Synopsis: An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the '80s and the '90s, its unfortunate decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday follows A Princess for Christmas with another delightful contemporary Christmas romance between a playboy baron and a woman who has said goodbye to love. Maximillian von Hansburg, Baron of Laudon and heir to the Duke of Aquilla, is trapped. Under pressure from his domineering father, he must marry... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Author Jennifer Lieberman Q: What inspired you to create your latest work, Year of the What? My novel Year of the What? was originally a solo show entitled Year of the Slut. When I first moved to Los Angeles a friend suggested I write myself a vehicle and invite talent agents, producers, directors... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with a unique, sexy romantic comedy about a young married couple whose rocky relationship needs a serious renovation. Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple: high school sweethearts, best friends, madly in love. Well, they used to be anyway. Now Rosie’s lucky to get a... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: The timeless romance, soaring passion―and gorgeous men―of Scotland come to modern-day America. And the rules of love will never be the same… Isabel Buchanan is fiery, funny, and never at a loss for words. But she is struck speechless when her mother returns from a trip to Scotland with a six-foot-tall,... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Thirty-one-year-old Charlie isn’t in the mood for Christmas cheer. Her boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, her mother has absconded with her latest husband for the holidays, and—adding insult to (literal) injury—her London apartment has just been destroyed by a gas leak. Single, mildly concussed and... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Lucy Lang isn't looking for fireworks... She's looking for a nice, decent man. Someone who'll mow the lawn, flip chicken on the barbeque, teach their future children to play soccer. But most important... someone who won't inspire the slightest stirring in her heart...or anywhere else. A young widow,... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: She’s driving me crazy. Or am I the one driving myself crazy? I can’t tell anymore. Ever since Scarlet Rocket showed up in the flesh, she’s turned my structured world upside down. My neatly ordered life, my hand-painted Aliens versus Vampires figurines, my expertly curated comics collection—none of these things... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Who says, 'Diamonds are a girl's best friend?' Don't believe all those clichés you hear. If you want a friend, get a dog! Trust me, they are more reliable. Want another piece of advice? Trust but verify! In this one, nothing is as it seems, as I end up in a double-blind conspiracy, resulting... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Theatre professors and spouses, Nicky Abbondanza and Noah Oliver, are on their honeymoon at a Hawaiian resort, where musclemen in grass skirts are keeling over like waterfalls. Things erupt faster than a volcano when Nicky and Noah, along with their best friends Martin and Ruben, try to stage a luau show. Nicky and Noah... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: After the loss of his mother, innocent and reclusive Roger must learn to move on, but to him, that is like having faith that the stars will ever find him the perfect girl. Certainly, that girl can’t be Jessica, the shallow and venomous daughter, of the woman his father has started dating. His unwilling... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson brings his singular brilliance to this modern re-imagining of one of Shakespeare’s most unforgettable characters: Shylock Winter, a cemetery, Shylock. In this provocative and profound interpretation of “The Merchant of Venice,” Shylock is juxtaposed against his present-day counterpart in the character of art dealer and conflicted father Simon Strulovitch.... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Dead Down East, a fictional murder mystery, is both detective noir and smart screwball comedy rolled into one. Jesse Thorpe, a young private investigator operating out of Augusta, Maine, receives a mysterious phone call from a former client, Cynthia Dumais. She begs to be rescued from an island south of Brunswick, within a... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running the house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she’s always in trouble at work – her pre-school charges adore her, but their parents don’t always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner. Dr. Battista has other... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Sugar and spice and love that’s oh-so nice… An inherited parking spot. That’s all it took to make Natalie Moran’s food truck dreams come true. But her dream space is attached to a bakery inherited by someone else—drop dead gorgeous Eric Schneider, a financial consultant who wouldn’t know a cupcake from a cannoli.... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: The blockbuster SerialTeller serial THE LIGHTENING ROUND is now a novel. In THE LIGHTENING ROUND, Hannah More, a sassy single mom with weight issues, reluctantly enters Ultimate Level, a San Francisco gym which groups its members based on their weight and fitness levels. Much to her shock, Hannah actually finds that this... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: A laugh-out-loud, feel-good romantic comedy perfect for fans of Jane Costello and Mandy Baggot! Will you…date me? Delilah James, singleton and smoothie-addict, has six months to find a date for her oldest friend’s wedding. Oh, and to prove to her ex, best man Ben, that she has totally moved on since he dumped... Continue Reading →
Synopsis: Frannie Brisbane knew it was an impossible scheme, but unless she went through with it, the daughter she had given up thirteen years ago and who now wanted to visit, would discover that Frannie had painted a very different picture of her life in the letters they’d exchanged. Frannie’s close friends rally around... Continue Reading →
Open Submissions to all self-published and new emerging writers. I am a senior publisher for Pulse LLC. I am currently looking for the following genres to publish: - Historical Romance - Contemporary Romance - Paranormal Romance - New Adult - Romantic Suspense - Romantic Thriller - Romantic Comedy - Chicklit - Christian Romance - YA... Continue Reading →
Those Red High Heels by Katherine May is a must read for all. Katherine May has beautifully written a story that is both realistic and stunning. Her main character, Emma Walker, is called to come out and be a maid of honor. But what she didn't expect what the double hit that fate sent her way.... Continue Reading →
The Vampire Next Door is an astounding novel. The characters will leave you laughing as it unfolds. The plot is well written in a hot, sensual, exciting way. Readers will love Sly Flores, a vampire, who only goes after the bad guys. Sly keeps the neighborhoods safe by satisfying his appetite from the evil ones.... Continue Reading →
Kyle Andrews was living alone until the death of his brother and his sister in-law. He was then left with the custody of their four children. The youngest one is an infant, the next one two, then four, and the oldest is eight. Write using this as your novel opener. Then mention what happens next.... Continue Reading →
Write about a woman who owns a bakery shop, has three older brothers, and finds a wounded man behind her bakery. She finds no identification on him. He does have a gun shot wound to his upper right shoulder, in which she tended to. Looking down at the man she realizes how handsome his features... Continue Reading →
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