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| Family Matters | Fashionistas | Fifteen Minutes of Shame |
| Filthy Rich | First Lady | Fishbowl |
| Fivestar | Fly Me to the Moon | Forget About It |
| 4% Famous |
Family Matters - Cathy Woodman (2006)
Mother-of-two Lisa Baker runs a cleaning business with best friend Clare. They meet Jacqui when her Jeep crashes into a car at parenting class, and she tells them that she wants to trade in her husband. But who knew that it's Lisa's husband Tony that she has her eye on?
5/10
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Fashionistas - Lynn Messina (2003)
Vig Morgan, associate editor at Fashionista magazine, is drawn into a plot to get rid of tyrant editor Jane McNeill. With the help of a reclusive social editor, an overambitious assistant and a controversial artist, the plan successfully unfolds but Vig may be better off with the devil she knows.
6/10
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Fifteen Minutes of Shame - Lisa Daily (2008)
Dating expert Darcy Vaughn may have had her suspicions about her husband, Will. But she hardly expected that her appearance on the Today show to promote her latest book would turn into her most humiliating experience to date. Questioned about Will's reconciliation with his celebrity ex-wife, Gigi, Darcy is so shocked she responds by throwing up into the nearest floral display. How will her blossoming empire based on relationship advice survive her being dumped by a cheater? Dating tips are interspersed with the story of how Darcy resurrects her career - and her love life.
7/10
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Filthy Rich - Wendy Holden (2008)
Allsop's allotment project is one way for the villagers to come together - to forge community ties as they tend their vegetables and summer annuals. But eco-nazi Morag intends to run the allotment under her strict rules. Mary, who lives in a crumbling manor house, thinks the allotment will help keep her occupied while her aristocratic husband Monty is off exploring the North Pole. American yuppie Beth has finished decking out her country cottage in English florals and needs a new pursuit. The fame-seeking Alexandra, whose footballer boyfriend is getting transferred, has a huge new mansion with underground parking planned for the village - and is just happy to get her hands on more land. And headmistress Catherine and solicitor Philip are just plain lonely. But when the villagers dig up more than just carrots on the allotment, the dirt really starts flying. Has received mixed reviews but the good-for-a-laugh characters clinched it for me.
7/10
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First Lady - Susan Elizabeth Phillips (2000)
Cornelia (Nealy) Case, widow of US President Dennis Case, is asked to stay on as First Lady beside the new president. Despite being raised for public service by her political adviser father, Nealy decides to break free of the White House regime. She goes on the run and hitches a ride in a campervan with Mat Jorik and his ex-wife's two daughters. As the Secret Service closes in, Mat uncovers her secret while she discovers he's a journalist.
5/10
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Fishbowl - Sarah Mlynowski (2002)
The tale of three flatmates, Allison, Jodine and Emma, who accidentally set fire to their kitchen, find themselves uninsured and have to find ways to pay off the repair bill, such as throwing theme parties and running “how to pick up women” seminars for men.
6/10
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Fivestar - Mardi McConnochie (2005)
Five girls are picked for a girl group destined for the top of the pop charts. There's Jules, who has longed to be a star even when working in Japan as a hostess; Claudia, a manipulative former cover girl who dates the band manager to get ahead; Ellie, a former gymnast; Suzy, the optimist who grew up on ABBA; and Sam, a singer/songwriter who replaces another girl who dropped out. Fivestar become huge but then things start to go wrong. Shades of the Spice Girls, anyone?
6/10
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Fly Me to the Moon - Alyson Noel (2006)
When American flight attendant Hailey Lane's trip is cancelled, she heads home early to spend her birthday with her pilot boyfriend Michael, thinking tonight will be the night he'll propose. But instead she's confronted with him getting some personal attention from a male flight attendant. With the help of her friend Kat's penthouse, the companionship of her gay best friend Clay and lots of free flights around the world (including Puerto Rico, France and Greece), Hailey begins to get her life off the ground again. But when her airline threatens layoffs and the manuscript she's been working hard on keeps getting rejected, it seems there's more turbulence ahead. Especially when the cute guy who returned her lost manuscript keeps turning up on every corner.
7/10
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Forget About It - Caprice Crane (2007)
Jordan Landau has an uncaring mother, an evil half-sister, a cheating boyfriend and a boss who steals her ideas. When she sustains head injuries in a bike accident, it gives her the perfect opportunity to start over. Faking amnesia, she can stop being such a pushover and start living a truly memorable life - and be with a guy who really cares about her. With only one of her best friends - Todd, the boy she “married” at age seven - in the know, Jordan weaves a web of deception as she takes revenge on those who have wronged her. But then karma hits Jordan and she has to start over for real.
8/10
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4% Famous - Deborah Schoeneman (2006)
Kate Simon gets a job as the “new legs” covering the New York scene on the Examiner's gossip column. She befriends two other gossip columnists, Blake Bradley who has to protect his wealthy father after he's implicated in a tax scandal, and Tim Mack, from Column A, a heavy drinking guy whose affair with a mattress (model/actress) sees her falling pregnant. Kate is told that the secret, when it comes to being a boldfaced name, is to be only 4% famous where you get invites and perks, without the invasive media and public attention. And she's also warned to never date a source, which becomes tricky when she falls for the latest celebrity chef Marco Mancini. He loves courting the media but has a past he's desperate to keep out of the gossip columns.
6/10