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"First book in King Lear-inspired trilogy is fun and quirky."
Reviewed by Lenore Howard
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted July 14, 2003

Robin Lear enjoys a jet-set life, dabbling in the family business and spending the family money until reality intrudes in the form of her father's terminal illness. Aaron Lear has suddenly decided to become involved in his three daughters' lives, starting with Robin, the oldest. He removes her from her Read more...

"Fine opening gamut"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 25, 2003

In Manhattan, Aaron Lear, zillionaire CEO of Lear Transport Industries, is shocked when he learns he is dying of cancer. Desperate he calls his estranged wife Bonnie Lou, who immediately drops everything to be with the only man that she ever loved though they remained apart for fifteen years. Not Read more...

Summary

In the first book of her sizzling new trilogy, Julia London introduces readers to the glamorous Lear family, whose dying patriarch has vowed to teach his spoiled, pampered daughters to appreciate the important things in life--like love...

Rich. Sexy. Beautiful. Robin Lear is all that--and her jet- set life is golden. Until the day her indestructible father sends her tumbling off her pedestal with the startling news that he is dying. Then he further shatters her illusions by demoting her from her cushy job in the family business to tech her "about life." In an instant her whole world unravels, and Robin is suddenly swimming in unchartered waters, including a bogus night in jail, a new job as the lackey of her toady ex-boyfriend, and a major distraction in the form of one very sexy contractor who's renovating her house.

Jake Manning has had some tough knocks in life. Now all he wants is to make enough money to finish his degree and, maybe, get a nice house with a nice wife and a nice kid. But the Prada-clad ice princess is turning his life upside down with her sassy--and disastrous--ways. Jake's head tells him to run, don't walk, from this gorgeous train wreck of a woman. A man would have to be crazy to pursue someone like Robin Lear. But Jake is crazy--about her...