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From the USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever funny and unforgettable story of a muscular tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women?under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.Distraction (n): an extreme agitation of the mind or emotions.Ruthie Midona has worked the front desk at the ProvidenceFrom the USA Todaybestselling author of The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine comes the clever funny and unforgettable story of a muscular tattooed man hired as an assistant to two old women?under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager.Distraction (n): an extreme agitation of the mind or emotions.Ruthie Midona has worked the front desk at the Providence Luxury Retirement Villa for six years dedicating her entire adult life to caring for the Villas residents maintaining the property (with an assist from DIY YouTube tutorials) and guarding the endangered tortoises that live in the Villas gardens. Somewhere along the way shes forgotten that shes young and beautiful and that theres a world outside of work?until she meets the son of the property developer who just acquired the retirement center.Teddy Prescott has spent the last few years partying sleeping in late tattooing himself when bored and generally not taking life too seriously?something his father who dreams of grooming Teddy into his successor cant understand. When Teddy needs a place to crash his father seizes the chance to get him to grow up. Hell let Teddy stay in one of the on-site cottages at the retirement home but only if he works to earn his keep. Teddy agrees?he can change a few lightbulbs and clip some hedges no sweat. But Ruthie has plans for Teddy too.Her two wealthiest and most eccentric residents have just placed an ad (yet another!) seeking a new personal assistant to torment. The women are ninety-year-old four-foot-tall menaces and not one of their assistants has lasted a full week. Offering up Teddy seems like a surefire way to get rid of the tall handsome unnerving man who wont stop getting under her skin.Ruthie doesnt count on the fact that in Teddy Prescott the Biddies may have finally met their match. Hell pick up Chanel gowns from the dry cleaner and cut Big Macs into bite-sized bits. Hell do repairs around the property make the residents laugh and charm the entire villa. He might even remind Ruthie what its like to be young and fun again. But when she finds out Teddys fathers only fixing up the retirement home to sell it putting everything she cares about in jeopardy shes left wondering if Teddys magic was all just a faade.Hilarious warm and romantic Sally Thorne's novel delivers an irrepressibly joyous celebration of love and community for fans of 99% Mine and The Hating Game.(less)

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