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Behaving Like Adults

A Novel

By Anna Maxted

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| Paperback | 9780060096687

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Modern women don't believe in love. Believing in love carries roughly the same stigma as halitosis. It's as old-fashioned as going on a diet (as opposed to a detox). . . . I know all that and yet I do

With her first two irresistible novels, Anna Maxted won the hearts of readers everContinue

Modern women don't believe in love. Believing in love carries roughly the same stigma as halitosis. It's as old-fashioned as going on a diet (as opposed to a detox). . . . I know all that and yet I do

With her first two irresistible novels, Anna Maxted won the hearts of readers everywhere. Now, in Behaving Like Adults, she introduces us to twenty-nine-year-old Holly, the sunny, optimistic owner of Girl Meets Boy, a dating service for those who are "beautiful inside and out." She's ambitious -- and successful -- with her matchmaking, but she hasn't quite fulfilled her own relationship dreams (her ex-fiancÉ, Nick, seems unlikely to progress from his job as Mr. Elephant, children's party entertainer). So when her friends dare her to pick a man off the top of the pile, she's game.

But in one awful evening the perfect-on-paper Stuart turns out to be a thorough cad, and Holly's belief in the goodness of humanity takes a hit. How can she make good matches when she can no longer trust her ability to read people? What does this mean for her business -- and her romantic future? Holly's friends and colleagues are drawn into the complicated drama of her life, while Holly learns her most important lesson: to trust herself.

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  • Behaving Like Adults By Anna Maxted

    Grown-ups who don't act that waySmart, spunky, 29-year-old Holly Appleton is the owner of the London dating service, Boy Meets Girl, where her mission is to link singles who are "beautiful inside and out." But her own romantic prospects are less than ... (read full critics)

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  • I am IN LOVE with all books by Anna Maxted; she is a brilliant writer. She appeals to me with her witty comments and sarcastic undertones. I was attracted to the "Behaving Like Adults" book cover while browsing through books at a local discount store, found it, bought it, read it and have been a f ... (continue)

    I am IN LOVE with all books by Anna Maxted; she is a brilliant writer. She appeals to me with her witty comments and sarcastic undertones. I was attracted to the "Behaving Like Adults" book cover while browsing through books at a local discount store, found it, bought it, read it and have been a fan ever since. Every book that I have read by her I have enjoyed thoroughly and would recommend to anyone. These are books that you can buy to call your own, they are inexpensive and something you'll want to read over and over again.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 390 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0060096683
  • ISBN-13: 9780060096687
  • Publisher: ReganBooks
  • Pub date: Aug 01, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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