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Book Max Starr  Complete Series

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-08-02
  • ISBN : 1626030464
  • Pages : 1560 pages

Download or read book Max Starr Complete Series written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost, a psychic, and one very hunky detective, all tied up with a bit of murder and mayhem... Thirty-something, down-on-her-luck accountant Max Starr has the unfortunate gift of being psychic, a newly-discovered wrinkle in her already messed-up life. Her husband, Cameron, is dead, killed in a botched 7-11 robbery two years ago. In her grief, Max has cut herself off from friends, moved out of her San Francisco home in favor of a studio apartment, and dumped her flourishing career as a CPA to do temp work. Now Max has developed an annoying penchant for attracting the spirits of murdered women. Okay, they possess her. And to exorcize them, Max must unmask their killers. But how?! By stepping into the void their deaths created, taking their jobs, befriending the loved ones they left behind. Max goes wherever she has to go and does whatever she has to do, with a lot of help from the ghost of her late husband Cameron and hunky and very enticing Detective Witt Long. The Max Starr boxed set includes the complete series. DEAD TO THE MAX Max steps into the shoes of a murdered accountant and starts to learn that even supposedly boring accountants can have secret lives and secret desires. Max just has to hope the secrets she uncovers don’t get her killed, too. EVIL TO THE MAX Max Starr has another vision of murder, and once again she goes on the hunt for the killer herself, dragging a reluctant Witt Long with her. As she ventures into the dead woman’s life, the deeper she gets, the more she sees that everyone has something to hide. As she stirs up a hornet’s nest, Max might become the next victim. When it comes to Witt and her sexy visions about him, she suspects resistance is futile. DESPERATE TO THE MAX When phone sex operator Bethany is brutally murdered, Max is plunged into her kinky after-midnight world. Barely surviving this crash course in Phone Sex 101, Max turns to detective Witt Long for help in catching the murderer. Needing Witt for his detecting skills is one thing, but meeting his mother is scarier than facing down a cold-blooded killer. POWER TO THE MAX Lance La Russa had exotic tastes and the money to pay them. Angela Rocket, the beautiful call girl willing to fulfill his fantasies, was the last person to see him alive. To solve the crime, Max Starr must enter the world of sex for hire, to the chagrin of her ghostly late husband Cameron and boyfriend Witt Long. But the scariest thing of all? Witt’s mom Ladybird wants to help do the detecting! VENGEANCE TO THE MAX Her husband Cameron has been dead for two years, but Max Starr has never let him go. Now comes her greatest challenge. Was Cameron murdered because he stumbled onto a robbery at the wrong time in the wrong place? Or was something far more sinister going on? With Detective Witt Long’s helping hand, Max must make the terrifying trip into her worst nightmare. Can Max bury her past and learn to love again? Or will the quest for vengeance take over her soul? The Max Starr series is a contemporary paranormal romance/mystery series. REVIEWS for the Max Starr series: “This story is dark and dangerous while also being erotic and exciting. Readers will be immersed in Max’s story right from the beginning, and they will be eager to find out what turn of events her latest vision brings.” ~ Romance Junkies “This book has a wonderful flow and is an excellent mystery. Every time you think you’ve got it figured out, [Ms. Haynes] throws you another curve!” ~ Fallen Angel Reviews “Funny? Yes! Sizzling? Absolutely! However you might want to turn on the lights because, otherwise, the dark might give life to odd nightmares.” ~ Romance Reviews Today

Book Thy Neighbor s Wife

Download or read book Thy Neighbor s Wife written by Gay Talese and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The provocative classic work newly updated An intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscape When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book opened a window into a new world built on a new moral foundation, carrying the reader on a remarkable journey from the Playboy Mansion to the Supreme Court, to the backyards and bedrooms of suburbia—through the development of the porn industry, the rise of the "swinger" culture, the legal fight to define obscenity, and the daily sex lives of "ordinary" people. It is the book that forever changed the way Americans look at themselves and one another.

Book Power to the Max

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-07-30
  • ISBN : 1626030081
  • Pages : 343 pages

Download or read book Power to the Max written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost, a psychic, and one very hunky detective, all tied up with a bit of murder and mayhem... Lance La Russa had a thirst for power, exotic tastes, and the money to pay for both. Angela Rocket, the beautiful, quirky call girl willing to fulfill his every fantasy, was the last person to see him alive. And the prime suspect. To solve the crime, Max Starr must enter the world of sex for hire, much to the chagrin of her ghostly late husband Cameron and sort-of boyfriend homicide detective Witt Long. She’ll need all her psychic skills to save Angela from going to prison for a crime Max is sure she didn’t commit. Max also has a new challenge. Can she find the real murderer without being possessed by the murdered man’s spirit? And the scariest thing of all? Witt’s Mom Ladybird Long wants to help do the detecting! “Desperate to the Max” is a contemporary romance/mystery with both psychic and ghostly paranormal elements. The Max Starr series: Dead to the Max, Book 1 Evil to the Max, Book 2 Desperate to the Max, Book 3 Power to the Max, Book 4 Vengeance to the Max, Book 5 REVIEWS for the Max Starr series: “scorching sex, deep and interesting characters, and a mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end.” ~ The Road to Romance “If you like your sex scorching, your characters so real they bleed on the page, and your plots knotty, this book's for you.” ~ Sensual Romance Reviews “yet another astonishing murder mystery filled with hot sexual tension and deep emotional turmoil.” ~ Enchanted in Romance “a great detective story with everything, sex, intrigue, danger” ~ Just Erotic Romance Reviews

Book The Only One for Her

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2018-09-29
  • ISBN : 1626030189
  • Pages : 229 pages

Download or read book The Only One for Her written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two business travelers, one hot five-day liaison… he never expected to find the woman he can’t live without. Spence Benedict swore off love and relationships a long time ago. Until he meets the woman of his dreams on a business trip that turns into five days of carnal delight. Is that long enough for a playboy like Spence to fall in love? When Zoe Hudson meets a sexy stranger on a business trip, she can’t resist everything he offers. He’s seductive and attentive and caters to her every whim, giving her five days in paradise and answering the craving of her lonely heart. But paradise has to end. And once they’re back home, their real lives are about to tear them apart. Now that he’s found the woman he wants to give himself to body and soul, how can Spence make sure he’s the only one for her? “This is the kind of story you'll get so lost in, you'll totally forget about your life.” “Loved the depth of emotions!” Previously published as “The Other Man”

Book The Jackson Brothers  3 book Bundle

Download or read book The Jackson Brothers 3 book Bundle written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jasmine Haynes comes a heart-wrenching family saga, The Jackson Brothers, now in a 3-book bundle including Somebody’s Lover, Somebody’s Ex, and Somebody’s Wife. A family torn apart by tragedy... Three years ago, Lou Jackson, the eldest, died in a work accident. And nothing has been the same since for the Jackson family. They lost their heart and soul the day Lou died, even as matriarch Evelyn tries to keep them together. But things are changing and the family will either find their way back to each other. Or they’ll be torn asunder. SOMEBODY’S LOVER Widowed three years ago and the mother of two, Taylor feels that life as a woman is passing her by. She longs to be somebody’s secret lover. To Jace, Taylor was his brother’s wife, untouchable yet irresistible, but when he discovers her fantasies, Jace swears he’ll be the one to make them reality. Can his family ever accept another man in Taylor’s life, let alone the black sheep of the family? SOMEBODY’S EX Randi is tired of being somebody’s ex, ex-girlfriend, ex-lover, or ex-wife. If she could just fall in love with a nice guy. David Jackson has lived under the crushing weight of responsibility since his brother’s death three years ago. And while Randi is too sexy to resist, the last thing he needs is a relationship. Can they each forgive their own past mistakes in order to take the leap of faith that love demands? SOMEBODY’S WIFE Once the woman with the smartest kids, the happiest home, and the best marriage, now Connie is just somebody’s wife whose husband is cheating on her. There’s only one thing to do. Connie’s going to have to seduce her husband back into her bed. But is Mitch really cheating on her? Or is something far worse threatening their marriage? “The Jackson Brothers” is a contemporary romance of approximately 100,000 words and contains super sexy material. These stories were previously published in 2006 in the anthology “Somebody’s Lover” by Jasmine Haynes. The book contains the following bonus material: Excerpts from “Dead to the Max,” “Revenge,” and “She’s Gotta Be Mine.” REVIEWS FOR JASMINE HAYNES NOVELS A Romance Writers of America 2007 Rita Finalist! “An erotic, emotional adventure of discovery you don’t want to miss.” Lora Leigh, New York Times bestselling author “Super sexy...” Bella Andre, author of The Sullivans series “SOMEBODY'S LOVER will make you laugh, cry, sigh, and sweat. ... The characters are real and the heat is off the charts.” Romance Reviews Today “I dare readers not to fall in love with this family, especially the [Jackson heroes] and the ladies who love them. This is one of the author’s best works to date.” Road to Romance “There should be a warning on this book that says “Too Hot to Handle”! Turn up your air conditioning, grab a cup of something ice cold and get ready to read one sexy book.” Romance Reader at Heart

Book Desperate to the Max

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-07-29
  • ISBN : 1626030073
  • Pages : 303 pages

Download or read book Desperate to the Max written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost, a psychic, and one very hunky detective, all tied up with a bit of murder and mayhem... By day, poor pitiful Bethany Spring runs a courier service for housebound people; by night, she becomes the seductive Helenon the other end of the phone line and men will pay anything to talk to her. When Bethany is murdered, the brutal slaying plunges Max Starr into the woman’s kinky after-midnight world. Barely surviving this crash course in Phone Sex 101, Max turns once again to her late husband Cameron and hunky Detective Witt Long to help her crack the case. Needing Witt for his detecting skills is one thing, but meeting his mother is scarier than facing down a cold-blooded killer. What commitment is the irresistible detective going to extract from her next? Max almost prefers being possessed by a spirit. “Desperate To The Max” is a contemporary romance/mystery with both psychic and ghostly paranormal elements. The Max Starr series: Dead to the Max, Book 1 Evil to the Max, Book 2 Desperate to the Max, Book 3 Power to the Max, Book 4 Vengeance to the Max, Book 5 REVIEWS for the Max Starr series: “AND OMG ... The sexual build up between the first two books finally comes to a pinnacle head in this story in a way that had me panting and overheating! ... another keeper from JB Skully that has me ready to camp on her e-mail begging for more!” ~ Just Erotic Romance Reviews RTR Reviewers Choice Award! “I am desperately waiting on pins and needles to see what happens next in the lives of Max Starr and DeWitt Quentin Long. The next book in this series can’t come soon enough for me!” ~ The Road to Romance “The passion, the pain, all of the emotions a love story is supposed to have is all wrapped up in this book. Add to that, mystery and murder... in a word, perfect.” ~The Romance Studio “I stayed up until 4 a.m. reading this, and you'll find it impossible to put down.” ~ Sensual Romance Reviews

Book One Crazy Fling

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Skully
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2020-01-23
  • ISBN : 162603074X
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book One Crazy Fling written by Jennifer Skully and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Skully has a talent for smooth dialogue, fun, sexy characters and delightful humor.” ~ Romantic Times It’s France. It’s summertime. It’s an amazing chateau in the countryside. And it’s a hen party for three brides. The girls are in France to pick up a hen for a lovelorn peacock living in the Hideaway Creek Cemetery, and to celebrate their upcoming weddings, which are all to take place on the same day. BeeBee Barton is the only unattached member of the wedding entourage, and Grandma Blue decides to do a little matchmaking for her with the sexy Frenchman who almost runs BeeBee down with his tractor. What could be more perfect than one crazy fling with a handsome Frenchman? Unless it’s the sexy single dad back home in Hideaway Creek. “Witty dialog, romance, quirky and endearing characters.” 5 star review, Mystery of Love Series “The perfect romance to keep you engrossed and riveted!!!!!” 5 star review, Mystery of Love Series

Book Be My Other Valentine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Skully
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-07-30
  • ISBN : 1626030448
  • Pages : 47 pages

Download or read book Be My Other Valentine written by Jennifer Skully and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NY Timesand USA Todaybestselling authorJennifer Skully, a very special Valentine’s story… Five years ago, Grace was given a sacred duty by a woman dying of cancer: Every Valentine's Day, Grace must deliver a special cake to a girl named Valentine, addressed from the girl's mother in heaven. But this year, Grace's van gives up the ghost before she delivers her cargo. His daughter Valentine is all Brian has left of his wife, but he's forgotten the cake Valentine receives every year, and they've moved to a new house with no way to contact the baker who follows his wife's wishes. In their quest to fulfill a dying woman's last request, can Grace and Brian find their own Valentine? “Be My Other Valentine” is a contemporary romance of approximately 10,000 words. Also published in the 2013 anthology “Love, Valentine Style.” The book contains the following bonus material: Excerpt from “She’s Gotta Be Mine.” PRAISE FOR JENNIFER SKULLY NOVELS “Here's something you need to know about Jennifer Skully/Jasmine Haynes. She can really write - no matter which genre she chooses.” The Book Sage “Skully's novel is a triumph. It's fabulously funny, with top-notch dialogue, terrific pacing and witty compelling characters.” Romantic Times Huntress Reviews: “A witty novel that will keep you engrossed until the very end!” Huntress Reviews “An absolute delight.” Road to Romance Reviews “Jennifer Skully combines humor, mystery, hot sex, fascinating characters, and annoying relatives into one winning book.” Romance Reviews Today.

Book Pleasing Mr  Sutton

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2018-10-01
  • ISBN : 1626030413
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Pleasing Mr Sutton written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Sutton has only one rule: She will do everything he tells her to exactly when he demands it. Chairman of the board Rance Sutton is looking for a new playmate he can train to do things his wicked way. And the perfect playmate is standing right on the other side of his desk. Miss Dawson, the chairman’s assistant, wants to get personal—intimately personal. What better way than becoming his new submissive? After all, Monica already does everything his way. So what’s a little naughty discipline if the payoff is Mr. Sutton in her bed? And that’s all she’s dreamed about for five years, since the day he hired her. Pleasing Mr. Sutton in the boardroom and the bedroom isn’t going to be enough for Monica. Not when she starts craving something permanent. But how long will it be before the chairman needs to train another newbie and Monica once again becomes just his secretary? “Jasmine Haynes is a sure thing in my book!”

Book Show Me How to Love You

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-08-20
  • ISBN : 1626030669
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book Show Me How to Love You written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From the hopeful opening lines to the heartfelt final lines, Show Me How to Love You satisfies on every level…” 5-star Reader Review A divorced man, a widowed woman. They aren’t looking for love. But that’s exactly when love comes knocking. Neal Thomas walked out on his cheating wife, and he’s not looking for a replacement. Until an encounter on a long-distance flight with an enchanting woman leaves him rethinking his empty bed. Suddenly he can’t stop looking… and wanting. Ella Hammond nursed her husband of thirty years through a debilitating illness. Now, after a year of grieving his loss, life is all about her kids, her grandkids, and caring for her elderly mother. Yet there’s a lonely piece of her heart that wonders if romance has to end now that she’s widowed and over fifty. In a fateful meeting with Neal on a plane, Ella embarks on a sensual journey she never thought possible. But Neal has appetites Ella’s not sure she can satisfy. How far does Neal want to take her? How far is Ella willing to go? Worse, how will Neal’s horrid ex try to sabotage their budding relationship? Can two people who have loved and lost find a second chance? “Yet another flawless read, an attraction that pulled at my heart strings.” Show Me How to Love You is a standalone contemporary second chance romance, but if you'd like to learn more about Neal (and his marriage to that horrid, cheating ex-wife!), try the prequel Show Me How to Leave You.

Book Vengeance to the Max

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-07-29
  • ISBN : 162603009X
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Vengeance to the Max written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every ghostly possession leads Max Starr closer to finding out the truth behind why Cameron died... Her husband Cameron has been dead for two years, but Max Starr has never let him go. Now comes her greatest challenge. Was Cameron murdered because he stumbled onto a robbery at the wrong time in the wrong place? Or was something far more sinister going on? With sexy Detective Witt Long’s helping hand, Max must make the terrifying trip into her worst nightmare. Can Max bury her past and learn to love again? Or will the quest for vengeance take over her soul? Vengeance to the Maxis a contemporary erotic romance/mystery with both psychic and ghostly paranormal elements. The Max Starr series: Dead to the Max, Book 1 Evil to the Max, Book 2 Desperate to the Max, Book 3 Power to the Max, Book 4 Vengeance to the Max, Book 5 REVIEWS for the Max Starr series: “If you haven’t read any of the Max Starr series, I have to say RUN!!! Get them now. Each one is outstanding, and each is better than the last.” ~ Tracey, a reader “This story is dark and dangerous while also being erotic and exciting. Readers will be immersed in Max’s story right from the beginning, and they will be eager to find out what turn of events her latest vision brings.” ~ Romance Junkies “Of all the [Max] books, this is the best book she has written yet.” ~ Enchanted in Romance “This book has a wonderful flow and is an excellent mystery. Every time you think you’ve got it figured out, [Ms. Haynes]throws you another curve!” ~ Fallen Angel Reviews “Funny? Yes! Sizzling? Absolutely! However you might want to turn on the lights because, otherwise, the dark might give life to odd nightmares.” ~ Romance Reviews Today

Book Take Your Pleasure and Take Your Pick Duo

Download or read book Take Your Pleasure and Take Your Pick Duo written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two super sexy tales from NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jasmine Haynes TAKE YOUR PLEASURE A naughty little story with a bit of bondage and a very good spanking! When Natalie Beaumonde catches her boyfriend with another woman, her boss Lincoln Masters hatches a plan to help her show her wandering man the error of his ways. Being a Master himself, Lincoln’s the perfect dom to help Natalie execute the punishment. But Lincoln has an agenda of his own for Natalie. TAKE YOUR PICK Two enticing men, one very big choice... When Grant decides he wants Rena exclusively, he forces a decision on her: him or Karl. It’s Karl who comes up with the perfect test for choosing between them, make love with them both at the same time and see who does the best job. But how can Rena choose between these two perfect men when they both give her different things she craves with equal passion? From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author, these stories are standalone sexy contemporary romances. REVIEWS A Night Owl Reviews Top Pick!! “For every woman who has ever had fantasies about her male boss, this is the book for you… Hot, naughty and enjoyable…” ~ Just Erotic Romance Reviews “What follows is some steamy, hot, down and dirty kinky sex!!!! ... You won’t be disappointed.” ~ Night Owl Reviews “So if you’re looking for a book that’s sizzling hot and has plenty of emotion, this book is for you!” ~ Dark Divas Reviews

Book A Very Naughty Christmas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2018-09-18
  • ISBN : 1626030618
  • Pages : 99 pages

Download or read book A Very Naughty Christmas written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who wants to be nice for Christmas? It’s so much better to be naughty. In “Any Way She Wants It,” David and Tricia finally found each other again after more than twenty years. Now they’re in love, they’re euphoric, and they can’t get enough of each other. Finally they’re about to get their happily ever after. And what they want is a very naughty Christmas together. Instead they’re flying out for the first family Christmas where Tricia is the new woman in David’s life, just a year after his wife’s death. His college-age kids will be there and his parents, and worse, his sister Judy, who was once Tricia’s best friend until Judy betrayed her. Tricia and David’s past is coming back to haunt them. If you think families can’t ruin a perfect relationship, think again. The fight to stay together is about to begin. “Naughty as in smokin' hot sexy!” “Heartwarming. Toe tingling.”

Book Revenge

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2018-09-12
  • ISBN : 1626030219
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book Revenge written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All-business Jessica Murphy has a bad case of the hots for her sexy boss. To CFO Clay Blackwell, his gorgeous accounting manager is undeniably off limits. But as their passion heats up, they’re about to break all the rules. Tough but fair, Clay Blackwell never acts on impulse, especially not with a woman who works for him. Not even if there are a few cracks in his home life. After all, he has rules to live by. By night, Jessica Murphy lets her fantasies about her impossibly tempting boss run wild. By day, she’s the consummate professional, always playing by the rules. Rule #1: Don’t sleep with your boss. Rule #2: Don’t seduce a coworker. Rule #3: Never poach on another woman’s territory. And Clay’s live-in girlfriend just happens to work at the same company. But the rules no longer apply the night Jessica works late and catches Clay’s girlfriend getting wild with a coworker right on Clay’s desk. Now it’s time to throw out the employee handbook and save her boss from his heartless lover. Because there’s always Rule #4: Never let a good man be ruined by an undeserving woman. “Had me hooked from the very first page!” “Simply delicious!”

Book Her Neighbor s Wife

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lauren Jae Gutterman
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2019-10-04
  • ISBN : 0812296575
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Her Neighbor s Wife written by Lauren Jae Gutterman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, Barbara Kalish fit the stereotype of a 1950s wife and mother. Married at eighteen, Barbara lived with her husband and two daughters in a California suburb, where she was president of the Parent-Teacher Association. At a PTA training conference in San Francisco, Barbara met Pearl, another PTA president who also had two children and happened to live only a few blocks away from her. To Barbara, Pearl was "the most gorgeous woman in the world," and the two began an affair that lasted over a decade. Through interviews, diaries, memoirs, and letters, Her Neighbor's Wife traces the stories of hundreds of women, like Barbara Kalish, who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in the postwar United States. In doing so, Lauren Jae Gutterman draws our attention away from the postwar landscape of urban gay bars and into the homes of married women, who tended to engage in affairs with wives and mothers they met in the context of their daily lives: through work, at church, or in their neighborhoods. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the lesbian feminist movement and the no-fault divorce revolution transformed the lives of wives who desired women. Women could now choose to divorce their husbands in order to lead openly lesbian or bisexual lives; increasingly, however, these women were confronted by hostile state discrimination, typically in legal battles over child custody. Well into the 1980s, many women remained ambivalent about divorce and resistant to labeling themselves as lesbian, therefore complicating a simple interpretation of their lives and relationship choices. By revealing the extent to which marriage has historically permitted space for wives' relationships with other women, Her Neighbor's Wife calls into question the presumed straightness of traditional American marriage.

Book Past Midnight

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-10-16
  • ISBN : 1626030693
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book Past Midnight written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A marriage teetering on the edge after a senseless tragedy. Can two broken people ever find their way back to each other? Some things can only take place…Past Midnight Erin and Dominic DeKnight had the perfect life, a solid marriage, and DeKnight Gauges, the successful manufacturing company they ran together. Until tragedy struck. In shock and pain, the DeKnights are now fractured, going through the motions. The only time they reach for each other is after midnight. When the lights are out and neither of them can sleep, wordlessly they assuage the pain of their terrible loss in physical release, while emotionally, they’re further apart than ever. Yet Dominic isn’t willing to let go. In order to save their marriage, he plans to exploit the only connection they have, raising the sexual stakes, forcing Erin to interact with him again…and not only past the midnight hour. Will his plan breach the gulf between them? Or will they lose each other forever? “Amazing.” Five-star Reader Review “So sexy, honest and raw it was beautiful.” Five-star Reader Review Previously published in 2011

Book Dead to the Max

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jasmine Haynes
  • Publisher : Redwood Valley Publishing LLC
  • Release : 2019-07-29
  • ISBN : 1626030057
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Dead to the Max written by Jasmine Haynes and published by Redwood Valley Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost, a psychic, and one very hunky detective, all tied up with a bit of murder and mayhem... Thirty-something, down-on-her-luck accountant Max Starr has the unfortunate gift of being psychic, a newly-discovered wrinkle in her already messed-up life. Her husband, Cameron, is dead, killed in a botched 7-11 robbery two years ago. She’s cut herself off from friends, moved out of her San Francisco home in favor of a studio apartment, and dumped her flourishing career as a CPA to do temp work. And now Max has developed an annoying penchant for attracting the spirits of murdered women. Okay, they possess her. And to exorcize them, Max must unmask their killers. But how?! By stepping into the void their deaths created, taking their jobs, befriending the loved ones they left behind. Max goes wherever she has to go and does whatever she has to do, with a lot of help from the ghost of her late husband Cameron and hunky and very enticing Detective Witt Long. Now Max must step into the shoes of a murdered accountant and starts to learn that even supposedly boring accountants can have secret lives and secret desires. Max just has to hope the secrets she uncovers don’t get her killed, too. “Dead to the Max” is Book 1 in the contemporary paranormal romance/mystery Max Starr series. The Max Starr series: Dead to the Max, Book 1 Evil to the Max, Book 2 Desperate to the Max, Book 3 Power to the Max, Book 4 Vengeance to the Max, Book 5 REVIEWS for the Max Starr series: “4 Hearts! Dead to the Max is funny and sad all at once ... it is a true murder mystery; it keeps you guessing until the very end.” ~ The Romance Studio RTR Reviewers Choice Award! “Intense emotions, high-voltage drama and adventure along with delicious sex scenes.” ~ The Road to Romance “This book will put you through the wringer.” ~ Sensual Romance Reviews “4 1/2 Flames. DEAD TO THE MAX is a striking read ... I’m very anxious to get my hands on Book 2.” ~ Sizzling Romance Reviews