"So," Ethan said, a smirk twitching at the corner of his lips. "Guess we're... family now."The way he said "family" made it sound like the last thing he wanted, and honestly, I didn't disagree. I forced a laugh, hoping it didn't sound as nervous as I felt. "Yeah. Small world, huh?""Do you feel that?" he asked, his voice low and a little rough. His gaze bore into mine, and I swear, for a split second, there was something... different in his eyes. Something fierce and primal....

My fiance cheated on me with my sister, to get back at him, I seduced his hot daddy, hoping he will get used to calling me stepmother...***"Stop this madness, Joanne!""Madness?" I asked as I chuckled softly, "Madness!" I yelled, my voice rising in pitch as tears welled up in my eyes. "Madness is f*cking my sister behind my back! Madness is thinking you have the f*cking right to barge into my house and slap me in the face! That's madness!"Rylan, my ex fiance,...

My fiance cheated on me with my sister, to get back at him, I seduced his hot daddy, hoping he will get used to calling me stepmother...***"Stop this madness, Joanne!""Madness?" I asked as I chuckled softly, "Madness!" I yelled, my voice rising in pitch as tears welled up in my eyes. "Madness is f*cking my sister behind my back! Madness is thinking you have the f*cking right to barge into my house and slap me in the face! That's madness!"Rylan, my ex fiance,...

My fiance cheated on me with my sister, to get back at him, I seduced his hot daddy, hoping he will get used to calling me stepmother...***"Stop this madness, Joanne!""Madness?" I asked as I chuckled softly, "Madness!" I yelled, my voice rising in pitch as tears welled up in my eyes. "Madness is f*cking my sister behind my back! Madness is thinking you have the f*cking right to barge into my house and slap me in the face! That's madness!"Rylan, my ex fiance,...

Award-winning women scholars from nontraditional backgrounds have often negotiated an academic track that leads through figurative--and sometimes literal--minefields. Their life stories offer inspiration, but also describe heartrending struggles and daunting obstacles. Reshaping Women's History presents autobiographical essays by eighteen accomplished scholar-activists who persevered through poverty or abuse, medical malpractice or family disownment, civil war or genocide. As they illumina...