Shauna Stellar, nee Chantel Evans, reigning R&B princess has hit rock bottom. After a public breakdown on the day she buried her mother, she was dropped by her record label and her accountant and lawyer ran off with her money. All she has left is her manager, the recording studio her mom left her, and the last artist her mom signed to produce: a country music group fronted by Truman Woodley. After ten long years trying to make it in the music business, Truman thought […]
Winning the lottery of love
Kiersten Archer is fed up with her boss, billionaire Cole Harrington. Like all billionaire CEOs, he’s rude, thoughtless, hard-working, and extremely hot (which a billionaire ought to be if at all possible). So when Kiersten and her girlfriends hit the lottery, she doesn’t quit her day job right away. She decides to have a little fun and make him fire her. Cole is confused about why his enormously competent assistant is now talking back and making silly mistakes. When he happens into the office Google […]
Kid-friendly take on DC’s finest
I enjoy the DC Super Hero Girls series. It’s a fun entry point for younger readers ready to move up to chapter books, populated with friendly versions of popular superhero characters. My daughter (8) is not really a reader, but she gets very excited about these books. The bad guys aren’t terribly scary, which works well for my sensitive kiddo. The gang takes a field trip to the Jurassic period to learn about dinosaurs. The kids get the full dinosaurs experience: chased by a Tyrannosaurus […]
In which ants feature prominently in the romance
Hudson Carlyle revels in his reputation as a charming playboy. He’s wealthy, he’s good-looking, and women come easily to him. So, like all good romance heroes, he fixates on the one woman who won’t give him the time of day. Felicia Hartigan has no time or patience for Hudson’s antics: her lifelong crush just broke up with his fiancee and she has the chance to make him see her as more than his friend’s kid sister. Hudson hits upon that classic scheme of offering to […]