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Marrying Up
Looking for love in all the high-end places...
After writing her own obituary as an experiment, Holly Hastings realizes that her life isn't exactly blazing a trail of glory. The twenty-eight-year-old is broke, bored at work and perpetually single. But after watching an old Marilyn Monroe movie she realizes what she can do about it: Marry a millionaire--and write about how to do it! This had to be the answer to the prayers of an obituary writer who's spent more time lauding other people's lives than living her own....
Taking leave from her job (if not her senses), Holly decides to better her chances of mingling with the moneyed by getting the heck out of Dodge (aka, Buffalo, New York) and heading to millionaire-rich towns on both coasts. Her honesty and common decency make it hard to fully embrace the shallow life, but Holly finally lands herself an eligible millionaire in San Francisco and an all-expenses-paid trip to Easy Street. Too bad...
After writing her own obituary as an experiment, Holly Hastings realizes that her life isn't exactly blazing a trail of glory. The twenty-eight-year-old is broke, bored at work and perpetually single. But after watching an old Marilyn Monroe movie she realizes what she can do about it: Marry a millionaire--and write about how to do it! This had to be the answer to the prayers of an obituary writer who's spent more time lauding other people's lives than living her own....
Taking leave from her job (if not her senses), Holly decides to better her chances of mingling with the moneyed by getting the heck out of Dodge (aka, Buffalo, New York) and heading to millionaire-rich towns on both coasts. Her honesty and common decency make it hard to fully embrace the shallow life, but Holly finally lands herself an eligible millionaire in San Francisco and an all-expenses-paid trip to Easy Street. Too bad...
368 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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April 30, 2011
Oh man, Jackie Rose invaded my brain to write this one (although she wrote it years before I came up with my gay millionaire plan)! Major difference between Holly and me though. I would've been thrilled by Vale's admission and proposition. But Holly gets her happily ever after, so I guess that's better than my plan.
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August 21, 2017
Predictable fluff
March 21, 2008
Although the title is awful and I didn't expect much because of it the book kept my interest. A good beach read, but nothing that will change your perspective of the world.
July 30, 2008
Beach read....was ok
November 11, 2016
Rude heroine
It's not cute to be snappy and grumpy to those around you because you're unhappy--it's just selfish and mean. I don't want to spend my time with this heroine!
It's not cute to be snappy and grumpy to those around you because you're unhappy--it's just selfish and mean. I don't want to spend my time with this heroine!
June 13, 2007
Disappointed with this one since I loved Slim Chance so much. Overall good, but not great.
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