Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing
The Next Best Thing
Ebook309 pages4 hours

The Next Best Thing

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Evie Dupont, a twenty-something interior designer has it all. A prominent last name, a hundred-million-dollar trust fund, and a man or two who love her. But she doesn’t want any of it. She adds an ‘E’ at the end of her name to throw internet searchers off the scent—a conceit her twin brother, Michael, finds hilarious. And in order not to dip into the family till, she needs to rely on the one-percenters she’s been trying to purge from her life in order to keep her fledgling business afloat during the slow economy.

Add to that, Ethan Brandt, decade-plus older, brilliant tech-entrepreneur is chasing after her. He isn’t exactly a movie star, but Sullivan Pearce is. This mega-movie star/former high-school classmate pops by Evie’s Brooklyn brownstone between movie shoots for sizzling sex. And while some women might find the prospect of a secret lover titillating, Evie finds it terrifying. Sully is her secret and she is his, but secrets have a way of getting messy. Sully lives for the spotlight while she avoids it at all cost. But some secrets are too delicious to keep under wraps.

Evie is aware these first-world problems are ones many women would gladly trade with her—which is another reason she hates her life right now. Three nights a week she brings food to the local women’s shelter near her office in a renovated brownstone in DUMBO. Seeing the empty look in the women’s eyes spurs her to do more than hand out care packages, ultimately realizing using her wealth and influence to build a new shelter is worth stepping out from behind the scenes.
Will she choose Ethan’s geeky charm or Sully’s soulful declarations of love? And when it comes to love, are her choices really only between a man who makes her the center of his universe, or a man whose star is so bright everyone else dims by comparison?

Or maybe there’s another choice.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherSandi Perry
Release dateFeb 7, 2020
ISBN9780463203576
The Next Best Thing
Author

Sandi Perry

Writing and interior design have always been my dual passions. And to that end, I am delighted to share my latest book: The Next Best Thing--which brings my two loves together. It is about an interior designer in New York looking for love and getting unexpected results. If you enjoy my latest entry, feel free to look up my two previous books--Come Fly With Me and The Art of Stealing as well. I am a former English teacher and the mother of four grown children. I run my own interior design company and generally sprinkle design and art references in my books because frankly, I cannot resist! I enjoy writing breezy, lighthearted romances that explore all the wonderful aspects of women and their interior dialogues. Each of my books challenges the female protagonist to look into her soul in order to find her true self. I hope my readers will be able to see a bit of themselves in these very real characters who push themselves out of their comfort zones to spectacular results. My dream is to have my readers enjoy discovering these women as much as I've enjoyed bringing them to life.

Read more from Sandi Perry

Related to The Next Best Thing

Related ebooks

Contemporary Romance For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Next Best Thing

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Next Best Thing - Sandi Perry

    cbook_preview_excerpt.htmlu|ےF`ULJK*geZվ %@'}D?od9EiDDxqw|y|Շ7ᆵ՗WTw'՗yӰe_}.ViW})SƷ,#m_}{) |eʗX}_n|íu֡_:[~q/nŭu7_:['y/o孓uNŭq_T['ɿu/n['ɿ:|w}?B ^ӿ4þJC5bէq?cyS=T. uT Rzvkgm8XNird~ J0O{,cuĞB6aaS)T#N<_e=Ƭ~Ntov*~|ʢ]vc䦓vp׵WM?2BC)O ʔʁ:P)g=jYjErpv:Ҳe)vPV(lAԹcK!a!):+\k)!5+$8|\@:TվԹ Up=;~c[j$i{w8Ds#?xC5Q 6gPY=]'#tIy 'vvePOJ6@]< 6GU!!8xo9W;v>@w'6{,iݮ K6C p7~2aq$Y~OkGX)TO-tlOaar_>y>d 2UMrǎ,=Pf 40Y,Ћv (cS<չ:ǀ"sBrRB'=uT{5h<,=RʇAb„cǩ/,`~և@_`Bԑ1v{^L_^OPSuN=4rzg+~B2C3]ך<ӭN# j6_Wx8+\+]xf0j*Bxپ7):]c[yUr{VEX]u/o} r.j\G4]ªLC]ii0p ;WC^ AF~ȀH46Kln;h%cv po=RWo- kt<Wq:;\D =s_?} o|NױwhK~_=;7#r {hg$.C|<4 <1Ι:Q[JOOb0gj,H-@SWѷ9z4RcZ: jz~ ~]+&+Y#IirJssCH5#g0,}vDs<6b5 ĺwf>WĖR /Gq p}@U} ]4{C]}g ̛\%# Cth)QJA&-=Q. kQ o\W5aʾ0dCL_ŧ$x~\7{o!<lJ?Kbʍӓ>nqkp^֗]ܰW1\{P.(XO50.;BeL gqũcGzX3LV/iև). Zbp32l w`/DQ-}|=M*cK5 dvA*Fe0/BabS6`SI6phB ~LR)]'ZlgnLrX<H Gh,X%V׀=~ {D17@#/1L`uw{/ lԯ'G1zʶ/5.rpW14V :Wc˱ƻ@ut0ZKCnE?0;kY)璑_2/3De%.KVjs6L%-\9mB3[ !;1S{e yV. q*n숼{x?g1v)L6L!# ~-]3u2(EpQa9R֞؝ R:䶡R(0tͥKUæǹ1KdAt%V 3b|H7N`Ɔ}*$g+i,#:w']#S[L,xc{a.~%~PsoQ 3cp/̵x1o% 1Zɹ#IIld "촟G "'ւ6T@ *, ŻIvdk./B*lsF(]S-.崛vhFWlyc;P{e4˙ 4zSO2!{p`ѭ)Аj1(Y"3B= x`Hdah}!b h`TïѷaL=.OhγAjAo3 =(`w[tQ$D<];\&ޤ#e"+4N~6ZCe•`]J.Є+!f^@x鐡~ qHOQhmusjԗ @ȁ{e^CWJY0qN$StLӳ|>#Yt8Ċ;$ (M>䌸n̋?gs#i _%2 1O,~kHÊ9kRD\d|/x)J҈zf<wx840eT/*mEBKXn-QCa>ݝĜ2Joc!cdUQm"!v-3֕[0t_}{Hnɸ*<Ђ#HqcSCr U3;PLCg(wbDV(wqC4y36g"Ƀ/1n:l! DnY3ÉEa=Pa bdFb5&MLԭ<))>Hnmu %/87 >]t7N+T.))LzF񭥘˽MˈVT6 ɟW,\a*~pb9wL$AyˋCy-1Tj"xR-#ԙt k>R)CsFҦYDD[\!g̛9 CʵB C!-1P0Tj-'1J)bмDq;YOiYϮ5.4CrAg}Zf( ȓiNioaOqy9inZ%:wIMk:7^(T0ac6GOT,W#+5WE`-iI2V/7yS55ZaPaARF ~K+QݿA~6KizL+'RBmQI{䬕:7 5": nA07gJg`N5TyޠXanjI\} Jo>{ؾ^m#.qHJ*MަKvPڮgv̳\?ͼ&a%GKZ"n,Ho1,ܱ^k#-"ގw k?g/X1~{:2FPv|m&"u==` 4/A!5 GTwa3Fx; )drW{3ܦc-v oǙ{ \|E^L#^/WiFdqbnr2-g 卷ehA0Z'] 볝&cҧPTԾ[(9K+_)FQ)fҜBDjry_^=QhײV~oN WZ5',]u5|.0)@XF"D,VԼ&7Z؃Ҽ,O,`۳!bj0m<Y_u~IyvԌԝ^c)ڮl Ѷ?#cA@w'ud0[)Ӽ~Eؖ &(@kBK⓳ȝޕce}%nH}XEF$I D띊&w>щ0yEVT@#-IBрQS^.+a: x`nFQJG(DX?K2 "LYxpϯӠ)؞|5\2MIZ>3+Pњ7 F=@2 iv{d;}}xgJ; ZQ7q_;+ƙ'.:$'6g{`bGvqՠABy3PJ<N:tWU%pV:;C#t aKQ5B}A:IXզ b4gE6k̻5SEmS0{MXTAxRh6~aZiZic;伊 ߈?1\/5\UA#c2].yAMtvK ՘HYy:eg>QLӣXD̖k(lzNTcN@|XbᓧФ9*#z4+5k$#•5,N!zPfxCò5OkCb(I>]W~H +YUcc{`Zjxv)%N -8/BK+sZg\N$wQSiYH0| !|n N z*P0K|ym\5jP4>BYjl8hcՑ>jL4{U/`#l<A)E,y<dg _МYR4;mB$FnVT~BG*b𾃲S K,c{ ԭH+JɼUO=ALQ# k~d7 aHb#%aȎgZѺ$3{^44UwhRvXvw!Gޫl@.E,uNc{)#.n2H_<&7 VesI|6=°u-kиCqJP;l īȇ/Ţۯ$ ԨiZioV8 eoިc͉ҾK$.w(&5[^i5$\܏CYŵ@ZDHbF*-JOwGIcx.E rk2,&DZwYR|NͲN&UD n% k Tu Ԗ9NW%89E=XՃ&]BBD5 GRr;4cOg_`rD!PD!^-xu_y׬?{ 4K&̩,E #3T eVP.Qgc6kwZթ.ޭ[?2|o>W+|ZUfv@"B=WEWy(p.,t&4(oD[{oW:R-x24i^bVt9u!!k2wm~Lg(Z¥sTKa)D#]]vĖ>9YZ-#7״O.LBZ>,,1)K%t]3BbGAksQl2nlhKHnr__аJCn9 lA!_xL3gBN0A4dA6> Ł1'$:l3RaisdCi֕,%\_@>RP+9i-erl. _T]-dI0i_u\nbE[q\'ǖTwu>,mu wSZ ]xMpWcڵFhASVŹ8XLmUOLH>u= i?JUk,m-}dlыbi~~8Fqmnotu_S~fZXw`~]*-}~^Qz;!^,XYJhcfi(Zk'&(-Yk;4a/tO2dy:H 4Jc9BW xg5s1?1=̚ o٤גձ \r x\^#t>oi2}zdxC-RB@HFmn58TfwxBz`r|Z G`u-!nYA/)=%b_ 2ڬ3`ez`md*TBS^m6oJڸ!t$<;t5jQp=S<= _A.PvدjX?i۹lbкve*nE>MD+kҖz(˛v  8_~[ʥ\/`Ej,qE,'wfM1_f)UnsxTG,H+[=95:w8+{=^ "^(orR[Ǫc[Hg/ыҖ Z"T/k+sXjz Xjp6̨٥ct >o"w`h$P8Yi˷=ݥk&煋"73+5>bE]V|VeksK޼7b6;Eփ>jY6e8u@'Mtog$V0i?o\`m@zTM) ;mLy PyVg8FO9:l՟M\f/{\.tg/Y*,ȧc9Z~8W2Zÿs\pc:z|㷵5gcR=8:Y?LIXbzimsN@k's:黼jfDhx孶N-^*(ORDZՋ:zoh4^M/6]^=k Y=n*1ޓE4TczV|t` guͦ5?qs^No 7|Z>3֜ b$^?~^0 YLZ\ JRş-Ő4}*Է,|)|v;6{8UѰoc MzIofDKnJ%pW`YE/*|ԋE}a{֓ujP.,SZЃe^b{s 4H`\YY$ڙh,;UukaaQDh{\D` `
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1