LIAISONS
FOR LAUGHS:
ANGIE & ELLA'S SUMMER OF DELIRIUM
Romps,
mischief, pranks, legal
maneuvering, and avoiding the poison
of a media-manipulated personality.
Angie
& Ella are beautiful, bright, energetic, and fearless
associates at a Manhattan law firm. They are fond of reliving
their escapades, as well as concocting new ones, via email.
Entirely epistolary, Liaisons for Laughs chronicles
their frolics during a New York summer. Told in a gleefully
sassy tone, and always rich with humor, Angie & Ella's
adventures include “Trailer Trollop Romp & Martin’s
Comeuppance,” “Circumstances of Spying,”
and “Romance Novel Hell.”
Equally
concerned with furthering their careers and indulging their
penchant for pleasure and pranking, Angie & Ella tell
of both in a unique vocabulary, each seeking to keep pace
with the other with the verbal pyrotechnics of their emails.
With the frequent participation of their shared boyfriend
Steven, as well as Manhattan itself, they hungrily fling
themselves into a flurry of vamping, masquerading, and fantasy
roles—never neglecting to get their work done on time
and keep the partners happy.
Read
the first two chapters:
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I.
Overture (Summer's
Delirium)
II.
Trailer Trollop
Romp
& Martin's Comeuppance
III.
Office Rescue & The Nightie Shred
and Tie-Up Game
IV.
Harlot Impersonation, a Cab Ride,
& Pink Grapefruit Tarts
V.
Circumstances of Spying
VI. Miss Whippie
VII.
Territorial Rights Regained Escapade
& Fantasy Recollection Dress-Up
VIII. Friday's Fiasco (Angie
Beds a Bore)
IX.
Isabel's Capture
X.
Rant Fest, the Slings and Stings
of Frustrated Frolic, & Declarations of Love
XI. Ella's Goblin
XII.
A Princess on the Pavement,
the Displaced Damsels Escapade,
& an Aside Concerning Bewitchment
XIII. Romance Novel Hell
XIV.
Missy Mayhem & Autumn's Chill
Afterword
(Angie & Ella Address the Author)
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Robert
Scott Leyse
was born in San Francisco, grew up in various locales about
America, lived in Paris for a spell, and now resides on
Manhattan's Upper East Side. Upon arrival in Manhattan he
worked as a New York cab driver on the night shift, with
the aim of atoning for a sheltered upbringing and having
adventures the likes of which he'd never had before and
he wasn't disappointed; subsequently he acquired over a
dozen years of experience in the legal field, where he was
pleasantly surprised to find that additional adventures,
of the office politics and shenanigans variety, were to
be had; presently he works in the advertising field, where
he's not looking for any special adventures, having decided
to explore the option of separating work from fun and games
and having secrets that are easier to keep. He skis in Sun
Valley, Idaho, surfs with board and body in southern California
and Puerto Rico, once took a belly dance class in Green
Bay, Wisconsin, and probably shouldn't mention his lousy
attendance record at the yoga studio down the street. He
eats fish heads and insects and drinks blood, but can’t
be paid to eat potato chips or cake.