Provocative pervasive
toady
hortatory culpable
The successful novelist knew that her latest book, aln]
tale of star-crossed
lovers and murder-for-hire, was not her best, but her agent, a fawning
who simply wanted more money and fame, said it was her best writing to date. Anne
knew better than to take her agent's
comments seriously, he was simply
about receiving his guaranteed dividend as stated in the contract. Anne
in imparting sudden, undeserved wealth to her
agent, though she had prematurely signed a six-year contract before she realized that
She didn't need an agent to sell her books in the first place,
was the one who was