Never Say Stark Naked

By Marjory Bassett

Phoebe's small-town world seems to close in on her, constricting her life and choices. Her only choice is to flee: she boards a train to New York City, hoping to never have to look back. She finds... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566492467
• ISBN13: 9781566492461
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Welcome Rain Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

First Novel a Winner

I was completely charmed by Marjory Bassettt's "Never Say Stark Naked." In fact, I couldn't put it down. The spunky Phoebe Stanhope, whose life takes a fascinating turn when she leaves her native Kansas for New York, is a heroine anyone could love. And the cast of characters she meets there--daft English aristocrats, like Sir Chatham Wiggins who wears his collection of watches all up and down his arms; the imperious Selmabelle Flaunton, a P.R. doyenne for whom Phoebe works; the brothers Bradley--softspoken Gilbert, an artist who reminded me of Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, and his weak but seductive brother Lawrence; Jane, Selmabelle's spoiled niece; and the spunky Jill, who shares her apartment with Phoebe. All, including the "nice" characters, have their foibles, but Ms. Bassett manages to present them with sympathy as well as humor. The "country girl goes to the city" is a theme that's been done before, but rarely with such originality and wit. The dialogue virtually sparkles. The cover says that this is Ms. Bassett's first novel. Let's hope there will be more.