Inches Aren't Everything - Paperback

by Sarah B. Daniels (Author)

The elite trainers at Body Management Corporation (BMC) have more than sculpting the perfect body on their minds. Working with hot rock stars and professional athletes, they spend as much time between the sheets as on the treadmill. Head trainer, Dean Stoddard, is known for his good looks and stunning bedroom endurance with his more than willing clients. Orlanda Kennedy, one of Dean's colleagues, is an exquisite goddess on a quest for success and wealth. Orlanda despises the shallowness of the fitness industry and the simple-minded men she works with. She uses her curves and intelligence to manipulate the men who lust after her, to maintain control of the situation - and the men. Dean can't deny his attraction to Orlanda but refuses to give her the satisfaction of turning him down, so he desires her in quiet from a distance - until he thinks she sends him a signal to approach for landing. Orlanda's plot for domination unfolds around BMC's owner, Zack Johnston, who is in a power struggle with his business partner, and in another kind of struggle with Leena Ryan, the mysterious woman who seduced him during a flight and hasn't let him rest since. She is about to push Zack into a whole new understanding of the word "action", causing him to question himself and everything around him. Luckily, Zack has Keith Langley, his right-hand man and head trainer, keeping him grounded and protecting the business. Keith is a natural leader who longs for love instead of one-night stands. Burned out rock stars, sex-driven sports stars, clients who tempt, and trainers who accept, round out the roster of characters in this page-turning, intriguing romp of a novel. You'll get to laugh at 'em, love 'em and want to join them! Praise for Inches: "If you think the world of fitness and personal trainers is all about sit-ups, crunches, and sweating on a treadmill-think again! Inches Aren't Everything is a sexy and exuberant romp through the boardrooms and the bedrooms of some very intriguing people. If you like working out with a good read, minus the sweat, then this is the book for you. I loved it!" -S.P. Hozy, author of A Cold Season in Shanghai and The Scarlet Macaw "This book takes you on an amazing getaway where the world of bodies, fitness and sex collide. Loved it! A lighthearted, yet passionate look between the sheets of two irresistible characters in the fitness industry that will keep you engaged until the very end." -Jay Bradley Author of LIVE, LOOK, FEEL; The 12-Week Guide to LIVE Longer, LOOK Younger, and FEEL Better! "This book gives you a different view of the other side of the workout machine. It is fun, naughty, sexy and the proper read in a boring airport or with a margarita under an umbrella on the beach." -Henriette B., travel agent

Author Biography

Sarah Daniels is the pen name of a clinical counsellor/author who combines the real-ife stories she has encountered for more than 35 years and turbo-charged them through her creative imagination to create page- turning, light, fun, sexy novels such as this one. My journey through life has always encouraged me to write and tell stories. Growing up in a poor village where brutality was the norm, to experiencing a different type of brutality in the lower rungs of the coorporate world where women were definitely 'things' to be used, I learned to defend, negotiate and manipulate my way through the maze. Always wtching, listening and learing - then writing the stories down. Travelling and living in different countries, I saw that the stories, in many ways, are the same everywhere. Not only my own, but what I saw around me. As I changed careers and lifestyles, I saw the three basic human tendencies kept showing up. The need to dominate - usually out of fear. The need to survive and be safe. The need for kindness, either given or recieved. These are overlayed by the sexual roles men and women take upon themselves in each situation and I've learned to watch for them and write about them. People never cease to amaze me with their kindness, resiliance, ability to bury themselves in chaos and become totally addicted to drama. It's hard to believe that people put themselves through the things they do.... but they do. One day, when I was a journalist, I was interviewing a scion of industry - who turned out to be a real pompous ass He kept calling me "girl". "So girl, what else do you want to know about my success?" And then he wouldn't tell me anything worth while... anything that would make a good story. Towards the end of my allotted 30 minutes with him, in desperation - I asked - "What's the one thing you'd rather I didn't know about you?" And he answered me - in great detail.... and kept saying..."I don't now whyI'm telling you this" But he did. I had a hard time keeping my eyes down on my note pad and not showing the "HOLY SHIT" I was thinking. Our lawyers toned down the interview considerably, but at least I got a story worth printing. And so it continues. Since then, I've used that question many times. With clients, people I meet on trains, planes, on the beach and in the classroom.