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Bare Essence
Bare Essence
Bare Essence
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The birth of a great scent is the main focus of Meredith Rich’s absorbing drama about the rise and fall of the people behind the perfume industry. With wonderful settings, gorgeous women, handsome men, power, and romance, Rich’s first outing paints a colorful portrait of a pampered heroine on the brink of self-discovery, and the effect she has on those around her. Bare Essence touches on themes of trust, betrayal, love, greed, independence, and the power of forgiveness—all the ingredients of a surefire bestseller. With clear prose behind a rich jet-set frame of mind, the author’s talent shines from cover to cover.
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Release dateJul 15, 2014
ISBN9781497672833
Bare Essence
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Meredith Rich

Under the pseudonym Meredith Rich, Claudia Jessup is the author of five novels including Bare Essence, which was made into a CBS television miniseries and an NBC weekly series.   Under her own name, Jessup has written three editions of the perennial favorite The Woman’s Guide to Starting a Businessand has written and edited myriad nonfiction books and articles for major magazines.   A former Virginian and New Yorker, Jessup lives in Santa Fe with her husband, Jonathan Richards, a writer and political cartoonist. and is the mother of two daughters. She is a member of the Author’s Guild, PEN Center USA West, PEN Center New Mexico, and SCBWI.

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