This book was described as a romantic comedy, so I decided to read it when I needed some "brain candy." I was pleasantly surprised to find my expectations exceeded. It's the story of a plus-sized woman with a pretty face who's a confident, outgoing person -- except she flounders a little when i...
2.5 starsI could've liked this book. It had potential. Some funny moments, an interesting concept, a setting that lent itself to comedic moments but most of it just felt flat and awkward. The main characters, for being 34 were both just a bit immature and unsure of themselves. But the real reason...
Holding her gaze, he felt lust wash over him. “You’ve got plenty Blair doesn’t have.” “Like an extra hundred pounds?” She had a fantastic mouth, with full lips that were gently curved, glossy, red. If only it didn’t talk so much. “Sex appeal,” he said in a low voice. His thumb moved on its own to...
Each time he left a single message, without any other words or explanation: “I'm sorry.”For what? she wondered bitterly. For helping her fix her life? Because by the time two entire months had passed, Bonnie had never been as happy with herself and her occupation—or lack of it. For the first time...
One minute she was walking past reception, the next she was downstairs in the casino watching other people play blackjack. Before she realized what she was doing, she was caressing the felt table and praying she didn’t go over twenty-one. Ten minutes later, after losing her first fifty, she was s...
“I’m out in the side yard!” Billie shouted. About time Jane showed up to help. Just because she was contributing more money didn’t mean she couldn’t help clip the— And then she remembered. Ian was here. F-word. And that’s how she said it inside her ...
April asked herself. It was Sunday afternoon. She stood in the kitchen, staring out the window at the early evening fog shrouding San Francisco and the Golden Gate. I practically invited him to dinner. “Did you baste the birdie?” Trixie called out from the living room, where she was playing the p...