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From Notting Hill with Love ... Actually - Ali McNamara (2010)
Scarlett is a massive fan of films. In fact, she loves them so much that she often finds herself comparing real life to the films much to the chagrin of her family. It just doesn't go over well with her family, friends and fiance David who think she is too obsessed with the movies. So, when she is offered the chance to house-sit for a month in Notting Hill - the home of one of her favourite films of all time - she jumps at the opportunity. When she arrives in Notting Hill she immediately hits it off with a man named Oscar who introduces her to a whole new batch of friends - ones who encourage her film obsession, not ask her to hide it. However, she clashes with her next-door neighbour, Sean, on more than one occasion. It's just such a shame that he's so handsome and kind to her when she really finds him annoying. Or does she? One month in Notting Hill will change everything for Scarlett, who finds herself living more movie scenes than she can count while house-sitting. But, when her time is up and she is forced to go back to reality and marry the boring and stubborn David, will she be saying I do or dreaming of a completely different fairytale ending? Whether you love films or not, this is a fun, light-hearted book that will lift your spirits. Though Scarlett's film obsession does sometimes get in the way, it doesn't ruin the story at all. In the end, it's a wonderful story where romance and fantasy abound. (AS)
From Notting Hill With Love ... Actually - Ali McNamara
Scarlett O'Brien loves the cinema - it's just so much more exciting and romantic than her own mundane life mending popcorn machines and living with her DIY-obsessed fiance, David. So when everyone keeps telling her that she needs to stop day-dreaming her life away in Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt's arms, and settle down and get on with real life, Scarlett decides to prove them all wrong. When she's given the chance to house-sit in Notting Hill for a month, Scarlett thinks this will be her ideal opportunity to prove her family wrong about the movies. But she quickly finds the real Notting Hill is nothing like the celluloid version, and after she meets her new neighbour, the cool, confident, but movie-hating Sean, Scarlett starts to realise this challenge might be trickier than she first thought. Every day Scarlett tries - usually unsuccessfully - to place herself in as many movie scenes as she can. But it's when she's least expecting it that she finds a link to one of her favourites ... and it's then that she discovers so much more than the fairytale ending she's always dreamed of.