A Thing of Beauty
Author: Lisa Samson
Category: Other3
Published: 2014
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Read OnlineIt's a wonder tobehold what happens when love moves in . . .Former child starFiona Hume deserted the movie biz a decade ago—right after she left rehab. Shelanded in Baltimore, bought a dilapidated old mansion downtown, and hatcheddreams of restoring it into a masterpiece, complete with a studio for herself.She would disappear from public view and live an artist's life.That was the plan.Ten years later,Fiona's huge house is filled with junk purchased at thrift stores, haggled overat yard sales, or picked up from the side of the road. Each piece was destinedfor an art project . . . but all she's got so far is a piece of twine with someantique buttons threaded down its length.She's thirty-twoyears old and still recognizable, but Fiona's money has finally run out. She'sgotten pretty desperate, too, and in her desperation she's willing to do almostanything for money. Almost. So it is that she comes to rent out the maid'squarters to a local...