Not What it Seems

by Pamela Fudge

Evie was divorced with three young children and Owen was widowed with two of his own when they were introduced by friends. There was no attraction between them, but they came to realise that as working single parents they could help each other with the very real day-to-day problems of childcare.

As a practical arrangement, setting up house together worked beautifully, and now that the last child has flown the nest it is time to ditch their unconventional setup and lead their own lives, just as they had always planned. But cutting such strong ties is never going to be easy, and it’s going to be a long and difficult road if they are to separate their lives and home for good.

This sensitive and absorbing tale will appeal to readers of Jojo Moyes and Marian Keyes.

Pamela Fudge, born in Poole, Dorset is an author, ghost writer and speaker, whose love of poetry initially led her to further explore her talent for creative writing. Having now developed a substantial portfolio of widely-published romance novels, Pam shares her talents with other aspiring writers, tutoring Writing For Pleasure And Profit classes for the local Adult Education Service. She is also a member of Wessex Writers, The Romantic Novelists’ Association, The Society of Women Writers and Journalists and The Society of Authors.

171 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[Sarah Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the story, but this seriously needs an editor to go through it. They won’t even need a fine-toothed comb, it’s so full of spelling/punctuation errors, incorrect words, and even incorrect character names. There’s no excuse for it.

[Judy Nickless · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick little read.
Whoever edited it only did 3/4 of the book though.
At least 30 mistakes in the last quarter of the book .

[Davina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what it seemed

I loved the storyline but the spelling mistakes almost made me give up reading. It was a lovely story though.

[Fiona · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't usually write reviews but thought I had to for this book. I would have rated this book higher as it was an enjoyable read except for one major thing - the incredibly poor job of proofreading - typos, characters mixed up, paragraphs that made little to no sense and learn that "stationAry" is a pArked cAr and "stationEry" is pEns and pEncils. It was so bad I almost gave up partway through. Seriously if you're going to go to all that effort of writing a book for publication, get it properly proofread.

[John Gilbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. Set in England with the parents of a merged family with the five children now grown and moved out. The parents sell their home and go their separate ways, because they have never been a 'couple' but shared the parenting in the same house. Lots of interesting things happen. I would have given it a 4 but the editing was abysmal and got progressively worse as the book went on. Shame on the editors

[mrs lorraine bunyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Page Turner

Lovely book very well written,makes you keen to see what happens next.Definitely well worth reading,look forward to reading more of her books.

[Edwina Dunworth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could have been ok, but the amount of spelling and punctuation errors was embarrassing! Painful to read!

[Emma Dargue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good romance/family love story about the many ways love manifests itself and how no matter what or who your family is made up if love is there it will blossom.

[Sharon Tonkin]

Story line was average. An easy read. BUT the proof reading was appalling. Very irritating.

[mrs wendy k cherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story but there were quite a lot of spelling mistakes and errors in it - need a new proof reader.

[Ms Charlotte Miles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little story but

I enjoyed the story and would have liked it to be longer however there are quite a few typos in it.