"Harriet Manners knows many facts. And she knows everything there is to know about Paris... except what to do when you're the hottest new model at Fashion Week. Can Harriet find her je ne sais quoi or will it be sacrae bleu! on the runway?"--

Only one man can claim this Drake beauty's heart After dazzling the fashion capitals of the world, London Drake comes home to Southern California for a well-earned rest at her family's resort spa. But a chance sighting of her former lover, international playboy and trending fashion designer Ace Montgomery, sends the headline-making supermodel into seductress mode. Only this time London wants more than a hot fling. Eight years, and Ace still isn't...

Looks at what it is like to be a model, including model-speak, profiles of famous models, and industry statistics.

In this rollicking account of fashion photography's golden age, bestselling author Michael Gross brings to life the wild genius, ego, passion, and antics of the men (and a few women) behind the camera. In the mid-20th century, fashion photographers and the models they made famous were pop culture royalty. From the postwar covers of Vogue to the triumph of the digital image, the fashion photographer sold not only clothes but ideals of beauty and visions...

Television personality Padma Lakshmi examines "her journey from [a humble family kitchen], led by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges' table of Top Chef and beyond. It chronicles the fierce devotion of the remarkable people who shaped her along the way, from her headstrong mother who flouted conservative Indian convention to make a life in New York, to her Brahmin grandfather--a brilliant engineer with an irrepressible sweet tooth--to...

"New York City model Finley is fed up with hearing the same feedback at castings: she needs to take some serious action to wipe the "good girl" stamp from her resume if she wants to launch to stardom. Enter Eddie Wells. He's shallow, predictable...and just as lost as Finley feels. Deep down, Finley is drawn to Eddie's bravado, his intensity. Except Eddie is hiding something. A big something. And when it surfaces, both loving and leaving Finley will...

Studious, socially conscious Emerson Watts learns startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark corporation.

"He always puts business first... then it's mixed with pleasure! After taking the reins of his family's legendary but failing fashon house, CEO Cristiano Vitale vows to restore its legacy. To do that he needs the face of the brand, supermodel Jensen Davis, to do her job. Only she's committed to living up to her headline-hitting reputation. Jensen doesn't want to jeopardize Cristiano's company, but courting scandal distracts from her mother's self-destructive...

Against her better judgment, Anna Sweet accepts a date with the secretive Nick Roma--office manager for Storm investigations. But before they can meet up, the body of Nick's ex-girlfriend is found near a lake. Rumours swirl that Nick was hounding his ex to get back together ... and he wouldn't take no for an answer. The police are convinced that Nick is the killer, but Anna agrees to take on his case. Her investigation will take her deep into Nick...

"It's been one student's dream to work in fashion, but her internship with a trendy LA clothing company leaves her with reservations about how models are treated and how fashion affects body images"--