Showing results for title "Quirky" in Literature & Fiction

Join George Mahood, his long-suffering wife, and their three young children as they pack their bags and embark on an exciting new chapter in Devon. Picking up where Every Day Is a Holiday left off, Life’s a Beach follows George as he continues his hilarious celebration of the quirky and bizarre calendar days, proving that fun and adventure can be found in the most unlikely situations.

Jax has always been the guy with all the right moves and none of the attachments. But when he crosses paths with the enigmatic Dani at a local bookstore, his world tilts on its axis. She's smart, independent, and refreshingly different from anyone he's ever met. She's also completely immune to his usual charms. As Jax finds himself increasingly drawn to Dani's magnetic personality, he's forced to confront a startling realization: maybe he's been making excuses all along. With each witty exchange and heart-pounding motorcycle ride, Jax discovers that pursuing Dani means venturing into ...

3 uplifting books with heroines who are as offbeat as they are lovable. In With a Friend Like You, Bronwyn's life is a study in failure until she befriends her next door neighbor, the son of her mother's political rival. From enemies to best friends, will they ever be something more? For The Girls is an ensemble cast of four best friends trying to navigate life and love with only each other to lean on. In A Christian Cougar, Mare is a young widow dating an even younger man, a secret she tries and fails to keep from everyone, especially her imaginary husband. From laughter to tears to ...

James Kelman, the Man Booker Prize–winning author of How Late It Was, How Late, tells the story of Helen—a sister, a mother, a daughter—a very ordinary young woman. Her boyfriend said she was quirky but she is much more than that. Trust, love, relationships; parents, children, lovers; death, wealth, home: These are the ordinary parts of the everyday that become extraordinary when you think of them as Helen does, each waking hour.

Katy yearns for the ultimate bad boy, and the Devil grants her wish...sort of. Can a monumental underachiever of a demon and a “good girl” find true love? Lisa helps an old gypsy woman and is given a black cat and a wish charm that works...at the wrong moment.

Before happily ever after, she had other plans… Straight Girls Season One love interests tell all: You met the one-night wonder, Jackie, in Straight Girls Wanna Have Fun. Then the quiet nerd looking for long-term love, Dani, in Straight Girls Trip. You went deep with the brooding artist, Jules Egan in The Straight Girl That Got Away. And went for a wild ride with the reformed player-turned-soul-searcher, Frankie. Now it’s their turn. Ann Carter, the return-to-hometown nurse, reveals her lifelong secret of shame. Savvy CEO Hae Park shows her true colors under her perfect exterior. Movie ...

Charley McElroy is a handsome, well-heeled travel writer and CIA informant, who also happens to be an F-to-M transman. And he's been recently benched by the Agency for not paying his taxes. On the other side of San Francisco, Electra, a Manhattan socialite-turned-dominatrix has just arrived to rebuild her life. Meanwhile, Frankie is a lesbian police sergeant on the outs with the SFPD and trying to recover from the death of her wife.

Have you ever wondered what a UFO abduction is like from the alien’s viewpoint? Can a machine provide comfort to a dying woman? What would it be like to fall into the hands of a get-rich-quick scheming extraterrestrial? All these questions and more are answered in this book of wonderfully crafted short stories by breakout author J.J. Harlan.

Gina Lee ran away from her wedding, her life and her hometown. But when the time comes, she has to go home to find her happy ending. A story about coming home again, falling in love, and realizing people can change... even yourself. For fans of Where the Heart Is, and runaway brides, everywhere.

Two years ago, Matt lost his wife to an asleep-at-the-wheel truck driver for the corrupt Clawson Chicken Corporation, and most of his savings to a court battle with the aforementioned fowl magnate. Trusting that the ocean will heal his battered psyche, Matt heads out from Corpus Christi Bay in a vintage sloop, trying to out sail bad memories and find a path forward. As he winds his way east beyond the Gulf, he has adventures (and misadventures), meets a quirky cast of characters, and is dogged at every turn by reminders of the reach of the greedy chicken king, Colonel Clyde Clawson. 

The Almost True Memoirs of a Quirky Cat Burglar follows the adventures of Henry Sears O'Connor, a quick-witted and resourceful protagonist, and his accomplice, Antonio Rossi, during the Great Depression era. Henry, a skilled cat burglar teams up with Antonio, a handsome Italian getaway man, to pull off daring heists targeting the wealthy elite in upstate New York.

Blue McKenna is dead—it isn't pretty. Her innards are strewn all over the bridge in front of Juniper Hollow, but she still can't make it to the white light. Blue's spirit is trapped in a nightmare scenario involving the Department of Motor Vehicles. Evidently, the DMV is as terrible in death as it is in life. Too bad the only one who can rescue Blue is a snarky cat named Skitters. And he hates her guts. All of them. Scottie Sphincter, lead singer of the Rectal Surgeons, can't move on, either. Why does Scottie keep getting ghosted by women like Blue?

When terrorists plot to blow up five of the country’s ammunition plants, Lady Justice calls on Quirky Arlo Quimby as her newest recruit. But Arlo himself becomes a target due to his association with a controversial and unorthodox group. Once again, Walt finds himself knee-deep in conspiracies and assassins.

A collection of humorous insights into important topics ranging from being targeted by annoying ads ("Nowhere to Hide"), to resorting to symbols when you've forgotten your words ("At a Loss for Words"), to figuring out what door that extra key opens ("My Extra Key"). Other essays examine how sitting is the new smoking (whatever that means) and why it is just so hard to focus when you have the attention span of a gnat.

An 18 year-old virgin anthropology student gets lost in the Pacific Northwest and encounters a Bigfoot. He kidnaps her and she finds herself pregnant with his baby. After nine months with the huge creature, and slowly getting accustomed to his rough sexual ways, they meet up with other Bigfoots and the student finds that it does indeed, take more than one to make a village.

What the world needs now is an audio book narrated by a snarky cat named Skitters. When this over-sized sack of stripes finds himself upgraded from life in a parking garage to a mansion in Utah, all seems to be well. Then Skitters takes up with Harriet, a fiery feline who belongs to a little girl living in a polygamist cult.

When marijuana enthusiast Blue McKenna suffers an apocalyptic case of writer's block, reality TV seems like an easy way out. A conglomerate of kooky contestants invades the polygamist community of Navel, Utah, to compete in a TV reality show. Participants include Steven Finch, a lovable stoner who develops a conspiracy theory involving a rock band called the Rectal Surgeons, and Randall Smoot, a member of the Gay Mafia.

Transman spy Charley MacElroy travels to Paris to help French authorities break up a Neo-Nazi plot to scatter dirty bombs throughout the city. His older lover Electra comes along to study French, but she soon discovers Dickie Borque, a sinister British aristocrat with lavender hair, may be behind the plot. Charley, however, is not so sure.

In the eyes of Nadine, a polygamist and serial bride, nudging her husbands into heaven is a testament to love. Even Nancy Neptune, a notorious shock jock, is gobsmacked by Nadine's so-called “Celestial Send-Offs.” Things go to hell in a hurry when Nadine offs the wrong guy and is charged with assisted suicide. Meanwhile, Blue McKenna has problems of her own. A power outage has leveled Blue's medical marijuana dispensary. Scottie Sphincter, lead singer of a band called The Rectal Surgeons, is fingered as a suspect.

Chair Squeaker is a collection of short stories about people who don't quite fit in with society at large. My characters are sometimes quirky, while others appear to be more conventional types, but all are chair squeakers in their own special way. In addition to being quirky, chair squeakers are observant, and they try to learn as much as they can from their experiences. They may be less than graceful at times, have a sense of humor, and can be wildly creative. Their enthusiasm for life is often contagious and inspiring.