A Cunning Plan
by Astrid Arditi
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GENRE: Romantic suspense
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BLURB:
Determined to put her family back together, Sloane Harper
stalks her ex husband and his annoyingly stunning mistress, Kate Stappleton.
But she’s not the only one.
Handsome IRS agent Ethan Cunning is surveying Kate too, but for entirely different reasons. He is attempting to nail Kate’s playboy boss.
Ethan and Sloane decide to help each other, which sends Sloane’s wobbly life spinning out of control. She’ll have to face danger, humiliation, and – scariest of all – the dating scene, to lure her daughters’ father home.
Losing control was the best thing to happen to Sloane…until it turned lethal.
Handsome IRS agent Ethan Cunning is surveying Kate too, but for entirely different reasons. He is attempting to nail Kate’s playboy boss.
Ethan and Sloane decide to help each other, which sends Sloane’s wobbly life spinning out of control. She’ll have to face danger, humiliation, and – scariest of all – the dating scene, to lure her daughters’ father home.
Losing control was the best thing to happen to Sloane…until it turned lethal.
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EXCERPT:
So far, I have spent more
than ten hours this week parked on the exact same street, in front of the exact
same building, staking out my husband’s mistress. To be exact, Tom was my
ex-husband now, but I was pretty sure he was still my husband when Katherine
Stappleton started screwing him.
A sideways glance confirmed
Claudia’s eyelids had finally closed, and I sighed in relief. If I had to
listen to one more minute of heavy metal, I would hurl myself or my housekeeper
extraordinaire out of the car window.
I shot my hand toward the
Mini Austin’s radio. But just as the angry voices faded in favor of a
monotonous radio show, Claudia’s hand lashed out and slapped my wrist away.
“Go back. I love that song.”
“But I don’t understand
Polish,” I said with a pout.
“It’s music, you don’t need
to understand it,” she countered, her eyes still closed.
My teeth hurt from the loud
screeching she called music. I considered looking for Magic FM again, but
Claudia read my mind first. She snapped open one fierce blue eye.
“Don’t,” she warned.
Heavy metal music wasn’t
nearly bad enough to risk incurring Claudia’s wrath and chancing her leaving.
Listening to any kind of music with her definitely beat sitting in the car
alone.
I gave a last, longing stare
at the radio then turned my attention to the dashboard’s digital clock. It was
3:43 p.m. according to the flashing orange numbers. Sighing, I thought again of
how much time I’d spent here.
The details of my husband’s
‘infidelity’ matteredS; they changed the way one perceived things. On one side,
you had my ex’s new girlfriend, and on the other, the tramp who stole my
husband. Doesn’t have the same ring to it, right?
The same way if you asked
Katherine Stappleton, she might have described my endeavor as ‘stalking’ rather
than ‘staking out’. If she knew I was hiding in front of her work place, that
is, and I was extremely careful not be noticed. Plus, I never left the car or
followed her home - the definition of stalking. Legally speaking, I was in the
clear. I’d checked on Yahoo Answers.
What I Thought:
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I really enjoyed this book. Romantic comedy is one of my favorite genres so I was pleased to have the chance to read the book. I think the reason I enjoyed it so much is because of the heroine. I was hooked when she was straightening out her panties in the car (she was in the car because she was stalking her ex-hubands's new girlfriend) and looked up to find a strange man watching her. Ordinarily I don't guess it would make any difference what he saw, but in this case she's going to have a whole lot more interaction with him.
I also loved the housekeeper who hung out with our heroine when she was stalking the girlfriend. The ex-husband: so not worth the stalking or heartache.
Of course, there are some pretty tense moments in the book too, but I'll let you discover those for yourself. Just be aware that when you read the last couple of lines in the book, you're gonna smile.
Five out of five stars.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Astrid Arditi was born from a French father and Swedish
mother. She lived in Paris and Rome before moving to London with her husband
and daughter back in 2013.
After dabbling in journalism, interning at Glamour
magazine, and teaching kindergarten, Arditi returned to her first love:
writing.
She now splits her time between raising her kids (a
brand new baby boy just joined the family) and making up stories.
A Cunning Plan is Arditi's first published work.
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ReplyDeleteThank you Elaine for your kind review
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely book, Astrid. I hope you do well with it.
ReplyDeleteGreat post thanks for sharing the excerpt and review!
ReplyDeleteHappy to add another romantic comedy to my tbr pile!
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