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Remember the 80s, when padded shoulders and big hair sprayed 'dos were all the rage? Louise Bagshawe, it seems, is spearheading an 80s literary revival
The Devil You Know is this young author's seventh novel (other titles include
Career Girls,
Tall Poppies,
A Kept Woman, so you know this author's stalking ground; money, men, high-flying jobs) and stars three sisters who defiantly want it all.
The opening 20 pages are a little ludicrous, featuring an evil brother, a handsome, daredevil Italian count, his gypsy wife, and their triplet girls who are adopted, following their parents' horrible murders. The action swishes ahead a bit and we meet gorgeous Rose, who lives in a poor area of New York, but who is destined to become a property tycoon. Then there's stunning Poppy, an American Jewish princess obsessed by heavy metal, and who ends up in the rock & roll world. And lastly there's Daisy, overweight and stuck in an English boarding school. But with a little application she sheds the pounds and transforms herself into a best selling romantic novelist.
So that's the ambitious careers sorted out. But what about their love lives? Just as glamorous; the Superwomen end up with a real estate giant, a senator and a media magnate respectively. The Devil You Know is a high concept read where revenge is always sweet and the grooming impeccable. --Eithne Farry
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Product Description
ose Fiorello has nothing-except a blistering hatred of Rothstein Realty, the New York property developer that crushed her father's business. When she meets the sexy, arro-gant heir to the Rothstein fortune, revenge is within reach. Poppy Allen is the perfect LA society princess-but she craves the thrill of rock 'n' roll. She doesn't want to be the star, she wants to be the star-maker, wheeling and dealing her way to the top. Plump, bullied Daisy Markham devours blockbuster novels as an escape from the English boarding school she hates-until she finds a far better way to change her life. Three women determined to get exactly what they want. But they share more than dreams of success. They share a secret that unites them in a way they could have never imagined. A fabulously glitzy, sexy novel from the new master: Louise Bagshawe.
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