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Book Description
JCP is known for publishing non-fiction books about real life. So
when we decided to move into fiction, we were looking for a book that
would enhance our list and Happily Ever After? Is the perfect result.
Weightier than chick lit - this is a contemporary fiction for real
women.
Ellie Cooper is a smart blonde with a successful career and a finely
tuned eye for human weakness. That doesn't stop falling for the worst
of romantic cliches - a fairytale wedding to her very own Prince
Charming, Tony.
Unfortunately those old fairytales always end at the wedding, when
the bride and groom go off to live 'happily ever after'. They provide
no instruction for married life and Ellie's marriage - and new
husband-prove a lot more complicated than she bargained for.
Can Ellie and Tony survive their troubles, or should Ellie cut her
losses and look elsewhere - the office maybe - for love? That's a
choice only our heroine can make. And when she makes that choice can
she be sure it's the right one?
Time will tell...
Author Biography
Benison O'Reilly is co-author of the best-selling Australian Autism
Handbook
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In The Press
Madison magazine, July 2010 issue, says of Happily Ever After? 'This book will inevitably be lumped with far inferior chick-lit fare - but it deserves better, because it will prompt you to reevaluate your own ideas of forgiveness, unfaithfulness and when to walk away.'
In The Press
Often the fairytale ends when the heroine marries her prince and lives happily ever after. In this case, the real story begins after Ellie marries her handsome prince, airline pilot Tony. On route several years later to join him in a new life in Hong Kong, Ellie is recalling how their marriage has diverted so far from their intended happily-ever-after destination. As she deals with a disapproving mother-in-law, an often absent, ambitious husband and an attractive new manager at her pharmaceutical marketing firm, Ellie soon becomes aware her marriage is in real danger of crash landing. Fasten your seatbelts for a humorous journey through some turbulent family issues - this is a very promising debut. 7/10 www.chicklitclub.com
In The Press
Grazia magazine May 24, 2010 calls Happily Ever After? 'An irreverent and painfully honest take on the fairytale of wedded bliss. O'Reilly is a wickedly funny, naughty, new Australian voice.'
The West Australian newspaper June 1st, 2010 lists Happily Ever After? as one of its Recommended Winter Reads.
