Just One Summer

Winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration Rose and Windy are summer friends whose families have visited Awago Beach for as long as they can remember. But this year is different, and they soon find themselves tangled in teen love and family crisis. From the creators of Skim comes an investigation into the mysterious world of adults. Sure, Rose’s dad is still making cheesy and embarrassing jokes, but her mother is acting like she doesn’t even want to be there. Plus, being at the cottage isn’t just about going to the beach anymore. Now Rose and Windy are spending a lot of their time renting scary movies and spying on the teenagers who work at the corner store, as well as learning stuff about sex no one mentioned in health class. Pretty soon everything is messed up. Rose’s father leaves the cottage and returns to the city, and her mother becomes more and more withdrawn. While her family is falling to pieces, Rose focuses her attention on Dunc, a teenager working at the local corner store. When Jenny, Dunc’s girlfriend, claims to be pregnant, the girls realize that the teenagers are keeping just as many secrets as the adults in their lives. No one seems to want to talk about the things that matter. When the tension between Dunc and Jenny boils over, Jenny makes a desperate and destructive move and Rose's mother is galvanized into action. In the aftermath, nothing is completely resolved, but secrets have been aired, which means that things are at least a bit better for everyone. For Rose and Windy, the end of summer brings the realization that, while Awago Beach might always be the same, they have both been changed forever. From Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, creators of the multi-award-winning graphic novel Skim, comes a stunning and authentic story of friendship, illustrated with subtly heart-breaking moments and pure summer joy.

At the end of their rope in the City of Light, two women discover the healing magic of friendship in this heartfelt novel from “a master storyteller” (Booklist). To celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, Grace planned a surprise getaway in Paris for her and her husband. But now he has a surprise of his own: he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock but refusing to be broken, Grace makes the bold decision to go to Paris alone. Audrey, a young woman from London, left behind her own heartache when she arrived in Paris. Working in a bookshop seems like her ticket to freedom, but with no money and terrible French, she may wind up spending the summer wandering the cobbled streets alone . . . until she meets Grace, and everything changes. Grace can’t believe how daring young Audrey is. Audrey can’t believe how cautious newly single Grace is. Living in neighboring apartments, this unlikely pair offer each other just what they’ve both been missing. They came to Paris to find themselves, but finding this unbreakable friendship might be the best thing that’s ever happened to them . . .

One Summer. No Regrets Carly Reynolds does not want to work at her father’s Branson theater over the summer, but she has no choice. After wrecking his prized Mercedes on Prom night, she’s got to pay him back somehow before she leaves for college. Now she’s stuck working as the personal assistant to twenty-year-old Gracin Ford, former member of one-hit-wonder boy band Accentuate. Gracin is demanding, condescending, and an all-around jerk. Carly would rather eat glass than deal with a male diva who’s more famous for his stint in rehab than his music. Until she realizes that Gracin’s lonely. Once she welcomes him into her life, she starts to let him into her heart. Even though she knows it will end when she leaves for school, Carly doesn’t want to look back on her life and wonder what if. Even if it means a broken heart. 2019 Winner Imadjinn Award for Best Young Adult Novel 2019 Official Selection New Apple Summer Ebook Awards 2018 Finalist OKRWA International Digital Awards

I'm a wedding planner out to steal the groom...but I never planned on my grumpy billionaire boss. It all started with a fortune cookie that said my future spouse would cross my path today. I didn’t believe it at first—except my ex-boyfriend just walked into my office. The one who got away. The guy I’ve been pining for since he dumped me a year ago, whose smile still sends me fluttering. Now I really want that stupid little piece of paper to be right. There’s just one problem. He’s engaged to a hotel chain heiress, and I’m their new wedding planner. The thing is, she’s all wrong for him. Ty and I were meant to be together, and now I have the chance to show him. I’ll be spending the summer on the very island of his destination wedding, after all. It’s almost like fate wants us together. Besides the matter of Ty’s multi-million-dollar event, there’s a bigger complication—Chase, my hot and hovering billionaire boss. The one who insists this expensive wedding is his last chance to save our company and his fortune. The thought of disappointing Chase makes my stomach flop—but definitely not in a romantic way. Never that. One island. Two men. A lifetime of happiness at stake. Let wedding season begin. Experience this hilarious grumpy billionaire boss workplace rom-com now! For readers who enjoy sweet romance without losing the sparks they love. Experience the romantic comedy series that’s making readers laugh, cry, and fall in love today. ...................................................... Four Seasons, four couples, and a park to match them all...whether they're ready or not. Just Won't Spring for the Boy Band Star Just One Summer with the Grumpy Boss Just Can't Fall for the Enemy Just Say Snow to the Ex-Fiancé

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carly Phillips comes a new story in her Dirty Dare series… Gabriella Davenport is a gorgeous, twenty-two-year-old virgin with a trust fund, vacationing in the Hamptons for the summer and running from family pressure to marry someone she doesn’t like, let alone love. Maddox James is a sexy bar manager, older than Gabby by a decade. Though he made his fortune on Wall Street, he has returned to his working-class roots with a healthy distrust of wealthy women. ✔️ Grumpy Sunshine ✔️ Age Gap ✔️ Virgin ✔️ Good Girl/Bad Boy ✔️ Opposites Attract ✔️ Close Proximity The last of the Dirty Dare series is here. Don’t miss this sexy standalone novella! **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.** Reviews for Just One Summer: “This is a book with the perfect mix of love, passion, banter and drama, it’s a captivating read and I highly recommend you one click this little gem.” ~ Jackie, Thelma and Louise Book Blog “A great spicy, quick read.” ~ Chaiteaandbooksareallineed “Their chemistry is absolute perfection and I devoured and hung on every word.” ~ Reading in the Twilight “This was a well written, spicy story that had me from the first chapter to the last.” ~ Erin, Thelma and Louise Book Blog “A really good story that sucked me right in.” ~ Nicole's Book Musings

A moving story of love, second chances and the importance of family from the Number One International Bestseller

A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008. Skim is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto. When a classmate's boyfriend kills himself because he was rumoured to be gay, the school goes into mourning overdrive, each clique trying to find something to hold on to and something to believe in. It's a weird time to fall in love, but that's high school, and that's what happens to Skim when she starts to meet in secret with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But when Ms. Archer abruptly leaves, Skim struggles to cope with her confusion and isolation, armed with her trusty journal and a desire to shed old friendships while cautiously approaching new ones. Depression, love, sexual identity, crushes, manipulative peers --teen life in all its dramatic complexities is explored in this touching, pitch-perfect, literary graphic masterpiece. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki collaborate brilliantly in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being sixteen. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.