4th
June 2015, Corsair, 448 pages, Ebook, Review copy from NetGalley
Content: romance including an affair of sorts, humour, food, diva,
Summary from Little, Brown
Two's company, but three is a recipe for disaster . . .
Kelly Madigan seems to have it all: a fabulous
boyfriend, a supportive - if eccentric - family, and a flourishing
career as a cookbook ghostwriter. But after finding a letter from her
recently-deceased mother, criticising her stable but unexciting life,
Kelly knows she needs to make a change. When a mysterious new writing
opportunity in London presents itself, she jumps at the chance to get
away from it all.
Enter Natasha Spencer - Oscar-winning actress and health nut, not to
mention a total nightmare. She's working on a new cookbook and has asked
for Kelly's help. What Kelly didn't factor in was meeting Natasha's
dishy MP husband, Hugh Ballantine.
Away from her family, friends, and the life she knows - will this fish out of water ever get back in the swim?
Nayu's thoughts
I
realise most readers may be drawn to the romance side of this book,
which for me isn't entirely right given that the guy is married (I'm not
going there, ok?), I was intrigued about how the high life would be
for Kelly, what would be different to her 'normal' life (a lot), what
scrapes she'd get into (ever so many and some putting her in a
difficult situation, how many laughs she would have (some, often
others laughed at her antics), how many tight spots she'd find
herself in (sort of coming under the scrapes category, some of her
own making, others not).
I enjoyed watching Kelly grow in confidence
as she got used to her new veritably crazy employer, as she got to
play with food which is her passion. It was clear to see how devoted
she was to food, which I understood as I feel the same away about
books. Give me a story like this one about food and well, it's great
match!
I learnt a lot about divas, their insane demands as well as
what it's like being a ghostwriter. At the moment I've mixed views on
ghostwriting, and have no idea if it's something I'll want to do when
I eventually get published, but I fully respect those who do it. The
end for Kelly was unexpected for both her and me. The reason this
drops a grade is because of the way the romance side of the story
happened – I didn't agree with it at all. However I will be checking out Dana's other books when I can!
Find out more on Dana's website.
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