Any Way the Wind Blows - A Novel

Zusatztext “Packed with more drama than a hurricane at a Fourth of July picnic.” -- USA Today "A witty glimpse into the world of pop divas and sports stars....Light! funny and fast-paced." -- The Houston Chronicle “Drop-dead gorgeous characters caught in a web of deception and sexual intrigue. . . . Quite tasty.” — The Washington Post “More lying! cheating! bed-hopping and name-calling than a year’s worth of Ricki Lake .” -- People Informationen zum Autor E. Lynn Harris Klappentext When her wedding to John "Basil” Henderson didn't come off as planned, Yancey Harrington Braxton flew off to L.A. and remade herself as mega-diva Yancey B. And Basil started concentrating on his career as a high-powered sports agent. But then Yancey's first single, "Any Way the Wind Blows,” hit the charts, and now it threatens to blow Basil's cover--if anyone learns who it's really about. And it looks like the gorgeous (and ambitious) hunk Bart Dunbar might just have it all figured out. Leseprobe Yancey's Big Reign When I walk into a room, other women either leave or gather into small groups. That's the kind of woman I am. So imagine my surprise when that stopped happening when I moved to the West Coast. I was used to the seas parting for me. But I guess LaLa Land hadn't been warned about me. About a month ago, my record company gave a listening party at one of Hollywood's newest eateries, Reign, for my soon-to-be-released CD, I'm Not in Love . The party was swimming with members of Hollywood's black elite and their flunkies and was a West Coast version of a Ghetto Fabulous plush bash. It was a great event, but if I had to rank them, it was the second-best party where I was the guest of honor. The best party I ever attended was the day before I was supposed to get married. We had a spectacular party at Laura Belle, in New York City, and as delicious as that party was, my wedding day was an equal disaster. My groom-to-be dropped a full-tilt nuclear assault bomb on me: He decided the morning of our wedding that he would rather spend the rest of his life flip-flopping between the beds of both men and women instead of sleeping with just me. But when I really think about it, Basil and I had more problems than a college entrance exam. He had a difficult childhood. I had a miserable one. He lied about his past. I embellished mine. He wanted children, while the only thing I desired with the letter C was a Career. And not just any career, mind you, a C-A-R-E-E-R that would rival that of any diva, living or dead. My name is Yancey Harrington Braxton, now known to the recording world as "Yancey B," pop singer fabulosa. (Move over, Whitney. Step aside, Mariah. J-Lo, get outta my way.) I relocated to Los Angeles a day after being left at the altar, and it has turned out to be the best move I've ever madeóthat is, if you don't count not speaking to my former fiancé and my mother. I arrived in LaLa Land with no agent or manager, no permanent residence and very little money. Thank God the real estate market in New York was so hot; I was able to get a much-needed equity loan against my East Side town house. The L.A. weather was so inviting when I arrived that it was hard to close myself off from the world, as I had intended. I went to Malibu, did lots of window shopping and started reading the trades looking for work. The only contact I had with New York was a call every other day from my good friend Windsor, who was staying in my house until the right offer to sell came along. One night I found myself having dinner alone at the hotel's Polo Lounge restaurant. After finishing a chicken caesar salad, I went into the bar, had a drink and soon found myself singing and confiding in the piano player. Turns out Bobby Daye was not only a talented piano player, but a wonderful songwriter as well. After he finished his set, he took me to ...

Product details

• Authors: E Lynn Harris, E. Lynn Harris
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.07.2002
• EAN: 9780385721189
• ISBN: 978-0-385-72118-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Basil and Yancy Series; Basil and Yancy Series; Basil and Yancy
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature