Product Description

Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few surprises and a lot of humour on the way to happiness

Poppy Dunbar is out on her hen night when she meets Tom Kennedy. With his dark eyes and quirky smile, he could lure any girl off the straight and narrow, but what really draws Poppy to him is the feeling that she’s known him all her life. She can’t go through with the meeting they arrange – but she can’t go through with the wedding either.

Suddenly notorious as ‘The Girl Who Jilted Rob Macbride’, Poppy moves to London. Soon she’s installed in the bohemian household of Caspar French, a ravishingly good-looking young artist with a reputation for breaking hearts. But even in her colourful new home, Poppy can’t get Tom off her mind. Until she’s tracked him down, she’ll never know if their meeting was destiny – or if the future holds something entirely different for her…

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149843 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 406 pages

Synopsis
Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few surprises and a lot of humour on the way to happiness Poppy Dunbar is out on her hen night when she meets Tom Kennedy. With his dark eyes and quirky smile, he could lure any girl off the straight and narrow, but what really draws Poppy to him is the feeling that she's known him all her life. She can't go through with the meeting they arrange -- but she can't go through with the wedding either. Suddenly notorious as 'The Girl Who Jilted Rob Macbride', Poppy moves to London. Soon she's installed in the bohemian household of Caspar French, a ravishingly good-looking young artist with a reputation for breaking hearts. But even in her colourful new home, Poppy can't get Tom off her mind. Until she's tracked him down, she'll never know if their meeting was destiny -- or if the future holds something entirely different for her!

About the Author
Jill Mansell worked for many years at the Burden Neurological Hospital, Bristol, and now writes full time. She lives with her partner and their children in Bristol. Jill is the author of many bestselling novels with Headline and appears regularly in the Guardian Top Hundred list.

Customer Reviews

Just mediocre for me
While I really liked the book in the begining, I felt that after the first half, it just slowed and dragged on and on... Claudia's relationship with Jake proved more interesting for me than Poppy's perhaps because Jake was a better developed character than either Caspar or Tom. Dina was irritating and unlikable to say the least, and it speaks badly for Poppy that she had been friends with a person like this for the past years. But then Poppy does seem to be a bad judge for people, since she falls for one wrong man after the other (Rob Macbride included).
I've read my share of chick-lit books and this one falls short even for this category. I'll try reading another book by Mansell though since she has so many devoted fans and her writing style was nice indeed, it's just this particular storyline I didn't care for.

Great twists and turns for a predictable finish
The book was somewhat predictable, however the twists and turns within were not. The was great and I thoroughly enjoyed it, however it took me a while to get into it. But I love Chick Lits and this is one great one! For a leisurely beach or bed read - this is great!!!

WICKED!!! - Couldn't put it down!!!
This was one of the first books of JILL MANSELL that i have read and OMG amazing, well written and very gripping! Deffo read this book, ive already passed it around all my m8s and they agree that its a brillent read!