Baltimore, MD â€" New York Times bestselling author and Charlotte (NC) resident Patricia Rice announces the publication of her 33rd novel, ALMOST PERFECT (Ivy Books, February, 2002, ISBN: 0-449-00603-4, $6.99), which has already hit the USA Today bestseller list..  A three-time RITA nominee, and multiple ROMANTIC TIMES award winner, Ms. Rice sets this contemporary romance novel on an island just off the coast of South Carolina, where Cleo Alyssum is a single mother running out of second chances and Jared McCloud is the irresistibleâ€"but less than perfectâ€"man who dares her to believe in miracles....
Advance praise for ALMOST PERFECT: "...both gripping and moving...works a both a love story and a story of personal growth." â€"Romantic Times.  "Superb, superb, superb!....You must read this excellent, excellent book."â€"The Old Book Barn Gazette.   "This book is not ALMOST PERFECT, it is perfect."â€"Rendezvous.
For more information, please contact Binnie Syril Braunstein, (410) 486-6178 (phone/ FAX).  And visit Ms. Rice's new web site: www.patriciarice.com
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