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Second First Impressions

Second First Impressions 1

by Sally Thorne
Paperback
Publication Date: 31/03/2021
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From the bestselling Australian author of The Hating Game comes the clever, funny and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two elderly women - under the watchful eye of a beautiful young retirement home manager

Distraction (n): Something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on. See: Teddy Prescott.

Ruthie Midona is twenty-four (going on ninety-four) and fully committed to her job at a luxury retirement village. Keeping herself busy caring for the eccentric residents means that Ruthie can safely ignore her own life - what little there is of it.

Teddy Prescott is practically allergic to a hard day's work. When he rocks up as the retirement village's newest employee, Ruthie is less than impressed. The last thing she needs is a distraction as irritating (and handsome) as this selfish rich kid.

Lucky for Ruthie, her favourite pair of mischievous residents need a new assistant to torture...so she hands over Teddy, ready for them to send him running.

Except Teddy may be about to surprise her - not just by surviving the old women's antics, but by charming Ruthie so much, she starts to remember that there's more to life than work...Could Teddy be far more than simply an unwelcome distraction?

ISBN:
9780733646133
9780733646133
Category:
Romance
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
31-03-2021
Publisher:
Hachette Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
235x157x26mm
Weight:
0.3kg

"I inhaled Second First Impressions - I had to force myself to slow down because I didn't want it to end. It's a truly adorable, heart-warming, swoon-worthy love story. A book hasn't given me the warm-fuzzies like this for a very long time"
BETH O'LEARY, author of The Flatshare

"The warmest, coziest, sweetest book of the year, an absolutely perfect blend of humour and heart"
EMILY HENRY, author of Beach Read

"A hilarious and cute romcom set in a retirement village with the quirkiest, most likeable heroine ever"
ALLIE REYNOLDS, author of Shiver

"After a sweet, funny and heartwarming love story, then look no further"
FIONA PALMER, author of Secrets Between Friends

Sally Thorne

Sally Thorne lives in Canberra, Australia and spends her days writing funding submissions and drafting contracts (yawn!) so it's not surprising that after hours she climbs into colorful fictional worlds of her own creation. Sally believes that romance readers are always searching for intensity in their next favorite book - and it isn't always so easy to find. 

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Recipe for a Sweet and Funny Romance
1 dowdy-looking 25yo retirement village Activities Director (AD) with a tendency to OCD (labels, locks, lists, routine), inordinately devoted to her residents

1 pretty 22yo half-Japanese office temp with passion for match-making

2 sisters: 1 loud and demanding 91yo former fashion editor who revels in the demoralisation of (preferably male) personal assistants; 1 reserved and resigned 89yo former lawyer

Place all in a luxury retirement village. Put the AD into acting management position. Add in:

1 wealthy real estate developer, recent purchaser of said retirement village, (philosophy: Life is Change) determined to push his son into responsibility

1 drop-dead gorgeous 27yo raven-haired motorcycle-riding itinerant tattoo artist with commitment issues, needing accommodation and employment.

Pass the developer through the scene then set aside for later. Slot the tattoo artist into the empty half of a duplex occupied by the AD, and give him to the old ladies to play with. Mix well, then add:

1 clerk at a local thrift store saving suitable garments for his crush, the AD

1 older half-sister of tattoo artist, determined to climb daddy’s corporate ladder.

Season to taste with: concern for the future of the village residents, thwarted aspirations to veterinary medicine, endangered turtles, unsupportive moralistic parents, dismissive family, an enthusiastic makeover/dating plan, a shared fervour for a churchy TV soap, a nine-year man-drought and an unrealised tattoo studio dream.

Stir in a generous pinch of dazzle power and a good dollop of sexual attraction, then simmer until love crystallises.

Second First Impressions is the third novel by Australian author, Sally Thorne. Does her recipe work? It does. It’s no spoiler to reveal that Truthful Ruth the Reverend’s Daughter does eventually find love with Theodore Prescott: hazel eyes, little-kid freckles across the bridge of his nose and a waterfall of long black hair. Those in the mood to swoon a little will enjoy this light-hearted romance.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Hachette Australia.

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