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Not A Day Goes By by E Lynn Harris

Not A Day Goes By

by E Lynn Harris
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  • First Published:
  • Jul 1, 2000, 208 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 2001, 288 pages
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A delicious ride into the mischievous lives of two very unforgettable characters.

Welcome to the irresistible world of E. Lynn Harris...

He is a devilish and handsome ex-football player, now a rising sports agent at one of the hottest firms in the country. Irrepressible and dangerously alluring, John "Basil" Henderson has a history with women (and a few men). Basil is the consummate guy's guy: a commitment-phobe gadfly known for a double-edged magnetism that has the ability to thrill--and wound.

She is the uncompromising Yancey Harrington Braxton, an up-and-coming Broadway star who oozes charm and bleeds ambition. Young, beautiful, and dangerously crafty, Yancey is prepared to do whatever she must to get what she wants. A femme fatale who has left more than a few brokenhearted men in her wake, Yancey is intrigued and besotted by Basil.

Both believe that in each other they've finally met their match.

A lavish wedding is planned, and the ultimate power couple plans to spend their lives in holy matrimony. But just before the nuptials, fate and a little comeuppance from the past threaten the happy couple's future.

Masterful storyteller E. Lynn Harris takes the reader on a delicious ride into the mischievous lives of two very unforgettable characters.

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Entertainment Weekly
Breezy, big-hearted entertainment.

Entertainment Weekly
Breezy, big-hearted entertainment.

Salon.com
Not a Day Goes By offers sweet, guilty thrills that leave you longing for more.

San Francisco Chronicle
There is a universality about his characters--their stories are told with warmth and humor from a perspective that is as refreshing as it is straightforward.

San Francisco Chronicle
There is a universality about his characters--their stories are told with warmth and humor from a perspective that is as refreshing as it is straightforward.

USA Today
Harris is in true form in Not a Day Goes By, it's a fun read, especially for new Harris readers.

USA Today
Harris is in true form in Not a Day Goes By, it's a fun read, especially for new Harris readers.

Vibe
What's got audiences hooked? Harris's unique spin on the ever--fascinating topics of identity, class, intimacy, sexuality, and friendship.

Publishers Weekly
..lean prose and witty dialogue.... his patented knack for a wry, uproarious resolution is in full flower in this sexual War of the Roses.

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