Slim Chance:/ Jackie Rose- eng

Girls are supposed to swoon when they are proposed to, but not Evie Mays. She throws up after her handsome, caring boyfriend, Bruce, pops the question at the cosmetics company where she works. But thoughts of making her friends green with envy invigorate Evie as she proudly shows off her engagement ring. She wants to lose 40 pounds so that she can fit into her size eight Vera Wang wedding dress. Bruce tells her he doesn't think she needs to lose weight, but she brushes him off. Soon Evie is spending most of her free time at the gym, with a handsome personal trainer, and spending every penny on clothes as her weight dwindles. Her attitude toward Bruce becomes increasingly flippant as her obsession with her image grows until she takes a major misstep that could jeopardize their entire future together. Evie's self-involvement is irritating, but Rose manages to generate a great deal of sympathy for her by the end of this engaging novel.