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Mad About the Boy

By: Maggie Alderson
Narrated by: Stephanie Daniel
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 Of all the nightmare options that passed through Antonia Heaveringham's head when her husband Hugo uttered the words, 'I've got something to tell you,' a coming out speech never figured.

Suddenly alone in their adopted home of Sydney, with no friends save for her six-year-old son Tom and a pair of jeweled Jimmy Choo mules, Antonia soon finds that an attractive single woman is not nearly so welcome on the champagne social scene as the wife of a glamorous English aristocrat. It is only the arrival of Hugo's outrageous lavender-haired Uncle Percy that lifts her out of her depression, and propels her into the gym to combat the effects of some serious comfort eating. There she meets the mysterious James, who leads her into a shadowy world of criminals, corruption and high-stakes property deals. But what starts out as a lark leads her into a situation where keeping a secret becomes a matter of life, death, and love.

©2002 Maggie Alderson (P)2003 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd by arrangement with Penguin Books Australia Ltd. Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Marriage Romance Fiction

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"A fantastic summer read that'll leave you glowing all over." (Amazon.com)

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I read this book about 20 years ago and now I’ve just finished listening to it. I think I enjoyed it more the second time. Easy read, colourful characters. I always like a chick lit story set in Australia.
If you like Jill Mansell, you’ll like Maggie Alderson.
I’m off to continue on with her back catalogue.

Entertaining good read

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I have always loved this book and it was so nice to revisit it in a new format.

A brilliant book by a brilliant author.

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Though some of the language is a little outdated in this book, it’s so entertaining and all of the characters are so well-rounded and likeable. Still just as funny as it was when I first read it!

Read this years ago and love the audible adaptation

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