Trading Places
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4.5 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the outside looking in, socialite Lexi North’s life looks decadently perfect, right down to her diamond-dusted nails. But you know what they say about glass houses… When one night goes horribly wrong—with the whole world watching—she’s challenged to swap lives with the salty, albeit gorgeous, man she rear-ends with her car.
For mechanic Evan Bailey, life is definitely not a party. There’s no “daddy’s credit card” for fixing up his family’s auto shop, raising his too-precocious-for-anyone’s-good niece, and getting his accounts from deep in the red to black. Which is precisely when opportunity—and celebutante Lexi North—smashes into his life.
But what should have been an easy bet gets a whole lot harder with the inexplicably hot chemistry between them. Now the only way for either of them to get what they want is to go for broke…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Duvall (When We Were Perfect) pays homage to the 1983 film of the same name in her cheeky rom-com take on a prince-and-pauper tale. Mechanic Evan Bailey labors tirelessly to make ends meet while devoting his life to his niece, CeCe, whom he has guardianship over. Heiress Lexi North has never lifted a finger to work, frittering away her time and endless inheritance while followed by constant waves of scandal. After a fender-bender, Evan and Bailey's worlds collide in a screaming match. When CeCe, who is livestreaming their confrontation to millions of viewers, challenges Lexi to swap lives with her uncle for a month ("You live at our house and we live at yours. You have to be a mechanic and he does your job. You live on our money and we live on yours"), Lexi, who "never back down from a challenge," accepts. All eyes are on Lexi and Evan as they undertake the well-publicized contest. No one believes Lexi will succeed in a blue-collar life, but it proves just as hard for Evan, who may lose his sense of self amid the newfound luxury. As both characters grow and change, they also find themselves drawn back to each other. It's a cute conceit, and Duvall makes Evan and Lexi easy to root for. Readers will enjoy the ride.
