The Charade

An easy reading, page turning debut by Suzanna Paul. Think Bridget Jones comedy meets Mills and Boon style romance. If you enjoy reading Sophie Kinsella, Catherine Alliott or Jill Mansell, then you'll love this, witty, lighthearted, romantic comedy with a surprising heart jerking twist. Unfortunately for Penny Lynch, her husband Phil has 2 great loves in his life.........himself and making money. Once a fun loving party animal, Penny is now a downtrodden, daydreaming housewife, trapped in a loveless, childless marriage...staying with her husband through misguided duty and pity. She wonders how her idyllic boyfriend turned into such a chauvinistic pig from the moment they walked down the aisle. Thinking that a new career could be the change of fortune she had hoped for, she hooks herself up in a new job, however, unexpectedly but rather pleasantly, her dishy new boss appears to be part of the job description as well. Phil's dreams of becoming rich and living the "high life" are all consuming and whilst money is of no great importance to Penny, she is somewhat surprised to find that they have considerably less than she was lead to believe. In fact, Penny slowly comes to realise that there are more than a few facts that Phil has misled her with... When they hit financial rock bottom, Phil dreams up a mad cap plan to put an end to all of their financial worries, but will he go through with it... and will Penny give him her blessing?When things go disastrously wrong, Penny is left wondering who the stranger is that she married and just why did he need her in his life?