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Bum Magnet

Deborah McClatchey

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A self-described bum magnet keeps falling for the wrong men — while her real hero waits in plain sight.

Description

Wendy Jackson wanted to expand her horizons. She never let her weight stop her from achieving what she went after, and that included going after the man of her dreams, Ron Mitchum. Innocent Wendy soon finds that men sometimes aren’t what they appear. You never know what’s concealed in someone’s past.Good-looking Chad Farrell seems like an appropriate choice for a mate, but Wendy finds she’s not ready to settle down after her stint on America’s Most Wanted. She tries again at finding a new ‘experience’ and once again finds herself in hot water with Billy Don Bone, a lanky Texan con-man. Chad, for a second time, finds himself coming to her rescue.Will Wendy wake up to the fact she has a ‘hero’ right under her nose? Or continue to be a bum magnet and deal with the distressing consequences?

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