People look to them to help solve their problems because they know they can get results. Both are self-sufficient, diligent, and extremely insightful. Regardless of their issues, they are more alike than they realize. Tess struggles to let Ivy in after years of disappointment and Ivy wishes she could turn back time and thus overcompensates when it comes to her sister. Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Fixer is at its heart a story about the protagonist’s relationship with her sister, a relationship plagued by feelings of abandonment, mistrust, and regret. I wondered if she’d figured out yet that I was the last person anyone should think was qualified for that job. “Emilia had tried to hire me to keep her brother out of trouble for a few days. She discovers a political conspiracy that leaves a high-ranking member of the government dead and no one, not even her sister, is above suspicion. When her fellow classmates begin looking to her to solve their problems, Tess is suddenly pulled into Ivy’s world. Her sister, Ivy is a ‘fixer’, the one bureaucrats call when they want to sweep a scandal under the rug. Tess’ new school, Hardwicke, is home to children of politicians and other Washington elite. When Tess’ sister, Ivy, shows up, her secret is exposed and despite her objections, she’s forced to move across the country to D.C. Tess Kendrick has been hiding the fact that her grandfather has Alzheimer’s, but taking care of the farm and keeping his debilitating health a secret is getting harder and harder.
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