In the spring of 1986, Britaini Hughes receives her big break in the music business - singing backing vocals for the world-renown, British band, Double Talk on their next album. The petite, attractive, African-American, 19-year old leaves behind her pompons and UCLA for New York, to begin a roller coater ride into the unknown and to catch a ride on a shooting star! Andria Daniels visits her best friend, Britaini, in New York. Andria, an English major at UC Davis, dreams of starting her own fashion magazine. This two-week trip will grow into a whole new way of life for Andria -- a path of self-discovery and the realization of her dreams. There are many gorgeous, tasty characters, but the life experiences of Britaini and Andria make up the nucleus of this book -- their rise to success in their own right. Eating Venus is about attraction, flirtation, falling in love, sensuality, creativity, promiscuity, monogamy, obsession, grace, charm, and friendship. This book plays out the dramatic, intense, painful, silly, blissful, and fickle issues that exist not only in the world of entertainment, but in life - no matter what race, creed, color, or tax bracket.