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Material Girl
Julia London
Originally published in mass market paperback, 08/03.
Glamorous jet-setter Robin Lear gets a crash course in
Reality 101 when her father demotes her from her cushy job
in the family business. And thanks to a sexy contractor, her
scrap-metal love life is about to undergo some major
renovations.
Rich. Sexy. Beautiful. Robin Lear is all thatand her
jet- set life is golden. Until the day her indestructible
father sends her tumbling off her pedestal with the
startling news that he is dying. Then he further shatters
her illusions by demoting her from her cushy job in the
family business to tech her "about life." In an instant her
whole world unravels, and Robin is suddenly swimming in
unchartered waters, including a bogus night in jail, a new
job as the lackey of her toady ex-boyfriend, and a major
distraction in the form of one very sexy contractor who's
renovating her house.
Jake Manning has had some tough knocks in life. Now all he
wants is to make enough money to finish his degree and,
maybe, get a nice house with a nice wife and a nice kid. But
the Prada-clad ice princess is turning his life upside down
with her sassyand disastrousways. Jake's head
tells him to run, don't walk, from this gorgeous train wreck
of a woman. A man would have to be crazy to pursue someone
like Robin Lear. But Jake is crazyabout her...
Berkley, March 2006
400 pages ISBN: 042520796X Trade Size (reprint) $14.00
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