"Keru and Nate first meet in college, brought together by a joke at a Halloween party (would a "great white" costume mean dressing like a shark or a privileged Ivy League student?) and marrying a few years later. Misfits in their own families, they find in each other a feeling of home. Keru is the only child of strict, well-educated Chinese immigrant parents who hold her to impossible standards even as an adult ("To use a dishwasher is to admit defeat,"...

An ethnography of young, single women struggling to live independently in South Korea. Living on Your Own is an ethnography of young, single women in South Korea who seek to live independently. Using extensive interviews, along with media analysis and archival research, Jesook Song traces the women's difficulties in achieving residential autonomy. Song exposes the clash between the women's burgeoning desire for independent lives and the ongoing incursion...

Spencer is a cat person. Lara is a dog person. Spencer is headed to a beach town to work on his thesis. Lara is coming to the same beach town to escape the shambles of her life. Their personalities couldn2t be more different, but when a reservation screw up lands them, and their pets, in the same vacation rental house, they all have to figure out how to get along with each other.

Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light..

Anna Winter, a damaged young woman recovering from a troubled past, moves out of their rental house into a beautiful new home with her husband. But, she can't help but feel unworthy of the wonderful life she has now. The day she moves out, the spirit of a deranged nun stuck in purgatory wants Anna's spirit to stay in the house with her.

Imogene Duckworthy, eager PI assistant, wants to be on her own. She finds a rental house where her four-year-old daughter, Nancy Drew Duckworthy, and Drew's pet pig, Marshmallow, are allowed. Local rumors are that the house is haunted, but reality rears its ugly head when Immy finds a dead man in the bathtub when she inspects the house. A long-lost relative is the logical suspect, but can Immy let her Uncle Dewey be railroaded for a crime he, possibly,...

The off-campus rental house had everything Emily and her roommate Crystal could want. It was close to school, but secluded enough to offer them the quiet and privacy they wanted. Unfortunately, two thieves on the run find their little haven equally desirable. Emily and Crystal soon find themselves at the mercy of the rope-happy criminals. Bound and gagged for hours on end, they can't even plead for help. Can the two coeds escape their captors, or...

"Southern Gothic is alive and well!" - Amazon reviewerCousins Billy and Roy were just two mischievous boys--probably meaner than most--but still just bored, country kids looking for some adventure and excitement.During the nights they spent with their grandmother, their favorite pastime was spying on the tenants of their grandmother's rental houses.Over the years, the two had spied on all of their grandmother's renters at one time or another, but...

Mike has it all: a beautiful ex-wife, a cheap rental house that's filled with strange noises, and a lifelong best friend who might be about to leave town forever. What more could a guy ask for? Just when he thinks his life can't get any worse, Mike bumps into the girl of his high school dreams and discovers that sometimes ghosts from the past really do come back to haunt you. Small Town Ghosts is a story of the hopes and losses that haunt our...

Everything Bonnie Keeler believes about life and marriage changes the day she discovers her husband's infidelity. Not only has he broken their wedding vows, but he blames her romance writing and shames her into giving up her passion - creating stories of mystery and romance; always with happily-ever-after endings. Leaving everything behind, she travels to Cape Cod, where she can wallow in self-pity and drown her sorrows in the ocean. Two things interfere...