Love In The Big City

Like It—In The Big City (NAPSA)—Awise, winning and uproarious new novel about love— or somethinglike it. That’s the word out on The Accidental Virgin (Avon, $13.95) by Valerie Frankel. The es a5 | _ l There ARE no accidents... hay & Valerie frankel Quest For Fire—Seven days to find the perfect man—orelse. It was never Stacy Temple’s intention to go an entire year without sex. But with her obsessive high pressure involvement with thongs.com—and her dreams of million-dollar stock options— things just sort of got away from her. Now, at 32, she faces the mor- tifying prospect of becominga virgin...again. And that is a club she was determined notto join. Her adventuresare often laughout loud funny, making it impossible not to root for Frankel’s plucky determined heroine. Frankel is the acclaimed author of Smart vs Pretty. Herlatest book, The Accidental Virgin, is now at bookstores. From Avon Trade—hbecause every great bag deserves a great book!