CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET by Kinsella, Sophie - 2005

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005. Paperback. Good. With the same wicked humor, buoyant charm, and optimism that have made her Shopaholic novels beloved international bestsellers, Sophie Kinsella delive rs a hilarious new novel and an unforgettable new character. Meet Emma Corr igan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few l ittle secrets: Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Sammy the goldfish in my parents' kitchen is not the same goldfish that Mum gave me to look after when she and Dad were in Egypt. Secrets from her boyfriend: I weigh one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. Not one eighteen, like Connor thinks. I've always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. From her colleagues: When Artemis really annoys me, I feed her plant orange juice. (Which is pre tty much every day.) It was me who jammed the copier that time. In fact, al l the times. Secrets she wouldn't share with anyone in the world: My G-string is hurting me. I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger. But come Monday morning, Emma's office is abuzz about the arrival of Jack H arper, the company's elusive CEO. Suddenly Emma is face-to-face with the st ranger from the plane, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her. Things couldn't possibly get worse-Until they do.