Product Description

Does life really begin at forty?Successful, divorced divorce lawyer Hazel Chamberlayne is sexy, independent and about to hit forty. Hazel also has a group of friends she loves and trusts, who love and trust her...and she doesn't need a man.Not, that is, until the intelligent, engaging and ten years younger Joe Ryan becomes a new partner in the law firm. It's one thing to spice things up with the occasional passionate indulgence, but in a job where the path of true love runs straight into the divorce courts, Hazel isn't sure she can believe in her own happy ever after.Though, just like a bikini wax, isn't love supposed to be less painful the second time round?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #416595 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
'A painfully honest and emotionally raw diary...much more than your standard chick-lit tale.' --Irish Examiner

About the Author
Bestselling author of The Playground Mafia, Sarah Tucker is an award-winning travel journalist and broadcaster, dividing her time between England and France.

Customer Reviews

Load of tosh
I have got to say from the gratuitous brazilian wax in opening chapter, ooh aren't I shocking to the not so sexy texting (yeuck) and the daft names for the nightclub Pisstake?? This book is writing by numbers. Dialogue is awful. Nobody talks like that especially aforementioned waxer. No real plot. Random death of friend from breast cancer thrown in. I's a big issue but we don't care because never get any real idea of the characters. Whole trip to Disneyland there so author could add some piece about what you should have done by a certain age. Know this is meant to be a light read but there are loads better ones out there. This sort of book gives chick lit a bad name! I agree with the other review totally and would take it further as I skimmed over the last half as I couldn't take anymore.

Would have given 3.5 stars if that were an option! Enjoyable, but instantly forgettable..
I read this book only last weekend and have just had to look at the synopsis to remind myself of the characters names. Not sure if that says more about the quality of the book or my memory..

I enjoyed this as a light read, although several serious issues were touched upon with sensitivity. I'm no prude but felt the sex scenes were verging on a little graphic and gratuitous for my liking in some areas (wondered if I'd picked up a Black Lace book after the first 100 pages or so), and the whole book seemed geared purely towards the two main characters ending up in bed together.

I didn't feel that enough attention was focussed on building up the female characters, other than Hazel. I also hardly felt I knew Joe by the end of the book, or believed at all that Hazel and Joe would have an enduring relationship.

I felt this was in the main, a well written book, but something made me feel it had been rushed out to meet a deadline and details had been skimped upon. Interested to see what other readers will think..