The Smart One and the Pretty One the dark gods

The Smart One and the Pretty One the dark godsIn this "witty and stylish" novel, two sisters take on modern relationships and find a suitor in a jokingly arranged marriage (Holly Peterson, bestselling author of The Manny). When Ava Nickerson was a child, her mother jokingly betrothed her to a friend's son, and the contract the parents made has stayed safely buried for years. Now that still single Ava is closing in on thirty, no one even remembers she was once "engaged" to the Markowitz boy. But

but inside they are a wreck

to think and speak over your life every day of the year

If she tries

It'll be up to Mac--and her comic-book alter ego

alongside a storytelling voice that "will keep your soul fed for weeks" (Garden and Gun)

Helen Tozer

attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel

hoping the roughest waters are behind them

broody Willie is told that the key to her biological father's identity lies somewhere in her family's history

Because someone is stirring up trouble

It's a Kafkaesque nightmare that comes springloaded with a brutal catch-22: Hardie's the warden

enter the race and watch Yael's every move