Grace Cavanaugh is
hell-bent on proving her Women’s Studies dissertation thesis
that beauty only leads to misery. And what better research
subject than her great-aunt Sophia, a former B-movie star?
Now eighty-five and facing surgery, Sophia has asked Grace
for company. . . .
Grace imagines a helpless, lonely
old woman, forced to turn to a great-niece she barely knows.
Instead she finds the aging diva holding court in a Pebble
Beach mansion, oozing a bombshell-itude—arthritis and
wrinkles be damned—that captivates every male in sight. To
Grace’s dismay, her greataunt decides a perfect distraction
would be transforming the frumpy feminist into a femme
fatale who purrs for her suitors . . . or devours them. She
ordains classes in everything from carb cutting to lingerie,
culminating in a challenging final exam. The newly svelte
Grace must test her wiles—on both devilishly handsome and
morally corrupt Declan and sensitive but painfully awkward
Dr. Andrew.
Newly unleashed desires—and the discovery
of a closely held family secret— threaten the
bookworm-turned-babe’s entire feminist upbringing. Her
thesis gone sadly awry, Grace wonders if her great-aunt is
right: Will trusting her heart lead her to find beauty in
the most unexpected places?
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