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JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: A NOVEL
By: E. Lynn Harris
Doubleday
July 2008
On Sale: July 15, 2008
336 pages
ISBN: 0385492723
EAN: 9780385492720
Hardcover
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Harris serves up a treat that will capture and enchant audiences everywhereβa big, bold, and irresistible novel about football, family, and secrets. Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional football player. Brady has always followed her lead, including becoming a member of the churchβs "Celibacy Circle." Now in his senior year at college, the smart, and very handsome, Brady is a lead contender for the Heisman Trophy and a spot in the NFL. As sports agents hover around Brady, Barrett, a beautiful and charming cheerleader, sets her mind on tempting the celibate Brady and getting a piece of his multimillion- dollar futureβbut is that all she wants from him, and is she acting alone? Carmyn is determined to protect her son. Sheβs also determined to protect the secret sheβs kept from Brady his whole life. As things heat up on campus and Carmyn and Bradyβs idyllic relationship starts to crumble, mother and son begin to wonder about the otherβare you just too good to be true? A sweeping novel about mothers and sons, football and beauty shops, secrets and lies, JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE has all the ingredients that have made E. Lynn Harris a bestselling author: family, friendship, faith, and love.
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