Best Selling Books by Jennifer Crusie

The most interesting characters are almost never the good guys. Doing the right thing is great and all, but a little bit of darkness—or a lot of it—often makes for a more engaging story. Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between is dedicated to the dark heroes and sympathetic villains we love. Find out why William McKinley High''s agonist Sue Sylvester is essential to Glee. Discover where your favorite comic book character falls on the continuum of good and evil. Weigh in on Twilight''s very dangerous boy Edward Cullen: romantic, sparkly hero, or sociopath suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder? Plus other essays on: The Vampire Diaries'' most antiheroic antihero, Damon Salvatore America''s favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan, and the nature (and nurture) of evil The curious appeal of Alias'' Arvin Sloane Supernatural''s vampire hunter-cum-vampire Gordon Walker The shared monstrosity of Spider-Man, Doc Ock, and the Green Goblin Gun-slinging necromancer Anita Blake, and the benefits (and pitfalls) of embracing the monster within This brand new, e-book only collection of essays—"remixed" from previous Smart Pop series titles—gives a funny and thought-provoking in-depth look at the antihero, from the villains just a little too good to be unequivocal bad guys, and the heroes just a bit too bad to be truly good.

As I was about to set foot in my new life… I chanced upon a dangerous love! Lucy, who ended her short-lived marriage because of her husband''s infidelity, found herself attracted to a wildly handsome man at a restaurant. I had just gotten divorced, I can''t believe I''m already drawn to a complete stranger... As she left the restaurant, she was embarrassed to say the least, and suddenly the man from earlier grabbed her by the arm. Is this a robbery? I managed to beat him up and run home, but he appeared again.The man turned out to be a detective named Zack who was investigating Lucy''s ex-husband and he said he will protect her from any possible danger. You mean this dangerous and attractive man will be protecting me!?

As she attempts to restore the decaying Dreamland amusement park, Mary Alice Brannigan must contend with the five most powerful demons in the world that it houses, as well as a shady new beau, a crooked politician, a supernatural raven, an inexperienced sorceress and more. By the best-selling authors of Agnes and the Hitman.

From the NY Times Bestselling duo that wrote Agnes and the Hitman, the first book in a new series. Liz Danger has come home after fifteen years to deliver a giant teddy bear for her mother''s birthday (color: Guilt Red) when a cop with a great ass picks her up for speeding, fixes the missing lug nuts in her back wheel, pulls her out of a ditch, doesn''t give her a ticket, and helps her avoid her family. This is a man with real potential. The rest of the day goes downhill, starting with her finding out that the only man she''s ever loved is getting married to Lavender Blue, the most beautiful woman in southern Ohio. Really, the best thing in her day is that cop with the lug nuts. Vince Cooper is still not sure about being a cop in Burney, Ohio, a place he just moved to six months ago, since Burney is full of some fairly odd people spaced between long stretches of boredom. Still, considering the dangerous, difficult life he had before Burney, boredom is good. Then he picks up Liz Danger for speeding and life gets a lot more interesting. And when he picks her up again in the local bar the next night, he starts to realize that "interesting" doesn''t begin to describe what''s going to happen to him if he pulls Liz into his arms and his life. As Liz navigates her dysfunctional family, her flamboyant boss phoning in from Chicago, her still-interested ex, her bridesmaid dress from hell, a dachshund with issues, a disaster of a wedding, assault, murder, and three hundred and ninety-three teddy bears, Vince shows up to get her through, even though he knows that the real peril for him in Burney is the one who came with her own warning label, Liz Danger.--Provided by publisher.

"Liz Danger is a ghostwriter, trapped in her old hometown for the summer. Good thing she has Vince Cooper, her recurring one-night stand living down by the river in his old diner car, making her feel happy and safe and normal until September when she''ll be leaving again, although she''s starting to wonder if she really wants to. Vince Cooper is a cop in a town with a shady new housing development that''s bringing a lot of armed strangers, a corrupt mayor, a police chief boss under fire, and an idiot blogger stirring up trouble. Good thing his recurring one-night stand is sticking around for the summer. The only drawback? He''s not looking forward to the empty space Liz Danger will leave behind her when she goes in September. Treacherous small-town politics, a rust belt biker gang, a widowed ex who doesn''t understand the word "no," a seven-year-old in need of a temporary mom, a flamboyant blonde boss who needs watched at all times, exploding family secrets, arson, murder, and three hundred and ninety-two soaking wet teddy bears later, Liz and Vince will come face to face with the madman burning down their town, and even worse, with their imploding relationship."--

"Liz Danger is stuck in her hometown of Burney, Ohio for the summer. That means she has three more months of trying to get a copy edit done for her insane employer, babysitting a seven-year-old, and figuring out what to do with three hundred and ninety-two teddy bears. And then there''s her mother. The good news: She''s living with a hot cop in a diner by the river. Vince Cooper is stuck in a town that keeps asking him when he''s going to make an honest woman of Liz Danger and in a job that''s being kneecapped by local and state politics. And there''s the biker gang that''s come to town and Liz''s ex-boyfriend who still hasn''t figured out that the ex part is permanent. Good thing he has Liz to come home to--until he doesn''t. As Liz and Vince try to navigate their relationship, they''re finding out new things about themselves and the town they''re trying to protect, and that means dealing with greedy politicians, arson, broken hearts (not theirs), vandalism, questionable real estate, murder, and a lot of soggy bears" -- Back cover.

Andie wil haar eerste huwelijk zo snel mogelijk vergeten en opnieuw trouwen. Haar ex vraagt haar om een laatste gunst. Als pasbenoemd voogd van twee weeskinderen zoekt hij dringend een oppas. De kleine Alice en Carter hebben al drie nannys tot waanzin gedreven. Andie stemt toe en het wordt één grote puinhoop. De kinderen wonen in een griezelig oud huis met een helleveeg van een huishoudster. Wat volgt is een hilarisch avontuur inclusief bemoeizieke geesten, een geïrriteerd medium, Andies tarotkaart lezende moeder, haar jaloerse verloofde natuurlijk, en bananencake. Wanneer ook haar ex plotseling op de stoep staat, is de chaos compleet. Andie besluit de touwtjes dan maar zelf in haar zwetende handen te nemen.

Jamás se imaginaron comprometidos hasta el crimen. La vida de Maddie Faraday sería perfecta de no ser por... - su marido infiel - su desconfiada hija - su inquisitiva madre - su infeliz mejor amiga - sus vecinos fisgones - y ese tipo a quien entregó su virginidad hace veinte años y que acaba de aparecer en la puerta de su casa. Pero las cosas aún pueden ir a peor -ni se imagina cómo-, porque en breve estará metida de lleno en todo tipo de chismorreos, chantajes y hasta en un asesinato. Parece que la vida en el sur de Ohio no es tan aburrida después de todo...

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