If you say the words funny, quirky and romantic to me, my larger-than-necessary ears will perk up. If you say them in a blurb, I’m most likely to buy the book. I NEVER FANCIED HIM ANYWAY, a novel by Claudia Carroll gets the added benefit of a butterfly cover. Who can so no to butterflies? On top of that, the story is set to be a film, and it’s always cool to get to read the book first. The book looks like a (I hate this term) fun read, so we’re making it our Books in Bloom feature for the week along with SINS OF THE FATHER by Angela Benson, a more serious read about a secret second family. Both are good reasons for giving thanks to great books!
I NEVER FANCIED HIM ANYWAY by Claudia Carroll
Cassandra can see the future with 100% accuracy . . . for everybody except herself.
Ever since Cassandra was a little girl, she’s had a remarkable psychic gift. Now a successful columnist for a weekly magazine, she predicts the future with uncanny precision. And thanks to her stunning co-worker Charlene—and the latest love of Charlene’s life, hot television producer Jack—Cassandra’s moving up . . . to daytime TV!
The trouble is, whenever Jack’s around, the hapless seer’s second sight goes dim—something that always seems to happen when a desirable single male is around. But despite a truly abysmal dating record, she believes Jack is the one for her . . . though Charlene might strongly disagree. Is true love or outrageous catastrophe right around the corner? Cassandra doesn’t have a clue. But it seems even being able to foretell the future can’t protect her from what destiny has in store . . . and sometimes fate won’t allow you to look before you love.
Delightfully warm, odd, and unforgettable, Claudia Carroll’s I Never Fancied Him Anyway is a quirky and hilarious story of seeing . . . and believing.
About the Author
Claudia Carroll lives in Dublin where she now works as a full-time writer—the only job where she can wear pajamas, stare out the window, and still get paid. Her previous book, Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man, was optioned for a TV series while I Never Fancied Him Anyway is to be a film. She is currently hassling producers for a walk-on part and is hoping they might just throw in a free outfit too.
SINS OF THE FATHER by Angela Benson
God asked the biblical Abraham to sacrifice his son. But Abraham Martin’s only god is money.
Successful media mogul Abraham Martin has great wealth, an elegant wife, Saralyn, and a rebellious son, Isaac. He also has a secret: a second family that no one knows about. Now, after thirty years—driven by the urging of his long dormant conscience—Abraham is determined to do the right thing by finally bringing his illegitimate children into the light…and into the family fold.
But beautiful, manipulative Saralyn will never accept the proof of her husband’s indiscretions. Isaac, the heir, shaken by his father’s revelations, will fight mercilessly when his world is threatened, and may lose everything that matters as a result. And while Abraham’s forgotten daughter, Deborah, is open to the undreamed-of possibilities suddenly awaiting her, his son, Michael, cannot forgive the man who cruelly abandoned them to near poverty. And he’s driven by only one desire: revenge!
Angela Benson’s Sins of the Father is a powerful story of a house bitterly divided—a rich, multilayered family saga of betrayal and redemption, rage and compassion, faith, forgiveness, and ultimately, of love.
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