Author: Melissa J. Morgan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780448447223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Alyssa finds an amethyst, a stone believed to aid in psychic awareness. Suddenly she's interpreting dreams and making predictions, all with 100 percent accuracy. While half the camp girls are believers, the other half are skeptics, attributing the gem's track record to coincidence. Not that Alyssa cares what anyone thinks. In fact, she's so attached to the amethyst, she names it Amy. But when a prediction causes the bunk to miss a Phillies game—where Justin Timberlake sings—even the believers cross over to the dark side. Still, Alyssa proclaims that the chances of her giving up the amethyst are "as likely as a snowstorm in July." And lo and behold, the next morning the campus is carpeted in snow. Coincidence? Only Amy knows for sure . . .
Charmed Forces #19
Author: Melissa J. Morgan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780448447223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Alyssa finds an amethyst, a stone believed to aid in psychic awareness. Suddenly she's interpreting dreams and making predictions, all with 100 percent accuracy. While half the camp girls are believers, the other half are skeptics, attributing the gem's track record to coincidence. Not that Alyssa cares what anyone thinks. In fact, she's so attached to the amethyst, she names it Amy. But when a prediction causes the bunk to miss a Phillies game—where Justin Timberlake sings—even the believers cross over to the dark side. Still, Alyssa proclaims that the chances of her giving up the amethyst are "as likely as a snowstorm in July." And lo and behold, the next morning the campus is carpeted in snow. Coincidence? Only Amy knows for sure . . .
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780448447223
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Alyssa finds an amethyst, a stone believed to aid in psychic awareness. Suddenly she's interpreting dreams and making predictions, all with 100 percent accuracy. While half the camp girls are believers, the other half are skeptics, attributing the gem's track record to coincidence. Not that Alyssa cares what anyone thinks. In fact, she's so attached to the amethyst, she names it Amy. But when a prediction causes the bunk to miss a Phillies game—where Justin Timberlake sings—even the believers cross over to the dark side. Still, Alyssa proclaims that the chances of her giving up the amethyst are "as likely as a snowstorm in July." And lo and behold, the next morning the campus is carpeted in snow. Coincidence? Only Amy knows for sure . . .
Severance
Author: Ling Ma
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374717117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance. "A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." —Michael Schaub, NPR.org “A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like The Office meets The Leftovers.” --Estelle Tang, Elle NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker ("Books We Loved") * Elle * Marie Claire * Amazon Editors * The Paris Review (Staff Favorites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * Flavorwire Winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award * Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next Selection Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374717117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance. "A stunning, audacious book with a fresh take on both office politics and what the apocalypse might bring." —Michael Schaub, NPR.org “A satirical spin on the end times-- kind of like The Office meets The Leftovers.” --Estelle Tang, Elle NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR * The New Yorker ("Books We Loved") * Elle * Marie Claire * Amazon Editors * The Paris Review (Staff Favorites) * Refinery29 * Bustle * Buzzfeed * BookPage * Bookish * Mental Floss * Chicago Review of Books * HuffPost * Electric Literature * A.V. Club * Jezebel * Vulture * Literary Hub * Flavorwire Winner of the NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award * Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction * Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award * Finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 * An Indie Next Selection Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
Cruel Black Hearts
Author: Candace Wondrak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781090844729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn't understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them. Until Lincoln and Edward come crashing into my life, setting a fire inside me and awakening parts of me I never knew existed. Lust, desire, total submission. Together, they make me feel alive. Almost whole. Instantly I realize they're both hiding something from me. Edward and Lincoln are not who they pretend to be--there's a darkness inside of them, and it's just like mine. Beasts waiting to emerge. But their darkness is not the only thing stalking my thoughts. There's a killer on the prowl, making his victims pray to their gods after he kills them. I call him the Angel Maker--and I, I just might be his next angel. This is a why choose dark romance intended for 18+ readers. ***TW: This is a dark, psychologically twisted tale involving violence, stalking, and other topics some readers might find triggering. 18+ Be warned.***
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781090844729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn't understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them. Until Lincoln and Edward come crashing into my life, setting a fire inside me and awakening parts of me I never knew existed. Lust, desire, total submission. Together, they make me feel alive. Almost whole. Instantly I realize they're both hiding something from me. Edward and Lincoln are not who they pretend to be--there's a darkness inside of them, and it's just like mine. Beasts waiting to emerge. But their darkness is not the only thing stalking my thoughts. There's a killer on the prowl, making his victims pray to their gods after he kills them. I call him the Angel Maker--and I, I just might be his next angel. This is a why choose dark romance intended for 18+ readers. ***TW: This is a dark, psychologically twisted tale involving violence, stalking, and other topics some readers might find triggering. 18+ Be warned.***
The Leader in Me
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147110446X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147110446X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.
Black Rose Volume 1: A Hero Like No Other
Author: Megan Hultz
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312096985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Candice is a fifteen year old girl in high school. Though most students think of her as a nerd because she mostly get's straight A's. There is another side to this young girl. Everyday when her Pager goes off she put's on a mask and becomes the young Superhero known as Black RoseThis edition is large print
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312096985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Candice is a fifteen year old girl in high school. Though most students think of her as a nerd because she mostly get's straight A's. There is another side to this young girl. Everyday when her Pager goes off she put's on a mask and becomes the young Superhero known as Black RoseThis edition is large print
INTRODUCING STAR IV
Author: Mykisha Mac
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483619672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Candace Carpenter, a bashful social worker comes to find her true calling in a world filled with needless, gratuitous crime. Her hearts compassion shines like a beacon of light towards abused children. At first, crime is forbidden and despised through her eyes, but later it becomes her main attraction. Candace isn't your ordinary human, she is Arcturus, the fourth brightest star of the Constellation Bootes. One gloomy night, Arcturus descends from the galaxy to earth and blends in with the humans. After answering her calling, she starts to confront crime with a vengeance. Her killer instincts conflicts with her obligation to save the innocent. She battles with discernment about good versus evil and begins to questions her own motives to help a world that she once saw as troubled and now she too, amongst child abusers and crooks, can't decide which one is she.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483619672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Candace Carpenter, a bashful social worker comes to find her true calling in a world filled with needless, gratuitous crime. Her hearts compassion shines like a beacon of light towards abused children. At first, crime is forbidden and despised through her eyes, but later it becomes her main attraction. Candace isn't your ordinary human, she is Arcturus, the fourth brightest star of the Constellation Bootes. One gloomy night, Arcturus descends from the galaxy to earth and blends in with the humans. After answering her calling, she starts to confront crime with a vengeance. Her killer instincts conflicts with her obligation to save the innocent. She battles with discernment about good versus evil and begins to questions her own motives to help a world that she once saw as troubled and now she too, amongst child abusers and crooks, can't decide which one is she.
Can't Resist a Boss
Author: Alesha Riley
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN: 1648402984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Candace Lyons is a business woman. She was raised in Raleigh, NC but, moved to Atlanta, GA to continue her chain of hair salons. As a child, she despised men after her dad cheated on her mom and her ex cheated on her. But, at her grand opening she meets the Porter brothers who are billionaires and known as playboys. Javion Porter was the one who caught her eye and she knew she had to have him. But when DeMeechie, an old flame comes back into her life, she willingly gives him a chance instead. Sadly, she finds out the hard way about her old flames evilness and deceitful ways. Mikayla a.k.a Kay or Kayla is Candace's best friend and DeMeechie’s little sister. She doesn’t give a care in the world but, she loves her best friend and is obsessed with Zanier Porter. She never thought she would be able to call him her man but, that all changed at her best friend’s grand opening. She also didn’t know that he had a few secrets he kept from her and from his own brother. Javion Porter and his brother started off in the streets and realized that they didn’t want their lives to end in their. They decided to invest their money the legal way and started a management company called JZ Porters. His girlfriend Nayomi, introduced him to Candace Lyons for a purpose but he doesn’t know that and Nayomi wasn’t expecting them to like each other. Javion doesn’t love his girlfriend but, he feels obligated to do whatever she says, because she helped him and his brother fund the management company. She got him an interview with Mr. Z the loan shark, and he doesn’t know what she did to make that happen. But, he will surely find out that the person he calls his woman is the devil herself. Zanier Porter is definitely a ladies' man. He has a 4-year-old daughter, named Za’Nya, and a baby mama, named Allison, who he thinks is cool with him dating other women. He soon finds out that she’s not. He is a hit it and quit it kind of guy, until he meets Mikayla. When he met her, he was not expecting to feel the way he did and he wasn’t expecting his secrets to hurt the ones he loved. DeMeechie, also known as Meech, was raised in the streets all his life. His parents left him to raise his sister Mikayla and he didn’t know how to survive until he met the infamous drug lord, named Deadly, who changed his life. Deadly wants Javion and Zanier dead and DeMeechie will do everything in his power to make that happen, even if he has to pretend to love his old flame, Candace Lyons.
Publisher: Sullivan Group Publishing
ISBN: 1648402984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Candace Lyons is a business woman. She was raised in Raleigh, NC but, moved to Atlanta, GA to continue her chain of hair salons. As a child, she despised men after her dad cheated on her mom and her ex cheated on her. But, at her grand opening she meets the Porter brothers who are billionaires and known as playboys. Javion Porter was the one who caught her eye and she knew she had to have him. But when DeMeechie, an old flame comes back into her life, she willingly gives him a chance instead. Sadly, she finds out the hard way about her old flames evilness and deceitful ways. Mikayla a.k.a Kay or Kayla is Candace's best friend and DeMeechie’s little sister. She doesn’t give a care in the world but, she loves her best friend and is obsessed with Zanier Porter. She never thought she would be able to call him her man but, that all changed at her best friend’s grand opening. She also didn’t know that he had a few secrets he kept from her and from his own brother. Javion Porter and his brother started off in the streets and realized that they didn’t want their lives to end in their. They decided to invest their money the legal way and started a management company called JZ Porters. His girlfriend Nayomi, introduced him to Candace Lyons for a purpose but he doesn’t know that and Nayomi wasn’t expecting them to like each other. Javion doesn’t love his girlfriend but, he feels obligated to do whatever she says, because she helped him and his brother fund the management company. She got him an interview with Mr. Z the loan shark, and he doesn’t know what she did to make that happen. But, he will surely find out that the person he calls his woman is the devil herself. Zanier Porter is definitely a ladies' man. He has a 4-year-old daughter, named Za’Nya, and a baby mama, named Allison, who he thinks is cool with him dating other women. He soon finds out that she’s not. He is a hit it and quit it kind of guy, until he meets Mikayla. When he met her, he was not expecting to feel the way he did and he wasn’t expecting his secrets to hurt the ones he loved. DeMeechie, also known as Meech, was raised in the streets all his life. His parents left him to raise his sister Mikayla and he didn’t know how to survive until he met the infamous drug lord, named Deadly, who changed his life. Deadly wants Javion and Zanier dead and DeMeechie will do everything in his power to make that happen, even if he has to pretend to love his old flame, Candace Lyons.
Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective
Author: Katie Siegel
Publisher: Not a Detective Mysteries
ISBN: 149674098X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
For anyone seeking to satisfy their Harriet the Spy or Encyclopedia Brown nostalgia, this modern, witty new series debut based on the @KatieFliesAway Tiktok sensation stars a twentysomething former kid detective who’s coaxed out of retirement for one last case. The downside about being a famous child detective is that sooner or later, you have to grow up . . . As a kid, Charlotte Illes’ uncanny sleuthing abilities made her a minor celebrity. But in high school, she hung up her detective’s hat and stashed away the signature blue landline in her “office”—aka garage—convinced that finding her adult purpose would be as easy as tracking down missing pudding cups or locating stolen diamonds. Now 25, Charlotte has a nagging fear that she hit her peak in middle school. She’s living with her mom, scrolling through job listings, and her love life consists mostly of first dates. When it comes to knowing what to do next, Charlotte hasn’t got a clue. And then, her old blue phone rings . . . Reluctantly, Charlotte is pulled back into the mystery-solving world she knew—just one more time. But that world is a whole lot more complicated for an adult. As a kid, she was able to crack the case and still get her homework done on time. Now she’s dealing with dead bodies, missing persons, and villains who actually see her as a viable threat. And the detective skills she was once so eager to never use again are the only things that can stop a killer ready to make sure her next retirement is permanent . . .
Publisher: Not a Detective Mysteries
ISBN: 149674098X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
For anyone seeking to satisfy their Harriet the Spy or Encyclopedia Brown nostalgia, this modern, witty new series debut based on the @KatieFliesAway Tiktok sensation stars a twentysomething former kid detective who’s coaxed out of retirement for one last case. The downside about being a famous child detective is that sooner or later, you have to grow up . . . As a kid, Charlotte Illes’ uncanny sleuthing abilities made her a minor celebrity. But in high school, she hung up her detective’s hat and stashed away the signature blue landline in her “office”—aka garage—convinced that finding her adult purpose would be as easy as tracking down missing pudding cups or locating stolen diamonds. Now 25, Charlotte has a nagging fear that she hit her peak in middle school. She’s living with her mom, scrolling through job listings, and her love life consists mostly of first dates. When it comes to knowing what to do next, Charlotte hasn’t got a clue. And then, her old blue phone rings . . . Reluctantly, Charlotte is pulled back into the mystery-solving world she knew—just one more time. But that world is a whole lot more complicated for an adult. As a kid, she was able to crack the case and still get her homework done on time. Now she’s dealing with dead bodies, missing persons, and villains who actually see her as a viable threat. And the detective skills she was once so eager to never use again are the only things that can stop a killer ready to make sure her next retirement is permanent . . .
Killing Monica
Author: Candace Bushnell
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446583006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This is the book fans of Candace Bushnell have been waiting for. From the author of Sex and the City, Lipstick Jungle, and The Carrie Diaries comes an addictive story about fame, love, and foolishness that will keep readers enthralled to the very last enticing scene. Pandy "PJ" Wallis is a renowned writer whose novels about a young woman making her way in Manhattan have spawned a series of blockbuster films. After the success of the Monica books and movies, Pandy wants to attempt something different: a historical novel based on her ancestor Lady Wallis. But Pandy's publishers and audience only want her to keep cranking out more Monica-as does her greedy husband, Jonny, who's gone deeply in debt to finance his new restaurant in Las Vegas. When her marriage crumbles and the boathouse of her family home in Connecticut goes up in flames, Pandy suddenly realizes she has an opportunity to reinvent herself. But to do so, she will have to reconcile with her ex-best friend and former partner in crime, SondraBeth Schnowzer, who plays Monica on the big screen-and who may have her own reasons to derail Pandy's startling change of plan. In Killing Monica, Candace Bushnell spoofs and skewers her way through pop culture, celebrity worship, fame, and the meaning of identity. With her trademark humor and style, this is Bushnell's sharpest, funniest book to date
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446583006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
This is the book fans of Candace Bushnell have been waiting for. From the author of Sex and the City, Lipstick Jungle, and The Carrie Diaries comes an addictive story about fame, love, and foolishness that will keep readers enthralled to the very last enticing scene. Pandy "PJ" Wallis is a renowned writer whose novels about a young woman making her way in Manhattan have spawned a series of blockbuster films. After the success of the Monica books and movies, Pandy wants to attempt something different: a historical novel based on her ancestor Lady Wallis. But Pandy's publishers and audience only want her to keep cranking out more Monica-as does her greedy husband, Jonny, who's gone deeply in debt to finance his new restaurant in Las Vegas. When her marriage crumbles and the boathouse of her family home in Connecticut goes up in flames, Pandy suddenly realizes she has an opportunity to reinvent herself. But to do so, she will have to reconcile with her ex-best friend and former partner in crime, SondraBeth Schnowzer, who plays Monica on the big screen-and who may have her own reasons to derail Pandy's startling change of plan. In Killing Monica, Candace Bushnell spoofs and skewers her way through pop culture, celebrity worship, fame, and the meaning of identity. With her trademark humor and style, this is Bushnell's sharpest, funniest book to date
The Seduction Campaign
Author: Lloyd Reman
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491726784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Lloyd Reman The Seduction Campaign Mindy Brand, a Harvard University undergrad and budding liberal activist, feels burdened by expectations; her late father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor who uncovered a Republican presidential scandal. Boston's Kurt Jennings feels no such pressure. Raised by unassuming parents, the habitual womanizer looks forward to creating his own legacy; he's the protégé of a right-wing talk show host. Mindy and Kurt's paths would likely never cross, but when Mindy researches three untimely deaths during the election season? Mindy thinks American companies are conspiring to kill Americans?liberal Americans, in particular. Thinking she's a target, she reluctantly tells Kurt seeking his help to investigate further. He agrees to help, influenced in no small part by Mindy's good looks. But there's something Kurt should have considered more carefully: the other person Mindy confided in wound up dead.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491726784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Lloyd Reman The Seduction Campaign Mindy Brand, a Harvard University undergrad and budding liberal activist, feels burdened by expectations; her late father was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor who uncovered a Republican presidential scandal. Boston's Kurt Jennings feels no such pressure. Raised by unassuming parents, the habitual womanizer looks forward to creating his own legacy; he's the protégé of a right-wing talk show host. Mindy and Kurt's paths would likely never cross, but when Mindy researches three untimely deaths during the election season? Mindy thinks American companies are conspiring to kill Americans?liberal Americans, in particular. Thinking she's a target, she reluctantly tells Kurt seeking his help to investigate further. He agrees to help, influenced in no small part by Mindy's good looks. But there's something Kurt should have considered more carefully: the other person Mindy confided in wound up dead.