A Teardrop on a Rose (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781735223131)

One woman's inspired idea would help bring about a change in sexual equality unlike any the world had seen before.

A Teardrop on a Rose tells the emotionally gripping true story of how fate brought one man and one woman together from very different parts of the world, and how their love would blossom into a dream neither could have predicted: the creation of Playgirl Magazine.

Douglas and Jenny's dynamic relationship began in the late 1960s, when women's rights and liberties were going through a wave of much-needed scrutiny. As a good ol' boy from the Appalachian Mountains, Doug always dreamed of starting an entertainment enterprise. And as a brilliant and beautiful woman who hailed from Indonesia, Jenny desired to break free from the oppression her mother and all women before her were accustomed to. But it would take the two of them working at Doug's go-go club in California to realize their dreams were only achievable together.

With a vision of inspiring women of the 70s to seek gender equality by unabashedly embracing their sexuality, Doug and Jenny worked tirelessly through the back-breaking and mentally-taxing work of publishing an international magazine. They navigated industry setbacks, legal battles, and personal trials all without truly knowing how a magazine featuring naked men and timely women's issues would be received by the public.

It was the risk of a lifetime that would turn out to be the reward of a lifetime too. And at the core of every groundbreaking choice they made together was a passionate love that never wavered.