Jennifer Belle Bücher

Following Ivy Sparrow's discoveries in The Crooked Sixpence, the adventures continue in the second instalment of The Uncommoners trilogy, The Smoking Hourglass. As soon as Ivy and her brother Seb set foot back in the mysterious underground city of Lundinor, they know that something has changed . . . Where before there were cobbled streets, now the squares and lanes between the city's enchanted shops are lush with spring blooms - but something dark is stirring just below the surface, and uncommon traders are uneasy. Ivy and Seb have stumbled into a plot that could condemn every uncommoner to a disastrous fate . . . With the help of Valian, their extraordinary friend - and some exceptional uncommon objects - can Ivy and Seb put a stop to the sinister Dirge's plans?

"High Maintenance is set in the manic world of Manhattan real estate, it tells the story of Liv Kellerman, freshly independent, having just left her husband and - more sadly - their fabulous duplex apartment with its Empire State Building views. On her own for the first time in her life, Liv relocates to a crumbling Greenwich Village hovel and contemplates her next move.". "After an ill-starred stint as a reader for a blind judge, Liv stumbles into her true calling: selling real estate. With her native eye for prime properties and an effective blend of empathy and contempt for her clients, Liv finds success and soon is swimming with the sharks - hardcore brokers who'll do absolutely anything to close a deal. Along the way she picks up a maniacally ardent architect who likes to bite her, a lovesick androgynous mentor, strange and exasperating clients, and a gun, and brings them along on her search for the one thing she's really after - a home."--BOOK JACKET.

Best-selling novelist Jennifer Belle returns with a kind of inverse Lolita that explores adolescent desire from the girl's point of view. In turns hilarious and wildly shocking, Swanna in Love will keep your feathers ruffled and the pages gliding by.

Autorka v príbehu mladej ženy z New Yorku, ktorá si prácou "dievčaťa na telefón" zarába na štúdium herectva rozpráva nielen o ponížení, ktoré prináša najstaršie povolanie na svete, ale i vierohodne popisuje rozličné zážitky zo života odvrátenej tvári newyorských stredných vrstiev. Ikeď sa na prvý pohľad zdá, že hrdinka knihy je vhodnou kandidátkou na vstup medzi "opovrhovaných", jej príbeh, rozprávaný so zľahčujúcou sebairóniou, nás upozorňuje, že to, čo je na ľuďoch nakoniec najzaujímavejšie, nie sú problémy, ktoré zakúsili, ale spôsoby, akými sa dostávajú dopredu.

Izzy Brilliant lleva una vida laboral de ensueño, tiene un marido fiel aunque algo neurótico y un estupendo apartamento en Manhattan. Pero cuando consigue cumplir su postergado deseo de ser madre, la despiden del trabajo y todo su mundo, matrimonio incluido, se viene abajo. ¿Debería seguir el ejemplo de su mejor amiga, mandarlo todo a la porra y ligarse a un cachas africano? ¿O resignarse a una vida rodeada de pañales, en paro y sin vida sexual?