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HOSTILE MAKEOVER

Hostile Makeover, October 2005
by Wendy Wax

Bantam
Featuring: Shelley Schwartz; Ross Morgan
384 pages
ISBN: 0553587951
EAN: 9780553587951
Mass Market Paperback
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HOSTILE MAKEOVER
Wendy Wax

Reviewed by Sharon Galligar Chance
Posted September 19, 2005

Romance Contemporary

What happens when a princess' crown is tilted? Shelley Swartz was a princess in every sense of the word, except for the title. She "worked" at a job in her father's advertising firm, took long lunches with her lover-du jour, and for all practical purposes, lived a life of pampered luxury. But Shelley's world is turned upside-down after her father suffers a heart attack, and turns control of the company over to, not Shelley, but Ross Morgan, her good-looking nemesis.

When Ross gives Shelley the ultimatum to either begin bringing in business or get out, Shelley becomes determined to show him that she does have the brains and the know-how to get the job done. Given the dregs of the company's accounts, Shelley sets out to turn the poor-producers into the stars of the firm. She recruits the help of her sister, Judy, whose own life was suffering from mid-life complacency. Between the two sisters, they manage to breathe life back into both the floundering accounts, but into their own misconstrued lives as well.

Wendy Wax spins a vivacious tale of Southern charm and humor in her latest novel, HOSTILE MAKEOVER. Set in Atlanta, Wax paints her portrayal of two Jewish American Princesses, and their journey towards new found self-reliance and self-confidence. There's just enough sexual romping to make this story a lively, lusty experience, but it is also a smart, intelligent accounting of thirty-something's feisty battle in the arena of love, family and business. Thoroughly enjoyable!

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SUMMARY

It was the first orgasm Shelley Schwartz ever faked. She
swore she’d never do it, but she was late for a
career-saving meeting at Schwartz and Associates and her
options were limited.

If she’d faked it five minutes sooner, she might have earned
her father’s approval, won the account, and bested her rival
and the company golden boy, Ross Morgan.

Calm, cool, and always collected, Ross is the perfect person
to take over the ad agency her father foundedβ€”and the
perfect opposite of Shelley, who’s distracted by her
mother’s relentless matchmaking and her big sister’s marital
meltdown. Is it any wonder her father has entrusted the
agency to the blond, Porsche-driving Ross rather than his
own flesh and blood?

To add insult to injury, Rossβ€”her new bossβ€”has stuck Shelley
with the client list from hell (Falafel Hut, anyone?). But
if he thinks he’s going to chase Shelley Schwartz out of her
family legacy, he’s got another thing coming. And if Shelley
thinks she can resist Ross’s charms, she’s got some
surprises in store as well...

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