NEW RELEASE
The Perfect Match - Katie Fforde (2014)
Estate agent Bella Castle left her hometown on a whim a couple years ago after realising she could no longer watch the man she loved start a family with someone else. Since then, Bella found a great job and a great home living with her godmother, Alice. She's even got a new boyfriend, Nevil, who Bella likes enough but he can't really compare to Dominic. So when the one and only Dominic shows up in Bella's new town and Nevil starts acting strangely, can Bella put her feelings behind her and ask Dominic for help to solve the mystery of Nevil? And more so, will Bella finally realise that Nevil isn't the man for her? Alternating between Alice and Bella's viewpoints, the story is sweet but Bella's naivety started to grate on me a bit. She constantly found reasons to stay with Nevil when it was obvious he was the ultimate jerk. And her reasons for picking up and leaving - without really telling anyone why - were really lame. Overall, it was a good story with some likable characters but it didn't really stand out as much as earlier novels by Katie. (AS)
The Perfect Match, by Katie Fforde, is about what happens when your possible perfect match turns up again. The summary says: "Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane, the man she fell in love with but couldn't have. Now she's made a new life for herself in the country, working as an estate agent. Bella loves her job and she loves her boyfriend Nevil. But recently he's been preoccupied, and she's starting to question if his future hopes and dreams are a perfect match for hers. And when Dominic turns up unexpectedly in search of his dream house, she begins to wonder if home is really where the heart is. But she's over him, isn't she?" The Perfect Match is out in March.