Striking Poses [Paperback]

When you're burdened with the name of a goddess and your mother's a flamboyant actress, the last thing you want from a theatrical career is to be under the spotlight. That's why Aphrodite Delaney opts for a job backstage as a designer.

But the bitchcraft rampant in the theatre world means that Aphrodite's obliged to seek employment elsewhere, and she finds herself grafting as a stylist on television commercials, a forlorn Cinderella with no invite to the ball. Until - ping! - the handsome prince of Irish fashion, Troy MacNally, arrives on the scene. Suddenly this Cinderella is snowed under with fairy-tale threads and invites to the hottest events in town. Up against the most fiendish of divas, Aphrodite discovers a talent for wickedness herself...

When you're burdened with the name of a goddess and your mother's a flamboyant actress, the last thing you want is a career in the limelight. So Aphrodite Delaney opts for a job backstage, grafting as a stylist on cling film commercials, a forlorn Canderella with no invite to the ball until - ping! - the handsome prince of Irish fashion, Troy MacNally, appears centre stage. Suddenly this Cinderella is snowed under with fairy-tale threads and invites to the ball - and the spotlight's right in her face. But there are big bad wolves and spiteful pixies lurking in the dark beyond. Pitted against the bitchiest of witches, Aphrodite develops a rare flair for wickedness herself...

From the author of the number one bestselling The Blue Hour comes a modern-day fairy story - a tale of love, sex, revenge and intrigue set in the glittering demi-monde of the Irish fashion world.

Kate Thompson was born in Belfast. She came to Dublin to study French and English and had a successful career as an actress and voice-over artist before ditching the day job to write full-time. Her novels, It Means Mischief, More Mischief, Going Down, The Blue Hour (shortlisted for the Parker award in 2003), Striking Poses, A Perfect Life, Living the Dream and Sex, Lies and Fairytales, have been widely translated. Kate has had a ninth novel - Hard to Choos - published under her pen-name Pixie Pirelli. She divides her time between Dublin and the West of Ireland, is happily married with one daughter and is currently working on her tenth novel.

For more information on Kate Thompson and her books, visit her website at:

www.kate-thompson.com