Kinsella's latest is a hilarious comedy of missed cues and opportunities, wrong choices, family interference, and sexual tension. Lottie is hungry for marriage and a family and feels that she has finally found the right man in Richard until the "question" that he takes out to dinner to ask turns out to be about air miles instead of the proposal she expected. Devastated and angry, she breaks up with Richard and embarks on another of what her older sister Fliss refers to as her "unfortunate choices, " deciding on the spur of the moment to marry Ben Parr, who seeks her out 15 years after their gap-year romance on the island of Ikonos, Greece. Can a man and a woman find true love and fulfillment in a marriage based on a powerful physical attraction and starry-eyed memories of a youthful fling? Not if big sister Fliss can help it!
As editor of a travel magazine, Fliss has enough connections in the industry to block all of Lottie and Ben's attempts to consummate their marriage, leaving the way open for the annulment that Fliss is sure should follow the hasty marriage. Joined by her 7-year-old son Noah, Ben's business partner (and Fliss's recent fling) Lorcan, and, eventually, a contrite Richard, Fliss battles air delays, communication problems, and her own marital issues to save her sister from her latest "unfortunate choice." It's certainly not rocket science, and you're not going to learn anything that improve your mind or your health, but if you are looking for a relaxing and hilarious escape from real life, Kinsella has just the ticket!
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