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The Bookstore Owner

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The Bookstore Owner

By: Violeta Shiraz
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Regina keeps beating me to the first editions.

Hemingway. Faulkner. Steinbeck. Every time a rare book hits the market, she gets there first. She has a relationship with Charlotte, the bookshop owner. I don't.

So I sent my husband to fix that.

"Flirt with the owner a little," I told Sam. "Charm her. Get us on the list."

I thought I was being clever. Sophisticated. The kind of wife who's secure enough to use her husband's appeal as a tactic.

I didn't expect to watch Charlotte's hand slide onto his thigh while I hid in the poetry section.

I didn't expect to lock the front door myself when she asked.

I didn't expect to end up on my knees.

Charlotte has a way of making you think everything is your idea. That you're choosing this. That you want to serve her—and you do. God help me, you do.

I went in looking for rare books. I found out something much more valuable was rare: a woman who knows exactly what she wants and exactly how to get you to give it to her.

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I enjoyed the narration and the time of the story. Brief and to the point and well written. The bookstore owner certainly was domineering in a sweet way and got what she wanted.

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