Product Description

Novelist Sunny Parkinson might write scorching romances, but her own life is decidedly lacking in passion.

A knicker-snatcher is at large in her block of flats. Her best friend’s marriage is crumbling over a luncheon meat scandal. She lives with a spherical couch potato and a workaholic virgin. And an Irish nun has just moved in to their spare room.

But one night at the launderette she meets Count Fabio Carelli – a man so traffic-stoppingly sexy he could have stepped straight from the pages of her latest novel...

Candlelit dinners, luxury spa dates and weekends in Paris are a far cry from the weekly pint and pork scratchings with her ex-turned-TV-gardener. Sunny is understandably dazzled.

But is this the happy ending she’s always craved or is it too good to be true?

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #235499 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Review
'It's official: the drought of fresh new chick-lit is over...The sparkling language and hilarious scenes should keep you enthralled from the very first page... Heaven' (Heat on HANDBAGS AND HALOS )

‘A sparkling novel’

(Mirror on HANDBAGS AND HALOS )

‘Fresh, funny and full of romance’

(Company on HANDBAGS AND HALOS )

''As delightful as the first and refreshingly different...A truly lovely read..."

 

(Bookseller on HANDBAGS and HALOS )

‘For the romantic of heart’ (Elle on THE RELUCTANT LANDLADY )

 ‘Fresh, sensitive, fun, addictive and well written. Hodder is deservedly aiming high’ (Bookseller on THE RELUCTANT LANDLADY )

About the Author
Bernadette Strachan was born in Fulham, London into an Irish Catholic family. Before becoming an author she ran a wool shop, produced radio commercials, and was a voiceover agent representing many household names. She is currently writing a stage musical with her husband, Matthew. They have one daughter, Niamh.

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Customer Reviews

Warning - you will laugh out loud!
I picked up this book because it was my '3rd' in a 3 for 2 deal and it has turned out to be the best! The author has put together a great group of characters who you really feel like you know within a few pages (watch out for the mad irish aunties!).
The storyline was improbable but you don't care .. it was such a fun read and the witty dialogue made me laugh out loud so many times I lost count! Watch out if you read it in public you will be considered mad. Buy it!

Very very funny
I loved The Reluctant Landlady, and had really high hopes for this, Bernadette's third title. It is very very funny and has a great plot and story with some fantastic characters and scenes, but I thought the main characters, Sunny was such a pain in the neck! A writer of those awful romantic novels that are sold strictly by mail order, Sunny is desperate for her own hero and fantasy love affair. In walks Fabio, an Italian count who picks her up at the local laundrette. Soon Sunny is moving out of the flat she shares with her two cousins JoJo and Ellen, and embarking on the kind of life she is always writing about - all romantic meals, chivalry, money, great sex and "class". With great sub plots and also rans (best friend Sarahs Porky Peeces escapades, on the run nun Sister Janes publicity stunt, ex boyfriend Patricks StyleScaping career and the Chudleigh Cads knicker fetish are my favourites), the book really rumbles along, but - and this is my own criticism - Sunny annoyed me - nothing specifc, just a general annoyance....

mmm not impressed
Some nice turns of phrase but otherwise an increasingly silly plot and disappointing ending. Easy to read but just too childish and improbable for my liking