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Chasing Shadows
Judith is one of the best PR’s in the industry, and New York had taken the English girl to their hearts, but her personal life is heading for disaster and she knows its time to go.
Ending her relationship, professional and personal, with the millionaire tycoon Howard Dorfman, Judith is determined to make a fresh start back in London by putting the once prestigious Premier Publicity back in the spotlight, establishing her own place on the A list of PR's, and above all securing a future for her family in Yorkshire who rely on her to keep their lives in place.
But not everything at Premier is as it seems. Despite a glittering list of clients now on board, pushing Premier back where it once belonged, it soon becomes apparent that her boss simply wants an attractive workhorse, and not a long-term business partner. But when Howard Dorfman gets back in touch through his infuriatingly enigmatic lawyer, who is quick to dismiss her as nothing more than a rich man’s mistress, Judith despairs of the men in her life. Except for one. A new client, the charming American Van Kingsley seems to be the only one who understands what its like for her battling her way to the top.
But is Van as innocent as he seems? And does he really have her best interests at heart?
Will she realise what she’s got herself into - before it’s too late? And who will help her if she doesn’t? Judith is about to discover just how wrong first impressions can be and find out that help, and love, can often come from the strangest of places.
'Chasing Shadows' is moving story about family, ambition, and protecting the ones you love.
Praise for Frankie McGowan:
‘Ellie is a streetfighter and how she makes her comeback gives this novel the edge over the usual summer reads’ - Sunday Express
"A heartfelt story, in Ellie, McGowan has all the elements right. Thrills, intrigue, a rattling plot, and a glorious helping of happily ever after romance.' Midweek
‘A novel written for the modern career girl… an astute, witty and very sympathetic read’ - Sarah Broadhurst
‘Straight from the desk of a successful magazine journalist, comes a glamorous and pacey tale of Ellie..... politically correct, sexually adjusted, Ellie has made it, but then she's fired and every door is closed. But when you're down the only way is up and you'll find you're with her all the way.’ Prima
Frankie McGowan is a journalist and former magazine editor. Her novels include 'My Mother's Wedding', ‘A Better Life’, 'A Kept Woman' and 'Another Way'.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
Ending her relationship, professional and personal, with the millionaire tycoon Howard Dorfman, Judith is determined to make a fresh start back in London by putting the once prestigious Premier Publicity back in the spotlight, establishing her own place on the A list of PR's, and above all securing a future for her family in Yorkshire who rely on her to keep their lives in place.
But not everything at Premier is as it seems. Despite a glittering list of clients now on board, pushing Premier back where it once belonged, it soon becomes apparent that her boss simply wants an attractive workhorse, and not a long-term business partner. But when Howard Dorfman gets back in touch through his infuriatingly enigmatic lawyer, who is quick to dismiss her as nothing more than a rich man’s mistress, Judith despairs of the men in her life. Except for one. A new client, the charming American Van Kingsley seems to be the only one who understands what its like for her battling her way to the top.
But is Van as innocent as he seems? And does he really have her best interests at heart?
Will she realise what she’s got herself into - before it’s too late? And who will help her if she doesn’t? Judith is about to discover just how wrong first impressions can be and find out that help, and love, can often come from the strangest of places.
'Chasing Shadows' is moving story about family, ambition, and protecting the ones you love.
Praise for Frankie McGowan:
‘Ellie is a streetfighter and how she makes her comeback gives this novel the edge over the usual summer reads’ - Sunday Express
"A heartfelt story, in Ellie, McGowan has all the elements right. Thrills, intrigue, a rattling plot, and a glorious helping of happily ever after romance.' Midweek
‘A novel written for the modern career girl… an astute, witty and very sympathetic read’ - Sarah Broadhurst
‘Straight from the desk of a successful magazine journalist, comes a glamorous and pacey tale of Ellie..... politically correct, sexually adjusted, Ellie has made it, but then she's fired and every door is closed. But when you're down the only way is up and you'll find you're with her all the way.’ Prima
Frankie McGowan is a journalist and former magazine editor. Her novels include 'My Mother's Wedding', ‘A Better Life’, 'A Kept Woman' and 'Another Way'.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
406 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
Frankie McGowan
19 books4 followersMy career began on teenage magazines before joining Fleet Street writing features for among others, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Mail, Sunday Mirror (where I was an assistant editor and columnist).
Later as a magazine editor and while bringing up Tom and Amy, my now grown up children I launched and edited New Woman and Top Sante before switching to writing the first of my novels. My short stories have been published in a variety of magazines, including You, (Mail on Sunday) Women’s Own, Home and Life, Image (Ireland), Redbook (US) The Lady and Woman’s Weekly.
More recently I was asked to adapt two of my novels, A Kept Woman and A Better Life into screenplays. All my novels have reached the top twenty on Amazon which is the best feeling ever for any writer, but this year two of them, A Kept Woman and The Italian Lesson, both went to Number One in Australia for which I was thrilled and grateful to all those lovely people who bought them.
I am currently working on a new novel – well, I say working on it, what I mean is I’ve got a title for it, A Short Break – and the name of the heroine so all I need now is to try not to lose the plot.
Later as a magazine editor and while bringing up Tom and Amy, my now grown up children I launched and edited New Woman and Top Sante before switching to writing the first of my novels. My short stories have been published in a variety of magazines, including You, (Mail on Sunday) Women’s Own, Home and Life, Image (Ireland), Redbook (US) The Lady and Woman’s Weekly.
More recently I was asked to adapt two of my novels, A Kept Woman and A Better Life into screenplays. All my novels have reached the top twenty on Amazon which is the best feeling ever for any writer, but this year two of them, A Kept Woman and The Italian Lesson, both went to Number One in Australia for which I was thrilled and grateful to all those lovely people who bought them.
I am currently working on a new novel – well, I say working on it, what I mean is I’ve got a title for it, A Short Break – and the name of the heroine so all I need now is to try not to lose the plot.
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January 26, 2016
Well, I'll keep going, but my goodness, this book is terrible so far. I thought that surely it must be over soon, to discover I was only 30% through! Now about 70% through - so close to not wasting any more time on this, but have a morbid fascination to see it through to the end. At the moment it will be getting one star from me, but you never know, by the end it might creep up to two stars... I've read a few from this author before and have LOVED them - this book is very, very different. I so think it could have been half as long.
February 12, 2014
Enjoyable read with an endearing male character
June 11, 2014
A wonderful book. It started slow but the moment the action took over, I just couldn't put the book down.
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