Catriona McCabe, 28, only ever known as Cat, is trying to improve her career as a sports journalist and move on from a failed relationship. What better way to do both than follow the Tour de France one Summer?
From Provence to Paris, up the Pyrenees and over the Alps, Cat and an entourage of podium girls, anxious wives, autocratic team directors and seasoned hacks pursue the ruthless riders. With sex, drugs, lashings of lycra, glistening thighs,large bulges and larger egos, the soap opera that is the Tour de France unfolds with Cat’s life frequently mirroring the peaks, perils and pace of the race.
“Freya North is on a roll…stamped with foxy, feelgood flair” – She Magazine
“A funny romantic romp” – Cosmopolitan
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Polly Fenton loves her job teaching English in London, and she’s mad about Max Fyfield. But she’s leaving both behind to embark on a year-long teacher’s exchange to Vermont. Swapping Marmite for Hershey bars and cornflakes for Cheerios is one thing. Trading lives with her American counterpart Jen is quite another. But the minute Polly’s feet touch down Stateside, she’s swept off them altogether. She’s dazzled by the brave new world; her letters become shorter, then less frequent. When she meets Chip Jonson, school athletic trainer, home thoughts from abroad cease altogether.
Meanwhile in London, her boyfriend, his brother, her best friend and her replacement are forming quite the cosy foursome. If, by the end of the first term, a certain amount of bed-hopping seems inevitable, who is it to be?
Spanning three terms and two countries, this is a sparky and sassy story of New England and Old England, fidelity and flirtation, receiving one’s comeuppance – and making amends
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Meet Sally – well-mannered English rose of twenty-five. A primary school teacher from Highgate, Sally’s decided to re-invent herself as a femme fatale and all-around sex-goddess. Goodbye Laura Ashley; au revoir M&S undies; hello Erica Jong.
Meet Richard – six foot two and a bit, perfectly carved and gorgeously chiselled. Thirty-five-year-old architect from Notting Hill, confirmed bachelor and the unknowing target of Sally’s masterplan. She’s determined to be the one great erotic heroine of his life. He’s going to be her dream affair – no strings, no scone-baking. Just sex and sensuality. Until, that is, a New Year masked ball unmasks more than was intended. Until Richard, unwittingly, threatens all that Sally holds dear. From London Zoo to the Pompidou, from tiramisu to I love you, join Sally and Richard on their roller-coaster ride of self-discovery, self-denial, seduction and spots (proving Sally can’t change hers) in this fabulous, fresh and funny first novel.
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