Download or read book The Daiquiri Girls written by Toni Graham and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories about four San Francisco women and their relationships with men. These four women have all had bouts of loneliness, toyed with alcohol and drugs, are haunted by memories, and have episodes of joy, whimsy and surprise. And still confront life, refusing to cave in.
Download or read book Short Story Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Girl He Used to Know written by Tracey Garvis Graves and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of On the Island, Tracey Garvis Graves, presents the compelling, hopelessly romantic novel of unconditional love. Annika Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people's behavior confusing, she'd rather be surrounded by the order and discipline of books or the quiet solitude of playing chess. Jonathan Hoffman joined the chess club and lost his first game—and his heart—to the shy and awkward, yet brilliant and beautiful Annika. He admires her ability to be true to herself, quirks and all, and accepts the challenges involved in pursuing a relationship with her. Jonathan and Annika bring out the best in each other, finding the confidence and courage within themselves to plan a future together. What follows is a tumultuous yet tender love affair that withstands everything except the unforeseen tragedy that forces them apart, shattering their connection and leaving them to navigate their lives alone. Now, a decade later, fate reunites Annika and Jonathan in Chicago. She's living the life she wanted as a librarian. He's a Wall Street whiz, recovering from a divorce and seeking a fresh start. The attraction and strong feelings they once shared are instantly rekindled, but until they confront the fears and anxieties that drove them apart, their second chance will end before it truly begins.
Download or read book Nice Girls Don t Live Forever written by Molly Harper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNEXPECTED UNDEAD BREAK-UP Nothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jameson's sexy sire Gabriel has always been unpredictable, but the seductive, anonymous notes that await him at each stop of their international vacation, coupled with his evasive behavior over the past few months, finally push Jane onto the next flight home to Half Moon Hollow -- alone, upset, and unsure whether Gabriel just ended their relationship without actually telling her. Now the children's-librarian-turned-vampire is reviving with plenty of Faux Type O, some TLC from her colorful friends and family, and her plans for a Brave New Jane. Step One: Get her newly renovated occult bookstore off the ground. Step Two: Support her best friend, Zeb, and his werewolf bride as they prepare for the impending birth of their baby...or litter. Step Three: Figure out who's been sending her threatening letters, and how her hostile pen pal is tied to Gabriel. Because for this nice girl, surviving a broken heart is suddenly becoming a matter of life and undeath....
Download or read book Don t Speak to Strange Girls written by Harry Whittington and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''Tell yourself the cold truth—she’s a tramp!'' Clay Stuart flinched. ''I guess we’ve been enemies too long to be polite to each other, Kay.'' Kay’s voice was heated. ''For years I’ve been your doormat, secretary, armor, weapon...everything you needed.'' But Kay knew that was not entirely true. Even that first time they’d gone to bed—and how many women had he had since?—he’d been a blister of hurt and rages, ready to burst, and even then she’d known he needed something more. And now he had it—in Joanne Stark, tease and tramp. And Joanne Stark was destroying him—destroying Clay Stuart, the guy who was known as Big Daddy Sex, sniffing out all the broads for miles around. ''If you ever manage to get rid of her,'' Kay said, ''you’ll never know how lucky you are.'' ''Yeah'' Clay said. ''God knows I’m lucky. I stink with luck.''
Download or read book Taste of Home Girls Night In written by Taste of Home and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s raise a glass to all the wonderful women we know — to nights spent together talking and laughing, sharing and supporting. To book clubs and red-carpet critiques, brunches and movie nights. Whenever a circle of best girlfriends gather it’s going to be a party, and Girls’ Night In is just what you need to turn your home into the memory-making source for fun you always wanted it to be. Of course, the centerpiece of any great gathering is the food! This fun and fabulous new book delivers all the recipes you need to keep guests satisfied. Small plates and appetizers, all the best cocktails and mocktails, sides to share, salads, sweet treats and party boards—this book has it all. You’ll even find complete menus for the themed parties, holidays and special occasions you and your BFFs enjoy celebrating the most! All the recipes in this fun, new collection have been carefully chosen to be low-stress, so not only can you pull off hosting with ease, but the same recipes work just as well for when simply making a meal for yourself. Call up your best girlfriends and crank the music! It’s time for a Girls’ Night In! CHAPTERS Appetizers & Small Plates Cocktails & Mocktails Boards Sides & Salads Sliders, Sandwiches & Party Subs Sweet Things What Can I Bring? Parties: New Year’s Eve Galentine’s Day Awards Show Watch Party Pizza Party Ladies’ Brunch Spring Fiesta Summer Herb Party Backyard Bonfire Party Book Club Murder Mystery Game Night Friendsgiving Wine & Tapas Totally Awesome 80s Party Let’s Paw-ty Party Inspirations
Download or read book Annie Oakley s Girl written by Rebecca Brown and published by City Lights Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the freshest, most memorable story collections of my lifetime. And 'A Good Man,' one of the most important. Rarer than the newness, the wit, the vivid readability, is the deep caring understanding, the wholeness, the truth which this astonishing, haunting writer creates her people. 'A Good Man' will be a revelation, an epiphany to many a reader."—Tillie Olsen "In Annie Oakley's Girl, people are so much larger, their motives, dreams and mysteries so much more complex than you ever imagined. Love is so much more dangerous, grief so much more powerful, hope so much more tenuous and necessary. I read everything Rebecca Brown writes, watch for her books and hunt down her short stories. She is simply one of the best contemporary lesbian writers around, and Annie Oakley's Girl is stunning."—Dorothy Allison "Brown's fourth (The Terrible Girls, 1992, etc.) mixes fantasy, conjecture, and some realism in seven stories that feature atmospheric neo-feminist allegories and fables. The two longest pieces are the most striking: "Annie" (originally published in Adam Mars-Jones's Mae West is Dead: Recent Lesbian & Gay Fiction) is about the narrator's love affair with Annie Oakley—it's part historical pastiche, part touching daydream, and part biting satire. Juxtaposing the narrator's western daydreams with grittier realism, Brown manages to force upon her narrator the kind of rude awakening best displayed by Tim O'Brien in Going after Cacciato. She also has a good deal of fun along the way: in one instance, Annie Oakley signs autographs at Saks—"the release of her authorized biography coincides with the arrival of the special line of new fall fashions—Annie Oakley Western Wear." "A Good Man" (which first appeared in Joan Nestle and Naomi Holoch's Women on Women II) is a tribute to a decent man dying of AIDS, nursed off and on by his lesbian friend; the striking "Folie a Deux" posits a couple who deliberately cripple themselves—one deaf, one blind—so that "Each of us had something the other didn't have"; and the remaining four stories, published in Britain in 1984, are dreamlike fables. In the best, "Love Poem," the narrator and "you," an artist (the second person becomes a tic in several of these), sneak into the Tate and destroy the artist's work; "The Joy of Marriage" is a touching but ideological look at a honeymoon; "Grief" is about a woman sent off by her clique to a foreign country—she never returns. Occasionally moving, the story's too obliquely personal to make enough sense to a wider audience. Imagistic, edgy fictions about postmodern longing in a world off its screws—and where sadness seems to be a woman's only fate."—Kirkus Reviews Published in 1993 by City Lights, this collection includes seven stories: "Annie," "The Joy of Marriage," "Folie a Deux," "Love Poem," "The Death of Napoleon: Its Influence on History," "A Good Man," and "Grief." Rebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including The Last Time I Saw You, The End of Youth, The Dogs, The Terrible Girls (City Lights) and The Gifts of the Body (HarperCollins).
Download or read book Jackie s Girl written by Kathy McKeon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny--and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous [former] first lady"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book The Hypothetical Girl written by Elizabeth Cohen and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love meets technology with a dash of quirk in this collection of highly original short stories An aspiring actress meets an Icelandic Yak farmer on a matchmaking Web site. An online forum for cancer support turns into a love triangle for an English professor, a Canadian fisherman, and an elementary school teacher living in Japan. A deer and a polar bear flirt via Skype. In The Hypothetical Girl a menagerie of characters graze and jockey, play and hook up in the online dating world with mixed and sometimes dark results. Flirting and communicating in chat rooms, through texts, e-mails, and IMs, they grope their way through a virtual maze of potential mates, falling in and out of what they think and hope may be true love. With levity and high style, Cohen takes her readers into a world where screen and keyboard meet the heart, with consequences that range from wonderful to weird. The Hypothetical Girl captures all the mystery, misery, and magic of the eternal search for human connection.
Download or read book The Lucky Cowboys Series written by Carolyn Brown and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolyn Brown "will keep you reading until the very last page" (Romantic Times) with her trademark sass, colorful characters, and rollicking sense of humor Now, get Carolyn Brown's "Lucky" trilogy for one low price: Lucky in Love, Getting Lucky, and One Lucky Cowboy. "This is not your mother's western romance!...Brown's plot-driven cowboy romance...will earn a spot on your keeper shelf."—The Romantic Times, 4 Stars "Carolyn Brown's cowboys always jump off the page and are beyond yummy, sexy and daring."—Fresh Fiction About the Books in This Boxed Set 1. Lucky in Love Hunky rancher Beau "Lucky" Luckadeau has always been lucky at everything—except love. Years later, he's still haunted by a steamy night with a mysterious beauty at his cousin's wedding. She disappeared before he woke up with the hangover of his life, and he's been looking for her ever since. Now Milli Torres has come to southern Oklahoma to help with the family ranch. Great God Almighty, what in the hell is she going to do if Lucky recognizes her? 2. Getting Lucky Jane Day is on the run from a her crazy ex-fiancé. In Wichita Falls, Texas, she meets Nellie Luckadeau, a spitfire of an old lady who desperately needs help on her ranch. But Nellie's gorgeous grandson "Lucky Slade" is determined not to let some con artist fleece his granny. When he can't convince Jane to leave, he pours on the charm to make her spill what she's up to. She's happy to play along, but she's not going to let this hot cowboy run her off when all she needs is a lucky break... 3. One Lucky Cowboy All Julie Donovan wants in Saint Jo, Texas, is a quiet life for her and her daughter, Annie. But when a sexy cowboy walks into her classroom with a daughter who looks like Annie's twin, suddenly the whole town is talking. Devoted single dad Griffin Luckadeau will do anything to protect his own, and he thinks Julie is scheming to steal his ranch. But when the dust settles, these two Texas hotheads may have found something worth fighting for...
Download or read book Friends Lovers Hatred written by Terrell Pierre and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is by no means meant to advocate, condone, or glorify drug abuse, nor violence towards women; but is merely meant to point out destructive behaviors, in hopes to detour such self destruction.
Download or read book The Newly Non Drinking Girl s Guide to Pregnancy written by Jackie Rose and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious-and sound-advice on surviving 40 weeks without a drop! When you find out you're pregnant, you've officially crossed the line from "Drinking for One" to "Eating for Two." Yes, the prospect of 40 long, long weeks without a single cocktail is enough to strike dread into the heart and fear into the belly of even the most moderate of drinkers. The Newly Non-Drinking Girl's Guide to Pregnancy is a hilarious and honest look at how to survive pregnancy without alcohol. From practical information on alcohol and pregnancy to fun advice on surviving birthdays, bachelorettes and barbecues sans cocktails and finding sobriety support at home, this is the perfect book for any party girl who finds herself pregnant. By including 50 fun recipes for mocktails to complete every month along the way, authors Jackie Rose and Dr. Caroline Angel give newly pregnant women insight into how to survive-if not thrive-while going the full 40 without alcohol.
Download or read book Glamour Gidgets and the Girl Next Door written by Herbie J Pilato and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door is the latest creation from entertainment biographer and pop culture consultant Herbie J Pilato. Based on exclusive celebrity interviews, this book runs the gamut of female television legends, from Donna Douglas (who played Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies) to the stars of the original Charlie’s Angels. According to Pilato, “There are so many charismatic women who have made their ‘beauty-mark’ in television. I wanted to celebrate their contributions, not only with regard to aesthetic appeal but to honor the intelligence, individual wit, and unique talent and style that each of them have contributed to television—and how that great medium in particular was utilized to introduce and showcase so many amazing and wonderful women to the world.” Suffice it to say, for exclusive and key information on TV’s top leading ladies who shattered expectations and paved the way for successive generations, this book is the number one resource and go-to guide.
Download or read book The Amazing Adventures of a Midwestern Girl written by Barbara Barton and published by Scribl. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulling a man from a burning car. Stealing an alligator's supper. Getting lost in the Pocono Mountains. These stories and more await the reader in true tales from the life of a Midwestern girl. Yarns that will touch your heart, keep you on the edge of your seat, remind you of home, and keep you laughing as you thumb through this snapshot of life in Michigan. Barton has skillfully woven stories ...
Download or read book The Heart Will Lead You Home written by Kristin Leedy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lizzie Benford's life is about to change in one really big way or another. Little does she know as she arrives home to the small southern town of Edenville, Alabama that a very important letter is waiting there to change the whole way she looks at her life. Lizzie is completely unaware that with the opening of this letter she will soon have to choose between the man she is engaged to marry in two weeks time, or the man she used to love more than life itself. Will she decide between a town and a man that have shaped the woman she has grown to be, or will she choose the man and the life that offer her a fresh start and a chance to become someone new? Payton Cartwright is Edenville's hometown hero. A football legend and every woman's deepest desire, he is deeply troubled by Lizzie's return to town. Will he be able to convince her to follow her heart and make a home here in Edenville, or is he destined to lose the woman that long ago he so deeply wounded?
Download or read book Mystery Girl A Natalia Nicolaeva Thriller Book 4 written by Kenneth Rosenberg and published by Kenneth Rosenberg. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natalia and her friends are off to Budapest for a wild weekend in celebration of her roommate's wedding engagement. Whenever Natalia Nicolaeva is involved, though, you know that trouble is going to find her and things go off the rails very quickly. Does Natalia have it in her this time to somehow set things right?
