The Girlfriend Curse

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When Peg's ex-boyfriend Paul calls her up, she thinks he is hoping for a reunion. But when she meets up with him, he thanks her for helping him get over his commitment issues and introduces her to his new fiancee! With the help of her best friend, Peg tracks six ex-boyfriends and learns that all the men moved on from her to the women they married. Disillusioned with the New York dating scene, Peg sells her condo and heads to Vermont. On the train to her new home, she meets sexy Ray Quick, who has similar relationship problems and is headed to a retreat called Inward Bound that helps singles get their lives and relationship problems straightened out. When Peg's new house proves unlivable, she heads up to Inward Bound and enrolls on a whim, hoping to connect with Ray. What she finds is a quirky group of singles and one very enticing program leader in the form of Linus Bester. Frankel delivers another humorous, crowd-pleasing romp. Kristine Huntley
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Book Description

It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfriend, the one who awakens in a guy theknowledge of what he's always wanted in a relationship ... and it's never with Peg. Obviously, a major lifestyle change is seriously called for, which is why the distraught interior landscape designer says good-bye to Manhattan and late-night lattes with pal Nina, and hello to a farmhouse on ten acres in tiny, backwater Manshire, Vermont, hoping to meet the ultimate, all-organic country man (without too much facial hair) to keep her warm in those frosty New England winters.

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It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfriend, the one who awakens in a guy theknowledge of what he's always wanted in a relationship ... and it's never with Peg. Obviously, a major lifestyle change is seriously called for, which is why the distraught interior landscape designer says good-bye to Manhattan and late-night lattes with pal Nina, and hello to a farmhouse on ten acres in tiny, backwater Manshire, Vermont, hoping to meet the ultimate, all-organic country man (without too much facial hair) to keep her warm in those frosty New England winters.

Instead, Peg finds herself at Inward Bound—a proactive adult-education retreat for the hapless and hopelessly lovelorn—to try to lift her dreaded "girlfriend curse." A steamy (and expressly forbidden) dalliance with gorgeous woman-eater Ray probably isn't going to help cure her. But some romantic insight could arise from her attraction to Linus, Inward Bound's sexy, scruffy, smart and still-single founder. Perhaps there is a secret to be unearthed in the crunchy Green Mountains, one that will magically transform Peg Silver from the Perpetual Also Ran to the Big Winner in love.

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