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Becky Bloomwood, America's favorite shopaholic, is back in a hilarious, heartwarming tale of married life, best friends, and long-lost sister (and the perils of simply having to own an Angel handbag!).
What's a round-the-world honeymoon if you can't buy the odd souvenir to ship back home? Like the twenty silk dressing gowns Becky found in Hong Kong... the hand-carved dining table (and ten chair) from Sri Langka...the, um, huge wooden giraffes from Malawi (that her husband Luke expressly forbade her to buy..)
Only now Becky and Luke have return home to London and Luke is furious. Two truckloads of those souvenirs have cluttered up their loft, and the bills for them are outrageous. Luke insists Becky go on budget. And worse: her beloved best friend Suze has found a new best friend while Becky was away. Becky's feeling rather blue - when her parents deliver some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister! Becky is thrilled! She's convinced her sister will be a true soulmate. Ther'll go shopping together, have manicure together... Until she meets Jessica for the first time and gets the shock of her life. Surely Becky Bloomwood's sister can't... hate shopping?
Aith her shopping excess (somewhat) in check and her carrer as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky's biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to pack light. BUt packing takes on a whole new meaning when Luke annouces he's moving to New York for business-and he asks Becky to go with him! Before you can say "Prada Sample Sale," Becky has landed in the Big Apple, home of Park Anenue penthouses and luxury boutiques.
Surely it's only a matter of time until she becomes an America TV celebrity, and she and Luke are the toast of Gotham society. Nothing can stand in their way, especially with Becky's bills miles away in London. But then an unexpected disaster threatens her career prospects, her relationship with Luke, and her available credit line! Shopaholic takes Manhattan-but will she have to return it?
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Becky Bloomwood has everything: a fabulous flat on London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only problem is that she can't actually afford any of it. Her job as a financial journalist not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately, Becky's been chased by dismal letters from Visa and the Endwich Bank-and they're getting ever harder to ignore.She tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But none of her efforts succeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something... just a little something..
Finally, a story aries that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life-and the lives of those around her-forever.
~This is the book~
When Scarlett Wakefield transfers from St. Tabby's, a posh private school outside London, to Wakefield Hall Collegiate, the world-renowed prep school that her grandmother runs in the English countryside, she is relieved that no one knows her dark, haunting secret. A few months ago, Plum Saybourne, the queen of St. Tabby's "Smart Set" suprisingly invited Scarlett to an elite party with a guest list full of the hottes names in British society, including Dan McAndrew, Scarlett secret crush. Before the party, Scarlett had only imagined what it would be like to have her first kiss with Dan, but on the penthouse terrace, Dan leaned in close and she no longer had to wonder. Thier kiss was beautiful and perfect and magical, and then....
Dan McAndrew suffocated in her arms.
No one knows how or why Dan died, and everyone at St. Tabby's believes Scarlett had something to do with it. After all, she was the last person to see Dan alive. But now she's safely hidden away at Wakefield Hall, Scarlett would rather forget that it ever happened. Only she can't. Especially when she receives an anonymous note that will set her on the path to clearing her name and fiding out what really happened to the first and last boy she kissed.
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