Devil May Care: A NovelDo you think you could resist temptation? Not a piece of cheesecake. Or another martini. Or a one-night stand. Real temptation. The kind they warn you about in the Bible... Sally Carpenter is a struggling actress in New York City. She hasn't had a real gig in two years, her agent has stopped returning her phone calls, and she hates her day job. She's just about ready to go home to Wisconsin and finish her psych degree. Then she meets Jack Weaver. Jack's rich, charismatic, gorgeous -- and the president of one of the biggest TV networks in the country. When he starts showing an interest in Sally's career, she's grateful but wary. She's heard rumors about Jack -- he's a bit of a womanizer and ruthless in business. Even so, when he asks her out to dinner, she doesn't say no. Almost immediately, Sally's luck begins to change. Producers are scrambling to hire her, her biggest professional rival lands in the hospital with a mysterious illness, and, best of all, Sally's falling in love with the most wonderful man she's ever met. For the first time in her life, she is happy. Yet she can't shake the feeling that things seem too good to be true. When a series of bizarre coincidences and grisly accidents start happening, Sally finds herself wondering: Has she really met Mr. Right? Or has she fallen for the Devil himself? Loaded with dead-on comic timing and pitch-perfect dialogue, Devil May Care stars one of the most exuberantly realized heroines in recent years -- not even Bridget Jones had it this bad. Newcomer Sheri McInnis takes us on a journey that will speak to anyone who's ever had to choose between doing what is right and what feels right. |
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... told me to explore the wide world of Wonder bras and sent me out for it anyway. “Salleee! Sallee-hee!” I hear my name called in a breathy, singsongy whisper. I look over to see a blond woman in a pink T-shirt and A-line miniskirt ...
... told me to explore the wide world of Wonder bras and sent me out for it anyway. “Salleee! Sallee-hee!” I hear my name called in a breathy, singsongy whisper. I look over to see a blond woman in a pink T-shirt and A-line miniskirt ...
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... told us that for authenticity's sake, and to test our natural aptitude for cheese- stretching,which is essential to the success of any Pizza Hut campaign, the pies were hot—very hot. “Now remember,” he said. “Forget the fat grams ...
... told us that for authenticity's sake, and to test our natural aptitude for cheese- stretching,which is essential to the success of any Pizza Hut campaign, the pies were hot—very hot. “Now remember,” he said. “Forget the fat grams ...
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... in a hurry. I told Gus this was nothing but a waste of time! I take a right and stomp down another long white hall. But what if it wasn't my breasts . ..? What if it was “the dress”? What if I never devil may care 7 Two.
... in a hurry. I told Gus this was nothing but a waste of time! I take a right and stomp down another long white hall. But what if it wasn't my breasts . ..? What if it was “the dress”? What if I never devil may care 7 Two.
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... told my father, but I was always on the “There is a God” side of things. I liked the idea of God watching over us, sort of like a year-round Santa Claus who could always tell if we were being naughty or nice. I also enjoyed going to ...
... told my father, but I was always on the “There is a God” side of things. I liked the idea of God watching over us, sort of like a year-round Santa Claus who could always tell if we were being naughty or nice. I also enjoyed going to ...
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... told me it just meant I had to be “nice.” Of course, my ideas about God changed a lot after Tommy Bishop's accident,and then even more after my father died. But everything changed that summer... . I feel an unpleasant tug on my ...
... told me it just meant I had to be “nice.” Of course, my ideas about God changed a lot after Tommy Bishop's accident,and then even more after my father died. But everything changed that summer... . I feel an unpleasant tug on my ...
Contents
TwentySix | 216 |
TwentySeven | 226 |
TwentyEight | 232 |
TwentyNine | 245 |
Thirty | 253 |
ThirtyOne | 260 |
ThirtyTwo | 268 |
ThirtyThree | 274 |
Nine | 57 |
Ten | 72 |
Eleven | 78 |
Twelve | 87 |
Thirteen | 99 |
Fourteen | 104 |
Fifteen | 117 |
Sixteen | 138 |
Seventeen | 149 |
Eighteen | 156 |
Nineteen | 163 |
Twenty | 168 |
TwentyOne | 174 |
TwentyTwo | 184 |
TwentyThree | 201 |
TwentyFour | 203 |
TwentyFive | 212 |
ThirtyFour | 277 |
ThirtyFive | 288 |
ThirtySix | 294 |
ThirtySeven | 299 |
ThirtyEight | 303 |
ThirtyNine | 308 |
Forty | 311 |
FortyOne | 312 |
FortyTwo | 328 |
FortyThree | 333 |
FortyFour | 338 |
FortyFive | 344 |
FortySix | 350 |
FortySeven | 360 |
FortyEight | 364 |
Acknowledgments | 375 |
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Page 21 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 174 - Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
Page 338 - And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Page 7 - FROM his brimstone bed at break of -day A walking the Devil is gone, To visit his snug little farm the Earth, And see how his stock goes on.
Page 156 - Again the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
Page 260 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Page 12 - AN APOLOGY FOR THE DEVIL It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
Page 344 - Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place ; for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be...
Page 309 - Then the second angel sounded: and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.