuwsgierigheid en moed brengen haar ver, maar ze is er tegelijkertijd compleet van afhankelijk. Hoe vrij ben je dan eigenlijk? De hotelgids is Sex and the City en Sartre ineen. Uiterst komisch en voorzien van alle antwoorden op grote, diepfilosofische levensvragen bovendien.

Malin har levt ett helt liv med Gustav. Sedan barnen flyttade ut har deras passion svalnat men Malin vill ändå tro att det finns någon slags grundkärlek kvar. När Gustav åker till fjällen glömmer han telefonen hemma, och Malin och hennes väninna Julia upptäcker sms från en okänd älskarinna. Hela Malins värld faller samman på några sekunder, och som om det inte vore nog knackar polisen på dörren samma kväll. Har det hänt deras barn något? Eller gäller det Gustav?Delen om Malin i serien Bokklubben Basic Instinct skildrar en mogen kvinnas krokiga väg genom äktenskap, hemligheter och att försöka hitta sig själv. Serien tillhör genren erotisk romance och kan bäst beskrivas som en modern Sex and the City.

Vom Leben eines Mannes zwischen Pfirsich-Shampoo und Zickenkrieg - "Wenn Männer tun, was Frauen wollen" von Andreas Welter jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Verstehe einer die Frauen! Jürgen liebt seine Frau und seine zwei Töchter und tut alles für sie - versorgt sie mit Süßigkeiten, isst Körnerbrötchen, organisiert Praktikumsplätze und romantische Überraschungsreisen. Doch von Tag zu Tag werden die Allüren seiner drei Grazien schlimmer. Es beginnt mit einer neuen Körperwaage, die sogar den Fettanteil bestimmen kann - und nichts als den Tränenfluss fördert. Romantische Freitagabende nur zur zweit? Wegen Sex-and-the-City-Partys gestrichen. Als seine Frau dann auch noch mit der Frage aller Fragen: "Hast du mir etwas zu sagen? ... Sonst nichts? ... Sicher?" kommt, reicht es! Jürgen geht auf die Barrikaden. Sollen die Damen zusehen, wo sie ohne ihn bleiben! Doch leichter gesagt als getan ... Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: "Wenn Männer tun, was Frauen wollen" von Andreas Welter. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks - der eBook-Verlag

**An instant New York Times bestseller** From TikTok star and the author of I Didn't Know I Needed This Eli Rallo, a reflection on the anxiety of transitioning into adulthood, navigating the quarter-life crisis, and realizing you're actually not alone. Does anyone else feel like they're the only one having a quarter-life crisis? As a senior in college, Eli Rallo expected her post-grad years to be filled with certainty, that she would finally feel that she was the "adult" she had long dreamed she'd be, with a cool job, an amazing apartment, fabulous friends, and lots of fun and flirty date nights. Instead she was met with crippling social anxiety, no idea what direction her career was taking, an inability to stop comparing herself to her peers' picture-perfect lives on social media, and a looming sense that she may never feel certain-about her dating life, friendships, career, or even herself. With deep honesty, raw emotions, humor, and relatability, Eli analyzes life in your twenties with a candid and heartfelt approach, asking and answering questions like: How do you manage losing a best friend? How do you know who you are or what you want to do with your life? How do you find time and space for all of your priorities? How do you navigate the choppy waters of the social media world, and not fall victim to the comparison game? What happens when the timeline you made for yourself as a child is long in your past? How do you know you're making the right decisions? Even though early adulthood doesn't look just like Sex and the City or Thirteen Going on Thirty the way Eli thought it would, with Does Anyone Else Feel This Way? Eli shows you that you're not the only one who misses the days when they could swing by the dining hall or just wants to call their mom to make it all go away. With a look at her own misadventures and hard-won life lessons, Eli shares the journey she's been on to find herself as an adult, and the twists and turns she's taken while navigating her own quarter-life crisis.

Zwischen Cornwall und New York kämpft eine Heldin mit Sex and the City-Vibes gegen das größte Chaos überhaupt: die Liebe. Warum soll sie sich auf einen Mann festlegen, wenn sie alles haben kann – Spaß und Karriere? Lily Morrell ist mit ihren Kosmetikstudios an der Küste Cornwalls auf Erfolgskurs und genießt ihre Freiheit als Single. Ian MacBain ist nicht nur neu in der Stadt, sondern auch jede Sünde wert. Zumindest für einen heißen Flirt. Doch auf einmal kann Lily an nichts anderes mehr denken als an diesen sturen, viel zu attraktiven Schotten, der ständig ihren Weg kreuzt und sie von ihrer Arbeit ablenkt. Männer sind echt eine Plage! Auch ihren nervigen Verehrer Carter, einen reichen New Yorker Hotelier, hält sie lieber auf Abstand. Wären da nicht die regelmäßigen Trips nach Manhattan, mit denen Carter ihr genau das Leben verspricht, von dem Lily immer geträumt hat. Nach einem Streit mit Ian stürzt sich Lily in die Arbeit und flüchtet nach New York. Sie merkt zu spät, wie sie von Tag zu Tag mehr in einen Sog aus Macht und Manipulation gerät, während sie vergeblich versucht, Ian zu vergessen. Not falling in Love ist der erste Band der Reihe Cornwall Feelings. Alle Bände sind in sich abgeschlossen und unabhängig voneinander lesbar.