Devil May Care
A Novel
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- ¥2,200
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- ¥2,200
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Do you think you could resist temptation? Not a piece of cheesecake. Or another martini. Or a one-night stand. Real temptation. The kind they warn you about in the Bible...
Sally Carpenter is a struggling actress in New York City. She hasn't had a real gig in two years, her agent has stopped returning her phone calls, and she hates her day job. She's just about ready to go home to Wisconsin and finish her psych degree. Then she meets Jack Weaver. Jack's rich, charismatic, gorgeous -- and the president of one of the biggest TV networks in the country. When he starts showing an interest in Sally's career, she's grateful but wary. She's heard rumors about Jack -- he's a bit of a womanizer and ruthless in business. Even so, when he asks her out to dinner, she doesn't say no. Almost immediately, Sally's luck begins to change. Producers are scrambling to hire her, her biggest professional rival lands in the hospital with a mysterious illness, and, best of all, Sally's falling in love with the most wonderful man she's ever met. For the first time in her life, she is happy. Yet she can't shake the feeling that things seem too good to be true. When a series of bizarre coincidences and grisly accidents start happening, Sally finds herself wondering: Has she really met Mr. Right? Or has she fallen for the Devil himself?
Loaded with dead-on comic timing and pitch-perfect dialogue, Devil May Care stars one of the most exuberantly realized heroines in recent years -- not even Bridget Jones had it this bad. Newcomer Sheri McInnis takes us on a journey that will speak to anyone who's ever had to choose between doing what is right and what feels right.
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In this frothy romantic comedy from debut novelist McInnis, aspiring actress and used book store clerk Sally Carpenter may not be in a living hell, but she's far from heaven. Sally hasn't yet landed her dream part (or even bit part), she sleeps on a futon in a small New York apartment, and she's fallen into a too-comfortable routine with her longtime boyfriend, David. Her fortunes turn the day she auditions for a walk-on part as a bank teller on a cop show, and to her amazement gets the job, despite the casting director's longstanding animosity. Could her luck have something to do with the handsome stranger she met in the studio's hallway, who turns out to be Jack Weaver, sexy television network president? Sparks fly, and soon our perky heroine is swept away by the man of her dreams, caught up in a blissful romance unlike any she's ever experienced. And when her career suddenly takes off, she's thrilled at first. But when her rivals are eliminated in horrible accidents and her loved ones wind up in the morgue, Sally starts to wonder whether her new flame may be not merely the date from hell but the devil himself. An unusually substantive plot (considering the light packaging) makes for a brisk and savvy read, with poignant flashbacks to Sally's father's suicide adding further depth. Though a wishy-washy ending weakens the novel's climax, the author has clever fun with the idea of the devil falling in love and being completely bewildered by the situation.
