interpersonal attraction

She's broken with guilt. He harbors a chilling past. It's safer if they keep their distance. But, the echoes that linger connect them.

Kate, a college student, is forced to choose between two boys amidst the burden of family secrets.

A reworking of the Twilight story in which Beaufort Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edythe Cullen.

Michael's parents are leaders of a new anti-immigrant political party called Aussie Values which is trying to halt the flood of refugees from the Middle East; Mina fled Afghanistan with her family ten years ago, and just wants to concentrate on fitting in and getting into college--but the mutual attraction they feel demands that they come to terms with their family's concerns and decide where they stand in the ugly anti-Muslim politics of the time.

Cynthia Rothschild has discovered that the new, very goodlooking librarian is a demon and it is up to her to save her best friend Anne, who has become a librarian monitor, and the rest of the school from the evil Mr. Gabriel.

Maggie has been going to Camp Bellflower for years. But this summer, everything changes when Maggie realizes she's crushing hard on Erin - a counselor - and that Erin might have feelings for her, too.

"Collecting quotes for the obituary of a legendary film producer, young journalist Thomas Cleary is invited by the man's eccentric daughter to tour the exclusive upper echelons of Hollywood society, where he pursues a romance with an enigmatic shut-in"--OCLC.

Discusses the effects of attractiveness on friendships, business relationships, family dynamics, politics,the perception of innocence or guilt, and education, and how glamorous images in the media leads to dangerous eating disorders, cosmetic surgeries, and negative self-image.

A collection of seventeen stories and memoirs by various authors in which they consider different types of love, telling of grandparents, parents, grown children, babies, childbirth, and love affairs.