'Smart, heartwarming and downright hilarious' Joanna Bolouri
Lesley has always fancied herself as an amateur sleuth, a sort of modern day Miss Marple without the support stockings.
So when Al wants to hire her to investigate his elderly uncleâs young fiancĂ©e, she jumps at the chance. It doesnât hurt that the job will involve posing as Alâs girlfriend and joining his glitzy, star-studded family on holiday in Nice.
Stella still canât quite believe sheâs engaged to legendary actor Sir Peter Bradshaw. She accepted what she thought was a deathbed proposal. Now she has a living, breathing fiancĂ© and a wedding to plan.
First, though, she has to get through a holiday in the South of France with Peterâs extended family, who all seem convinced sheâs a gold-digger with her sights set on the family fortune.
As Lesley bonds with Stella over shopping trips and bottles of rosĂ©, she thinks she has it all figured out. After all, itâs no great mystery why a young woman would marry a fabulously wealthy seventy-two-year-old with a heart condition, is it? Itâs an old story.
And Al may be the nicest boyfriend sheâs ever had (even if he is fake), but Lesley believes in instant attraction and thereâs just no spark ... no matter how fit he looks in his swimming trunks. So thereâs no chance heâs going to grow on her.
But people have a way of surprising you, as sheâs about to discover ...