Having a Ball
(2013)(Girl Having a Ball)
(The second book in the Smart Girls series)A novel by Rhoda Baxter
Shortlisted for the 2017 Romantic Comedy Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association.
I was so engrossed in the story, the fun characters, the will-they-won't-they between Stevie and Tom that the hours flew by as I laughed, sniffled and cheered Stevie on in her quest to organise the charity ball that could start her career. Sorcha, Old Victorian Quill.
What if you had to learn to stand on your own feet?
Although Stevie lost her parents when she was very young, she's always been able to rely on her brother, Marsh. But now Marsh is married and Stevie feels like she is losing him too. Determined to prove her independence, Stevie sets about transforming her life, giving up her dead-end job and following her passion for events management.
Her first assignment takes her to a stunning manor house in Oxford where she is tasked with organising a charity ball on a shoestring. Between canape worries, celebrity guests and trying to keep the hyper-critical Lady Beryl happy, Stevie's teenage crush, Tom, resurfaces to confuse things even further.
But 'poor needy little Stevie' is now 'Stevie the strong woman' and she won't let a man get in the way of her dreams - will she?
Genre: Romance
I was so engrossed in the story, the fun characters, the will-they-won't-they between Stevie and Tom that the hours flew by as I laughed, sniffled and cheered Stevie on in her quest to organise the charity ball that could start her career. Sorcha, Old Victorian Quill.
What if you had to learn to stand on your own feet?
Although Stevie lost her parents when she was very young, she's always been able to rely on her brother, Marsh. But now Marsh is married and Stevie feels like she is losing him too. Determined to prove her independence, Stevie sets about transforming her life, giving up her dead-end job and following her passion for events management.
Her first assignment takes her to a stunning manor house in Oxford where she is tasked with organising a charity ball on a shoestring. Between canape worries, celebrity guests and trying to keep the hyper-critical Lady Beryl happy, Stevie's teenage crush, Tom, resurfaces to confuse things even further.
But 'poor needy little Stevie' is now 'Stevie the strong woman' and she won't let a man get in the way of her dreams - will she?
Genre: Romance
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