What A Girl Wants

From domestic goddess to desperate housewife, What a Girl Wants? explores the importance and centrality of postfeminism in contemporary popular culture. Focusing on a diverse range of media forms, including film, TV, advertising and journalism, Diane Negra holds up a mirror to the contemporary female subject who finds herself centralized in commodity culture to a largely unprecedented degree at a time when Hollywood romantic comedies, chick-lit, and female-centred primetime TV dramas all compete for her attention and spending power. The models and anti-role models analyzed in the book include the chick flick heroines of princess films, makeover movies and time travel dramas, celebrity brides and bravura mothers, ‘Runaway Bride’ sensation Jennifer Wilbanks, the sex workers, flight attendants and nannies who maintain such a high profile in postfeminist popular culture, the authors of postfeminist panic literature on dating, marriage and motherhood and the domestic gurus who propound luxury lifestyling as a showcase for the ‘achieved’ female self.

Praise for Lindsey Kelk ‘So uplifting and wildly romantic’ MARIAN KEYES ‘I fell head over heels in love’ BEATH O’LEARY ‘The kind of book you can’t put down, but also want to last forever’ EMILY HENRY ‘The literary equivalent to opening a glass of wine with your best friend’ MHAIRI MCFARLANE

Ever felt like the last item left on the clearance rack? As a successful patent attorney, Ashley Stockingdale has all the makings of a perfect catch: the looks, the brains, even a convertible. But at 31, she's beginning to wonder if she's been passed over for good. Deciding to adopt a new attitude, Ashley suddenly becomes the romantic interest of three men within a matter of days. While her heart enjoys turning the tables on the dating game, the rest of her previously predictable world is being turned upside down. Is it more than Ashley can handle? Or is it exactly what she wants? Award-wining author Kristin Billerbeck combines comedy with spunk to create a memorable story in What a Girl Wants—an all-too-realistic picture of a single girl's search for being content with who she is . . . with or without a man.

Bible teacher Harper leads women through the Song of Solomon in this modern take on the classic Bible Study. Using current day examples, humor, and personal anecdotes, she shows the portrait of perfect love and intimacy.

TAKEN When ex marine Jeremy Ashton is asked to look after his friend's eighteen year old daughter for the summer he has no idea what he's supposed to do with the out of control young tease. At thirty five he's a childless bachelor who doesn't know the first thing about kids; but when the young girl starts testing out her wiles on him he's about to show her just what happens when she teases a real man. BRED After ex Marine Jeremy Ashton takes his young charge things heat up between the two until the inevitable happens. How will they deal with this news? Will it put the brakes on their budding relationship? Or will they grow even closer?

Friendship is overrated, if you ask her she's always just been one of the guys ... until she falls in love with one of the guys.

In Reon Laudat's sexy new romantic comedy, sparks fly and re-ignite an old flame... When it comes to women, Harper Reynolds has decided he can live without them, especially one by the name of Ava Daniels. He hasn't spent any quality time with her since they were teens, when Ava befriended Harper and his Aunt Flossie. But when Flossie passes away, she leaves her beautiful Victorian house to Ava and Harper, forcing them to share the same digs. Harper is dazzled when he sees the luscious lady Ava has become. The skinny little kid-who had a monster-size crush on him-has been replaced by a drop-dead gorgeous Halle Berry look-alike... Ava, who thinks she's finally overcome her jones for Harper, is hurled back to square one. Harper is hotter than she remembered-a lot hotter! Flossie always hinted that she thought Ava and Harper belonged together. The trouble is, neither is looking for love. But living together-with only a thin wall separating their bedrooms-has a way of turning up the heat on a man and a woman. And it won't be long before Harper finally discovers... What A Girl Wants