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| The Lonely Hearts Club | 
 enlarge | Author: Radclyffe
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 51157
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 259
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1602820058
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820050
ASIN: 1602820058
Publication Date: February 22, 2008
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Product Description
Take three friends, add two ex-lovers and several new ones, then mix with more secrets than any of them know--and the result is a recipe for explosive rivalries and incendiary romance.
Candace Lory is a high-power commodities trader and swinging playgirl who meets her match when she hooks up with older, butch corporate attorney, Parker Jones, an associate of Candace's ex-lover, Liz Ramsey. Parker is as much a swinger as Candace but try as they might, the two can't seem to stop repeating their one night stand.
Brenda Beal writes best-selling erotic romance novels under a pseudonym even her closest friends don't know. One of the only members of "the group" who didn't sleep with every available woman during college, Bren would rather fantasize about a perfect lover than have one, especially if she's obedient and willing to do anything Bren orders. A surprise birthday "trip" and a dashing, dark-eyed submissive transforms Bren's fantasies into reality and her dark secrets into delicious pleasures.
Attorney Liz Ramsey thought she had everything--a devoted partner, a challenging job, and plans for a family in the making. Unfortunately, as soon as the test strip turned blue, her lover Julia got cold feet and left her. Now pregnant, Liz bumps into, literally, young surgeon Riley Danvers during an appointment at the University Hospital. Conversation leads to coffee, but despite Riley's charms, courtship is not part of Liz's plans.
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Love this book! February 17, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Think Friends, Sex in the City, and The L-Word, with Radclyffe's signature touches, for an engaging, uplifting and truly sexy character-driven emotional adventure. The Lonely Hearts Club explores the hearts and minds of six professional women, all different, all sexy, and all complicated, and all searching for true love, even if they think they're better off single. Whether a playgirl, a person who prefers her fantasies, or a practical and loyal woman embarking on motherhood, everyone needs companionship, love, trust, and lust. Radclyffe succeeds in showing how different our sexuality can be - and how valid despite those differences.
Liz Ramsey is a thirty-five-year-old mal-practice attorney on top of her game when life altering changes throws her for a loop. Her best friends, Marilyn Monroe-esque Candace Lory, a commodities trader who gets around and Brenda Beal, a thirty-year-old quietly sensitive care-taker, who enjoys the fantasy of love perhaps more than the reality, remain the constant by which she lives her life. "For nine years [Liz, Candace and Bren had] shared secrets, heartbreaks, the joy of new beginnings and the pain of breaking up. They had forged something that went beyond friendship and created a family in a far more intimate way than anything Liz shared with most of her blood relatives" (page 19). But even a `family of choice' can have secrets and still maintain a healthy, loving, nurturing, and protective relationship.
Add Dr. Reilly Danvers, an orthopedic surgeon, who is "melt-in-your-mouth hot," and feeds off the tension of her profession so that she's too tired to worry about her life outside the hospital, Parker Playgirl Jones, a sexy corporate attorney and Julia, Liz's ex among other surprise guests, and you have an ensemble of compelling characters, intriguing complications amidst soul-searching, tying up loose ends, and making way for fulfilling futures. Gay or straight, most women would agree that these are the key ingredients to a happier life.
Readers who aren't afraid to explore their sensual and sexual side and think about their needs and desires will want to read The Lonely Hearts Club because there's always something to learn. Between the witty and often funny, charming and meaningful dialogue, cliff-hanger scene endings, the hints of deep dark secrets along the way, and characters you'll love, it is no surprise that The Lonely Hearts Club will leave you lonely no more. Every gesture, look, sigh, and thought moves the plot along with just enough hints to maintain suspense. Each character has a unique descriptor. How Radclyffe keeps track of all these women is a wonder. Radclyffe empowers woman and being a lesbian is not a pre-requisite for reading her work. Happily married and single straight women who enjoy romance, exploring sexual desire, living vicariously through characters who etch themselves in your heart and mind, and who long for stimulating circumstances between multi-faceted characters, will not want to miss The Lonely Hearts Club.
 The perfect comfort food in book form March 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have no complaints about this book. I loved it. I could easily have given it five stars. Now, that could be the timing of when I read it, after reading a couple of somewhat disappointing books, but I could not put it down once I started it, and I'll admit that I was initially a little skeptical. I usually don't read anthologies or short stories, and I was worried that a book spread over the lives of so many women would be too thin overall for my tastes. But I had no need to fear; this book revolves centrally around the lives and connections between Liz and Riley, richly complemented and supported by Liz's two best friends Bren and Candace (the 3 of them make up the "Lonely Hearts Club"), and their various entanglements. Words can't adequately describe how happy I was to put myself into Radclyffe's capable hands and immerse myself in her most recent offering. Excellent pacing, clear narrative line, distinct and likeably characters, hot chemistry. Radclyffe even injected a bit of gentle S/M into the proceedings.
The writing and editing was excellent as always. It's refreshing to be able to just sit back and enjoy a book without cringing at author missteps. I enjoyed this author's take on issues surrounding pregnancy, break-ups, the ways we hide from ourselves and our friends emotionally, how we hurt and forgive one another, and how fulfilling our lives are with other people in them. Highly recommended.
Waiting for More March 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This story had a bit of a different flavor for Radclyffe. The three friends she created are a fun group, and I really liked that we got a bit of romance for all three. There's nothing better than three romances for the price of one. But I'm giving it five stars with the hope that Radclyffe is going to givve us the whole story of Bren next. The little we got to see of her in this one wasn't enough.
Not quite up to Radclyffe's high standards March 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me begin by saying I did enjoy this book. Radclyffe always spins a good tale. However, I felt it wasn't as thorough as many of her books. I really like the three friends and am fascinated by how Radclyffe reveals Bren's secret to her friends. I like that Candace is beginning to change. and I truly like Liz and Reilly. I'm sure that being a little cryptic about how Bren and Candace work out their romances leaves room for another book about these women. That will give us some more information about Liz and Reilly as well. And I will read it.
Radclyffe is Back!!! April 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have to preface this review by saying I'm a HUGE fan of Radclyffe's books. I think I have only rated two of her books 4, while all the others have been 5. Her last several books have really teetered on the edge for me, but this one is a strong comeback for my favorite author.
Here, much in the style of Saxon Bennett, the author delivers a variety of different women in a single plot. Even with the large cast, all are well-developed and their individual stories are tied together with skill and artistry.
I won't take the time to rehash to story here because the back cover text is pretty descriptive. However, I will tell you just how happy I am to finally see a Radclyffe book that is worthy of her talent and capability. This one is a don't-miss, absolutely.
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