Great-Aunt Sophia's Lessons for Bombshells
By (Author) Lisa Cach
Simon & Schuster
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
1st July 2012
United States
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
320
Width 135mm, Height 210mm, Spine 20mm
261g
From national bestselling author Lisa Cach, a warm-hearted, entertaining novel about a Ph.D. student who experiences a life-changing summer while taking care of her great aunt, a 1940s movie star.
A Ph.D. in sex appeal
Grace Cavanaugh is hell-bent on proving her Womens Studies dissertation thesis that beauty only leads to misery. And what better research subject than her great-aunt Sophia, a former B-movie star Now eighty-five and facing surgery, Sophia has asked Grace for company. . . .
Grace imagines a helpless, lonely old woman, forced to turn to a great-niece she barely knows. Instead she finds the aging diva holding court in a Pebble Beach mansion, oozing a bombshell-itudearthritis and wrinkles be damnedthat captivates every male in sight. To Graces dismay, her greataunt decides a perfect distraction would be transforming the frumpy feminist into a femme fatale who purrs for her suitors . . . or devours them. She ordains classes in everything from carb cutting to lingerie, culminating in a challenging final exam. The newly svelte Grace must test her wileson both devilishly handsome and morally corrupt Declan and sensitive but painfully awkward Dr. Andrew.
Newly unleashed desiresand the discovery of a closely held family secret threaten the bookworm-turned-babes entire feminist upbringing. Her thesis gone sadly awry, Grace wonders if her great-aunt is right: Will trusting her heart lead her to find beauty in the most unexpected places
Lisa Cach is the national bestselling, award-winning author of more than twenty books, includingGreat-Aunt Sophias Lessons for Bombshells, available from Gallery Books. She has taught creative writing aboard the shipMV Explorerfrom the Amazon River, to Morocco, to St. Petersburg, Russia. When not sailing the high seas she can be found digging for clams in the sandy mud of the Puget Sound or dealing cruelly with weeds and snails in her garden. Shes a two-time finalist for the prestigious RITA Award from the Romance Writers of America, which doesnt make it any easier to explain to her neighbors that she writes erotica. Visit her online at LisaCach.com.