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Phillipa Ashley (Author)
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Publication Date: 5 Mar 2009 | Series: Little Black Dress
'This wonderfully romantic and funny novel manages to fulfill all the best fantasies, including a gorgeous, humanitarian hero and a camper van!' Katie Fforde

When Carrie's fiancé Huw suddenly calls off their wedding, and she finds out he's marrying another woman, she's devastated. Desperate to get away, Carrie jumps at her best friend Rowena's suggestion of a road trip in her VW camper van. But when Rowena has to pull out and Matt Landor, an old friend of Huw's, ends up filling the breach, she's not so sure. Will fate take the pair on an altogether different journey?

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Little Black Dress (5 Mar 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0755343344
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755343348
  • Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 11.4 x 18.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 414,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Phillipa Ashley read English Language and Literature at Wadham College, Oxford before working as a freelance copywriter and journalist. Her first novel, DECENT EXPOSURE, won the 2007 RNA New Writers' Award. She lives in Staffordshire with her husband and daughter.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sun, sea, sand... and another great Phillipa Ashley read 4 Mar 2009
By Monica
Format:Paperback
Phillipa Ashley's fourth and latest novel is a chip off the old block: her fans everywhere will love it. `It Should Have Been Me' tells the story of Carrie, battered and bruised by the breakdown of her ten year relationship with solid farmer fiancé Huw, to whom she had been about to be married. Her friend Rowena - fellow stalwart of the local am dram - decides that what she needs is a bracing girls-only road trip in a vintage VW camper van (known to the initiated as a `splitty' after the unusual split windscreen), in search of sun, sand and (if it happens to turn out that way) uncomplicated sex. Things take a surprising turn when Rowena is offered a chance-of-a-lifetime acting job in London, and persuades the sexy Matt Landor to stand in as Carrie's travelling companion.

In a way, the result of this month of enforced close proximity is never in doubt - and yet the path by which we reach the typically sweet ending is never predictable for a moment. The story unfolds with all the usual, wonderful Ashley ingredients: tensions and misunderstandings aplenty, a wealth of quirky and individual supporting characters (including a clan of hippy surfers) and a great many laughs as well as poignant moments - all of it set against the backdrop of the beautiful west country coastline.

The central romance is carefully crafted for a slow, believable build. Humanitarian doctor Matt, with his own troubled past, cuts a powerfully magnetic figure, and Carrie is a typical Ashley heroine: sensitive and vulnerable but also tough and sassy - a woman who can take down a floral display with a jet of hosed water as soon as look at you.

`It Should have Been Me' is a great romp, a page-turner from start to finish. But it is also tender and sweet - I defy you to finish it without a smile on your face and a lump in your throat!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect escapist read 17 April 2009
By Miss Cupcake
Format:Paperback
This is my third Phillipa Ashley novel (Decent Exposure (Little Black Dress) and Just Say Yes (Little Black Dress)being the other LBD books I've read)and with It Should Have Been Me, Phillipa Ashley has notched up yet another hit.

ISHBM is the perfect escapist read. I raced through it, desperate to know what happened between heroine Carrie - on the rebound after being dumped by her long-time boyfriend Huw - and the delectable doctor Matt Landor. When these two find themselves on a road trip to the West Country sharing a VW camper van named Dolly, you just know the romantic sparks are going to fly. There's plenty of trademark Phillipa Ashley humour along the way and the descriptions of Cornwall are fabulous. Phillipa's existing fans will love ISHBM and for anyone new to her LBD books, ISHBM is a wonderful place to start!
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5.0 out of 5 stars It was great good read 23 Feb 2013
By kelly howie
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just love the little black dress company I've never been disappointed what a great book
Can't wait to start my next book
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