Kooks for your Kindle?– The characters really make this book, the star being Aunt Dody, whose malaproprism for her doctor (“vaginacologist”) should become an officially recognised word in my opinion. Dody’s sons are unusual, although I can’t help thinking if you name a son Fontaine (even as a middle names), there’s a certain inevitability to his becoming an interior designer. Sadie herself is a mixture of sensible, cautious, and hilariously disastrous when drunk.
The Bella-Swan-Pathetically-Self-Sacrificing-Factor– Sadie is a little defeatist at the beginning of the story, briefly refusing to believe any man would want her again, but to be fair, her ex husband was a total tool. Her lovable children and her aunt’s family bolster her confidence, something that never happened with her husband and her mother. It takes a while to stop expecting the same mental beatings.
Painting a picture for your paperback?– With the theme of divorce and becoming closer to distant family because immediate family have let them down, there are a few parallels with Watch Over Me, also in the warmth, but that’s where the similarity ends. This is a much lighter, funny book, sharply told in Sadie’s voice, and she has some great snappy lines. It’s set by Lake Michigan in the summer, and has a beachy feel to it, so if you’re feeling wintery, this is just the thing.
Nookie for your Nook?– It’s sexy but not rude, and minimal enough to pass the mother-in-law test. However it’s more suited to the twenties to forties market.
Evaluation of your eBook?– It was read in a matter of hours (within 24 hours) and not just so that I could get another review written- I couldn’t put it down. A couple of bits in the middle veered close to Bridget Jones painfully disaster-prone territory, and one or two of the misunderstandings were a little easy to spot, but those are minor quibbles. It made me laugh out loud, and although it’s extremely light in subject and tone it was eventful, non-stop and so sweet it left me with a case of the warm and fuzzies.
Frothy Ranking: 4/5 cocktails.
Can be obtained from:
UK: Amazon for £2.49.
US: Amazon for $3.99.
Remember ‘Trashy novels’ and ‘Bonk-busters’? Pretend the recession never happened and get some true escapism from the Brit side of the pond. Meet three women of very different origins, the rich and spoiled of London’s Chelsea. Imogen was a successful model before her rich husband put her in a gilded cage for fifteen years. Lady Yasmin appears to be your typical surgically enhanced, social-climbing young trophy wife to her crusty old Lord- but who is she really? Finally, Calvary was born into this life, but can she retain her position and find happiness with a younger man if she finally divorces her serial-philandering husband? These three become unlikely allies when they realise they can all get what they want: If they have the guts and luck to pull off a spectacular heist.
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This is the brand new release in the Stephanie Plum series, and as such is not a cheap offering, but if you’re a fan, maybe money’s no object. Cheaper paperback versions are due in June next year. I haven’t reviewed books 2 to 18 before jumping to this one (although I’ve read them), but thought it best to get this review done while the book’s brand new. Similar to the usual fun happenings, Stephanie’s broke, criminals need to be bounty-hunted, she exasperates her semi-serious cop/boyfriend Morelli with her risk-taking, many attempts are made on Stephanie’s life, and her cars have tragically short lifespans- as do those she borrows. This time the man on the loose is the embezzling manager of a care home for the elderly, who skipped bail while recovering from an appendectomy. Complicating matters is a lucrative side job with occasional colleague and lover Ranger, helping him guard a soon-to-be-wed couple from a crazed ex-special forces comrade.
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This was quite a find, and ridiculously underpriced at only 20p to the UK market. A tale of a woman in her sixties finding true love and escaping an unhealthy marriage might not sound exciting, but it’s so well told that I devoured it in one go! When Jeanie reaches her 60th birthday, her family are ready to pack her off to the country to retire. Her quietly domineering husband has decided that she will sell her successful small business and fails to even notice or explain the lack of intimacy in their marriage.
Eilidh has lost her unborn child and her faithless husband, but is more affected by the former. Worn down by IVF attempts and let down by the rest of her family, she chooses to escape to an aunt in a in a remote Scottish village where she has a fresh start. Jamie, her childhood friend, is the village blacksmith-turned-artist, raising his small daughter alone. This touching tale is about finding family and home, in any form, with a little well-intentioned assistance from beyond the grave.
A beauty queen’s quest to be appreciated for her brains as well as her looks. Happy Pennington has just been crowned Ms America- but possibly only because the favourite was murdered during the final. With this making her a suspect, Happy takes matters into her own hands to clear her name.
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I found this author while searching for cheap eBooks, and uncovered a goldmine by a very prolific lady. Ladden the antiques dealer acquires a mysterious carpet along with a lamp. Not long after this a strange man seems to make things happen for Ladden and his favourite customer Jasmine. Unfortunately Jasmine is already involved with a prominent local figure up for re-election. Three Wishes is one of her shorter books and has a light-hearted supernatural element, which together give the impression of a vacation read. A little suspension of belief never did anyone any harm and it’s a sweet story.
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An oldie but goodie. Ironically I didn’t read any of hers for the longest time because I found the covers a little too frothy, but this proved to be well worth a read! Stephanie Plum has lost her job as a lingerie buyer and is in dire financial straits. However family connections and a little harmless blackmail land her a job as a bounty hunter, where she soon finds that her first potential catch is an old flame. Who she hasn’t spoken to since she intentionally ran him over and broke his leg. It’s essentially a crime/mystery story, and the narrative occasionally has the punchy feel of a 70s detective novel, but it’s undoubtedly aimed at women.