But in a small town like Washington, the line between private and public blurs very easily. It's a town where a girl has to make her own excitement-and Jacqueline Turner is just the woman for the job.įrom the married presidential appointee who gives her cash after each tryst, to the lascivious Georgetown lawyer who parades her around like something out of Pretty Woman, Jackie's roster of paramours grows so complicated her friends ask her to start a blog so they can keep up. Where better to get a fresh start than the nation's capital?Īlas, DC turns out to be a lot more buttoned-up and toned down than she'd hoped.

(She can't be expected to keep herself in cute clothes while paying New York City rent, after all.) She needs a new, exciting life-not to mention real employment. When Jacqueline Turner's fiancée gives her two days to move out of his apartment, she has no choice but to leave New York City and crash with her best friend in Washington, DC. Instead it has the government, also know as 'Hollywood for the Ugly.' Without the model-actress population to compete with, my stock shot up when I moved to DC.' Washington lacks those industries that attract the Beautiful People, such as entertainment and fashion. It's a simple matter of economics: supply and demand. 'Just between us girls, Washington is an easy place to get laid. The blog that scandalized Washington, D.C., is now a sharp, steamy, utterly unrepentant novel set against the backdrop of the nations' capital…

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