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Destiny
Destiny [Paperback] Louise Bagshawe
422 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Louise Bagshawe
64 books489 followersLouise Daphne Bagshawe was born on 28 June 1971 in England, UK. She attended local all-girls Catholic schools near her family home in Surrey, before going to Oxford University in 1989. After graduating with a degree in Anglo Saxon and Norse, she worked as press officer with EMI records and then as a marketing official with Sony Music. On her 22nd birthday, her passion for writing was realised with a major publishing deal as Louise Bagshawe. She is the author of more than fifteen novels, published in more than eight languages. She is sister of the also writer Tilly Bagshawe.
Louise married Anthony LoCicero, and they had three children, but since June 2011, she is married with her second husband Peter Mensch. She lives in Northamptonshire with her family, and has been the Parliamentary Candidate for Corby and East Northants since November 2006, and became the Member of Parliament for Corby after winning the seat at the 2010 general election.
Louise married Anthony LoCicero, and they had three children, but since June 2011, she is married with her second husband Peter Mensch. She lives in Northamptonshire with her family, and has been the Parliamentary Candidate for Corby and East Northants since November 2006, and became the Member of Parliament for Corby after winning the seat at the 2010 general election.
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November 12, 2023
Another excellent book by Louise Bagshaw.
She really does take you away from reality.
Five stars.
She really does take you away from reality.
Five stars.
December 10, 2011
The first book by Louise Bagshawe I read was A Kept Woman/For All the Wrong Reasons in 2000. It was about a gold digging woman who marries a wealthy man but then can not turn a blind eye to his cheating on her in return for his money. She just happens to work in publishing too and ends up divorcing her husband, who becomes vindictive when she doesn't disappear from the NY social scene.
Cut to 2011 and Destiny, which is Louise Bagshawe's latest release. Kate Fox is an orphan whose mother ingrained in her that it was important to marry a rich man who could provide for her, and that beauty was a tool to get the security she wanted. So Kate focuses on finding a wealthy man (gold digger alert) and kind of coasts through college. Kate happens to be work at a magazine Cutie as a writer/editor (publishing job). She gives it up to marry a media mogul but leaves him when he threatens her only friend Emily and Emily's magazine Lucky. Marcus Broder, the medial mogul Kate married, can not wrap his head around the fact Kate his trophy wife left him, and he sets out to destroy her.
I hope you can get my drift. The thing is you'd expect me to rate the book differently. The story was good. I was hooked even though I felt I was reading a book I'd already read before. There were actually sex scenes, kind of like the ones that were in her much earlier books (about a decade ago).
Plus I love a good redemption story. Not to mention I have always loved Louise Bagshawe's books. And as much as I enjoyed this book, I do think Ms. Bagshawe can do much better and give us new and better material to read. I hope her next book will be something unique and I eagerly await to get my hands on it!
Cut to 2011 and Destiny, which is Louise Bagshawe's latest release. Kate Fox is an orphan whose mother ingrained in her that it was important to marry a rich man who could provide for her, and that beauty was a tool to get the security she wanted. So Kate focuses on finding a wealthy man (gold digger alert) and kind of coasts through college. Kate happens to be work at a magazine Cutie as a writer/editor (publishing job). She gives it up to marry a media mogul but leaves him when he threatens her only friend Emily and Emily's magazine Lucky. Marcus Broder, the medial mogul Kate married, can not wrap his head around the fact Kate his trophy wife left him, and he sets out to destroy her.
I hope you can get my drift. The thing is you'd expect me to rate the book differently. The story was good. I was hooked even though I felt I was reading a book I'd already read before. There were actually sex scenes, kind of like the ones that were in her much earlier books (about a decade ago).
Plus I love a good redemption story. Not to mention I have always loved Louise Bagshawe's books. And as much as I enjoyed this book, I do think Ms. Bagshawe can do much better and give us new and better material to read. I hope her next book will be something unique and I eagerly await to get my hands on it!
March 1, 2023
Продължавам мазохистично с творчеството на авторката. Книгите й се четат лесно и бързо, въпреки досадните реклами и бомбастичните неща ,които пише.
October 9, 2015
I had some doubts reading this book but as it went on i was so into it. Louise knows how to write good fleshed out characters. She doesn't leave the feelings of the men out. She gives us a just of how the men feel too and its so amazing. I thought this story was too shallow for my liking but as it went on the story became better and You just fell in love with David and Kate. Nice book but I think I'm done with gold diggers.
April 15, 2019
Overall, “Destiny” is a page-turner with a captivating story. It discusses about the life of a girl named Kate, who loses her mother early, and decides to pursue the path advocated by her mother, who wants to see her marry a wealthy man and never have to worry about paying bills. She spends most of her time with her best friend Emily. Then, finally after marrying a multimillionaire media mogul, Marcus Broder, she realizes that this marriage isn’t what she imagined; dressing designer clothes and doing nothing but going to the spa and shopping, does not bring happiness. Therefore, she leaves him. Afterwards, she hears the horrible news about Emily’s death. So, she runs Emily’s business and collaborates with David Abrams, ruthlessly pursued by Marcus, who tries to do anything to destroy her. As both Kate and David fall in love with each other, colleagues, Marcus and even his new girlfriend want to get revenge. Competitor Marcus Broder wants David Abrams to fail, but unfortunately for Broder, Kate causes Broder’s business to weaken, at the end of the story. Thereafter, Kate and David decide to get married and live happily ever after😜!
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April 20, 2011
Orphan Kate Fox is determined to make her mark in the world, and with her gorgeous looks, what better way to secure her future than to marry money? When she attracts the attention of media mogul Marcus Broder – sophisticated, powerful and wealthy beyond measure – it seems as though all of Kate’s dreams have come true. But marriage to Marcus isn’t everything she imagined. A closet filled with designer clothes, and nothing to do with her time but shop, lunch and be beautiful, does not bring happiness. Before long, Kate wants out of her marriage, a career of her own, and a chance at love. But Kate’s reputation as a gold-digger is sealed. Ruthlessly pursued by Marcus, who will stop at nothing to destroy her, Kate knows she has to defeat her past if she is to win the trust of the man she loves.
Louise Bagshawe is a Chick Lit staple. She brought out her novel eons ago (1995) in fact and has regularly brought out novels since (only missing 1999 and 2002). I haven’t read all of her novels, but I generally see a new Louise Bagshawe as a book to look forward to. Particularly since I absolutely loved her novel Passion that she brought out a couple of years back. But I must admit, recently I’ve begun to feel her books are a bit lacking. I thought her 2010 release Desire (I had to go to Amazon to find out the name of the title, it’s so generic) was just a re-hash of Passion and was very disappointed. I had higher hopes for her new book Destiny (can you see a theme with these titles?) and I was pleased to receive a proof copy to review, but, unfortunately, my high hopes were unfounded.
Kate Fox is a gold-digger. She doesn’t want to have a career, she doesn’t want to earn her own money, Kate wants to marry a rich man and be looked after. After months of searching for the man with just enough money for her – trust fund baby’s just won’t do it – she’s immediately enticed when Marcus Broder shows interest. After a whirlwind romance, and after Kate proves she’s worthy of being Mrs Broder, they marry, but for Kate marriage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and she splits. Marcus isn’t happy, Kate decides she wants to have a career after all, and she falls in love again, not that the man she falls in love with cares, because he thinks she’s nothing more than a gold-digger (which she is/was). With the greatest of respect, that’s not the best start to any novel. As much as I understand Kate’s desire to be married rich, I find it repulsive at the same time. I’m no raging feminist, but to go out hunting for a rich man, with the intent of marrying the richest one available whether you love him or not makes me want to weep.
Even more so than that, I wasn’t entirely sure what the main plot of the novel was. It wasn’t that Kate is/was a gold-digger, nor was it that she was trying to forge her way into a career in magazines or that she was trying to prove to a man she wasn’t a gold-digger anymore. It seemed to be a mish-mash of all three culminating in a plot that seemed a bit thin on the ground quite frankly. Kate marries Marcus, but is then surprised when her days are filled with air-head-like tasks. What did she expect? She married for that exact reason, but got sick of it pretty quickly. I just found it tiresome. She married for money and then got offended because Marcus tried to mould her into something she didn’t want to be. I found that I just didn’t care and I felt, in some ways, Kate deserved everything she got. The book just seemed to flounder, with nothing anchoring it down and not even the twist in the middle forcing Kate to make some tough decisions made it any better.
I found it very difficult to warm to any of the characters. I couldn’t take to Kate for very obvious reasons that I’ve explained above. I couldn’t care less if she realised gold-digging was wrong, or if she made it right in the end, because she did it in the first place. I feel like I’m preaching, and forgive me if I am, but it rubbed me up the wrong way and it’s not something I will ever agree with. The men in the novel were, it has to be said, deplorable. Marcus was just plain horrible, there are no words to describe just how horrible I found him. As for David Abrahms, I couldn’t take to him either. The only character I even remotely cared about was Emily, Kate’s best friend, she was wonderful, and she was the only character that interested me so I was gutted with what happened.
Destiny is set in America, in New York, in fact and for once, it stays there for the duration of the novel. Usually Bagshawe novels flit from country to country (adding a lot of excitement into the mix). Some of the terms used in the novel jar a bit because Louise is a Brit writing as an American and there’s a lot of “chicks” and “dig”ging going on which I must admit, seemed wholly out of place. There’s something very 90s about people saying they “dig” each other. I don’t even think people say that these days, except perhaps American teenagers. I also got really tired of hearing about Kate’s glorious body. At least every five pages we heard about how good her butt was or her boobs and after the first fifty times, I was like “OK, we know, she has a fantastic body. Let’s move it along now.” It truly felt as if I was being smacked over the head constantly with just how stunning Kate was, but the fact is I already knew that. Duh. Of course she’s stunning, so we don’t need to constantly shoved into our faces. So this book didn’t really work for me. At all. The plot bored me, the writing was very 90s, and the constant references to Kate’s body drove me up the wall. But most of all, I just didn’t like Kate period and that’s a bad bad thing because if you don’t like the main character, what hope do you have? The answer is, very little.
Louise Bagshawe is a Chick Lit staple. She brought out her novel eons ago (1995) in fact and has regularly brought out novels since (only missing 1999 and 2002). I haven’t read all of her novels, but I generally see a new Louise Bagshawe as a book to look forward to. Particularly since I absolutely loved her novel Passion that she brought out a couple of years back. But I must admit, recently I’ve begun to feel her books are a bit lacking. I thought her 2010 release Desire (I had to go to Amazon to find out the name of the title, it’s so generic) was just a re-hash of Passion and was very disappointed. I had higher hopes for her new book Destiny (can you see a theme with these titles?) and I was pleased to receive a proof copy to review, but, unfortunately, my high hopes were unfounded.
Kate Fox is a gold-digger. She doesn’t want to have a career, she doesn’t want to earn her own money, Kate wants to marry a rich man and be looked after. After months of searching for the man with just enough money for her – trust fund baby’s just won’t do it – she’s immediately enticed when Marcus Broder shows interest. After a whirlwind romance, and after Kate proves she’s worthy of being Mrs Broder, they marry, but for Kate marriage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and she splits. Marcus isn’t happy, Kate decides she wants to have a career after all, and she falls in love again, not that the man she falls in love with cares, because he thinks she’s nothing more than a gold-digger (which she is/was). With the greatest of respect, that’s not the best start to any novel. As much as I understand Kate’s desire to be married rich, I find it repulsive at the same time. I’m no raging feminist, but to go out hunting for a rich man, with the intent of marrying the richest one available whether you love him or not makes me want to weep.
Even more so than that, I wasn’t entirely sure what the main plot of the novel was. It wasn’t that Kate is/was a gold-digger, nor was it that she was trying to forge her way into a career in magazines or that she was trying to prove to a man she wasn’t a gold-digger anymore. It seemed to be a mish-mash of all three culminating in a plot that seemed a bit thin on the ground quite frankly. Kate marries Marcus, but is then surprised when her days are filled with air-head-like tasks. What did she expect? She married for that exact reason, but got sick of it pretty quickly. I just found it tiresome. She married for money and then got offended because Marcus tried to mould her into something she didn’t want to be. I found that I just didn’t care and I felt, in some ways, Kate deserved everything she got. The book just seemed to flounder, with nothing anchoring it down and not even the twist in the middle forcing Kate to make some tough decisions made it any better.
I found it very difficult to warm to any of the characters. I couldn’t take to Kate for very obvious reasons that I’ve explained above. I couldn’t care less if she realised gold-digging was wrong, or if she made it right in the end, because she did it in the first place. I feel like I’m preaching, and forgive me if I am, but it rubbed me up the wrong way and it’s not something I will ever agree with. The men in the novel were, it has to be said, deplorable. Marcus was just plain horrible, there are no words to describe just how horrible I found him. As for David Abrahms, I couldn’t take to him either. The only character I even remotely cared about was Emily, Kate’s best friend, she was wonderful, and she was the only character that interested me so I was gutted with what happened.
Destiny is set in America, in New York, in fact and for once, it stays there for the duration of the novel. Usually Bagshawe novels flit from country to country (adding a lot of excitement into the mix). Some of the terms used in the novel jar a bit because Louise is a Brit writing as an American and there’s a lot of “chicks” and “dig”ging going on which I must admit, seemed wholly out of place. There’s something very 90s about people saying they “dig” each other. I don’t even think people say that these days, except perhaps American teenagers. I also got really tired of hearing about Kate’s glorious body. At least every five pages we heard about how good her butt was or her boobs and after the first fifty times, I was like “OK, we know, she has a fantastic body. Let’s move it along now.” It truly felt as if I was being smacked over the head constantly with just how stunning Kate was, but the fact is I already knew that. Duh. Of course she’s stunning, so we don’t need to constantly shoved into our faces. So this book didn’t really work for me. At all. The plot bored me, the writing was very 90s, and the constant references to Kate’s body drove me up the wall. But most of all, I just didn’t like Kate period and that’s a bad bad thing because if you don’t like the main character, what hope do you have? The answer is, very little.
April 29, 2021
I've read Louise's books before and enjoyed them but unfortunately I just found this one so boring! I started skimming pages just to get to the end and was not really interested in the story at all
August 6, 2012
I think at the back of every woman's mind there is the desire to have a rich husband and just live off of him. I know I've certainly fantasised about the idea. Here we see Kate Fox with the same dream, the same goal and shows us exactly why you should be careful what you wish for.
Since Kate was 16 she has done everything she could to achieve her dream of marrying a rich man. Not long after getting what she's desired for so long, she realised how different it all really is. This book shows you the brutal world of the elite in the magazine industry, especially if you get on the wrong side of the most powerful man in New York.
Kate was a fantastic main character. I didn't think I'd like her but she wasn't your stereotypical gold-digger (she recognised she may not get the man so she did everything she could to make sure she would be able to support herself) that you see splashed across the press. She was an ambitious, driven and intelligent young woman. With all these qualities you'd wonder why she'd ever need a man, but early on you learn her reasoning for her. She knows how to make her mark and everyone who meets her is certainly intrigued by her actions at the very least.
The book was in 3rd person, however you were still able to identify with the characters in the right way. It wasn't just focused on Kate all the time - once she had left her rich husband it certainly wasn't the last time you saw of him and the 3rd person allowed you to see what he was up to. This helped build the suspense as you were aware that something was coming. As you got to the end of the book it kept switching from person to person, which quickened the pace as the novel was reaching its climax (even though it did feel a little rushed).
I found it hard to put this book down and enjoyed every page of it. I'll definitely invest in looking at more of Bagshawe's books in the future!
Since Kate was 16 she has done everything she could to achieve her dream of marrying a rich man. Not long after getting what she's desired for so long, she realised how different it all really is. This book shows you the brutal world of the elite in the magazine industry, especially if you get on the wrong side of the most powerful man in New York.
Kate was a fantastic main character. I didn't think I'd like her but she wasn't your stereotypical gold-digger (she recognised she may not get the man so she did everything she could to make sure she would be able to support herself) that you see splashed across the press. She was an ambitious, driven and intelligent young woman. With all these qualities you'd wonder why she'd ever need a man, but early on you learn her reasoning for her. She knows how to make her mark and everyone who meets her is certainly intrigued by her actions at the very least.
The book was in 3rd person, however you were still able to identify with the characters in the right way. It wasn't just focused on Kate all the time - once she had left her rich husband it certainly wasn't the last time you saw of him and the 3rd person allowed you to see what he was up to. This helped build the suspense as you were aware that something was coming. As you got to the end of the book it kept switching from person to person, which quickened the pace as the novel was reaching its climax (even though it did feel a little rushed).
I found it hard to put this book down and enjoyed every page of it. I'll definitely invest in looking at more of Bagshawe's books in the future!
December 30, 2015
After reading and enjoying Sparkles by Louise Bagshawe, I decided to pick up another of her books. I was quite disappointed with this one - it seemed rather flat and trashy in comparison with the glamour and excitement of Sparkles.
I have remarked before on Louise Bagshawe's descriptive writing whereby she ensures that the reader knows what each character is wearing, both clothing and makeup. Destiny seemed to go a little bit too far, in my opinion. I'm all for reading that somebody is wearing a Chanel suit but stating that your main character is wearing Sure Ultra Dry anti-perspirant made me feel like I was being hit with subliminal advertising.
Kate is a likeable character, even though she set out with the purpose of snaring herself a rich husband. She soon finds out that money can't buy happiness and leaves her husband. It's not long before she truly falls in love with another rich guy, although will he see past her gold-digger label?
It wasn't a bad little story, although very predictable and far too many mentions of what a fabulous ass some people have. To the point where I was thinking, oh we haven't read about her amazing ass in this chapter yet...oh there it is.
This isn't one I would recommend, so I'm glad it was loaned rather than bought. Now I'm off to buy me some Sure Ultra Dry...
I have remarked before on Louise Bagshawe's descriptive writing whereby she ensures that the reader knows what each character is wearing, both clothing and makeup. Destiny seemed to go a little bit too far, in my opinion. I'm all for reading that somebody is wearing a Chanel suit but stating that your main character is wearing Sure Ultra Dry anti-perspirant made me feel like I was being hit with subliminal advertising.
Kate is a likeable character, even though she set out with the purpose of snaring herself a rich husband. She soon finds out that money can't buy happiness and leaves her husband. It's not long before she truly falls in love with another rich guy, although will he see past her gold-digger label?
It wasn't a bad little story, although very predictable and far too many mentions of what a fabulous ass some people have. To the point where I was thinking, oh we haven't read about her amazing ass in this chapter yet...oh there it is.
This isn't one I would recommend, so I'm glad it was loaned rather than bought. Now I'm off to buy me some Sure Ultra Dry...
January 23, 2012
crap awful one of her worst books.
August 11, 2019
Dovolenka, bejby. Žiadne vraždy ani násilie, ale chic príbeh, ktorý tam rovno necháš ;)
August 11, 2025
Published in 2011, this novel is about an orphaned girl called Kate Fox whose sole ambition in life was to marry into wealth (otherwise known as being a gold digger). It is still in my local library today in 2025 so I thought I would try to find out why it has endured to this day.
The prose is not sophisticated, in fact I would go so far as to say it is trashy. The death of her mother when she was young is used to explain Kate's motivation in life but there is little decent characterisation and a lack of nuance about relationships. It is as subtle as a high-viz jacket and some of the lines made me wince in disbelief that the author had dared to write those words. That said, it is an easy read and I read it very quickly.
This book was published before the erotica revival lead by "Fifty Shades of Grey" so the steamy scenes are tame by today's standard. I think this novel is more in the vein of the bonkbuster books written by Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper.
2 stars.
The prose is not sophisticated, in fact I would go so far as to say it is trashy. The death of her mother when she was young is used to explain Kate's motivation in life but there is little decent characterisation and a lack of nuance about relationships. It is as subtle as a high-viz jacket and some of the lines made me wince in disbelief that the author had dared to write those words. That said, it is an easy read and I read it very quickly.
This book was published before the erotica revival lead by "Fifty Shades of Grey" so the steamy scenes are tame by today's standard. I think this novel is more in the vein of the bonkbuster books written by Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper.
2 stars.
January 29, 2019
I read over half of this then skipped to the end. It actually started well. I really enjoyed reading about Kate’s gold digging and the struggles with her marriage to Marcus. Then it went off the boil and turned into a standard romance novel. I couldn’t be bothered with it and I found it crude and off putting in places. (More the language and all the talk about women’s breasts etc than the sex scenes, which are expected in this genre). I just found the men pigs, including the one who’s meant to be a good guy. Arrogance isn’t attractive.
November 18, 2022
Greed jealousy money power this has it all in the magazine world as two rich men fight for the top Marcus Broder and David Abrams and the woman in the middle Kate Fox who searches for wealth and security. Firstly she marriages Marcus who doesn't make her happy when leaving him makes him a enemy then makes her mark when her friend dies and leaves Kate with a magazine to run then meets David sparks between them turn into passionate then trouble begins when jealously rages
September 12, 2017
Много ми допадна историята. И е доста поучителна- парите не могат да купят щастие, а главната героиня минава съвсем сама през много възходи и падения за да научи какво е наистина важно в живота.
September 13, 2017
Nice read for when you're at the beach :D
April 12, 2021
I’m going on a bagshawe binge.....
August 24, 2021
Trying desperately hard. Too much description and name dropping of the outfits and decor and not enough sex. Trying to be a sexy Brett Easton Ellis and failing.
August 13, 2022
My fault: wanted to try a soft book. Barbara Cartland meets fashion labels. Puerile
December 4, 2023
It's nice to be rich and live a luxurious lifestyle, but it's much nicer to be able to afford it without depending on a man to provide it for you.
January 11, 2025
An absolute piece of junk
October 3, 2025
I read this page-turner in 3 days. Loved.
June 20, 2017
Wish the end & prologue could be a little longer. It's like sudden death!
June 5, 2022
I read this book really quickly. I liked Kate from the beginning and although it was very unrealistic to me, I still enjoyed it. It's not a book I'd read again and again but an enjoyable way to pass the time.
August 11, 2016
I only recently started reading Louise Bagshawe. I know that she has written for many ears but have not read any of her earlier books. The most recent book I read was named Desire and had a suspiciously similar cover to this one. I enjoyed the last one and felt that it as chick lit with an element of ‘thriller’ thrown in for good measure. I felt that this book was irmly rooted back to the solely chick lit genre which is not necessarily a bad thing.
The first thing that struck me in the first half of the book was how much I disliked the main character Kate Fox. As a main character I almost expect to instantly like them and this was
ot the case with this book. Although I didn’t warm to her the story was easy to absorb yourself in. Kate is a typical money-grabbing woman. The only difference with her to other stereo-typical gold-diggers was that she seemed to be a very independent and intelligent woman. It kind of made me wonder why she was choosing this path for her life.
Sure enough it becomes apparent that this life is not for her but to extract herself from it means a long and dirty fight with her husband Marcus Broder. Broder was a despicable character that had wealth and power and absolutely zero respect for women. The second half of the book we see Kate struggle with her decisions and then a major event impacts her life in a way that she is unsure how to deal with.
This particular event is one that I didn’t see coming so adds to the element of surprise which is a good thing. I can’t say that this book throws up anything particularly new in this genre (which is very hard to do anyway) but Bagshawe has created characters that you find easy to get to know which is always a plus for me. The story is paced pretty well and towards the latter part of the book it picks up pace.
The ending was a little predictable but written well and I enjoyed it. The one thing that threw me a little bit was the amount of sex in the book. Don’t get me wrong you see it countless times in this genre and it is par for the course, but I just don’t remember Louise Bagshawe writing this raunchily in the last book. If you are a little prudish then maybe this isn’t for you. However, this book was pretty readable but with the amount of competition out there, I’m not sure its at the top of the selections!
The first thing that struck me in the first half of the book was how much I disliked the main character Kate Fox. As a main character I almost expect to instantly like them and this was
ot the case with this book. Although I didn’t warm to her the story was easy to absorb yourself in. Kate is a typical money-grabbing woman. The only difference with her to other stereo-typical gold-diggers was that she seemed to be a very independent and intelligent woman. It kind of made me wonder why she was choosing this path for her life.
Sure enough it becomes apparent that this life is not for her but to extract herself from it means a long and dirty fight with her husband Marcus Broder. Broder was a despicable character that had wealth and power and absolutely zero respect for women. The second half of the book we see Kate struggle with her decisions and then a major event impacts her life in a way that she is unsure how to deal with.
This particular event is one that I didn’t see coming so adds to the element of surprise which is a good thing. I can’t say that this book throws up anything particularly new in this genre (which is very hard to do anyway) but Bagshawe has created characters that you find easy to get to know which is always a plus for me. The story is paced pretty well and towards the latter part of the book it picks up pace.
The ending was a little predictable but written well and I enjoyed it. The one thing that threw me a little bit was the amount of sex in the book. Don’t get me wrong you see it countless times in this genre and it is par for the course, but I just don’t remember Louise Bagshawe writing this raunchily in the last book. If you are a little prudish then maybe this isn’t for you. However, this book was pretty readable but with the amount of competition out there, I’m not sure its at the top of the selections!
August 25, 2012
I used to be a real Louise Bagshawe fan back in the day and I still love her earlier books such as Career Girls, The Movie Set, Tall Poppies, Monday’s Child and Tuesday’s Child. She really was one of the first authors to bring blockbusters into the 21st century and was quite rightly dubbed the new Jackie Collins. I stopped following her books when they dropped off the boil around the time when she was making political moves (cough cough) because they seemed to lack the spark that made me fall in love with them. However, it looks like Louise is back in the game with her new book, Destiny. The novel is about orphan, Katie Fox who is born into riches and rags but is gifted with great looks and an abundance of ambition. Katie is determined to make it in life and one way of doing that is to marry media mogul, Marcus Baker who is big player on the scene. Sophisticated, powerful and wealthy he is just the kind of guy to make Katie’s dreams come true. Pretty soon she has the life she always dreamed of; wearing designer clothes and fabulous jewellery and attending glittery events with her uber rich and glam friends with all the time in the world to lunch and shop. However her lifestyle begins to lose its shine and Katie decides she wants more out of life such as a career of her own and a man she actually loves. Alas she soon finds that leaving her marriage is not as easy as she thinks and she finds herself with a fight on her hands to keep her independence and reputation.
May 24, 2011
Kate Fox lost her mum at 16 years old, her father abandoned her, and
therefore she was an Orphan. Kate is a god digger and gets exactly what
she wants, eventually she sets her sights on Marcus Border they start
dating and before long they are married (his fourth marriage), and she
starts to lead the life she has always wanted.
However her marriage to Marcus isn’t what she thought it would ne and
she’s not happy, she’s bored she wants a job. Her best friend Emily
advises her to divorce Marcus, but is she about to give up the lavish
lifestyle? After 18 months she tells Marcus she wants a divorce, but
does Kate end up with nothing?
I read mixed reviews about this book, I didn’t like Kate at all,
however I enjoyed the book, I usually have problems getting into books
by this Author, but it was easy to read and follow.
therefore she was an Orphan. Kate is a god digger and gets exactly what
she wants, eventually she sets her sights on Marcus Border they start
dating and before long they are married (his fourth marriage), and she
starts to lead the life she has always wanted.
However her marriage to Marcus isn’t what she thought it would ne and
she’s not happy, she’s bored she wants a job. Her best friend Emily
advises her to divorce Marcus, but is she about to give up the lavish
lifestyle? After 18 months she tells Marcus she wants a divorce, but
does Kate end up with nothing?
I read mixed reviews about this book, I didn’t like Kate at all,
however I enjoyed the book, I usually have problems getting into books
by this Author, but it was easy to read and follow.
May 25, 2012
Overall, I thought the author gave a great storyline to the reader by explaining Kate's life and how she became rich and the incidents that occured in her life. However there were two faults in this novel, to me as a reader. Firstly, I am a fan of romance in novels but I found that there were two many sex scenes in the book, the character Marcus Broder was portrayed to us as a sex addict, as long as he had someone to satisfy him with sexual pleasure when he came home from work, he was happy.
Secondly, fashion seemed to be very up market and the book would not be suited for women who are not familiar with brand names. I felt that I skimmed down through the page when the author was describing "Jimmy Choos" and "Prada".
I love the book as it shows readers that having money and fame is not all set out to be. I would read other books by this author.
Secondly, fashion seemed to be very up market and the book would not be suited for women who are not familiar with brand names. I felt that I skimmed down through the page when the author was describing "Jimmy Choos" and "Prada".
I love the book as it shows readers that having money and fame is not all set out to be. I would read other books by this author.
August 19, 2011
I really enjoyed this book.
It's beautifully written, and the storyline is great.
The only reason I didnt give it 5/5 stars was because there was a few things that kind of bugged me. I didn't really get how at the end, just because Kate gave a little 'speech' how it solved everthing, and also WHY Marcus hated her so much. She left him. So what? It wasn't as if he loved her and wanted her back. Yes, he was a control freak but he had someone new practically straight away.
Anyway, it's a great read. David is amazing *sighs* and he sounds so delicious, i just wish we got to have a bit more than a few hours after Kate's speech at the end to hear about the story. It's mean.
Get the book! You'll love it.
It's beautifully written, and the storyline is great.
The only reason I didnt give it 5/5 stars was because there was a few things that kind of bugged me. I didn't really get how at the end, just because Kate gave a little 'speech' how it solved everthing, and also WHY Marcus hated her so much. She left him. So what? It wasn't as if he loved her and wanted her back. Yes, he was a control freak but he had someone new practically straight away.
Anyway, it's a great read. David is amazing *sighs* and he sounds so delicious, i just wish we got to have a bit more than a few hours after Kate's speech at the end to hear about the story. It's mean.
Get the book! You'll love it.
September 11, 2014
Destiny is a typical Louise Bagshawe novel. It's chick lit that follows the path of her others.
It would have been shorter if she didn't have to describe in detail what every woman wore. I liked this in the first novels I read by Louise Bagshawe but the am over it now (I've read way too many by her).
Girl comes from a sad background - struggles to make it - makes knight in shining Armour - marries him - they don't live happily ever after.
What does she do? Will you'll need to read it to find out.
Three stars
It would have been shorter if she didn't have to describe in detail what every woman wore. I liked this in the first novels I read by Louise Bagshawe but the am over it now (I've read way too many by her).
Girl comes from a sad background - struggles to make it - makes knight in shining Armour - marries him - they don't live happily ever after.
What does she do? Will you'll need to read it to find out.
Three stars
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