Product Description

Teri is searching for Mr Right. She’s been through Mr Lazy, Mr Greedy, Mr Completely Selfish and Mr Downright Pervert – but, as yet, no Mr Wonderful. That is, of course, until she is literally knocked off her feet by Jamie Duncan, as they rush to catch their train home from Euston station: the18.07 from platform 8. Soon love blossoms and commuting takes on a whole new meaning. But one thing that can’t be ignored is that, as well as being Mr Right, Jamie is also Mr Married...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35808 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-14
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Author
Brief Encounter for today!
Let's Meet on Platform 8 is my first novel. It follows the ups and downs of modern love and the temptation of infidelity and will strike a chord with anyone who has ever fallen for the wrong person. Haven't we all! It features strong, warm characters who I hope readers will empathise with as they struggle to do the right thing. The setting is based on my experiences of commuting when I worked as a secretary in London and serves to illustrate that you don't have to be on a palm-fronded beach to fall in love. Unfortunately, I never did meet anyone quite as gorgeous as Jamie!

"Funny, pacy and heart-warming"
U Magazine

About the Author
Carole Matthews is an internationally bestselling author whose unique sense of humour has won her legions of fans and critical acclaim. Carole has presented on television and is a regular radio guest. When she is not writing novels and television scripts she manages to find time to trek in the Himalayas, rollerblade in Central Park, take tea in China and snooze in her garden shed in Milton Keynes.

Customer Reviews

Funny yet touching
I loved this book. I expected it to be a bit of easy reading for bedtime, you know the type, not much substance but a bit of a time-filler to lull me to sleep....how wrong I was! This book is one of the best I have read in a long time, there were no "Boring bits" to skim over (and believe me, I find that many books have these) and I found it gripping as I agonised with the characters over the dilemma's they faced. I truly did not know which character to side with and by the end of the book I was nearer to tears than I have been in a long time (due to a book anyway!) Fantastic, funny and at the same time, rather sad.

A humourous and poignant story of 'real' people
Let's Meet on Platform 8 materfully combines humour and poignancy - the story is both lighthearted and deep. As a one-time commuter to an area of London close to Euston station the scenes jumped off the page for me and brought back many memories. The plot is sensitively told - a refreshing change from the usual depiction of extra-marital affairs - Teri was no self-centred sordid 'bit on the side' for Jamie. The characters are real people I can easily identify with. The momentum of witty humour was sustained throughout the book. I look forward to reading more of Carole Matthew's work

Non-predictable and 3d characters
Excellent book, tells the story from all sides and different peoples points of view. Characters are not flat and predictable as they easily could have been in this kind of book/storyline. For once the cheating husband is not simply made out to be a selfish, wanting it all b*stard. Definately recommended.