First published in 1930, the famously wordless He Done Her Wrong is Milt Gross' graphic masterpiece, the result of his prior collaboration with Charlie Chaplin on the 1928 silent-era film classic The Circus. Sharing the same goofy, over-the-top comic mayhem that was Chaplin's trademark, and preceding the expressive, cartoony art style of MAD magazine legend Harvey Kurtzman, all of He Done Her Wrong's hilarious slapstick, tragic heartbreak, heroism and villainy, character development, high emotions and raucous thrills somehow manages to take place, astonishingly, without a single word of text, or conversation, or even a footnote. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.9px Arial; color: #424242}

He Done Her Wrong, the revised second volume in the Bloody Trail of Disenchantment series, includes vignettes about infidelities (real and perceived) and their effect on a variety of souls. Some stories have funny moments, some have tragic moments, some stories have horrific details that will haunt you. Some events in this collection of stories are based on real life—which only seek to portray a moment in time in the aftermath of infidelity—told without judgement (save for what the characters themselves have to say about it), and with a playful array of cascading details (see if you can identify them from story to story). The scenes of atrocity and names of the guilty have been changed to protect the disenchanted so that they may continue on their bloody trail until fully healed (who knows if that's even a thing!?). For the record: there are good and loyal people in this world. Folks who are honest, committed, loving, and ethical. These stories are not about those people.

Chrissy: The guys I’ve been dating lately have all been so blah. Blah doesn’t even describe it. More like humdrum, bored to tears, with my brain leaking out of my ears. But then I meet a man who looks like a superhero through my new escort agency. He’s got muscular frame, thick, heavy thighs, and a huge shaft that reminds me of pure steel. Even more interesting, he says he likes them curvy. Young. And most of all, able to stretch. Am I up for the job? All I know is that my warrior wants me to earn my keep … and I’ll never be the same after he’s done. Remember Hunter Lindstrom’s sassy daughter from Raw and Ready? Well, now it’s time for Chrissy’s story! Yes, she’s made some *eye-popping* choices, but let’s just say the sassy woman doesn’t regret them one bit, especially when there’s a man nicknamed the Hulk standing by to give her the ride of her life. Sit down, relax, and enjoy with an ice cold lemonade because you’ll be DYING of thirst! This book is a standalone and does not need to be read in order with the rest of the series. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and always an HEA for my readers.

Goodness has nothing to do with it as a hard-luck private eye in 1940s Hollywood takes a case for legendary silver screen sex symbol Mae West. In the early days of talking pictures, the greatest sex symbol in Hollywood was the platinum-blonde bad girl Mae West. Naughty and gorgeous with a razor-sharp wit, West wrote her own material and controlled her own image—until the censors came in and outlawed the racy repartee that made her famous. By the forties, her star has faded and she’s banking everything on a scandalous memoir that she hopes will set the stage for a comeback. When the only copy is stolen, she calls in a favor from an old beau—the brother of wisecracking PI Toby Peters. When Mae West asks, “Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” you don’t say no. Peters arrives at a party at West’s house, where every guest is a man dressed as the woman herself—and one of them may be the thief who stole the manuscript. But before he can tear off the culprit’s wig, Peters finds that this is about more than theft. The crook wants to destroy Mae West, and he has murder on his mind. The star of Edgar Award winner Stuart M. Kaminsky’s fun forties private eye series, “Peters is a good guy with a sense of humor, and every appearance he makes is a welcome one” (Booklist).