Teacher Sofie Peterson, a big beautiful woman, embarks on a Caribbean cruise with her best friend Libby Washington. Together they are celebrating Sofie’s divorce from a man who left her—for another man! Without Sofie's knowledge, Libby spins a lie about them to impress businessman Simon Landrich and worse yet, sets Sofie up with Simon's associate Wallace Henderson.
Also on board is Finn Baxter, an ex-cop private eye hot on the trail of a con man with whom he has a personal vendetta. He has plans for the con man—which he keeps under wraps—but he didn’t plan on meeting a feisty red-head and losing his heart. Sofie and Finn try to resist their growing attraction, while Wallace ardently pursues Sofie.
When accidents begin to happen to Sofie, it isn't clear who is the perpetrator. Finn, who always seems to be on the scene of the accidents? Wallace, who may be trying to scare Sofie into his arms? Or fellow passenger Barbara Shulman, with her unexplained but obvious hatred of Sofie?
What is clear is that a cruise gets complicated when you start it with a big fat lie!
Deborah Spencer, a plus sized housewife and mother, finds herself married to an unfaithful and abusive man. When she fears for the safety of herself and her son, she flees to the anonymity of the city, changes her identity and embarks on a new life as Sabrina Blue, singer. Guy Latimer, a successful record producer hears her one night and is puzzled when she refuses his offer of a recording contract. Despite her refusal, he finds himself strongly attracted to the mysterious BBW, and pursues her. Sabrina and Guy fall in love, only to find they are prey for a nasty gossip columnist with an agenda of her own. After some unwelcome publicity, Sabrina's husband finds her and her son. When he kidnaps the boy, and shoots Guy, Sabrina feels she is losing everything of value. Will she and Guy survive the terror, rescue her son, and be able to make beautiful music together?
Sandra Reese, a shy full-figured eighteen-year-old, is embarking on her first year of college. Her roommate is vivacious Danielle Santorelli. The girls bridge their differences to become best friends. When Sandra meets Danny's brother Michael, she loses her heart and finds he returns her feelings. Sandra discovers that the family is facing the loss of their business through criminal machinations. The girls break into the gangster's hideout looking for incriminating evidence and are caught. Danny escapes but Sandra becomes a hostage. Sandra must survive a criminal's anger and a police shoot-out before she can be reunited with her love.
Judy Bagshaw is a woman with a mission and a unique vision. She has lived all her life as a plus size person in a thin-obsessed world. As a full time elementary school teacher for over two decades, she has personally witnessed the effect this thin obsession has had on many of her young, impressionable students. She has also recognized the need for people of size to see themselves represented in the media as more than the butt of jokes, the villain, or the jolly sidekick. To this end, Judy's romance short stories and novels feature plus sized central characters living rich, involved lives, just as she has.
Love at Large is a courageous book of charming romantic stories; each one a celebration of the lives and loves of full-figured women. It is a book of fiction featuring real women searching for real love and finding that men do indeed send long-stemmed red roses to women with double digit dress sizes.
Susan Shaw, a tall full-figured teacher, accepts a tutoring job in the Caribbean arranged by her fraternal twin fashion model sister, in order to escape the embarrassing publicity arising from an attack and arrest by her alleged stalker. Her student is chubby nine-year-old Becca who sports a large chip on her shoulder. But Susan wins her over and helps her accept and like herself. Becca's father falls for Susan and after many misunderstandings, wins her heart. But danger follows Susan to the islands in an unexpected guise and Susan and Steven must face nature's fury and a madman's rage before they can be together at last.
The Enchanted Cottage Bed & Breakfast needs some renovating, but BBW proprietor Merrilee Allbright can't find the funds, no matter how hard she crunches the budget. Then a surprise visit by her eccentric Aunt Cordelia begins a chain of events that will not only solve Merrilee's problems, but alter her life forever.
Noble carpenter Vasili Dobecek--who unexpectedly drops into Merilee's life--captures her heart and proves that, if the time is right, one day your prince does come.
Big beautiful, and in some cases slightly more mature, heroines grace the pages of this collection of romantic short stories. These are heroines you’ll recognize because they are real women like you and me. They have busy lives and character flaws. They make mistakes and have regrets. They long for love and have suffered hurts. But they persevere. And in the stories in this collection they find the love they’ve been looking for, sometimes where they least expect it.
