Alisha Olivia, Lennox

Alisha Olivia, Lennox
Author: Jessica Caryn
Publisher: Tainted Sweetheart
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Lennox, Cincinnati #5 Alisha Olivia Lawrence spent years building a career to have it end in minutes. She was drowning her sorrows when Parker Halston walked in the Gold Strand Hotel. They were introduced at the Brass Key awhile back, now, whenever their paths cross something happens. Parker was charming and successful. It was only infatuation, but Alisha wanted to put her desires first. Parker didn't expect to see Alisha sitting alone in the lounge. She wasn't in the mood for conversation. He gave her space. Alisha responded later with a note and a drink. Parker was willing to leave his uninvited company to spend time with her. Alisha was in distress. Parker's interruption ended with a heated kiss. It didn't matter if the guy was still standing there. Alisha agreed to meet in his suite. Parker didn't have a problem pleasing her, but things change when he sees Alisha at Lennox with another man.

Cincinnati, Brass Key, Gold Strand, Lennox, Pink Orchard, Risqué Peach, Vine St.

Cincinnati, Brass Key, Gold Strand, Lennox, Pink Orchard, Risqué Peach, Vine St.
Author: Jessica Caryn
Publisher: Tainted Sweetheart
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2021-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

CINCINNATI SERIES, SAMPLE Brass Key- Brodie Lennox & Carla Janine It started with a drink and ended in bed with Carla. He left without saying goodbye, but a crisis will bring him back. Brodie will deal with Carla's emotional temper and prove she means more to him. Gold Strand- Jamieson Carmichael & Sami-Mahogany Williams It started with a beautiful woman. Their exchange was in passing until he saw her again at the Gold Strand Lounge. Sami Mahogany was an elegant beauty with soulful brown eyes, and the kind of trouble he needed. Vine St.- Phil Levante & Dionne-Ebony Williams Phil Levante wasn't the kind of man to let anyone stand in his way, but Dionne was afraid of him and that hurt his heart. Phil was trying to earn her trust when trouble comes their way. He'll make sure it's different this time around. Brass Key & Vine St.- Kyle Dennehy & Loretta Michelle Moore She was the kind of woman that spoke her mind. He liked that and didn't want to ruin his chances. Trouble starts. It turns into a situation that needs fixing. Kyle does whatever he sets his mind on. His relationship with Loretta won't be any different. Lennox- Parker Halston & Alisha Olivia Lawrence They were introduced at the Brass Key awhile back, now, whenever their paths cross something happens. Parker was charming and successful. It was only infatuation, but Alisha wanted to put her desires first. Lennox- Jamieson Carmichael & Sami-Mahogany Williams Jamieson Carmichael wanted his old man to take sobriety seriously. His cousin Cash was struggling with keeping his word. Sami-Mahogany was falling in love with the city, but a message will put her in a bad space. Questions arise. Jamieson will meet with Ethan Smith. Risqué Peach- Jamar Jamar didn't have house or home. He was making the best of it when Dame called from the Black Stag. Someone was ignoring their debt. Jamar had plans on visiting the Risqué Peach. He wanted to finish work and be through, but Cash's situation reaches a breaking point. Pink Orchard- Gareth McIntyre & Thimbe Audah Shaunessy Thimbe Audah Shaunessy didn't fantasize about happily ever after. Sex was power. Money was her king. Gareth McIntyre was a fixer of sorts and preferred non-committed forms of pleasure. Their connection was intriguing, but another man wanted attention. Dangerous situations were constant but emotions are pushed to the limit when Thimbe's life is put in jeopardy. She belonged to Gareth. Everyone will know consequences.

Smash It!

Smash It!
Author: Francina Simone
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1488069395

Refreshingly authentic and bold… Don’t miss this smashing novel from Francina Simone, filled with heart, humor and a heroine to root for! Olivia “Liv” James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. So she does what any self-respecting hot mess of a girl who wants to SMASH junior year does… After Liv shows up to a Halloween party in khaki shorts—why, God, why?—she decides to set aside her wack AF ways. She makes a list—a F*ck-It list. 1. Be bold—do the thing that scares me. 2. Learn to take a compliment. 3. Stand out instead of back. She kicks it off by trying out for the school musical, saying yes to a date and making new friends. Life is great when you stop punking yourself! However, with change comes a lot of missteps, and being bold means following her heart. So what happens when Liv’s heart is interested in three different guys—and two of them are her best friends? What is she supposed to do when she gets dumped by a guy she’s not even dating? How does one Smash It! after the humiliation of being friend-zoned? In Liv’s own words, “F*ck it. What’s the worst that can happen?” A lot, apparently. #SMASHIT “Smash It! smashed it."—New York Times bestselling author Christine Riccio

Cincinnati 4-5: Brass Key, Lennox, Vine St.

Cincinnati 4-5: Brass Key, Lennox, Vine St.
Author: Jessica Caryn
Publisher: Tainted Sweetheart
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

BRASS KEY & VINE STREET Loretta Michelle Moore didn’t expect to see Kyle in the diner flirting and expressing interest. Loretta was cautious, not sure if she was his type, but he was this adorable crush or wild fantasy. There was no in-between. Loretta wasn’t into games and couldn’t give her heart easily. Kyle Dennehy cared about Loretta. She was the kind of woman that spoke her mind. He liked that and didn’t want to ruin his chances. Trouble starts. It turns into a situation that needs fixing. Kyle does whatever he sets his mind on. His relationship with Loretta won’t be any different. LENNOX Alisha Olivia Lawrence spent years building a career that ended in minutes. She was drowning her sorrows when Parker Halston walked in the Gold Strand Hotel’s lounge. They were introduced at the Brass Key awhile back, now, whenever their paths cross something happens. Parker was charming and successful. It was only infatuation, but Alisha wanted to put her desires first. Parker didn’t expect to see Alisha sitting alone at the lounge bar. She didn’t want to be bothered. He gave her space. She responded with a note and a drink. Parker was willing to leave his uninvited company to spend time with her. Alisha was in distress. Parker’s interruption ended with a heated kiss. It didn’t matter that the guy was still standing there. Alisha agreed to meet in his hotel room. Parker didn’t have a problem pleasing her, but things change when Alisha is on a date with another man at Lennox.

Love, Theodosia

Love, Theodosia
Author: Lori Anne Goldstein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951627989

A Romeo & Juliet tale for Hamilton! fans. In post-American Revolution New York City, Theodosia Burr, a scholar with the skills of a socialite, is all about charming the right people on behalf of her father—Senator Aaron Burr, who is determined to win the office of president in the pivotal election of 1800. Meanwhile, Philip Hamilton, the rakish son of Alexander Hamilton, is all about being charming on behalf of his libido. When the two first meet, it seems the ongoing feud between their politically opposed fathers may be hereditary. But soon, Theodosia and Philip must choose between love and family, desire and loyalty, and preserving the legacy their flawed fathers fought for or creating their own. Love, Theodosia is a smart, funny, swoony take on a fiercely intelligent woman with feminist ideas ahead of her time who has long-deserved center stage. A refreshing spin on the Hamiltonian era and the characters we have grown to know and love. It’s also a heartbreaking romance of two star-crossed lovers, an achingly bittersweet “what if.” Despite their fathers’ bitter rivalry, Theodosia and Philip are drawn to each other and, in what unrolls like a Jane Austen novel of manners, we find ourselves entangled in the world of Hamilton and Burr once again as these heirs of famous enemies are driven together despite every reason not to be.

Backstage in the Novel

Backstage in the Novel
Author: Francesca Saggini
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0813932645

In Backstage in the Novel, Francesca Saggini traces the unique interplay between fiction and theater in the eighteenth century through an examination of the work of the English novelist, diarist, and playwright Frances Burney. Moving beyond the basic identification of affinities between the genres, Saggini establishes a literary-cultural context for Burney's work, considering the relation between drama, a long-standing tradition, and the still-emergent form of the novel. Through close semiotic analysis, intertextual comparison, and cultural contextualization, Saggini highlights the extensive metatextual discourse in Burney's novels, allowing the theater within the novels to surface. Saggini’s comparative analysis addresses, among other elements, textual structures, plots, characters, narrative discourse, and reading practices. The author explores the theatrical and spectacular elements that made the eighteenth-century novel a hybrid genre infused with dramatic conventions. She analyzes such conventions in light of contemporary theories of reception and of the role of the reader that underpinned eighteenth-century cultural consumption. In doing so, Saggini contextualizes the typical reader-spectator of Burney’s day, one who kept abreast of the latest publications and was able to move effortlessly between "high" (sentimental, dramatic) and "low" (grotesque, comedic) cultural forms that intersected on the stage. Backstage in the Novel aims to restore to Burney's entire literary corpus the dimensionality that characterized it originally. It is a vivid, close-up view of a writer who operated in a society saturated by theater and spectacle and who rendered that dramatic text into narrative. More than a study of Burney or an overview of eighteenth-century literature and theater, this book gives immediacy to an understanding of the broad forces informing, and channeled through, Burney's life and work.