On a Ring and a Prayer

Reeks: A Jessie Stanton Novel

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  • Twelve
  • years
  • of
  • marriage,
  • 4,000
  • square
  • feet
  • of
  • dream
  • house,
  • and
  • a
  • handsome
  • husband.
  • Jessie
  • Stanton
  • has
  • it
  • all
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • until
  • one
  • fateful
  • afternoon
  • when
  • she
  • notices
  • her
  • BMW
  • bouncing
  • by
  • the
  • window
  • behind
  • a
  • tow
  • truck.
  • Her
  • husband
  • has
  • gone,
  • and
  • he's
  • taken
  • it
  • all.
  • The
  • whirling
  • tornado
  • that
  • cuts
  • down
  • the
  • life
  • she's
  • built
  • drops
  • Jessie
  • onto
  • the
  • sandy
  • beach
  • of
  • Malibu
  • with
  • a
  • thud,
  • penniless
  • and
  • alone.
  • When
  • all
  • she's
  • left
  • with
  • are
  • the
  • designer
  • labels
  • in
  • her
  • closet
  • and
  • the
  • dreamy
  • Neil
  • Lane
  • rock
  • on
  • her
  • finger,
  • Jessie
  • tries
  • to
  • make
  • ends
  • meet
  • by
  • pawning
  • her
  • prized
  • ring
  • to
  • fund
  • a
  • new
  • business
  • venture:
  • a
  • small
  • shop
  • where
  • her
  • designer
  • duds
  • and
  • shimmering
  • accessories
  • are
  • temporarily
  • leased
  • out
  • to
  • Southern
  • California
  • women
  • with
  • champagne
  • tastes
  • but
  • root
  • beer
  • realities.
  • As
  • Jessie
  • tries
  • to
  • rebuild,
  • she
  • realizes
  • she
  • can't
  • move
  • on,
  • not
  • without
  • answers.
  • Reluctantly,
  • Jessie
  • turns
  • to
  • beach
  • bum/private
  • investigator
  • Danny
  • Callahan
  • for
  • help.
  • But
  • is
  • she
  • staking
  • her
  • future
  • success
  • and
  • happiness
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • on
  • a
  • ring
  • and
  • a prayer?
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