Rebecca Abbotβs life has just gone from vintage feather boas to boring office casual. Thanks to Sylvie Arnaudβs heart attack, sheβs out of a job. But itβs Sylvieβs French, vaguely famous name on Rebeccaβs creatively embellished resume that lands her an associate editor position at romance heavyweight Candlelight Books. Editing is a far cry from scouting out exotic groceries, which is pretty much all Rebecca did for Sylvie, but Candelight is offering an actual salary to go with her positionβs actual workload, and the rent is way overdue on the railroad flat she shares with her friend Wendy and her mooching ex, wanna-be writer Fleishman.
Working for Candlelight is nothing like the plots of their syrupy novels, though. In fact, itβs a lot like being stuck in an estrogen-heavy Fellini film. Between protecting her back from rival editor Cassieβs repeated stabs, attempting a relationship with a sexy literary agent, wondering about Fleishmanβs new secret βproject,β and discovering her first truly talented author, Rebeccaβs learning that the business of romance is hardly a nine-to- five thingβand that editing out all her mistakes will never lead her to βhappily ever afterβ¦β
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