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An ambitious chief of staff risks her career and her heart when she falls hard for her new colleague in this steamy workplace romance from the author of Getting His Game Back.

“A sexy and sensitive love story set against a backdrop of political intrigue . . . I loved…

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Not the Plan dives deeply into two main points of focus. The first, external, with the inner-workings of the world of politics. The second, internal, talking about Borderline Personality Disorder and the effects of growing up with a parent suffering from mental illness. In both cases, the author manage to explain concepts in a clear way without it feeling artificial or like she's trying to hold the reader by the hand. The story and the characters are very enjoyable and are not defined by the aforementioned themes, but are simply going their own way while dealing with it.

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