David Warwick, an Englishman living in New York, has a sudden premonition that his twin brother, Colin, is in danger. He returns to England and learns the shocking truth: both Colin and his young bride Helen have died ghastly deaths - deaths that no one in the village wants to talk about. Now Davi
The Sweetheart
β Scribed by Mirabella, Angelina
- Book ID
- 108644364
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 665 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781476733876
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β¦ Synopsis
A debut, coming-of-age novel in which a teenage girl from Philadelphia leaves her old life behind to become The Sweetheart, one of America's most infamous female wrestlers.
It's 1953 and seventeen-year-old Leonie Putzkammer is cartoonishly tall and curvaceous, destined to spend the rest of her life waiting tables and living with her widowed father, Franz, in their Philadelphia row house. Until the day legendary wrestling promoter Salvatore Costantini walks into the local diner and offers her the chance of a lifetime.
Leonie sets off for Florida to train at Joe Pospisil's School for Lady Grappling. There, she transforms into Gorgeous Gwen Davies, tag-team partner of legendary Screaming Mimi Hollander, and begins a romance with the soon-to-be Junior Heavyweight Champion Spider McGee. But when life as Gorgeous Gwen leaves her wanting, she orchestrates a move that will catapult her from heel to hero: she becomes The Sweetheart, a choice that attracts the fans she...
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One billionaire. One maid. And one hotel room. Jacob Moreland should never have taken the meeting in Sweetheart, Colorado. His heart is a mess. His soul is a wreck. And there's no one on earth who understands. It's a one-night trip...until he wakes up to find a gorgeous maid in his suite.
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