'Unapologetically romantic, wonderfully sexy, always brilliant' Ali Hazelwood 'The perfect book to lift your spirits' Beth O'Leary------Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times, by ten different men. Nevertheless, she is still determined to find her perfect match. The only problem? Tara is a romance novel obsessive, and her standards are sky high. Modern dating apps have killed the meet-cute, so Tara decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them - in the hope of finding her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance. And every heroine needs a sidekick, so she enlists her new flatmate, firefighter Trevor. Trevor Metcalfe is the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn't his thing. But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Tara's authentic, dramatic self. Can they break the habits of a lifetime and give their spark a chance?
CONTRIBUTORS: Amy LeaEAN: 9780241997543COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 283 gHEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books LtdDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / HolidaysWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
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Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Modern and Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Social media / social networking, Coping with / advice about body image issues, Fitness and diet
Just the right dose of delicious steam, Fresh, fun and extremely sexy, Full of with, charm and Big Firefighter Energy
Amy Lea is a Canadian bureaucrat by day and contemporary romance author by night (and weekends). She writes laugh out loud romantic comedies featuring strong heroines, witty banter, mid-2000s pop culture references, and happily ever afters. When Amy is not writing, she can be found fan-girling over other romance books on Instagram (@amyleabooks), eating potato chips with reckless abandon, and snuggling with her husband and goldendoodle. Set on You was her first book and her second book, Exes and O's, is coming in early 2023.
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'Unapologetically romantic, wonderfully sexy, always brilliant' Ali Hazelwood 'The perfect book to lift your spirits' Beth O'Leary------Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times, by ten different men. Nevertheless, she is still determined to find her perfect match. The only problem? Tara is a romance novel obsessive, and her standards are sky high. Modern dating apps have killed the meet-cute, so Tara decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them - in the hope of finding her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance. And every heroine needs a sidekick, so she enlists her new flatmate, firefighter Trevor. Trevor Metcalfe is the first to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn't his thing. But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Tara's authentic, dramatic self. Can they break the habits of a lifetime and give their spark a chance?
CONTRIBUTORS: Amy LeaEAN: 9780241997543COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 283 gHEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books LtdDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / HolidaysWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Modern and Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Social media / social networking, Coping with / advice about body image issues, Fitness and diet
Amy Lea is a Canadian bureaucrat by day and contemporary romance author by night (and weekends). She writes laugh out loud romantic comedies featuring strong heroines, witty banter, mid-2000s pop culture references, and happily ever afters. When Amy is not writing, she can be found fan-girling over other romance books on Instagram (@amyleabooks), eating potato chips with reckless abandon, and snuggling with her husband and goldendoodle. Set on You was her first book and her second book, Exes and O's, is coming in early 2023.
Mevrou Smit het Aronspoort toe gekom om vir haarself ’n nuwe lewe en identiteit te bewerk, nie om gewild te wees nie. “Daar is geen wag voor daai mond nie. Al die gedagtes wat in haar kop uitbroei, marsjeer soos mank soldate oor haar tong.” (p.16). Maar dit is juis daardie gedagtes wat al menige moord opgelos het, dit terwyl sy vir haarself streng reëls gestel het vir “goeie” gedrag en verbete daaraan werk om daarby te hou. Reëls soos om te oorleef en te luister na jou instinkte. “My derde reël is om nie my tyd te mors met retrospeksie nie” (p.78), verduidelik sy aan Dario wat in hierdie aflewering weer ’n hoopvolle draai kom maak. Die uitstekende skryfstyl van Elizabeth Wasserman verseker dat mevrou Smit konsekwent, sonder aansien des persoons, hou by haar reëls.
Ek moet bieg dat hierdie derde sage van mevrou Smit vir my ietwat stadig afgeskop het. Daar was nie juis dringendheid rondom die ontdekking van ’n dekade-oue menslike oorskot in die rivierbank nie. Maar wanneer daar ’n vars moord vermoed word, tel mevrou Smit se bloedhond instinkte spoed op. En die krisis na die einde toe is so spannend as wat ’n sogenaamde sagte krimi kan toelaat.
Ek sukkel deesdae toenemend met reekse. Ek vergeet die fynere detail van vorige boeke (ouderdom of té veel storielyne?) en dan sukkel my kop deurentyd om te onthou. Dus sou ek beslis beter gevaar het om die drie boeke agtereenvolgens te lees. Nuwe Mevrou Smit lesers wat nie noodwendig alles wil weet van haar vorige lewe en die voorafgaande avonture op Aronspoort nie, behoort suksesvol te kan volstaan met die intrige soos hier aangebied.