She shifted in her heels, and wondered if she’d made the right decision. And then she saw an Academy Award–winning actress breeze past her, and she followed discreetly behind. In the entrance foyer, she added her shoes to the carefully arranged footwear left by each of the guests. She could estim...
In the middle of the afternoon, the club was empty, except for Alec and Bette sitting at a front table. “If we’re using costumes inspired by the Ballet Russes, I think everyone has to incorporate some element of ballet into her performance or it’s not going to make sense,” Mallory said. “The Ball...
“Yes,” Regina said, looking up from her pile of requisition slips. It was a busy day for the Delivery Desk. Fridays always were. It was the last day of normal library hours for the week, and also, Regina assumed, most people didn’t want to work all weekend. The young woman...
“I know a guy isn’t supposed to ask a woman her age. But you look kind of young to have been married, divorced, and gone a dozen years without dating.” I smile. I feel like beaming, actually. But I keep it to a mere smile. He thinks I look young. How young, I wonder? ...
It’s what all of the assistants at the publishing house wanted – even the ones who didn’t work for Declan Guinness. We all loved cocktail parties – free food (if you considered cheese cubes and crackers food) and wine, and on our salaries we needed that more than we wanted to admit. But we especi...