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Getting ready for a beach vacation or just some quiet time away from the daily grind? There are several recent releases in the chick lit genre that offer some light reading for the summer.
What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there, which almost-engaged Peggy finds out when she comes home from a girl's weekend married to a man she doesn't know in Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton. She doesn't remember Luke or the wedding, and neither are too pleased about the union. But Luke comes from a wealthy WASP family in New Nineveh, Connecticut, and his eccentric aunt will let them sell the family home and split the proceeds if they stay married for a year. Peggy needs the money to save her struggling bath products store in New York City, so she agrees to stay married--but it has to be kept a secret from her long-time boyfriend Brock. Lipton draws readers into an amusing, though predictable, romantic comedy as a young woman whose parents live in an RV tries to juggle two lives and fit in with New Nineveh high society.
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Jill Mansell's British chick lit novels are being republished in the United States, and Miranda's Big Mistake is a well-written addition to the genre. Miranda, a junior hair stylist who's clumsy and unlucky in love, gets involved with a man who neglects to tell her about his pregnant wife. Mansell throws in a host of delightful characters--from Danny, a journalist disguised as a homeless man who befriends Miranda, and Florence, Miranda's feisty landlady, to Chloe, Miranda's pregnant flatmate, and Fenn, a straight celebrity hairdresser tired of dating dull supermodels. Although it's predictable for the most part, Miranda's Big Mistake is both hilarious and sad and reads quick for a nearly 500-page book.
Readers who love cooking shows and romance will want to check out Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews. The book follows TV chefs Gina Foxton and Tate Moody as they battle for a single spot on the Cooking Channel's lineup. The not-so-friendly rivals are taken to Eutaw Island to film a three-day cooking competition to decide who will get their own show. The characters are lively, and Andrews expertly describes these chefs in the kitchen and in front of the camera. Infused with a lot of attitude and sexual tension, Deep Dish is a light read about love and finding one's true self.
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