Fi has commandeered the only nearby doorway and has her tongue down the throat of the guy she chatted up earlier at the bar. Only now we have to get home, and I'm the only one even looking for a cab. Carolyn's sister is a promoter and got us discounted entry, so that's why we schlepped all the way here. 2 before, with music pounding faintly from the club below.We're all standing together on the corner of some street in southwest London that I've never been to Honestly, I'm the world's biggest sucker. They were half a size too small, but the girl said they would stretch and that they made my legs look really long. I bought these boots last week in the sale (flat black patent I only ever wear flats). I'm never buying shoes from Cut-Price Fashion again.
But we've been waiting here for ten minutes and there's no sign of a cab. I just want to find a taxi, get home, kick off these stupid boots, and run a nice hot bath. I'm holding my denim jacket over my head as a makeshift umbrella, but it's not exactly waterproof. Rain spatters down my collar as I shift from one blistered foot to the other. And it's not like I even have very high standards. Prologue Of all the crap, crap, crappy nights I've ever had in the whole of my crap life. How on earth did all this happen? Will she ever remember? And what will happen when she does? SOPHIE KINSELLA is the author of the bestselling Shopaholic series, as well as The Undomestic Goddess and Can You Keep a Secret? She lives in England.
Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue.
Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all. And who is this gorgeous husband – who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she… well, seems to be. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. Having survived a car accident – in a Mercedes no less – Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed. With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans, Sophie Kinsella, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby, returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a life-changing and utterly hilarious predicament… When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise.
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