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By the Book

As a devotee of classic novels, Mary Porter-Malcolm is a walking encyclopedia of Mistakes That Have

Been Made, especially by her favorite literary heroines. So when some new friends seem in danger of

falling for the same tricks employed since the days of Austen and Tolstoy, Mary starts compiling the Scoundrel

Survival Guide, using archetypes of literature’s debonair bad boys to spot red flags in the dating department.

But despite her best efforts, she soon finds herself falling for a supposed cad—the same one she warned

her friends away from. Without a convenient rain-swept moor to flee to, Mary is forced to admit that real life

doesn’t follow the same rules as fiction and if she wants a happy ending, she’s going to have to ditch the books

and write it herself.


Author:

  • Amanda Sellet

Narrator:

  • Laura Knight Keating

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 9 h 58 min

Language:

English


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