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The One and Only
She wore her heart on her sleeve!
Valentine's night spent in the arms of Marcus Ballantyne! It happened to Joy--but not without the leading actor in the TV series "Pilgrim's Game" thinking that she was a married woman with a string of lovers!
In reality, Joy was a provincial librarian who hadn't had a date since her boyfriend jilted her--how on earth had she landed herself in this mess? And how could she convince Marcus that she wasn't just another good-time girl hoping to be a notch on his bedpost...but that he was the one and only man she'd ever love?
Valentine's night spent in the arms of Marcus Ballantyne! It happened to Joy--but not without the leading actor in the TV series "Pilgrim's Game" thinking that she was a married woman with a string of lovers!
In reality, Joy was a provincial librarian who hadn't had a date since her boyfriend jilted her--how on earth had she landed herself in this mess? And how could she convince Marcus that she wasn't just another good-time girl hoping to be a notch on his bedpost...but that he was the one and only man she'd ever love?
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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Carole Mortimer
1,300 books911 followersI have written almost 250 romance novels in contemporary and Regency.
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
I am a USA Today Bestselling Author and recipient of the 2015 RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 I received a Pioneer of Romance Award from Romantic Times in the US and in 2012 I was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II for my 'outstanding service to literature'.
I am very happily married to Peter with six sons, and live on the Isle of Man
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July 2, 2017
Twenty-seven-year-old Joy Simms’s male cousin Casey enters a contest in a magazine to prove that they are a con and that no one ever wins them, and then wins First Prize! (First Prize includes spending a week in a luxurious hotel in London and going out on Valentine’s Day night with a popular male TV star for dinner and a show.) Casey tries to persuade Joy to go instead of him. Joy reluctantly agrees and goes to the hotel, pretends to be Casey (they naturally think contest winner Casey is a girl) and goes out with the popular TV star Danny Eames. During the date, which Joy is wishing was over (Danny ends up being a boring and conceited guy, only talking about himself and his career) a fellow actor of Danny’s shows up at their dinner table and wants an introduction to Joy. Joy is surprised to find out it is handsome actor Marcus Ballantyne who co-stars with Danny on the popular TV show “Pilgrim’s Game”. Marcus seems very interested in Joy and would like to spend more time with her. But as time goes by he also mistakenly believes she is married and is involved with many men.
Joy was sort of a feisty heroine. She was a librarian from a quiet, small hometown so this experience in London was something really different for her. Joy had been dating an older man for four years (who was in his late forties and also worked in the library) until six months ago when he dropped her for an older woman.
Marcus, in his late thirties, was a handsome, likable hero. His late actress-wife died five years ago when a stunt on an adventure film went wrong. Marcus had a happy marriage, but that was all in the past and he was very attracted to Joy… he seemed crazy about her.
This was a fun read with various mix-ups and misunderstandings. Another great read by Carole Mortimer!
Joy was sort of a feisty heroine. She was a librarian from a quiet, small hometown so this experience in London was something really different for her. Joy had been dating an older man for four years (who was in his late forties and also worked in the library) until six months ago when he dropped her for an older woman.
Marcus, in his late thirties, was a handsome, likable hero. His late actress-wife died five years ago when a stunt on an adventure film went wrong. Marcus had a happy marriage, but that was all in the past and he was very attracted to Joy… he seemed crazy about her.
This was a fun read with various mix-ups and misunderstandings. Another great read by Carole Mortimer!
July 9, 2020
"The One and Only" is the story of Joy and Marcus.
Aww! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Our heroine is a librarian, who has lived a drab life and until recently, been engaged to a very dull man. Things change, when her male cousin wins a date with a famous TV star after entering as a joke, and asks her to pretend to be him. She reluctantly agrees, and travels to the Valentine's dinner. She soon meets the self absorbed man, and is bored out of her mind- when the famous producer, our hero interrupts their lull and is instantly taken by the heroine. But things start going VERY wrong, when he believes the heroine is sleeping with all the men who keep showing up- the star, her cousin and her ex! Which is strange, because she is as innocent as a maiden!
Actually, a very sweet romance with a smitten hero, a frustrated and in love heroine with her playful cousin, boring ex and self absorbed date adding spice to their story. I enjoyed the banter and misunderstandings, the ending was super sweet and that includes the epilogue.
Recommended!
Safe
4.25/5
Aww! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Our heroine is a librarian, who has lived a drab life and until recently, been engaged to a very dull man. Things change, when her male cousin wins a date with a famous TV star after entering as a joke, and asks her to pretend to be him. She reluctantly agrees, and travels to the Valentine's dinner. She soon meets the self absorbed man, and is bored out of her mind- when the famous producer, our hero interrupts their lull and is instantly taken by the heroine. But things start going VERY wrong, when he believes the heroine is sleeping with all the men who keep showing up- the star, her cousin and her ex! Which is strange, because she is as innocent as a maiden!
Actually, a very sweet romance with a smitten hero, a frustrated and in love heroine with her playful cousin, boring ex and self absorbed date adding spice to their story. I enjoyed the banter and misunderstandings, the ending was super sweet and that includes the epilogue.
Recommended!
Safe
4.25/5
July 23, 2013
This was a fun read, in the way that the older Harlequin Presents books can be (a good story and not tied down with the typical overused tropes). Joy is a very likable heroine. I appreciated that she's just a regular woman, with a job, and takes a week off for a vacation that changes her life in unexpected ways. Although she is wearing borrowed clothes, I think that Marcus fell in love with the real Joy, and not the false image of her. That part of the story alone was very appealing. Joy is the kind of heroine I would like to see more of. She has a maturity and an independence I appreciated.
I also liked how there is a lot of good sexual and romantic tension. Long before things get physical, there is a strong connection that I could see building between Joy and Marcus. I enjoyed every interaction between them. Even though Marcus could assume the worse about Joy based on the information available to him, he never calls her outside of her name or treats her disrespectfully. In fact, he still stands up for her and looks out for her, even when she is rebuffing him (seemingly for other guys). Despite that, he is definitely a hero who is on the hunt, and I definitely was rooting for him to catch his woman!
I really liked Marcus. He's a man, not a boy. He's not a playboy, nor is he shiftless and careless, with too much money and too little character, like some of the HP playboy heroes. I don't need to be reminded of his scores of past conquests to find him sexy. He just is. Although I don't tend to gravitate to characters who are stars, Marcus wears his celebrity status very well. I liked the idea that he was an actor with Hollywood stardom, but he chose to live in Britain and lived a somewhat down-to-earth lifestyle. End verdict: Loved him as a hero. His proposal was very sweet.
One and Only was a good, quick, and enjoyable Sunday afternoon read. I liked everything about it. It's not a five star read, but a very respectable high four star book that I'd recommend to fans who want something more than the overused billionaire playboy businessman and the arm-candy, beautiful, but not self-actualized heroine in this line of books.
Overall rating: 4.25/5.0 stars.
I also liked how there is a lot of good sexual and romantic tension. Long before things get physical, there is a strong connection that I could see building between Joy and Marcus. I enjoyed every interaction between them. Even though Marcus could assume the worse about Joy based on the information available to him, he never calls her outside of her name or treats her disrespectfully. In fact, he still stands up for her and looks out for her, even when she is rebuffing him (seemingly for other guys). Despite that, he is definitely a hero who is on the hunt, and I definitely was rooting for him to catch his woman!
I really liked Marcus. He's a man, not a boy. He's not a playboy, nor is he shiftless and careless, with too much money and too little character, like some of the HP playboy heroes. I don't need to be reminded of his scores of past conquests to find him sexy. He just is. Although I don't tend to gravitate to characters who are stars, Marcus wears his celebrity status very well. I liked the idea that he was an actor with Hollywood stardom, but he chose to live in Britain and lived a somewhat down-to-earth lifestyle. End verdict: Loved him as a hero. His proposal was very sweet.
One and Only was a good, quick, and enjoyable Sunday afternoon read. I liked everything about it. It's not a five star read, but a very respectable high four star book that I'd recommend to fans who want something more than the overused billionaire playboy businessman and the arm-candy, beautiful, but not self-actualized heroine in this line of books.
Overall rating: 4.25/5.0 stars.
December 16, 2025
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September 6, 2018
Re The One and Only - Carole Mortimer gets the HP Valentine's Day book for 1996.
This year we have a 27 yr old librarian h who gets shanghaied to London because of her irrepressible and mostly irritating male cousin, (who is really more like a Dennis the Menace younger brother, but he isn't very cute with it.)
The cousin entered a contest in his model girlfriend's ladies magazine to prove that magazine contests are cons and nobody ever wins anything but a plastic whistle. Then of course he won first prize.
Unfortunately first prize wasn't a new stereo system with Bose acoustimass speakers. First prize in a ladies magazine for Valentine's Day means a date with a popular tv actor, being in HPlandia in 1996 means the h's male cousin can't go.
So the cousin pushes the h into going instead. Since the cousin's name is Casey, it is a pretty sure bet that no one will raise a brow when the h shows up for a week long London hotel stay with a big night out with an actor who plays a detective on a weekly TV show.
Beside, the h has been mopeying around for 6 months. Ever since her forty something boss at the library dumped her and their four year relationship for an 'attractive widow more his own age' and the h had been hoping he would propose.
Now her boss is making things awkward at work and the h is totally in a rut, she decides it is time to live a little and with some borrowed clothes from her cousin's model girlfriend, it is off to London we go.
It doesn't look promising on the big date night out tho, the actor guy is a total self centered nematode and the h has never been so bored in her life. Until the OTHER big actor on the show stops by the h's table and it is very clear he is VERY interested in the h.
Nematode actor guy gives the H the idear that he and the h are old friends, not a contest winner out on a prize and the h gets to blushing cause it is obvious that the H believes the h and nematode actor guy are old lovers.
That doesn't stop the H from trying and mostly succeeding on wooing the h tho. There is even a roofie kissing moment, until the h recalls that her mum would have told her to leave the date with the guy you came with and so the h makes the nematode actor take her back to her hotel.
Then things get really interesting when nematode actor shows up for a photo session with the h next day and the H shows up at her room a little later and assumes that nematode and the h spent the night together.
The H also manages to get the impression that the h is married and having a fling in London and the h just doesn't know what to do. Things get even more hairy when the H, who is also the tv show's producer, tells the nematode actor he will be killed off at the end of the season.
The nematode gets drunk at the h's hotel and the h feels bad, so she tries to talk to the H about not firing the nematode. The H is far more interested in the h and the h is so anxious she spills wine all over herself and has to flee back to her hotel.
Since it is pouring down rain, the H gives her a ride and we all get to see the H and the h's cousin try to put drunken nematode actor into a cab. The cousin just happened to pop up to London for some reason, and because he is a twit, he also manages to give the H the impression that he and the h are far more than just kissing cousins.
(Mainly cause the cousin has a smart mouth with little wit.)
The h is utterly mortified and totally in love with the H, tho she isn't thinking about that. She flees London and decides it is time to move on with her life. She updates her wardrobe, gives notice on her job at the library and prepares to get her life out of it's rut.
Then the H shows up, he wants to be her one and only lover and he doesn't care who he has to kick out to do that. For this h, it seems like when it rains it pours. Cause she only got her staid and boring boss for four years and then he dumped her and never proposed.
Now all of the sudden there is the H, the nematode actor and the sudden reappearance of her boss, (who lies to the H that he was engaged to the h and gets totally humiliated for his sins,) and they all seem to be chasing the h. But the h only wants the H, cause his intense blue eyes and manly well honed body really crank her lurve force mojo motor.
Finally after a lot of teasing tension build up, the H and h have their purple passion moment of transcendental bliss, the h totally blows her dog-in-the-manger ex library boss off, (to his well deserved chagrin,) and jumps for joy when the H avows his true love forever for a pink sparkly, with a baby girl epilogue Happy Valentine's HP HEA.
This one was cute and pretty fluffy. There wasn't a lot of drama and the H was very nice. The h and her cousin's antics were worth a few chuckles and overall you could do much worse for a fluffy little HP outing.
This year we have a 27 yr old librarian h who gets shanghaied to London because of her irrepressible and mostly irritating male cousin, (who is really more like a Dennis the Menace younger brother, but he isn't very cute with it.)
The cousin entered a contest in his model girlfriend's ladies magazine to prove that magazine contests are cons and nobody ever wins anything but a plastic whistle. Then of course he won first prize.
Unfortunately first prize wasn't a new stereo system with Bose acoustimass speakers. First prize in a ladies magazine for Valentine's Day means a date with a popular tv actor, being in HPlandia in 1996 means the h's male cousin can't go.
So the cousin pushes the h into going instead. Since the cousin's name is Casey, it is a pretty sure bet that no one will raise a brow when the h shows up for a week long London hotel stay with a big night out with an actor who plays a detective on a weekly TV show.
Beside, the h has been mopeying around for 6 months. Ever since her forty something boss at the library dumped her and their four year relationship for an 'attractive widow more his own age' and the h had been hoping he would propose.
Now her boss is making things awkward at work and the h is totally in a rut, she decides it is time to live a little and with some borrowed clothes from her cousin's model girlfriend, it is off to London we go.
It doesn't look promising on the big date night out tho, the actor guy is a total self centered nematode and the h has never been so bored in her life. Until the OTHER big actor on the show stops by the h's table and it is very clear he is VERY interested in the h.
Nematode actor guy gives the H the idear that he and the h are old friends, not a contest winner out on a prize and the h gets to blushing cause it is obvious that the H believes the h and nematode actor guy are old lovers.
That doesn't stop the H from trying and mostly succeeding on wooing the h tho. There is even a roofie kissing moment, until the h recalls that her mum would have told her to leave the date with the guy you came with and so the h makes the nematode actor take her back to her hotel.
Then things get really interesting when nematode actor shows up for a photo session with the h next day and the H shows up at her room a little later and assumes that nematode and the h spent the night together.
The H also manages to get the impression that the h is married and having a fling in London and the h just doesn't know what to do. Things get even more hairy when the H, who is also the tv show's producer, tells the nematode actor he will be killed off at the end of the season.
The nematode gets drunk at the h's hotel and the h feels bad, so she tries to talk to the H about not firing the nematode. The H is far more interested in the h and the h is so anxious she spills wine all over herself and has to flee back to her hotel.
Since it is pouring down rain, the H gives her a ride and we all get to see the H and the h's cousin try to put drunken nematode actor into a cab. The cousin just happened to pop up to London for some reason, and because he is a twit, he also manages to give the H the impression that he and the h are far more than just kissing cousins.
(Mainly cause the cousin has a smart mouth with little wit.)
The h is utterly mortified and totally in love with the H, tho she isn't thinking about that. She flees London and decides it is time to move on with her life. She updates her wardrobe, gives notice on her job at the library and prepares to get her life out of it's rut.
Then the H shows up, he wants to be her one and only lover and he doesn't care who he has to kick out to do that. For this h, it seems like when it rains it pours. Cause she only got her staid and boring boss for four years and then he dumped her and never proposed.
Now all of the sudden there is the H, the nematode actor and the sudden reappearance of her boss, (who lies to the H that he was engaged to the h and gets totally humiliated for his sins,) and they all seem to be chasing the h. But the h only wants the H, cause his intense blue eyes and manly well honed body really crank her lurve force mojo motor.
Finally after a lot of teasing tension build up, the H and h have their purple passion moment of transcendental bliss, the h totally blows her dog-in-the-manger ex library boss off, (to his well deserved chagrin,) and jumps for joy when the H avows his true love forever for a pink sparkly, with a baby girl epilogue Happy Valentine's HP HEA.
This one was cute and pretty fluffy. There wasn't a lot of drama and the H was very nice. The h and her cousin's antics were worth a few chuckles and overall you could do much worse for a fluffy little HP outing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 26, 2013
It was an okay enough read, I suppose I should give it 2 stars but I don't feel very benevolent today. So a 1.5 star.
This author is an awful author. Her writing is so repetitive, most of the dialogues and descriptions look like they've come straight out of a thesaurus. (Okay, that's a bit unfair. Maybe Mortimer herself has a poor command of the English language. I shouldn't blame the thesaurus, right?)
Back to said repetitiveness. 'She snapped' must have been used so many times that I will now always associate the word with that-bitchy-character-from-that-awful-story. In all fairness, Joy wasn't a bitchy heroine. It's just the way that Mortimer portrayed her, using words like 'snapped' and 'flashing eyes' all the time that made her look that way. And she was, in fact, a very dumb heroine too. There were countless times where she could have stood up for herself but fate found her conveniently speechless. An example that stands up in my mind is when Gerald claims that she was his fiancé. She had plenty of time to stand up for herself. And there was nothing stopping her from doing so. But of course, the author very conveniently (again) makes her unable to speak because of the great indignation she's experiencing.
I didn't see anything special in the hero (but I'm not complaining, I'm always on the guys' sides), but yet another thing that irked me was why Joy fell in love with him. He hadn't shown her any surplus kindness or affection, he was in fact the true meaning of an ass. So her falling in love with him came as a surprise because bells went ringing in my head crying 'Whyyyyy? What exactly did he do to you??' But meh, I don't care. I love it when the heroines fall for the heroes first. (Still, you know. That was that one niggling voice in my head. Which needless to say I ignored.)
It ended in a And at least the hero was a gorgeous movie star who smirked (not really, but that's what I felt like every time Mortimer described his heart-stopping smiles). I love smirking guys.
This author is an awful author. Her writing is so repetitive, most of the dialogues and descriptions look like they've come straight out of a thesaurus. (Okay, that's a bit unfair. Maybe Mortimer herself has a poor command of the English language. I shouldn't blame the thesaurus, right?)
Back to said repetitiveness. 'She snapped' must have been used so many times that I will now always associate the word with that-bitchy-character-from-that-awful-story. In all fairness, Joy wasn't a bitchy heroine. It's just the way that Mortimer portrayed her, using words like 'snapped' and 'flashing eyes' all the time that made her look that way. And she was, in fact, a very dumb heroine too. There were countless times where she could have stood up for herself but fate found her conveniently speechless. An example that stands up in my mind is when Gerald claims that she was his fiancé. She had plenty of time to stand up for herself. And there was nothing stopping her from doing so. But of course, the author very conveniently (again) makes her unable to speak because of the great indignation she's experiencing.
I didn't see anything special in the hero (but I'm not complaining, I'm always on the guys' sides), but yet another thing that irked me was why Joy fell in love with him. He hadn't shown her any surplus kindness or affection, he was in fact the true meaning of an ass. So her falling in love with him came as a surprise because bells went ringing in my head crying 'Whyyyyy? What exactly did he do to you??' But meh, I don't care. I love it when the heroines fall for the heroes first. (Still, you know. That was that one niggling voice in my head. Which needless to say I ignored.)
It ended in a And at least the hero was a gorgeous movie star who smirked (not really, but that's what I felt like every time Mortimer described his heart-stopping smiles). I love smirking guys.
March 25, 2018
Light hearted story but sweet one by Mortimer!
October 2, 2017
"The One and Only" is a warm Valentine love-story with fastpaced plot,charming characters and lovely romance.
We meet the famous actor Marcus Ballantyne and the common librarian Joy Simms who meets for the first time on the Valentine Night...a night that will be the start of an electric romance.
Marcus was certainly besotted by the heroine and his jealousy was so adorable every time Joy had anything to do with a man.Joy was is a lovely heroine and i really liked her POV.
Enjoyed this book from the first page to the last!
We meet the famous actor Marcus Ballantyne and the common librarian Joy Simms who meets for the first time on the Valentine Night...a night that will be the start of an electric romance.
Marcus was certainly besotted by the heroine and his jealousy was so adorable every time Joy had anything to do with a man.Joy was is a lovely heroine and i really liked her POV.
Enjoyed this book from the first page to the last!
November 27, 2012
Decent read but I wasn't all that into it. I found myself having a hard time to relating to the hero and heroine.
May 17, 2016
2006 Review: I thought the storyline and characters were all cute. Although I'm surprised they didn't make more out of the fact that the hero was a celebrity so I would have thought the press would have been there like a hawk that a non-celebrity was hooking up with him. Otherwise, the book was a fun read!
December 17, 2020
The h is speechless all the time. And all the time she is stunned by what the men say.
There are 4 men in this story: the H, an actor Danny, her cousin Casey and her ex-boyfriend Gerald.
The doorbell keeps ringing every time and every time she is alone with one of the men, coincidentally the h is talking to one of the other men.
What I especially didn’t like is that the H said to the h after they had just met that the h is worth more than Danny. She answers that he doesn’t even know her. He then talks about how beautiful she is. So the worth of a woman is defined by her beauty? Nah.
I would have given it one star, but the H is charming so 1 star extra for him.
There are 4 men in this story: the H, an actor Danny, her cousin Casey and her ex-boyfriend Gerald.
The doorbell keeps ringing every time and every time she is alone with one of the men, coincidentally the h is talking to one of the other men.
What I especially didn’t like is that the H said to the h after they had just met that the h is worth more than Danny. She answers that he doesn’t even know her. He then talks about how beautiful she is. So the worth of a woman is defined by her beauty? Nah.
I would have given it one star, but the H is charming so 1 star extra for him.
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November 13, 2019She wore her heart on her sleeve!
Valentine's night spent in the arms of Marcus Ballantyne! It happened to Joy--but not without the leading actor in the TV series "Pilgrim's Game" thinking that she was a married woman with a string of lovers!
In reality, Joy was a provincial librarian who hadn't had a date since her boyfriend jilted her--how on earth had she landed herself in this mess? And how could she convince Marcus that she wasn't just another good-time girl hoping to be a notch on his bedpost...but that he was the one and only man she'd ever love? (
Valentine's night spent in the arms of Marcus Ballantyne! It happened to Joy--but not without the leading actor in the TV series "Pilgrim's Game" thinking that she was a married woman with a string of lovers!
In reality, Joy was a provincial librarian who hadn't had a date since her boyfriend jilted her--how on earth had she landed herself in this mess? And how could she convince Marcus that she wasn't just another good-time girl hoping to be a notch on his bedpost...but that he was the one and only man she'd ever love? (
February 13, 2019
What the fuck? I swear I've read all good HPs even though there are gazillions. But I just wasn't feeling these two, and the whole book was a lie with it barely cleared up at the very end. ZERO ANGST.
December 12, 2019
Great book
June 9, 2020
Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
February 19, 2022
Insta-love without knowing anything about each other. Stupid reasons for holding back secrets. Just didn't care much....
June 5, 2022
It is written like a screwball comedy and is cute with the romance sliding in nicely.
October 8, 2025
Versione cartacea prima edizione
November 3, 2013
I loved this book. This is just my opinion. It might be a bit far-fetched but isn't that what romances are about? I hadn't read this since high school so it was funny to see how the author wrote certain sentences. But it was still a good read and I love Marcus and Joy.
May 17, 2024
Joy Simms met actor Marcus Ballantyne when she was on a date with his co-star on a hit TV show. Her cousin Casey had won a date with the co-star but Joy took his place. Marcus believes she is a cheating wife when she is a shy librarian.
August 18, 2014
I read a ton of romance novels when I was younger, and even now consider them a bit like brain candy. Overly sweet, and not something you can make a steady diet of, reality is not their strong point.
February 13, 2010
A romantic book, even better that Valentine's day is approaching!! :)
November 23, 2020
Una storia scorrevole ma purtroppo troppo frettolosa.
December 20, 2021
Ένας και μοναδικός - Carole Mortimer , Χρυσά, 826
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July 2, 2018A night spent in the arms of Marcus Ballantyne! It happened to Joy-but not without the leading TV actor thinking she was a married woman with a string of lovers!
In reality Joy was a provincial librarian who hadn't had a night out since her boyfriend jilted her-how on earth had she landed herself in this mess? And how could she convince Marcus that she wasn't just another good-time girl hoping to be a notch on his bedpost, but that he was the one and only man she'd ever love?
In reality Joy was a provincial librarian who hadn't had a night out since her boyfriend jilted her-how on earth had she landed herself in this mess? And how could she convince Marcus that she wasn't just another good-time girl hoping to be a notch on his bedpost, but that he was the one and only man she'd ever love?
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