{WATTY'S 2020 WINNER & EDITOR'S PICK.} Hopeless romantic and aspiring writer Mare Atwood has fallen madly in love with her childhood correspondent. There's only one catch-she doesn't know who he is. When the beaus of Star's Crossing return from boarding school to begin the courting season, Mare is determined to uncover the identity of her writer, flout her family's intentions of orchestrating an advantageous marriage, and procure the life of writing and romance she's always sought. But as in the tales she so adores, it won't be easy. Galas, masquerades, picnics, and hunts-alongside an old friend, a former teacher, and an unlikely ally, Mare delves into an investigation that leaves her torn between three clever, deceptive, and wealthy young bachelors. If Mare can confirm which is her writer and claim his hand before the courting season ends, she'll have her wish: the love of her life, a valuable marriage, and a future of writing romance. But with the eyes of Star's Crossing upon her, a business plot forcing invisible hands, and the unwillingness of her writer to come forward-Mare's future may not end in triumph, but tragedy. Set against the gilded Victorian backdrop of coastal Connecticut and lush with pre-war luxury, fans of Jane Austen, Margaret Mitchell, and Louisa May Alcott are sure to enjoy this lighthearted, lyrical novel of young love, independence, and identity. #1 Literary #1 YA Romance #1 Victorian #1 Lyrical #8 General Fiction

[Mature Content] James Francesco is known for being Mr. Nice Guy among his peers, Mr. Nice Guy to the women of the world, like he is God's gift to women, but never did they know that he is saving his love for someone already. For so many years, he kept this woman in his heart, the only woman that could make his knees weak, the only woman that could make him forget about his bad days, the only woman he wants to be with until his dying days, the woman who does not share the same feelings with him. God knows how hard he tried to suppress his love for her. He already knows that loving someone is never easy, especially when the one you love loves someone else, but most especially when the one she loves happened to be your best friend. - Spencer Deatherage accepted her defeat but she cannot just sit down and cry in the corner when the man of her dreams is happily, deeply and madly in love with another girl. Her life must go on, the world will not stop moving just because she got her heart broken. In the midst of her darkest hour while mourning over her broken heart, something she never expected came. A sexy beast named James Francesco has come to offer her something she cannot resist. - When the so -called -Whore of Babylon entangled with the so -called -Beast, prepare for The Apocalypse. I've never been this nasty - Batch II Presents... "James Francesco"