From the outside, starlet Olivia Hammond has it all-fame, fortune and a Hollywood hunk boyfriend. No one suspects her rising self-doubts and anxieties. In order to escape the realities of her chaotic world, she dives into an Oscar quality role of a young woman trapped in the horrors of postwar Berlin. It is here that Olivia feels most comfortable. Her real and fictional lives collide when the director casts, Dimitri Malakhov, a Russian porn star, as her costar. She immediately fears her image and reputation will be tainted. Personally and professionally, she must face what frightens her...

After leaving an abusive ex, Andy Daniels heads back to Las Vegas to reunite with Earl, the love of her life, only to find him gone. Devastated from losing him, she realizes her life holds for her several choices -return to her burnout hippie days at Berkley, succumb to society expectations with a suitable companion, or hold onto her faith in love and wait for her lost love to return. Andy choses the latter. To her friends, Andy's clinging to love seems futile and even a little pathetic, yet no one seems to be able to deter her. As the years pass, Andy's love grows past her lover. She learns...

During the 1960's, the measure of a woman's success is how well she marries. This is the goal of Tempe, Arizona native Georgina LaVigne, and she believes she made her mark when she wrangles the son of a Nevada rancher, only to be disappointed to learn the life isn't what she expected. Set out onto the Las Vegas streets, Georgina has to fend for herself and quickly, still determined with the goal to find a husband. She tests her luck as a cocktail waitress but finds no worthy bet until her fate is sealed when she meets Willy Sturgess, who offers her more than she anticipated - family, love,...

Over a lifetime, author Jennifer Ott wrote about and related to characters who walked different paths of loneliness and solitude. Soon the truth of her life dawned on her. She was living in lonerdom, a condition she describes as a loner's self-built kingdom far away from the stresses of modern life. It is a place where many retreat. Using her own life, and her fictional stories as examples, Jennifer Ott weaves together a holistic perspective of loneliness, including the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and psychologists, but most importantly the support of family, friends, guides and...