Download or read book California Schemin written by Nicole Sconiers and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emotional drivebys and internal riots are as common as road rage in La La Land. California Schemin’: The Black Woman’s Guide To Surviving in LA is a sassy, gem of a book that explains how women can deal with these hazards without becoming dysfunctional divas! Nicole Sconiers has chronicled her turbulent journey in LA in a writing style that is Compton meets Melrose: humorous, chic and tough. With witty vignettes ranging from the art of crashing industry parties to getting bamboozled by shady agents, California Schemin’ is more than just a reference book for fly girls; it’s a must-have survival manual for everyday living.

Download or read book California Schemin written by Kate George and published by Kate George. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A California vacation sounds like a great idea to Vermonter Bree MacGowan until a dead woman falls into her life, she's abducted from her bed, and her boyfriend disappears completely. It's enough to make a girl wish she'd never heard of California. Luckily for Bree, a rugged undercover federal agent is determined to keep her from becoming a casualty in his latest case, but Bree is less than cooperative. It could be she doesn't know he's on her side, or maybe she's just plain hardheaded. Either way, it's enough to make a guy wish he'd never heard of Bree MacGowan.

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Download or read book California Schemin written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy, Bess, and George are spending a month at a fabulous California beach house where they discover illegal dumping of trash, reality-television stars next door, and a possible cult.

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Download or read book Stalk Don t Run written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy and her friends are astonished when the Casabian sisters announce that they will be filming their reality show in River Heights, a production that catapults the town into a maelstrom of midnight calls and threats by a menacing stalker.

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