My Life as Duke Starr's Assistant
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Valerie Sparks can't believe it when she gets fired from the financial firm she works at. Now jobless and full of untouched potential, she does the one thing she's never done: job hunting. So when she lands a job as assistant manager to Duke Starr, she thinks she'll have the good life. But she soon finds out that it's not easy being the assistant to an arrogant and demanding celebrity.
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