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Grown-Ups Getaway Giveaway 2nd Round Extension

Since Easter weekend starts spring break for some adults and ends it for others, the 2nd round of the Grown-Ups Getaway Giveaway has been extended until Saturday, June 4, 2016 to allow for the beginning of the warm weather reading season. Everyone who has already reviewed and/or purchased Dodging Eros is still entered (except for Paula S., who won the first round;-). Best wishes & good luck! Grown-Ups Getaway Giveaway Extended until 3/26/ 6/4/ 2016 Hello, Reading has been a brain escape for me since my dad used silly voices at bedtime to enact each character from my collection of Dr. Seuss books. The launch of Dodging Eros, Through Past, Present and Pleasure by Private Moments Publishing (an imprint of 5 Prince Publishing) seems like the perfect opportunity to offer reviewers and readers a chance to win a mini-retreat from the demands of being a grown-up and to focus on the pleasures of being a consenting adult. Giveaway Details: A mid-week, 3-day/2

PoP Debate Question 10

In fiction and in real life, romantic love and marriage are packaged and marketed to girls and women as essential components to having a fulfilling life, while romantic love and marriage are treated as optional for boys and men. [ex. media coverage of Jennifer Aniston and Taylor Swift as bachelorettes versus George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio as bachelors] How do these opposing ideas impact hetero and QUILTBAG monogamous relationships? 

Politics of Pleasure Debate Question 8

What does the current “Girl” trend in mainstream adult contemporary fiction reflect about society’s attitudes toward grown women? The Adventures of Anglo Ingenue and Stone-Cold Billionaire (intro) an Absurd Theater vignette setting: party as corporate networking event tabloid moniker: Stoglo He trapped my and gaze and refused to release me from his stare as I watched him work his way across the ballroom filled with the industry's power brokers. This man was dangerous. His bespoke tuxedo couldn't hide the rough edges of his bad boy, bad ass, dominant, alpha shark intensity cutting through the chum of posers and hangers-on who tried to catch his attention. He ignored them. This sexy man's reputation as a rebellious genius with a bad attitude in business and an insatiable appetite as a connoisseur of sin made him irresistible. I knew I was in way over my head...