Always Mr. Wrong
Clare Darby is feeling restless, but can't quite put her
finger on why. Her life is in order, so what is the problem? When her daughter
asks what she really wants for Christmas how can Clare tell her all she wants
is to get laid. All her life she has fallen for Mr. Wrong. Will she ever find
Mr. Right?
Excerpt
Tonight was all about me, Clare Darby, moving on. Well,
actually, it was all about my best friend Jess’s cheese and wine party. Her
Ladies Circle was raising money for sick children. Or was it animals? I’m not
sure which. To be honest I hadn’t taken much notice when Jess invited me. All I
could think about was how, although it had been eight months since my divorce,
it had been over a year since I’d got myself dressed up, gone out and engaged
in adult conversation.
For weeks now I had been feeling restless. I couldn’t quite
put my finger on why. I had a good job as a midwife at St. Andrews teaching
hospital. Twice a week I went to the gym with my girlfriends to Tums and Bums.
Afterwards, sweaty and knackered, we would indulge in a couple of glasses of
wine and gossip at the bar next door. My finances were in order; I had a
wonderful home, a perfect daughter, and a caring family. So what in the world
was wrong with me?
Then two weeks ago, even though it was the middle of
October, my seven-year-old daughter, Olivia, pondered over her Christmas letter
to Santa. For a seven-year-old, she is very methodical, a chromosome she has
inherited from her father. Unfortunately, her father’s meticulous discipline
ceased when it came to fidelity. Before she wrote her letter she made two
lists, presents she desperately wanted and presents she would like, but not
imperative. Finally, lists cross-checked and narrowed down to one main present
and a handful of smaller ones, she asked what I really wanted for Christmas.
She would like to add it to her letter.
“You never ask Santa for anything, Mummy. What would you
really like most?”
The answer shone as bright as the star of Bethlehem. I was
almost positive as I contemplated my answer the Angel Gabrielle manifested in
front of my dining room window, telling me to go forth, and seek, but how could
I tell my seven-year-old that what Mummy really wanted was a man. More
importantly...to get laid?
It all came to a head just before Christmas last year when
Phil, my then husband, a Detective Inspector for the North London Metropolitan
Police, came home unusually early one Friday night. As he went straight
upstairs, I should have known as I stood in the kitchen and heard him moving
around in our bedroom and then appeared a while later with a suitcase in his
hand, it wasn’t full of dirty laundry for the laundrette. I’d been suspicious
for months that his relationship with his partner, the stunning Detective
Sargent Maria Stephanopoulos, was more than professional. A typical Greek
goddess, all olive skin, flowing dark hair, legs up to her armpits and tits so
perky that every man, even the criminals, couldn’t take their eyes off them. To
be honest, when I think back, the last seven years of our eight-year marriage
had been like skating on a lake of thin ice, even before Maria. How many times
had Phil assured me after each affair it was purely a fling, it would never
happen again. I’d lost count of how many lonely sleepless nights I’d lain in
bed wondering when the pressure of the three people in our marriage would be
too much, and the lake would finally crack.
So it came as no big surprise to find divorce top of Phil’s
Christmas list that year.
What the readers say about Always Mr. Wrong
Reviewed by Anne-Marie Reynolds for
Readers' Favorite 5/5
Joanne Rawson has written another winner in Always Mr.
Wrong. It’s a heart warming romantic story that, once again, I couldn’t put
down. It had a real injection of reality and humor in it and perfectly sums up
the harsh reality of growing up and facing down your life. With a touch of
drama, the quintessential mature heroine, and even more mature drop-dead
gorgeous hero, Ms. Rawson has a winning formula on her hands in the shape of a
neatly packaged short story. Wonderful read that gave me a real lift to the
spirits and heart. I wish there were more like her.
Liz Amazon UK Review 5.0 out of 5 stars
Joanne Rawson has to be the best new voice of Chick
lit.
Her subject matters are always so true to life, it
could be any woman she is writing about. Always Mr. Wrong has excelled her this
time. Her characters are amazing; I really liked her sister Eleanor, what a
hoot she is.
A funny story on a past school girl crush, always
dating the wrong man and getting back out in the dating scene. On a romantic
side of things, the relationship between Clare and Guy is wonderfully written.
Full of feeling, and I might add very racy in parts.
5/5 Book Reviewed by Angie Just Read... (reviewer) The
Romance Reviews
Queen of the Chick Lit novella format, the
spectacularly hip Joanne Rawson has produced yet another delectably quirky
romantic tale that's fun to read and rather hard to put down. Featuring the
author's signature preference for a more emotionally mature heroine, a cocktail
of realism with a mixer of relationship angst that's intermingled with moments
of laugh-out-loud humor, Ms. Rawson has another crowd-pleaser on her hands.
Devotees of chick lit who are looking for a quick read with a little depth, a
little drama, and a hunky doctor are certain to enjoy ALWAYS MR. WRONG.
Goodreads Jill rated
it 5/5 Was amazing
This is a fun, fast, frolicking good time read! Ms.
Rawson combines the modern romance with witty repartee while still having a
great message. I fully enjoyed reading this on my last flight cross country.
Before I knew it we were to our destination and I was wishing for more
Nook Review - 5/5
Another outstanding story from the hottest chic lit
author – Joanne Rawson
Anonymous
You will not want to put Joanne Rawson’s latest book
down. Once again, she captivates the reader with laugh out humor, real life
situations, and relationship torment.
Another little gem.
Genre:
Chic-Lit Short
Heat Level: 3 Flames Boiling
Sensual, yet more explicit love scenes, and the
language may be
more graphic and direct.
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