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Graciela “Ace” Jones is a sassy high school
teacher, known in her small town of Bugtussle,
Mississippi, for an outsize presence and a mouth to
match. But this time that big mouth might
get her into big trouble....
Ace knows that something bad is brewing when her best friend and coworker,
Lilly, cancels their annual spring break trip to be with a man—a
man she’s kept a secret for months. But the real trouble comes when Lilly is
red by their horrible principal—under suspicion of sleeping with a student,
of all things.
Ace and their mutual friend Chloe know they have to prove Lilly’s innocence,
a prospect as appealing to Ace as a side salad. Then Chloe lands in a crisis
of her own when her aristocratic—and emotionally abusive—husband drives
her toward the breaking point. At her wit’s end, Ace intends to ruin his reputation
while saving Lilly’s. Meanwhile, a boyfriend from her past reappears,
which gets her wondering if she’s prepared for affection from someone other
than her dog, chiweenie Buster Loo. For these three women, matters are going
south on a grand scale—and Ace doesn’t do well with scales.
A revised and expanded print edition of the smash hit
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“Ace Jones is my kind of girl: Her outsize appetite for life, plus a
dangerously low tolerance for losers, get her into one impossible x after
another.”—Sophie Little eld, Author of A Bad Day for Scandal
“[Ace Jones] will grab you by the shirtfront and take you with
her on her ride....Diary of Mad Fat Girl is pure fun.”
—Rachael Herron, Author of Wishes & Stitches
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ROOTS OF STYLE: Weaving Together
Life, Love, and Fashion
Isabel Toledo, art by Ruben Toledo
978-0-451-23017-1 @ $24.95/$26.50 Can.
On sale February 7, 2012
Renowned fashion designer Isabel Toledo imparts her
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“Sexy Southern-fried fun.”
—Valerie Frankel, Author of It’s Hard Not to Hate You
“Ace Jones is a hoot!”
—Wendy Wax, Author
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DIARY OF A MAD FAT GIRL:
A Novel
Stephanie McAfee
978-0-451-23649-4 @ $15.00/$16.00 Can.
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The New York Times and USA Today bestselling e-book
phenomenon starring the irresistible “Ace” Jones—
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LOVER REBORN: A Novel of
the Black Dagger Brotherhood
J.R. Ward
978-0-451-23584-8 @ $27.95/$29.50 Can.
On sale March 27, 2012
Fans everywhere are anxiously awaiting the allnew
novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series
starring the popular Tohrment—the brother who
had it all, but lost everything to the enemy.
FROM NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY AND CELEBRA THIS WINTER 2012