Ergebnis für "The Girlfriend" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

After fleeing his hometown to avoid going to prison for defending his little sister, twenty-one year old Carter Reed lives a lonely life making subs for college kids. Yet when Allison stumbles into his shop while fleeing men in black, he helps her escape... and meets the girl of his dreams. Yet Allison isn’t just Carter’s perfect woman. She’s also a fugitive from another planet, and other aliens are hunting her. Despite the danger, Carter can’t bear to let her run alone, and soon learns Allison is as eager to be with him as he is to be with her. He is, in her words, her ideal partner.

"STARTLING. . . FIENDISH. . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING." --New York Daily News Like Interview With the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as...

Aaron Lange has pinned all his hopes on law school. He's been busting his butt to keep his grades up and keep the scholarship he's worked so hard to earn. Then, his world is turned completely upside down when he runs--literally--into the girl of his dreams. Suddenly he can't focus on school, his grades are slipping, and Aaron is facing the very real possibility that he'll lose his golden ticket. It will take all his self control to ignore his distracting feelings and double-down on his studies.

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 STEPHEN LEACOCK MEMORIAL MEDAL FOR HUMOUR* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE FOREST OF READING EVERGREEN AWARD* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 ALBERTA LITERARY AWARDS GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTION* “A sharp, funny take on capitalism...

Trillin isn't technically a person. She's a tiny breakaway piece of consciousness from the all-devouring Endless, doomed to eventually rejoin it. But when a human witch stumbles into her world, Trillin suddenly has a new reason to figure out individuality—one shape-shifting tentacle at a time.

Sparks fly as two former college rivals are forced together for a new D&D campaign—clashing both in and out of the game—in this fusion of contemporary second-chance romance and fantasy from the author of Roll for Romance. “Level Up for Love has all the fun of Roll for Romance while feeling...

More than a year has passed since half-Japanese, half-American Yoshihiro Marlowe broke free of his controlling father and moved to Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a theater actor. But he still faces one daunting hurdle: his own terrible acting. After failing 99 auditions, he begins to question whether his dreams will remain just that—dreams.

AN UNBELIEVABLE ANNOUNCEMENT!The day Sakuta dreamed about is finally here. His search for Touko Kirishima has led him to a music festival where Mai is performing. Filled with concern and anticipation, he attends to figure out who the mysterious singer is and how she’s connected to Mai. Instead...

Mayor Of Mythos, Dungeon Realms, Isekai Warden, Conquering New Earth, Spartan Justice, Colony Builders, Reincarnation Trials, Jespa: The Space Trader, Dean Hawthorne, And My Girlfriend Is A Sorceress From Another World. These great books in one omnibus offering! If you like high fantasy, science fiction, action, adventure, and great storytelling, give this bundle a try!

Coupland's iconic novels brought to life in two full-cast adaptations: In this adaptation by Theo Toksvig-Stewart, Douglas Coupland's brilliantly funny novel Microserfs takes a microscope to working culture in the early days of the tech boom. Perhaps one of Coupland's most iconic novels, Girlfriend in a Coma begins in December 1979 when 17-year-old Karen unexpectedly falls into a deep coma after a teen house party.

I'm Mark from Pensacola, a sprawling town in Florida. Don't judge me too harshly. There's plenty of decent jobs, cheap rent, and affordable schooling. I work at Pete's Pancake's, loving the night shift. Well, one evening a mysterious woman comes into the diner, dripping blood from a cut on her hand. She's not drunk like the usuals, she's wearing cosplay with pockets, and she leaves an odd spark coursing through me when I bandage her wound. After returning to visit me during my shifts for a full week, we build up a chemistry only to have it vanish when she disappears.

Jon had a simple and solitary life as a dock inspector in the city of Southvale. That was until a ship with elves arrived. Now, he must contend with a group of beautiful elves that have no idea how to say no or behave in his world. They take what they want, drink what they want, and party how they want. When Jon discovers they are pirates, his life will be turned into a maelstrom of action, intrigue, romance, and seaside humor from which none of them can steer away.

Running into a strange white wolf isn't an everyday occurrence in Derek's life. Neither is finding a naked-and beautiful-woman alone in the park. Had the wolf been an omen of what was yet to come? Because since meeting Athena, Derek's life's been upended. Chased by thugs and with a ransom on her head, Athena isn't divulging why she's a wanted woman. Derek helps her anyway since he's a gentleman and she keeps his curiosity—and other things—piqued. Besides, he'll be damned if some greedy doctor is going to kidnap and experiment on innocent people in his own backyard.

Jon, Lilly, and the crew, must pick up the pieces after their last battle, and travel to the heart of the Illuminous Empire to take on the mad emperor! Will they be able to hold their family and crew together as they face impossible odds? Can they free the peoples and island nations of Aquris from a monster's iron grip?

They say you can never go home. They don't tell you that it's because the people you left behind split time itself into a million glittering shards, trying to figure out where you went. In the final book of the Monster Girlfriend trilogy, Sian and Trillin return to where it all began. . . . kind of.

Alexander always had trouble with girls, but it never became supernatural. Alexander spent his days in a cramped cubicle in an animation company with nothing on his mind and his nights playing video games from his childhood. He never had time to date and barely had time for his friends. So, he's not that shocked an old college buddy tries to set him up with a random girl he knows. He expects the date to go like all his other ones where they just stare awkwardly at each other and try not to let their discomfort show.

This novel comes at precisely the right moment as we figure out what 2020 means for the future. The Antifan Girlfriend shows you what will happen after the left has used the pandemic to destroy freedom: Political polarization erupts into civil war, the Green New Deal is used by elites to grab stuff for themselves, pagan Earth Mother religion replaces Judeo-Christian traditions, and the US surrenders its status as a world power.

Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She and 23 reality TV contestants from around the world—including attractive Israeli soldier Adam, endearing fellow Canadian Pichu, and an assortment of science nerds and wannabe influencers—are competing for two seats on the first human-led mission to Mars, sponsored by billionaire Geoff Task. Meanwhile Kevin, Amber’s boyfriend of 14 years, was content going nowhere until Amber left him—and their hydroponic weed business—behind.

Jon, Lilly, and the crew of the Dark Heart return to Urth by the skin of their teeth, not sure what the future will hold for the band of pirates. With two new members of the crew, a book written in ancient dragon tongue, a primordial myth, and dangerous spies everywhere, the crew must come together to confront enemies on Urth and from the Aquris realm.

After the most dangerous and wonderful month of his life, Carter’s time as a fugitive has ended. He and Allison can now return to Texas, his home, and visit his family without fear he’ll be arrested. Sadly, Allison’s problems remain. The alien bounty hunters have lost her scent... but they’re still out there. Still, Carter hopes to enjoy a reunion with his family and introduce them to Allison, the love of his life. Everything is working out great until Carter’s old girlfriend, Barbara Smith, ends up entangled in an alien conspiracy even more dangerous than the one he and Allison just escaped.