Author : Cathy Guisewite
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1449411371
Explore the worlds of fashion and shopping through the eyes of America’s most endearing comic strip heroine with this amusing book. Faithful Cathy readers count on their cartoon heroine to tell it like it is, whether the subject’s relationships, parental responsibilities, or shopping. In Shop Till You Drop, Then Sit Down and Buy Shoes, readers will find Cathy’s words of wisdom on the joys and woes of shopping and fashion.
Author : Elaine Viets
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625673183
BIMBOS, BUSTIERS, AND BOTOX! MURDER MOST FASHIONABLE... Author Elaine Viets kicks off this funny and fresh cozy series—about a woman on the run from her ex—with a rollicking tale of crime and vanity in the shadow world of wannabe molls. When unlikely sleuth Helen Hawthorne flees St. Louis, she fetches up in Fort Lauderdale, suddenly surrounded by the beautiful and the Botoxed. They all shop at the same place—Juliana’s, the overpriced boutique where Helen works. And they’re all looking for a wealthy wise guy to take to the cleaners. It’s a dead-end job with no perks—but one that pays in cash. A little shady, but it beats leaving a paper trail. Turns out shady’s only the beginning. Juliana’s holds more secrets than a confessional, beginning with theft and drug sales, progressing to ever more ambitious scams, and inevitably, given the escalating level of crime, the murder of a felonious fashionista. The good news is there’s a reward—and Helen needs money. The bad is that she could die before she collects it. Readers will find Helen the perfect cozy protagonist—an ordinary woman squeezed by circumstance, feeling her way as she takes control of her life whatever way she has to do it, innocent yet growing savvier by the second. You root hard for her as she settles into the role of amateur detective because you just can’t help identifying with her and hoping you’d rise to the occasion as well. And you’ll laugh out loud at the sly way author Viets skewers the South Florida culture of vanity and money. Fans of everywoman heroines like those created by Joanna Campbell Slan, Donna Andrews, Joanne Fluke, CeeCee James, Jana DeLeon, and Janet Evanovich will fall in love with this plucky investigator. And they can settle in for a long and beautiful relationship. The best news is the series is fifteen books strong, and counting!
Author : Cathy Guisewite
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2005-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0740726684
"The comic-strip character Cathy, one of America's most famous single career women, finally got married to her hapless longtime boyfriend, Irving--and on Valentine's Day, no less. It's the end of an era-or was it?" --USA Today "YES." Rarely has one word, one positive response, resonated so loudly from the world's comic pages. But when leading lady Cathy finally took the plunge--after nearly 30 interminable years!--and accepted boyfriend Irving's marriage proposal, the occasion certainly deserved notice among Cathy fans around the globe. The Wedding of Cathy and Irving captures all the fun, magic, and--yes--the nerve-racking overanalyzing that filled the Cathy strips leading up to the big decision and the big day itself. This collection features some of the couple's most memorable moments from throughout their long relationship, but the spotlight shines most on the year that included the unexpected "ring find," the proposal, the "YES," and the frenetic wedding plans that Cathy and Mom both endure and perpetuate. The longest courtship in cartoon page history came to an end on February 5, 2005. But as The Wedding of Cathy and Irving shows, nothing is quite that simple in Cathy's world. Whether she's pondering pastor possibilities or worrying wedding dress selections to death, Cathy is unequalled in capturing the conundrums of modern women everywhere. It's all Cathy, through and through.
Author : Judy Astley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 28,53 MB
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1446487490
Bestselling author Judy Astley hits the funnybone of contemporary life yet again in this delicious comedy, perfect for fans of Carole Matthews, Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Milly Johnson 'Fast and fun' -- Woman & Home 'It sparkles with Astley's wry wit' -- Peterborough Evening Telegraph 'Loved reading this book' -- ***** Reader review 'Enjoyed this from beginning to end' -- ***** Reader review 'This is my happy book and I loved it so much I've read it twice' -- ***** Reader review 'Very funny' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************************** EVERYONE HAS THEIR GUILTY PLEASURES... The residents of the Close were much concerned with crime - preventing it, that is. With all those out-of-work teenagers on the nearby council estate hanging around, stealing, joy-riding and goodness knows what else, it was just as well that Paul Mathieson was setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme. Not that the inhabitants of the Close did not have their own little activities, of course, but these were hardly the same thing... If Jenny and Alan's daughter was caught travelling on the underground without a ticket, and their son was doing a little experimenting with certain substances, and Laura didn't see the need to declare her earnings from hiring out her house to a film crew, and Jenny drove home only just over the legal limit - well, these were quite different matters, not to be compared with what went on in the Estate. And then there was Jenny's discovery, when she advertised flute lessons, that she could work up quite a nice little earner in a rather unexpected way... As the leafy London street resounded to the efforts of its citizens to keep crime at bay, Jenny realised that it was her marriage, rather than her property, that needed watching.
Author : Andrea Best
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2006-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1600344917
Author : Debbie Macomber
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488039275
Escape again into one more Orchard Valley love story! Enjoy this classic romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. When Sherry Waterman leaves Orchard Valley, Oregon, for Pepper, Texas, she’s definitely not in the mood to be “courted.” But if anyone could change her mind, it’s the hardworking, good-looking Cody Bailman. But Cody’s got neither the time nor the patience for pursuing a woman. Fortunately, his twelve year old daughter, Heather, is determined to teach him about romance. Because she’s got her eye on Sherry as the woman who’s “just perfect for dad.” Sherry’s discovering that Texan men truly are a breed apart. She’s definitely attracted to Cody—in fact, she’s darn close to falling in love with him—but she’d like a little romance first! Originally published in 1993
Author : Debbie Macomber
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488039283
Now together in one box set! Four stories for the complete collection of Orchard Valley tales from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Valerie rushes home to Orchard Valley, Oregon, when her father suffers a heart attack. She and her two younger sisters gather at his side, praying he’ll live… At a time like this, falling in love is the last thing on Valerie’s mind. And with Dr. Colby Winston, of all people! He’s David’s heart surgeon, a renowned specialist who enjoys small-town living, while Valerie is a high-powered businesswoman who prefers city life. They’re complete opposites in every way. Yet David keeps insisting she and Colby are a perfect couple. Meanwhile, Stephanie has other worries besides her father’s health. She fled Orchard Valley three years earlier, after her humiliating rejection by local journalist Charles Tomaselli. Now she’s home, and it’s not long before they begin reliving past battles—and renewing old feelings. He was the reason she left. This time, will he give her a reason to stay? David seems to think so… Norah is feeling a bit unneeded these days. Her father is recovering, and her sisters are busy planning their weddings. But then a cantankerous Texan named Rowdy Cassidy crashes his small plane in Orchard Valley. The same Rowdy Cassidy who’d been Valerie’s boss…and who’d demanded Valerie marry him. Now he’s Norah’s patient, and in all her nursing experience she’s never encountered a more difficult man. Or a more irresistible one! Except…is he still in love with her sister? When Norah’s friend Sherry Waterman leaves Orchard Valley, Oregon, for Pepper, Texas, she’s definitely not in the mood for Lone Star Lovin’. But if anyone can change her mind, it’s Cody Bailman—a hardworking, good-looking rancher. Not only that, Cody has a twelve-year-old daughter who thinks Sherry’s “just perfect for Dad!”
Author : Donnie Rust
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1291382305
In a world where everyone seems to have a reason Rayne Ensley feels like she is lost until she manages to capture an elusive and ferocious vigilante on camera. Overnight she becomes an internet sensation and her world is irrefutably changed. However, while enjoying superstardom in the adult film industry and being romanced by the wealthiest of men she is also hunted by an immortal responsible for a long series of grizzly justice killings.
Author : Molly Hopkins
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0748121994
Evie Dexter is in pursuit of a career as a European tour guide. Heart set on success and buoyed on by booze, she begins 'enhancing' her CV and soon lands a job with Insignia Tours, guiding their Paris breaks. Bursting with professionalism, Evie quickly checks her copy of Vogue Paris to remind herself where France actually is. Task accomplished, she's determined to become a cultured and respected chaperone. And she would be, if only the French wine wasn't so delicious and Rob, her sexy coach driver, so deliciously distracting . . .
Author : Victoria M. Howard
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 39,87 MB
Release : 2017-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1546210857
Dancing for Dollars is a raucous, intoxicating novel about four prodigious women who originate from different backgrounds and lifestyles. As fate would have it, they meet at an upscale gentlemans club in South Florida and develop a strong friendship, peregrinating through the journey called life. Dancing for Dollars takes you into the exciting and dangerous world of exotic dancers, modeling, Hollywood, and hermaphrodites. This book is a combination of a modern day Valley Of The Dolls, Fifty Shades of Grey and Magical Mike. Florida Author Dubbed The New Jacqueline Susann BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Victoria M Howard, author of the best seller WHY WOMEN LOVE BAD BOYS has just published her 16th book titled DANCING FOR DOLLARS. It is the compelling story of four ecdysiasts that dance for dollars in a gentleman's club in the dazzling backdrop of the South Beach nightclub scene. Although the book is fiction, Ms. Howard interviewed dozens of ecdysiasts, bouncers, barmaids and patrons who visited the billion-dollar business of strip clubs---- relaying the hair-raising question of what goes on 'behind the curtains.' You'll meet 'the John's', the Junkies, the mega-rich and powerful through the eyes of the four main characters: Francesca Falconi, Mika Wu, Abella Erikkson and Abigail Jones-- each a composite of the real life dancers Ms. Howard came in contact with. After a brief career of 'Dancing for Dollars' the girls go separate ways, each becoming rich and famous. Francesca is Hollywood's new Marilyn Monroe; Abella launches a glittering New York modeling agency with her loverthe nations #1 model. Mika moves to Washington D.C. and becomes Madam and Dominatrix to the political elite, and Abigail, a hermaphrodite evades a life-threatening secret. "DANCING FOR DOLLARS" is a combination of Valley of the Dolls, Magic Mike, and Fifty Shades of Grey," says Howard. It has everything of a contemporary bestseller --- including sex, drugs, rock-n-roll, espionage and murder. Emmy Award Winning Producer Allan Jay Friedman calls it "one of Howards' best" and actor Michael Callan cited, "If I were still acting, I would ask for a role in the movie." The book is available at Author House, Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
