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Glittering Fortunes [Kindle Edition]

Victoria Fox (Author)

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’A fabulously fun and tasty slice of chick-lit pie’ Heat

‘Made in Chelsea combined with Jackie Collins and we absolutely love it!’ UKMums.TV

‘Deliciously tawdry and amazing… I loved every second’

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‘A red hot, super steamy read with heaps of sensuality’ Contemporary Romance Reviews

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Charlie Lomax hasn’t seen his brother in years. Cato’s been too busy living the A-list Hollywood dream to bother with the likes of a small Cornish town. But now he’s back. Hollywood and British aristocracy are about to clash as Cato sets out to claim the Lomax legacy he believes is his birthright.

Unsuspecting Olivia needs a job after spectacularly failing to make a life for herself in London. Forced back to Cornwall, she has no idea what she’s letting herself in for by becoming a gardener at the crumbling but beautiful Usherwood estate. She certainly didn’t bargain on becoming embroiled in the biggest scandal of the year, and not least because the brooding Charlie is a man she can’t seem to stay away from…

About the Author

Victoria Fox used to work in publishing before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in London. Visit Victoria's website at www.victoriafoxwrites.co.uk or follow her on twitter @vfoxwrites. Hollywood Sinners was her first novel. Also available are Temptation Island and her latest book, Wicked Ambition.
If you love Jackie Collins, you'll devour Victoria Fox! Juicy Hollywood scandal with an up-to-date twist.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 2227 KB
Print Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Mills & Boon M&B; (6 Sep 2013)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B00DY37OVI
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- #62 in Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Romance > Contemporary
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Hi! Come see me at victoriafox.net - and if you'd like to be updated when I have a new book out, sign up at victoriafox.net/sign-up. I'm also on Facebook.com/victoriafoxwrites, and spend too much time mucking about on Twitter @VFoxWrites. I'd love us to be in touch.

By day I live in London. By night I relax in my fantasy LA mansion, sipping Krug in a Jacuzzi and watching a bare-chested man clean out my pool. I was born in 1983, went to boarding school in my teens and studied English at university, where I wrote my first (unpublished) bonkbuster: The Hardest Part. It was truly dreadful.

After working in publishing for a few years, I decided to quit and follow my dream...and I haven't looked back since. My best moment as a writer so far was when my idol Jackie Collins said 'Victoria Fox is always a fun read!' That's good enough for me.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Glittering read 30 Aug 2013

By Alisha Bookseller

Format:Paperback

Given a copy by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

After running out of money and failing to get a life started in London, Olivia moves back to her home town in Cornwall. Her obsession with her childhood crush Addy still going strong, she's surprised when she feels an inexplicable pull to Charlie Lomax, after he hires her to be the gardener at the dilapidated Lomax mansion. Considering his rude attitude to her, she's surprised at her feelings.

Charlie Lomax has nothing left after his parents plane disappears in the Bermuda Triangle, and his older brother (who's never been close to him) disappears straight after their parents to create a life in LA. Charlie's crush on Olivia comes back full force when she comes to him for a job, but his brothers return signals the end of Charlie's life at the manor.

Cato Lomax and his girlfriend Susanna come back from LA to stay at Usherwood, the family home. But their visit isn't a quick trip home to show off like Charlie believes. Cato, continuing to be spiteful, has come to take back the manor and his rightful inheritance as older brother and Lord. But when their estranged Uncle writes the brothers a letter, there's a shocking revelation that's going to change everything. Will Cato succeed in taking Usherwood? Will Olivia get over Addy? and will Olivia and Charlie admit their feelings for each other?

I was expecting a cute little rom-com type book but I was pleasantly shocked. The book does have it's funny moments, quite a few provided by Susanna and her ghost theory, as well as Olivia. But it also has some dark parts that come to the surface as well as some mystery. The book is told from each of the main characters perspectives which gives different angles on the story and different thoughts. Read more ›

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Glittering Read! 5 Sep 2013

By Leah Graham TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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Victoria Fox burst onto the Chick Lit scene a couple of years ago with her fabulous novel Hollywood Sinners and since then she's become a massive hit with beachgoers, with her glitzy door-stop books. It was announced earlier this year that as well as writing her glitzy beach books, she'd also be writing for Mills and Boon. When I asked her what that meant, she said the books were pretty much like her beach books but were set mostly in England. I was really looking forward to reading her first ever Mills and Boon Glittering Fortunes, and I actually think it's better than her beach books.

Let me explain - I really, really like Victoria Fox novels. Hollywood Sinners was an amazing read, but I wasn't so taken with Temptation Island. I have her third novel on my Kindle to read and I am now looking forward to it having loved Glittering Fortunes. It does seem that perhaps her beach reads are perhaps a bit too over the top - with the glamour, the secrets, the characters, the villains etc, but who knows? I could actually love Wicked Ambition and it may have just been that Temptation Island wasn't for me. We'll see. What I do know is Glittering Fortunes was an amazing novel. It did indeed have the Hollywood glamour we come to expect from a Victoria Fox novel, but it was a bit more pared down than, say, Hollywood Sinners.

I really loved the tale of Glittering Fortunes, I loved seeing the rivalry between the Lomax brothers, Charlie and Cato. I loved reading about their ancestral home, Usherwood. I loved Olivia most of all, I always feel these types of novels need a level-headed heroine to root for, and Olivia was that, along with Charlie actually because it was his brother that was the arrogant, awful man. I actually despised Cato. I wanted to maim him, in fact. Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sparkling and Spirited 8 Oct 2013

By Kate

Format:Kindle Edition

Fabulous fun. I loved this book. It is alight with life and beautifully written. As with all Victoria Fox's brilliant books, the characters are vivid and complex, and though the romance is strong and drives the plot forward, there is always a thoughtful and more disturbing undercurrent that makes Ms Fox's stories stand out from others in this genre. Olivia is a wonderful and endearing heroine, and the rivalry between the Lomax brothers leaps off the page, so that I was utterly gripped by their macho gorgeousness. The story moves at a cracking pace - it swept me along and kept me reading far into the night. A fabulous and colourful must-read. Don't miss this one!

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5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous romance, one for readers and thinkers 11 Sep 2013

By Jeannie Zelos TOP 1000 REVIEWER

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Glittering Fortunes Victoria Fox

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I was in the mood for a simple romance, no spooks, no vamps, no hot steamy sex, just a romance that concentrated on the characters. So I decided this would fit - it took me a while to get into as there as several characters to mentally fix into my mind, where they go and how they fit in but they were all needed to make the story work. As it happened it wasn't the simple romance I expected, but one where I needed to focus and concentrate, and I got engrossed in the story and lost in the world of Underwood and its inhabitants. Olivia, her dad died when she was a young child, and she's been brought up by mum, a strong feminist and they've always lived in a caravan in the village. Olivia won a scholarship to the local "posh" school, where she was always a bit of an outcast for not being wealthy. She'd tag along with the boys, having a crush on Adrian Gold (Addy) which still continues. Then there's Cato and Charlie Lomaz, one a recluse almost in the ancestral estate, the other a Hollywood "A" lister...
Olivia snags a job helping with the gardening on the estate, working with Charlie but he's very short on words and long on rudeness....still its a job. Cato and his actress girlfriend stop at the estate for a while. He's a real piece of work, consummate flirt, typical "don't you know who I am?" actor, and though he has the money he keeps Usherwood short, Charlie struggles to keep the crumbling estate going, though he's slowly losing the battle. With a wave of his pen in the chequebook, Cato could sort it, but as the older son and heir to the title Lord he likes to keep Charlie in his place. There's no love lost between the brothers though we don't know what happened, it seems to pre-date their parents mysterious disappearance when they were children.
Anyway, working at the estate, still trying to get Addy to see her as a woman not jut good old Oli, Olivia slowly becomes enmeshed into the problems of Usherwood and its inhabitants. The plot is superb, slowly drawn out and revealing snippets bit by bit to whet our appetites. Just when I thought I'd worked out what was gong to happen next Victoria threw in a curve ball to put me right off track.
The characters are a wonderful mix, Olivia, strong in determination from her upbringing and confidence her mum instilled in her, but blinkered when it comes to Addy. Addy, drifting from career option to option, but too lazy to make a real effort, he's always looking for a short cut to fame and fortune. He's so vainglorious he thinks that's his right, and opportunity will fall into his lap at the right moment so long as he ensures he's placed correctly, thus he cultivates people for what possibilities they provide. Despite good friend Beth trying to tell her again and again Olivia simply can't see that Addy is a user, only currently wants her as he thinks she's a way in to Underwood and Cato, and the acting career that's his current obsession. Cato, surface charm but inner sneer, we see the man he is behind the scenes, and his actress girlfriend Susanna, wow - she plays the part of snobby bitch so well!! To me good romances need that contrast of bad, selfish, egotistical people in them, and Victoria has done that superbly with Cato and Susanna. Charlie, took some time before we could work him out as he's so reclusive, even on the pages of a kindle!! but slowly we and Olivia come to know and respect him for the man he is, not just the stories told about him. It made for a riveting read where there were mysteries, betrayals, seductions and an ultimate huge shock that affected everyone. It's a story I loved.
Its not a simple boy meets girl, and they lived happy ever after romance, but one that takes the reader on a journey of twists and turns, guesses and false trails and ultimately into a direction unexpected. Its in a way clear what will happen, and yet the way its done and the leads given make it very difficult to be sure you've guessed right. There is a HEA :) I need those, feel cheated when they don't happen....A book I loved.
Stars: cracking book, not a light read but one to concentrate on and one to read over and see what clues you missed first time round. Read more ›

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