AUGUST 2019 - AudioFile
Listeners are treated to Tanya Eby’s narration of two love stories that involve two sisters. Margot, an etiquette expert, is hired to coach an aging actress who is marrying a diplomat. Margot moves into the home of the actress’s son, Alec, to work with her. Sunshine, Margot’s sister, is a nanny for the young son of a widower named Declan. Eby gives each sister a unique voice that matches her personality. Sunshine is younger and much more free spirited than Margot, and Eby gives her a lighter timbre. Eby portrays the actress in appropriately dramatic tones. The listener can easily visualize the child Connor and his ant farm. Especially enjoyable are the budding romances between Sunshine and Declan and Margot and Alec. S.B. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly
04/29/2019
Mallery (California Girls) combines heat and sweet in a delicious tale destined for beach blankets. Fraternal twins Margot and Sunshine Baxter couldn’t be closer, but they also couldn’t be more different. Reserved, by-the-book Margot is a dedicated and responsible etiquette coach, and her younger-by-eight-minutes, free-spirited, bombshell sister Sunshine is a nanny for an adorable and mature 8-year-old, Connor. Sunshine also has a history of abruptly abandoning jobs to travel with unworthy boyfriends. Neither expects to find true love on the job, but soon Margot falls for Alec, the only son of the aging movie star she’s tutoring, and Sunshine discovers incredible chemistry with Declan, the widowed father of her charge. As the sisters navigate the risks of mixing work with romance, Mallery skillfully weaves in tantalizing details from the sisters’ pasts—romantic hurts, the emotional devastation of being abandoned by their mother when they were children—to make the heart-tugging happily-ever-after all the sweeter. Mallery’s gift for creating relatable characters and lively pacing results in a satisfying tale that will win her even more fans. Agent: Annelise Robey, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (June)
From the Publisher
"Mallery's latest novel (after California Girls) is a breath of fresh air for romantics, a sweet reminder that falling in love is never how you plan it and always a pleasant surprise."—Library Journal (starred review)
"Mallery (California Girls) combines heat and sweet in a delicious tale destined for beach blankets."—Publishers Weekly
"perfect for a summer read."—Booklist
"Susan Mallery never disappoints."—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Mallery blends the friend-and-family relationships and self-actualization focus common to women's fiction [with the] happy ending of a contemporary romance, making this an excellent summer read for fans of both genres."—Booklist on Secrets of the Tulip Sisters
"Mallery creates a cute and charming world in Tulpen Crossing, and her three main characters are immensely likable and sympathetic."—Kirkus Reviews on Secrets of the Tulip Sisters
"For romance fans and admirers of fresh women's fiction."—Library Journal on Secrets of the Tulip Sisters
"[Mallery] will appeal to fans of women's fiction, especially such friendship books as Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club."—Booklist on Daughters of the Bride
"Heartfelt, funny, and utterly charming all the way through!"Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times bestselling author on Daughters of the Bride
Library Journal
02/01/2019
Raised by a mother who spent more time with her boyfriends, twin sisters Sunshine and Margot are stumbling about in life and love. Until, that is, etiquette specialist Margot is hired by Hollywood Golden Age empress Bianca, who treats them like the daughters she never had. With a 250,000-copy first printing.
AUGUST 2019 - AudioFile
Listeners are treated to Tanya Eby’s narration of two love stories that involve two sisters. Margot, an etiquette expert, is hired to coach an aging actress who is marrying a diplomat. Margot moves into the home of the actress’s son, Alec, to work with her. Sunshine, Margot’s sister, is a nanny for the young son of a widower named Declan. Eby gives each sister a unique voice that matches her personality. Sunshine is younger and much more free spirited than Margot, and Eby gives her a lighter timbre. Eby portrays the actress in appropriately dramatic tones. The listener can easily visualize the child Connor and his ant farm. Especially enjoyable are the budding romances between Sunshine and Declan and Margot and Alec. S.B. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
