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" When former Dallas rich girl Alison Bell finds herself unemployed yet again, she answers an ad for a live-in nanny for a wealthy couple and their three-year-old daughter. But when she arrives for her interview, Alison discovers that the mother of the girl is none other than Pepper McClintock, her high school enemy who ten years earlier had stolen Alison's boyfriend, Spence Smith, and eventually married him. Strapped for cash, Alison reluctantly starts working for the Smiths and their bratty daughter, and relocates with them from Dallas to New York.
Things become ugly as Pepper continuously employs a multitude of ways to make Alison's life miserable, including plotting revenge for a long-ago birthday party gone wrong, and stiffing her on her pay. She also has to deal with her father's new relationship and her estranged mother's sudden reappearance in her life. Alison meets a cool enough guy, Finn, but despite his sincere efforts she doesn't give him much of a chance as she gives in more and more to the renewed attraction she feels towards Spence.
Alison finds herself increasingly in the middle of their dysfunctional and crumbling marriage as Spence keeps his distance from Pepper, who forces Alison to keep quiet about her indiscretions with other men. "
Rosa Flores, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- humorous
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- playing footsy while inconveniently married
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- servant
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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