Summary
Alexandra Jones
Alexandra (Alex) Jones has had it with men and is having a baby without one! Doesn’t want a man or need one. She still loves them but no longer needs them to provide her what she has wanted for so long. The time has come to take actions into her own hands and No Men Need Apply. Her last relationship was the final straw that caused her to rethink what she had always believed about marriage and family. To see Alex is to see someone who has it all together. She is striking in appearance, has her own business and is a Christian woman with a great personality. Why would someone like this have a problem meeting a man?
Ethan Miller
Alex Jones might say that No Men Need Apply but Ethan Miller is submitting an application. He is the kind of guy most women only imagine exists. He is kind, considerate, attentive and gorgeous. He is the family law attorney for Alex. Having been through a divorce, he has always made it a practice to keep his professional life separate from his personal life, until Alex enters the picture. She is like no other woman he has ever met and might cause him to cross a line he has sworn he never would. Can he trust her to be the person he thought she was or will she bring him more disappointment?
No Men Need Apply
No Men Need Apply is the story of how one woman, Alexandra (Alex) Jones, who for so long held on to a dream of marriage and family, decides that she can have the family without the man. She puts her past behind her and looks ahead to a future with her adoptive baby, Alexia, (Alex II).
She finds love in the unexpected arms of her family attorney who embraces her desire for adoption. Attorney Ethan Miller is almost too good to be true and shows up when Alex had decided she will focus on her child. As Alex prepares for the adoption, her business partner, Eric Harris, prepares for a summer visit from his daughter. These two events collide and threaten to cause Alex and Eric to lose their children. During the baby shower for Alexandra, the horrible news arrives that the adoption has been halted. Alex had loved and lost before she even had a chance at loving her child.
No Men Need Apply is about the love and heartbreak that occurs along the way to finding true love and happiness. It’s also about one woman’s belief that with each new day comes another chance for love and joy.
About the Author
Lovell Brigham’s debut novel No Men Need Apply addresses the societal issues related to increasing adoption awareness and the relationship struggles of single females from an inspirational perspective. No Men Need Apply provides a positive alternative to women who desire to have a child but find themselves without a husband. Her writing exemplifies a woman confident in her faith and herself. Lovell’s career as a journalist took her to the Golden Triangle of Texas, where she began as a reporter with KJAC-TV. She went on to become the weekend anchor, and later hosted the area’s first half-hour morning news program. Having minored in political science, she later received a political appointment from former President Bill Clinton, where she served as communications director to former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala. Lovell went on to become a vice president for one of the nation’s top public relations agencies and a major healthcare organization. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University and holds a degree in broadcast journalism. Lovell is a native of Tyler, Texas, and resides in the Dallas area. For more information, go to www.lovellbrigham.com .
