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When a woman doesn't know what on earth she's gotten herself into, there could be the devil to pay when she finds out. Barbara Chessner learns that lesson the hard way in this wickedly delightful novel where the asking price for success is her body--and her soul...
A real estate agent in South Florida's discreetly posh Banyon Beach, Barbara is down on her luck, up several dress sizes, drowning herself in Bloody Marys--and, worst of all, has just been dumped by her husband for a blonde TV weatherperson. Tired of living the life of a woman in a "before" ad--unaware that someone diabolical may be listening. Instantly, the storm vanishes and the sky fills with stars, one of which actually seems to be winking at her.
Instead of a hangover the next morning, Barbara wakes up with golden hair ( not her premature gray), perfect pitch (she's tone deaf), a strange black dog (registered to her), no double chin, a waistline...and definite cleavage! Talk about a good night's sleep! So what could be wrong with going to bed looking like Barbara Chessner and waking up looking like Heather Locklear? As it turns out, plenty!
Suddenly, bizarre things begin to happen. Without any effort, Barbara sells the least appealing house in Banyon Beach to David Bettinger, the most appealing man she's ever met. Without any reason, Jeremy Cook, a crude charter-boat captain who has detested her since high school, starts paying her compliments. And without any explanation on earth, everything she wishes for comes true.
As David Bettinger becomes passionate, Jeremy becomes jealous, and Barbara becomes a major babe--everyone becomes suspicious. Her friends at the Home Sweet Home agency attribute the inexplicable to everything from hot flashes to dark forces. Not even Barbara knows what the devil is going on. But when she finds out, all hell is going to break loose...
Leave it to Jane Heller to create a heroine who thinks she's losing her mind without ever losing her sense of humor--and to write a novel of hot pursuits and other-worldly pleasures that's sinfully sensational!
Jane Heller, author of the hugely popular Cha Cha Cha and The Club, is a former publishing executive who promoted dozens of bestselling authors before writing her own first novel. An avid Yankees fan, she lives with her husband, photographer Michael Forester, in South Florida. Infernal Affairs is her first novel.
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