title: Sterling
author: Summers, Willow
description: CODE NAME: STERLING
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  What are you looking for?
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  To be treated like a princess? Or a queen?
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  They call me Sterling because I make women feel like royalty. I give ladies a taste of the good life.
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  But all that has to be put on hold when I go visit family for the holidays. My dad would pitch a fit if he knew what I did for a living. Especially considering what I gave up.
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  One thing I didn’t expect: to meet the girl from down the street, all grown up. She’s a knock-out with a wild streak a mile wide. I can’t get enough.
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  The only problem is, she doesn’t know what I do. And if she finds out? She might torch my house knowing I deceived her.
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  I have to find a way to keep her in my life.
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  NOT-EVEN-REMOTELY-THE-CLIENT: CYNTHIA
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  I’m trapped.
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  I’m stuck living with my parents for the holidays, all because I dumped my boyfriend, which also happened to be my boss.
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  Well…my ex-boss, now. And my ex-house-mate.
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  I need to get a new job, but no one is hiring until after the new year. I’m trapped in this boring town with a bunch of fuddy-duddy rich people and my crazy great-aunt, Bessie.
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  It’s a complete shock when I run into Noah from down the street, Mr. Popular Hot Guy from high school. He’s as gorgeous as he always was, and logic says, every bit the playboy.
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  So why can’t I stay away from him? Why can’t I learn from the rumors of the past and keep him at a distance?
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  I don’t know, but the more I know about him, the more I’m hooked. And the more I get the feeling he has haunts from his past that he’s not telling me.