A Perfect Proposal by Katie Fforde is not something that I would normally read but something made me reach out and get a copy. I’m not sure if it was my brain telling me that I needed to read something light or if in the spur of the moment I had lost my mind.Turns out I liked the book. The only r...
Meh. The second Katie Fforde I brought on my trip & likely the last I will read. I have a hard time with her heroines. They're kind of wishy-washy sad sacks, allowing themselves to be pushed around too much. The heroes are OK, but pretty self-indulgent. When they come through, it's a little baffl...
I've read several Katie Fforde books in the past and found them to be very sweet, romantic comedy types. Definitely a lighthearted read that makes you feel good. I wasn't disappointed with this book as it was similar to the ones I've read in the past. Fforde's books are all set in England, usu...
This may possibly be my favourite Katie Fforde book to date. I loved the down-to-earth heroine, Zoe, and the humour that comes from the way her ordinary outlook clashes with the media frenzy surrounding the TV cooking competition she enters. With celebrities a-plenty (including the delicious he...
Nagyon-nagyon szeretem Fforde könyveit! Mert könnyed, kellemes kikapcsolódást nyújtanak, és mindig hozzák azt a tipikus angol atmoszférát, amit annyira szeretek. Szóval áradozhatok arról, hogy ez a rész is mennyire romantikus és szerethető volt, hogy örültem a visszatérő szereplőknek, megéheztem ...
A nice contemporary romance, Zoe is a creative chef who wins a place in a televised cooking competition and in the process falls in love with one of the judges, Gideon. The book follows the author's usual plotlines with a spunky young heroine, a lusty love interest, a nasty but beautiful rival, c...
This story was Ok. I found it easy to read but it didn't feel particularly exciting. There's not a lot to say. It's a story about two sisters who take on an aunts wishes after she has passed away to run her small antiques business and the relationship with the antique dealer. Pretty simple stuff...
i should change my "crummy chick lit" tag, because i don't actually find chick lit to be "crummy" across the board. i actually really enjoy it when i am in need of something fun & frothy between the heavier doses of non-fiction to which i subject myself. this particular dose of chick lit, however...
I seldom read chicklit, as to many authors of the genre it means 150+ pages of chase-me-Charlie and a ridiculous "misunderstanding" that could be resolved with one straight question and one honest answer, but carries on to the final pages. But once in awhile I don't want to think too hard. For th...
The story revolves around Grace Soudners and Ellie Summers, both of whom discover a new friendship pretty much by chance and out of dire need for a friend. While Grace is broke and needs a lodger, Ellie who is pregnant from an ex-boyfriend, moves in with her. When the curtains fall down, Grace an...
On a spur of the moment and to start up her dream job, Anna has bought at the perfect cottage of her dreams, in the tiny town of Amberford. But there's another reason why Anna moved to the picturesque village, her old tutor. Max, the charming, sophisticated, handsome and downright dishy tutor fro...
‘OK, what do you want to nag me about?’ Nel chuckled. ‘I don’t want to nag you. I just want to talk about safe things.’ ‘I see. You don’t want to talk about how attractive you are, and how foolish Simon is not to have got you down the aisle long since?’ ‘No!’ she squeaked. ‘Honestly! Anyway, what...
She and her clients were standing in front of a little gem of a house and yet it had just been deemed unsuitable. ‘It might be a good idea to have some sacrificial boxes too, ones that you don’t mind if they don’t get ticked,’ she said gently. ‘While it’s useful to make a checklist, you don’t wan...
They followed Lindy to her parents’ table and, rather to Lindy’s indignation, discovered they were happily teamed up with another couple. ‘Don’t worry, Lindy,’ said Rachel. ‘We can form our own team. You said we can have up to six and maybe we can find someone who knows about sport before it star...
Fortunately, she had a good selection of necklaces and Sophie selected three, one of which had a pair of matching earrings that Sophie also borrowed. One of the pieces had a fall of stones that drew discreet attention to her cleavage and, while only a hint of it was on show, it was a good look. S...
Although she knew she should have felt elated – she’d got the fussiest couple in the history of house-hunting the perfect home; a match made in heaven even – and yet she’d still felt as if her heart had been torn from her. The feeling persisted as she had breakfast and cleared up. She was just ab...
She’d booked her flight for her visit to her parents and was now trying to interest herself in some filing. It was two weeks after Christmas and she was waiting for Matthew to call to make the final arrangements for the visit he’d promised her. In spite of herself, she was very excited about goin...
Only when it had arrived and he had taken a large sip did he finally begin. ‘Well, I was an art school whizz-kid. I went early, taught myself to draw and, at first, followed the party line. At that time anything representational was considered naff. Only abstract or conceptual work was thought wo...
It was only four o’clock in the afternoon but it was already dark. And these winding country roads were bad enough to navigate in the light. ‘I know you don’t want to be here, you’ve told me, but could we at least get there before we have the whole argument again?’ Isa, who was sixteen, sighed. ‘...