Bad Boy - Softcover

Goldsmith, Olivia

3.14

1,519 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451204956 ISBN 13: 9780451204950

Publisher: Signet, 2002

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Tracie's got a weakness for classic bad boys who seem too good to be true...and usually are.

Jon, on the other hand, loves Tracie-and not "just as a friend." But Jon is no bad boy. In fact, he's about as good as they come.

But when he convinces a skeptical Tracie to teach him some tricks of the trade, she turns him into a heartbreakingly hot bad boy-and soon it seems half Seattle's women want Jon to themselves. Including Tracie.

"A guilty pleasure." (Entertainment Weekly)

"Witty and wonderful." (Sue Grafton)

"Olivia Goldsmith at her best. (Nelson DeMille)

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About the Author:

Olivia Goldsmith is the bestselling author of The First Wives Club, Flavor of the Month, The Bestseller, Switcheroo, Bad Boy and Young Wives. All but one have been optioned by movie studios. She has contributed to The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, In Style, and The Observer, among other publications. She has also appeared on Oprah, the Today show, and Good Morning America. She lives in the Northeast with her three dogs.

From Publishers Weekly:

For all its hip talk and flaunting of high-tech accessories, Goldsmith's (The First Wives Club) cream-puff new read is an old-fashioned tale of love and friendship. In the new SeattleDa town suddenly stinking rich, "famous for its bad boys, good coffee, and Micro Millionaires"DTracie Higgins is a young reporter for the Seattle Times. Though she has a musician-poet-lout boyfriend, every Sunday Tracie meets platonic chum Jonathan Delano for brunch. Jonathan is a techno-wizard for Micro/Con; he is responsible, dedicated, environmentally correct; good to his mother and stepmothers; and alas, an ugly duckling dweeb who hasn't had sex in a year. Tracie agrees to give him a "make over": the clothes, the moves, the haircut, the linesDin short, attitude. "Women don't want nice guys," she says. She should know. In fact, every man in the book (except Jon) is a selfish leech, abusive or indifferent. Every woman seems clueless. But the dialogue is crisp and funny, and though the characters are shallow, they're lively, comradely and comic. The makeover itself is wonderfully funny, especially as poor Jon remains pretty hapless on the pickup. Soon, however, his spiffy clothes, spiked hair, stale lines and casual cruelty turn his love life around. Has the loyal friend, the true lover, the decent, smart, stock-optioned man vanished into chic-ether? Read on. (Jan.)
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