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 Adored - Tilly Bagshawe
 Adored - Tilly Bagshawe ... Born into a great Hollywood dynasty - granddaughter of forties movie legend Duke McMahon, daughter of billionaire producer Pete McMahon - she is blessed with beauty, brains and wealth, a proverbial princess. But behind the wrought iron gates of the McMahon's sprawling Hollywood mansion, life is far from happy. The McMahons are bound together not by love, but by ambition, greed and intrigue. When a gold-digging English aristocrat worms her way into their lives and their home, the fault lines in the feuding family are blown right open. In an effort to protect Siena from the fall-out, her parents pack her off to an English boarding school. But Siena has a burning ambition - she is determined to become a Hollywood star, just as her grandfather said she would be. One way or another, Siena McMahon is going to return to LA and take the City of Dreams by storm. And woe betide anyone who gets in her way...Newest Review: ... boarding school in England. There, she turns to modelling, much to her father's display and avidly pursues her dream of ... more ... following in her family's Hollywood footsteps. Will Siena fulfill her ambitions?
The story is written in the third person, and is a little more complicated in terms of sentence structures than you will find in many of the chick-lit novels. This doesn't mean that it is any more difficult to read, but it is a far less fluffy writing style. The story flicks around between the various characters and often skips through years. This is made implicitly clear though, and it is immediately obvious that the story has moved forwards....more |
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Adored - Tilly Bagshawe: Are You Adored? (576 words)
by - written on 21/02/09 (Very useful, 72 readings)
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"Adored" tells the story of the rich and powerful McMahon family, who are something of a Hollywood dynasty. Headed by the legendary Hollywood producer, Duke McMahon, they are a fairly fascinating family. Duke's wife Minnie and children Pete and Laurie are understandably horrified when womanising Duke moves his mistress Caroline into the family's estate, and even more so when she later falls pregnant with Hunter. Some years later, Pete's wife Claire gives birth to Siena, Duke's beloved grand-daughter. She is headstrong and stubborn and displays diva-esque qualities from an early age, which is ironic considering her desire to become a Hollywood ... Read the complete review
What a tangled web (327 words)
by - written on 18/10/08 (Very useful, 21 readings)
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What the back of the book says To the outside world, Siena McMahon has a fairytale life. Born into a great Hollywood dynasty - granddaughter of forties movie legend Duke McMahon, daughter of billionaire producer Pete McMahon - she is blessed with beauty, brains and wealth, a proverbial princess. But behind the wrought iron gates of the sprawling McMahon mansion in the Hollywood Hills, life is far from happy. The McMahons are bound together not by love, but by ambition, greed and intrigue. When a gold-digging English aristocrat, Caroline Berkeley, worms her way into their lives and their home, the fault lines in the feuding family are blown right ... Read the complete review
Adored - Tilly Bagshawe: Will you adore this? I did. (991 words)
by - written on 25/04/08 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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I am a big fan of Louise Bagshawe's books as my previous reviews will confirm. Unfortunately I have now read all of her books and as I read a lot Im always on the lookout for books I will like. After overhearing a conversation at work about authors and the mention of Tilly Bagshawe in the same sentence as Louise Bagshawe, I tried to find out more. I was pleased to find out that Tilly is in fact Louise Bagshawes sister and is currently on her third novel. I did a search on Bookmooch and managed to get hold of her first book Adored. This is the book I am reviewing today. After enjoying Louise Bagshawes novels for several years I was hoping that her sister would be able to ... Read the complete review
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