Olivia Dade Bücher

Hollywood-Glamour trifft auf Body Positivity Ein Liebesroman mit besonderen Themen und besonderen Protagonisten Als einer der Stars der Hit-Serie Gods of the Gates hat Alexander Woodroe eigentlich alles, was er sich wünschen kann. Geld, Berühmtheit, jede Menge Angebote aus Hollywood. Doch er hasst die letzte Staffel der Serie. Das Finale ist ein Verbrechen an den Fans, und schlimmer noch: Die toxischen Beziehungen, die die Serie verharmlost, wecken Dämonen aus Alex‘ Vergangenheit. Als er unbeabsichtigt einen Skandal verursacht – Impulskontrolle war dank ADHS noch nie seine Stärke –, stellen ihm die Produzenten eine Aufpasserin an die Seite. Und so tritt Lauren Clegg in sein Leben. Die viel zu stille, viel zu ernste, viel zu faszinierende Lauren. Einer Herausforderung nie abgeneigt, schwört Alex sich, ihre kühle Distanziertheit zu durchbrechen. Dass sie herausfindet, dass er unter einem Pseudonym höchst unanständige Gods-of-the-Gates-Fanfiction schreibt, war allerdings nicht geplant … «Der Schreibstil ist exzellent, die Dialoge clever und witzig.» Library Journal Band 2 der Fandom-Trilogie.

Zwei Schauspieler, eine kleine irische Insel und jede Menge Gefühlschaos … Als die schwedische Schauspielerin Maria für ein Casting nach Los Angeles kommt, trifft sie in ihrem Hotel auf einen verführerischen Mann, mit dem sie spontan die Nacht verbringt. Es ist eine perfekte Nacht, und trotzdem schleicht sich Maria am nächsten Morgen davon. Sie will ihr Herz schützen, denn eine Fernbeziehung – von fast 9.000 Kilometern – hätte eh keine Chance. Doch beim Casting für eine Rolle als Wikingerin in der Erfolgsserie Gods of the Gates erlebt sie eine böse Überraschung. Ihr One-Night-Stand Peter spricht als ihr Co-Star vor, und er schäumt vor Wut, dass sie ohne ein Wort verschwunden ist. Aber das ist kein Problem. Denn wie wahrscheinlich ist es, dass sie beide den Part bekommen und die nächsten sechs Jahre zusammen auf einer winzigen irischen Insel drehen müssen? Eine hinreißende Romantic Comedy mit zwei selbstbewussten Plussize-Protagonisten. Band 3 der Fandom-Trilogie. Unabhängig lesbar.

On camera. Up close. In denial--but not for much longer... After a relationship gone bad, Lucy Finch is leaving everything behind. Her old home, her old job, her old insecurities. Even Sebastián Castillo, her protective but intensely private friend of almost twenty years. Before she moves halfway across the country, though, she has one last request for Seb: She wants him to help her choose a tiny house on cable television. And maybe during the filming process, she can discover once and for all whether his feelings for her are more than platonic...Sebastián would rather do anything than appear on HATV. But Lucy needs him, and he can't say no. Not when she's about to leave, taking his heart with her. Hiding how he feels with a television crew watching their every move will prove difficult, though--especially when that crew is doing their sneaky best to transform two longtime friends into a couple.Tiny spaces. Hidden emotions. The heat generated by decades of desire and denial. A week spent on camera might just turn Lucy and Seb's relationship from family-friendly to viewer discretion advised...

Their lesson plans didn't include love. But that's about to change... When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens's high school, she's determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose's beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her. But keeping her distance from a man as warm and kind as Martin will prove challenging, even for a stubborn, guarded ice queen. Especially when she begins to see him for what he truly is: a man who's never been taught his own value. Martin could use a good teacher--and luckily, Rose is the best. Rose has her own lessons--about trust, about vulnerability, about her past--to learn. And over the course of a single school year, the two of them will find out just how hot it can get when an ice queen melts.

"When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens's high school, she's determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since a loathsome administrator gave Rose's beloved world history classes to Martin, knowing it would hurt her. But keeping her distance from a man as warm and kind as Martin will prove challenging, even for a stubborn, guarded ice queen. Especially when she begins to see him for what he truly is: a man who's never been taught his own value. Martin could use a good teacher--and luckily, Rose is the best. Rose has her own lessons--about trust, about vulnerability, about her past--to learn. And over the course of a single school year, the two of them will find out just how hot it can get when an ice queen melts."--Back cover

They're pretending. Until they aren't. Thomas McKinney has never wanted a woman the way he wants Callie Adesso. Since she started working alongside him at the Colonial Marysburg Research Library, he's spent his desk shifts fumbling pencils, tripping over his own feet, and struggling to remember both the Dewey Decimal System and the existence of her inconvenient boyfriend. Now, however, Callie is suddenly single--and in need of a last-minute faux-boyfriend for an episode of HATV's Island Match. Thomas is more than happy to play the part ... and in the process, convince Callie that a week together isn't nearly long enough. Callie has never found a man as irritating as she finds Thomas. He may be brilliant, kind, and frustratingly handsome, but the absent-minded librarian also makes every workday an anxiety-inducing exercise in stress. Even seven days in paradise by his side won't change her opinion of him. Really. No matter how attentive he is. And gentle. And sexy. One plane ride later, the two of them are spending long, hot days under the sun and on display, pretending to be in love for a television show. This may be a vacation, but it's also an act--as well as Thomas's last chance to persuade the woman of his dreams to include him in hers. And soon, the island heat isn't the only thing steaming up HATV's cameras ... Title: Desire and the Deep Blue Sea Author: Olivia Dade Series and series number: Love Unscripted, Book 1 fake relationship, romantic comedy, curvy girl romance, workplace romance, vacation romance, reality television romance, banter, librarians

This match is no game. When a rogue wave strips Tess Dunn of her bikini top, desperate, half-naked times call for desperate, please-cover-me-kids-are-coming-closer measures. Enter Lucas Karlsson, AKA that flirty Swede in the water nearby. When he prevents her bare buoys from being exposed to fellow vacationers, even an ocean can't drown the sparks that fly. Lucas, a former top-level tennis pro now giving lessons at the resort, fled there after the abrupt, painful end to his injury-plagued career. But he's finally ready to move on with his life-and after a few late-night, hands-on sessions with Tess, he's eager to prove he's the ace she wants. But this match comes with challenges: She's forty, and at twenty-six, he's barely old enough to rent a car. Worse, they only have two weeks together before Tess returns to her assistant-principal life in Virginia. During that brief time, they'll have to play hard, take a few risks, and find out whether their chemistry is a one-shot wonder...or whether they're meant to be doubles partners for life.

A brand new romcom from the bestselling author of Spoiler Alert