Kathleen O'Reilly

Cara Lockwood

Beth Kendrick

Pamela Redmond Satran

Eileen Rendahl

Libby Street

Megan McAndrew

Tracy McArdle

Diane Stingley

Christina Delia

An effervescent compilation of romantic short stories set against the backdrop of the New Year's Eve celebration features Cara Lockwood's "Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List," as well as other works by Pamela Redmond Satran, Eileen Rendahl, Megan McAndrew, Kathleen O'Reilly, Beth Kendrick, Diane Stingley, Tracy McArdle, and Libby Street. Reprint.

In One Year and Out the Other

Lights! Camera! Ultimatum! When movie studio publicity V.P. Alexis Manning's fiancé -- Jewish bartender/actor David a.k.a. Deke -- goes home with her for a holly jolly Christmas in Vermont with her family, there's a chill in the air and it ain't just the weather. Overwhelmed by the Christianity of it all, David confesses that he can't marry Alexis unless she converts to Judaism. Alexis might not know exactly what she wants to do with her life...but she knows she doesn't want to spend it pretending to be something she's not. Alexis believes in only one religion -- movies. So with her well-scripted romance on the cutting-room floor, she begins replaying favorite film scenes in her head and breaking down her own life into dramatic clips, searching for the right ending. If only she were Julia, or Demi, or Meryl, things would be different. Get me rewrite! Is Kirk, the hot new director of her latest project, meant to be Alexis's leading man? Or are she and David headed for a dramatic act-three reunion? And what of Andrew Sullivan -- the proverbial One That Got Away? Between film festival dramas, uncontrollable actors, egotistical directors, a heartbroken sister, an ailing, peculiar cat named Little (and her accompanying astronomical vet bills), and fantasies about simpler times back in New England, it's all Alexis can do to keep production on schedule. But surely there's a happily ever after for her -- and hopefully for Little, too -- before credits roll.

Confessions of a Nervous Shiksa

Pamela Redmond

Out with the old, in with the new, and on with the party! Maybe it's just another midnight...or maybe there really is magic in the air when December 31st becomes January 1st, and confetti kisses and champagne toasts kick off a new year, a new romance, a new look, a new attitude. Celebrate the start of something new with In One Year and Out the Other...a sparkling collection of all new stories by today's rising fiction stars: Cara Lockwood puts self-improvement to the test with 528 resolutions -- not least of which is "Do not sleep with married men" -- in "Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List"...Pamela Redmond Satran instructs a single mom in the fine art of partying like the boys (have lots of sex, don't worry that you're too fat) in "How to Start the New Year Like a Guy"...Diane Stingley shows a twentysomething why there's more to life than waiting by the phone for a New Year's date in "Expecting a Call"...Megan McAndrew seizes the day -- or just a very special one-night stand -- for a single food stylist hungering for more in "The Future of Sex"...and more great tales from Kathleen O'Reilly, Beth Kendrick, Eileen Rendahl, Tracy McArdle and Libby Street.

Starting her life over after divorcing her unfaithful husband, thirty-five-year-old Jillian relocates to Boston in the hopes of embarking on an exciting new career and reuniting with her estranged father, an initially disappointing venture that is shaped by her unexpected friendship with a spunky twelve-year-old girl. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Tracy McArdle

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