NEW RELEASE
The Out of Office Girl - Nicola Doherty (2012)
When her boss is taken ill, publishing assistant Alice is shipped off to Sicily in Italy to coax heart-throb actor Luther Carson into finishing his autobiography. Easily distracted by bikini-clad blondes, yachts and nightclubs, Luther isn't making much progress. And his agent Sam certainly isn't helping - he thinks writing the book is a big mistake. Amid lost luggage, a knee-trembling kiss and a career-damaging mistake, Alice really has her work cut out for her. This fun read of the chick lit lite variety is a sparkling debut, which shows that handling a celebrity client is certainly not the easiest job in the world.
The Out of Office Girl, by Nicola Doherty, is about a book editor who loses the plot when she works on a film star's book. The summary says: "Alice Roberts is having a rubbish summer. She's terrified of her boss, her career is stalling, and she's just been dumped - by text message. But things are about to change. When her boss Olivia is taken ill, Alice is sent on the work trip of a lifetime: to a villa in Sicily, to edit the autobiography of Hollywood bad boy Luther Carson. But it's not all yachts, nightclubs and Camparis. Luther's arrogant agent Sam wants him to ditch the book. Luther himself is gorgeous, charming and impossible to read. There only seems to be one way to get his attention, and it definitely involves mixing business with pleasure. Alice is out of the office, and into deep trouble." Doherty is a former book editor who has worked on many celebrity books. She is from Ireland but now lives in London. The Out of Office Girl is out in March.