Is adultery truly a horrible and condemnable sin? Or is it an uncontrollable act, driven by unprovoked passion and desire that exists in two people who are naturally drawn to one another? Is the other woman really a she devil? Or could she be the woman next door, whose true love happens to be a married man? Skylar Stone explores these issues and more in her provocative novel, which may hit uncomfortably close to home for some readers.

Is a love affair a blight on a marriage? Or is it a flowering of something richer that could lead to a permanent and deeply satisfying partnership? Must we do what society tells us is right, or is the only arbiter of goodness whats deep in our hearts? Skylar Stone continues the sultry story of Bittersweet Snapshots of an Affair With a Married Manwith a sizzling new twist. This time, Bruce tells the story of his affair with Veronica and how his attempts to juggle his wife and his mistress could make him lose everything he desires! His wife makes him socially acceptable, but Veronica, his mistress, makes him alive. Tormented with guilt and grief, Bruce wrestles with his emotions and thoughts, but the pull of Veronica, his true love, is too strong. Can he be truthful to himself and to Veronica and start to plan a life with her? Is the only thing really stopping him himself and his own fears? Caught on a seesaw of needing to do what society and his wife expects and wanting to do what fills his heart, Bruce takes us deep inside his inner world of misery and passion, as he teeters on the edge of making the biggest mistake of his life. Gorgeously written in a series of breaths and then gasps, this is a seductive tale of passion, promise, and the chains we place on our hearts.

Stacey Paige is a well-known hair stylist and owner of the Prestigious Hair Salon in Beverly Hills. She believes she has it all the perfect business, car, home in Hollywood Hills, and the perfect (married) man named Tiberius "Terry" Jones. They met six months ago at a gym in Leimert Park where Terry is a fitness trainer. To Stacey, everything was going well until she discovered that the man that she cherished and loved so much was married and had been for five years. Still, she continued to see him. They agreed that as long as they are together, he would not let his wife come between them. But that was soon to change as his wife began to demand more of his attention, and Stacey began to see and hear from Terry less. Terry became obsessed and abusive toward her when things started to unravel in their love affair. Unaware of her way out, Stacey becomes reacquainted with her ex-fiancé, Derrick Reed. Will the threats from Terry scare her into going back to the abusive relationship that she endured with him, or will Stacey follow her heart and rekindle the love that she once shared with Derrick?

THIS AFFAIR IS OVER!! is a self-help guide for the woman that wants to end her relationship with a married man. However, the content is so motivating & matter-of-fact, that it should be read by any woman who wants to get out of a dead-end relationship. The book was written based upon research & interviews with 133 women nationwide. It needs to be read with a strong heart & an open mind. The book covers such topics as - How do affairs begin? How long do they usually last? How do I know if I'm wasting my time waiting for my lover to begin a life with me? What is the first thing I should do if I've decided it's time to move on? THIS AFFAIR IS OVER!! is used by therapists & counselors to help their clients gather the strength they need to end a destructive romantic relationship. The book features a 10 step plan to "Regain Control of Your Life." Order direct for BVC Publishing, P.O. Box 1819, Bristol, CT 06011-1819. 1-800-282-5474.

"A disturbing and thoughtful analysis of today's single woman's search for love".--The Washington Post.

NOW A NETFLIX SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TWO PEOPLE. ONE DAY. TWENTY YEARS. • What starts as a fleeting connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. • "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most ...emotionally riveting love stories you’ll ever encounter." —People It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. They face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Dex and Em must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself. As the years go by, the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed. "[A] surprisingly deep romance...so thoroughly satisfying." —Entertainment Weekly

“Perfect for fans of Grace Kelly, royal-watchers, and fans of biographical fiction alike."—PopSugar A Library Reads Pick and Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice! A life in snapshots… Grace knows what people see. She’s the Cinderella story. An icon of glamor and elegance frozen in dazzling Technicolor. The picture of perfection. The girl in white gloves. A woman in living color… But behind the lens, beyond the panoramic views of glistening Mediterranean azure, she knows the truth. The sacrifices it takes for an unappreciated girl from Philadelphia to defy her family and become the reigning queen of the screen. The heartbreaking reasons she trades Hollywood for a crown. The loneliness of being a princess in a fairy tale kingdom that is all too real. Hardest of all for her adoring fans and loyal subjects to comprehend, is the harsh reality that to be the most envied woman in the world does not mean she is the happiest. Starved for affection and purpose, facing a labyrinth of romantic and social expectations with more twists and turns than Monaco’s infamous winding roads, Grace must find her own way to fulfillment. But what she risks--her art, her family, her marriage—she may never get back.

"With grace, humor, and sensitivity, Diana R. Zimmerman renders a traditional Mennonite farm family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as seen through a child's eyes and spoken in the hypnotic rhythms of a young girl's voice. The spirited speaker develops a rich sense of herself and her community as she grows up in a conservative religious context where "help means spank," and female children are reared for lives of obedience, modesty, and piety. This is a remarkably immediate work of memory and imagination-authentic, fair-minded, and unsentimental- suitable for readers of all ages." -Julia Spicher Kasdorf, author of Sleeping Preacher and The Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life "Diana R. Zimmerman has written a great American memoir. I was reminded of Huck Finn and Harriet the Spy and Jo March as I chuckled and gasped and laughed out loud through this book. You will love this little Mennonite girl, and she will lead you back to your own inner child. You will also start seeing the world through her eyes. You won't want this story to end." -Shirley Hershey Showalter, author of Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World

Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back lonely from bars, parties, or blind dates, feeling bored in a relationship that is so much less than we had envisaged - these are only some of the ways in which the search for love is a difficult and often painful experience. Despite the widespread and almost collective character of these experiences, our culture insists they are the result of faulty or insufficiently mature psyches. For many, the Freudian idea that the family designs the pattern of an individual's erotic career has been the main explanation for why and how we fail to find or sustain love. Psychoanalysis and popular psychology have succeeded spectacularly in convincing us that individuals bear responsibility for the misery of their romantic and erotic lives. The purpose of this book is to change our way of thinking about what is wrong in modern relationships. The problem is not dysfunctional childhoods or insufficiently self-aware psyches, but rather the institutional forces shaping how we love. The argument of this book is that the modern romantic experience is shaped by a fundamental transformation in the ecology and architecture of romantic choice. The samples from which men and women choose a partner, the modes of evaluating prospective partners, the very importance of choice and autonomy and what people imagine to be the spectrum of their choices: all these aspects of choice have transformed the very core of the will, how we want a partner, the sense of worth bestowed by relationships, and the organization of desire. This book does to love what Marx did to commodities: it shows that it is shaped by social relations and institutions and that it circulates in a marketplace of unequal actors.