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St. Martin's Press
July 2009
On Sale: July 7, 2009
384 pages
ISBN: 0312537042
EAN: 9780312537043
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Women's Fiction
Why does Vanessa keep falling for married men? Not that she knows she does. At least not at first. But every man who seems like he might be the one turns out to be someone elseβs. So maybe the right thing to do is take a vow to stay single, to keep away from all men, until she can figure things out. At least work is a bright spot: Itβs an anchor to be so good at something, to lose yourself in your job, and Vanessa is a whiz of a chef, so good she makes her grandstanding boss, Hawkβof Albuquerqueβs chic Nuevo American restaurant hawkβ look good. After all, itβs his name on the awning above the door. If only her friends and family would get on board with Vanessaβs plan and stop trying to fix her up. If she canβt fix her life, nobody else is going to get the chance to tryβnot her parents, not her friends, and certainly not her ultra-well-meaning but just-not-getting- it sister, Larissa. And nothing could be more with the plan than helping out at her parentsβ houseβgardening, keeping them fed, getting them organized with her loyal pet Red Dog by her side. Red Dog is all the companionship she needs. Until Vanessa meets Paul, her parentsβ neighborβ heβs all wrong on paper, but heβs got great manners and certainly seems safe. Not bad in the kissing department, either. But just when Vanessaβs guard goes down, the red flag goes up: Could Paul be yet another married man? Bursting with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguezβs trademark wit and originality, The Husband Habit introduces a rich and complex heroine in chef Vanessa. Youβre not going to want to leave her world when the novel comes to an end. Β
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