Eighty Days to Elsewhere
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“The Amazing Race" meets Around the World in 80 Days as a woman desperate to save her family bookstore falls for her competition. Born and raised in New York City, Ramona Keene dreams of attending photography school and traveling to Paris, but her reality never quite catches up with her imagination. Instead, she works at her uncles' quaint bookstore, where the tea is plentiful and all the adventures are between the covers of secondhand books. But when the new landlord arrives with his Evil Nephew in tow, Romy's quiet life comes crashing down. He plans to triple the rent, something her uncles can't afford. In order to earn the money to help save the bookstore, Romy applies for a job at ExLibris Expeditions, a company that re-creates literary journeys. Romy snags the oddest internship ever: retrace Phileas Fogg's journey from Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days and plan a suitable, contemporary adventure for a client. The task is close to impossible; sticking to the original route means no commercial aircraft permitted, and she’s got a lot less than eighty days to work with. Shaking off her fear of leaving home, Romy takes on the challenge, only to discover she’s got competition. Worse, Dominic Madison turns out to be the – unfortunately hot – nephew of her family’s worst enemy. Can Romy win the race and circle the globe in time to save the bookstore? And what happens when she starts to fall for the very person who may just be the death of her dreams?
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Romy's uncles have run a bookstore in New York City for thirty years. Now they have a new landlord and the rent has gone up; the bookstore will probably have to close. Romy must do something, but what?
An opportunity presents itself (yes, they always do...it's a romance, after all) and Romy is given a chance at a job planning trips based on travel experiences in books. To prove herself, she must take a trip around the world like that in Around the World in Eighty Days, and she must return by the end of April. If she does so, she will win a bonus that will help save the bookstore and she will have the job. But she doesn't realize that she has competition for the challenge until she runs across the nephew of her nemesis the new landlord and realizes he is also vying for the job.
It's a fun trip around the world, with lots of (curiously) opportunities to help others, and, of course, to fall in love.
