Clemmie Colshannon needs more than a dose of good luck; she
needs a job, some new clothes, a man and fewer crazy people
in her life. There are many adjectives I could use to
describe Clemmie, boring not being one of them.
Clemmie is home in Cornwall, England, recovering from a
love affair gone terribly wrong with the end result the
loss of her employment and a trip around the world to
escape this terrible situation. Now her younger sister has
asked her to assist in bringing a young woman and her
intended back together as the poor woman's father has
imprisoned her. Clemmie can't say no to her sister, Holly,
even when her gut feeling is to run away, fast. Holly can't
turn her back on fellow reporter Emma McKellan, who's
disappeared a week before her wedding. Clemmie agrees to
help her sister and the favor turns into a crisis causing
the whole family to end up in southern France.
Clemmie's mother is an actress, playing more roles in her
daily life than on stage. Her father is the serious, quiet
member of the family, while her brother is in love with
someone and won't reveal her identity. The sister is a news
reporter. Sam, a friend of the family for years, gets
caught up in the fun. And just for good measure, their dog,
Morgan, that likes to wet on things that don't move, and
Norman, an injured seagull that's taken up residence in the
family bathtub and a fancy pillow in the kitchen, add to
this eclectic, amusing family.
Written in first person, SOCIETY GIRLS is a wonderfully
entertaining story. Its fast pace and hilarious antics
leave us smiling and laughing as we imagine ourselves
contently sitting amongst the Colshannons at their family
table, minus the dog at our feet and the seagull looking
for fish to eat, of course, while they plot to solve this
dilemma they've found themselves involved in. It's a great
English story, and I guarantee you'll love each and every
character.
Clemmie Colshannon, a London art appraiser framed (pun
intended) by her boyfriend and subsequently fired, retreats
to the bosom of her eccentric family in Cornwall to
recover. But no sooner has she unpacked her bags than her
sister, Holly, an energetic reporter who lives to scoop,
enlists Clemmie’s derring-do on a juicy story.
It seems that Emma McKellan, who writes the society pages
for the Bristol Gazette, has disappeared days before her
lavish wedding. As Holly and Clemmie search for clues on
the missing bride (relishing the prospect of delicious
scandal), they inadvertently steer themselves directly
toward trouble.
In times of crisis, the Colshannon clan is always in the
thick of things–particularly Clemmie’s drama-queen mother,
who has an affinity for saving wild animals, and her
brother, who goes to outrageous extremes to impress a
certain girl and succeeds only in terrifying her. Whether
she likes it or not, Clemmie always seems to find herself
in the throes of adventure. And sure enough, the whole
family is soon fleeing to the south of France . . . with an
ex-convict in hot pursuit.
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