From the beloved bestselling author Santa Montefiore comes a new novel filled with humour and heart.For fans of The Temptation of Gracie,Flappy now takes centre stage,more charismatic and competitive than ever.'Fresh,fun and fabulous! Flappy certainly kept me entertained!'Heidi Swain,Sunday Timesbestselling author of The Winter Garden Underneath her graceful exterior lies a passion nobody knew about,least of all Flappy herself... Flappy Scott-Booth is the self-appointed queen bee of Badley Compton,a picturesque Devon village. While her husband Kenneth spends his days on the golf course,she is busy overseeing her beautiful house and gardens,and organising unforgettable events,surrounded by friends who hang on to her every word. Her life is a reflection of herself - impossibly perfect. Until the day that Hedda Harvey-Smith and her husband Charles move into the village. Into an even grander home than hers. Taking the front seat on the social scene,quite literally. That simply will not do. Flappy is determined to show Hedda how things are done here in Badley Compton. But then she looks into Charles's beautiful green eyes. And suddenly,her focus is elsewhere. She is only human,after all...Praise forFlappy Entertains: 'Santa Montefiore is a born storyteller'Woman's Weekly'A friendly,undemanding read in unfriendly,demanding times'Daily Mail 'A keeping up with the Joneses tale that will lift your spirits in no time'New! 'Another winner from the author who writes about relationships so astutely'Belfast Telegraph'Packed with wickedly funny insights and throwaway lines and written with an extra-large helping of heart,this is the perfect escape for anyone in need of of a book hug!'Lancashire Post'With its air of nostalgia,gentle humour and snobbery,this is a super but also surprising read'NFOP magazine
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781398500365Number of pages: 272Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Fresh,fun and fabulous! Flappy certainly kept me entertained!''A friendly,undemanding read in unfriendly,demanding times''A keeping up with the Joneses tale that will life your spirits in no time''Another winner from the author who writes about relationships so astutely''Packed with wickedly funny insights and throwaway lines and written with an extra-large helping of heart,this is the perfect escape for anyone in need of of a book hug!''Santa Montefiore is a born storyteller''With its air of nostalgia,gentle humour and snobbery,this is a super but also surprising read'
Santa Montefiore
Born Santa Palmer-Tomkinson,bestselling English novelist,Santa Montefiore always wanted to be a writer and spent her years at boarding school making up stories for her school friends. Her first novel,Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree,was inspired by her first trip to Argentina and several of her other novels are set there. Her fiction includes: The Gypsy Madonna,The House by the Sea,Secrets of the Lighthouse,Songs of Love and War,The Last Secret of the Deverills and The Temptation of Gracie. She has also co-authored the Royal Rabbits of London series with her husband,the historian and author Simon Sebag-Montefiore.
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