Magnolia Wednesdays, by Wendy Wax

Summary: At forty-one, Vivien Armstrong Gray has spent most of her life fighting to make it in investigative journalism, only to have it crumble after a bullet lodges in her backside during an exposé. As if the humiliation of being the butt of everyone’s jokes isn’t enough, Vivi learns that she’s pregnant, jobless, and very [...]

Jackie Collins: Why Bad Girls Finish First

Jackie Collins writes about bad girls.
If you want a really great on-the-edge-of-your-seat page-turner, then yes, it takes one to know one.
Collins admits she was a wild child growing up. “I’d climb out of windows to go out and party at night.”
Those hair-raising formative years were spent in  London. But by the time she was [...]

Tome of the Mommy: Ask Yourself, “Why did I Marry Him?”

I’ve been blessed with a wonderful relationship. My husband, Martin, and I have been together for over twenty years.
I’m always amazed when unhappy couples stay in a marriage. Isn’t the  goal to be with someone who makes you happy?
Not because each party feels some obligation to stay in the marriage.
When questioned as to whether they [...]

Tome of the Mommy: “You Know I Hate to Gossip, But –”

Everyone does it, right? We diss on our best buds, tell tales out of school.
When we’re asked to keep a secret, we cross our hearts, hope to die . . .
Instead we spill our guts.
I’ve always been a social animal. In the human jungle, gossip is the best bait, a tasty fodder that shows we’re [...]

Books and Bonbons: According to Jane by Marilyn Brant

The Plot: It begins one day in sophomore English class, just as Ellie Barnett’s teacher is assigning Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”. From nowhere comes a quiet ‘tsk’ of displeasure. The target: Sam Blaine, the cute bad boy who’s teasing Ellie mercilessly, just as he has since kindergarten.
Entirely unbidden, as Jane might say, the author’s [...]

Books and Bonbons: A Hint of Wicked by Jennifer Haymore

CAUGHT BETWEEN DUTY AND DESIRE . . .
Sophie, the Duchess of Calton, has finally moved on. After seven years mourning the loss of her husband, Garrett, at Waterloo, she has married his best friend and heir, Tristan. Sophie gives herself to him body and soul. . . until the day Garrett returns from the Continent, [...]

Books and Bonbons: BODY MOVERS: 5 BODIES TO DIE FOR by Stephanie Bond

And the body count keeps rising…
Like all of Atlanta, Carlotta Wren is caught up in the terror of the Charmed Killer, whose gruesome signature is placing a charm in the mouth of each female victim.  Carlotta’s body-moving sideline gives her a front row seat to the aftermath of the murders—and to the escalating danger.
And [...]

Books and Bonbons: GOING DOWN HARD by Tawny Weber

Her satisfaction is guaranteed…
Sierra Donovan is flying high on her company’s rising success. Her bonus? Another sexy one-night-stand with cowboy Reece Carter–also known as the best sex she’s ever had. But when sick blackmail photos start to show up, fiercely self-reliant Sierra suddenly finds herself needing a 24-hour bodyguard. Who better than cowboy turned [...]

Books & Bonbons: CAST THE FIRST STONE by Rebbie MacIntyre

Using a divining rod or a crystal pendulum, dowser Trini Bates can locate the unseen: underground water, buried minerals, lost valuables.Some claim she’s a wonder worker.
Others say she’s a liar, a cheat, a fake.
Trini is neither saint nor charlatan. Recently widowed, struggling with the daily demands of living in Colorado during the Great Depression, she [...]

Books & Bonbons: WHISPER OF WARNING – Read an Excerpt!

Courtney Glass whipped into the gravel lot and cursed the man-toad who’d invited her here. This was August. Texas. It was ninety-nine degrees outside, and any halfway-sane person was holed up in an air-conditioned building right now, not parked at a deserted hike-and-bike trail, hoping to score after lunch.Did he think this was romantic? Spontaneous, [...]

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