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Description edit
Trusting the heart is the most sensual risk of all With a fab career, a salary that keeps her in her favorite designers, and her own condo, Mia Appleby has everything she dreamed of as a poor little girl gazing out the window of her mom's trailer. Her old life is completely gone. That is... read more
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Characters edit
- Mia Appleby: Advertising executive, Prada shopaholic, from Tennessee,
- Kevin McKnight: Carmel eyes, motorcycle rider, Mia’s neighbor, teacher,
- Tess Reis: Assistant where Mia works, 27, willowy,
- Mike McKnight: Kevin’s younger half- brother, 27, deaf, IQ off the charts,
- Sugar: Mia’s sister, came up with EMH, Southern, mean to Mia,
- Dick Sterling: Mia's boss,
- Margot: works with Mia,
- Lynnette: Mia's mother
Quotes edit
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“Actually not all men are worthless and annoying. Some are dead.”
Mia Appleby -
“Cost of the bottle of wine they'd shared last night: S35. Cost of the cookies she'd bought the night before: $20. Cost of the expression on his face: priceless.”
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“One can't stop change. The best thing one can do is manage it so that one doesn't get crushed by it.”
Kevin McKnight -
“How could you not like swings? Tell me the truth. You're not human, right? You grew up in a pod and were placed here on earth when you were twenty-two. Fine. Take your damn messages." She slapped them into Mia's hand. Mia looked at her, amused. "Grew up in a pod?"”
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“What was that for?" she whispered, her voice a little hoarse. "To show you the happy medium. It's right there, for the taking.”
Mia and Kevin -
“I have no idea what I'm doing here. You know that, right? I'm on a merry-go-round, and I don't know how to get off." "Just follow your heart." Could it really be that easy? She decided she'd never know unless she tried.”
Mia Appleby
First Sentence edit
Advertising executive extraordinaire, Prada shopaholic, and all-around tough-as-steel LA Mia Appleby could put a good spin on anything, but waking up in the bed of a man when she'd only meant to admire his motorcycle wasn't one of those things.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 25
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jill Shalvis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Signet
Country: United States
Publication Date: December 6, 2005
ISBN: 0451217098
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Signet
Country: United States
Publication Date: December 6, 2005
ISBN: 0451217098
Page Count: 320
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Contemporary
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