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Getting Rid of Bradley
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Getting Rid of Bradley (1994) (edit title/settings)

by Jennifer Crusie (Author) (edit contributors)

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Lucy Savage is not having a good week. Her cheating husband, Bradley, lobbed the final insult when he stood her up in divorce court. A dye job gone wrong has left her hair green. And someone is trying to kill her. To top it off, sexy cop Zack Warren is certain the very same man Lucy is... read more

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High school physics teacher Lucy Savage is finally getting rid of Bradley - and his hideous green recliner. In fact, her front lawn is littered wiht her cheating ex-husband's belongings. Because despite standing her up in divorce cort, Bradly is out of her life for good. Or so she... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

High school physics teacher Lucy Savage is finally getting rid of Bradley - and his hideous green recliner. In fact, her front lawn is littered wiht her cheating ex-husband's belongings. Because despite standing her up in divorce cort, Bradly is out of her life for good. Or so she thinks.

When her sister takes her to lunch to celebrate Lucy's single status, all their talk of a no-good louse named Bradley catches the attention of a cop - who wantes to arrest the very same Bradley for embezzlement. And Officer Zack Warren figures the lovely Lucy can lead him straight to his target.

When someone shoots at Lucy and then blows up her car, Zack insists she needs twenty-four hour protection. What does he think her three dogs and attack cat are for? Still, he insists on moving right in to Lucy's house....

Now there's danger lurking outside and in her own kitchen, bathroom - and bedroom. Or maybe Zack, who looks like a bad boy with that shaggy dark hair and black leather jacket, is really one of the good guys, and just what Lucy needs.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Lucy Savage: Divorcing Bradley in the the beginning of the book. High School Physics teacher lives in a Victorian with three dogs. Detective Zack Warren becomes her love interest. Lucy has a wide forehead, big brown eyes, little mouth, and a pointed chin. She is about 5 foot 6 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds.
  • Zack Warren: Zack is a property crimes detective in his mid-thirties. Is not wanting to grow-up and be mature...yet. Zack is intense with dark and shaggy hair, deep blue eyes, about weighs 200 pounds. He is a little over 6 feet tall and has a smile that comes and goes like a broken neon sign.
  • Tina Savage: Tina is Lucys thrice married sister. Tina has dark, silky, precisely cut hair.
  • Anthony / "Tony": Zack's partner. Anthony is tall, slender, and elegant.
  • Bradley Porter: Lucy's ex-husband. Bradley’s is handsome, with wavy blond hair, a straight Roman nose, a chiseled chin with a hint of a cleft, cold grey eyes, and a little out of shape.
  • John Talbolt Bradley: Bank embelezzer with a connection to Bradley Porter. He used to be a high-school phys-ed teacher. John Talbot Bradley is six-five and weighs about two hundred pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes, and he’s in very good physical condition.
  • Mrs. Dover: Lucy's elderly and nosy next door neightber. Has a hell-cat named Phoebe.
  • Mrs. Elmore: The bank manager at Bradley Porter's bank.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Have I ever mentioned how much I hate it that you were a psych minor? A minor, for cripes’ sake. With a minor, you’re not even allowed to psychoanalyze dogs.”
    Zack Warren
  • “That’s all I need is some dopey dog with big sad eyes telepathically telling me he never sees me and where have I been?”
    Zack Warren
  • “There were never any women who liked to cook for men every day. There were only women who cooked for survival and pretended to like it. And now there are men who cook for survival. Like you. Think of this as survivalist training. Very macho.”
    Lucy Savage
  • “You are going to get rid of his name, aren't you? Lucy Savage Porter always sounded like you'd married a rabid bellboy.”
    Tina Savage
  • “No wonder you're so screwed up. Life is not logical, and marriage certainly isn't. Stop analyzing things so much. Try impulse for a change.”
    Tina Savage
  • “You don't accumulate dogs. You meet them, and you both know that you belong together. And even if you know that's dumb, and you don't need a dog, and you can't handle the responsibility, and you don't even want a dog anyway, there it is and you have to go with it. It was meant to be.”
    Lucy Savage
  • “Listen, the best relationships of my life have been with dogs. And they aren't dumb at all. Einstein never brought a blonde in to my house, and Maxwell never stood me up in a restaurant, and Heisenberg never grabbed me in an alley.”
    Lucy Savage
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Riverside: The commuity were the majority of the story takes place.
  • Overlook: A rough, nearby community.

First Sentence edit see section history

“I’ve never known anyone who was stood up for her own divorce before,” Tina Savage told her sister.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 96 of 109 in Top 109 Romance Novels (TheRomanceReader.com). (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jennifer Crusie (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harlequin Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0373255802
Page Count: 336

Awards edit see section history

  • RITA Award (1995: Best Short Contemporary Series Romance)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Sexual content.

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