Suddenly One Summer

Zusatztext PRAISE FOR SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER : "James' trademark mix of bright humor! emotional perceptiveness! and sizzling sexual tension make this a radiant winner." -- Kirkus Reviews "Another JJ delight packed full of her signature wit and sophistication that provide laugh-out-loud fun juxtaposed with moments that will twist your heart.A hot! sexy read packed full of humor and high jinks as Victoria and Ford take tentative steps into romanceI love Julie James' voice! and it's easy to see why her books have such wide appeal! Suddenly One Summer is another jewel added to her basket of treasures... If you need a great read to throw in your beach bag! make sure Suddenly One Summer is one of your choices." -- USA Today PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JULIE JAMES An addictively readable combination of sharp humor! sizzlingly sexy romance! and a generous measure of nail-biting suspense. Chicago Tribune Sexy fun. Romance fans will pop their corks over this one. Library Journal Witty banter and an amazing chemistry. Chicago Sun-Times Julie James writes books I can't put down.Nalini Singh! New York Times bestselling author Informationen zum Autor Julie James Klappentext From the New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Wedding comes a novel about a man and a woman whose summer is about to get very, very hot... Divorce lawyer Victoria Slade has seen enough unhappy endings to swear off marriage forever. That doesn't mean she's opposed to casual dating-just not with her cocky new neighbor, who is as gorgeous and tempting as he is off-limits. But once she agrees to take on his sister's case, she's as determined to win as ever-even if that means teaming up with Ford... Investigative journalist Ford Dixon is bent on finding the man who got his sister pregnant and left her high and dry. He's willing to partner with Victoria, despite the fact that the beautiful brunette gets under his skin like no other woman. He might not be looking to settle down, but there's no denying the scorching attraction between them. Still, the more time he spends with Victoria, the more he realizes that the one woman as skeptical about love as he is might be the only woman he could really fall for... "If you need a great read to throw in your beach bag, make sure Suddenly One Summer is one of your choices."-USA Today Leseprobe Acknowledgments Prologue ALTHOUGH PEOPLE OFTEN said that divorce was an ugly business, Victoria Slade had a different perspective. Typically, by the time clients arrived on her office doorstep, it was the marriage that had gotten ugly. Divorce was simply the part where the truth came out. In a cab on the way to her town house on Chicago's north side, Victoria leaned her head against the seat and thought about the case she'd wrapped up today. Her client, a forty-five-year-old stay-at-home mom, had been blindsided three months ago after being served with a divorce petition by her husband of fourteen years. According to the terms of the couple's prenuptial agreement, Victoria's client was not entitled to receive any portion of the sizable business empire her husband had amassed, throughout the course of their marriage, as one of the most successful celebrity chefs in Chicago. The three lucrative restaurants, the bestselling cookbooks, and the income derived from his Food Network cooking show had all been designated separate assets per the prenup and thus untouchable by his wife in the event of a divorce. Unless, of course, Mr. Celebrity Chef violated the no-cheating clause in the couple's prenup, thereby rendering the entire agreement invalid. Knowing this, Victoria naturally had done a little digging. She would say this for Mr. Celebrity Chef...

*PRAISE FOR *SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER:
"James’ trademark mix of bright humor, emotional perceptiveness, and sizzling sexual tension make this a radiant winner." --*Kirkus Reviews

"Another JJ delight packed full of her signature wit and sophistication that provide laugh-out-loud fun juxtaposed with moments that will twist your heart.…A hot, sexy read packed full of humor and high jinks as Victoria and Ford take tentative steps into romance…I love Julie James' voice, and it's easy to see why her books have such wide appeal, *Suddenly One Summer is another jewel added to her basket of treasures... If you need a great read to throw in your beach bag, make sure Suddenly One Summer is one of your choices." --USA Today

PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JULIE JAMES

“An addictively readable combination of sharp humor, sizzlingly sexy romance, and a generous measure of nail-biting suspense.”
—Chicago Tribune

“Sexy fun. Romance fans will pop their corks over this one.”—Library Journal

“Witty banter and an amazing chemistry.”—*Chicago Sun-Times

• “Julie James writes books I can't put down.”—Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author

Autorentext

Julie James

Klappentext

From the New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Wedding comes a novel about a man and a woman whose summer is about to get very, very hot...

Divorce lawyer Victoria Slade has seen enough unhappy endings to swear off marriage forever. That doesn't mean she's opposed to casual dating-just not with her cocky new neighbor, who is as gorgeous and tempting as he is off-limits. But once she agrees to take on his sister's case, she's as determined to win as ever-even if that means teaming up with Ford...

Investigative journalist Ford Dixon is bent on finding the man who got his sister pregnant and left her high and dry. He's willing to partner with Victoria, despite the fact that the beautiful brunette gets under his skin like no other woman. He might not be looking to settle down, but there's no denying the scorching attraction between them. Still, the more time he spends with Victoria, the more he realizes that the one woman as skeptical about love as he is might be the only woman he could really fall for...

"If you need a great read to throw in your beach bag, make sure Suddenly One Summer is one of your choices."-USA Today

Zusammenfassung
*From the *New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Wedding comes a novel about a man and a woman whose summer is about to get very, very hot...

Divorce lawyer Victoria Slade has seen enough unhappy endings to swear off marriage forever. That doesn't mean she's opposed to casual dating—just not with her cocky new neighbor, who is as gorgeous and tempting as he is off-limits. But once she agrees to take on his sister's case, she's as determined to win as ever—even if that means teaming up with Ford...

Investigative journalist Ford Dixon is bent on finding the man who got his sister pregnant and left her high and dry. He's willing to partner with Victoria, despite the fact that the beautiful brunette gets under his skin like no other woman. He might not be looking to settle down, but there's no denying the scorching attraction between them. Still, the more time he spends with Victoria, the more he realizes that the one woman as skeptical about love as he is might be the only woman he could really fall for...

“If you need a great read to throw in your beach bag, make sure Suddenly One Summer is one of your choices.”—USA Today

Leseprobe

Acknowledgments

Prologue

ALTHOUGH PEOPLE OFTEN said that divorce was an ugly business, Victoria Slade had a different perspective. Typically, by the time clients arrived on her office doorstep, it was the marriage that had gotten ugly. Divorce was simply the part where the truth came out.

In a cab on the way to her town house on Chicago’s north side, Victoria leaned her head against the seat and thought about the case she’d wrappe…