Review
"With Naked Brunch, Sparkle Hayter accomplishes the near-impossible, a loopy, deftly-plotted comedy about werewolves. It's terrific!" - Crime Time; "Sparkle Hayter is a marvellous writer" - Marian Keyes; "Sexy, irreverent and wacky. Robin Hudson should be Stephanie Plum's goilfriend." Janet Evanovich. "Hilarious stuff - we want more!" - Company; "Sparkle's debut really is sparkling with lots of laughs and superior bitchiness." - Daily Telegraph; "The funniest thing to come out of Canada since the moose." - Red
Product Description
A modern Grimm's fairy tale and a comedy with both heart and teeth, Naked Brunch follows the adventures of the last nice girl in a fabled big city; a mysterious werewolf named Jim; a psychiatrist to werewolves; the world's luckiest reporter and an assortment of villains, media jackals, obsessed lovers and wannabes. Annie Engel is seemingly content to be a legal secretary in a big mega-corporation. She's the kind of girl who "understands" when her boss chews her out for his own errors or the man she put through law school leaves her for another young lawyer. A soft touch for con artists, needy neighbours and her own friends, and a vegetarian who wouldn't hurt a fly, she doesn't even like to hurt people's feelings. So she is understandably horrified when she discovers she's been running loose during full moons ripping out the throats of wealthy men and having bestial sex with another wild werewolf. When Dr. Marco Potenza promises her a chance of a near-normal life through talk, drug and confinement therapy, this appeals to Annie. But the allure of the wild male werewolf is strong, and the city is teeming with human predators who are Anni's natural prey. Can she resist her natural urge to kill? Can two wild werewolves find love while the police, the media, her psychiatrist and maverick hunters are closing in?
About the Author
Sparkle Hayter is a 40 something Canadian stand up comedian and an Afghan War T.V. reporter. She is also the author of five Robin Hudson novels, What's a Girl Gotta Do, Nice Girls Finish Last, Revenge of the Cootie Girls, The Last Manly Man and The Chelsea Girl Murders (all available from No Exit).
