Romantic Memoir

Not many people can say they met and married their spouse within thirty days of beginning to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. But that’s exactly what happened to twenty-five-year-old Claire Henley Miller. Mile 445 is the inspiring—and romantic—true story of how Miller left corporate life behind to embark on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada. She is doing it alone, and the only gear she takes to survive the trek in the mountains of California, Oregon, and Washington fits inside her sixty-eight-liter backpack. At the start of her five-month journey, she meets a handsome young man ...

Join Jigi Brown on this naughty, funny, and incredibly adventurous journey as he bonks his way through Europe and learns to make the most of every moment. A diehard romantic, a perfect gentleman and an awkward engineering graduate student, Jigi Brown has never understood why black socks don't go with running shoes or why being too respectful and nice seems to be a turn-off for the ladies. After giving up on love and intimacy, Brown embarks on a solo two-month backpacking trip across Europe. On his first night in Paris, Brown meets Emma, a spontaneous and irreverent leukemia survivor, who ...

As gay bars continue to close at an alarming rate, a writer looks back to find out what’s being lost in this indispensable, intimate, and stylish celebration of history. In the era of Grindr and same-sex marriage, gay bars are closing down at an alarming rate. What, then, was the gay bar? Set...

Join Jigi Brown as he embarks on an epic journey looking for love, sex, and adventure across East Africa. As a graduate student backpacking across Western Europe, Jigi Brown discovered the tremendous erotic diversity that thrives in cultures around the world. A year later, Brown takes off for East Africa: traveling the length and breadth of the region for work and pleasure -- from the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the vast grasslands of the Mara; the warm waters of Lake Victoria to the cold climes of the Kenyan highlands. Brown finds passionate lovers and wonderful colleagues who help him ...

In 2011, when she was in her late 50s, beloved author and journalist Joyce Maynard met the first true partner she had ever known. Jim wore a rakish hat over a good head of hair; he asked real questions and gave real answers; he loved to see Joyce shine, both in and out of the spotlight; and he didn't mind the mess she made in the kitchen. He was not the husband Joyce imagined, but he quickly became the partner she had always dreamed of. Then, just after their one-year wedding anniversary, her new husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

What does it look like to be hopelessly, serially, persistently, and stubbornly in love not with someone, but with longing itself? Journalist and late-in-life virgin Amanda McCracken dated over 100 men before she realized she was addicted to longing, setting her on a 10-year journey to...

The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak. She’d lost her sister, Nora, and then her husband, Jerry...

A deep dive into Dawson’s Creek, one of the most popular teen dramas of all time, full of never-before-heard stories and behind-the-scenes insight into fan-favorite characters, from one of the show's stars, Kerr Smith. Welcome back to Dawson’s Creek, where the banter is fast-paced, a soulful...

“A beautifully written and well-researched cultural criticism as well as an honest memoir” (Los Angeles Review of Books) from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they limit our...

To heal from her grief, she will have to discover who her husband really was. Avia Levy thought she had it all set: a successful career as a bank executive, an adoring husband, and a comfortable and chic life. But when her husband Sebastian suddenly dies from a heart attack at fifty-five, Avia is left to bear her grief on her own. Looking for a fresh start far, far away from where tragedy struck, she relocates to New York to live the dream she and Sebastian had always shared. But the past has a way of catching up, whether Avia likes it or not. While she is putting Sebastian’s affairs in ...

The Last Alpha Male is the latest—and perhaps greatest—offering from Taki Theodoracopulos, the legendary Greek bon vivant, rake, and chronicler of 20th-century high society.

This second volume deepens the Devil's sardonic observations of early 19th-century European society through three interconnected narratives. Opening with a playful legal satire where Satan's publisher faces charges of literary fraud, the volume cleverly mocks the bureaucratic and legal systems of the German states. The narrative then moves to Frankfurt during Pentecost, where Satan observes the emerging world of international finance and speculation. Through the story of a lovesick merchant, Hauff provides fascinating insights into Jewish-Christian relations of the period, the rise of ...

Read all about Essie's road to love in this sweet short and spicy romantic story. Being a single parent, Essie’s road to love and marriage was not a smooth one by far. It was full of potholes. This sweet romantic fiction tells the raw passionate story of when Essie was a sexy young, naive, pretty girl who was enjoying a sensuous romantic lifestyle at a very high cost, very, very high cost. What is this very high cost you asked? Read it and find out for yourself. Every vivid sexy detail was exposed by the authors. A must-read exciting sweet but a rather bumpy unlikely love story!

THE CAPTIVATING, HEART-RENDING STORY OF TWO WOMEN IN 1800S CHINA 'Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'Mesmerising. Jane Yang masterfully creates this 19th...

“TheAnti-Romantic Child is remarkable. This haunting and lyrical memoir will bean invaluable and heartening guide to all who find themselves in similarsituations and indeed anyone confronting an unforeseen challenge.” —MarieBrenner, writer for Vanity Fair andauthor of Apples and Oranges...

From the author of Before We Were Trans, a radical new history of the family through a trans lens. Across the world, trans people face increasing backlash. Commentators claim that their very existence threatens everything essential to “the family.” But as trans educator and activist Kit...

M LeMont has released another brilliant book–Harry's Love Letters Hacked! This book takes on-line romance to a whole new level. Provocative, Romantic, Shocking, and Scandalous. A gift to women who are unhappy, and stuck in a boring, unaffectionate and non–romantic relationship, or marriage, and who have lost touch with reality of what true love really is. I first laid eyes on Harry's love letters when my attorney called and said he had a friend that was hacked. And the hacker blackmailed him to keep the letters from being published and ruining his reputation. My attorney said that his ...

Betty Dodson's memoir is the story of one woman's struggle to liberate female sexuality while enjoying her own. In the 70s, as the feminist movement evolved, Betty latched on to sexual liberation as a symbol for self empowerment. Realizing that so many women weren't enjoying sex, she asked, "How could women ever be truly equal if they were reliant on men for their sexual satisfaction?" She quickly became the leader of the sex-positive feminist movement.

This unforgettable and “beautifully written” (The Seattle Times) memoir explores first love, unthinkable loss, and the toll of grief. Kareem Rosser and Lee Lee Jones were young, beautiful, and deeply in love. Their love was a real-world romance that felt like a fairy tale: Kareem was raised...

When a three-week window suddenly opens up, Jigi Brown leaves the well-trodden environs of Kenya for an unplanned road trip to Congo through southern Uganda and Rwanda. There is nothing more exciting, liberating, and empowering than hitting the road at a moment’s notice to explore a new place. Besides seeking love, sex, and adventure, Brown harbors hopes of learning the ancient Rwandan art of Kunyaza, long considered the secret to women having mind-blowing orgasms. Brown travels with the wind – visiting mountain gorillas in the wild, hanging out with Pygmies, island hopping in a lake, ...