Allison Rushby

The Seven Month Itch Allison Rushby

Nessa Joanne Mulholland, aka Marilyn Monroe's No. 1 teenage fan, is living the high life in Manhattan. Literally. Waffling and pancaking it up every morning (care of housekeeper Vera) in her soon-to-be stepmother's Tribeca penthouse apartment. Things couldn't be better. Or so she thinks, until things start to go terribly, horribly wrong, in true Nessa fashion. All of a sudden, she's starting to feel the need to pull at her collar. Yes, it's summer in NYC and things are heating up fast, including the professor and Holly's wedding plans. Gasp! Along with Nessa as her dad's too-gorgeous research assistant moves into the new family penthouse while Holly's away filming in LA . . . Cringe! As Nessa gets dumped for "Doris Day" . . . Hiss! As Kent Sweetman decides he wants Holly back, wedding or no wedding . . . and Bite your nails! As the cupcakiest wedding ever hangs in the balance. Phew! The temperature's getting hotter by the second, heat rash is setting in fast-and everyone's starting to scratch that Seven Month Itch!