Books with title Baa Baa Black Sheep

The 1842 novel The Black Sheep by Honore de Balzac is perhaps one of the greatest novels of all time. The story of the Bridau family trying to regain their lost inheritance comes alive with vividly portrayed characters. The two children of Agathe Bridau could not be farther apart Philippe the elder becomes a soldier in Napoleon's army as his brother Joseph sets of on a life as an artist. With Balzac's unfiltered presentation of society and his realistic writing you experience the brothers through all their trials and discover who really is the black sheep of the family.

Just a guy and a girl… and a million viewers.Kendra Bishop is so frustrated with her conservative parents that she agrees to swap families as part of a reality TV show called The Black Sheep. Leaving Manhattan behind, she joins the free-spirited Mulligans in Monterey, California, along with their five kids, a pet ferret and an ever-present camera crew.Just down the hall is Mitch, her hot new TV “brother.” Too bad Mitch wants nothing to do with Kendra or the cameras that have invaded his life. But when Kendra embraces the family’s environmental cause at the aquarium, Mitch starts to thaw. As things heat up between them, Judy, the show’s scheming producer, shamelessly exploits their budding romance for ratings.With the nation watching, can Kendra outwit Judy and discover the true meaning of love and family? Can she ever go home again, even if she wants to?Get this clean, funny and touching fish-out-of-water tale now.Looking for more sweet and sassy rom-coms? Count on Yvonne and Sandy to capture the heartwarming humor of first ♥ love in their books:Girl v. Boy: A Romantic ComedyThe Black Sheep: A Romantic ComedyLove, Inc.Bad for Business (Love, Inc. #2)Vivien Leigh Reid Series (Acts 1, 2 and 3)Vivien Leigh Reid Collection (Boxed Set)The Rom-Com Collection (Boxed Set – 7 books)"Reality TV and environmental activism give a trendy spin to Collins and Rideout's cheery fish-out-of-water romance... Kendra's bright and breezy first-person narration moves things along at a rapid clip and the larger-than-life personalities and plot are balanced by her heartfelt reflections on family and fame." ~ Publisher's Weekly"Kendra is an admirable character who discovers inner strength while thrust in a sink-or-swim environment."~ Kirkus Reviews"This is all hilariously over the top. The authors have the reality-show shenanigans down pat... Au courant." ~ Booklist"It's a battle of wit and wills until the very end. Punctuated by funny dialogue from Judy ordering her production crew around, this is a great send-up of reality TV in an entertaining and palatable coming-of-age romance." ~ Children's LiteratureAbout the AuthorsYvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout have been making readers laugh out loud with their romantic comedies for many years. Join their newsletter for humor, hijinks and a sign-up gift.Sandy Rideout is also the author of the “Dog Town” series of romantic comedies:Bitter and Sweet in Dog TownA Match Made in Dog TownLost and Found in Dog TownCalm and Bright in Dog TownTried and True in Dog TownYours and Mine in Dog TownNine Lives in Dog TownGreat and Small in Dog TownThe Dog Town Collection (Books 1-3 Boxed Set)The Dog Town Collection (Books 4-6 Boxed Set)

In 1792 the townspeople of Issoudun enjoyed the services of a physician named Rouget, whom they held to be a man of consummate malignity. Were we to believe certain bold tongues, he made his wife extremely unhappy, although she was the most beautiful woman of the neighborhood. Perhaps, indeed, she was rather silly. But the prying of friends, the slander of enemies, and the gossip of acquaintances, had never succeeded in laying bare the interior of that household. Doctor Rouget was a man of whom we say in common parlance, “He is not pleasant to deal with.” Consequently, during his lifetime, his townsmen kept silence about him and treated him civilly. His wife, a demoiselle Descoings, feeble in health during her girlhood (which was said to be a reason why the doctor married her), gave birth to a son, and also to a daughter who arrived, unexpectedly, ten years after her brother, and whose birth took the husband, doctor though he were, by surprise. This late-comer was named Agathe.These little facts are so simple, so commonplace, that a writer seems scarcely justified in placing them in the fore-front of his history; yet if they are not known, a man of Doctor Rouget’s stamp would be thought a monster, an unnatural father, when, in point of fact, he was only following out the evil tendencies which many people shelter under the terrible axiom that “men should have strength of character,”—a masculine phrase that has caused many a woman’s misery. - Taken from "The Black Sheep" written by Honore de Balzac