Christina Lauren

From the New York Times bestselling authors behind the "joyful, warm, touching" (Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author) The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words comes a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a rocky relationship from explosion start to feel sparks of their own. Carey Duncan has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and--more than anyone would suspect--has helped them build an empire. With a new show and a book about to launch, the Tripps are on the verge of superstardom. There's only one problem: America's favorite couple can't stand each other. James McCann, MIT graduate and engineering genius, was originally hired as a structural engineer, but the job isn't all he thought it'd be. The last straw? Both he and Carey must go on book tour with the Tripps and keep the wheels from falling off the proverbial bus. Unfortunately, neither of them is in any position to quit. Carey needs health insurance, and James has been promised the role of a lifetime if he can just keep the couple on track for a few more weeks. While road-tripping with the Tripps up the West Coast, Carey and James vow to work together to keep their bosses' secrets hidden, and their own jobs secure. But if they stop playing along--and start playing for keeps--they may have the chance to build something beautiful together... From the "hilariously zany and heartfelt" (Booklist) Christina Lauren comes a romantic comedy that proves if it's broke, you might as well fix it.

Chto mozhet byt obschego u docheri gollivudskikh akterov i prostogo rybaka iz Kanady? Navernoe, nichego. Neudivitelno, chto ikh sluchajnyj brak, zakljuchennyj vo vremja pjanogo kutezha v Vegase, prodlilsja vsego dvenadtsat chasov. Im nechego skazat drug drugu: Kharlou natselena postroit kareru v Gollivude, Finn ne videl v zhizni nichego, krome ryby i lodok. Molodye ljudi nakhodili ponimanie tolko v posteli. Vse, chto bylo v Vegase, dolzhno ostatsja tolko v Vegase - tem bolee chto doma u Kharlou sereznye problemy. Devushka zabyla o parnjakh - a mozhet, ej tak kazalos do pokhoda v "Starbaks" v rodnom San-Diego, gde neozhidanno ona vstrechaet Finna. I... v ee zhizni vse perevorachivaetsja s nog na golovu. V prjamom i perenosnom smyslakh!

'Stop what you are doing and go get Christina Lauren's My Favourite Half-Night Stand!' That's NormalThe perfect friends to lovers romcom from the bestselling queen of romcoms, Christina Lauren! Millie has always been one of the guys. A professor at a respected university, she's great at witty backchat but terrible at getting personal. Like her four best male friends, she's perma-single. So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, they all make a pact to join an online dating service and find plus-ones. There's just one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and her best friend Reid secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, before deciding the friendship is better off strictly platonic. But online dating isn't for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with dream dates, Millie's profile attracts nothing but creeps. So she invents an alter ego in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she's ever been in person. But when Reid and her alter ego hit it off, Millie finds herself struggling to resist temptation - both online and off. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear - intimacy - or risk losing her best friend for ever. Find out why readers LOVE Christina Lauren:'Pure, irresistible magic from start to finish' Emily Henry'Witty and downright hilarious . . . perfect feel-good romantic comedy' Helen Hoang'Pure joy' Sally Thorne'What a joyful, warm, touching book! This is the book to read if you want to smile so hard your face hurts' Jasmine Guillory'A sexy, hilarious rom-com . . . Perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne' Booklist'Christina Lauren hilariously depicts modern dating' Us Weekly

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words comes a modern love story about what happens when your first love reenters your life when you least expect it... Sam Brandis was Tate Jones's first: Her first love. Her first everything. Including her first heartbreak. During a whirlwind two-week vacation abroad, Sam and Tate fell for each other in only the way that first loves do: sharing all of their hopes, dreams, and deepest secrets along the way. Sam was the first, and only, person that Tate--the long-lost daughter of one of the world's biggest film stars--ever revealed her identity to. So when it became clear her trust was misplaced, her world shattered for good. Fourteen years later, Tate, now an up-and-coming actress, only thinks about her first love every once in a blue moon. When she steps onto the set of her first big break, he's the last person she expects to see. Yet here Sam is, the same charming, confident man she knew, but even more alluring than she remembered. Forced to confront the man who betrayed her, Tate must ask herself if it's possible to do the wrong thing for the right reason... and whether "once in a lifetime" can come around twice. With Christina Lauren's signature "beautifully written and remarkably compelling" (Sarah J. Maas, New York Times bestselling author) prose and perfect for fans of Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner, Twice in a Blue Moon is an unforgettable and moving novel of young love and second chances.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a "Must-Read" by TODAY, Us Weekly, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Goodreads, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Southern Living, Book Riot, Woman's Day, The Toronto Star, and more For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime--maybe even love--in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Love and Other Words. Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion...she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas. Olive braces herself for wedding hell, determined to put on a brave face, but when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, the only people who aren't affected are Olive and Ethan. Suddenly there's a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo. Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui. After all, ten days of bliss is worth having to assume the role of loving newlyweds, right? But the weird thing is... Olive doesn't mind playing pretend. In fact, the more she pretends to be the luckiest woman alive, the more it feels like she might be. With Christina Lauren's "uniquely hilarious and touching voice" (Entertainment Weekly), The Unhoneymooners is a romance for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love.

Modern och rolig kärlekshistoria i Hollywood. Evie är 33 år och filmagent. Vid drinkbordet på en Halloweenfest hos gemensamma kompisar möter hon Carter. De är festens enda singlar. Evie är utklädd till Hermione. Carter är utklädd till Harry Potter. Carter arbetar även han som agent. De klickar direkt. Men alla vet att det dummaste man kan göra i änglarnas stad är att dejta en annan agent. Eller? För Evie och Carter är attraktionen helt enkelt starkare än förnuftet. Dagen efter deras första dejt får de reda på att deras firmor slagits samman och att det bara finns plats för en av dem. Istället för en rosaskimrande romans mellan Evie och Carter, bryter ett regelrätt krig ut.

By the New York Times bestselling authors of the "resoundingly life-affirming tale" (Entertainment Weekly) Love and Other Words and The Unhoneymooners, a laugh-out-loud romp through online dating and its many, many fails. Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she's a female-serial-killer expert who's quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single. So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they'll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There's only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic. But online dating isn't for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millie's first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter "Catherine"--Millie's fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than she's ever been in person. Soon "Catherine" and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship...but Millie can't resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fear--intimacy--or risk losing her best friend, forever. Perfect for fans of Roxanne and She's the Man, Christina Lauren's latest romantic comedy is full of mistaken identities, hijinks, and a classic love story with a modern twist. Funny and fresh, you'll want to swipe right on My Favorite Half-Night Stand.

An uplifting and unforgettable read that will make you fall in love with life again . . .'You can never go wrong with Christina Lauren!' Paige Toon'A true joy from start to finish' Kristin Harmel Macy is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new paediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot - the first and only love of her life - the careful bubble she's constructed begins to dissolve. Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy's entire world - growing from her gangly teen friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother . . . only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her. Told in alternating timelines between Then and Now, teenage Elliot and Macy grow from friends to much more - spending weekends and lazy summers together reading books and talking through their growing pains and triumphs. As adults, they have become strangers to one another until their chance reunion. Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy's decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love. The heart-breaking and heart-warming read from No. 1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren, author of The Unhoneymooners and The Soulmate Equation. Find out why readers LOVE Christina Lauren:'Pure, irresistible magic from start to finish' Emily Henry'Heartbreaking and hopeful' Amy Reichert'Pure joy' Sally Thorne'What a joyful, warm, touching book! This is the book to read if you want to smile so hard your face hurts' Jasmine Guillory'(A) tender story of first love, mature love, and the people who change us in the best possible ways' Washington Independent Review of Books'A coming-of-age tale exquisitely blended with second-chance love' RT Book Reviews'This is the angsty, emotional book from Christina Lauren that will break your heart into a million pieces' Goodreads 'This book will reel you in with the beauty of first love' Goodreads

Modern och rolig kärlekshistoria i Hollywood. Evie är 33 år och filmagent. Vid drinkbordet på en Halloweenfest hos gemensamma kompisar möter hon Carter. De är festens enda singlar. Evie är utklädd till Hermione. Carter är utklädd till Harry Potter. Carter arbetar även han som agent. De klickar direkt. Men alla vet att det dummaste man kan göra i änglarnas stad är att dejta en annan agent. Eller? För Evie och Carter är attraktionen helt enkelt starkare än förnuftet. Dagen efter deras första dejt får de reda på att deras firmor slagits samman och att det bara finns plats för en av dem. Istället för en rosaskimrande romans mellan Evie och Carter, bryter ett regelrätt krig ut. Lovereads är ett boutiqueförlag som ger ut smart och modern romance - riktiga feelgoodkarameller med mycket kärlek och humor. Men också fascinerande intriger, komplexa karaktärer, djup och svärta - underhållning när den är som bäst, helt enkelt.

Coming-of-age novel about two boys who fall in love in a writing class—one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community. Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah. But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester—Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity. It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.* Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The coauthor duo write both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together have produced nine New York Times bestselling novels, including Beautiful Bastard and Sweet Filthy Boy.* Tanner's voice is humorous, compelling, and just snarky enough to make him insanely compelling. Teens will relate to his charm and fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants attitude, as well as his insecurities and vulnerability.* While Autoboyography isn't exactly a coming out story, it is about Tanner checking and understanding his privilege as a gay kid from a progressive family in Provo, Utah. Tanner slowly comes to see the world is far more complicated than he realized—even when he grew up with the evidence of it right in front of his face.* This book has moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity, but it also tackles serious topics important to teens—young gay teens in particular—making for a perfect, balanced read.

A hilarious, warmhearted, and swoonworthy romance about two people who are definitely not dating...no matter how often they end up in bed together, from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words. Hazel Camille Bradford knows she's a lot to take--and frankly, most men aren't up to the challenge. If her army of pets and thrill for the absurd don't send them running, her lack of filter means she'll say exactly the wrong thing in a delicate moment. Their loss. She's a good soul in search of honest fun. Josh Im has known Hazel since college, where her zany playfulness proved completely incompatible with his mellow restraint. From the first night they met--when she gracelessly threw up on his shoes--to when she sent him an unintelligible email while in a post-surgical haze, Josh has always thought of Hazel more as a spectacle than a peer. But now, ten years later, after a cheating girlfriend has turned his life upside down, going out with Hazel is a breath of fresh air. Not that Josh and Hazel date. At least, not each other. Because setting each other up on progressively terrible double blind dates means there's nothing between them...right?

Wicked Sexy Liar er fjerde bind i Christian Laurens hypersexede, sofistikerede Wild Seasons-serie om fire veninder, fire venner og en vild nat i Las Vegas. At date en ven er no go. Men nogen gange kan det, der er virkelig forkert, været meget, meget rigtigt. London Huges er helt tilfreds med det uforpligende liv, hun lever, nu hvor hun er færdig med college. Men Luke Sutters flirtende smil gør noget ved hende, og før hun ser sig om, har hun ændret kursen - ind på hans. Han er en rigtig gambler, og 'hvorfor-ikke-det-er-kun-for-en-nat' lyder i hendes øre. Luke på sin side har kørt på autopilot så længe, at han ikke længere tænker over, hvad han foretager sig, men opdager, at London gør noget ved ham, som han ikke følt i lang tid. Og noget, som han vil have mere af. Ethvert forhold består af to mennesker - og deres fortid. Og selv om London nyder flirten med Luke, kompliceres alt, da han fortæller hende om sit liv - og ikke mindst, hvem der er i det. Det er op til Luke at rydde op og forsikre London om, at han ikke er en sådan en, som hun for alt i verden ikke vil være sammen med. Pressen skriver: »… hvis du skal unde dig selv en kalorielet hapser af en bog, inden hverdagen holder fast om skuldrene på dig, så kast dig over den her.« – Femina

Det er sker i Las Vegas, bliver i Vegas. Men det, der ikke skete i Vegas, ser ud til at forfølge dem. Tredje bind i Christinas sexede Wild Season-serie har vennerne Lola og Oliver i hovedrollerne. Parret var enige om, at det var smart af dem ikke at fuldbyrde deres alkoholomtågede Las Vegas-bryllup. Havde de dobblet den fejltagelse, ville deres 'vi-er-bare-venner'-forhold have taget alvorligt skade ... Eller det er den officielle version. I virkeligheden har Lola siden dag et været vild med Oliver. Og Oliver på sin side nyder, når Lola hygger om ham Så hvorfor skulle de ødelægge et godt venskab? Af og til ser man ikke, at det, der ligger lige foran næsen på en, er det rigtige. Og en mørk, vild nat i Vegas behøver ikke være slutningen ... den kan være begyndelsen på et vidunderligt nyt liv.

Marriages of convenience can be so . . . inconvenient. New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Christina Lauren's marriage of convenience romance. Soon to be a major motion picture.

En dimittend med en veludviklet selvkontrol. En ustyrlig canadier, som ved, hvad han vil have - og tager det. Et spontant bryllup i Las Vegas, et skæbnesvangert gensyn i San Diego. Harlow Vega og Finn Roberrts er hovedpersoner i Christina Laurens nye romantiske bind i Wild Season-serien. Harlow overlader normalt intet til tilfældighederne. Det eneste spontane, hun nogen sinde har kastet sig ud i, var lynbrylluppet i Vegas med den uimodståelige canadiske Finn, der gav hende en vild og uforglemmelig bryllupsnat. Ægteskabet varede blot i tolv timer, og Harlow havde egentlig droppet ham, men da en krise truer hendes familie, og Finn pludselig dukker op, kaster hun sig i armene på ham. Finn ved, at i sengen kan det være godt for stærke kvinder som Harlow at slippe kontrollen, og selv om han sit eget at tænke på, giver han Harlow, hvad hun har brug for. For hvem siger nej tak til fantastisk, men uforpligtende sex? Forbløffet opdager Finn, at han vil meget mere med Harlow. Pressen skriver: »Wild Season-serien er den perfekte balance mellem humor, romantik og masser af sex, sex og mere sex, og bøgerne bliver bare bedre og bedre.« **** – ChriChri »’Wild seasons’ er indtil nu en virkelig skøn serie, som jeg kun kan anbefale.« ****** – De unges ord

Sweet Filthy Boy er første bind i Christina Laurens nye Wild Season-serie, der er efterfølgeren til den storsælgende Beautiful-serie. Sprit nye historier om venskaber, lyst og kærlighed. Grib chancen, lev livet er devisen. Efter en vild weekend i Las Vegas for at fejre, at hun er færdig med college og uden ide om, hvad hun vil i fremtiden, ender Mia Holland med at tage den dristigste beslutning i sit liv. Sommeren over rejser hun ganske enkelt til Frankrig med Ansel Guillaume - hendes søde, uartige flirt - for at nyde livet ... Da der begynder at røre sig følelser bag de frække roller, de har dækket sig ind bag, og komediespillet begynder af føles ægte, må Mia finde ud af, om hun hører til i det liv, hun rejste fra, fordi det var helt forkert, eller i det forunderlige nye, som kan synes lysår væk fra hendes gamle. Christina Lauren kan bare det der med det perfekte mix af humor, romantik og sex. Pressen skriver: »Wild Season-serien er den perfekte balance mellem humor, romantik og masser af sex.« **** – Chri Chri »En drøngod start på en ny serie, hvor den erotiske genre gives en forfriskende drejning.« – Merete Trap, lektør

'You can never go wrong with Christina Lauren!' Paige ToonA laugh out loud, enemies to lovers romcom about two high-powered agents who learn that all's fair in love and war . . . Despite a meet-awkward at a mutual friend's party, Carter and Evie immediately hit it off. Even the realization that they're both high-powered agents at competing firms in Hollywood isn't enough to smother the flames. But when their two agencies merge - causing the pair to vie for the same position - all bets are off. What could have been a beautiful, blossoming romance turns into an all-out war of sabotage. Carter and Evie are both thirty-something professionals - so why can't they act like it? When push comes to shove and love fights with hate, will these two ever get their fairy tale Hollywood ending? Find out why readers LOVE Christina Lauren:'Pure, irresistible magic from start to finish' Emily Henry'Witty and downright hilarious . . . perfect feel-good romantic comedy' Helen Hoang'Pure joy' Sally Thorne'What a joyful, warm, touching book! This is the book to read if you want to smile so hard your face hurts' Jasmine Guillory'A sexy, hilarious rom-com . . . Perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne' Booklist

From subway to Broadway to happily ever after. Love in all its thrill, hilarity, and uncertainty has never been so compulsively readable as in this "fresh, modern" (Entertainment Weekly) romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words. Marriages of convenience are so...inconvenient. For months Holland Bakker has invented excuses to descend into the subway station near her apartment, drawn to the captivating music performed by her street musician crush. Lacking the nerve to actually talk to the gorgeous stranger, fate steps in one night in the form of a drunken attacker. Calvin Mcloughlin rescues her, but quickly disappears when the police start asking questions. Using the only resource she has to pay the brilliant musician back, Holland gets Calvin an audition with her uncle, Broadway's hottest musical director. When the tryout goes better than even Holland could have imagined, Calvin is set for a great entry into Broadway--until his reason for disappearing earlier becomes clear: he's in the country illegally, his student visa having expired years ago. Seeing that her uncle needs Calvin as much as Calvin needs him, a wild idea takes hold of her. Impulsively, she marries the Irishman, her infatuation a secret only to him. As their relationship evolves and Calvin becomes the darling of Broadway--in the middle of the theatrics and the acting-not-acting--will Holland and Calvin to realize that they both stopped pretending a long time ago?

"This book is epic." --Cosmopolitan Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this "sensitive and complex" (BCCB) coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class--one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community. Three years ago, Tanner Scott's family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah. But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High's prestigious Seminar--where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester--Tanner can't resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity. It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.