Ever wonder about the stiff, somber-faced people in those 19th-century
sepia photographs? Well wonder no more. Come one, come all --- lose
yourself in Gilded Age New York, as imagined in Against All Odds ---
and discover that they were stiff in more ways than one! Meet the
heroine, Barbara, a modern Becky Sharp who shamelessly uses her wiles
not for power, but for pleasure --- even as her father attempts to
arrange a socially advantageous marriage for her. Has she met her
match in Stan Goldman, a gambler and stock jobber who expands his
sexual repertoire in the brothels of the city? What will they endure
to consummate their lust at first sight? With their characteristic
blend of wry humor and eyebrow raising sex scenes, authors James
Darwin and Barbara Moore take you on a merry, yet soul-searching
erotic romp in history. Not your grandmother’s romance novel!   5
out of 5

Ever wonder about the stiff, somber-faced people in those 19th-century
sepia photographs? Well wonder no more. Come one, come all --- lose
yourself in Gilded Age New York, as imagined in Against All Odds ---
and discover that they were stiff in more ways than one! Meet the
heroine, Barbara, a modern Becky Sharp who shamelessly uses her wiles
not for power, but for pleasure --- even as her father attempts to
arrange a socially advantageous marriage for her. Has she met her
match in Stan Goldman, a gambler and stock jobber who expands his
sexual repertoire in the brothels of the city? What will they endure
to consummate their lust at first sight? With their characteristic
blend of wry humor and eyebrow raising sex scenes, authors James
Darwin and Barbara Moore take you on a merry, yet soul-searching
erotic romp in history. Not your grandmother’s romance novel!   5
out of 5

Ever wonder about the stiff, somber-faced people in those 19th-century
sepia photographs? Well wonder no more. Come one, come all --- lose
yourself in Gilded Age New York, as imagined in Against All Odds ---
and discover that they were stiff in more ways than one! Meet the
heroine, Barbara, a modern Becky Sharp who shamelessly uses her wiles
not for power, but for pleasure --- even as her father attempts to
arrange a socially advantageous marriage for her. Has she met her
match in Stan Goldman, a gambler and stock jobber who expands his
sexual repertoire in the brothels of the city? What will they endure
to consummate their lust at first sight? With their characteristic
blend of wry humor and eyebrow raising sex scenes, authors James
Darwin and Barbara Moore take you on a merry, yet soul-searching
erotic romp in history. Not your grandmother’s romance novel!   5
out of 5