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It’s 1951. Reno is the little city in Nevada where people go to get divorced. Meet handsome Army vet Philip Melford, who makes a good living keeping wealthy but lonely divorce-seekers entertained. Then he falls for lovely college instructor Evelyn Demars, who wants to divorce him from his work and make him rethink his life. Or should he make a play for movie star Rita Hayworth in town for six weeks for the usual reason? Or that other visiting star Ida Lupino? While working all this out, our hero must dodge irate husbands out for his blood. It’s a wild and dangerous ride from the master ...

Danny Nixon is a randy poet; His life kinda sucks big time. Few would choose to undergo it, Yet from the slime he plucks a rhyme. Smoking and drinking fill his hours. Also pursuing those ladies coy. His charm seldom overpowers. They rarely toy with Danny boy. Then events get awfully dire, But Danny swears he’s not a crook. Will he perish in the mire? Have a look at this fun book.

After seven King Georges a beautiful new Queen ascends the throne in America . . . Welcome to the Kingdom of America, where a crisis in succession imperils the 220-year reign of the Washington royal family. Into the breech steps a lovely descendant of King George Washington I. She may become America’s first Queen—if she can overcome the forces conspiring against her and prevent a war with her realm’s fiercest adversary: the Kingdom of Canada. Discover contemporary royal America, where athletes play polo on pogo sticks, tourists queue up to tour opulent palaces, shoppers spend millions...

Unemployed, separated from his wife, and facing foreclosure, Axel Weston needs a quick miracle to salvage his life. Then an unexpected magical power promises to turn things around. But when Axel starts to use his new-found power, he finds that invisibility can be a curse as well as a blessing–especially when others begin to discover his secret. Follow the man who doesn’t cast a shadow as his life takes some surprising–and hilarious–twists. Enjoy this rich and rollicking tale of non-visibility, but please don’t disclose the startling and captivating ending. From the author of the ...

From the author of Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp comes this hilarious new “musical” novel of teenage sisters from Ohio who “light a small cherry bomb” under their minister father’s campaign for the Vice Presidency of the United States. While one lovely sister dallies with a picketing environmentalist, her sexy identical twin conspires with a trench-coated reporter to “blow the lid off the elections.” The pace is hectic and the laughs non-stop as the wild and eccentric characters suddenly break into “song.” Payne’s sharply focused wit displays more bite than...