Big in Japan

Buck Cooper is Texan, obese, and invisible to his colleagues. And to the voluptuous Allison Turner, the girl of his dreams, he is way below parr. Buck's entire life is about fitting in, a feat he's been struggling to achieve but has never succeeded. Until serendipity lands him in Japan. Right in the middle of a sumo match. As his life takes a new turn in a country where being big can mean fame and fortune, Buck must embark on the most dangerous, yet adventurous ride of his life-to find the ultimate meaning of love and acceptance. Even if it means risking his life and giving up everything he has.

Literature & Fiction

Griffith, Jennifer

Humor & Satire

Jolly Fish Press

Buck Cooper can’t remember when he became socially invisible—probably when he hit 300 pounds. Now he’s working a dead end job, getting no notice from his boss and no love from the cute secretary he pines for. But when he gets shanghaied to Tokyo, all of that changes for the mild-mannered Buck—because this blond Texan is about to go sumo! Peek inside the secret world of sumo, and cheer for Buck as he fights his way through the ranks— against bullies of incredible size—to win the heart of the girl he loves.

United States

A pink-frosted doughnut with sprinkles should not make an attorney shriek in fear.  When prosecutor Camilla Sweeten sees newly hired Zane Holyoak slide a pastry from a bakery bag, her reaction is nothing close to rational. It’s the exact pink doughnut from her dream where she kissed a handsome stranger! Now she’s daydreaming about kissing Zane, even though he poses her fiercest competition for the Chief Deputy promotion she desperately needs. Attorney Zane Holyoak has always gone with his gut. He’s even followed it back to Yucca County, after swearing never to return. Maybe it’s leading him back to fill the vacancy for Chief Deputy. If so, Zane can finally prove to his parents he’s not just a disappointing kid anymore. However, one attractive obstacle stands in his way: the uber-capable Camilla. Both are gunning for the job. So when their boss forces them to tag-team a prosecution of a known criminal, it throws them a curveball, especially as the chemistry between them rises. However, as the case unfolds, not everything about the crime, or their assumptions about each other, is what it seemed at first glance.

Attractive Nuisance (Legally in Love)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

New Standalone Romance in the Legally in Love Series Morgan Clark is desperate. With just her senior year to go at Clarendon College and her scholarship up in smoke, she suddenly finds she can’t qualify for financial aid. Until Morgan finishes and can work full time to pay their rent, her sister can’t even start school. Josh Hyatt is desperate. Without his degree from Clarendon he won’t be able to join his girlfriend in their dream career which she’s already begun, and he can’t qualify for government grants thanks to his wealthy estranged father’s interference. Morgan, meet Josh. Josh, meet Morgan. Are they desperate enough to get legally wedded? Get wrapped up in the knots that new adults Morgan and Josh create for themselves in this marriage of convenience story with legal, ethical, and emotional consequences. You won’t be able to put down this inspirational read set on the beach of the beautiful Oregon Coast. Legally Wedded is the third installment in bestselling romantic comedy author Jennifer Griffith's Legally in Love series, following Attractive Nuisance and Asked & Answered. All of the Legally in Love series are standalone stories full of romance and comedy and oodles of legal attraction.  Mom is Reading says of Legally Wedded : I loved the story! There were so many twists and turns thrown at Morgan and Josh. The situation just kept getting more complicated. I couldn’t stop reading! I wanted to see what happened. I wanted to see more of their interactions with each other. I wanted to see them get their happy ending! If you’re looking for a light-hearted, sigh-inducing romance, then read this book! CJ Anaya Author of The Healer Series says: This love story was ridiculously good. I loved the originality of the plot and the sizzle and spark between the two love interests. Morgan and Josh have so much delicious chemistry, and that build-up between them pulls you forward, making you continue to turn those pages even when it's two o'clock in the morning and you should probably consider getting some sleep. Not possible with this book. No sleep for me. Geez. JULIA says: I ended up staying up until Midnight reading Josh and Morgan's story and loving every minute of it! I forced myself to put it down so I could get some sleep - besides, I soooo did not want to find out how this story ended in a haze of sleepiness! Tamra Tilton says: If you are looking for a fun clean romance look no farther. Be warned you might lose sleep over it because you will not want to put it down even when the clock is telling you 2am is way too late to stay awake. ’grimm says: LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!!!!!! So funny. I love her one line zingers. Makes me literally laugh out loud. I love these kinds of books, light, funny, sweet, romantic escapes. Amazon Categories: Romance / Contemporary Romance / Romantic Comedy Romance / Inspirational Romantic Themes / Beaches Romantic Themes / Holidays Romance / New Adult & College Religion & Spirituality/Spirituality/Inspirational/Relationships  Fiction / Legal

Legally Wedded (Inconveniently in Love)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Christmas, love, and a batch of cookies. 
Leela Miller’s mom passed away last spring. Now, Leela is desperate to fill Mom’s shoes in the Ladies’ Auxiliary by chairing the Cookie House fundraiser. The hitch: mean-eyed Mrs. Coldicott refuses to host the event at her Society Row home as planned. 
Leela must find a new venue big enough and fancy enough to draw in customers, or Mom's event might get canceled. There's only one perfect place: the Layton Mansion. 
New vet school graduate Jay Wilson has been remodeling the Layton Mansion since he inherited it this summer. It’s almost Christmas, and the house is nearly ready to flip! 
If he can get a good price for it, he can buy a partnership at a veterinary clinic out of town. 
However, by stipulation of the will, Jay can't sell the house until he cleans out the attic. 
Jay needs help completing the enormous task before his deadline. The beautiful Leela will eagerly help—if he agrees to allow her to use the house for her event. But, when Jay learns that the Cookie House event is the same day as his sale deadline, will he sell the house out from under the girl he might just be falling in love with?The Christmas House Romances 
Yuletide Manor 
The Christmas Cookie House 
The Sleigh Bells Chalet 
The Holiday Hunting Lodge 
The Peppermint Drop Inn 
The Candy Cane Cottage 
Starlight Haven 
The Christmas House Romances are all sweet holiday escapes by USA Today bestselling clean romance author Jennifer Griffith.

The Christmas Cookie House: A Sweet Holiday Romance (Christmas House Romances)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Independently published

Christmas, sleigh bells, and dashing through the snow—toward love. Hotel owner Ellery Hart’s business is on the rocks. Rooms are empty, the lobby is ugly, and a huge loan payment is due. Unless she can pay, she will lose her grandpa’s legacy, the Bells Chalet. While her mom would have her marry the rich banker who is holding the hotel’s title ransom, that idea is beyond unacceptable. 
Ellery needs brilliant business solution. But how to make one happen fast? 
Bing Whitmore has been running the family business, Whitmore Thoroughbred Stables, on his own. But when his heart is broken by two females—horses, that is—he is thrown for an emotional loop, and all he wants to do is quit. Sell the stables. Never look at another horse again. 
Instead, his cousin convinces him to take a vacation. They travel nine hours to the quietest hotel he can find—the Bells Chalet. Meeting a beautiful hotel owner makes this escape better than he could have hoped. 
When Ellery needs help, Bing wants to do anything to make her smile, even if it means helping her fill the perfectly serene hotel with more guests. But when he learns that her hotel-saving plan involves the very thing he’s traveled so far to avoid, can Bing put aside his pain and help Ellery save her grandpa’s business and the jobs of the employees she loves? 
The Sleigh Bells Chalet is Book 2 in the Christmas House Romance series by award-winning author Jennifer Griffith. Other books in the series include The Christmas Cookie House and The Holiday Hunting Lodge. Jennifer Griffith writes clean, escapist fiction she calls Cotton Candy for the Soul—light, sweet, gone.

The Sleigh Bells Chalet: A Small Town Romance (Christmas House Romances)

Snow, a hunting lodge, and a flight—both to and from—love. 
Music composer Jesse Parrish has a dream contract! He’s been signed to write the soundtrack for a film with award potential. This one job could make his whole career. Twelve themes, all due to the producer at Christmas—but he’s completely blocked. He doesn’t have a single theme, let alone twelve. 
He needs to get out of Vancouver and somewhere he can think. 
Aspiring private pilot Mattie Daines has been crushing on Jesse since before he started dating Mattie’s older sister. His music makes her heart sing—but what kind of creep-o falls in love with her sister’s boyfriend? That’s half the reason she’s been working as an outdoors guide anywhere but Vancouver for the past couple of years. 
When Mattie hears that Jesse is desperate for a private plane to take him to a friend’s mountain lodge, she leaps at the chance, if only to prove that she can be around him without her knees going weak. 
Mattie whisks Jesse off to the mountains in her plane, but when bad weather threatens the flight, will this dangerous plane ride also threaten Mattie’s firm resolve not to let feelings for Jesse back into her life? 
For a snowy holiday escape into romance, read The Holiday Hunting Lodge now!\nThe Christmas House Romances 
Yuletide Manor 
The Christmas Cookie House 
The Sleigh Bells Chalet 
The Holiday Hunting Lodge 
The Peppermint Drop Inn 
The Candy Cane Cottage 
Starlight Haven 
The Christmas House Romances are all sweet holiday escapes by USA Today bestselling clean romance author Jennifer Griffith.

The Holiday Hunting Lodge: A Sister's Ex Romance (Christmas House Romances)

Kate has always believed there was just one right man for her. This hope has taken her through her youth, college days, mission, grad school, and still sustains her as she dedicates all her time to her job as executive assistant to the governor. She's now 28, and she feels like she has dated every available man. The "Why aren't you married yet?" question is getting pretty old. 
 After one unbelievably bad charity date finally pushes her over the edge, Kate is ready to clean her slate of all the men she’s ever met. That very night, she receives an invitation to a reunion with her roommates from summer camp many years earlier. The other women are eager to share how they each met their Mr. Right, which would leave Kate as the odd one out. Should she go? If she does, what can she tell them? 
 Join the girls from the "Baby Bear Bungalow" in several fun and hilarious short love stories in one, with five unique girlfriends who meet, go different directions, and then reunite with an unforgettable outcome. An ideal read for anyone who believes in true love.

Choosing Mr. Right

Spring Creek Book Co.

Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Under the Mistletoe Collection. Six contemporary novellas, all adding sweet romance to the Christmas season. In the enchanting novella FORGOTTEN KISSES by Cindy Roland Anderson, costume designer Madison Taylor has no love lost when the male lead playing Sir Lancelot in a TV series is fired. She couldn’t stand working with him anyway. But when she discovers who his replacement is, her heart nearly stops. Caleb Matthews is one of the hottest male actors ever… and not to mention Madison’s former boyfriend. When things got too serious between them, everything fell apart. And now, Madison must play nice or lose her job. She just has to forget all of the reasons she’d fallen for him in the first place. In THE LAST CHRISTMAS, a sweet romance novella by Annette Lyon, Meredith only has to make it through the Christmas holiday pretending that she and her husband Eric aren’t on the verge of divorce. She doesn’t want to ruin the holiday for her two grown daughters and their boyfriends. But when Eric hurries home after weeks of living in a motel to unpack before their daughters arrive, he starts pressing Meredith with questions about why she filed for divorce. The last thing Meredith wants to do it give Eric a second chance, but it seems that Eric is not willing to let her go without trying to win her back. In Julie Coulter Bellon’s captivating novella TRUTH OR DARE After a year of recovery, wounded war veteran Jonah Harrison comes home for Christmas. No longer the outgoing high school track star, he just wants to be left alone, away from well-meaning friends and neighbors. But when a blizzard strands him with Cami Jackson—the girl who once knew him best—he can’t hide anything from her, no matter how much he wants to. Cami has a wounded heart of her own, though, and it might take a Christmas miracle for them to find the healing they both long for and the courage to reach for a chance at love. In the charming novella HOLIDAY BUCKET LIST by Sarah M. Eden, Celeste Lagorio has officially given up on Christmas. A single mother, with her children grown and unable to return for the holiday, Celeste determines to take a break from everything. When her single neighbor and almost-best-friend, Mike Durham, discovers her non-plans, they discuss things they’ve always wanted to do, but never had time. Mike and Celeste put together a friendly competition of checking off the things on their bucket list, all the while drawing closer and discovering they have more in common than they thought. In CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY, a delightful novella by Heather B. Moore, Monica is on the verge of buying her dream store, but when she tells her boyfriend, he turns it into an embarrassing public argument. Heartbroken, but determined to follow her dream, she goes to her employer’s Christmas party to play Mrs. Claus, only to be paired with someone unexpected. A young Mr. Claus who is the complete opposite of her ex-boyfriend in all the most important ways. Yet, Monica is not sure she can risk opening her heart again. In Jennifer Griffith’s exciting novella FIRST (AND LAST) CHRISTMAS DATE, pilot Juliet Law has been in a holding pattern, dating the wrong guy, until she gets a holiday shake-up: old flame Tag McClintock e-mails her to ask for second date—after ten years. Their first date, back in high school, had been an unmitigated disaster culminating with Pepto Bismol and the police. Still, Juliet would have gone out with Tag again the next day—and the next—had he asked. So now that he’s finally popping up in her in-box again, Juliet must decide whether to say yes to the date, even if it puts her at risk of another decade of carrying a torch for Tag McClintock. Will their second date be their last?

Under the Mistletoe (A Timeless Romance Anthology)

Moore, Heather B.

Bellon, Julie Coulter

Eden, Sarah M.

Lyon, Annette

Anderson, Cindy Roland

Genre Fiction

Mirror Press

Beverly Hills Ninja meets sumo! At 300+ pounds, good-guy Buck Cooper is nobody in Texas. Not at work, not in love, not anywhere. Then, a fluke trip to Japan and tickets to a sumo match change Buck’s life forever. Suddenly, he's the first ever blond sumo wrestler. Sucked deep into the extraordinary world of earth’s biggest sport, it’s all fun and games - or so he thinks. Life in the sumo ring proves more thrilling—and dangerous—than he could ever imagine.  BIG IN JAPAN takes readers into the secret world of sumo as Buck journeys from the seedy underbelly of Japan’s mafia to alleyways full of hired ninja assassins. This sports underdog story plants the reader square in the ring with Buck as he fights—sometimes for his life—against some of the biggest enemies alive, and maybe even as he finds love. Go with this big, blond hero on a journey not to be missed.  Highly acclaimed! Top 10-Ranked in Kindle SPORTS category! PRAISE FOR BIG IN JAPAN: “Quick and highly entertaining!” – Chris Stewart, NYT Bestselling Author  “This is not the cherry blossoms and tea houses version [of Japan], but the crowded shops, strange food, political maneuvering, and grunginess of that country’s national sport. Murder, blackmail, and danger create an intense plot that will keep many readers on the edge of their chairs or burning the lights far into the night…. It’s…high action sports drama. It’s also a study in human ethics and has a broad appeal to men as much, perhaps more, than to women.” –Jennie Hansen, Meridian Magazine “If you haven't read this book yet... then what are you waiting for?” -- xingcui mei Amazon reviewer “Griffith weaves a delightfully entertaining tale of change, bravery and true love in the life of a lonely young man trying to overcome an austere and challenging environment. … Readers will be engaged as they follow the tragedies and triumphs of an endearingly kind and honest young man in the ‘Land of the Rising Sun.'” —Deseret News “Creative, funny, and captivating.” – Lorna Hale “Buck is a great character.” –Patricia B. “There is a reason this story will reach the big screen. Buck is so loveable in his insecurities and even more so as the only American in the sumo world. Sumo wrestling is big in Japan and Griffith takes the reader inside that world.” – Shaunna Gonzales, author “I purchased the full book off of reading a sample. By the end of the day, I was halfway through the story, caught up in the 300-pound main character, Buck, who …is the perfect awkward unsung hero. His quirks are endearing, and his character very relatable. Great humor throughout…, some serious thought-provoking events, as well as a sweet romance. Really, everything rolled into one. ” –Heather B. Moore, award-winning author “The love story is tender and amazing!” – Yadee “So refreshing to find something truly different, and so downright good.” –Saguaro Blossom “The only place you are ever going to see a big blond American wrestling massive sumo wrestlers is in this story! It also has the perfect ending.” – Stephany Mae Robinson Japan  Asian culture  multi-cultural romance  interracial romance  sumo wrestling  sports underdog  travel  romantic comedy  coming of age   culture shock  courage  sports   humor  bullying and hazing  martial arts

Big in Japan: Accidental Sumo

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Big in Japan

Big in Japan

Attractive Nuisance (Legally in Love)

Legally Wedded (Inconveniently in Love)

The Christmas Cookie House: A Sweet Holiday Romance (Christmas House Romances)

The Sleigh Bells Chalet: A Small Town Romance (Christmas House Romances)

The Holiday Hunting Lodge: A Sister's Ex Romance (Christmas House Romances)

Choosing Mr. Right

Under the Mistletoe (A Timeless Romance Anthology)

Big in Japan: Accidental Sumo