The Laura Lake
1 primary work • 3 total works
Book 2
TREAT YOURSELF to a sparkling romantic comedy... Last of the Summer Moet is a bottle of champagne in book form!
'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.
Wendy Holden's warm and funny comic heroine Laura Lake is back. And this time, she's gone rural...
Laura Lake, editor of glossy magazine Society, is always on the hunt for scandalous scoops to fill her pages. Now she's discovered a top-secret village in the English countryside where the rich and famous own weekend retreats. Where film stars, Turner-prize winners and billionaires park their helicopters outside the gastropub and buy GBP100 sourdough loaves from the deli.
Outsiders are strictly forbidden. But luckily Laura's best friend Lulu, a logo-obsessed socialite with a heart as huge as her sunglasses, suddenly fancies a quiet life in the country...
But life in this enchanted rural idyll is harder than it looks. A brawl at the world's poshest pub quiz nearly brings down the government. And gossip from rehearsals of the midsummer pantomime threatens to tear the village apart...
Can Laura write her expose before the snobbish villagers blow her cover and suss her true identity?
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT WENDY HOLDEN:
'A brilliant, funny read ... Perfect escapism from the daily grind'
'Move over Sophie Kinsella - there's a new Chick Lit queen in town'
'Escapism in its purest form ... A little gem'
'Pure fun, escapism and self indulgence. Delicious!'
'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.
London's most glamorous glossy magazine is in trouble. Advertising revenues are non existent, and if editor Laura Lake can't pick them up, she's out of a job.
According to those in the know, Scotland is having a fashion moment. Smart spas are offering porridge facials, and a chain of eco-hotels is offering celebrity bagpipe lessons. So Laura's off to a baronial estate in the Scottish Highlands to get a slice of this ultra-high-end market.
It's supposed to be gorgeous, glitzy and glamorous. But intrigue follows Laura like night follows day. And at Glenravish Castle - a shooting lodge fit for a billionaire - Laura finds herself hunting for a scoop that won't just save her job, it could save her life...
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT WENDY HOLDEN:
'A brilliant, funny read ... Perfect escapism from the daily grind'
'Move over Sophie Kinsella - there's a new Chick Lit queen in town'
'Escapism in its purest form ... A little gem'
'Pure fun, escapism and self indulgence. Delicious!'
'Effing marvellous' JILLY COOPER.
'Funny and smart' INDIA KNIGHT.
'Total bliss' DAILY MAIL.
Laura Lake longs to be a journalist. Instead she's an unpaid intern at a glossy magazine – sleeping in the fashion cupboard and living on canapés. But she's just got her first big break: infiltrate three society weddings and write a juicy exposé.
Security will be tighter than a bodycon dress, but how hard can it be? Cue disappearing brides, demanding socialites – and a jealous office enemy who will do anything to bring her down...
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT WENDY HOLDEN:
'A brilliant, funny read... Perfect escapism from the daily grind'
'Move over Sophie Kinsella - there's a new Chick Lit queen in town'
'Escapism in its purest form... A little gem'
'Pure fun, escapism and self indulgence. Delicious!'