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"Tongue in Chic" follows Meadow Szarvas, who is caught breaking into the opulent residence of Devlin Fitzwilliam. Facing the threat of arrest, she adopts an amnesiac disguise and begrudgingly accepts his proposition that she is his wife in order to proceed with her plan to recover a coveted painting.
Throughout the story, Devlin’s motives remain ambiguous, and an unseen observer keeps watch over the pair, complicating their precarious arrangement and heightening the novel’s suspenseful undertones.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense
Authors: Christina Dodd
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