Three Bites of the Cherry

by Emma Blair

Georgie Mair's first husband dies tragically from leukaemia. Three years later love comes once more into her life in the form of Charlie Gunn, who saves her life after an explosion at her work. But as their relationship blossoms into marriage, Georgie gets the feeling that her second chance at true love is too good to be true.

416 pages, Paperback

First published September 21, 2006

About the author

Iain Blair was born on 12 August 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, married with the also writer Jane Blanchard. Initially he wrote plays for theatre and television, but later began to write novels. He started out writing suspense novels as Iain Blair, but after being unsuccessful with this genre, switched to writing popular historical romance fiction sagas. But according to his Web site, Iain Blair's publishers decided he'd sell far more books simply by being published as a woman because is a women's fiction genre. "I was given absolutely no choice in the matter. They'd decided on a sex change and even the name. So that was that. Emma I became and Emma I've stayed." His true identity remained a secret until 1998 when his novel Flower of Scotland was nominated for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards, which required him to admit to being the author. He passed away on 3 July 2011 in Torquay, Devon, England.

Reviews

[Cheryll · Rating 3 out of 5]

I quite enjoyed the book. It was an easy read but I feel it could have had more depth to it. Some good characters which could have been extended somewhat to give the book more oomph! It seemed that just as things were heating up - the book finished!

[Susan Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must admit I liked the book! 4 days to read it (large print book).

[Bronwyn Rykiert · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is borderline 3 star. It was just okay, some of the story did not ring true to me and seemed a bit exagerated and did not really suit the chacaters. This is more than a story about Georgie Mair and her three loves, John her first husband who died young, Charlie her second husband who resued her from death and turned out to be nothing like Georgie thought he would be and Bill her third bite of the Cherry. It is also about her parents Chrissy & Tam, her brother Tom and his wife Bridget, her ugly sister Lena and her squeeze Hamish and to a lesser degree her older sister Mary.

[Sarah Micklewright · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good story that shows although bad things can happen as long as you have faith they will turn out all right in the end

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite enjoyable. Favourite character was Lena. If there isn't a sequel to this story, there sh/be!.

[kari · Rating 3 out of 5]

good scottish drama for when you wanna escape your metropolitan city