Download or read book The Diva s Bodyguard written by Penelope Spark and published by NCP. This book was released on with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning: Maggie Hammer has some issues. She also has talent. Fierce talent. And she knows it. All she's ever wanted was to be a star, and she's not going to let anyone or anything get in her way--not even love. But a fan wants her dead. At least, that's what the creepy letters say. So, she hires big, strapping Dane Longley to protect her. But there's more to Army veteran Dane than meets the eye. Maybe Maggie's heart isn't so hardened after all. Maybe her issues can be resolved. Maybe love is possible, even for her. This is a clean, standalone romance. Download it today! (rock star romance, veteran romance, military romance, PTSD romance)
Download or read book Divas written by Rebecca Chance and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning good looks, a gorgeous fiancé, a bottomless trust fund, London's leading It Girl, Lola Fitzsimmons, leads a charmed life, a pampered princess whose rich father funds her every whim. Evie on the other hand has had to work her own way up life's greasy pole - literally! But, having hooked herself an indulgent sugar daddy, Evie has been able to give up her pole-dancing career, abandoning New York's seedy strip bars for a luxury Manhattan penthouse. Both Lola and Evie are about to meet their nemesis. Overnight, Lola's credit cards are refused, her fiance disappears and she finds herself locked out of her own Chelsea mews house. That same day, Evie is abruptly thrown out onto the streets. One woman lies behind their misfortune. With Lola's father lying helpless in a coma, her icy stepmother has seized control of the purse strings - and cut off her spoiled stepdaughter without a penny. The same stepmother who happens to be married to Evie's sugar daddy. Although the two girls loathe one another on sight, Lola and Evie must team up if they are to defeat their common enemy: the Ice Queen herself. Let battle commence.
Download or read book 30 Years of WrestleMania written by Brian Shields and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate 30 Years of WrestleMania with this comprehensive look back at the biggest annual event in sports-entertainment! 30 Years of WrestleMania provides in-depth coverage of WWE's WrestleMania from its inception to the current day. Relive each exciting match with detailed information, exclusive interviews, never-before-seen shots, and much more! *Stunning Visuals *In-depth Discussion of each WrestleMania Event *Exclusive Interviews with Superstars, Divas, and More *Behind the Scenes Look at these Historic Matches
Download or read book Dance Divas Two to Tango written by Sheryl Berk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Toni decides to shake things up for an upcoming round of dance competitions. She wants to see Liberty and Rochelle perform duets--with the same boy! The girls must dance with Hayden, one of the cutest twelve-year-old boys in town. But things take a dramatic leap when both girls develop their first crushes. Now they aren't just dancing for first place . . . but to win Hayden's heart.
Download or read book Divas on Screen written by Mia Mask and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful study places African American women's stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Halle Berry. Interpreting each woman's celebrity as predicated on a brand of charismatic authority, Mia Mask shows how these female stars have ultimately complicated the conventional discursive practices through which blackness and womanhood have been represented in commercial cinema, independent film, and network television. Mask examines the function of these stars in seminal yet underanalyzed films. She considers Dandridge's status as a sexual commodity in films such as Tamango, revealing the contradictory discourses regarding race and sexuality in segregation-era American culture. Grier's feminist-camp performances in sexploitation pictures Women in Cages and The Big Doll House and her subsequent blaxploitation vehicles Coffy and Foxy Brown highlight a similar tension between representing African American women as both objectified stereotypes and powerful, self-defining icons. Mask reads Goldberg's transforming habits in Sister Act and The Associate as representative of her unruly comedic routines, while Winfrey's daily television performance as self-made, self-help guru echoes Horatio Alger narratives of success. Finally, Mask analyzes Berry's meteoric success by acknowledging the ways in which Dandridge's career made Berry's possible.
Download or read book Dixie Divas written by Virginia Brown and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You found my philandering ex-husband?" Bitty asked. "Where? Mexico? Paris? In Tupelo with a cocktail waitress?" "In your closet," I answered. "Dead." Break out the hoop skirts and the zinfandel. The Divas are on the case. Wine. Chocolate. Transvestite strippers. Just another good-time get-together for the Dixie Divas of historic Holly Springs, Mississippi, where moonlight and magnolias mingle with delicious small-town scandal. But Eureka "Trinket" Truevine, the newest Diva, gets more than she bargained for when she finds her best Diva girlfriend Bitty Hollandale's ex-husband in Bitty's hall closet. He's dead. Very dead. Now Trinket and the Divas have to help Bitty finger the murderer and clear her name. Virginia Brown is the nationally acclaimed, award-winning author of fifty novels.
Download or read book Destiny s Divas written by Victoria Christopher Murray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets, scandal, and sin abound in the private lives of popular gospel group Destiny’s Divas in this page-turning novel by the Essence bestselling author of The Personal Librarian and A Sin and a Shame. Sierra, Raine, and Liza are Destiny’s Divas, a fresh, new gospel group whose unique blend of singing and testifying has gained them fans across the country. They tell the world about how good God has been to them, but off-stage, each is living a life totally opposite to what she preaches—and each is harboring a secret that could ruin them all. Twenty-something Sierra Dixon speaks about the joy of being single and celibate, though she is anything but, drifting from one relationship to another. Although she stresses the importance of unconditional love within the family, Raine Omari has hit her breaking point with her mother-in-law and is ready to take drastic steps. And when Liza Washington discovers that her pastor-husband is in the middle of a scandal that could bring down more than just their ministry, she knows she must do something to stop him. One fateful evening their secrets are exposed, and one diva commits an act that could land her in prison for the rest of her life. Each has motive—who will crack?
Download or read book Battle Divas Volume 3 written by Kouka Kishine and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardly any time has passed since the battle against Eshantel, and King Alnoa’s plan to seal the Demon King away once more is coming along perfectly. That is, until he receives an unexpected visitor named Luna, who is a Diva, a princess of Distania...and also Al’s former bride-to-be! With her arrival, the Divas break out into an all-out battle for the young king’s hand in marriage!
Download or read book Drugs Thugs and Divas written by O. Hugo Benavides and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soap opera speaks a universal language, presenting characters and plots that resonate far beyond the culture that creates them. Latin American soap operas—telenovelas—have found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-dramas have become highly popular among Latinos in the United States. In this first comprehensive analysis of telenovelas and narco-dramas, Hugo Benavides assesses the dynamic role of melodrama in creating meaningful cultural images to explain why these genres have become so successful while more elite cultural productions are declining in popularity. Benavides offers close readings of the Colombian telenovelas Betty la fea (along with its Mexican and U.S. reincarnations La fea más bella and Ugly Betty), Adrián está de visita, and Pasión de gavilanes; the Brazilian historical telenovela Xica; and a variety of Mexican narco-drama films. Situating these melodramas within concrete historical developments in Latin America, he shows how telenovelas and narco-dramas serve to unite peoples of various countries and provide a voice of rebellion against often-oppressive governmental systems. Indeed, Benavides concludes that as one of the most effective and lucrative industries in Latin America, telenovelas and narco-dramas play a key role in the ongoing reconfiguration of social identities and popular culture.
Download or read book Bedding The Bodyguard written by Virna DePaul and published by Virna De Paul. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood actress Kat Bailey is on track to win an Oscar, but in the past year she’s been embroiled in a nude photo scandal, threatened by a fan of her cheating ex, and run off the road in what could have been a deliberate act. Now she’s renting a cabin in Lake Tahoe, considering the pros of leaving acting—including living a normal life for a change. Bodyguard Luke Indigo initially turned down protecting Kat because he worried his intense attraction to her could compromise the job. But when he learns Kat has gone into hiding, Luke’s sense of duty has him following her to Tahoe. Once there, he pretends to be a vacationing neighbor in order to stay close and protect her. As they spend time together, Luke learns Kat’s charm is more than skin deep. She’s smart. She’s kind. And she's oh so sexy. Kat’s intrigued by the steely-eyed man who exudes danger but touches her so tenderly. Even better, he seems to have no idea who she is, making her think she’s finally found a man who wants her for herself rather than her fame. However, when Kat learns Luke is the same bodyguard her manager tried to hire to protect her, she fears ambition not love has been his agenda all along. Can Luke convince Kat that he'd protect her no matter whether he's hired to or not....and can he convince her that he wants her: body, heart, and soul?
Download or read book The Texas Bodyguard s Proposal written by Karen Rose Smith and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot as a Texas summer one minute, vulnerable, sweet and down-to-earth the next, all supermodel Gabriella McCord needed right now was a little space after a scorching breakup. It was bodyguard Rafe Balthazar's job to provide just that during her assignment in Dallas. But peace and quiet weren't in the cards…because no one got her pulse racing quite like Rafe. In Gabby, Rafe discovered a woman as multifaceted as the diamonds she'd been hired to promote. But this former Secret Service agent didn't like mixing business and pleasure, especially with paparazzi tracking their every move. What would it take for him to let down his guard and let Gabby into his heart?
Download or read book Hollywood Divas Indie Queens and TV Heroines written by Susanne Kord and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood Divas, Indie Queens, and TV Heroines offers an entertaining and critical look at the representation of women in recent movies. Written in a refreshingly accessible style, the book analyzes over thirty box-office hits. The authors explore the screen personae of top stars such as Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, and Renée Zellweger, as well as independent movie queens like Parker Posey and TV heroines like Sarah Michelle Gellar of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A must-read book for all film buffs who are tired of the mixed gender messages of mainstream culture.
Download or read book How to Become a Bodyguard for Celine Dion s Larynx written by Kathleen Gerard and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder how contemporary singing divas protect their voice boxes? Well, wonder no more! In the satirical short story, "How to Become a Bodyguard for Celine Dion's Larynx" by Kathleen Gerard, an over-achieving nine-year-old unknowingly embarks on an unlikely career path en route to working for Celine Dion, the popular singing sensation. You'll laugh and you'll cry as the narrator of the story, a gifted child with a MENSA I.Q., navigates through a journey of a lifetime. This short story is a clever, comedic read for adults and teenagers, who just might learn a thing or two about how the heartbreak of youth can become a gateway into living an unimaginable future!
Download or read book Street Divas written by De'nesha Diamond and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On these Dirty South streets, revenge is a sweet opportunity. Now the women who help rule the hood are out to take ultimate control. Merciless lieutenant Lucifer drops as many bodies as she can to avenge a devastating shooting and consolidate power. Loyal gang member Essence discovers friendship has lethal limits when she falls for her best friend's man. Ambitious Yolanda is angling hard to go from a king hustler's baby mama to his one and only. But Queen G LeShelle will betray any trust make the game hers alone. It's a war only the most deadly diva will survive....
Download or read book Queen Divas written by De'nesha Diamond and published by Dafina. This book was released on 2016 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's scorched-earth, all-or-nothing war for Memphis' most merciless ride-or-die women, and even their survival skills are no guarantee. Once alliances splinter and explosive revelations rip apart their empire, one diva's revenge will become the ultimate deadly reign. Between total gang exterminations and brutal collateral damage, the stakes have never been higher for the women of the Dirty South.
Download or read book We Gotta Get Out of This Place written by Gerri Hirshey and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Called "a kind of female Cameron Crowe" by the "Chicago Tribune, " Hirshey's narrative is based on original interviews, as she serves up a tasty platter of girl groups and soul queens, acoustic goddesses and priestesses of the avant-garde, punk grrrls, glamazons, and innovators of hip-hop and neo-soul. Photos.
Download or read book Divas and Dead Rebels written by Virginia Brown and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling DIXIE DIVAS mystery series continues! Trinket and her pals are, once again, caught in the middle of a murder scene... "Professor Sturgis is dead." "Hah!" replied my cousin/best friend/partner in mayhem. "I'm not that lucky." "It's true," I said as I pointed to her son's dorm room closet. "Look for yourself. But I warn you--it's not a pretty sight." My warning did not deter Bitty Hollandale from peering into the closet where the dead professor was propped against a shoe rack. She immediately recoiled. "Good lord! I thought you were joking . . . it . . . how horrible!" I didn't say "I told you so" although I could have. I was still too rattled myself to take a verbal swing at Bitty. What I'd thought was an untidy pile of clothing tumbling out of the closet turned out to be a professor with whom Bitty had just quarreled that very morning. This was not a good thing. Virginia Brown is the author of The Dixie Divas Mysteries, The Blue Suede Memphis Mysteries, and a mystery/drama, Dark River Road. As a long-time resident of Mississippi, award-winning author Virginia Brown has lived in several different areas of the state, and finds the history, romance, and intrigue of the Deep South irresistible. Although having spent her childhood as a "military brat" living all over the US, and overseas, this author of nearly fifty novels is now happily settled in and drawing her favorite fictional characters from the wonderful, whimsical Southerners she has known and loved.
