Author: Daphne Hargrow
Publisher: Philyra Publishing
ISBN: 0990331288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
She doesn't have time for a relationship, but maybe she could swing a one-night stand. After all, he's just a stripper, so no need to worry about the future... or a broken heart. Kendall has it all: a soaring law career, a six-figure salary, and an apartment overlooking the Chicago River. Her life couldn’t get better; at least that’s what she thinks before she hosts a bachelorette party for her younger cousin, Ruthie. What starts out as a low-key soiree quickly escalates to an evening of debauchery when two strippers unexpectedly show up. During the men’s ceremonial disrobing, Kendall can’t keep her eyes off the dark and stoic Giovanni. Fueled by too many Moscow Mules and ignited by the male form, her suppressed desire smolders. With the prodding of her older cousin Freya, Kendall pursues a one-night stand with Gio... then a second... and a third, until finally realizing she wants more than a fling. But, to take this relationship to the next level, Kendall must reexamine her priorities as well as her lifelong definition of success. Kendall's story is the first installment of the five-book romantic comedy series THE LONELY SPINSTERS CLUB. Keywords: romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, chick lit, chic lit, chick lit book, chic lit book, romance novel, romcom, rom com, romcom book, rom com book, women's fiction, funny romance, humorous romance, single women, single dad, sex and dating, dating and relationships, male stripper, career woman, sisterhood, singlehood, friendship, surprise pregnancy, secret baby, divorce, family life, parenthood, Chicago, United States, wedding, marriage, hea, happily ever after, series, romcom romance, rom com romance, romantic comedy books, sexy romance, steamy romance, career, workplace, second chance, humor, American romcom, book with a wedding, alpha male, love and romance, chick lit comedy, spinster, strong female protagonist, free ebook, free
The Lonely Spinsters Club: Kendall
Author: Daphne Hargrow
Publisher: Philyra Publishing
ISBN: 0990331288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
She doesn't have time for a relationship, but maybe she could swing a one-night stand. After all, he's just a stripper, so no need to worry about the future... or a broken heart. Kendall has it all: a soaring law career, a six-figure salary, and an apartment overlooking the Chicago River. Her life couldn’t get better; at least that’s what she thinks before she hosts a bachelorette party for her younger cousin, Ruthie. What starts out as a low-key soiree quickly escalates to an evening of debauchery when two strippers unexpectedly show up. During the men’s ceremonial disrobing, Kendall can’t keep her eyes off the dark and stoic Giovanni. Fueled by too many Moscow Mules and ignited by the male form, her suppressed desire smolders. With the prodding of her older cousin Freya, Kendall pursues a one-night stand with Gio... then a second... and a third, until finally realizing she wants more than a fling. But, to take this relationship to the next level, Kendall must reexamine her priorities as well as her lifelong definition of success. Kendall's story is the first installment of the five-book romantic comedy series THE LONELY SPINSTERS CLUB. Keywords: romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, chick lit, chic lit, chick lit book, chic lit book, romance novel, romcom, rom com, romcom book, rom com book, women's fiction, funny romance, humorous romance, single women, single dad, sex and dating, dating and relationships, male stripper, career woman, sisterhood, singlehood, friendship, surprise pregnancy, secret baby, divorce, family life, parenthood, Chicago, United States, wedding, marriage, hea, happily ever after, series, romcom romance, rom com romance, romantic comedy books, sexy romance, steamy romance, career, workplace, second chance, humor, American romcom, book with a wedding, alpha male, love and romance, chick lit comedy, spinster, strong female protagonist, free ebook, free
Publisher: Philyra Publishing
ISBN: 0990331288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
She doesn't have time for a relationship, but maybe she could swing a one-night stand. After all, he's just a stripper, so no need to worry about the future... or a broken heart. Kendall has it all: a soaring law career, a six-figure salary, and an apartment overlooking the Chicago River. Her life couldn’t get better; at least that’s what she thinks before she hosts a bachelorette party for her younger cousin, Ruthie. What starts out as a low-key soiree quickly escalates to an evening of debauchery when two strippers unexpectedly show up. During the men’s ceremonial disrobing, Kendall can’t keep her eyes off the dark and stoic Giovanni. Fueled by too many Moscow Mules and ignited by the male form, her suppressed desire smolders. With the prodding of her older cousin Freya, Kendall pursues a one-night stand with Gio... then a second... and a third, until finally realizing she wants more than a fling. But, to take this relationship to the next level, Kendall must reexamine her priorities as well as her lifelong definition of success. Kendall's story is the first installment of the five-book romantic comedy series THE LONELY SPINSTERS CLUB. Keywords: romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, chick lit, chic lit, chick lit book, chic lit book, romance novel, romcom, rom com, romcom book, rom com book, women's fiction, funny romance, humorous romance, single women, single dad, sex and dating, dating and relationships, male stripper, career woman, sisterhood, singlehood, friendship, surprise pregnancy, secret baby, divorce, family life, parenthood, Chicago, United States, wedding, marriage, hea, happily ever after, series, romcom romance, rom com romance, romantic comedy books, sexy romance, steamy romance, career, workplace, second chance, humor, American romcom, book with a wedding, alpha male, love and romance, chick lit comedy, spinster, strong female protagonist, free ebook, free
The Lonely Spinsters Club: Willow
Author: Daphne Hargrow
Publisher: Philyra Publishing
ISBN: 0990331210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
How does a woman enjoy the company of a man without committing to a long-term relationship? Easy... Love him for ninety days and leave him. Willow gave up on love a long time ago, but she hasn’t given up on sex. So, to keep her chakras aligned and life force flowing, she abides by her tried-and-true rule: love him for ninety days and leave him. Consequently, she can feed her body while protecting her heart. Willow’s practice of purposeful detachment serves her well until she sets her sights on Kendall’s friend Josh. Even though Josh expresses interest in Willow, he wants a relationship more traditional than she’s willing to participate in. Despite their apparent differences, the universe seems to have other plans for the couple as their lives become increasingly intertwined. When Willow finally decides to follow the universe’s lead, she’s betrayed by her ninety-day rule and must rethink her life plan or face the future alone. Willow’s story is the second installment of the five-book romantic comedy series The Lonely Spinsters Club. Keywords: romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, chick lit, chic lit, chick lit book, chic lit book, chick lit comedy, romance novel, romcom, rom com, romcom book, rom com book, women's fiction, funny romance, humor, humorous romance, single women, sex and dating, dating and relationships, workplace romance, career woman, sisterhood, singlehood, friendship, family life, beach romance, beach wedding, book with a wedding, Chicago, United States, wedding, marriage, hea, happily ever after, series, romcom romance, rom com romance, romantic comedy books, sexy romance, steamy romance, career, workplace, second chances, American rom com, love and romance, spinsters, rom com series, chick lit series, free ebook, free
Publisher: Philyra Publishing
ISBN: 0990331210
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
How does a woman enjoy the company of a man without committing to a long-term relationship? Easy... Love him for ninety days and leave him. Willow gave up on love a long time ago, but she hasn’t given up on sex. So, to keep her chakras aligned and life force flowing, she abides by her tried-and-true rule: love him for ninety days and leave him. Consequently, she can feed her body while protecting her heart. Willow’s practice of purposeful detachment serves her well until she sets her sights on Kendall’s friend Josh. Even though Josh expresses interest in Willow, he wants a relationship more traditional than she’s willing to participate in. Despite their apparent differences, the universe seems to have other plans for the couple as their lives become increasingly intertwined. When Willow finally decides to follow the universe’s lead, she’s betrayed by her ninety-day rule and must rethink her life plan or face the future alone. Willow’s story is the second installment of the five-book romantic comedy series The Lonely Spinsters Club. Keywords: romance, contemporary romance, romantic comedy, chick lit, chic lit, chick lit book, chic lit book, chick lit comedy, romance novel, romcom, rom com, romcom book, rom com book, women's fiction, funny romance, humor, humorous romance, single women, sex and dating, dating and relationships, workplace romance, career woman, sisterhood, singlehood, friendship, family life, beach romance, beach wedding, book with a wedding, Chicago, United States, wedding, marriage, hea, happily ever after, series, romcom romance, rom com romance, romantic comedy books, sexy romance, steamy romance, career, workplace, second chances, American rom com, love and romance, spinsters, rom com series, chick lit series, free ebook, free
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Author: Melissa Bank
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141909633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing is the New York Times bestselling novel by Melissa Bank The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realise that it's a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skilfully teases out universal issues, puts a clever new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to come of age as a young woman. 'This chronicle of a New Yorker's relationships has a wit and perceptiveness that singles it out from the crowd' Guardian 'As hilarious as Girls' Guide is, there's a wise, serious core here' Wall Street Journal 'A sexy, pour-your-heart-out, champagne tingle of a read-thoughtful, wise, and tell-all honest. Bank's is a voice that you'll remember' Cosmopolitan
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141909633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing is the New York Times bestselling novel by Melissa Bank The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realise that it's a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort. With an unforgettable comic touch, Bank skilfully teases out universal issues, puts a clever new spin on the mating dance, and captures in perfect pitch what it's like to come of age as a young woman. 'This chronicle of a New Yorker's relationships has a wit and perceptiveness that singles it out from the crowd' Guardian 'As hilarious as Girls' Guide is, there's a wise, serious core here' Wall Street Journal 'A sexy, pour-your-heart-out, champagne tingle of a read-thoughtful, wise, and tell-all honest. Bank's is a voice that you'll remember' Cosmopolitan
Ways of Living
Author: Gemma Seltzer
Publisher: Influx Press
ISBN: 1910312762
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
'These are sharp, wry, playful stories of split and secret selves, alter-egos, doppelgangers – of escape routes from the very contemporary and existential crises their women find themselves in.' – Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies Andie can see no other way to escape a wedding than by hiding in a tree. Esther starts a new life in a King's Cross hotel with a bad-tempered ventriloquist dummy, while Gina finally leaves a group of infuriating friends – but not before providing them with a suitable replacement. Ways of Living is Gemma Seltzer's keen exploration of what it means to be a modern woman inhabiting the urban landscape. Ten stories of ordinary women going to extraordinary lengths to be understood, acting in bold and unpredictable ways as they map their identities onto London's streets. How do we speak and listen to each other? Who gets to talk? And what is the true power of quiet in a noisy world?
Publisher: Influx Press
ISBN: 1910312762
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
'These are sharp, wry, playful stories of split and secret selves, alter-egos, doppelgangers – of escape routes from the very contemporary and existential crises their women find themselves in.' – Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies Andie can see no other way to escape a wedding than by hiding in a tree. Esther starts a new life in a King's Cross hotel with a bad-tempered ventriloquist dummy, while Gina finally leaves a group of infuriating friends – but not before providing them with a suitable replacement. Ways of Living is Gemma Seltzer's keen exploration of what it means to be a modern woman inhabiting the urban landscape. Ten stories of ordinary women going to extraordinary lengths to be understood, acting in bold and unpredictable ways as they map their identities onto London's streets. How do we speak and listen to each other? Who gets to talk? And what is the true power of quiet in a noisy world?
The "new Woman" Revised
Author: Ellen Wiley Todd
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520074712
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In the years between the world wars, Manhattan's Fourteenth Street-Union Square district became a center for commercial, cultural, and political activities, and hence a sensitive barometer of the dramatic social changes of the period. It was here that four urban realist painters--Kenneth Hayes Miller, Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, and Isabel Bishop--placed their images of modern "new women." Bargain stores, cheap movie theaters, pinball arcades, and radical political organizations were the backdrop for the women shoppers, office and store workers, and consumers of mass culture portrayed by these artists. Ellen Wiley Todd deftly interprets the painters' complex images as they were refracted through the gender ideology of the period. This is a work of skillful interdisciplinary scholarship, combining recent insights from feminist art history, gender studies, and social and cultural theory. Drawing on a range of visual and verbal representations as well as biographical and critical texts, Todd balances the historical context surrounding the painters with nuanced analyses of how each artist's image of womanhood contributed to the continual redefining of the "new woman's" relationships to men, family, work, feminism, and sexuality.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520074712
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In the years between the world wars, Manhattan's Fourteenth Street-Union Square district became a center for commercial, cultural, and political activities, and hence a sensitive barometer of the dramatic social changes of the period. It was here that four urban realist painters--Kenneth Hayes Miller, Reginald Marsh, Raphael Soyer, and Isabel Bishop--placed their images of modern "new women." Bargain stores, cheap movie theaters, pinball arcades, and radical political organizations were the backdrop for the women shoppers, office and store workers, and consumers of mass culture portrayed by these artists. Ellen Wiley Todd deftly interprets the painters' complex images as they were refracted through the gender ideology of the period. This is a work of skillful interdisciplinary scholarship, combining recent insights from feminist art history, gender studies, and social and cultural theory. Drawing on a range of visual and verbal representations as well as biographical and critical texts, Todd balances the historical context surrounding the painters with nuanced analyses of how each artist's image of womanhood contributed to the continual redefining of the "new woman's" relationships to men, family, work, feminism, and sexuality.
Leaving Little Havana
Author: Cecilia M Fernandez
Publisher: Beating Windward Press
ISBN: 1940761050
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Revolution uprooted six-year-old Cecilia from her comfortable middle-class Cuban home and dropped her into the low-income neighborhood of Miami’s Little Havana. Her philandering father focused on rebuilding his career, chasing the American promise of wealth and freedom from the past. Her mother spiraled into madness trying to hold the family together and get him back. Neglected and trapped, Cecilia rebelled against her conservative culture and embraced the 1960s counter-culture - seeking love, attention and a place of her own in America. But immigrant children either thrive or self-destruct in a new land. How will Cecilia beat the odds? While most memoirs by Cuban-Americans revolve around childhood scenes in Cuba and explore the experiences of a young man, Leaving Little Havana is the first refugee memoir to focus on a Cuban girl growing up in America, rising above the obstacles and clearing a path to her American Dream. “Leaving Little Havana is the compelling story of a Cuban girl seeking a new life in the U.S. with her family as the Cuban revolution unfolds in the early sixties. 'Cecilita’s' personal account, and sexual awakening, is transparent, sad, and triumphant, sprinkled with anecdotes of an emerging Cuban-American landscape. In short, this book is a colorful reminiscence of historical scenes on both sides of the Straits of Florida, providing closure to a Cuban American journalist coming to terms with her turbulent past.” - Guarione M. Diaz, President Emeritus, Cuban American National Council “Cecilia Fernandez’s memoir of growing up Cuban in Miami is not only fascinating reading, it tells more about the story of Cubans in this U.S. than a truckload of sociology textbooks - and is a thousand times more entertaining!” - Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties “Leaving Little Havana is a candid, touching, and engaging memoir of a young Cuban exile’s coming of age. Cecilia Fernandez writes with passion and intensity, both of her missteps and her triumphs, casting fresh light on the American experience in the process.” - Les Standiford, author of Havana Run and Bringing Adam Home “Cecilia Fernandez gives us a coming of age story told with wide open eyes and vivid details of growing up in Little Havana. Broken-hearted more times than she can count, she gradually finds a path to new beginnings and the infinite promises of the American Dream. A poignant and important chronicle of the Miami Cuban immigrant journey.” - Ruth Behar, author of Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in Between Journeys “Every so often along comes a book that seizes you by the collar and arrests you on the spot. From page one, Leaving Little Havana is a brilliant, voice-driven book that will make your heart skip a few beats. My experience reading this book was similar to the first time I read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros when you instantly know you are reading a classic, a story so achingly beautiful and unforgettable you relish every last word as if it were the buzzing of a hummingbird at your lips feeding you honey. This book is about family, about what happens to family in exile, about how people come into a great world of struggle and manage to get by and survive. The author has a great gift for capturing that world-known enclave of Miami we love and call Little Havana. This might be the book that puts it on the literary map for good and forever.” - Virgil Suárez, author of Latin Jazz, The Cutter, and 90 Miles: Selected and New Poems
Publisher: Beating Windward Press
ISBN: 1940761050
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Revolution uprooted six-year-old Cecilia from her comfortable middle-class Cuban home and dropped her into the low-income neighborhood of Miami’s Little Havana. Her philandering father focused on rebuilding his career, chasing the American promise of wealth and freedom from the past. Her mother spiraled into madness trying to hold the family together and get him back. Neglected and trapped, Cecilia rebelled against her conservative culture and embraced the 1960s counter-culture - seeking love, attention and a place of her own in America. But immigrant children either thrive or self-destruct in a new land. How will Cecilia beat the odds? While most memoirs by Cuban-Americans revolve around childhood scenes in Cuba and explore the experiences of a young man, Leaving Little Havana is the first refugee memoir to focus on a Cuban girl growing up in America, rising above the obstacles and clearing a path to her American Dream. “Leaving Little Havana is the compelling story of a Cuban girl seeking a new life in the U.S. with her family as the Cuban revolution unfolds in the early sixties. 'Cecilita’s' personal account, and sexual awakening, is transparent, sad, and triumphant, sprinkled with anecdotes of an emerging Cuban-American landscape. In short, this book is a colorful reminiscence of historical scenes on both sides of the Straits of Florida, providing closure to a Cuban American journalist coming to terms with her turbulent past.” - Guarione M. Diaz, President Emeritus, Cuban American National Council “Cecilia Fernandez’s memoir of growing up Cuban in Miami is not only fascinating reading, it tells more about the story of Cubans in this U.S. than a truckload of sociology textbooks - and is a thousand times more entertaining!” - Dan Wakefield, author of New York in the Fifties “Leaving Little Havana is a candid, touching, and engaging memoir of a young Cuban exile’s coming of age. Cecilia Fernandez writes with passion and intensity, both of her missteps and her triumphs, casting fresh light on the American experience in the process.” - Les Standiford, author of Havana Run and Bringing Adam Home “Cecilia Fernandez gives us a coming of age story told with wide open eyes and vivid details of growing up in Little Havana. Broken-hearted more times than she can count, she gradually finds a path to new beginnings and the infinite promises of the American Dream. A poignant and important chronicle of the Miami Cuban immigrant journey.” - Ruth Behar, author of Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in Between Journeys “Every so often along comes a book that seizes you by the collar and arrests you on the spot. From page one, Leaving Little Havana is a brilliant, voice-driven book that will make your heart skip a few beats. My experience reading this book was similar to the first time I read The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros when you instantly know you are reading a classic, a story so achingly beautiful and unforgettable you relish every last word as if it were the buzzing of a hummingbird at your lips feeding you honey. This book is about family, about what happens to family in exile, about how people come into a great world of struggle and manage to get by and survive. The author has a great gift for capturing that world-known enclave of Miami we love and call Little Havana. This might be the book that puts it on the literary map for good and forever.” - Virgil Suárez, author of Latin Jazz, The Cutter, and 90 Miles: Selected and New Poems
A Guide to World Cinema
Author: National Film Theatre (London, England)
Publisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Make Him Look Good
Author: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429919191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
The "him" in Make Him Look Good is Ricky Biscayne, sexy Latin singing sensation who has taken the pop world by storm. But it takes more than swiveling hips and dreamy eyes to get to the top of the charts. The women who orbit Ricky are: -- Milan, Ricky's new publicist, and her sister Geneva whose Club G promises to have Miami's hottest opening ever -- Jill Sanchez, a media-manic Latina star who has crossed over from CDs to perfume, clothes and movies -- Jasminka, Ricky's gorgeous Croatian model wife -- Irene, a firefighter whose high school romance with Ricky was the last love in her life, eking out an existence for herself and her daughter Sophia, who is beginning to suspect that she and Ricky Biscayne look a little too much alike With several satisfying romances set against Miami's music, club and modeling scenes, Make Him Look Goodis irresistible fiction from one of America's most original voices.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429919191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
The "him" in Make Him Look Good is Ricky Biscayne, sexy Latin singing sensation who has taken the pop world by storm. But it takes more than swiveling hips and dreamy eyes to get to the top of the charts. The women who orbit Ricky are: -- Milan, Ricky's new publicist, and her sister Geneva whose Club G promises to have Miami's hottest opening ever -- Jill Sanchez, a media-manic Latina star who has crossed over from CDs to perfume, clothes and movies -- Jasminka, Ricky's gorgeous Croatian model wife -- Irene, a firefighter whose high school romance with Ricky was the last love in her life, eking out an existence for herself and her daughter Sophia, who is beginning to suspect that she and Ricky Biscayne look a little too much alike With several satisfying romances set against Miami's music, club and modeling scenes, Make Him Look Goodis irresistible fiction from one of America's most original voices.
Women, Murder and Femininity
Author: L. Seal
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230294502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Women who kill rupture our assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. A wide range of cases are discussed in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived, and how such cases reflect important social and cultural shifts.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230294502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Women who kill rupture our assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. A wide range of cases are discussed in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived, and how such cases reflect important social and cultural shifts.
The Roads They Made
Author: Adade Mitchell Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description