Many of you may only know the name Sophie Kinsella because of the recent movie version of Confessions of a Shopaholic, based on a series of Shopaholic books that include NYC, marriage, sister and baby. Kinsella has also penned a number of novels under the name Madeleine Wickham as well. Having read Cocktails for Three, I gravitated towards The Gatecrasher and it did not dissapoint. The protagonist, Fleur Daxeny, is a man-eater. She picks up rich widows at their funerals and gives them the promise of a new life . . . until she takes them for whatever they're worth and skedaddles. Wickham has succeeded where many authors fail - you want to think the worst of Fleur, but she charms the reader just as much as her wealthy men. She's daring, she's funny, she's glamorous . . . she knows exactly how to LIVE life. Richard Favour seems like just another face on Fleur's totem pole until she goes to stay with him and his family for the summer and some very unexpected happenings occur. Fleur has a big decision to make - is it finally time to settle down and quit her gold-digging ways? Of course, it helps that Richard turns out to be worth much more than Fleur bargained for!
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