Author: Rebecca Chance
Released: August 2011
Three ambitious, rivalrous sisters. And a deadly secret, which one of them is determined to keep buried at any cost ...Deeley is the fake wife of a Hollywood TV hunk, who is secretly gay. But Deeley's five-year contract is up, and his cut-throat publicist wants Deeley out. So, dejected and penniless, Deeley wends her way home to London, hoping to re-establish links with her two estranged elder sisters ...Devon is married to the nation's-favourite-rugby-hunk Matt, and has her own highly successful TV career, as the sexy hostess of her own cookery show. But behind her buxom facade, Devon is lonely and frustrated, and when a live celebrity cook-off shows her up as a fraud, she leaves sweet Matt and runs off to Tuscany, to learn a few lessons - not just in cookery - from an Italian master. Lastly, there's Maxie: a politician's wife, Maxie is fiercely ambitious. She's furious when Deeley, hard on her luck, sells the sisters' childhood story to a tabloid newspaper, revealing their impoverished roots and unsavoury parentage. The story undermines Maxie's carefully cultivated image, and the fallout threatens to be devastating. But Maxie is only too aware that there is much more Deeley could yet reveal. What murderous secret lies in the sisters' past? And just how far will Maxie go to keep it buried?
Rating: 4 Stars
Positives: I loved how we got to see the story of all three McKenna sisters and how over the course of the book they not only try to overcome the secret that is buried in the past, but each have their own trials. Deeley needs to overcome her growing attraction to Devon's husband Matt. Devon needs to solve the problems in her marriage, battle with her ever increasing weight and hide the fact that she can't cook. Maxie has the whole of her husband's career hanging on her shoulders. The characters are all easy to love and its a nice easy read with the story being told from various viewpoints.
Negatives: It felt as if the last few chapters with the uncovering of the biggest secret of all, were very rushed. We spend most of the book meandering along and suddenly everythings over in four chapters.
Would I recommend this book? Yes I would. It was a fun enjoyable read, but with some scenes of an adult nature it's not one to read around the kids.
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