The Journal of Mortifying Moments
10 best books like The Journal of Mortifying Moments (Robyn Harding): Carrie Pilby, Thanks for Nothing, Nick Maxwell, 37, The Book of Jane, The Wag's Diary, Single White E-Mail, The Fidelity Files, Daddy's Girls, Woman to Woman, Accidental It Girl
Author | Caren Lissner |
ISBN | 0373250290 |
I was expecting a fun, light, quirky read. The cover certainly leads you to believe so and I have a feeling that had I known that the book was way more serious than I was bargaining for, I would have been better prepared to read it. Because Carrie Pilby is most certainly not chick lit.
As the synopsis...
Author | Debbie Carbin |
ISBN | 0312383681 |
Rachel Covington is twenty-five, sexy, single, and smug. Her life is a glorious whirl of looking fabulous and toying with gorgeous men. So it's obvious to everyone that she and the hottest guy in her office, Nick Maxwell, are destined to hook up--but what happens after that is a little less obvious.
First,...
Author | Maria Beaumont |
ISBN | 1401303196 |
On the eve of her thirty-seventh birthday, Fran Clark finds herself in a role she would never have envisioned: that of a surprisingly desperate housewife. As Fran halfheartedly attempts to relaunch her once-vibrant career as a voiceover artist and obsesses over keeping up with the ruthless mothers'...
Author | Anne Dayton |
ISBN | 0767926552 |
Jane Williams is the happiest woman in New York. She has a dream job, a perfect Manhattan apartment, and a man she wants to marry. Her whole life is mapped out to the finest detail, and things just can't get any better. But in a New York minute, everything changes. After an evening on the town with a hot Hollywood...
Author | Alison Kervin |
ISBN | 1847560547 |
Welcome to the world of the WAGs…
32-year-old Tracie Martin is Luton Town FC's longest-serving WAG – for 12 years her husband Dean has kept her in raccoon hair extensions and quilted Chanel bags.
But looking around at the new breed of WAGS, Tracie is disgusted to see that standards...
Saturday night is a nightmare when you're single. Saturday night is for couples and everyone knows it.
Victoria 'Total Bloody Relationships Disaster' Shepworth is single and knows all about Saturday nights alone. A broken relationship with the guy she thought was 'the one' has led to a string...
Author | Jessica Brody |
ISBN | 0312375468 |
How far will you go to find out the truth?
Jennifer Hunter is prepared to go all the way—well, almost. For the past two years, she has been working undercover as a “fidelity inspector,” hired by suspicious wives and girlfriends to test the faithfulness of the men in their lives. As she explains...
Author | Tasmina Perry |
ISBN | 0743296346 |
"I THINK ONE OF DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS KILLED HIM."For the four glamorous daughters of Lord Oswald Balcon, money can buy anything. From Fendi handbags to Ivy League educations, they live in a world of designer labels and unrestricted opulence -- their father's money and aristocratic status, coupled...
Author | Cathy Kelly |
ISBN | 0747260524 |
Best friends Jo Ryan and Aisling Moran have it all.
As a fashion journalist with an Irish glossy magazine, Jo has a great career, independence and a drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend. Aisling is deliriously happy with her brilliant editor husband, two beautiful ten-year-old sons and...
Author | Libby Street |
ISBN | 0743499247 |
What comes around...
Photographer Sadie Price is known for her thick skin and infallible instincts. A lofty education has made her skilled in her craft, and a fear of poverty -- and love for Jimmy Choo -- has made her one of the East Coast's most savvy paparazzi. She keeps her exhilarating but...
Author | Lynn Messina |
ISBN | 0373895445 |
Life at Fashionista magazine can be a real bitch. Especially when you work for one.
Vig Morgan finally worked her way out of the assistant-for-the-bitch-from-hell trenches only to get stuck in a sea of editors. But Vig isn't like the other associate editors at the aggressively hip and overwhelmingly...
Author | Liz Ireland |
ISBN | 0758205430 |
It's bad enough that actress/waitress Edie Amos's boyfriend leaves her for a job in Istanbul. And that she's been fired from her only acting job--as a dancing fava bean in an industrial show. But how can she possibly pay the rent on her Chelsea dream apartment? Is nothing permanent in this life? The only...
Author | Louise Bagshawe |
ISBN | 0312339917 |
Gorgeous goddesses seem to surround lowly script-reader Anna Brown--from her deranged, glamour-queen boss to her perfect, pouting roommates. For Anna, being less-than-beautiful is hard to bear. With a dead-end job and a dead-beat boyfriend, she wonders if she can ever be a success. In beauty-crazed...
Despite being cursed with a boy's name, Kevin "Vi" Connelly is seriously female and a committed romantic. The affliction hit at the tender age of six when she was handed a basket of flower petals and ensnared by the "marry-tale." The thrill, the attention, the big white dress—it's the Best Day of Your...
Author | Sinéad Moriarty |
ISBN | 0743496760 |
Makeup artist Emma Hamilton is thirty-three when she and her husband James decide it's time to start a family. She has it all mapped out: Go off the pill in December, have sex, get pregnant by January, have the baby in September. With the help of a personal trainer, she figures she'll be back to her fighting...
Author | Polly Williams |
ISBN | 1401302319 |
In the tradition of Little Earthquakes, Babyville and I Don't Know How She Does It the effervescent, canny, and downright delightful debut of Polly Williams, a spirited new voice in women's fiction.Amy Crane's daughter, the exquisite and sweet-tempered Evie, is six months old. any Amy -- who's trying...
Author | Lauren Baratz-Logsted |
ISBN | 0373250592 |
Jane Taylor is pregnant. Only, not in the conventional sense. It all began when Jane missed her period. Whether it was the clouds in the sky or a major case of pregnancy envy (this year's concern), Jane doesn't know. She only knows that she told her best male friend, and began to believe it. Until she got...
Author | Adele Parks |
ISBN | 0718152190 |
For Better. For Worse
Lucy stole her friend Rose’s ‘happily ever after’ because she wanted Rose’s husband and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress.
As Peter’s interest diminishes and...
Author | Bridie Clark |
ISBN | 0446579246 |
In a New York minute, Claire Truman lands both a plum position at a top publishing house and the man she's wanted for ten years...then reality intervenes. Her new boss is Vivian Grant, a notoriously ruthless tyrant known for her tirades, traumatized assistants, and tabloid-inspired bestsellers....
Author | Belinda Jones |
ISBN | 0099414929 |
Jamie and Izzy, friends for ever, have a dream: a spangly double wedding in Las Vegas. And, at twenty-seven, they decide they've had enough crap boyfriends and they're ready for crap husbands - all they have to do is find them. So where better than Las Vegas itself, where the air is 70% oxygen and 30% confetti?
But...
Author | Katie Price |
ISBN | 0099497867 |
A SPARKLING AND SEXY TALE OF GLAMOUR MODELING, ROMANCE AND THE TREACHEROUS PROMISES OF FAME.
When Angel is discovered by a model agent, her life changes for ever. Young, beautiful and sexy, she seems destined for a successful career and, very quickly, the glitzy world of celebrity fame and...
Author | Adena Halpern |
ISBN | 0452289408 |
Twenty-nine-year-old Alexandra Dorenfield suddenly finds herself in heaven after an unfortunate encounter with a MINI Cooper. The seventh—and highest—level of heaven to be exact. Her dog, Peaches, is with her; she is reunited with her beloved grandparents; she has the wardrobe of a movie star;...
Author | Allison Rushby |
ISBN | 0373250584 |
She's heard all the lines. Now it's time for the truth! Charlie has to keep pinching herself to believe she's leaving Australia for a trip to Europe - a generous gift from her family, who know how tough her life has been lately.
But the last person Charlie expects to bump into on the plane is Jasper...
Author | Rocki St. Claire |
ISBN | 0743486242 |
What's worse than spam, more dangerous than cyber sex, and scarier than getting a computer virus? An Instant Message from the guy who got away ten years ago... grayscale: amber fleece? is that you? foreveramber: OMG. Am I dreaming? grayscale: it's me, toots. amazing how many people this classreunion.com...
Author | Lani Diane Rich |
ISBN | 0446693073 |
Adriana Trigiani meets Jane Green in this irresistible new novel about a family of southern women who have rotten luck with men.
Portia Fallon calls it PTE or the Penis Teflon Effect. It's the way all the women in her family deflect men like ping pong balls. No man has ever stuck with a Fallon woman...