Kirjahaku

Faced with the chaos and banality of modern, everyday life, a number of Victorian poets sought innovative ways of writing about the unpoetic present in their verse. Their varied efforts are recognisably akin, not least in their development of mixed verse-forms that fused novel and epic to create something equal to the miscellaneousness of the age.

Eve Corcoran hates being a clich , but after her husband leaves her for a younger woman, she's surprised how much she enjoys being on her own. When the empty nester hires the contractor next door to renovate her new apartment, her surprising feelings for him threaten to turn her new life upside down. After Rick Best lost his wife, he never expected to fall in love again, especially not with the mother of his daughter's best friend. He's gone on enough rescue calls with the volunteer fire department to know life can change forever in an instant, and he can't understand why Eve resists grabbing a second chance at happiness. Rick wants her to choose a life with him, but Eve is holding on tight to her newly-found independence. As she keeps pushing Rick away, however, being on her own starts to feel a whole lot like being lonely.

Art professor Anita Delgado spends eleven months of the year working. July is her month to cut loose, paint, and pick a guy to make the summer memorable. But this year she isn't in a tropical location with an exotic man like she'd planned. She's stuck in small-town USA dealing with a lake house she doesn't want, inherited from a grandmother she never knew. A summer fling might be the only thing to get her through the next few weeks.Salvage specialist Noah Colburn is running for mayor. If he doesn't, an absolute idiot is going to ruin his beloved town. So he's stepping up. It's what he does-with his teenage daughters, with the family business, and now with Lakeside. But when the newest resident of the town asks him to renovate her grandmother's house-and have a four-week fling -he's tempted. Tempted to step out of the mold and take just one thing for himself. But the gossip mill in the town is notorious. Anita's learning it's hard to have a fling when the town follows your every move, and it's even harder when the July guy makes it clear one month is never going to be enough...

For the last fifteen years, Katie Dixon has been focused on her responsibility as a single mother, raising her son and making ends meet. Now her son's off to college, her photography business is stable, and she's more than ready to embrace her "me time," including a romantic fling or two. The only problem is that she hasn't dated in years and needs a little help finding her confidence again. Carter Colburn has been her next door neighbor and closest friend for years. So when he needs a date for a business dinner that could boost his law firm and help keep the family business on solid footing, she offers to pretend to be his girlfriend. He's funny, sexy, and a confirmed bachelor-the perfect guy to help her find her mojo and nothing more.But when local residents catch them sharing a tipsy kiss, the rumor mill goes wild. It's fun to pretend to be dating for a while. But when Carter starts to take the idea of settling down with his best friend seriously, Katie is terrified by the prospect of losing her precious "me time" all over again.