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Geri Buckley

Geri Buckley

About

Geri Buckley is a Georgia USA native who writes general fiction short stories, historical and contemporary romance novels, and women's fiction novels.

Her short fiction has appeared in several publications, including The Edifice of Literature, The Roswell Literary Review, The Southern Ocean Review,  Ashes anthology, and the literacy textbook series Rhoades to Reading.

Geri's novels have been a SARA finalist for Best First Book, an EPPIE 2000 winner for Best Historical Romance, and a 2002 Rose Award nominee. She's also shortlisted in the Maggie Awards, the Suzannah Nelson Davis Awards, the New Century Writer Awards, and the Write Touch Readers' Award.

She is a member of Romance Writers of America, The Authors Guild, and Novelists, Inc.

Size Zero (Visage Book 1)

Size Zero (Visage Book 1)

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<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>&quot;A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style.&quot;</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>

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Media Links

Publisher's Weekly Fiction Reviews - 10/27/2008

🔗 http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6608029.html?q=Geri+Buckley

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People Magazine Book Review - 12/15/2008

🔗 http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20245682,00.html

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Reviews

&quot;Buckley offers up Paula Deen-style wit and &quot;old farmer's advice&quot;... <em>Stormy Weather</em> is a lively read.&quot; ~ Joanna Powell, <em>People</em> Magazine<br /><span style="font-size:13px;"><em><br /></em>&quot;At times laugh out loud funny, Buckley's book manages to be both inspiring and realistic.&quot;<em> ~ Publishers Weekly</em></span><br />