WHAT HAPPENS AFTER HAPPILY EVER AFTER?
Young Wives’ Tales is the stylish, insightful sequel to Playing Away. Lucy, Rose and Connie are back in a novel which is every bit as addictive as Adele’s debut bestseller and follows the friends’ fortunes in their new roles as wives, mothers and lovers with plenty of surprises along the way…
The past is for learning from and letting go. You can’t revisit it. It vanishes.
Rose thought she had it all, but her perfect life crumbled when her so-called friend seduced her husband and destroyed her marriage. Now Rose is left without any passion, romance or plans for the future…
Lucy believed she finally had her fairy-tale ending, but being the wife isn’t half as glamorous as being the mistress. When excitement and thrills give way to more chat about cleaning and the kids, it’s not very…her.
They desperately envy Connie: happily married, effortlessly juggling two children and a fulfilling career. Connie has found genuine contentment. Until, that is, a dangerous old flame flickers back into view…
Will she be tempted to play with fire again?
I’ve always dreamed of being a writer and when my first novel – Playing Away – was published the Evening Standard identified me as one of London’s ‘Twenty Faces to Watch’, which was very nice of them!
I like to keep busy and I’ve published 19 novels, and I’m thrilled to say that they’ve all hit the bestseller lists. I’ve sold over 3.5 million books in the UK alone and I’ve been translated into 26 different languages. I have written 17 contemporary novels and 2 historical ones, Spare Brides and If You Go Away, which are set during and after WW1. My latest novels, Lies Lies Lies, I Invited Her In, The Image of You and The Stranger in My Home are twisty, domestic noirs. I like to scrutinize our concepts of family, our theories on love, parenting and fidelity.
I passionately believe that reading is a basic right. I’m a proud Ambassador of The National Literacy Trust and a The Reading Agency, charities that are devoted to encouraging emerging adult readers and children who are becoming passionate about books.
During my career I’ve lived in Italy, Botswana and London. Now I live happily in Surrey with my husband, teenage son and cat.
If you want to stay in touch you can find me on Twitter @AdeleParks, Instagram @Adele_Parks or Facebook @OfficialAdeleParks. You can sign up to my newsletter at eepurl.com/cI0l and there’s lots more info about me and my books on www.adeleparks.com.
Here we re-join the lives of Connie and her friends, Rose, Lucy and Daisy following on from their stories in Playing Away, set before Lie, Lies, Lies.
Rose is quite happy with her role as a full time and very devoted mother to her twin boys when her best friend Connie and sister Daisy admit that they need to push her to want more. Uncomfortable at first ~Rose finds herself taking new and eventually exciting adventures.
Lucy is married to Peter, Rose’s ex-husband and living the dream life or so it seems but it’s not enough for Lucy. Constantly panicked that her husband will find a new model and exhausted by her demanding daughter, life is not what Lucy expected and she throws herself into her career that she loves until one-night changes everything.
Connie’s eye is turned again by a blast from the past but what will she do?
I really enjoyed reading more about the lives of these four friends, Daisy is quite overlooked again after her romance in the last book but I’m sure her time will come. A light-hearted read that explores these different lives and above all for me the compassion and discovery of Rose through her new adventures and working on her thoughts and feelings after her split from her ex-husband years before. Great to see a character grow and provides some food for thought on your own life and perspectives.
| Title | Young Wives’ Tales |
| Author | Adele Parks |
| Series | Playing Away Book 2 |
| Format | Kindle |
| Page Count | 608 Pages |
| Genre | Contemporary Romance |
| Publisher | Review |
| Release Date | 29th March 2012 |
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