Melissa Romney-Jones has just been told that her position
at a London real estate firm has been deemed "redundant."
Getting laid off from a job is nothing new for Melissa, as
it's happened several times in the past couple years.
Despite this setback, she refuses to let the bad news chip
away at her sunny disposition. With rent and bills piling
up, she has to get on her feet fast. A loan from her well-
connected, yet selfish and rude father is most certainly
out of the question.
After deciding to capitalize on her strongest skill set --
party planning, image and wardrobe consulting, and home
decorating for an all-male clientele -- Melissa creates The
Little Lady Agency. To keep her personal life and
professional life separate, Melissa conjures up an alter-
ego named Honey to conduct her professional business. Honey
is a confident, curvy, blonde bombshell with attitude to
boot. While Honey is sorting out the lives of countless
men, it seems that Honey helps Melissa get clear about
relationship and self-esteem issues in her own life.
Melissa is very much a naïve good-girl type whose
personality, charm and grace are definitely a throw-back to
the 1950s. She's also an underdog as she's clearly gotten
run over by her father and previous boyfriends. Melissa is
instantly likable and I found myself rooting for her at
every turn.
This is by far the most delightful novel I've read in the
past year. The story and the characters are fresh,
interesting and abundantly charming. The story is narrated
with a British accent that adds to its wit and charm
without distracting my American ear. I absolutely loved
this story and can't wait for Ms. Browne to pen another!
Melissa Romney-Jones can bake a perfect sponge cake, type
her little heart out, and plan a party blindfolded. But none
of that has helped her get far in life or in love. When she
gets sacked -- again -- she decides to market her impeccable
social skills to single men. To avoid embarrassing her
father, a Member of Parliament, Melissa dons a blonde wig
and becomes "Honey," a no-nonsense bombshell who helps
clueless bachelors shop, entertain, and navigate social
minefields. She even attends parties if a client needs a
"date." But when a dashing American starts to request
Honey's services on a regular basis, it's only a matter of
time before Honey's and Melissa's worlds collide....
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