{"product_id":"9780812966831","title":"Girls' Poker Night: A Novel of High Stakes","description":"\u003cp\u003eDissatisfied both with writing a “Single Girl on the Edge\/ Ledge\/Verge” lifestyle column and with her boyfriend (who has a name for his car and compulsively collects plastic bread ties), Ruby Capote sends her best columns and a six-pack of beer to the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York News \u003c\/i\u003eand lands herself a new job in a new city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn New York, Ruby undertakes the venerable tradition of Poker Night—a way (as men have always known) to eat, drink, smoke, analyze, interrupt one another, share stories, and, most of all, raise the stakes. There’s Skorka, model by profession, homewrecker by vocation; Jenn, willing to cross county lines for true love; Danielle, recently divorced, seducer of at least one father\/son combo in her quest to make up for perceived “missed opportunities.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Ruby falls for her boss, Michael, all bets are off. He’s a challenge. He’s her editor. And he wants her to stop being quippy and clever and become the writer—and the woman—he knows she can be. Adding to Ruby’s uncertainty is his amazing yet ambiguous kiss in the elevator, and the enjoyably torturous impasse of he-loves-me, he-loves-me-not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when you realize that Mr. Right has his own unresolved past? Where does that leave the future you envisioned? Ruby knows that happy endings aren’t for cowards, and she hasn’t lost hope that there are risks worth taking. As smart as it is laugh-out-loud funny, \u003cb\u003eGirls’ Poker Night\u003c\/b\u003e is a twenty-first-century \u003ci\u003eHis Girl Friday\u003c\/i\u003e and a re-freshingly upbeat look at friendship, work, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021674496240,"sku":"9780812966831","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812966831_p0.jpg?v=1763738539","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812966831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}