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From the USA Todaybestselling author of The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever, funny, and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women—under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.

Distraction (n): an extreme agitation of the mind or emotions.

Ruthie Midona has worked the front desk at the Providence From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever, funny, and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women—under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.

Distraction (n): an extreme agitation of the mind or emotions.

Ruthie Midona has worked the front desk at the Providence Luxury Retirement Villa for six years, dedicating her entire adult life to caring for the Villa’s residents, maintaining the property (with an assist from DIY YouTube tutorials), and guarding the endangered tortoises that live in the Villa’s gardens. Somewhere along the way, she’s forgotten that she’s young and beautiful, and that there’s a world outside of work—until she meets the son of the property developer who just acquired the retirement center.

Teddy Prescott has spent the last few years partying, sleeping in late, tattooing himself when bored, and generally not taking life too seriously—something his father, who dreams of grooming Teddy into his successor, can’t understand. When Teddy needs a place to crash, his father seizes the chance to get him to grow up. He’ll let Teddy stay in one of the on-site cottages at the retirement home, but only if he works to earn his keep. Teddy agrees—he can change a few lightbulbs and clip some hedges, no sweat. But Ruthie has plans for Teddy too.

Her two wealthiest and most eccentric residents have just placed an ad (yet another!) seeking a new personal assistant to torment. The women are ninety-year-old, four-foot-tall menaces, and not one of their assistants has lasted a full week. Offering up Teddy seems like a surefire way to get rid of the tall, handsome, unnerving man who won’t stop getting under her skin.

Ruthie doesn’t count on the fact that in Teddy Prescott, the Biddies may have finally met their match. He’ll pick up Chanel gowns from the dry cleaner and cut Big Macs into bite-sized bits. He’ll do repairs around the property, make the residents laugh, and charm the entire villa. He might even remind Ruthie what it’s like to be young and fun again. But when she finds out Teddy’s father’s only fixing up the retirement home to sell it, putting everything she cares about in jeopardy, she’s left wondering if Teddy’s magic was all just a façade.

Hilarious, warm, and romantic, Sally Thorne's novel delivers an irrepressibly joyous celebration of love and community for fans of 99% Mine and The Hating Game. ...more

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Expected publication: September 29th 2020 by William Morrow

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May 07, 2019 ✨ A ✨ marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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I need this cover to be purple please thankssss

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Two words: SALLY. THORNE.

This is one of those moments I wish I had a time machine
May 2020 could not come any sooner. ...more

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Oh god, the blurb...
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yes, I hated 99 Percent Mine. yes, I'm gonna read this anyway. don't worry about it.

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Shelves: 2020, acquire-at-all-costs, contemporary, may, new-adult, romance

EDIT: omg this sounds amazing! I can’t wait!

Another book from my queen Sally Thorne?!?!?!

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No title, cover, or synopsis yet, but I am READY

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i feel like it would be a literal crime if i didn't add this to my tbr

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THERE IS A BLURB!!!!! [insert pic of baby yoda reaching in the distance]

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I don’t know what this is but I agree

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As Darcy Barrett would say, Get - In - Me!!!!!!

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13 May 2019: I know nothing about this book, but I'm so excited!! :D

15 November 2019: The title! The blurb! I. CAN'T. WAIT. !!

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i hated 99 percent mine LMAO but god please be good

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if this is gonna be a repeat of 99 percent [silence]

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May 29, 2019 Angela marked it as to-read

I would literally kill for more extended epilogues of the hating game and 99 percent mine in this book (obvs also hyped for this book bc sally Thorne is amazing)

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I have no synopsis, nor book cover, or even a god damn title.

I just know it is Sally Thorne and I need this. Bad.

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I will read any book this lady writes.

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It's Sally Thorne, so imma read it.

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IM READY FOR YOU SALLY! BOOK #3

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PLEASE let this be as wonderful as The Hating Game, and not like 99% Mine!

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SECOND FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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I hope Sally Thorne just keeps coming out with books every year for the rest of eternity.

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Sally Thorne is the USA Today bestselling author of the office rom-com The Hating Game (2016). It is her debut novel that has sold in over twenty-five countries and is being made into a major motion picture, to be directed by Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion and The Simpsons Movie director David Mirkin. It was named in the top 20 romance novels of 2016 by the Washington Post and was a top ...more