Pride and Protest
Author: Payne, Nikki
ISBN: 9780593440940
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 07 Feb 2023
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Plt;iPgt;Pride and PrejudicePlt;/iPgt; by debut author Nikki Payne.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;AP#160;Phenomenal Book Club pick for November 2022!Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Plt;iPgt;Pride and PrejudicePlt;/iPgt; by debut author Nikki Payne.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Liza B.P#8212;the only DJ who gives a jamP#8212;wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they go toe-to-toe, the sparks flyP#8212;but her impossible-to-ignore family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her hood, but sheP#8217;ll settle for getting him out of her head.Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; At first, Dorsey writes off Liza Bennett as more interested in Plt;iPgt;performingPlt;/iPgt; outrage than acting on it. As the adopted Filipino son of a wealthy white family, heP#8217;s always felt a bit out of place and knows a fraud when he sees one. But when LizaP#8217;s protest results in a viral meme, their lives are turned upside down, and Dorsey comes to realize this irresistible revolutionary is the most real woman heP#8217;s ever met.
ISBN: 9780593440940
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 07 Feb 2023
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Plt;iPgt;Pride and PrejudicePlt;/iPgt; by debut author Nikki Payne.Plt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;AP#160;Phenomenal Book Club pick for November 2022!Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Plt;iPgt;Pride and PrejudicePlt;/iPgt; by debut author Nikki Payne.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; Liza B.P#8212;the only DJ who gives a jamP#8212;wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they go toe-to-toe, the sparks flyP#8212;but her impossible-to-ignore family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her hood, but sheP#8217;ll settle for getting him out of her head.Plt;brPgt; P#160;Plt;brPgt; At first, Dorsey writes off Liza Bennett as more interested in Plt;iPgt;performingPlt;/iPgt; outrage than acting on it. As the adopted Filipino son of a wealthy white family, heP#8217;s always felt a bit out of place and knows a fraud when he sees one. But when LizaP#8217;s protest results in a viral meme, their lives are turned upside down, and Dorsey comes to realize this irresistible revolutionary is the most real woman heP#8217;s ever met.
