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Andrews Mary Kay

Книга "Summer Rental"

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  1. Dedicated wit...
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    3. Dedicated with love to Molly Hogan Abel, who actually did hang the moon and the star...
    4. Acknowledgments The author wishes to express heartfelt thanks to all those who p...
    5. Contents Title Page Dedication Acknowledgments Chapter 1 ...
    6. 1 It was not an auspicious beginning for a vacation, let alone for a new life. The rain...
    7. 2 Ellis jumped in the Accord and backed out onto the roadway so quickly she nearly mowe...
    8. 3 Maryn drove south, switching between the interstate and winding back roads, with no s...
    9. 4 Ty Bazemore went around to the back of the house and tried the doorknob. Good. It was...
    10. 5 On her third pass by Ebbtide, Ellis decided it was time to take action. She’d wasted ...
    11. 6 Ellis heard the crunch of gravel outside. Then a series of short, loud blasts from a ...
    12. 7 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: WTF...
    13. 8 Ellis marched herself right up the stairway over the dune, stopping only to slide her...
    14. 9 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: Tha...
    15. 10 It wasn’t until her stomach rumbled that Maryn realized how hungry she was. She pull...
    16. 11 Dorie sat alone at the luncheonette counter. Even though it was nearly two, the plac...
    17. 12 Julia and Ellis were sitting on the front porch, painting each other’s toenails a ri...
    18. 13 Maryn watched Dorie’s red van pull out of the parking lot. Had she done something to...
    19. 14 The cable was out. When they turned on the television after dinner, the screen was a...
    20. 15 Ellis went out to the kitchen and got the box of Fudgsicles and a roll of paper towe...
    21. 16 “That’s not funny, Dorie,” Julia said. “But it’s true.” Ellis and Julia ...
    22. 17 Ellis and Dorie sat back in their chairs, too stunned to speak. “Don’t look at...
    23. 18 Julia was nearly asleep when she heard her cell phone vibrating on the rickety woode...
    24. 19 Raindrops tapped at the tin roof of the old house, and the thin cotton curtains bill...
    25. 20 It was nearly three by the time Maryn managed to pry herself away from the other wom...
    26. 21 Ellis found herself drawn to the window in her bedroom. She told herself it was the ...
    27. 22 “Strawberry Shortcake is staying, but her friend is outta here,” the waitress told T...
    28. 23 Tuesday morning, Dorie rolled down the elastic waistband of her pajama bottoms so th...
    29. 24 It was the first hot, sunny day in nearly a week. Right after breakfast Julia had se...
    30. 25 An hour later, Julia, Ellis, and Dorie were stretched out on the beach. “Dorie...
    31. 26 Ellis had just gotten out of the shower and was peering into the tiny, clouded mirro...
    32. 27 The girl who answered the door at Ebbtide looked only vaguely like the Ellis Sulliva...
    33. 28 Ellis allowed herself to be rushed out of the restaurant and practically slung into ...
    34. 29 He’d been sitting on the deck for at least an hour, smoking a cigar, nursing a Heine...
    35. 30 There was a knock at Julia’s bedroom door. When she opened it, Madison stood there, ...
    36. 31 Maryn slammed her bedroom door and locked it. There was no getting around facts: she...
    37. 32 When she got back from her morning run shortly after nine, Julia walked, breathless ...
    38. 33 It was Dorie who saved the day. It was Wednesday, trash-pickup day, and even though ...
    39. 34 The three women watched as Madison/Maryn gave her best effort towards stomping off i...
    40. 35 Ellis came flying down the stairway, with Madison trailing reluctantly behind. Julia...
    41. 36 “What did you find out?” Julia demanded as soon as Ellis and Madison got back to Ebb...
    42. 37 Dinnertime. Julia stared into the refrigerator, studying its contents with a mixture...
    43. 38 Alone in the kitchen, Ellis washed, dried, and put away the dishes. She smiled as sh...
    44. 39 Ellis was relieved to see that the red van was gone. She unlocked the front door and...
    45. 40 “Well, hello,” Ellis said, propping herself on her elbows and shading her eyes from ...
    46. 41 The dinner dishes had been cleared away, the last of the wine drunk. Booker had grac...
    47. 42 Saturday morning, Ellis raced over to the garage apartment, bursting with the news a...
    48. 43 “Summer Fling could be the thing that saves Ebbtide,” Ellis said, outlining what Boo...
    49. 44 “Tyyyy,” Kendra’s voice was shrill, teasing. “Did I catch you at a bad time?” ...
    50. 45 Ellis heard the thrum of the vacuum cleaner as soon as she opened the front door. Do...
    51. 46 The trucks came rumbling down Ebbtide’s driveway around two o’clock on Tuesday. Elli...
    52. 47 “It’s my last night in the apartment,” Ty told Ellis when she got back from dinner w...
    53. 48 Ellis stared moodily down at her coffee cup. No truths there. Just inky, lukewarm, b...
    54. 49 “Ty,” Angie said, “I’m at my wit’s end here. Patricia’s a no-show again. It’s our la...
    55. 50 “That was awesome!” Dorie cried, throwing her arms around her friends at the end of ...
    56. 51 “You still haven’t asked me why I came down here,” Don said, leaning back in the cha...
    57. 52 The women crept onto the front porch, huddling together in a knot. “I wonder where T...
    58. 53 Ty dropped the two-by-four and limped over to Ellis, gathering her into his arms, de...
    59. Epilogue Julia burst through the kitchen door. “Ellis,” she exclaimed. “I just g...
    60. ALSO BY MARY KAY ANDREWS The Fixer Upper D...
    61. This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organiza...
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