The Knocked Up Plan
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I gesture to my chest, and down to my thighs. “One hundred percent birthday suit at bedtime.”
“All right. Get out there. They’ll bid even more this season for a date with the new quarterback.” She takes a beat. “But not if this piece of hair keeps sticking up.”
She runs her finger over a strand.
“I have faith you can fix it for me. Because you’re a miracle worker.”
“Of course I am, and I can.” She smooths it out over my ear, and it feels better than it should when she touches me. She steps back and observes her handiwork. “Empirically.”
I smile. “Clinically.”
She moves her hands to my tie, straightening it. I already did that, but I see no reason to stop her.
“Hey,” she says, as the corners of her lips turn up. “What do you call an alligator wearing a vest?”
“I don’t know. What do you call an alligator wearing a vest?” I ask, since Violet likes to tell silly jokes.
Her eyebrows rise. “An investigator.”
I laugh. “Good one.”
She shoos me off. “I need to pack up my supplies, and you need to get your butt to the stage.”
A husky voice floats down the hall. A smoky alto, belting out the chorus to It’s raining men and it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s Maxine,” I hiss.
She’s the owner’s can’t-keep-her-hands-to-herself sister, and she doesn’t just want men to rain down on her. She wants one guy to fall from the sky into her lap.
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Acknowledgments
I’m grateful to Lauren McKellar for all she sees. I owe so much to my early readers — Jen, Dena and Kim. You ladies are my inside gals and I’m so lucky to have you. I’m not letting you three go! Karen, Tiffany, Janice, Virginia and Marion provided eagle eyes, and I appreciate them immensely. Nelle O’Brien serves as my New York City eyes and ears. Katie Ashley checked the tadpole details! Huge thanks to Helen Williams for the amazingly stunning cover. This woman knows hot men and what to do with them. I am always grateful for KP Simmon for strategy, insight, guidance and friendship. Thank you to Kelley, Keyanna and Candi for everything every day. I am delighted to have the daily support of writer friends like Laurelin Paige, Kristy Bromberg, CD Reiss, Marie Force, and Lili Valente. Big love to my husband, children and four-legged family members.
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