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'a heartwarming story'
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A warm and sexy romance from the author of A SINGLE TO ROME
Lu Edwards may write and illustrate books for children, but she's certain she doesn't want children of her own. She believes in travelling light, with not even a goldfish to tie her down, until Nick - a WWI expert with more baggage than Heathrow, right down to the kids, ex-wife and hamster - blows into her life. He's absolutely not Mr Right, but as he helps Lu trace a strand of her family history, she finds herself being drawn into his chaotic but warm world. Being the wicked step-mother was never a role Lu fancied playing, though, and she's not sure that loving Nick will be enough for a happy ever after together...
Lu Edwards may write and illustrate books for children, but she's certain she doesn't want children of her own. She believes in travelling light, with not even a goldfish to tie her down, until Nick - a WWI expert with more baggage than Heathrow, right down to the kids, ex-wife and hamster - blows into her life. He's absolutely not Mr Right, but as he helps Lu trace a strand of her family history, she finds herself being drawn into his chaotic but warm world. Being the wicked step-mother was never a role Lu fancied playing, though, and she's not sure that loving Nick will be enough for a happy ever after together...
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sarah Duncan really can add something to the notion of chick- (or even hen) lit. Lu is a thirty something illustrator who is determined not too get mixed up in relationship that involves baggage, until despite herself, she falls for warm and wonderful Nick, divorced with two kids. She puts her doubts aside only for them to gang up on her when she gets it wrong with the handling of his two sons. She runs back to her `perfect' man, handsome smoothie Marcus, only to find that the reality of a no-strings attachment has lost its charms.
This is a simple love story but, as always, Sarah Duncan gives it real depth. All the characters are convincing, from Lu's hippy-dippy Mum Pixie (aka Susan) to her Grandma's feisty terrier Scottie, who turns out to play a crucial role in Lu's love life.
There are also weighty themes of war (Lu is researching family history involving the grim realities of WW1) and the importance of family ties. It's only when Lu acknowledges her own vulnerability and starts to mend fences with her parents that she can sort out her matters of the heart.
A light but very sustaining read.
This is a simple love story but, as always, Sarah Duncan gives it real depth. All the characters are convincing, from Lu's hippy-dippy Mum Pixie (aka Susan) to her Grandma's feisty terrier Scottie, who turns out to play a crucial role in Lu's love life.
There are also weighty themes of war (Lu is researching family history involving the grim realities of WW1) and the importance of family ties. It's only when Lu acknowledges her own vulnerability and starts to mend fences with her parents that she can sort out her matters of the heart.
A light but very sustaining read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I absolutely loved this book! Read it over one weekend and prctically couldn't put it down. A Bathonian myself, I took great pleasure in imagining Lu going about her life in Bath, sitting in cafes with Briony, in the art gallery, in her Georgian flat and walking down Milsom Street, which really brought the book alive for me. Not only that, but being a 30-something single female, I could relate to Lu like a friend (often feeling very Lu-like myself actually) and was able to fully empathise with her emotional journey from Mr Right to Mr Wrong and back to Mr Right. I laughed and I cried with her and loved the multiple strands of storyline, from history to travel to family relations, and how they weaved together to create more layers as the story developed. This is my second Sarah Duncan novel ('A Single to Rome' being my first) and I'm already looking forward to the next. Thank you Sarah for a hugely enjoyable and engrossing read!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this in one sitting pretty much and was left feeling so involved with Lu and the other characters that I wanted to know more ... what happened next? I laughed out loud (and am still laughing inside) at the line 'Scottie was so excited to see her he farted.' Love it. Don't ask me why. Just starting on Nice Girls Do.Nice Girls Do
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I did like it..
I think the book started off with more promise than it ended with. I loved the way Lu started looking into her family history, but I felt like near the end the book became really... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Rachael A. Watson
So dull and ridiculous even my teenage daughter wouldn't read it.
Frankly I'm surprised any of Sarah Duncan's books have been published at all, up market mills and boon (and not even that much more up market) and poor bridget jones rip-offs... Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. Harris
Different from other things I've read
I thought this was quite good for a holiday read - very interesting insights into taking on someone else's children in a romance! Read more
Published 14 months ago by A. Reader
Nothing wrong here!
I thought the book was going to be just a story following Lu's journey to find her Mr Right as the title of the book may hint at, but it really is so much more than that. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Chloe S "Chick Lit Chloe"
An engrossing read
I don't usually read adult novels, and if I do, they aren't usually contemporary ones. I bought this because I was doing a Waterstone's event at the same time as Sarah Duncan and I... Read more
Published 14 months ago by ML Jensen
Great read
Like Sarah Duncan's other novels, this is the perfect combination of great plot lines, and intelligent well drawn characters. It's romance with grit.
Published 22 months ago by Book Lover
Kissing Mr Wrong
This is the first book by Sarah Duncan that I have read and I thought it was very good. Lu is a very talented illustrator in search of Mr Right and also trying to get her creative... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dot
Kissing Mr Wrong
Sarah Duncan's books always guarantee a good read and Kissing Mr Wrong lives up to its promise. The story moves along at a cracking pace and the characters are well crafted with... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. A. Patey
Kissing Mr. Wrong
This is the first book that I have read by Sarah Duncan-and now that I know she has written four others I shall be looking out for them. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by S. Allcroft
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