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In this funny and big-hearted story by the author of The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives, three best friends make a pact to transform themselves into the glamorous women theyve always wanted to be. Nola Devlin has a secret identity. By day she is an overweight, frumpy, and overlooked editor, but by night she slips behind her keyboard and into her alter ego: Belinda Apple. Belinda is thin, gorgeous, and the author of a glamorous advice column, OnBeing Fab! Not even Nolas two best friends or her jealous sister (who worships Belinda as the sister she never had) know her secret.
Nola is shocked when Belinda receives a desperate letter from Deb, her best friend and former cheerleading captain, now also overweight and depressed. Nola resolves to help her friend, and together with their pal Nancy, the trio form the Cinderella Pacta promise to be their own fairy- godmothers and help change one another for good.
But things dont turn out the way the three friends expect. Debs formerly devoted husband drifts further away with every pound she loses, while Nola finds herself caught between a crush on her dreamy boss and the attentions of a charming British reporter. But which of them loves the real Nola? Only when her secret identity is revealed will she find out which man is right for her, and if her two best friends can forgive her deception.
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Hiding her secret identity as the author of a glamour advice column, Nola enters a pact with her two closest friends that they will support one another through a shared makeover endeavor that leads to unexpected consequences. By the author of The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives. 40,000 first printing.
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Hiding her secret identity as the author of a glamour advice column, Nola enters a pact with her two closest friends that they will support one another through a shared makeover endeavor that leads to unexpected consequences. By the author of The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives. 40,000 first printing.
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In this funny and big-hearted story by the author of "The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives," three close friends make a pact to transform themselves into the glamorous women they've always wanted to be--with unexpected results.
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Praise for The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives: The mordantly observant Strohmeyer skewers the lifestyles of the rich and fatuous with spot-on irony, painting her pretentious socialites with broad, sarcastic strokes in an uproarious, upscale, tongue-in-cheek tour de force.
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Soon to be a Lifetime movie called "Lying to be Perfect"
When Nola Devlin is turned down for her dream job because she's overweight, she decides to become thin-or, at least, pretend to be. The alter ego she creates-the thin, British, hip, and did we mention thin Belinda Apple-is a smashing success who is offered movie proposals, national television appearances and even dates...though no one's met her in person, of course.
Then Nola takes Belinda a bit too far, and is forced to join "The Cinderella Pact" and drop the pounds. As the weight comes off, however, Nola's problems begin to mount. Watch a Video
About the Author
SARAH STROHMEYER is author of the Bubbles mystery series and The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives, and has worked as a journalist for numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Salon.com. The Cinderella Pact is her sixth novel.