Drew doesn't trust Athena one bit. He still believes she betrayed him years ago. So when his family's gowns go missing and Athena offers her help in exchange for the dresses, he reluctantly accepts. But they're both taken off guard by the barely restrained passion that's still between them...and the memories that are both bitter and sweet. As they work together to find the dresses, can they resist the sparks between them?
Five Fun Facts
1. I had the great honor of being allowed down into the Costume Collection Vault of The Chicago History Museum to examine the Bertha Palmer dresses I write about in A BLACK TIE AFFAIR—but, of course, I couldn't touch them—which was truly difficult for someone who "talks with her hands" like me!
2. My friend, the Curator of the Costume Collection, was poisoned by a black Dior evening gown, and the story was born.
3. There truly is an old underground Fallout Shelter—a real time capsule of the 1950's—and it was too fascinating not to write about it.
4. Pandora's Box is really Lulu's at the Belle Kay, Chicago's finest vintage store, owned by my dear friend, Laurie. I added the "hat room" because it has always been Laurie's dream to do it so I hope I inspire her to go for it.
5. I met the designer Carolina Herrera at a party and she was so lovely and charming I decided to name the cats in her honor—plus I love her clothes.
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justpeachy36@yahoo.com
I am spending New Year's Eve with my "honey", the dog and virgin Pina Colada's LOL...
I am an old follower.
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Spending the night in - too many crazies on the road.
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I'm an old follower
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I am spending the evening at home with my cat-children : ) We had a seafood feast and now we can't move!
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I am a follower and a subscriber.
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I am currently awaiting for my party to arrive. It's set for 40 minutes away..... making homemade pizzas and drinking lots of alcoholic beverages!!
Happy new year!
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I'll be home for New Year's Eve. Hubby and I will probably play Yahtzee and wait for midnight!
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I'm a follower!
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I'm home and will be watching the ball drop on TV.
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I'm spending the evening in bed reading a good book
Raelena
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I am an old follower
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I'm spending the night in with a good book.
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I'm an old follower.
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Visiting with the cousins - a houseful of kids awake until midnight is such a joy!
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I'm a follower!
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I stayed home this year. I am not a fan of going out on New Years too many accidents. Plus I am just getting over a cold and didnt want to make it worse.
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Im an old follower.
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I was just released from the hospital so I stayed at home enjoyed a glass of champange celebrated over the phone with my siblings and arranged a New Year's Day brunch at my house for noon.
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I'm a follower.
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My husband and I spent New Years Eve at home together. I cooked a divine dinner and we watched the ball drop on TV. We celebrated with champagne.
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I follow; I've been following for a while.
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We stayed home last night and played with our granddaughter!
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I stayed in and read and was online.too cold and snowy out to do anything.
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We had our New Year celebration on Dec 30th because I had to work Dec 31st. We went to a BBQ and party. It was fun! Thanks for this nice giveaway.
Happy New Year Everyone!
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I am an old Google Friend follower.
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No need to enter me, babe. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.
I have a whopper of a cold so we had to stay in. I rang in the new year with England, even though I'm in the US *sigh*
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I'm a long-time follower
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I wasn't very exciting this NYE. I put my kids to bed at their usual bedtime and read my current book until midnight. Listened to the neighbor's fireworks thru the sleet and went to sleep...Yawn. Hoping the next year is more exciting than this.
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I am a long-time follower. THANKS!
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We went to a party at a friend's house and saw a lot of old friends we don't get to see often enough anymore. The kids sure are getting big!
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I'm a follower
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I've been fighting a cold and sore throat for a week so I just stayed home and went to bed early.
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I am an old follower.
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We stayed home and off the road. Just us and our books!
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I'm an old follower
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My husband and I saw Sherlock Holmes (very good!), and then hung out at home. Nothing too exciting, but it was nice! Thanks for the chance to win!
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We got a nice hotel room for New Years eve and invited our freinds over to celebrate in style!
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I'm an old follower too
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Our new years was very quiet this year. My son and I ordered a pizza, watched a couple movies and drank apple juice out of wine glasses at midnight
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I follow your blog
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We stayed home for new years and watched movies with the children.
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The wife and I just stayed home and "ahem" bonded.
I spent the night entering giveaways!
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My husband and I spend each New Years at home together. We have something sparkley to drink and just enjoy the time together.
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We had a family dinner at my brother's house.
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I am an old follower.
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I went to a party with my boyfriend and a bunch of my friends. I possibly over indulged on the cherry bombs and paid for it the next day at the wedding I was in. lol
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I'm an old follower.
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We stayed home and spoiled our brand new baby granddaughter, and had a marvelous time!!
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I watched TV until 1030 and went to bed. Sounds fun, huh?
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I went to dinner with some friends and then slept through the new year! I'm so boring...
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I usually stay home on New Year's.
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New years eve grampa took our daughter and we snuggled in for a late night of movies... which turned into going to bed at 10:30! :)
Anna
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i spent it with my husband and friends we rented a harley davidson limo and had it drive us all around town
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For New Years eve, I watched Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffen on CNN!
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watched fireworks at the lakehouse
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I went to the casino with some friends. We had a lot of fun and a couple of us won some $. Good way to start the New Year.
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I went to church for New years eve
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My husband and I stayed home with our 16 year old son and his friend on New Years Eve and we played Darts with them. A very fun night
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I stayed home and watched all the fun on tv.
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I subscribe with google reader.
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My in-laws were at loose ends, so they came over and we had BBQ. It was actually pretty fun.
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I follow via google reader.
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My husband and I just stayed home on New Year's Eve and watched TV. Please enter me. Thanks!
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I am a follower!
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I spent new year's eve at home, going to bed early, as I had to be at work at 4:00 am the next day.
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I'm a follower
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I spent New Year's Eve at home watching TV.
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For New Year's Eve I had a pleasant evening in with my family.
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For New Year's Eve, my niece and I went to visit my dad and her grandfather at the retirement center. The activities director was having a party for the residents. It was so funny dressing all of them up in hats and eating snacks and watching all of them fall asleep at a 9 PM party.
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I sat at home with my wife and 9 year old, just like the last 9 years, watched styx on canadian tv. oh boy!
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We spent New Year's Eve with friends - we've been getting together over 20 years on that night!
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I'm a big fan of historical romance and this story sounds really good!
To answer your question about New Years, I spent it at home with my husband. We're not much for parties and it's one day I just enjoy staying home and watching the celebration on TV. A bit boring, but safe. lol kammie2u at ameritech dot net
Oh, and I'm already subscribed to your blog. Enjoy reading your reviews. kammie2u at ameritech dot net
For New Year's Eve we just stayed home together as a family.
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