Zing

by Catherine Lanigan

Jesse— hell bent on making a name in public relations, she’s grown up in the world of celebrities as the daughter of New York’s most sought-after interior designer, Francine Deveraux. Charming men and beautiful women never impressed Jesse—until she meets Oliver Harnett, a dead ringer for Brad Pitt. The last thing on Jesse’s agenda is love.
Oliver—has just about everything. Fame. White House connections, a gorgeous mistress and he’s finally realizing his dream….a new restaurant in Manhattan—Zing. Oliver wants the world to know about his restaurant. However, he’s borrowed heavily from his parents and when he takes Jesse to meet them in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Oliver realizes Jesse is the kind of dedicated and loyal woman he wants in his life.
Julie Redmond—trophy wife of a US Senator many years her senior, Julie is bored with Washington and politics. She’s perfectly happy with her affair with Oliver. When Julie realizes that Oliver has fallen for Jesse, she undermines his restaurant, hoping Oliver will come back to Washington. When her schemes fail, Julie realizes that she’ll go to any lengths to keep Oliver for herself, including killing Jesse.
NICK MOUSSAPOULIS—Greek, handsome, quirky, talented and successful screenplay writer, Nick senses Jesse’s broken heart at their first meeting. He believes together they can create an unstoppable LA force in the movie business. Nick is persuasive and succeeds in coercing Jesse to move to LA where he hopes she can forget Oliver Harnett.

378 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 10, 2016

About the author

Catherine Lanigan is the bestselling author of over thirty published titles in both fiction and non-fiction, including the novelizations of Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile, as well as over half a dozen anthologies, including “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living your Dream”, “Chicken Soup for the Writer’s Soul”, “Chocolate for a Woman’s Heart”, Chocolate for a Woman’s Spirit”. Ms. Lanigan’s novels have been translated into over a dozen languages including German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. Ms. Lanigan’s novels are also available on audio-cassette, CD and on electronic format. A prolific writer, she is always writing wonderful stories. She has several titles only available in ebook format on Amazon.com Several of her titles have been chosen for The Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Clubs. Her novel, The Christmas Star, won the Gold Medal Award Top Pick from Romantic Times Magazine for December, 2002, and has also won Book of the Year Romance Gold Award from ForeWord Magazine as well as Book of the Year Romance from Reader’s Preference. In March, 2006 Divine Nudges: Tales of Angelic Intervention and the second in Lanigan’s Angel Watch series of books, was published by HCI, the Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher.