From Publishers Weekly
Sometimes it isn't snaring a man that's the problem but keeping him. In this deliciously snarky fourth novel, bestselling Maxted (
Getting Over It;
Running in Heels; etc.) introduces readers to Hannah Lovekin, a 30-year-old London private investigator with commitment issues and a breezy lack of sensitivity and feminine graces. At the start of the novel, Jason, Hannah's adorable boyfriend of five years—he's "enthusiastic, without cynicism, like a new puppy," the polar opposite of Hannah—pops the question and Hannah turns him down, only to realize that she wants him after all. Jason agrees to give Hannah another chance if she promises to resolve her intimacy issues, visit a therapist and make amends with Jack, her ex-husband, who's now a successful theater agent. Reluctantly embarking on the path to enlightenment ("I've been married before. When I was twenty. For five months. I'm a raddled old divorcee consumed with bitterness and regret. Is that relevant?"), Hannah is forced to realize why her marriage with Jack crumbled, as well as face the family secrets she shelved away as a little girl. Maxted tosses barbs like a champion darts player, and she paints a scathingly hilarious picture of her misguided but appealingly frank heroine. Witty, sarcastic, self-deprecating and clever, this is platinum-class chick lit.
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From Booklist
Maxted's fourth novel centers around Hannah Lovekin, who has a few issues with commitment and marriage. Her boyfriend, Jason, has just proposed, but she turns him down. It's a move she regrets when he rebounds quickly with another woman, and Hannah tracks him down to tell him she wants him back. Jason still loves her, but he wants her to get over her hang-ups about marriage by contacting her first husband, Jack, and putting their differences behind them. Hannah hasn't spoken to Jack in more than a decade, when a minor indiscretion on her part ended their five-month union. When Hannah does track down Jack, he is obviously still angry with her over the way their marriage ended, which complicates things when Hannah realizes that it's Jack and not Jason that she so desperately wants to win back. Told in Hannah's engaging voice, the novel bounds toward a conclusion sure to make romantics grin, as Hannah learns to better understand her family, friends, and herself.
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