NEW RELEASE
I've Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella (2012)
Poppy has lost her fiance Magnus' engagement ring - an heirloom that has been in his family for generations. Despite being a physiotherapist, she already feels considerably dim around his family of academics (the reason you'll find footnotes in this book) and now she has to avoid showing them her left hand until she can figure out a way to get the ring back. To make matters worse, her phone - and lifeline - has been stolen. So when Poppy spots an abandoned phone, she borrows it. Discovering it belongs to businessman Sam, Poppy convinces him to let her keep the phone for a bit, promising to send on any messages to him. In the process she starts interfering in his life - both professional and personal. This is pure chick lit comedy, with Kinsella at her absolute best.
Sophie Kinsella's 2012 novel I've Got Your Number is about a woman who loses the engagement ring that has been in her fiance's family for generations. The summary says: "Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her 'happily ever after' begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect! Well, perfect except that the phone's owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn't agree. He wants his phone back and doesn't appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life. What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other's lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents . . . she soon realises that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life." I've Got Your Number is due out in in February. (The UK cover is pictured left, the US cover right.) Kinsella reveals more about the book at the video below: