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Better Than Chocolate

Be careful what you wish for. . .Food writer Annie Wilkins is on an express elevator to fame and fortune, thanks to research scientist/husband Tom's remarkable invention: fat-free, carb-free, calorie-free chocolate that tastes betterthan the real thing! Once reduced to writing walleye-on-a-stick articles for Minnesota Menus, now she's living large in showcase houses and hobnobbing with the hoi polloi. Annie and "America's Sexiest Scientist" Tom happily accept their new status as the nation's most happening Fabulous Couple.

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But as a high-profile spokesperson, Annie's got a corporate responsibility to change her hair, her style, and lose twenty-five pounds. Her kids are becoming tooworldly toofast — and Tom's in demand for a lot more than just his candy. If this is the American Dream, Annie needs to wake up — because all of a sudden her marriage andher sanity are in jeopardy. . . and she's about to bottom out on top!

Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages

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