Bruce Patman's parents are getting divorced, and Elizabeth Wakefield has promised Bruce that her twin sister, Jessica, an expert in matters of the heart, will help get the Patman's back together. But ust how much can Jessica do?
When Jessica reads in her horoscope that everything in her life is about to go wrong, she's skeptical. But then she finds that all her plans - including getting Bruce's parents to fall madly in love again - aren't working. Bruce is beginning to wish Jessica would butt out, and Jessica is beginning to wish she had never been born! Will Jessica be able to keep Elizabeth's promise to Bruce and not destroy the Patmans' marriage for good?

"Listen to this," Lila said. "'Heads up, Gemini. You're entering an emotionally and physically turbulant phase. Planetary activity is heavy this month as the Sun and that trickster Mercury pass through the most sensitive area of your chart . . . '"
"Mercury! Gemini is ruled by Mercury!" tall, blond Amy Sutton said in alarm.
"So what?" Jessica said, turning to her.
"Don't you remember what the horoscope hotline said?" Amy asked. "Mercury is in retrograde."
"Mercury is in retrograde? What does that mean - it's backpedaling?" Winston inquired.
Lila, who had suddenly become an expert on the subject, said pendantically, "When Mercury is in retrograde, unconscious forces surfaace, and everything goes wrong."
"It's like Murphy's Law," Amy added, relaying what she'd learned from the hotline. "Everything that can go wrong, will."
Lila looked at Jessica meaningfully. "Boy, are you in trouble. I hope you don't have any big plans!"
"Oh, come on, Lila," Jessica scoffed. "Don't tell me that the movement of the planets is going to affect my actions. Maybe you're at the mercy of the stars, but I'm always in control of my destiny."

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