Pre-Owned Heartbreak for Hire (Hardcover)

Brinkley Saunders has a secret. To everyone in the academic world she left behind she lost it all when she dropped out of grad school. Once a rising star following in her mother s footsteps she s now an administrative assistant at an insurance agency-or so they think. In reality Brinkley works at Heartbreak for Hire a secret service that specializes in revenge for jilted lovers frenemies and long-suffering coworkers with a little cash to spare and a man who needs to be taken down a notch. It might not be as prestigious as academia but it helps Brinkley save for her dream of opening an art gallery and lets her exorcise a few demons all while helping to empower women. But when her boss announces she s hiring male heartbreakers for the first time Brinkley s no longer so sure she s doing the right thing-especially when her new coworker turns out to be a target she was paid to take down. Though Mark spends his days struggling up the academic ladder he seems to be the opposite of a backstabbing adjunct: a nerd at heart in criminally sexy sweater vests who s attentive both in and out of the bedroom. But as Brinkley finds it increasingly more difficult to focus on anything but Mark she soon realizes that like herself people aren t always who they appear to be -- A smart sexy and witty romantic comedy--perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne--about a twentysomething who lives out every woman s fantasy: getting paid to give men who do us wrong a taste of their own medicine. But when a previous target unexpectedly shows up at her office she s forced to rethink her life as a professional heartbreaker. Brinkley Saunders has a secret. To everyone in the academic world she left behind she lost it all when she dropped out of grad school. Once a rising star following in her mother s footsteps she s now an administrative assistant at an insurance agency--or so they think. In reality Brinkley works at Heartbreak for Hire a secret service that specializes in revenge for jilted lovers frenemies and long-suffering coworkers with a little cash to spare and a man who needs to be taken down a notch. It might not be as prestigious as academia but it helps Brinkley save for her dream of opening an art gallery and lets her exorcise a few demons all while helping to empower women. But when her boss announces she s hiring male heartbreakers for the first time Brinkley s no longer so sure she s doing the right thing--especially when her new coworker turns out to be a target she was paid to take down. Though Mark spends his days struggling up the academic ladder he seems to be the opposite of a backstabbing adjunct: a nerd at heart in criminally sexy sweater vests who s attentive both in and out of the bedroom. But as Brinkley finds it increasingly more difficult to focus on anything but Mark she soon realizes that like herself people aren t always who they appear to be. With Sonia Hartl s bitingly funny (Publishers Weekly) prose Heartbreak for Hire is a clever romcom you and your girlfriends won t be able to stop talking about.