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International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a sharp, emotional new novel about a woman who calls off her engagement to “the perfect man” and moves in with a charming stranger who makes her question everything about her life, her past, and the secrets she’s kept for far too long…
Harriet Hatley is the most in-demand wedding photographer in town, but she doesn’t believe in romance, loathes the idea of marriage, and thinks chocolate fountains are an abomination. Which is why, when her long-time partner proposes, she panics. Suddenly Harriet is single… and living down the hall from her ex. She needs a new apartment, like, yesterday.
Enter Cal Clarke, a hopeless romantic who just experienced his own wedding-related disaster. Harriet and Cal are like chalk and cheese, but as they go from strangers to roommates to friends, it becomes clear they’re both running from something. When Harriet’s most heavily guarded secret comes to light, her world implodes. And Cal, with his witty humor and gentle advice, is a surprising source of calm at the center of the storm.
With her career, friendships, and reputation on the line, Harriet must finally face her past in order to take control of her future. Because if she’s willing to stop playing it safe and risk everything to share her truth, real love and happiness may be waiting on the other side.
Mhairi McFarlane’s latest rom-com has the romance part dialed down considerably to a minor part, instead this about 35 year old wedding photographer, Harriet Hatley, having to face a series of challenges about her past which includes a traumatic and toxic relationship that she managed to escape, but which she has buried, never talking about it and never addressing the issues that arose.
The consequences of this have her mishandling her relationship with the wealthy Jonathan ‘Jon’ Barraclough, who wears his heart on his sleeve, in love with her and demonstrating it by showering her with expensive gifts and trips abroad.
In the present, Harriet finds herself in a socially awkward scenario at the celebrations of his parents 40th wedding anniversary, when out of the blue Jon proposes marriage in front of his entire family. The trouble is Harriet had made it clear marriage was not for her, to allow him to save face in public, she accepts, only to break their engagement immediately after.
Harriet goes on to move out, to become Cal Clarke’s lodger in his beautiful home, only for him to turn out coincidentally to have jilted his bride at a wedding she had been hired to photograph.
In Harriet’s eyes nothing could excuse his unforgiveable behaviour, could it? In the meantime, she is shocked when it seems that Jon refuses to accept their break up and in her opinion is acting out of character when he goes off the rails, followed by Jacqueline, his poisonous mother turning up on her doorstep to unfairly harangue her.
Cal turns out to be an unlikely source of much needed support in the face of this madness, and before long the two establish a supportive and fun friendship, particularly when she realises she has made assumptions and misjudged him, he is a man with his own relationship issues.
Her life is set to become a nightmare when she writes a letter to warn the bride to be of the malevolent Simon, the ex-boyfriend who abused her, only for her to become the target of online mobs that threaten her mental health and her business.
Harriet is fortunate to have a wonderful best friend in Lorna, who has far greater clarity when it comes to Jon than Harriet does, and is unshakeable in being there for Harriet when her life unravels. However, it is her more recent friendships with Nina and Marianne that inspire the audacious actions that the trio plan that bring a satisfying end to the manipulative Simon saga.
This fun and entertaining read tackles some dark and heavy topics with panache, Harriet is forced to address problematic character traits that bring her nothing but misery, but she rises to the challenges beautifully supported by a stellar cast of characters. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.
Her First Few Novels Were All About Relationships With A Somewhat Familiar Trope: A Woman Is Betrayed By Her Boyfriend. Said Woman Moves Away Or Meets A Fabulous Looking Guy, Who Falls For Her Like A Ton Of Bricks. She Is Still Hung Up About Her Ex, But Soon Finds Out That “Adonis-guy” Is Always Going To Treat Her Right, And Adores Her To Boot!
Here, The Story Mostly Centers Around Mental Abuse. Harriet’s Big Secret Is Revealed During One Of Her Wedding Photography Shoots. An Old Flame Torches Her Peace Of Mind When He Turns Out To The The Best Man At That Wedding. Scott Dyer Was Totally Bad News And Harriet Was Lucky To Have Made It Out Of That Bad Relationship With Her Sanity Intact – Thanks To The Support Of Her Friends.
When Scott Lets Loose His Devious Plan For Revenge, His Followers On The Internet Make Harriet A Social And Commercial Pariah. She May Well Have To Relocate To A New Town And Start Her Life Afresh.
But This Time Harriet Has A Surprise Coming To Her: At Her Darkest Hours, One Of Her Friends Betrayed Her, But A New One Proved To Be Touchingly Loyal When She Needed Him Most.
I Felt Like Cheering At The End Of This One, Even Though The “Romance Element” Was Not Central To The Plot For A Change.