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Hard Cash Trilogy #3
Speeding
Rich is determined Bonny’s going to be his girlfriend. No messing about this time, he wants a proper relationship. Trouble is, things keep getting in the way. Like the past, and interfering friends, and the thing that’s bothering Bonny, the thing she won’t talk about. Not forgetting Tigger, of course…
And then it all turns into a road movie.
Bonny’s best friend has been dragged up to Scotland by her scary boyfriend to join a weird cult. Rich and Bonny dash up the M1 to the rescue, cranking their relationship up another gear as they go. There’s a damsel in distress, but how will Rich cope with his girlfriend being in the driving seat?
And then it all turns into a road movie.
Bonny’s best friend has been dragged up to Scotland by her scary boyfriend to join a weird cult. Rich and Bonny dash up the M1 to the rescue, cranking their relationship up another gear as they go. There’s a damsel in distress, but how will Rich cope with his girlfriend being in the driving seat?
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About the author
Kate Cann
45 books239 followersWhen I was a child, I wanted to be a witch. My first foray into writing was a series of nasty spells full of rats’ tails and bats’ wings. Then, when I turned thirteen, I began keeping a lurid diary, full of adoration or loathing, depending on who I was writing about. I used my later diaries for the Diving In trilogy.
I never thought ‘I want to be a writer’, but I loved books and writing. At school, I was rubbish at just about everything but English, so I went on to Kent University where I did two degrees in English and American Literature. At Kent, I fell dramatically in love with the man I'm still married to. We had loads of fights and adventures, but we kept coming back together. He's still the person I most want to spend time with. Awww!
My first proper job was in a publishing house, Time Life Books, as a copy-editor. I felt very glamorous. I used to go to the huge YMCA on Tottenham Court Road at lunchtime and do aerobics classes (very big in the 1980s and yes - I wore legwarmers). Then I'd fall asleep over my desk in the afternoon.
When my two kids came along, I set up as a freelance copy-editor and worked from home. By chance I got given some teenage books to edit, and I hated the way they treated sexual relationships: they were either full of gloom and doom, or were gushy, unrealistic candyfloss. So I got bitten by the ‘I can do better than this’ bug, and started writing. I remember the first day I started to write - it took me over. I forgot to eat (unthinkable for me) and I nearly forgot to collect the kids from school. About a year after that, Diving In was accepted for publication.
When I ran out of material from my diaries and memories, I realized my daughter and son were teenagers, and started eavesdropping on them. They were extremely tolerant about this although they did sometimes demand money from me.
Big changes have been afoot recently. My kids have left home - really left home, not just gap-year-travelling/university left home, and my old man is doing the sort of work that means he can work from home a lot of the time. So we've sold up and moved into the wilds of Wiltshire and so far I am absolutely loving it. The space, the silence, seeing the stars at night in the pitch black, the owls, the trees, the walks, the great food in the local pubs - everything! I'd started to bring nature into my books - it all started with Crow Girl - and now I'm working on two books about a city girl who gets plunged into the wilds. So the move is very much linked to and helping my writing. I think the sheer beauty and power of nature and how it can get right inside you is something a lot of kids are cut off from today.
I still love London though - the plan is to come up every couple of weeks, catch up with all my old mates, possibly do something seriously cultured like go to the theatre. And I want to travel a bit more, too - offsetting my increased carbon footprint with an enormous compost heap.
I love long conversations, running, reading, gardening, walking and white wine (in moderation of course) and I’m the first to admit I have the life of Reilly (who apparently had a pretty cushy life). I start the day with a run or walk with my dog, when I think about what’s going to happen next in the book I’m writing. Then I have a huge breakfast, and get down to work. I write on (or if it’s cold, in) the spare bed with a laptop, my dog at the bottom of the bed. If it’s sunny, I write in the garden, on a sun-lounger. Tough, ay? I also have this theory that you can’t be truly creative for more than about three or four hours a day, so in the mid afternoon, I knock off, and do my emails and stuff. Told you it was cushy.
I never thought ‘I want to be a writer’, but I loved books and writing. At school, I was rubbish at just about everything but English, so I went on to Kent University where I did two degrees in English and American Literature. At Kent, I fell dramatically in love with the man I'm still married to. We had loads of fights and adventures, but we kept coming back together. He's still the person I most want to spend time with. Awww!
My first proper job was in a publishing house, Time Life Books, as a copy-editor. I felt very glamorous. I used to go to the huge YMCA on Tottenham Court Road at lunchtime and do aerobics classes (very big in the 1980s and yes - I wore legwarmers). Then I'd fall asleep over my desk in the afternoon.
When my two kids came along, I set up as a freelance copy-editor and worked from home. By chance I got given some teenage books to edit, and I hated the way they treated sexual relationships: they were either full of gloom and doom, or were gushy, unrealistic candyfloss. So I got bitten by the ‘I can do better than this’ bug, and started writing. I remember the first day I started to write - it took me over. I forgot to eat (unthinkable for me) and I nearly forgot to collect the kids from school. About a year after that, Diving In was accepted for publication.
When I ran out of material from my diaries and memories, I realized my daughter and son were teenagers, and started eavesdropping on them. They were extremely tolerant about this although they did sometimes demand money from me.
Big changes have been afoot recently. My kids have left home - really left home, not just gap-year-travelling/university left home, and my old man is doing the sort of work that means he can work from home a lot of the time. So we've sold up and moved into the wilds of Wiltshire and so far I am absolutely loving it. The space, the silence, seeing the stars at night in the pitch black, the owls, the trees, the walks, the great food in the local pubs - everything! I'd started to bring nature into my books - it all started with Crow Girl - and now I'm working on two books about a city girl who gets plunged into the wilds. So the move is very much linked to and helping my writing. I think the sheer beauty and power of nature and how it can get right inside you is something a lot of kids are cut off from today.
I still love London though - the plan is to come up every couple of weeks, catch up with all my old mates, possibly do something seriously cultured like go to the theatre. And I want to travel a bit more, too - offsetting my increased carbon footprint with an enormous compost heap.
I love long conversations, running, reading, gardening, walking and white wine (in moderation of course) and I’m the first to admit I have the life of Reilly (who apparently had a pretty cushy life). I start the day with a run or walk with my dog, when I think about what’s going to happen next in the book I’m writing. Then I have a huge breakfast, and get down to work. I write on (or if it’s cold, in) the spare bed with a laptop, my dog at the bottom of the bed. If it’s sunny, I write in the garden, on a sun-lounger. Tough, ay? I also have this theory that you can’t be truly creative for more than about three or four hours a day, so in the mid afternoon, I knock off, and do my emails and stuff. Told you it was cushy.
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November 11, 2012
I absolutely LOVED this trilogy! Kate Cann truely at her best. All 3 books are different but they go so well together. This part of the story was totally unexcepted and so amazing; just a great ending to a wondering story.
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April 26, 2021This trilogy was an absolute nostalgia read - I read these and Kate Cann's other books over and over - and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
June 5, 2017
Kinda beauty if you wanna read a lobely atory and intense toó . read it . is the best
August 18, 2012
Again this book follows on directly from where book 2 left off. Rich and Bonny have met up again and the sparks are flying. The first half of the book is the usual 'plot' for these books, Rcih thinking about girls and sex. The two having arguments, then making up, then Rich being his usual egotistical self. He still hasn't fully matured and I was still waiting for it to happen.
However halfway through the book a whole new stories emerges. Bonny's friend Liz gets a new boyfriend who takes her away to Scotland, but it turns out to be some sort of cult. SO they have to try to get her out. It brings a whole new angle to the story and makes the characters seem to grow up quicker.
These books are a lot ruder than my usual picks and my warning stands that htey contain sex and nudity so are not suitable for younger readers. It seems to get a bit over the top in places too. More than is necessary I think.
I'm not really sure what I thought of this book, it was refreshing to have a different storyline and to see the changes in the characters, but it wasn't totally believable.
I liked how the story ended up and it didn't take me long to read and I'm glad I finished the whole series.
I still stand by the idea of these being 'beach reads' quick easy, simple reads, OK for a lazy read but not WOW.
However halfway through the book a whole new stories emerges. Bonny's friend Liz gets a new boyfriend who takes her away to Scotland, but it turns out to be some sort of cult. SO they have to try to get her out. It brings a whole new angle to the story and makes the characters seem to grow up quicker.
These books are a lot ruder than my usual picks and my warning stands that htey contain sex and nudity so are not suitable for younger readers. It seems to get a bit over the top in places too. More than is necessary I think.
I'm not really sure what I thought of this book, it was refreshing to have a different storyline and to see the changes in the characters, but it wasn't totally believable.
I liked how the story ended up and it didn't take me long to read and I'm glad I finished the whole series.
I still stand by the idea of these being 'beach reads' quick easy, simple reads, OK for a lazy read but not WOW.
September 29, 2013
Rich is finally got his former roommate, Bonny, to be his girlfriend. But when they try to announce their newly formed relationship at a family and friends party Bonny's mother, Tigger, is very focused on making everything about her. So when they have Bonny's best friend, Liz, over to Riches flat she brings her very strange and controlling boyfriend Kell over as well. A few days later, Bonny gets a phone call from Liz saying that she left with Kell to go to join a commune. After the call Bonny gets a postcard from Liz that is very suspicious about her well being. Bonny and Rich decide to set out on an adventure to save Liz from Kell and his commune. While on this trip Rich and Bonny work out their relationship and discover that they must go undercover to find out what is keeping Liz from not just leaving on her own. They find out that Kell is scaring Liz into staying, so they must devise a plan to get her out. This book is very action packed when it comes to relationships.
March 11, 2008
3rd book in the Hard Cash trilogy. Not as good as the previous 2 but still a good read. This wasn't as relateable as the first 2 (how many people you know have had anything to do with a cult??). The relationships, however, were as well written as the other 2 books and it still had the same humour.
May 14, 2015
Fantastic
February 10, 2016
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July 23, 2023
Always felt this was the worst of the 3 but on a re read, I still like it because I like the characters!
July 13, 2009
love it!
best YA book ever- romance, mystery, funny!
xx
best YA book ever- romance, mystery, funny!
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