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Dangerous Curves AheadShort Stories by Pat Ballard
Contemporary romance stories with 2004 Pearlsong Press trade paperback edition: $13.95 | ISBN 0971324727 │ 144 pages All copies of Dangerous Curves Ahead purchased from the Pearlsong Press website are autographed by the author!
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Dangerous Curves Ahead Table of Contents:
Dangerous Curves (click to read excerpt from the title story) Misconceptions Freedom The Clock Playboy The Promise of Winter A Walk in the Park The Company Party A Weakness for Candy
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featured Pat Ballard, the self-described “Queen of Rubenesque Romance,” herein tackles an entrenched stereotype of conventional romantic fiction — the perpetually skinny heroine — and successfully turns it on its bony derriere. This collection of ten short stories feature women who are just that: all woman. There’s not one ultra-slim fashion model in the bunch. Their curves are all there and they make no apology for them, whether these ladies work their own cattle ranch, run an antique store or work as an executive secretary in the big city. What this means is that the vast majority of romance aficionados can relate very well to these shapely women who dare to wear larger dress sizes. Better yet, the handsome heroes depicted all appreciate curvaceous heroines, too. In fact, some of these short stories could be more appropriately labeled “coming-to-terms” tales since they feature a young woman’s search for self-esteem that isn’t skin deep. In “Freedom” Molly’s boyfriend Mike is shocked when he discovers she comes from a family of large-sized women, because Molly has been starving herself for years in order to remain thin. When Mike issues an ultimatum that after they marry Molly had better not gain any weight, she realizes that he only loves her for her outward appearance and not because of who she is. Armed with this knowledge, she dumps him and eventually finds peace within herself and with her size. Ballard doesn’t pull punches. She shows her heroines exhibiting ample will and tenacity to tell off those who would shame them into becoming something they aren’t just to blend in with society's narrow-minded notions of beauty. There’s no guilt in being a big, beautiful heroine in Dangerous Curves Ahead, and that is itself a formula for a classic happy ending.— C.APPEL • 8-10/04 |
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