Catherine Macallan disbelieves that men could plot to possess her.
...he makes a double loop in the long, silky cord, drops the loops over her head. He lifts her long cinnamon hair, pulls the cord snug around her slender neck. Both ends brush the floor. He makes a half-hitch in one and slides it above her elbow, makes another loop at her wrist. Then the other arm.
She smiles nervously.
Holding the cords, he raises her arms above her head, kisses her neck, her soft mouth.
He thrusts her bodily onto the rumpled bed... her excited mouth forms a soft, receptive O.
They are like lovers in an old-time movie... he has tasted the grape, the tart sweet blood of it, and tonight he’ll make love to the girl.
Yes, there's crying in broadcast TV
You're about to meet hard-luck Cathy, who wants above all to become an Oregon TV weather girl. Out of options, she takes a last desperate shot at redemption when she joins the clinical trial for a miracle drug. Beauty Pill.
Original and quirky...
A girl with a rebel's heart and brain to match must conceal her boyfriends from a controlling sociopath parent. Dear old oversexed Mom.
Psychologically abused...
...by Mother and a grade school teacher, Catherine is deep into self-doubt. She reads the sales brochure, and now she must find out if Beauty Pill is real.
A hard-luck girl with an invisible childhood super-heroine: Nova Girl.
Nova Girl's soft whisper feeds scattered gems of truth into Cathy's delicate ear while she's convinced the universe is out to screw her... along with a driven and dazzling older station boss.
Swing yourself aboard...
...for an unforgettable ride with Cathy. Beauty Pill has corruption, politics, faux science, bondage, voyeurism, and sex. It plucks at any woman’s deepest heart.
Here's an offbeat coming of age romance with a female lead gutsy enough to swoop her Harley V-Twin past plodding semis on the interstate.