Blame It on Eve — Philana Marie Boles

Shawni Baldwin has everything she has ever closed her eyes and wished for. She can wrap her arms around a devoted and very sexy fiancé, Bo Delaney, an entertainment attorney. She is living a glamorous life as a successful, jet-setting fashion model. But now, much to the dismay of her mother, Shawni has decided not to sign her next modeling contract. For beyond the pop of the flash bulb, beneath the glitzy trappings of fame and fortune, Shawni feels like just another empty doll on the runway. As the cold war with her commanding mother silently rages on, and her overprotective brother tries not to cramp her style, Shawni starts a new career as an independent beauty and fashion consultant. But a current client, a band of gorgeous crooners known as The Gentlemen, challenges her in ways she would never have imagined. In particular, one of the singers, Zin, with his Kenneth Cole boots and Joop cologne, defines sensuality and knocks her feelings of fidelity off balance.Suddenly there is a wedge between Shawni and her groom-to-be—and the estrangement turns a woman’s confidence into uncertainty. As her life begins to recklessly spiral out of control, Shawni is forced to confront demons she never knew she had. She asks herself a profound question: Does her sense of self, her happiness, her very existence, depend upon a man?By turns probing and funny, searing and sweet, Blame It On Eve follows the ups and downs of a sassy new heroine as she navigates brave new emotional terrains of the heart and soul. It’s an infectious novel about independence, sisterhood, and finding the strength to be true to oneself. If you don’t like that truth, well . . . Blame It On Eve!