Get the Summary of Carmen Reid's New York Valentine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Annie Valentine, now married to Ed and a mother to twins, is struggling to adapt to her new life and body post-pregnancy. Her daughter Lauren is uninspired by her gap year job in television, and her son Owen is a successful market trader. Annie's friend Svetlana is in a bind as her daughter Elena's business partner has absconded with their dress company's funds. Despite her own challenges, including the cancellation of her TV show and financial concerns, Annie is persuaded to help Elena in New York...
Her passion is fashion... but she's on a budget! Personal shopper Annie Valentine is about to hit the big time: presenting a glamorous TV makeover series! But too late, Annie discovers this is TV on a shoestring. They're paying her buttons and her budget is zip. Can she make do with Primark when all she wants is Prada?
Disaster has struck in Annie Valentine's well-dressed world. Her daughter Lana has become her worst enemy and she's lost her legendary sense of style. The battle scene: a boutique changing room The opponents: mothers vs. daughters Annie's having a crisis -- a fashion-confidence crisis. And now it seems like her best friend, her daughter Lana, has become her worst enemy. Even Annie's multi-millionairess friend, Svetlana, is having problems. She's at war with her daughter Elena, who's running their Perfect Dress business in New York. A trip to a luxurious Italian spa seems like the perfect solution. But celery juice and pilates can't solve the disasters that are about to strike. Svetlana's ex-husband snatches her sons, Perfect Dress is facing financial ruin and Lana is in all sorts of boy trouble. Will Annie rescue her passion for fashion, as well as saving Svetlana's children? And can mothers and daughters ever truly be friends?
‘Escapist summer reading at its best.' Jill Mansell Tess Simpson needs a break! No one appreciates her at home. No one appreciates her at work. And now her dog has died. She’s had enough! Maybe what she really needs is a break from hopeless husband, Dave, the ungrateful ‘kidults’ and the lacklustre job. River Romero needs a break! She’s had success in the past, but screenwriting is a tough career in a tough town and her next script has got to fly or River’s dream career is over. The swap! Everything about River’s L.A. life sounds exciting to Tess, from the condo with a pool, to the Hollywood glitz. Everything about Tess’s English country life sounds so calming to River, from the wisteria over the front door to the peaceful bedroom. Both women want their lives to change, but real life isn’t like the movies. And what if getting away from it all isn’t all it’s cracked up to be? A laugh out loud emotional read, perfect for fans of Fiona Gibson, Tracy Bloom and Sophie Ranald!
A woman must face the truth about her past in this luminous, evocative novel of parents and children, guilt and forgiveness, memory and magical thinking. Olivia Reed was fifteen when she left her hometown of Ocean Vista on the Jersey Shore. Two decades later, divorced and unstrung, she returns with her teenage daughter, Carrie, and nine-year-old son, Daniel, recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Distracted by thoughts of the past, Olivia fails to notice when Daniel disappears from her side. Her frantic search for him sparks memories of the summer of 1987, when she exploded out of the cocoon of her mother’s fierce, smothering love and into a sudden, full-throttle adolescence, complete with dangerous new friends, first love, and a rebellion so intense that it utterly recharted the course of her life. Olivia’s mother, Myla, was a practicing psychic whose powers waxed and waned along with her mercurial moods. Myla raised Olivia to be a guarded child, and also to believe in the ever-present infant ghosts of her twin sisters, whom Myla took care of as if they were alive—diapers, baby food, an empty nursery kept like a shrine. At fifteen, Olivia saw her sisters for the first time, not as ghostly infants but as teenagers on the beach. But when Myla denied her vision, Olivia set out to learn the truth—a journey that led to shattering discoveries about herself and her family. Sarah Cornwell seamlessly weaves together the past and the present in this riveting debut novel, as she examines the relationships between mothers and daughters, and the powerful forces of loss, family history, and magical thinking.
Personal shopper Annie Valentine has her own fashion show, on TV! But with success comes pressure: is she at risk of being replaced? To guarantee one unforgettable episode, Annie whisks the crew off to Paris for a glamorous catwalk show. Will she impress Europe's Most Stylish?
There aren't enough hours in the day for Jo, overworked newspaper reporter, mother of two, and newly divorced after ten years of marriage. She's close to cracking the biggest scoop of her career - a cover-up with serious implications for her own family. If she knocks on the right doors and asks the right questions (with a little help from her outrageously smart friend, Bella Browning) then a real exclusive could be hers . . . But how will Jo meet her deadlines when her distractions include two needy daughters and a Barbie birthday party to organise, her pompous ex-husband, his new 'girlfriend' and the romantic intentions of a scruffy but delicious young super-chef? Time is running out, but who needs sleep when you can stay Up All Night?
One unforgettable night leads to an unlikely shared connection, and unlikely connections never go unnoticed by the good folks in Green Valley, Tennessee. . . Jackson James follows the rules. He has to. He’s a sheriff’s deputy in a super small town with a super big personality. However, strict adherence to the law during the day has been enjoyably balanced by rakish rules at night. Jackson, typically happy to protect and serve (and serve, and serve), starts questioning the value of wayward evenings when getting laid starts to feel more like being waylaid. Could it be that Green Valley’s most eligible—and notorious—bachelor longs for something (and someone) real? Mega movie star Raquel Ezra follows only one rule: always leave them wanting more. Studio execs, reporters, audiences, fans, lovers—no one can get enough of the smart, savvy, and sexy bombshell. But when “generous offers” begin to feel more like excessive demands, years of always leaving has the elusive starlet longing for something (and perhaps someone) lasting. When Raquel abruptly returns to the quirky Tennessee hamlet, her path crosses with the delectable deputy with whom she spent one unforgettable night. Unfortunately, scandal and intrigue soon follow. Raquel and Jackson must decide which is more important: following their rules? Or, at long last, finding something real. ‘Totally Folked’ is the first book in the Good Folk series and is a full-length, small town, contemporary romantic comedy novel. TOTALLY FOLKED is a standalone, contemporary romantic comedy novel and book #1 in the Good Folk: Modern Folktales series.
