May 1, 2009
Jessica Wildsfianc', Max Wainwright, truly is the man of her dreams. They work together at Milton Advertising and are now collaborating ona campaign for a secret merger between two banks, a high-powered deal that will put the agency and Max on the map. When a womananswers Maxs phone, Jess is horrified at being betrayed, andshe drowns her sorrows in drink. Unfortunately, she also shares her misery witha new pal, Hugh, an advertising rival, and she may have let slip a detail or twoabout the merger. When it turns out that the mystery woman transforms Jesss life in ways she never couldhave imagined, she desperately tries to keep Hugh from saying anything to Max. Nothing is going to spoil her unexpected joy, but can Jess keep her man and her job? Townleys sequel to The Importance of Being Married (2008) andthe second in her Wild trilogy is a sweet confection of a novel with a delightfully happy ending.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)