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Forty-five-year-old TV writer Molly Banger has been in the biz so long, she doesn't think there's a scenario left that can shock her. The morning gossip show proves her wrong. After the star of her teeny-bopper vampire show gets slapped with another DWI, the show is in danger of being cancelled. But losing her job turns into the B story when she sees a picture of her husband with his arms wrapped around a live Barbie doll. Publicity stunt or is her marriage over? Ken isn't available for comment, but her two teenaged children have snarks to spare. Enter Val, the hottie replacement for their ...

When Rainbow offers to help out a friend spruce up a derelict property for sale, she finds herself deep in the weeds with trouble. Resident weirdo Lisa Lepp has no intention of going without a fight. She seems to exist only to act as the thorn in everyone's side. Nonetheless, Rainbow keeps finding herself in Lisa's neck of the woods, maybe due to the arrival of a luscious out-of-towner named Phineas who is as well-versed in historical gardens as he is handsome. Could he play Adam to Rainbow's Eve? A killer on the loose threatens to separate them before Rainbow can find out whether they're ...

When Rainbow offers to housesit for a family friend, she nearly loses her precious pet Fellini and her own skin! With the frigid Maine winter nipping at Rainbow's nose, toes and everything in between, she jumps on the chance to score some free heat while acting as package-reciever for a family friend at their mansion up the coast. The catch: no pets allowed. But that's okay because Rainbow's pal Ricki finds a pet-sitter. Ricki also comes along for the ride, keen to suss out the richie-rich property market. The pair is all set for some pre-Christmas fun! When the pet-sitter doesn't work out,...

Rainbow’s back and broker than before. She’s learned a lot about life over the years of beauty pageants and investigative journalism, but she’s about to find out that, like marrying for money, when you take a job you don’t love, you earn every penny — and then some. Out of work and in debt up to her diamond studs, Rainbow is desperate for cash and accepts a lowly PR job. There are many reasons to not love Dr. Regina Fell, starting with the punishing workouts and lukewarm water as their only “refreshment.” But the worst is the way she treats her family. She makes the Wicked ...

A gal living in a converted potting shed can’t be too picky about employment opportunities. So when Rainbow gets offered a gig hosting a reality TV show, she has her pageant smile ready. The show’s details are sketchy, but getting paid to live on a yacht sounds like a dream come true. It doesn’t take long for the first wave of disappointment to hit. Not only is her room the size of a flower box, her new gold-braided boss would be better suited to the role of Tyrant King of Munchkinland. The first mate is a bright spot, but just about everything else from the constant rocking to the ...

Senior spy extraordinaire Jane Ponds is back. This time, she's tasked with stopping a psycho who's trying to take over the world via hair implants. Sound crazy? It most certain is. That doesn't make it any less of a threat. Jane loves her sparkly new fairy hair, but she's not interested in the upgrade that changes colors with an app, much less the super-deluxe version that claims to end bad hair days forever by using artificial intelligence. Jane thinks the aptly named HairBrain Corporation can only be for the birds (and the birdbrains), but the National Security Agency is convinced ...

Rainbow Goldman's Jimmy Choos have barely touched the quaint cobblestones of Maine's charming-est coastal town, Van Kills Cove, before she stumbles over a dead body. And here she thought losing her fiancé and her job in one fell swoop was as low as she could go. The 30-something former beauty queen and good-news TV talk show host hopped the first train out of Manhattan headed to Maine to help out her granddad, and hopefully catch a little R&R. But when an old friend turns into the main suspect in the suspicious death of the town's beloved toymaker, Rainbow pulls out all the investigative ...

East Side Story - It's the 1980s. Big hair, big shoulder pads, and a chance for a shy little gal from the Bronx to score big in love. Swimming With Sharks - 40-something Molly Banger has worked hard all her life, but it's finally paid off. With a beautiful family, a great job, and a perfect house, she's living the dream in LA. And it's all about to come crashing down.

In the long-awaited sequel to Shear Luck... Alaska's funniest couple is all set to tie the knot. If only it would stop raining so they could finish up their wedding venue. Then Kandi's parents call with bad news of their own. Kandi is determined to fly home to Louisiana and help out, prompting Mario to set off on an environmental crusade. And then there's that troubling miscarriage that Mario doesn't know about yet... Nature and nurture seem determined to pull Kandi and Mario apart. Could it be Splitsville for the Queen of Coiffure and Mr. Mane Attraction?

None-of-your-beeswax-year-old Kandi needs to get to Florida for the First Annual Hairstravaganza in Juno Beach. She’s sooo close to achieving her dream of opening the hottest hair salon in LA, all she needs is a cash infusion — and to keep the landlord from selling it out from under her. Fear of flying isn’t going to stand in the way of Kandi’s dreams. Between her pizza-scented business cards and show-stopping hairstyle, she’s guaranteed to land an angel investor. So what if stress made her book a flight to Juneau, Alaska instead of Juno Beach, Florida with no return flights for a...

On the eve of Kat Dixon’s much-needed post-divorce vacation, her best friend cancels. Desperate to prove she can tackle life on her own, she takes the plunge solo. The Caribbean resort looks gorgeous and there are no hurricanes in the forecast. What could possibly go wrong? Kat quickly discovers that being alone is…lonely. You only live once. Will she have the courage to try for love twice? The divorce wasn't the only big change for Kat this year. It came on the heels of her mother's passing. She's also testing out empty-nesting for the first time. It's a lot at once for a woman who ...

Oh là, là! Jane is taking her problem-solving and fashion skills to France. The country that invented all things chic will never be the same again. High school senior Jane Grey formulates the hypothesis that location is an integral component to romance and sets up a scientific experiment to test her theory. Within moments of setting a fashionably-shod foot on French soil, Jane is positive she's met her soulmate, even if she's not so sure about his acid-washed jeans. Before she can gather concrete proof, other people lay eyes (and claws) on her prize. And that perennial eyesore and nemesis...

New Freshman in Town Jane Grey knows how important the right impression on the first day of high school is. She's staking her rep on her totally awesome outfit and her mind-blowing math skills... Yep. She's screwed. She didn't factor in snarky shoe-related comments from an upperclassman, and she sure didn't count on stepping on the toes of the class bully. So much for first period. How's a math genius gonna solve the problem of the remaining 4 years? Endearing and unconventional, fans of Bridget Jones, The Rosie Project, and John Hughes films will alternately laugh and cringe along with ...

Why didn't the broke yogini scrounge for investors at her high school reunion? Because change comes from within. Spare change isn't going to cut it. Thirty-seven-year-old Nicole Dudek needs beaucoup bucks and she needs them now but hitting up her former classmates to pay her rent under the guise of 'investing' in her yoga studio is wrong on too many levels. Between that and the pair of kooks she sold a dress to off CraigsList (her BFF's. Shh, she hasn't mentioned it yet.), Nic is up to her eyeballs in debt and weirdos. The bizarre incidents keep piling up and interest in Nic's yoga studio ...

Paris. No place in the world is more romantic, which is why 40-something Kat is dying to take her long-overdue honeymoon there. The problem? Convincing her conscientious homebody husband Hugo to leave their tropical resort behind and fly 5,000 to northern Europe. In March. But there are so many great reasons to go: her almost-grown son from her first marriage is studying there, their wild n’ wacky pal Queenie will be shooting on location, and most importantly, Kat and Hugo were so busy working, they never got to take a honeymoon in the first place. Why would they when they live in ...

Seventeen-year-old Moxie has just been given an extraordinary offer: to become the youngest human ever to receive eternal life. The physical body must be cast off, but it’s a small price to pay to live forever. Thrilled at first; doubts soon crop up. Her nannybot and friends are all in favor, but Moxie isn’t convinced and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. She must decide if her physical body is a worthless vestige like an appendix, or an integral part of who she is.

Move over, James Bond. There's a new spy sensation in town and her name is Jane Ponds. A madman is hellbent on starting World War Three. The last person you’d think the US Intelligence Agency would tap to save the day is a recently widowed senior center desk clerk named Janet Ponderosa. And yet call upon Janet is exactly what the Agency does. With Social Security threatening to cut off her pittance of a retirement benefit, what’s she got to lose? Nothing much…except her life. Fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred-Year-Old Man and of course ...

Good-news reporter Rainbow Goldman can’t wait for her stress-free Christmas holiday to begin — but then her friend is accused of murder. No matter how desperate she is for some R&R, Rainbow can't stand by and let her talented handywoman pal go to jail for something she didn’t do. But who is going to believe an ‘airhead’ former beauty queen? Her only option is to uncover the truth. Rainbow can't believe that people who inhabit gorgeous brownstone homes in swanky Brooklyn Heights would have any reason to bicker. But behind those hand-carved oak doors lie feuds and intrigue galore, ...

New Year, New Jane. With stylish blue contacts in her eyeballs and a boyfriend under her belt, Jane Grey is all set to nail the second half of freshman year, until an exotic freckle-faced boy tosses a wrench into the works. Jane's BFF Diana is still in desperate need of a fashion consult. Diana also needs the scales peeled from her eyes: Jane's brother just isn't that into her. Jane will need more than razor-sharp math skills to keep her world from falling apart like her bookshelf in wood shop.