Which of the following is most likely to occur in today's society?
a) Get killed by a terrorist
b) Win a seven-figure lottery
c) A never-married woman getting married after the age of 40
If you guessed b) you are correct!
After these startling statistics make national news, editor of TrΓ©s Chic magazine Elaine Daniels challenges her only single, over-40 writer to do the impossible -- get married within six months with a huge wedding at The Plaza in New York on New Year's Eve. As if the bar wasn't raised high enough, Samantha Jacobs is being shipped to Milwaukee, the nation's capital of unsuitable men, to find her soul mate as the "Mystery Woman." The reward is grand -- not only will she finally settle down with her dream man, but Sam will also earn the coveted La Vie humor column featured on the last page of every issue.
Sam enters into the scary world of dating: three-minute speed dating, video matchmaking, online personals and even attending the monthly Mensa chapter luncheons. Just as she suspected, each date is worse than the last. Meet Zack, the hunky guy from the beach who turns out to be married with a very pregnant wife. There's Trevor, the computer tech who's never been to college, never been married at the age of 46 and has his mother pad his online profile with lies to help lure in the "lucky ladies." How about the not-Mel-Gibson- look-a-like doctor who ducks under the dinner table to check out Sam's legs to make sure she has good joints and birthing hips? Is La Vie really worth this kind of pain?
To escape the constant nightmare of her assignment, Sam's only Milwaukee friend, Lessie, drags her out to a salsa club. Despite Sam's two left feet, she has a blast and ends up falling in love with salsa -- and with her salsa instructor, Javier. About that same time, Sam finally lands her perfect man (on paper) -- Robert has his own business, is educated and loves everything about his new "Mystery Woman." How will Sam decide between her spicy Dominican lover and the man her mother (and boss) always wanted her to marry?
ADVENTURES OF A SALSA GODDESS is so over the top that it completely works. Mix in a little mystery, a dash of suspense, the intoxicating spell of the bachata music and voilΓ , the perfect romance!
They say a never-married woman over forty has a better
chance of winning a million-dollar lottery than tying the
knot. In this uproarious debut, forty-something Samantha
Jacobs plans to beat the odds...
This New Year's Eve, Samantha Jacobs is finally getting
married. Everything for her fabulous wedding has already
been arranged--except for one teensy detail: She still has
to get herself a groom. It's all part of her assignment for
Tres Chic magazine-inspired by her boss's determination to
publish a big story proving those nasty statistics wrong.
So Samantha is tasked with heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin-
statistically the worst city in the world in which to snag
a husband-and find herself someone smart, successful, and
drop-dead gorgeous.
Now this stunning, savvy, 41-year-old Cinderella has just
one summer to meet the man of her dreams and fall madly in
love. That's fine with her, as long as it isn't with her
too young, too poor, too sexy new salsa teacher-even if he
does have all the right moves.
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