Oh Crumbs by Kathryn Freeman
Published 12th June 2018
Published by Choc Lit
Book Description:
Another fun, fabulous read from Kathryn Freeman. You'll want to lock yourself away with this one!
Sometimes life just takes the biscuit …
Abby Spencer knows she can come across as an airhead – she talks too much and is a bit of a klutz – but there’s more to her than that. Though she sacrificed her career to help raise her sisters, a job interview at biscuit company Crumbs could finally be her chance to shine. That’s until she hurries in late wearing a shirt covered in rusk crumbs, courtesy of her baby nephew, and trips over her handbag.
Managing director Douglas Faulkner isn’t sure what to make of Abby Spencer with her Bambi eyes, tousled hair and ability to say more in the half-hour interview than he manages in a day. All he knows is she’s a breath of fresh air and could bring a new lease of life to the stale corporate world of Crumbs. To his life too, if he’d let her.
But Doug’s harbouring a secret. He’s not the man she thinks he is.
Sometimes life just takes the biscuit …
Abby Spencer knows she can come across as an airhead – she talks too much and is a bit of a klutz – but there’s more to her than that. Though she sacrificed her career to help raise her sisters, a job interview at biscuit company Crumbs could finally be her chance to shine. That’s until she hurries in late wearing a shirt covered in rusk crumbs, courtesy of her baby nephew, and trips over her handbag.
Managing director Douglas Faulkner isn’t sure what to make of Abby Spencer with her Bambi eyes, tousled hair and ability to say more in the half-hour interview than he manages in a day. All he knows is she’s a breath of fresh air and could bring a new lease of life to the stale corporate world of Crumbs. To his life too, if he’d let her.
But Doug’s harbouring a secret. He’s not the man she thinks he is.
My Review:
Abby Spencer has been dealt a pretty tough hand in life, having lost her mum when she was just a teenager. She's supported her dad and her sisters, stepping up to be a replacement mum and housekeeper to them all. She watched as her friends left town to follow their dreams at university while she quietly accepted her lot, taking temping jobs through the secretarial agency in order to help support the family. She had worked hard to achieve a business degree through the open university, studying away in her evenings after a day's work then making sure the family were fed and prepared for what life was throwing at them that day. Her diligence pays off when she lands herself a PA role to the MD of the world famous biscuit factory Crumbs.
Despite Abby's rather clumsy performance at interview, there is something about her that MD Doug Faulkner rather likes - and the feeling is mutual. We follow the two of them as they learn about what makes each other tick; Doug is a closed book and rarely lets his guard down during working hours. Abby is rather smitten with him but knows she has to keep her feelings in check, yet can see a sadness in him and wonders how anyone with a fantastic job, flash car and the heir to a fortune can be anything but happy.
I really enjoyed reading how Abby and Doug's relationship developed, each of them struggling with their own inner demons. The story bobs steadily along with plenty of comical moments from Abby and her zany sisters, Doug stepping upon more than one occasion and showing himself to be the hero Abby imagines him to be yet what is it that is holding him back from relaxing and letting himself be truly happy? Slowly but surely secrets are surrendered and the pair gradually come to realise that they can support each other with their insecurities, their polar opposite life experiences so far giving them the ability to see things from different perspectives.
This is a great book for teaching life lessons without overbearing sermons; we all deserve to be happy, and sometimes you have to step up and speak out in order to achieve that happiness. Material things and social status may make some people happy but for others happiness is far more than the trappings of what money can buy. We just have to decide what we want more in life and what we are prepared to sacrifice in order to get it.
I would definitely recommend this book as the characters are very real as are the scenarios the characters find themselves in. A bit of a Cinderella story yet with so much more depth to the Prince than his dashing good looks.
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Despite Abby's rather clumsy performance at interview, there is something about her that MD Doug Faulkner rather likes - and the feeling is mutual. We follow the two of them as they learn about what makes each other tick; Doug is a closed book and rarely lets his guard down during working hours. Abby is rather smitten with him but knows she has to keep her feelings in check, yet can see a sadness in him and wonders how anyone with a fantastic job, flash car and the heir to a fortune can be anything but happy.
I really enjoyed reading how Abby and Doug's relationship developed, each of them struggling with their own inner demons. The story bobs steadily along with plenty of comical moments from Abby and her zany sisters, Doug stepping upon more than one occasion and showing himself to be the hero Abby imagines him to be yet what is it that is holding him back from relaxing and letting himself be truly happy? Slowly but surely secrets are surrendered and the pair gradually come to realise that they can support each other with their insecurities, their polar opposite life experiences so far giving them the ability to see things from different perspectives.
This is a great book for teaching life lessons without overbearing sermons; we all deserve to be happy, and sometimes you have to step up and speak out in order to achieve that happiness. Material things and social status may make some people happy but for others happiness is far more than the trappings of what money can buy. We just have to decide what we want more in life and what we are prepared to sacrifice in order to get it.
I would definitely recommend this book as the characters are very real as are the scenarios the characters find themselves in. A bit of a Cinderella story yet with so much more depth to the Prince than his dashing good looks.
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About The Author:
A former pharmacist, I’m now a medical
writer who also writes romance. Some days a racing heart is a medical
condition, others it’s the reaction to a hunky hero.
With two teenage boys and a husband who
asks every Valentine’s Day whether he has to buy a card (yes, he does), any
romance is all in my head. Then again, his unstinting support of my career
change proves love isn't always about hearts and flowers - and heroes come in
many disguises.
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Aw, what a really lovely review! Thank you so much for taking part in the blog tour, Sandie. I'm delighted you enjoyed Abby and Doug's story :-)
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