The
Double
By
Alison Brodie
Publication Date: January 19, 2016
Genre: Chick Lit
Beth is mistaken
for rock star Sonita La Cruz, and ends up on a billionaire-dollar yacht. As a
shift-worker in Glasgow, Beth has only known hardship. Now she's in a world of
uniformed stewards, delicious French food and rows of gorgeous designer
clothes. Beth keeps quiet about the mix-up, determined to wear every outfit in
her wardrobe before she's sent home. What's wrong with a little play-acting?
Beth takes to the role of rock diva like a duck takes to water.
Aleksandr, the
captain, arrives and is astonished to see a beautiful raven-haired girl lying
on deck issuing orders through a loud-hailer. After talking to Beth, Aleksandr
realises what has happened. His smuggling buddies, knowing Aleksandr needs to
speak to Sonita about a kid’s crisis, grabbed Beth by mistake. Aleksandr is
desperate. To save those children, he needs money, but Sonita has disappeared.
Beth rises to the
challenge. She looks like Sonita, so why not BE Sonita? Beth does a magazine
interview for one million dollars, and ransoms herself for another million.
Beth saves the kids … but can she save herself? Too late, Beth discovers why
Sonita disappeared.
Alison Brodie is a
Scot, with French Huguenot ancestors on her mother’s side
of the family. Alison was a photographic model, modelling for a wide
range of products, including Ducatti motorbikes and 7Up. She was also the
vampire in the Schweppes commercial.
A disastrous
modelling assignment in the Scottish Highlands gave Alison an idea for a story,
which was to become Face to Face. She wrote Face to Face as a hobby and
then decided to send it off to see what would happen. It was snapped up
by Dinah Wiener, the first agent Alison sent it to. Three weeks later,
Alison signed a two-book deal with Hodder & Stoughton.
Subsequently, Face to Face was published in Germany and Holland. It was
widely reviewed, ie: “Vain, but wildly funny leading lady.” -Scottish
Daily Mail. It was also chosen as Good Housekeeping’s “Pick of the
Paperbacks.”
Unfortunately,
Alison then suffered from Second-Book Syndrome. The publisher’s deadline
loomed and she was terrified because she didn’t have an idea for a story!
She found the whole experience a nightmare; and this is why she cautions
first-time authors to write more than one book before approaching an
agent. She managed to finish the book – Sweet Talk – but it bombed.
While writing Sweet
Talk, she moved to Kansas and lived there for two years. She loved the
people, their friendliness, their free-and-easy way of life, the history and
the BBQs! Sadly, her visa ran out and she had to come back to the UK –
although her dream is to one day live permanently in America. Now, Alison
lives in Biarritz, France.
Alison has taken
the exhilarating steps to becoming an indie author. Her second ebook, THE
DOUBLE, is out on Amazon Kindle with some great reviews. “Excellent.” –San
Francisco Book Review.
Alison writes
contemporary romance. She aims for a strong plot line, set against the
background of a world-changing event, coupled with touches of humour, sexual
tension and character transformation.
She loves to hear
from her readers.
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