Valentine’s Day reads

By IANSlifeNew Delhi, Feb 13 (IANSlife) We all have been yearning for a Netflix romance, or missing the classic movies! But reading these novels on Valentines Day, help lift your spirits.

Someone Elses ShoesDelightful.

Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does-recognizably real and complex and funny and flawed JODI PICOULTVery few authors have the power to make you laugh on one page and cry on the next.Moyes is one of them NEW YORK TIMESA book we all need in our lives right now.A fabulous and funny romp WOMAN & HOMEA paean to womens solidarity wrapped up in a very funny revenge-fuelled caper THE TIMES(A) captivating new blockbuster.Once you step into the lives of Sam and Nisha, youll be racing through the pages.

Relatable, memorable and engaging DAILY EXPRESSWho are you when you are forced to walk in someone elses shoes?Exes and OsUnapologetically romantic, wonderfully sexy, always brilliant Ali HazelwoodThe perfect book to lift your spirits Beth OLeary.Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times, by ten different men.Nevertheless, she is still determined to find her perfect match.The only problem? Tara is a romance novel obsessive, and her standards are sky high.Modern dating apps have killed the meet-cute, so Tara decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them-in the hope of finding her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance.

And every heroine needs a sidekick, so she enlists her new flatmate, firefighter Trevor.Trevor Metcalfe is the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship.Love just isnt his thing.

But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Taras authentic, dramatic self.Can they break the habits of a lifetime and give their spark a chance?The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseA journey, in search of homeCharlie Mackesys beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an animated short film, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas.This beautifully made hardback celebrates the work of over 100 animators across two years of production-with Charlies distinctive illustrations brought to life in full colour with hand-drawn traditional animation and accompanying hand-written script.

I made a film with some friends about a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse - their journey together and the boys search for home.I hope this book gives you courage and makes you feel loved.Love Charlie.

Atlas of the HeartIn her latest book, five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Brené Brown, writes, If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to be stewards of the stories that we hear.This is the framework for meaningful connection.

In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human.As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heart-breaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

Over the past two decades, Browns extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives.Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as Browns singular skills as a researcher/storyteller, to lay out an invaluable, research-based framework that shows us that naming an experience doesnt give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning and choice.

Brown shares, I want this to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.Even when we have no idea where we are.A Million Kisses In Your LifetimeWren Beaumont is a model student.Kind, clever and beautiful, she is loved by everyone at Lancaster Prep.

Everyone but brooding campus bad boy Crew Lancaster.Son of the family who own the school, Crews life seems easy - but with an overbearing father and high expectations, its anything but.Which is why he has no time for people like Wren.But when their lives unexpectedly collide, Wren discovers theres more to life than good grades - and Crew finally understands what its like to care about someone other than himself .Could they - should they - become the schools most unlikely couple?Book LoversNora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game.Her whole life is books.

Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers.And hes Noras work nemesis.

Nora has been through enough break-ups to know shes the woman men date before they find their happy-ever-after.Thats why Noras sister has persuaded her to swap her desk in the city for a months holiday in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina.

Its a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, Nora keeps bumping into.Charlie.Shes no heroine.Hes no hero.

So can they take a page out of an entirely different book?Boyfriend MaterialHis rock star parents split when he was young, and the father hes never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab.Now that his dads making a comeback, Lucs back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything.

To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship.and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come.

Hes a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and hes never inspired a moment of scandal in his life.In other words: perfect boyfriend material.Unfortunately, apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common.

So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled.Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened.

But the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating.And thats when you get used to someone.Start falling for them.Dont ever want to let them go.Discover the LGBT romance about exact opposites falling in perfectly imperfect love that New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Christina Lauren calls hilarious, witty, tender, and stunning.Mr Wrong NumberBad luck has always followed Olivia.

But when a steamy text from a random number turns into the most entertaining relationship of her life, it seems things are looking up.Colin has always considered Olivia his flatmates annoying little sister.Until she moves in with them, and he realises shes turned into an altogether sexier distraction .Hes determined to keep his distance, but it isnt easy.Especially when he discovers shes the girl hes been secretly messaging.Now, Mr Wrong Number must decide.

Should he shut down the messages, before things get messy?Or turn up the heat .?(IANSlife can be contacted at ianslife@ians #1 #reads #Telugu #TeluguStop #Delhi #Charlie Tara # Tara #Ali #New York #Delhi #New Delhi #New York #USA #Idea #Netflix #Photo.