SEX AND THE SINGLE COWPOKE "Lonesome Swallow Ranch, here I come!" A sexy, Stetson-wearing cowboy is as out of place in the urban wilds of New York as Assistant D.A. Margo Haskell is in Hicksville, Texas. But when her life is threatened because of her job, Armadillo Bend—and the strong arms of Wyatt E. Lamar—are just the place to hide. She learns Wyatt is one cowboy who can sweet-talk and kiss a girl until she forgets all about her "very important" career. Then she realizes that small-town life can be as hazardous as the Big Apple—especially to her heart! LOVESTRUCK All's fair in love and work… Reporters Dru Logan and Pierce Montcastle are passionate competitors—and one night they'd been even more…until Pierce stole away with Dru's story. Now the two rivals are once again after the same scoop: an eccentric scientist has discovered a love potion. And once again, Dru and Pierce end up in the same bed! Pierce swears he's changed, that he wants Dru in his life forever. But can she believe him? Or is he simply loving under the influence?

GREAT GENES! Baby—Made-to-order Offbeat, klutzy fashion designer Cleo Rose plans to "design" her baby. Her family consists of a bunch of kooks, and she wants to give her child a chance for a regular life. Enter supernormal, brilliant scientist Bryce Hampton, a man with great genes. He's also charming, sexy and wonderful—a man she could love. But Cleo is determined to protect her heart because men like Bryce don't fall for a woman like her…or did they? MAKE ME OVER Wanted: Man, preferably breathing Nell Philips has man problems—how many guys want to date a five-foot-eight-inch cop who's a dead shot and can throw them across the room? Sheriff Mac Cochrane has woman problems—mostly from his mother who wants him to get married. The solution to both their problems is obvious—Mac will teach Nell how to be a sexy siren, and she'll help him find the perfect mate. Trouble is, when Mac sees the made-over Nell, all bets are off. First guy who looks at her sideways is going to get arrested….

In order to pay the bills, struggling actress/waitress Edie Amos takes on two roommates--a blonde Amazonian beauty and a pampered Texas princess--who drive her crazy, but when the going gets tough, Edie discovers the true meaning of friendship. Reprint.

Explores American Joseph H. Lewis's eclectic career, including his best-known film, Gun Crazy. Joseph H. Lewis enjoyed a monumental career in many genres, including film noir and B-movies (with the East Side Kids) as well as an extensive and often overlooked TV career. In The Films of Joseph H. Lewis, editor Gary D. Rhodes, PhD. gathers notable scholars from around the globe to examine the full range of Lewis's career. While some studies analyze Lewis's work in different areas, others focus on particular films, ranging from poverty row fare to westerns and "television films." Overall, this collection offers fresh perspectives on Lewis as an auteur, a director responsible for individually unique works as well as a sustained and coherent style. Essays in part 1 investigate the texts and contexts that were important to Lewis's film and television career, as contributors explore his innovative visual style and themes in both mediums. Contributors to part 2 present an array of essays on specific films, including Lewis's remarkable and prescient Invisible Ghost and other notable films My Name Is Julia Ross, So Dark the Night, and The Big Combo. Part 3 presents an extended case study of Lewis's most famous and-arguably-most important work, Gun Crazy. Contributors take three distinct approaches to the film: in the context of its genre as film noir and modernist and postmodernist film; in its relationship to masculinity and masochism; and in terms of ethos and ethics. The Films of Joseph H. Lewis offers a thorough assessment of Lewis's career and also provides insight into film and television making in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Scholars of film and television studies and fans of Lewis's work will appreciate this comprehensive collection.