Size Zero (Visage Book 1)
Description
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style."</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
What you're looking for might be right before your eyes...
Inspiration for this story came from a guy friend's unannounced visit to my house. He arrived looking for a girl he'd met at a party (me), and found an ugly duckling whose hair was up in pink curlers, coke-bottle bottom glasses perched on her nose, wearing a baggy house dress, and black rubber flip-flops on her feet (me).
He asked where I was, not realizing I was right under his nose. Glad he didn't recognize me dressed in my ugly best, I squinched up my eyes and said she (me) wasn't home. He asked if I wouldn't mind telling her (me) that he came by, took another look, shuddered, then left.
In Boss With Benefits, Jack Sloane is the brash, oblivious boss who always gets his way in business, and with women. He has no wish to get ANY way with his frumpy mouse of a secretary, Keely St. John, until he meets her stunning "sister." He then realizes he should probably get to know the one if he wants to court the other...
Reviews
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<p>Reviewer: Brenda Talley</p>
<p>Ms. Lelani Black has written a highly erotic story about a beautiful woman whose life was a struggle. She has presented us with an emotionally challenging plot that kept me mesmerized. This fast-paced book was a page turner. Black has given us strong, yet vulnerable, characters. The storyline was amazing and I definitely didn’t want it to end.</p>
<p>I highly recommend this sensual book. But be aware, it’s not for the faint of heart. I look forward to more by this author.</p>
<p><strong>Overall rating</strong>: <img border="0" alt="5hearts.gif" src="http://www.theromancestudio.com/images/5hearts.gif" /><br /><strong>Sensuality rating</strong>: Explicit</p>
