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We became famous overnight. One day, I was a twenty-four-year-old drummer slinging pizzas to make ends meet, and the next, I was a member of the most popular alternative band ever. Despite being world-famous, there was no connection in it. I'd lost touch with reality, with intimacy. I couldn't find a place to be normal. I'd lived my entire life straight-edged while watching obsession destroy my best friend. Obsession terrified me—that is until I met him.

What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Our production, directed by the playwright, includes original Broadway cast member Thomas Sadoski, whose acclaimed performance also earned aTony nomination. Includes a backstage conversation with Neil LaBute and the cast. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production.

Als Mason nach Greenville zurückkehrt, hat er ein klares Ziel: die Beerdigung seiner geliebten Grandma überstehen und danach sofort wieder aus seiner Heimatstadt verschwinden, mit der er so viele schlechte Erinnerungen verbindet. Ein unerwartetes Erbe zwingt ihn, seinen Aufenthalt zu verlängern – und sich endlich den Dämonen seiner Vergangenheit zu stellen. Dabei trifft er auf den sympathischen Konditor Ryan, der ihm Trost spendet und sogar einen Job verschafft.

Eine einzige Brücke führt zu dem malerischen Hotel Broken Point, in dem Ellery die nächsten Tage verbringen wird: Ein Urlaub allein, um nach ihrer Trennung wieder zu sich zu finden. Die anderen Gäste in dem Luxushotel sind wohlhabend und nobel. Eine schillernde Hochzeitsgesellschaft nimmt das Gelände ein, die Erwartung einer Traumhochzeit liegt in der Luft. Ellery spürt eine Verbindung zur Braut, Olivia, die all das Schöne noch vor sich hat, das für sie selbst zerbrochen ist. Doch über Broken Point zieht ein Unwetter auf, bald stürzt Regen auf das Hotel nieder, Donner zerreißt die Luft.

Kiss him, sleep with him, but don’t ever fall in love with him. The first time Wes Archer steps into Jack of Clubs, an exclusive London pleasure club, he’s completely confident he can heed the tried-and-true advice about becoming an escort. Wes gives himself away for free with casual hookups all the time. Why not make some cash doing what he already loves? And cash is something he desperately needs. His brother’s gambling addiction has taken their family’s home, saddled Wes with insurmountable debts, and compromised his chances for finishing his degree.

I'm addicted to my stalker. He watches me at night, sneaking in through my living room window and making my blood turn to ice. I feel him all around me as chills snake down my spine. Each night he becomes bolder, getting closer and welcoming himself into my bedroom, feeding his addiction.

After Emery Hazard loses his job as a detective in Saint Louis, he heads back to his hometown - and to the local police force there. Home, though, brings no happy memories. Hazard's new partner, John-Henry Somerset, had been one of the worst tormentors, and Hazard still wonders what Somerset's role was in the death of Jeff Langham, Hazard's first boyfriend. When a severely burned body is discovered, Hazard finds himself drawn deeper into the case than he expects. Determining the identity of the dead man proves impossible, and solving the murder grows more and more unlikely.

I thought success was what I wanted, but it only intensified my misery. Fame is a monster, and it ate me alive. I tried it all to get out of my head: sex, drugs, and rock and roll. I'm living the dream, but it only numbs the pain. Caspian came into my life like a storm, and I knew he'd leave the same way. We were two vessels made to fit. Chemistry woven in creation. There's no escape, there's no surrender. His Pretty Black forever.

Entführt. Verkauft. Verloren? Während ich nach einer Möglichkeit suche, aus diesem verdammten Käfig zu flüchten, sehe ich den Ausdruck in seinen Augen genau. Ausgerechnet dieser Kerl will mir helfen? Nachdem er mich bei einer illegalen Auktion ersteigert hat und keinen Hehl daraus macht, dass er mich in seinem Bett will? Ich kann ihm unmöglich vertrauen. Schon gar nicht, wenn ich keine Chance habe, mich gegen seine dunkle Begierde zu wehren. Doch einen Gedanken kann ich einfach nicht abschütteln... Will ich mich überhaupt wehren? Dark Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache. In sich abgeschlossen.

I don't think we even begin to understand love until we've lost the one we thought we'd spend the rest of our life with. I don't think we begin to understand ourselves until we realize that it's most likely our fault. And I don't think we begin to understand life until we understand it comes in so many shades of gray. You can be a good person and still do irrevocable harm. Life is messy, so f--king messy. I hate it. Or maybe I hate myself. I thought for a long time I hated him.

Winner of the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction and the 2025 GLCA New Writers Award By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race. Even as it shines light on the beauty and toxicity...

The pretty boy. The loner. Old Hollywood. I had all kinds of names as the least-known member of the most famous band in the world. Behind all the hype and masks, I'm just a Pretty Wreck. No one knows the disaster I am, my secrets hidden behind style and a smile. I've been running for as long as I can remember, but I can't get away from the gilded cage of fame. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep it together. I'm forced to go back on tour to play the summer concert circuit, and so is the guy I've avoided for two years.

Der Dark Romance Erfolg von USA Today-Bestseller-Autorin Sheridan Anne endlich auf Deutsch! Ich bin süchtig nach meinem Stalker. Er beobachtet mich jede Nacht, schleicht sich durch mein Wohnzimmerfenster und lässt mir das Blut gefrieren. Aber sobald er mich berührt, erwacht mein ganzer Körper, jede Faser schreit nach ihm. Ich habe sein Gesicht nie gesehen, kenne nicht einmal seinen Namen, aber ich will es. Ich will ihn.

Now a Netflix TV show! Featuring a diverse cast of characters, plenty of gossip, lies, and scandal, Shiny Broken Pieces continues with the soapy drama readers loved in Tiny Pretty Things. June, Bette, and Gigi are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she’d just be “another rich bitch with a plane”—so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne...

After spending the first part of my life trapped in a small town where it wasn’t okay to be a makeup-wearing boy who liked boys, I swore I’d leave and never be anything but loud, proud, and unapologetically me. I’ve kept that promise. I’m following my dreams, have an apartment with my bestie, and get to dance my nights away at one of the hottest gay bars in Portland.

From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Who’s really following you on social media? The scam of a lifetime brings together two wildly different women in this page-turning thriller about greed, legacy, and betrayal from the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear...

A witty, wise and truthful beauty handbook for real women on what works in real life from Sali Hughes, beloved journalist and broadcaster. ‘Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and pull yourself together’ Elizabeth Taylor Think of beauty books – cue immediate images of coffee-table...

Pretty Thing - the moment Liam McKinney first uttered those words will be embedded in my mind forever. He's mysterious, intriguing...and off-limits since he's my father's friend. Easier said than done. The moment I laid eyes on the man with the dark eyes and intense stare, he awoke a primal hunger within me unlike anything I'd ever experienced before. For some time, I've been confused about my attraction toward men, but there's no confusion when I look at him - just pure, unfettered desire to feel his body against mine, taste his flesh, breathe in his scent.