Ash Summers is the most beautiful guy I’ve ever seen. He’s also a total d*ck, and I hate him more than anything. That feeling is mutual, by the way, as he does nothing but torment me. Oh, and did I mention he’s my stepbrother? Messing with Ash is all fun and games until our parents force us to room together during our final year at college. Sharing an apartment with him only makes me hate him more. Until it doesn’t.

I’m Logan Lewis: popular, charming, and athletic. All the girls love me. Yep, I’ve really got it made. Then I find myself in danger of failing my chemistry class and losing my sports scholarship. I know the only person who can save me is the smartest science tutor on campus. Theo Reign is brilliant. He’s also cold, antisocial, moody, and mean. He looks at me like he hates me, but touches me like he wants me. There’s something just beneath the surface that draws me in. His secret pain mirrors my own, and I suddenly find myself craving him.

Finn is smart, adorkable, and his shyness pushes all my buttons. The problem? My interest in him quickly shifts from friendship to something less than platonic. Feelings I’ve been pushing down for years bubble up to the surface, and I find myself unable to see him as just a friend or keep my hands to myself. When a night out leads to some extracurricular fun, Finn and I decide to have a no-strings-attached fling. He’s the perfect person to explore my bisexuality with, and our chemistry is off the charts.

Jackson Davenport, the charismatic, strait-laced heir to the Davenport fortune, has a secret. One he's been hiding since he graduated from South Haven all-boys academy - and that secret's name is Lucas. When a work trip takes Jackson back to his old stomping grounds, memories of the year he shared with Lucas come crashing to the surface. With growing pressure from his father to settle down and take over the family business, Jackson knows he's on borrowed time and sets out to find the free-spirited daredevil he once knew

I’m the fun one. The loud one. The overly opinionated one with no filter. I’ve been unapologetically me since day one, and it hasn’t been easy. Kicked out of my home when I was sixteen, I chose to be alone rather than not be my true self. I found my family now and a job I love. I have everything, and yet I’m still an outcast in so many ways...

この『美少女』は、太宰自身の体験がもとになったエッセイのような私小説です。甲府盆地特有の猛烈な暑さに悩まされていた太宰は、甲府市近郊にある湯村温泉街(実在)の大衆浴場に、奥さんに誘われ、一緒に行くことに。すると、そこの温泉に美少女が!、というお話。 湯村の温泉に集まる人々とのふれあい(太宰は温泉での世間話に馴染めませんが…)、少女を見る太宰の優しい(?)視線…。ちょっとした日常風景を、ユーモアを交えつつ、とても穏やかにのんびりと描写した、太宰の素敵な作品です。ぜひオーディオブックでお楽しみください。 ※ 本オーディオ商品は、無断で複製・転載・公衆配信できる状態にすることは法律により禁じられております。 制作・著作パンローリング株式会社

“大いなる文学のために、死んでください。自分も死にます、この戦争のために” 「私」(太宰)の二人の友人の死についての話。ひとりは病気で、もうひとりは戦争で命を落とした。小説家を目指していた「三井君」と、詩人を目指していた「三田君」である。「私」は生前、三井君の小説も、三田君の詩もまったく認めていなかった。「私」は、このような戦争の時代に体が悪くて兵隊にもなれない三井君をあわれであると思うが、しかし一方で、母親を相手に寝ながら世間話をしている最中、ふと口を噤み、それきり静かに臨終を迎えた三井君の死を、比類が無い美しさであると思う。“人間の最高の栄冠は美しい臨終以外のものではない”、小説の上手下手など、まるで問題にも何もなるものではないと「私」は思う。そして、徴兵されアッツ島の戦いで玉砕した三田君。彼から太宰へ宛てた最後の便り。その葉書に書かれていた文章に「私」は感動する。そして三田くんの最後の手紙を最高の詩であると認め、称賛する。「散華」とは、花と散る、という意から、死ぬこと、特に若くして戦死することをいう。 太平洋戦争期における、太宰の死に対する思いや、そして文学への思い、覚悟について語られている。 ※ 本オーディオ商品は、無断で複製・転載・公衆配信できる状態にすることは法律により禁じられております。 制作・著作パンローリング株式会社

実にあっさりと書かれたかに見える太宰の小品。病床にあって揺れる心と鋭敏な神経から自然にこの作品が生まれたのでしょう。
小説というよりエッセイに近いタッチで描かれているのも親しみ

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's 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. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and someone who has never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. He’s perfect boyfriend material.

Jonathan Forest should never have hired Sam. It was a sentimental decision, and Jonathan didn't get where he is by following his heart. Determined to set things right, Jonathan orders Sam down to London for a difficult talk…only for a panicking Sam to trip, bump his head, and maybe accidentally imply he doesn't remember anything?