10 Resolutions. 2 Friends. 1 Shot At LoveI’ll admit, having nine New Year's resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short. When a near meltdown (and maybe too much champagne) lands me in front of an old friend, things finally start looking up.If Mateo Ramirez, personal trainer, self-discipline junkie, and the Inte...

Exes running a wedding business? What can go wrong?EvieHaving inappropriate dreams about my ex-husband is problematic. The fact that he’s applied to be the business partner in my wedding business - and is an infuriatingly savvy businessman - is even more so.Our marriage ended because we were both more married to our jobs than each other, but now I can barely look at Lincoln without imagining him naked. How the hell am I sup...

A standalone enemies to lovers romantic comedyDating? Lower than a bikini wax on my list of priorities.Blind dating? Let’s just say I’d rather have a Brazilian - and not the hot soccer-player variety.So the fact I’ve agreed to do a blind-date feature for Pink, the magazine I work for, and write it all up Bridget Jones style means one thing - Pink is in dire straits and this is my best shot at saving my job.Make that my only shot bec...

The Shipbuilder & The Colonialist In this, the fifth & sixth parts of six stories detailing famous John Browns’, we  examine  the  true story behind the John Brown Shipyard and John-Como-Brown, the leader of the Melbourne set  John Brown. Bookopedia Compact The Perfect Reference Point

Dog Separation Anxiety is a treasure of ideas on how to keep your dog busy in your absence. You will learn how to determine if your dog is having separation anxiety or just misbehaving. The book will help you treat your dog's separation anxiety in no time by following easy to implement series of steps. You will also learn how to prevent separation anxiety and keep your dog happy. Grab this book and learn how not to be worried about what will happen to the house when you are out.

How do you tell your best friend you had the best sex of your life with her brother in short-term parking? Short answer - you don't.I probably should have declined my bestie’s invitation to spend the summer in England working at her family’s castle-turned-hotel. But, dammit, it was either that or teach summer school math. Two doors down from my ex.Obvious choice, right?Except now I’m living within kissing distance of Jasper for the entire s...

Getting a real-life chance with your old high school crush doesn’t happen every day. But then Finn O’Leary lends me five dollars and says I can buy him a coffee sometime to pay him back.I don’t expect to be buying him coffee in Tokyo.That’s what happens when your dad takes a job in Japan and drags you along for summer break. If I’d known Finn would be there, too, I’d have been thrilled, not resentful. Next thing I know, we’re exploring the temples and tangled streets of Tok...

An enemies to lovers romantic comedyStefan Cane can fill out a Speedo, that’s for sure. Not that Lucy’s ever joined him at the beach, but she’s been keeping up with his Insta since they shared that sizzling hot kiss at the Jingle Ball a few months ago. The kiss she ran away from like some kind of Disney princess.Except Lucy’s no princess. And Stefan is certainly no prince. He’s the guy whose sole reason for being in her small English village is to ...

The short-story commenced its career as a verbal utterance, or, as Robert Louis Stevenson puts it, with the first men who told their stories round the savage camp-fire.

The immensely popular knitalong—an organized event where people knit together for a common goal—has only grown with the explosion of the Internet. Yesterday’s wartime Red Cross sock drives have evolved into today’s meet-ups at locales as diverse as cafes, state fairs, and major league ballparks, as well as international online gatherings; in fact, at any given time tens of thousands of people worldwide are involved in knitalongs, organized around a particular yarn, a favorite social cause,...

Bringing home a new puppy for the first time is an exciting and special time – for you and your new four-legged friend. For many people, the addition of a new puppy also means welcoming a new family member into the home. Unfortunately, it only takes a day or two for some of that cuteness to vanish and be replaced with a naughty pup that seems to get into trouble at every opportunity. This usually includes plenty of potty-accidents all over the house as your new pup begins to sett...

Telling my wannabe rock star ex that I’m his new PR person is easy. What's hard - besides his abs? The fact that he's way hotter than he was 12 years ago.Not that I'm noticing. Nope. I'm 150,000% over him.As far as I’m concerned, my relationship with Alastair Wells is strictly professional. Despite that brooding regret he has when he looks at me. And that smile that tells me he has ideas of his own and they definitely include me. But not in any kind of professional sense.