(Un)Like a Virgin (2011)

Gracie is very focused on her career as an estate agent and has a great boyfriend, Danny, who she has been dating for 10 years. Then all of a sudden, things start to fall apart. She was first in line for a promotion at work but John, aka Posh Boy, gets it instead. She discovers her mother is deep in debt and is considering accepting a payout from a construction company to dig up her father's grave to make way for a road. Next Danny decides to take up a job in Canada. With all of this drama, Gracie knows she has to take drastic measures to fix her life and figure out not only what she is going to do but also end her mother's financial worries. That's when Gracie gets an opportunity to sing for Britain Sings with her old-time friend Anton. But she hasn't sang since her father died because that is what she did with him. Can Gracie overcome her fears and win Britain Sings? This is a moving story about a woman's life being turned upside down and her trying to find a way to fix her world as well as the people around her. (CG)

The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend (2010)

In this follow-up to 50 Ways to Find a Lover, actress Sarah Sargent has it all - a great boyfriend Simon who she believes is the love of her life and now she has just got a part in a movie for a well-known director. Just as she is about to head off to LA, Simon's ex-girlfriend Ruth shows up, claiming she is pregnant and Simon is the father. Simon, being the responsible guy he is, says he has to leave Sarah to be with Ruth and try to make a life with their child. So it's a heartbroken Sarah who goes to LA to at least fulfil her dream of being an actress. But she can't get over Simon and refuses to believe that this is it for them. Meanwhile as she has crazy adventures with her friend Rachael, Sarah learns that things will not always happen the way she thinks they will and she ends up helping a friend in need. I enjoyed this book tremendously and will look forward to more from this author. (CG)

50 Ways to Find a Lover (2009)

Aspiring actress/cafe waitress Sarah has been going through a particularly dry spell when it comes to men. But it's when she's turned down by a tubby, balding guy at the pub who instead opts to stay home and watch a Narnia DVD, that she decides to get proactive. Starting a blog called Fifty Ways to Find a Lover, she begins a quest to bag a man. Based on the author's own blog, this storyline weaves around so the ending is far from predictable. If you're after a very funny book about a noughties singleton, then this is for you. But if you are really seeking ingenuous hints on how to pick up a man, be warned that Sarah doesn't actually get very far through her list of 50 ways.

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