Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Shaye Areheart Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
June Parker's life is turned upside down after her friend, Marissa, dies in a car accident, leaving June with a list ofthings Marissa wanted to do before she turned twenty-five, which June feels compelled to follow in her friend's
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Is the "Holy Pail" cursed? Every owner of the vintage Chappy Wheeler lunchbox, a prototype based on the 1940s TV western, has died. And now, Sterling Price, business tycoon and a client of Odelia Grey's law firm, has been fatally poisoned. Is it a coincidence that Price's one-of-a-kind lunch pail, worth over thirty grand, has disappeared at the same time?
Treading cautiously since a recent run-in with a bullet, Odelia takes small bites of this juicy,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"In this modern-retelling of Cinderella, plus-size Cindy dreams of becoming a shoe designer. But when a spot opens up on her stepmother's famous reality dating TV competition, Cindy is thrust into the spotlight in ways she never thought possible"--
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Gracelia "Ace" Jones is a sassy high school teacher, known in her small town of Bugtussle, Mississippi, for an outsize presence and a mouth to match. But this time that big mouth might get her into big trouble.... Ace knows that something bad is brewing when her best friend and coworker, Lilly, cancels their annual spring break trip to be with a man--a man she's kept a secret for months. But the real trouble comes when Lilly is fired by their horrible...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Too big to miss—that's Odelia Grey. A never-married, middle-aged, plus-sized woman who makes no excuses for her weight, she's not super woman just a mere mortal standing on the precipice of menopause, trying to cruise in an ill-fitting bra. She struggles with her relationships, her crazy family, and her crazier boss. And then there's her knack for being in close proximity to dead people...When her close friend Sophie London commits suicide in front...
Author
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In a wickedly funny satire on size zero, celebrity weight-obsessed magazines, the fashion industry, the advertising industry, high society, and Hollywood, no area of media-fueled "body perfection" bullying remains unscathed Sad, lonely Sharon Plunkett is a size 18. She's tried every fad, every diet, every cream, but like a stain of grease on a pure silk blouse, her rolls of fat refuse to budge. The man of her dreams is not interested, and her slim...
8) Flesh
Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Obsession takes over two lives: one brazenly, the other more sneakily in this witty black comedy of lust, academia, and Southern manners. When bachelor history professor, Max Finster, arrives in the university community of Oxford, Mississippi, and moves in next door to Don and Susan Shapiro, all of their lives head for dramatic change. Narrator Don, a professor of English, gradually becomes fascinated by Max, his mysterious past, polymathic mind,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Waterhouse Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
***MISADVENTURES ARE STANDALONE ROMANCES THAT CAN BE READ IN ANY ORDER*** For the first time in her life, Ireland Mills is happy with her body. No more fad diets, no more hiding from every camera in the room, no more low self-esteem. She'd rather be alone than with someone who'll only love her if she's skinny. Caleb Carpenter and Ben Weber are everything Ireland and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce dreamed of when conceptualizing the "Real Kansas" promotional...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Presents
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Three weeks in the boss's bed!
Lucy Proctor watches the women who come and go in Aristotle Levakis' life. She has no desire to join them, despite Ari's devastating good-looks, and is perfectly content as his assistant-or so she tries to convince herself! Ari shouldn't find his prim and plump secretary attractive, but something about her calls to him. He knows there is only one way to overcome this desire-and that is to sate it... Three weeks in Athens...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Language
English
Formats
Description
Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich is a rollicking and poignant romantic comedy about a young widow who decides to get in shape...and winds up getting her groove back-and a whole lot more!
Holly Brennan used food to comfort herself through her husband's illness and death. Now she's alone at age thirty-two. And she weighs more than she ever has. When fate throws her in the path of Logan Montgomery, personal trainer to pro athletes, and he offers...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When pro baseball player Chase Walker first meets Amanda at her restaurant, it's love at first sight. While Amanda can't help noticing the superstar with the Greek-god-build, he doesn't have a chance of getting to first--or any other--base with her. A successful entrepreneur who's built her business from scratch, Amanda doesn't need a Prince Charming to sweep her off her feet. And a curvy girl who likes to cook and eat isn't interested in being around...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
“This feel-good, uplifting read is filled with positive messages about self-care and self-love. It is sure to please foodies, home-makeover buffs, and anyone looking for a light-hearted romantic read.” --USA Today A sexy romance about a plus-size sweetheart who gets a full-life makeover after a brutal breakup and falls for the incredibly hot contractor renovating her home. Savvy Sheldon spends a lot of time tiptoeing around the cracks in her life:...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Savannah Reid is hired to investigate when eighty-year-old matriarch Helene Strauss has several brushes with death, and while she finds plenty of friends and family members who want to inherit Helene's money, things get really complicated when two key players turn up dead.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Jemima Jones, nearly one hundred pounds overweight and in love with a man she believes she can never have, meets a California hunk on the Internet, introducing herself as JJ, a slim, beautiful, glamour girl; but when her online love demands to meet her in person, Jemima knows it is time to take action.
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone--a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with"--
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she's lived since college still looks like she's just moved in. But she's got good friends, her bike, and her bicycling club. She's at peace with her plus-size body--at least, most of the time--and she's on track to marry Mark Medoff, her childhood summer sweetheart, a man she met at the weight-loss camp that her...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request