Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Berkley (February 3, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425173631
ISBN-13: 978-0425173633
ISBN-10: 1423317254
ISBN-13: 978-1423317258
Roarke takes his wife to see a star-studded production of an old Agatha Christie play, “Witness for the Prosecution” – in a ritzy theater he owns, of course. Eve is enthralled with the play and with figuring out who the guilty party is, until the last scene when the lead character is stabbed to death on stage by his ex-girlfriend. That’s how the play goes. It was supposed to be a collapsible knife. But the acting was too good. Someone replaced the prop with a real knife. [...]

By Wendy Wax
Publisher: The Berkley® Publishing Group, Trade Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-425-23235-4
Publication Date: March 2, 2010
 
 
Wendy Wax’s latest book, Magnolia Wednesdays, should really be called “I’ve Got a Secret.” The characters in this book have so many secrets, and the book drops so many bombshells, you’ll feel like you’re under fire.
 
Just read the opening salvo:
 
“Well-bred girls from good Southern families are not supposed to get shot.”
 
Forty-one-year-old Vivien Armstrong Gray or “Vivi,” the main character, gets herself in so much trouble, you’ll wonder how Wendy is going to write her way out of it. It starts when the unmarried investigative TV reporter gets [...]

by J Perry Stone
A few weeks ago, I lost my darling grandfather.  He was 91.   My father woke me at 4:30 in the morning with the words, “Gip is gone,”–a sentence still echoing through my mind.   The following is a tribute I wrote the day Gip died because, as a writer, the process of putting life’s most incomprehensible experiences into words is the only thing that makes any real sense.
How do I even begin to find the words with which to properly honor the life of a loved one?  Words are such inadequate tools.  How the hell can [...]

Three Ladies and A Flirt
“Are you ready for happy hour?” Darlene stopped by her friend’s desk.
“I think I need more than an hour,” Helen replied, chuckling as she stood, slipping the strap of her purse over her shoulder.
“Meredith said she’ll meet us at Sylvester’s.” They chatted as they walked down the isle between the cubicles toward the elevators.
Sylvester’s Pub was the newest spot for upwardly mobile singles and the crowd was already three deep at the bar by the time the two young paralegals shoved open the double black doors.
“There she is!” Helen raised her voice over the den of [...]

What’s your number? No, I’m not asking for your phone number. I’m asking you how many times you are willing to fail before you succeed as a writer? How many rejection letters are you willing to endure opening before you finally get that one “yes!” How many years will you be willing to write your stories, knowing that publication is that light at the end of what can seem like a very long, very dark tunnel? How many days will you go to your desk to write, never knowing if what you are putting down will ever be read by [...]

An adaptation by Marilyn Baron
Far away, nestled in a town near London, England, lived two sisters. One sister only wore a pale, snow white polish on her nails to match her pure, sweet, persona. The other sister favored a dark rose red enamel, reflecting her overpowering personality. Rose-Red was vivacious, loquacious and hellacious and wore a permanent scowl. Snow-White, on the other hand, remained in the shadow of her sister. Painfully shy, she had barely spoken a word since her beloved mother had died a year ago.
Snow-White had been devoted to her mother. Only mummy could massage and paint her [...]

Hi! My name is Tammy, and I’m obsessed with romance. There. I said it. I’m out of hiding, but I have no intention of changing. Forget the twelve-step program.
Today, dear readers, you are in for a treat. Directly below my post is a wonderful story written by one of my favorite writers – Sally Kilpatrick. She is one of my blog sisters, and we are both posting today. Please be sure to read her story before you leave for the day. While my post is going to expose a couple of unheroic men who are supposed to be story heroes, Sally [...]