55-year-old divorcee Senator with three kids and a no-good-cheatin' ex meets 35-year-old architect who's never known love. You now have all the information you will ever get about the personalities and characters of these women. Oh, except they like Chinese food and one of them used to have a cat. It's rare to find a … Continue reading By Design by J.A. Armstrong
Tag: politics
The Red Files by Lee Winter
After my wild enthusiasm for Lee Winter's The Brutal Truth, I decided to give another of her books a go. Big mistake! Or rather, big insight into how many attempts at the same plot and characters it takes before you hit the version that works. The similarities between The Red Files and the Brutal Truth … Continue reading The Red Files by Lee Winter
The Big Sugarbush by Ana B. Good
In which an eclectic range of privileged women descend on a snowed-in house in the middle of Vermont and spend many weeks together in Lesbian Rehab. Hilarious, brilliant and actually quite clever. One by one, the extraordinary characters arrive - some willingly. All need to make it to the end of rehab or face prison, … Continue reading The Big Sugarbush by Ana B. Good
Dust by Ann McMan
Political investigator (Woman A) is hired to check out a squeaky clean senator - is he actually a murderer with dastardly political ambition? Falling for the senator's estranged wife is naturally going to cause upset, rage, attempted murder, etc but who can stop the dumb ol' path of true love with such pesky minor concerns … Continue reading Dust by Ann McMan
Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes
Plot: our heroine is a US Army surgeon deployed to Afghanistan and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy is in place. She's got the major hots for her boss, and is in a long term relationship back home. Imagine a few scenarios where Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be particularly bad, and you get the … Continue reading Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes