Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories

Book Info
Paperback, 320 pages
Expected publication: January 6th 2015 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
ISBN 1492609943 (ISBN13: 978-1492609940)
other editions none found
Source:Netgalley EARC

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Two Romantic Adventures...One Mad Night
Two delightful contemporary romance novellas in one book from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia London.

One winter's night a blizzard sweeps across the country, demonstrating that fate can change the course of lives in an instant...and fate has got a sense of humor.

One Mad Night
Chelsea Crawford and Ian Rafferty are high profile ad execs in cutthroat competition for a client. When a major winter storm puts New York City on lockdown, the two rivals have to make it through the night together-oh, the many ways in which opposites attract...

The Bridesmaid - Bonus Novella
RITA Award Nominee for Best Romance Novella of 2013
Kate Preston has just moved to New York. Joe Firretti is contemplating a move to Seattle. When the weather wreaks havoc with transportation systems, Kate and Joe meet as they are both trying to rent the last car available... As Kate races to make her best friend's wedding, and Joe races to a life-altering job interview, it looks like together is the only way they'll make it at all.

Praise for Julia London:
"London knows how to keep pages turning...winningly fresh and funny." -Publishers Weekly, on RITA Award nominee The Bridesmaid

My Thoughts

This is supposed to be two short novellas, however the digital ARC copy recieved from Netgalley only contains the story with Chelsea Crawford and Ian Rafferty so it is the only one that I am scoring for a review.

When one works in a male dominated field such as Chelsea does you would think that after a few years the fact that promotions had gone to others would have clued her in to some hard truths about the executives that she was employed by. The last straw came however when the latest campaign that Chelsea worked on and was promised would land her a major client proved to be a lot of work for nothing when the partners brought in their newest “hire” to compete with his own input, finally opening her eyes to the fact that all was not what it should be in the workplace that she had given so many hours of her life in the hopes of receiving the advancement she was promised over and over.

The world of high stakes advertising is the setting for this short contemporary romance. It starts out with Chelsea and Ian as rivals but ends up with a delightful twist that warms ones heart.

Fast and easy to read this enjoyable look at a world that can only be described as filled with pitfalls and unexpected surprises, one feels vindicated for both main characters by the end.

[EArc from Netgalley in exchange for honest review]