PRINCESS OF PARK AVENUE
How far would you go to forget Mr. Wrong?
Anyone can see Lorraine Machuchi is no ordinary Brooklyn girl. Anyone except for Lorraine, that is. She’s been too busy obsessing over Tommy Lupo to notice. Living day to day on his confusing midnight phone calls and big-haired memories of their relationship in the early nineties, she’s given up any opportunity of leaving Brooklyn. And though she never saw the home she loves as a failure, there are lots of folks she’s pissed off by staying put—her mother, her dead grandmother’s ghost, not to mention the old Italian ladies who shake their heads at her in the pork store. And what’s worse, the very guy she tossed everything away for just told her he’ll never wind up with her—a girl who’s not going anywhere.
…Okay, so you might disapprove of her motive—changing for a guy. But then you probably haven’t seen Tommy with three shirt buttons undone. Besides, when Lorraine crosses the bridge to Manhattan she begins to realize she’s got a lot to offer. She starts coloring hair at a swank salon where they actually appreciate a little talent, even if you have to bend some rules to use it. She gets a fabulous Park Avenue sublet, even if it does involve chasing around a dog/horse named Pooh-Pooh.She meets a guy who’s actually…perfect, even if she might be too hung up on Mr. Wrong to notice. She’s asked to become the newest member of the Princesses, an elite group of Park Avenue’s most powerful socialites, even if the reasoning behind it might be a little fishy. Sure, their $400 cashmere sweaters, charity balls for poor girls with small boobs, and ‘sexy’ yoga are a bit over-the-top, but a Brooklyn girl can learn a lot by discovering her own inner princess…
“If you liked ‘Mean Girls,' you'll get a kick out of Brodsky's book.”
—Farrah Weinstein, New York Post
“Princess of Park Avenue is a delicious self-indulgent treat right up there with a leisurely soak in an aromatherapy infused bubble bath with scented candles…It would be cliché to say that Princess is a ‘good read' but truth be told, it's not only good, it's fabulously fantastic.”
— Karen Marie Shelton, HairBoutique.com
“Daniella Brodsky…charms us with her second novel…Princess of Park Avenue is an entertaining and amusing book that will remind any of us who have find ourselves lost in a relationship with a man that the real ‘us’ still exists and we only have to look in order to find her.”
— Amie Taylor, Bookreporter.com
“OMG!!! I LOVED IT!!! I think I read it in 3 nights, and drove with itin my purse, reading it at red lights. I have not had a book like thatin some time.”
—rosie-brown-eyes.blogspot.com
THE GIRL'S GUIDES TO NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE (1st and 2nd Editions)
Listed as one of 2002's "Best New Buying Guides" by The New York Post
"Author Daniella Brodsky scoured the city, covering 300 trendy boutiques--and bars, too--in as many days. Squeezed between Brodsky's reviews are cute stories about her adventures. Also included in the mix are tips and rules ranging from how to reclaim your closet to why you shouldn't flirt with a club's DJ/bartender."
— Farrah Weinstein, New York Post
"Finally a Guide to NYC Nightlife for Women. The Girl's Guide to New York Nightlife (Hangover Media, $11.95) could provide needed encouragement and guidance to those women who need help."
— Sara Bonisteel, New York Resident
The Girl's Guide to New York Nightlife 2nd Edition features over 200 new listings designed to help you have MORE great fun, look more fabulous doing it, feed MORE midnight carbohydrate hunkerings ...
NEVER ON A SUNDAE
"Never on a Sundae is an entertaining anthology with three very talented authors. All of the stories involve the Manhattan diner, Sundaes, where comfort food can be found for any woman at a crossroads in her life. After all, no problem looks bad over an ice cream sundae.”
—Jennifer Bishop, Romance Reviews Today
"Waitress Kate (in The Waitress) is also a writer though she never told her peers at Sundaes or her customers. She still dreams of finding the right one, but seems to never do so until Glenn. However, he wears a ring that makes him off limits. Solid contemporary romance that fans will appreciate.”
—Harriet Klausner, The Best Reviews
"Daniella Brodsky's writing is lyrical and flows smoothly. Sometimes with short stories you feel that something is missing and the writing rushed, but when THE WAITRESS [Daniella's novella in the anthology] ended, I felt supremely satisfied."
—Romance Junkies
ONE TRICK PONY (Young Adults)
Meet the regulars at the One Trick Pony, Brooklyn’s finest coffeehouse:
Jesse the Player—gorgeous, charming, and oh-so-irresistible, he goes through girls quicker than you can say, “Check, please!”
Abigail the Poet—quiet and beautiful, with a heart full of pain, she’s scared that she won’t recover from the loss of her mother.
Randall the Musician—your typical procrastinator and über-sensitive emo guitarist, he can’t find the courage to tell Abigail he loves her.
Kate the Know-it-all—stunning, overconfident, and a well-meaning buttinsky, she has everything figured out, or so she thinks.
When their favorite hangout closes because of declining business, these four friends are more adrift than ever before, until a mysterious young Frenchwoman named Caroline Deneuve reopens the doors of the One Trick Pony. Her delicious coffee becomes all the rage in the neighborhood, and soon Jesse, Abigail, Randall, and Kate are drinking a lot of it and acting quite unlike themselves.
Does their strange behavior something to do with the coffee? No one is sure. But one thing is certain: their lives will never be the same.
“An engaging tale whether you are a young adult or young at heart,”
—Jennifer Bishop, Romance Reviews Today
