Work in Progress
A Novel
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- £1.99
Publisher Description
A warm, sexy, laugh-out-loud rom-com about a woman who, desperate for a fresh start, books a literary bus tour across the UK that consists of a lively group of elderly ladies plus one infuriatingly handsome Scottish driver.
UK Bus Trip Goals:
Crawl out of pajamas.Get over cheating bastard and his stupid ironed jeans. Have my first real adventure!Achieve stability, strength, and growth.Definitely do NOT kiss any British men.
Alice loves a good list. But careful planning didn’t stop her from losing her job and her fiance in one fell swoop. With her dreaded 30th birthday looming on the horizon, Alice makes the first impulsive decision of her life - booking a flight to the UK for a three-week, all-female, literary bus tour. What could possibly go wrong?
Turns out - everything.
Alice arrives to discover that this tour isn’t what she expected. At all. Instead of cool, globe-trotting thirtysomethings with meaningful tattoos, she finds a rickety, antique bus full of fluffy-haired octogenarians. And to make matters infinitely worse, the tour guide makes her blood boil! And that devilish grin of his tells her he’s dead set on making her trip a misery.
But as they travel from castle ruins to cozy pubs, Alice may just find that she’s got it all wrong. The ladies are vivacious. The book club chat is on fire. And damn if that mischievous smile doesn't threaten to turn her world upside down - and her beloved list right along with it!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of MacKenzie's cute debut rom-com, stubborn, list-loving Alice Cooper loses her job and her fiancé, sending her into a six month tailspin that she tries to get out of by booking a women-only three-week literary bus tour through England, Wales, and Scotland. Unfortunately, her plans go awry as soon as she arrives. The tour turns out to be for elderly retirees, and the tour guide and bus driver, Robbie Brodie, is none other than the rude Scotsman who shoved Alice out of the way at an airport service desk when she was trying to find her crushed suitcase. Alice declares Robbie her enemy, but Robbie delights in Alice's antagonism—which swiftly turns to attraction. Though the goofy misunderstanding keeping Alice and Robbie apart undermines Alice's supposed intelligence, the kooky backstories of Alice's traveling companions and her growing bonds with them are a real treat. Anglophiles and armchair travelers will adore this.
