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If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

Today started off like every other: tedious letters, refilling the coffee machine, unjamming the printer. But then, just as I was about to clock off, for a girls' night of pasta and wine with my best friends, BIG NEWS: Michael Hunter is going to be my new boss.

Gorgeous, smart, funny (maybe a little too confident) Michael, aka the man of my dreams.

If only he would notice the real me and see that we're the perfect match.

If only I could take the advice from my self-help book: be more assertive and ask him out.

If only I had long legs and shiny hair and a pair of tights without ladders.

If only I would listen to my friends and workmate Dan when they warn me that Michael is trouble…

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My Review

This book goes to prove that not only is this author the Queen of Crime, but that she can also write a pretty damn good light-hearted romantic read!  Completely different to her bestseller Kim Stone crime series, this book focusses on three women – Cher, Sarah and Deb.  Cher only has eyes for the big boss man, Michael Hunter, but he barely even looks her way, Sarah is having an affair with a married man and wants to start a new life with him and Deb is getting married, but her future mother in law is a complete nightmare!  If only the boss would notice Cher, if only Sarah's boyfriend left his wife and if only Deb's future mother in law would just go away!  Can those "if only's" really happen?

I loved this book, it was such an easy, uncomplicated read!  The characters were all likeable in their own ways, and I connected with each one of the women in one way or another.  Told from the perspectives of Cher, Sarah and Deb, this story took me on a rollercoaster journey through their lives.  The storyline was highly entertaining and kept me chuckling all the way through!  Deb had to be my favourite character, all she wanted to do was get married, and yet with her future mother in law in charge of planning the wedding, Deb was never going to get the wedding she wanted.  I really liked Cher as well, even though it did feel like you needed to bang her on the head to get her to open her eyes and realise what was going on!  Sarah, for me, was the least likeable of the three, but only because she came across as very self-centred.  All of the women did learn though, as the book moved on, that things aren't always what they seem, and the grass is never greener on the other side!

This book held my interest from very early on, and I happily ploughed my way through it in a couple of days!  I loved the ending, felt it really rounded up the women's stories well, and I must admit to wiping away a tear or two with Deb's wedding.  The storyline was well paced and realistic – I could imagine myself doing a lot of the things that all three women did! – and I lost myself in their stories very easily.  Yes, it's completely different to what I'm used to from this author, but it made a wonderfully refreshing change! How clever to be able to write both – is there nothing that this author can't do!  Would definitely recommend!

The Author

Angela Marsons is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of the DI Kim Stone series and her books have sold more than 4 million in 5 years.

She lives in Worcestershire with her partner and their 2 cheeky Golden Retrievers.

She first discovered her love of writing at Junior School when actual lessons came second to watching other people and quietly making up her own stories about them. Her report card invariably read "Angela would do well if she minded her own business as well as she minds other people's".

After years of writing relationship based stories (The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother) Angela turned to Crime, fictionally speaking of course, and developed a character that refused to go away.

She is signed to Bookouture.com for a total of 28 books in the Kim Stone series and her books have been translated into more than 27 languages.

Many of her books, including Blood Lines, Dead Souls, Broken Bones, Fatal Promise and Dead Memories reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone and the translation of Dead Souls, La Verita Sepolte, recently won the prestigious Primo Bancarella award.

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