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02141aam a2200277Ii 4500 001 30A85DF8240011E78AE259E3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170418010556 008 150929t20142014cau 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1502766930 020 $a 9781502766939 035 $a (OCoLC)922548625 040 $a OCP $b eng $e rda $c OCP $d OCLCO $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Valentin, Barbara, $e author. 245 10 $a False start : $b an assignment : romance novel / $c Barbara Valentin. 264 1 $a Los Gatos : $b Gemma Halliday Publishing, $c [2014] 300 $a 215 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Mattie Ross is probably the last person who should be doling out good counsel to anyone on anything. Still smarting after being left at the altar two years earlier, she is strapped with debt, has sworn off men, routinely buries herself in her work and despite her well-proportioned figure, remains haunted by childhood taunts of "Fatty Mattie." But to her publisher at the Chicago Gazette, and readers, she is their latest advice columnist, The Plate Spinner, a self-assured working parent to adorable fake children and multi-tasking savant. Enter Nick Derosa, the twin brother of Mattie's cold-footed fiance who is trying to get back on his feet after his brother steals his identity and implicates him in an illegal investment scheme. But thanks to Nick's legendary running career, the publisher of the Chicago Gazette proposes a wager: If Nick can train an out-of-shape working parent in time to compete in the Chicago Marathon, he will contribute enough to help Nick launch his own non-profit running club for kids. Suddenly "Fatty" Mattie and Nick are thrust together as the most unlikely of pairs and under a deadline to put their trust issues aside and avoid another false start in their lives."--Back cover. 650 0 $a Overweight women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women journalists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Runners (Sports) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418111906.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=30A85DF8240011E78AE259E3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search