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81) Missing you
Author
Language
English
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Description
"It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart-- and who she hasn't seen in 18 years. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens...
Author
Series
Boyfriend project volume 2
Language
English
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"When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor needs more than the support of her new best friends, Samiah and London. She needs a miracle. And Jamar Dixon might just be it. The oh-so-fine former pro athlete wants back into the game, and he wants Taylor to train him. There's just one catch -- no one can know what they're doing. But...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"So, JH. Sarah tells me youre a libertine? Oh, yeah? Is that how she describes me? Huh. Well, Id just call myself your average sex fiend. After meeting online, JH and Sarah rendezvous regularly for virtual hook ups. Their exchanges, though brief and distant, begin to consume JH, who tries to convince Sarah to meet in person. The resulting game of seduction culminates with a provocative challenge of abstinence.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A heartening and uproariously funny novel of high hopes, bad choices, book love, and one woman's best--and worst--intentions. Through emails, journal entries, combative online reviews, texts, and tweets, Fawn plans her next move to reclaim her beloved business--and her life"--
85) The dating game
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
When a notoriously difficult class for future entrepreneurs leads to three freshmen developing the next "it" app for dating on college campuses, all hell breaks loose... Type A control freak Sara lives by her color-coordinated Post-it notes. Rich boy Braden wants out from under his billionaire father's thumb. Scholarship student Roberto can't afford for his grades to drop. When the three are forced to work together in one of the university's most...
86) Easy prey
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Edgewood High School students Mouse, Drew, and Jenna access a teacher's dating site under false identities. Things escalate and all three are able to access nude pictures of their law teacher. When the photos go viral, they all deny being the leak. But someone has to take the fall.... -- adapted from goodreads.com info
Told in three voices, Edgewood High School students Mouse, Drew, and Jenna not only had access to a teacher's racy photographs before...
87) Rent-a-pal
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission....
88) Love in the sun
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A dating app creator finds her views on love challenged when she returns home to Florida and reconnects with her high school sweetheart.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Daphne Wilder is a mother whose love knows no bounds or boundaries. She is the proud mom of three daughters. There is the stable psychologist Maggie, the sexy and irreverent Mae and the insecure, adorable Milly - who, when it comes to men, is like psychotic flypaper. In order to prevent her youngest child from making the same mistakes she did, Daphne decides to set Milly up with the perfect man. Milly does not know that her mom placed an ad in the...
90) Tinderella
Author
Publisher
Uncivilized Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tinderella is an autobiographical comic about online dating, living poor and being a dumb 20-something. Intense work out sessions, a series of unsatisfying Tinder dates, and a bout of pink-eye; over confident and crude, Harkness's work is hilarious and emotionally agonizing. Tinderella is M.S. Harkness' first graphic novel."-- cover page 4.
91) Goblin girl
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Moa is in crisis. Suffering from increasing panic attacks and depression, she continues to withdraw from everything and everyone around her. In the midst of this, she meets an older man online a public figure who offers his financial and emotional support as a patron of her art. But this seemingly once-in-a lifetime opportunity soon proves to be just as fraught as the rest of her life.
92) Date me
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Date Me is a collection of comics that tells stories of dating in a wheelchair, social situations sculpted by people's response to a wheelchair, and the struggle of trying to fit in from a different perspective. Dating is hard enough as an able-bodied person. Throw in the variable of a wheelchair and the 'hard' becomes 'almost not worth it.' Kristin Beale shares stories of her crazy family, the unique and often lousy ways people interact with her...
93) The love wager
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, author of Mr. Wrong Number. Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it's time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has...
Author
Publisher
Unbound
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Online romance fraud is a problem across the globe. It causes financial and emotional devastation, yet many people refuse to take it seriously. This is the story of one middle-aged woman in a cardigan determined to understand this growing phenomenon. No other woman has had so many online romances - from Keanu Reeves to Brad Pitt to Prince William - and Becky Holmes is a favourite among peacekeeping soldiers and oil rig workers who desperately need...
95) Just say yes
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Jimena realizes she is undocumented, she decides the best path forward is to find an American to marry her.
96) Blush
Author
Series
Black Rose romances volume 1
Publisher
Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Hopelessly in love with Jackson Paris, who sees her as his innocent best friend, Amanda Thomas joins an online dating app where the enigmatic Mr. Dark promises to fulfill all of her wicked fantasies, but Jackson has secrets of his own, and as Mr. Dark, realizes he can safely give her what she wants without revealing his identity.
97) FINALLY FITZ
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Heartbroken after her breakup with her girlfriend Dani, bisexual Fitz hatches a plan with childhood friend Levi to fake an online romance to make their exes jealous, which leads to unexpected real feelings as they navigate the complexities of love, friendship, and authenticity.
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