He Loves Me Not...He Loves Me

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A hilarious debut novel about an Anglo-Irish family's efforts to save their crumbling ancestral home Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Milly Johnson, Heidi Swain and Holly Martin will love this fantastically funny, feel-good romantic comedy from bestselling author Claudia Carroll - refreshing and really addictive, it's the perfect comfort read. 'It bubbles and sparkles like pink champagne. A hugely entertaining read' -- Patricia Scanlan ''A fabulous romp. It made me laugh out loud' - Anita Notaro ''A joy of a read' -- WOMAN'S OWN 'Like a breath of fresh air' -- ***** Reader review 'I loved every bit of it' -- ***** Reader review 'This book was so good that it was hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'I often was laughing out loud at this novel' -- ***** Reader review ***************************************************************************** IS LOVE ENOUGH? In the heart of County Kildare is Davenport Hall - a crumbling eighteenth-century mansion house, ancestral home to Portia Davenport, her beautiful younger sister Daisy and their dotty, eccentric mother, Lucasta. Disaster strikes when their father abandons the family, cleaning them out of the little cash they had managed to hold on to. But a ray of hope appears when Steve Sullivan, an old family friend and confirmed bachelor, suggests that they allow the hall to be used as the location for a major new movie. So Davenport Hall is taken over by the cr me de la cr me, including the self-centred Montana Jones, fresh out of rehab and anxious to kick-start her career, and Guy van der Post, a major sex symbol with an eye for Daisy. Throw in Ella Hepburn, Hollywood royalty and living legend, and soon there's more sex and drama off-camera than on! And Portia, who'd completely given up on love, is in for quite a surprise...

Claudia Carroll was born in Dublin, where she still lives. She has worked extensively as an actress on the Irish stage, but is probably best known for her role as TV's nasty Nicola Prendergast in the long-running Irish soap opera Fair City, a character she describes as ' the horrible old cow everyone loves to hate.' She is now a full-time writer.

'It bubbles and sparkles like pink champagne. A hugely entertaining read' Patricia Scanlan 'A joy of a read from a debut author hailed as Ireland's Jilly Cooper' WOMAN'S OWN It made me laugh out loud * Anita Notaro * Fabulous fun - a sparkling debut * Kate Thompson * Heartwarming and witty. A wonderful debut from Ireland's new answer to Jilly Cooper * Morag Prunty *