Mixed Doubles - Jill Mansell

***Background*** Despite Jill Mansell being around for quite some time now, this is the first of her books that I have read. I wasn’t really sure what to expect but did wonder if it would be quite raunchy as the photography on the cover showed one pair of male legs and two pairs of female legs hanging over the edge of a sofa. Now I’m not really into books that are full of sex so I almost put it back on the shelf in the library, but thought that the blurb sounded quite appealing and took it home. ***The Story*** You know what it’s like when New Year comes around. You get together with some good friends and make some resolutions for the ...

Well, well, well ….. The second Mansell offering in as many days. This hot weather and these good books are doing nothing to help me get a job are they? Oh, well, I always did hate working in the summer!! Anyway, just finished one Jill Mansell book, of which, as I type has no category here on dooyoo. Not surprising really, I have written two other ops this last weekend and not one of the buggers has a category either. Someone’s gonna be busy adding?? Watch out for em when they've been added ... I enjoyed ‘Head Over heels’ so, when it came to the dreaded decision time, to save arqueing with myself over which book to ...

I love books. More especially, at the moment, I love modern fiction, written by women, preferably in paperback. So browsing in our local library, this book looked right up my street – and it was, I loved every page of it! I had heard good things about Jill Mansell, but it was only when I picked up a signed copy (!) in the library and read the biographical details, that I found out she’s from Bristol, where I live. Mixed Doubles was published in 1998 and is the first of her novels I have read, although I plan to read all her others now too – which includes Perfect Timing, Fast Friends and Open House. The front cover of Mixed ...