A Night In With Marilyn Monroe
‘I laughed my slippers off!’ Alexandra BrownAfter dating the hottest man on the planet, Dillon O’Hara, Libby Lomax has come back down to earth with a bump. Now she’s throwing herself into a new relationship and is determined to be a better friend to best pal, Ollie, as he launches his new restaurant.Despite good intentions, Libby is hugely distracted when a newly reformed Dillon arrives back on the scene, more irresistible than ever. And when another unwelcome guest turns up on her battered sofa in the form of Marilyn Monroe, Libby would willingly bite her own arm off for a return to normality.
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First published in Great Britain by Harper 2015
Copyright © Angela Woolfe writing as Lucy Holliday 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780007582266
Ebook Edition © December 2015 ISBN: 9780007582273
Version: 2015-10-23
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.17 a.m. To: Nora
Newsagent at Heathrow had copy of You and Your Wedding magazine!!! Page 84, right? Will look now. L xx
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.19 a.m. To: Nora
Ivory bias-cut one with lace sleeves?
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.20 a.m. To: Nora
Love it. Would look perfect on you. Let me know when you want me to come up to Glasgow for bridal shop session. Boarding any minute now. Lx
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WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.26 a.m. To: Cass
No, Cass, I canât meet you at Selfridges shoe hall in 5 mins.
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.27 a.m. To: Cass
Because am getting on plane to Miami.
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.28 a.m. To: Cass
With Dillon.
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.29 a.m. To: Cass
Yes, all right, will meet you at Selfridges shoe hall after I get back.
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WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.30 a.m. To: Mum
For Christâs sake, Mum, of course am not moving to America to marry Dillon. Cass obv got wrong end of stick as usual. Is just holiday.
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.33 a.m. To: Mum
No, Mum, I havenât thought about what Iâd say if he asked me because he isnât going to ask me. Has only been 3 months.
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.34 a.m. To: Mum
No, Mum, am not worried that he wonât buy cow if getting milk for free.
WhatsApp message 5 Sept 10.35 a.m. To: Mum
Also, have to say that is pretty outdated view of relationships.
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WhatsApp message 6 Sept 13.02 p.m. To: Nora
Idyllic. Lx
WhatsApp message 6 Sept 13.03 p.m. To: Nora
Everything. Hotel. View. Food. Him. Lx
WhatsApp message 6 Sept 13.05 p.m. To: Nora
Appreciate your concern but donât worry. Am not falling in love with him. Even Iâm not that much of an idiot. Lx
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WhatsApp message 7 Sept 18.08 p.m. To: Olly
Hi, Ol, didnât know you knew I was here!! Yep have seen hurricane forecast. But isnât due until day after tomorrow and weâre leaving tomorrow morning. Will call when back. Any news on that restaurant lease? Lx
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WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.13 a.m. To: Nora
Not home yet no. Couple of slight issues on that front. Just wondering: do you know how easy it is to fly from USA to UK if you donât have your passport?
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.18 a.m. To: Nora
That is one of slight issues. Dillon has my passport.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.19 a.m. To: Nora
That is other slight issue. Donât know where Dillon is.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.20 a.m. To: Nora
Because our last night at hotel he bumped into some people he knew and we ended up at random party in Coconut Grove. Had a bit of a row so I left. Forgot he had passports on him.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.21 a.m. To: Nora
Because he didnât come back to the hotel and havenât seen him since.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.22 a.m. To: Nora
He isnât answering his phone.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.23 a.m. To: Nora
No, Nora. I havenât forgotten about hurricane.
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WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.27 a.m. To: Olly
Thanks for messaging, Olly. Nora obviously keeping you in the loop. But canât check into another hotel without passport.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.29 a.m. To: Olly
Had already checked out of old one before realized Dillon AWOL. Also minimum room rate there is $800 per night. Also is now fully booked with terrified locals fleeing small houses in advance of hurricane.
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WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.42 a.m. To: Cass
No, Cass I canât bring you back bulk order of Kiehls body lotion.
WhatsApp message 9 Sept 11.46 a.m. To: Cass
Yes I do know itâs pounds for dollars.
