But we had the Zincon Petrochemical Group restructuring and the Zeus Minerals merger. In the card that came with the voucher she wrote Make Some Time For Yourself, Samantha!!! She’s my oldest school friend and is always on at me for working too hard. Freya gave me the gift voucher for an “Ultimate De-stress Experience” just over a year ago. To be more accurate, it’s last year’s birthday treat. But it’s my birthday treat and I promised my best friend, Freya. “At the Green Tree Center we like to have as much information as possible to assess your beauty and health needs,” she replies in soothing yet implacable tones. “Are all these questions absolutely necessary?” “I did mention that I’m in a bit of a hurry,” I say politely.
“Everything all right with the questionnaire?” she murmurs.
Her long dark hair is in a plait with one white streak woven through it, and she has a tiny silver stud in her nose. Maya is my spa beauty therapist for the day and is in her forties, I’d say. Across the room, Maya looks up from where she’s rearranging all her little pots of wax and nail varnish. I am intending to begin a regular regime of swimming. On average, how many hours do you spend in the office every day? My handwriting is pressing so hard into the page, I’ve torn the paper. But I’m a lawyer in the City, for God’s sake. I have a high-powered job, my career is important to me, and I enjoy it. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. "A lovely romantic comedy." - Washington Post Kinsella is a comic whiz who consistently delivers what her readers crave." - Miami Herald The Undomestic Goddess is a genuinely funny, sweet book. Her plots are fast-paced and entertaining, with the perfect amount of realistic neurosis to accompany her quirky heroines." - New York Post "Sophie Kinsella is at the top of the chick lit game. Samantha is eminently likable, and overworked readers will empathize with her glee at her first full weekend off in years." - Christian Science Monitor How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake.īut will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does.will she want it back? She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the ironing board to open. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven.
Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable.
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