{"quotes":[{"text":"If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn’t, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost.If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn't, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost. Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me? Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me?","author":"Miranda Parker","tags":["african-american","chicklit","family-drama","mystery-suspense","romantic-suspense","southern-","southern-writers","summer"],"id":4108,"author_id":"Miranda+Parker"},{"text":"And finally, I get to meet the Breakup Coach' Ryan says before we can be introduced. 'I'm a big fan of your work' he says with mock admiration as I turn around. I decide I like his voice. It's not a deep Charlton Heston-like voice, but it has just the right amount of husky in it.","author":"Judy Balan","tags":["chicklit","comedy","humour","romantic-comedy"],"id":6762,"author_id":"Judy+Balan"},{"text":"I’d rather straighten my pubes with a flat iron than go on another blind date.","author":"Stephanie McAfee","tags":["chicklit","dating","humor"],"id":10881,"author_id":"Stephanie+McAfee"},{"text":"Never let a boy know you’re crazy about him. He’ll lose interest, and then you’ll be a loser.","author":"Hailey Abbott","tags":["chicklit","romance","young-adult"],"id":19455,"author_id":"Hailey+Abbott"},{"text":"We are going to have that thing that everyone talks about, that indescribable, indefinable thing that everybody wants to find...Here's to endless stargazing.","author":"Ella Harper","tags":["chicklit","childhood-sweethearts","ella-harper","forever","love","love-book","love","relationship","romance","romance-love","romantic","romantic-love","soulmates","the-years-of-loving-you","true-love"],"id":20796,"author_id":"Ella+Harper"},{"text":"My handling of the situation with Jake proved that I was the same girl from eight years ago. I'd just gained a stone and lost my love for Shayne Ward.","author":"Lynsey James","tags":["chicklit","humor","regret"],"id":41027,"author_id":"Lynsey+James"},{"text":"When life throws shit at you, grow great, big, fuck off roses.","author":"Heather Hill","tags":["chicklit","comedy","commercial-fiction","humour","the-new-mrs-d"],"id":76468,"author_id":"Heather+Hill"},{"text":"I have fallen in love with you, and there is no future for us. That you burst into my life suddenly only a short time ago. That it's too fast, too soon, and you will leave the same way you came into my life. I'll turn around one day and you'll be gone.","author":"Rachel Gibson","tags":["chicklit","romance"],"id":80734,"author_id":"Rachel+Gibson"},{"text":"What's wrong with you? I asked myself. You are a happy person. You are an upbeat sort of person. Men smile at you on the subway, women ask you what shampoo you use. Cheer up for Christ's sake, I told myself, relax, you're fine, be happy, Girl. When I talk to myself I call myself Girl.","author":"Jennifer Belle","tags":["chicklit","humor","optimism"],"id":93789,"author_id":"Jennifer+Belle"},{"text":"I feel like I should probably ask you to leave. But I don’t really want you to go. I want you to stay, but I know you shouldn’t.- Hope.","author":"Rachel Gibson","tags":["chicklit","romance"],"id":101860,"author_id":"Rachel+Gibson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":49,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}