Failed cat burglar Clyde Dupee is on work release from the county jail when he falls in love with his GED tutor, small town beauty queen Tharon McGee.
Is it possible for a good woman to save a bad man with her sweet, pure love? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but it helps if she is a bitch on wheels.
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She was a dish, there was no doubt about it, and it was a shame because Clyde was pretty sure that he smelled bad. He twisted his rain soaked cap in his hands and shifted from one foot to the other, painfully aware that the comically rolled cuffs of his denim work pants held a half pint of rainwater apiece. The girl walked to the file cabinet, extracted a manila folder and returned to the front desk, all business in a clingy, sea green sweater and a pair of slim, ivory slacks.
She opened the folder to reveal a form in triplicate. "Now this is our enrollment form for the General Equivalency Diploma. Do you think you can fill it out by yourself?"
Clyde flinched away from the document. "If it’s all the same to you, ma’am, I'd appreciate you kind of looking over my shoulder while I do this. It’s been a while since I done anything scholastic."
She took a scented Kleenex from a box on her desk and led him to a library table in the cozy, book lined room. Happily he took a seat next to the radiator. Too late he saw her frown and press the Kleenex to her nose.
When Sophie Bayles inadvertently ruins a young man’s chance for employment, she sets out to find him a new position. Even though he doesn’t want her to.
