Happy Publication Day to Minnie Darke and With Love from Wish & Co. Thank you to Penguin Random House for sharing a review copy with me.
Marnie Fairchild is building her high-end gift-wrapping and gift-buying business, one elite client at a time. She conducts exhaustive research on the gift recipients to ensure the items she selects perfectly match their interests and tastes. All is well until a moment of personal distraction causes her to mix up the recipients of two important gifts, and chaos ensues.
I'd classify this novel, set in contemporary Australia, as women's fiction; the character relationships are complicated. It includes romance and a bit of comedy, but also issues of fatherhood, integrity, family legacy, and small business ownership. It has one of the warmest adult son/mother relationships I've read. The plot includes a marital affair so be warned if you want to avoid that subject in your reading.
I'm glad I read the ebook so I didn't have to view this cover - I'm usually a fan of illustrated covers, but this one is just ... odd. Was the designer inspired by Elf on the Shelf? I'm happy there's an alternate/improved cover for some versions of this title.
This novel was very compelling, and I'm eager to read Ms. Darke's previous novels Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song that are waiting for me on my TBR shelves.
Marnie Fairchild is building her high-end gift-wrapping and gift-buying business, one elite client at a time. She conducts exhaustive research on the gift recipients to ensure the items she selects perfectly match their interests and tastes. All is well until a moment of personal distraction causes her to mix up the recipients of two important gifts, and chaos ensues.
I'd classify this novel, set in contemporary Australia, as women's fiction; the character relationships are complicated. It includes romance and a bit of comedy, but also issues of fatherhood, integrity, family legacy, and small business ownership. It has one of the warmest adult son/mother relationships I've read. The plot includes a marital affair so be warned if you want to avoid that subject in your reading.
I'm glad I read the ebook so I didn't have to view this cover - I'm usually a fan of illustrated covers, but this one is just ... odd. Was the designer inspired by Elf on the Shelf? I'm happy there's an alternate/improved cover for some versions of this title.
This novel was very compelling, and I'm eager to read Ms. Darke's previous novels Star-Crossed and The Lost Love Song that are waiting for me on my TBR shelves.
