WENDY MARKHAM

Top Two Donts for the Office Party Dont dress in a revealing manner. (Translation: Dont wear the sexy scarlet, size-eight dress you couldnt fit into three months ago. The one that flaunts your firmed-up cleavage and newly discovered collarbones.) Dont make a spectacle of yourself. (Translation: Dont get drunk and make out with a really cute stranger for the whole company to see; he could turn out to be your bosss roommate.) I didnt follow those tips, and here I am with a hot new man in my life, Jack. But my friends are asking if I really want to bump into my boss in his boxers in the hallway of their apartment. After all, I am aiming for a promotion. And now, not only does my ex want me back, but the guy I used to think was Mr. Right just kissed me! Three months ago I couldnt hold on to one guy. Now three want me. When did my life become so complicated?

It seemed exciting at first, but after two and a half years in New York, Tracey has to admit her life well, sucks. Sure, she makes a decent living as a copywriter, but Blaire Barnett Advertising is a cutthroat world that basically swallows her life. If she does manage to get home before nine, shes usually greeted by husband Jacks best bud, an almost-permanent fixture in their tiny, unaffordable apartment. Add the circus freaks stomping around upstairs, and Tracey decides its time to move. After quitting her job, she and Jack take the plunge into the nearby suburbs of Westchester and quickly discover theyre in way over their heads. Their fixer-upper is unfixable, the stay-at-home yoga moms are a bore and Tracey yearns for her old friendsshe even misses work! So which life does she really want? Other than Jacks wife, who is she? If Tracey merely has to find her own Slightly Suburban niche, it had better be just around the corner, because therere no subways here!

After two years, the man who bought a lifetime subscription to TiVo without trying it finally committed to a lifetime subscription to Tracey Spadolini. All Tracey wants is to get hitched without a hitchbut as the calendar marches toward her late-October wedding date, suddenly she and her fiance cant agree on anything. From where to get married (New York City or Buffalo?) to how many attendants theyre going to have (shes already asked eight; he was thinking of just a best man). Meanwhile, Traceys friends are caught up in their own dramas. Theres newlywed Raphael, who just had his gay wedding; newly pregnant Kate, who is trying to adjust to impending motherhood; and Buckley, who is acting inexplicably strange. When Buckley unexpectedly breaks off his own engagement, all but leaving his fiancee at the altar, Tracey is stunned to learn that he might be in love with her. With plenty of snafus to keep them distracted, is being Slightly Married the road to happily ever after, after all?

Once upon a time in the 1980s, a girl named Beau was torn between two Mikes: did she prefer her high-school sweetheart or the sexy stranger shed picked up in an airport bar? One she eventually married, the other she left behind (and forgot all about, or tried to, anyway). But which Mike did she choose? This delightful tale by the bestselling author of Slightly Single and Slightly Settled alternates between the story of Beaus summer of Mikes and the outcome fifteen years laterwithout giving away which Mike ended up wherein Beaus marriage bed or in her memory. In "The present" chapters, the former swinging single lives in the burbs with a childbirth-traumatized body, an increasingly distant husband and a sad sack maid who isnt much for cleaning. When out of the blue the Mike-not-taken sends her a flirty e-mail, she suddenly finds herself back to square one, trying to decide which man is the Mike of her dreams.

There are a lot of things worse than being SLIGHTLY ENGAGEDbeing entirely broke, completely alone and wholly perplexed. Its been a year and a half since Tracey and Jack moved in together, and everythings totally perfectwell, okay, almost perfect. Theres still Traceys mom, who says theyre "living in sin," and her friends, who are all smug, married and totally sure that there would already be a ring on Traceys finger if she hadnt been in such a rush to cosign a lease. Even Tracey is beginning to wonder whether Jack really is looking for a permanent relationship, or whether shes just renting space in his heart. But just when Traceys doubts are seriously raging out of control, Jacks mom lets her in on a secrethes just taken an heirloom diamond out of the familys safe-deposit box, which must mean that hes going to propose any day now. Okay, any week now Any month now?

A heat wave in Manhattan is enough to drive a girl crazy, and for Tracey Spadolini, a 24-year-old New York transplant whos been "left behind" for the summer, theres even more to sweat about. Her Slightly Significant Other, Will, will be returning from summer stock in September, to pick up where they left off. (Or will he?) But, in the days after Wills departure, Tracey decides its time for a reality check. Her un-air-conditioned East Village apartment is a dump, her entry-level ad job sucks, her thighs dont seem to be getting any thinner, and Will seems to have dropped off the face of the earth. So, Tracey, with the help of her friends and one very attentive guy, decides to spend her summer reinventing herselfand taking a chance on liking the new woman she becomes.

Para todas las que alguna vez han pasado un verano solas en la ciudad, esta novela será la ráfaga de aire fresco que habían estado esperando. Una ola de calor en Manhattan era razón suficiente para que una chica se volviera loca, y mas en el caso de Tracy Spadolini, una neoyorkina de veinticuatro años a la que habian dejado algo abandonada aquel verano. Se suponia que su novio, Will, regresaria en septiembre a retomar su relacion donde la habian dejado. Sin embargo, el no sabia que, poco despues de su marcha, Tracy habia decidido que habia llegado el momento de analizar su vida: su apartamento era una sauna llena de trastos, el anuncio que habia puesto para buscar trabajo era una birria, no conseguia adelgazar ni un gramo y Will parecia haber desaparecido de la faz de la tierra. Asi que, con la ayuda de sus amigos y de un chico muy atento, Tracy tomo la decision de crear un nuevo yo que se ajustara mas a sus deseos.

Love is calling... Wait for the beep! A widowed mother of two, Annie Harlowe has a secret: She likes to call her late husbands cell phone just to hear his voice, even if it is only a recording. Then one night she dials-and something extraordinary happens... Thomas Brannock IV has had his life mapped out since he was a kid, but a free-spirited woman with flowing hair and sun-kissed cheeks is about to change all that. Still reeling from her heart-to-heart with the other side-and wondering if shes so lonely shes gone off her rocker-Annie literally bumps into Thom at the posh soiree shes catering at his familys Southampton mansion. From the moment she looks into his eyes she feels like shes experiencing a true heavenly intervention-as two people from totally different worlds begin to make the most passionate connection of all... With a little help from above!

Fed up with her moody teenage daughter, Meg Addams decides what they both need is a good dose of suburban wholesomeness. But when they leave Manhattan behind for Megs humble blue-collar hometown, they find it crowded with wealthy strangers and upscale boutiques. Settling into a creaky fixer-upper, Meg finally spots a familiar face right next door--and it belongs to none other than Sam Rooney. The would-be love of Megs high school life is now a single dad, her daughters new soccer coach--and a neighborly ghost-buster whenever things go bump in the night. With three kids and an undeniable attraction between them, Meg and Sam are in for some heart-racing, wee-hour encounters that have nothing to do with spirits...but everything to do with hearts.

Ralphie Chickalini is on the verge of living happily ever after with the perfect woman. His fiance Francesca Maria Buccigrossi of Astoria Boulevard is a curvaceous, fun-loving brunette. His late father, whose recent death the family is still mourning, adored Francescas homemade pesto sauce and declared her a "keeper," his brothers think shes a hoot, his sisters adore her, and his nephews and niece already call her "aunt." But as the wedding date approaches, Ralphie begins to question his love. When Ralphie bumps into two psychic sisters at a New Years Eve party, his life will be thrown in an unexpected direction. Daria and Tammy might not look alike, but they do have more than just a maternal bloodline in common. They both have a psychic gift. Tammy or "Madame Tamare" is a storefront psychic who predicted the marriage between Ralphies brother Dominics marriage and an unlikely bride. Now, Daria is channeling a spirit with a message for Ralphie: his father has returned to guide him to true love. But Daria has her own life to live, and she plans to move back to Arizona, messages from another world aside. Despite contrary inclinations, Daria and Ralphie will soon realize that their paths are destined to collide.

Para todas las que alguna vez han pasado un verano solas en la ciudad, esta novela será la ráfaga de aire fresco que habían estado esperando. Una ola de calor en Manhattan era razón suficiente para que una chica se volviera loca, y mas en el caso de Tracy Spadolini, una neoyorkina de veinticuatro años a la que habian dejado algo abandonada aquel verano. Se suponia que su "novio", Will, regresaria en septiembre a retomar su relacion donde la habian dejado. Sin embargo, el no sabia que, poco despues de su marcha, Tracy habia decidido que habia llegado el momento de analizar su vida: su apartamento era una sauna llena de trastos, el anuncio que habia puesto para buscar trabajo era una birria, no conseguia adelgazar ni un gramo y Will parecia haber desaparecido de la faz de la tierra. Asi que, con la ayuda de sus amigos y de un chico muy atento, Tracy tomo la decision de crear un nuevo yo que se ajustara mas a sus deseos. Wendy Markam es el seudonimo de la novelista Wendy Corsi Staub, autora de mas de cuarenta libros, que van desde la novela contemporanea a la historica, del suspense a las biografias. Wendy nacio en una pequeña ciudad y ya desde pequeña su sueño era poder convertirse en escritora. A los 21 años se marcho a Manhattan, donde trabajo como freelance y editora, entre otras cosas, antes de poder vender su primera novela. Felizmente casada y con dos hijos, vive en una preciosa casa a las fueras de Nueva York.

Vous avez dit célibataire ?, Wendy MarkhamCélibataire, moi ? Jamais de la vie ! Depuis trois ans, je suis la petite amie de Will McCraw, un comédien en passe de devenir un grand acteur... Bien sûr, i

À quand le grand saut ?, Wendy MarkhamA quand le grand saut ? Je suis bien la première à me poser la question, figurez-vous ! Le hic, cest que Jack, mon amoureux, ne ma toujours pas demandée en maria

Ex in the city, Wendy MarkhamÇa y est, je suis officiellement une « ex » et ma vie est digne de celle dune héroïne de Sex and the City !Je ne sais pas par quoi commencer : Soirées dans les clubs hype

Dans la vie, tout est une question de choix, et mon problème à moi, c’est que je n’arrive jamais à me décider. Plutôt cappuccino ou caffe latte ? Plutôt Jimmy Choo ou Christian Louboutin ? Plutôt Kyl

Mon fiancé, mon ex et moi, Wendy MarkhamSi je vous disais que jai un super job dans une agence de pub à New York (et que je viens de décrocher une promotion), que mon fiancé ma demandée en mariage (e

From Wendy Markham, author of HELLO, ITS ME, soon to be a Hallmark movie.Love Can Be A Royal Pain!A most impetuous princess, Her Highness, Emmaline of Verdunia, would have wed her suitable prince and been done with itif she hadnt been swept off her feet by Granger Lockwood IV, "Americas Sexiest Single Man." Their one brief dalliance was indeed magicalbut now her wedding gown is feeling a bit tight in the waist. So Emmaline flees, hurtling across the Atlantic in the private jet of the surprised playboy who ruined her life . . . or, quite possibly, set her free.Now everyone is looking for Emmaline, from the press and paparazzi to her irate royal family and furious fiance. And Granger, after pulling off the decades most daring rescue, now has a pampered princess on his hands whos gone from pomp and circumstance to Big Macs and daytime soaps. Worse still, hes actually falling for this delightfully infuriating blue bloodand hes the last man on Earth she could ever marry!

Nina Chickalini has been waiting all her life to get out of Queens, but something always holds her back. If it isnt the four siblings she raised almost single-handedly, its the neighborhood pizzeria shes running so Pop can take it easy. At last, shes counting down mere months, instead of years, until shell be free to embark on her grand adventure.Leave it to her best friend, good old reliable Joe Materi, to wait until now to make an incredible request.Have his baby? The last thing Nina needs is another reason to feel tied down. But how can she refuse the man whos always been there for her? Getting in the family way turns out to be easy, and suddenly shes seeing her old pal in a whole new light.The clock is ticking, her bags are packed, and Joemuscular arms cradling a baby, sexy voice crooning a lullabyisnt part of the plan. So why does Nina feel as though shes already embarked on the adventure of a lifetime?An Avon Romance

Je hais New York ! Je sais, cest dingue. Toutes les city-girls de la planète rêvent de sinstaller à Manhattan. Pourtant, je nai quune envie : déménager ! Entre mes journées de folie au boulot, le mét