Everybody should believe in something; I believe I’ll have another drink.
Robert Benchley
The past week has been a time of anxiety and anticipation. Usually my body needs to recover from some kind of more serious challenges, during which to survive, I read a lot of romantic comedies, drink plenty of coffee, and a certain amount of melancholy completely cuts me off from life.
Then I start to grow like an ivy into my personal space and overgrow with moss, not allowing even a bit of light to myself, somewhere between out-of-the-way and I’m-not-available person, I even hiss at passerby person.
My hibernation period ends differently depending on the number of extra activities (those that require me to interact with other members of the human race). These are not necessarily difficult activities, although of their unpredictable outcome and a waiting time that extends indefinitely, which I can compare to a black hole that consumes my balanced, fully schematic (I love boring days) existence, while restraint my will to move forward.
Many of you will say that challenges shape our lives. They add blush and ignite our desires. I, on the other hand, treat them as total chaos, which I will either survive or be ‘eaten’. Most of the time, though, things work out (probably my innate charm has something to do with it; sigh…) and I’m back to my everyday version of a pretty organized introvert (I suppose?).
Now I humbly return to you with my lifeguards who have been my respite from paranoia this time.
“Florence Day is a ghost-writer with one big problem. She’s supposed to be penning swoon-worthy novels for a famous romance author but, after a bad break-up, Florence no longer believes in love. And when her strict (but undeniably hot) new editor, Benji Andor, won’t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye.
Although when tragedy strikes and Florence has to head home, the last thing she expects to see is a ghost at her front door. Not just any ghost, however, but the stern form of her still very hot – yet now unquestionably dead – new editor.
As sparks start to fly between them, Florence tells herself she can’t be falling for a ghost – even an infuriatingly sexy one. But can Benji help Florence to realise love isn’t dead, after all?”
Funy, sometimes heartbreaking but mostly full of hope. It’s definitely worth reading.
“Sara is usually a good girl. (Exept for one wild night in the backseat of a stranger’s car.) But what happens when that bad boy turns out to be her new boss? And what happens when he wants more than one night… and he can be very persuasive…”
My favourite part is the one with jogging in the morning with her new boss – hilarious.
Beginner’s Luck: A scientist with a quiet, steady job at a university, Kit Averin’s sudden lottery win changes nothing, with one exception: the fixer-upper she plans to buy, her first and only real home. It’s more than enough to keep her busy, until an unsettlingly handsome, charming, and determined corporate recruiter shows up in her lab. Ben Tucker is willing to put in the time to talk Kit into a big-money position in his firm. Especially when sticking around his hometown for the summer gives him a chance to reconnect with his dad. But the longer he stays, the more questions he has about his own future and where he belongs. What begins as a chilly rebuff soon heats up into an attraction neither Kit nor Ben can deny – and finding themselves lucky in love might just be priceless…
Luck of the Draw: Sure, winning the lottery allows Zoe Ferris to quit her job as a cutthroat corporate attorney, but no amount of cash will clear her conscience about the way her firm treated the O’Leary family in a wrongful death case. So she sets out to make things right, only to find gruff, grieving Aiden O’Leary doesn’t want her apology. He does, however, want something else from her. Aiden needs a bride if he hopes to be the winning bid on the campground he wants to purchase as part of his beloved brother’s legacy. Skilled in the art of deception, the cool beauty certainly fits the bill. Only Aiden didn’t expect all the humour and heart Zoe brings to their partnership – or the desire that runs deep between them. Now he’s struggling with his own dark truth – that he’s falling for the very woman he vowed never to forgive…
Best of Luck: Greer Hawthorne is finally on the cusp of proving to her big, overprotective family that she’s independent – until a careless mistake jeopardises her plan to graduate. Lucky for her, there’s someone in town who may be able to help. Alex Averin plans to show up for his sister’s wedding, then get straight back to his job as a world-renowned photojournalist. But when gorgeous, good-hearted Greer needs an assist with a photography project, he’s powerless to say no. Can a ceaseless wanderer find a stopping place alongside a woman determined to set out on her own, or are Alex and Greer both pushing their luck too far?
Yours L.
another pile of books 
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