The Big Fix
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- USD 14.99
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- USD 14.99
Descripción editorial
Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard meets The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling in a modern blend of screwball action and romantic attraction when a case of mistaken identity lands a college professor on the run with a mysterious—and dangerously hot—fixer . . .
When bookish Penny Collins reluctantly lets her sister drag her to an estate sale at a neighbor’s house, she’s hoping for a little diversion rummaging through dusty antiques. Instead, she ends up in a public squabble over candlesticks with the deceased owner’s nephew, Anthony—right before a dead body tumbles out of a closet.
Penny’s plan for the summer involved finalizing tenure at the university where she’s a computer sciences professor. Instead, she’s suddenly on the run with a man she barely knows, scaling walls, evading bullets, and accidentally stabbing henchmen. It seems the wrong people have got it in their heads that she’s Anthony’s girlfriend and, by association, in possession of something they desperately need—and will do anything to get.
As for Anthony, he has a top-secret occupation as a fixer, but a recent fix went dangerously awry, and now he and Penny are dodging both a ruthless billionaire and the FBI. And it’ll take all of Penny’s plentiful savvy and common sense, in addition to Anthony’s particular set of skills, to survive long enough for her to see the next semester . . .
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A case of mistaken identity leads to danger and unexpected love in this entertaining contemporary from James (Name Your Price). Computer science professor Penny Collins plans to spend a quiet summer working toward tenure—but when she takes a brief break to check out a nearby estate sale, she lands in hot water. It starts with a squabble with the late owner's nephew, Anthony Pierce, who, unbeknownst to Penny, is a fixer for the rich and powerful. Then a dead body falls out of one of the house's closets. The corpse is connected to one of Anthony's recent jobs, which went horribly awry. Now some very bad men are after him—and, having witnessed his animated argument with Penny, they assume she's his girlfriend, putting her life in danger as well. The pair go on the run together, dodging danger and becoming enmeshed in a complex missing person case. James keeps the twists coming, leading readers on a fast-paced thrill ride complete with a ruthless villain who will do anything to stop Penny and Anthony in their track. Readers who like their romance to come with plenty of action will be pleased.