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Steamy December

by Ann Charlton

Published 1996288 pagesISBN 978-0-2631-4506-9

Mr. High and Mighty North Kendrick was a connoisseur - he liked his women beautiful and his champagne cold. He had taken one look at Ami and made one of his famous snap judgments. But Ami was determined to prove to him that appearances could be deceptive. As a makeup artist, she could transform herself into anyone she wanted to be.... So she plays a revenge joke on North, who had kicked her off the kerb in front of his new up-market hotel previously, as he thought she was a hooker from her disguise costume - and now disguises herself as a little old, helpless granny who attends the *open to the public* hotel opening, and again, gets kicked out as she looks like a *poor* old granny who could never afford to stay there, drawing the attention of negative press by this attitude; not a good thing for the opening of a new swanky hotel !! Ami soon discovered though, that messing with North was asking for trouble. And trouble was exactly what she got - of the heartbreaking kind!

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA standard-length read288 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1996
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-2631-4506-9
Language
English
Edition record
OL10240383M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

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