February 2010 Debut of the Month.
To ‘take silk’, the term used for a barrister who wants to become a QC, and silk, the sumptuous material much loved by the fashion industry. This word links a high-powered mother and an ambitious daughter in a delicious tale of skulduggery, gangsters, sex and glamour. It is an absolute joy.
Comparison: Penny Vincenzi, Tasmina Perry, Jackie Collins.
| Primary Genre | Romance / Relationship Stories |
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Money. Sex. Power. Some things are always in fashion…
Christine Fairbrother is a high-powered barrister, the scourge of the divorce courts. Christine has ambitions to become a QC – to “take silk” – after her next big case.
Her talented daughter, Isabelle Cissé, is a design graduate launching herself on the London fashion scene, full of dreams and ambitions – and with a fatal weakness for unsuitable men…
Victoria Crabtree loves fashion almost as much as she loves money. But her position as the mistress of Massimo Rivelli, multi-millionare owner of the House of Rivelli, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of couture fashion, is precarious. Massimo is very married, very Italian and very Catholic. He shows no sign of wanting to divorce his wife and Victoria’s always in danger of being replaced with a younger model. But he’s about to discover just what lengths Victoria will go to in order to survive…
Three women set on a collision course. Their lives and conflicting ambitions become tangled as Christine handles the divorce case that could give Victoria the man she’s wanted for her own for so long – but which could wreck her daughter’s blossoming career at the same time.
Silk features in the following genres: Family Drama, eBooks of the Month, Debut Books of the Month, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction, Recommendations
Silk is available in Ebook, Paperback, Trade Paperback
Silk was written by Rupert James and published by Ebury Press
Silk has 592 pages
£16.19
