Getting Even

LOVING WELL IS THE BEST REVENGE

Ellie Thomas didn't want her two-timing soon-to-be-ex-husband back. She only wanted to get even.

She rented a room—but in the hottest summer on record it had no air-conditioning. She shared a beach house—but the ocean was closed to swimmers. She dated a gorgeous young actor—but he bored her to tears.

Then, into the welter of Ellie's allegedly glamorous life, marched Sam Wiley, intrepid explorer and filmmaker.

Sam slept in a hammock and was afraid of the subway. But he made a charming, albeit rumpled, white knight.