Running Away From Richard

Just graduated from drama school, Lizzie Jordan is looking forward to a glittering career at the RSC. She's also looking forward to becoming Mrs Richard Adams (Lizzie just knows that her live-in artist boyfriend is about to propose any day now). So how come, just one month later, Lizzie finds herself sharing a cockroach-infested house in Venice Beach, California, working as a waitress in a notorious transvestite bar, and pretending to be the fiancee of one of the hottest directors in Hollywood; a man who just happens to be gay Why does life never seem to work out the way Lizzie Jordan planned

“Very funny, hugely feel-good, and the perfect antidote to anyone who worries that the only career ladder they've achieved is a run in their tights”

A laugh-every-page, romping read. Excellent! - B

A great novel - Company

A great novel for anyone who's ever been dumped - Company

A fun romp - perfect holiday reading - Woman's Way - Dublin

- Fiona Walker on LIZZIE JORDAN'S SECRET LIFE

In the best tradition of Kathy Lette, this is girl power at its most painfully funny - Helen Lederer on DEEP HEAT

Chrissie Manby is the bestselling author of sixteen romantic comedy novels including Kate's Wedding and What I Did on my Holidays, and a guide for aspiring chick lit writers, Writing for Love. She is also editor / contributor to the Girls' Night In anthologies, which have so far raised more than 1,000,000 for humanitarian organisations War Child and No Strings, and topped book charts all over the world. She was nominated for the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance in 2011 for Getting Over Mr Right. Raised in Gloucester, Chrissie now lives in London. You can follow her on Twitter @chrissiemanby, or visit her website to find out more.

Just graduated from drama school, Lizzie Jordan is looking forward to a glittering career at the RSC. She's also looking forward to becoming Mrs Richard Adams (Lizzie just knows that her live-in artist boyfriend is about to propose any day now). So how come, just one month later, Lizzie finds herself sharing a cockroach-infested house in Venice Beach, California, working as a waitress in a notorious transvestite bar, and pretending to be the fiancee of one of the hottest directors in Hollywood; a man who just happens to be gay Why does life never seem to work out the way Lizzie Jordan planned

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