| Better Off Without Him Contributor(s): Ernst, Dee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477809570 ISBN-13: 9781477809570 Publisher: Montlake Romance OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013938567 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.51" W x 8.27" (1.02 lbs) 339 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mona Berman has it all--a twenty-year marriage, a successful career as a romance novelist, and three teenage daughters. But when her husband, Brian, leaves her for someone younger, thinner, blonde, and French, she has to step back and take a good, long look at her life. First, her career. She can't continue to write about "Happily Ever After," so she changes the heroine of her new book from a hot young thing to a forty-something woman who manages to find happiness without a man. Her agent isn't too happy--the heroine is how old? She doesn't get the guy in the end? How is that even possible? But Mona is tough, and she's got Anthony, her personal assistant, and a few good friends to cheer her on and keep the stiff martinis flowing. And Ben. Ben is her plumber, but not your average plumber. He's smart enough to know that Brian was never good enough for her, and sexy enough to be cast as the romantic lead in quite a few of her books. The sound of his voice alone can send her imagination into full romantic overdrive. Then she meets Mitch, who might be just the guy for her. And there's still Ben, who's managed to come to her rescue more than once. But--there's a book to publish, a soon-to-be-ex-husband to deal with, and what has Aunt Lily done this time? Can Mona work this all out? Can life imitate art, and can Mona write her own happy ending? |
Contributor Bio(s): Ernst, Dee: - Dee Ernst was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Morristown. She attended Marshall University, where she majored in journalism. Several years, career changes, and a few daughters later, she was listening to the Joan Hamburg Show, where a guest made the suggestion that if you want to be happy, you should go back to what you were doing when you were ten and try to make it a career. Since Dee was writing stories when she was ten, she decided to give writing another go. After three novels and many rejection letters, she self-published Better Off Without Him. Her next book, A Different Kind of Forever, was released in April of 2012. In the spring of 2013, she signed with Montlake Publishing, which re-released Better Off Without Him and launched her third title, A Slight Change of Plan, that fall. Though Dee finds a lot in common with all her heroines, she is happily married and living in New Jersey. |