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Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar - and maybe snag him as a prom date - even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic-comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student.

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar—and maybe snag him as a prom date—even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes.

" Parfois, on est tellement perdu dans nos propres illusions qu’on passe à côté de ce qui aurait pu vraiment arriver. " Liz Buxbaum est fan de comédies romantiques. Elle croit en l’Amour avec un grand A depuis toujours, et – elle en est sûre – le prince charmant est forcément là, quelque part, à l’attendre. Pourtant à l’approche de la fin du lycée, ses espoirs de trouver le garçon idéal s’amenuisent. Mais voilà que Michael Young, son amour d’enfance, revient s’installer dans le quartier après dix ans loin d’elle.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial. To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray...even as love complicates everything.

A name Georgia Whittier would prefer to never cross her lips again. Not only was her older brother's best friend her first love, her first everything, but he broke her heart for a reason she still hasn't fully accepted. To make it worse, Georgia couldn't properly nurse her broken heart because nobody knew about the love affair.

Our unconscious thought patterns determine our relationships, our spiritual life, and our connection to God to a much greater extent than we know. That’s an alarming thought, because the subconscious mind is a mysterious realm that is really difficult to access and influence...right? No. It’s really not! And it’s the most urgent and impactful thing we can do. This book will show you how.

Der Tik-Tok-Erfolg als Hörbuch! Als größter Fan romantischer Komödien lebt Liz Buxbaum wie die Hauptdarstellerin in einem Liebesfilm. Aber das Wichtigste fehlt noch: ihr Mr Right für den Abschlussball. Da taucht ihr Kindheits-Crush Michael Young auf, und das Happy End scheint in greifbarer Nähe. Blöd nur, dass Michael sie immer noch als niedliche und verschrobene »kleine Liz« sieht. Damit sich das ändert, schließt sie einen Pakt mit ihrem nervtötenden Nachbarn Wes Bennett. An der Seite des bei allen anderen beliebten Bad Boys öffnen sich nun mal Türen.

At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. A hit man for the elite.

When a letter from his supposedly deceased mother finds its way into his hands, life changes in an instant for international pop star Bodhi Beckett. Reeling from the deception of those closest to him, Bodhi spirals out of control and is sent to a secluded mansion in the coastal mountains of Southern California for some rest and relaxation. But the retreat proves to be anything but relaxing when a raging wildfire sets the landscape around him ablaze. While escaping the flames, Bodhi rescues Breeze, a quirky, pet-loving woman, and together the two fight their way to safety.

This podcast provides practical tools and real life application for taking your life from where ever it is to the next level. We cover relationships, health, emotions, mindset, confidence, entrepreneurship, money and all other parts of being a human. Did you know there is something better than happiness? It’s the life you were meant to live.

Finally another guest episode! We chat with Mitch, geekiest and most dudesome of Geek Dudes about stuff we have been watching, TV you may or may not wanna get across, cinema blockbusters, and the slippery slope into board game addiction. Enjoy this more than usual? Check out Mitch on Geek Dudes, or Hey Hey It's The Podcast Thoughtless Bowl 6: The Blood Bowl Sevens event you need to be at Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games? We have a Discord. TCG are now on Patreon! Give us all your money please and thank you. TCG on Twitch. It's what all...

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible.

Deux ans après une rupture déchirante, Wes et Liz se retrouvent alors que leur histoire d’amour semblait appartenir au passé : Liz a quitté leur ville natale pour Los Angeles, prête à accomplir ses rêves, tandis que Wes, accablé par un drame familial, a dû renoncer à ses propres ambitions pour soutenir les siens. Aujourd’hui, Wes est prêt à reprendre sa vie en main. De retour sur le campus de l’université, il est déterminé à relancer sa carrière de joueur de baseball et, surtout, à reconquérir Liz en s’inspirant de ses comédies romantiques préférées.

Abe is Bae? The wonderful Emily VanKoughnett (Los Angeles Review of Books; LIT ANGELES) returns to Better Than the Movie with a classy pick: Kobo Abe's existential psychological thriller The Woman in the Dunes. The novel, from 1962, was made a few years later into an Oscar-nominated film adapted by Abe and directed by the inimitable Hiroshi Teshigahara. Both are considered top-tier classics... but which is better? Hosted by Justin Remer, Allan Traylor, and Tyler Austin. Produced by Justin Remer. Recorded at the LAPL Octavia Lab. Opening music: "Optimism (Instrumental)" by Duck the ...

When Olive Porter’s off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all. As a special investigative agent for the National Park Service, Noah’s used to living under intense pressure. Or he was until he got injured on the job. Now unhappily recuperating at home while being smothered by his loving but nosy family, he’d love nothing more than a good distraction. So when Olive shows up looking like a million bucks, he has to do a gut and heart check

Byron is tall, handsome, well-spoken, wealthy, and has outstanding taste in wine and food. You’ll be impressed by his impeccable attire and eloquence in conversation, ranging from Baroque art to the newest advances in pharmacology. With his charming smile and elegant manners, Byron truly is the perfect date...and who doesn’t love a man who appreciates opera? What’s the catch, you ask? Just this: If Byron finds you suitable, he will subject you to utterly depraved forms of torture.

Seventeen-year-old Finley has only ever had one goal: to become a famous podcaster. This includes coming up with the perfect pitch to land her on her school's podcast team. But when her football-obsessed boyfriend, Jensen, decides to also try out—and uses her idea—she's left confused and betrayed.

After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. And the next day? Another horrendous V-Day. Emilie is stuck in some sort of time loop nightmare that she can’t wake up from as she re-watches her boyfriend, Josh, cheat on her day after day.

Hannah Dalton had a lot of expectations in her life. Growing up watching her mother struggle for everything they had, she resolved to make sure she did everything she could to make those hardships worthwhile. She would pursue the career she dreamed of, she would marry someone trustworthy and kind, and she would try to give her own daughter everything her mother gave her, only without the struggle. She just never anticipated the order in which it could all happen or the hardships that would inevitably come to pass. But, somehow, maybe it can all work out better than expected.