In the Mood

by Suzanne Macpherson

Overview

Her job stinks, her car is one jolting gasp away from the junkyard, her creditors have her on speed dial ... and yet when Allison Jennings isn't scooping ice cream, she's reading tabloid tales about billionaire "Sexy Dexy" Needham III. She knows she'd never bump into him, but somehow she feels she knows him ...

Then her best friend, an outrageous socialite, convinces her to attend a party at the Needham mansion. Allison won't accept handouts, but how can she resist a peek at Dex?

But Dex has had it with the parade of Babses, Midges, and Muffies his family marches before him. And then he meets Allison -- so luscious, so pretty, so ... familiar.

There is something about Allison that rattles him ... something that happened ten years ago. Something he never forgot ...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016064840
Publisher:	Suzanne Macpherson
Publication date:	12/17/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

I was born in New Mexico back in the fifties (she said vaguely), when they were chasing aliens and inventing the big bombs. A mixed bag of exposure led to comedy and glow in the dark teeth.
My family settled in the northwest, where those rainy days led me to read constantly. I grew up with Nancy Drew, Anya Seton, Gene Stratton Porter, Charlotte Bronte and Thomas Hardy, anything to take me Far from the Madding Crowd!
Most of my inspiration comes from old movies, jazz, and real life. Old movies are a gold mine of character exploration. Romantic comedies from the 1930's and 1940's were absolutely amazing in their complexity, simplicity, and subtlety. When you watch a movie like His Girl Friday and listen to the dialogue banter, it's a thing of beauty. Well, it is for me anyway. Just put on Stella Dallas if you want to weep for an hour or The Thin Man series if you want some mystery and comedy mingled! Don't even get me started on Alfred Hitchcock, he was a genius with the medium. And the Selsnick films. Portrait of Jenny, Laura; magnificent! I've logged enough miles on Turner Classic Movies to build a stairway to Paradise.

My first novel titled RISKY BUSINESS was published by Avon Books in 2002 and no, it's not the one with Tom Cruise in his underwear, it's the one with Tom Riley in his underwear thinking he's the world's best imaginary detective. Film Noir was my muse, and it was a great beginning. Five years and seven novels later, I still love the job. My 2005 novel IN THE MOOD was nominated for the Rita Award in single title contemporary. Sitting next to the likes of Jennifer Crusie & Barbara Freethy, I got my taste of the glamorous life of a romance author! (Jenny won!)