The Starter Wife
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ISBN: 0743265033 / Publisher: Downtown Press, April 2006
Thrown by her film producer husband's sudden abandonment for a famous pop starlet, Gracie seeks refuge at her best friend's Malibu mansion and finds herself pursued by a mysterious rescuer, a security guard, and her ex-husband's womanizing boss. By the author of Rescue Me. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Maneater comes a sexy, savvy, and wickedly funny novel about one woman's life after her divorce from a Hollywood studio head.When her husband, Kenny, dumps her by cell phone (!) mere months before their ten-year wedding anniversary, Gracie Pollock is dazed and confused. Though life as the wife of a semi-famous Hollywood studio executive often left her yawning, Gracie always believed she and Kenny were different from other Hollywood couples. She never thought she'd be a starter wife. But Kenny has upgraded, and with images of his new pop tartlet girlfriend everywhere Gracie turns, she seeks refuge at her best friend's Malibu mansion. Then a mysterious hunk saves her from drowning and suddenly drowning in her sorrows seems like a waste of time. And when she takes up with Kenny's boss, one of Hollywood's better-known Lotharios, she discovers that maybe life after divorce—Hollywood-style—isn't so bad after all!
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