Lynne Barrett-Lee

Barefoot in the Dark (2012)

This is the story of Hope and Jack, both of whom are still licking their wounds from their recent divorces. When they meet, there is an immediate attraction but with both hesitant to proceed into new relationships, they falter and flail as they find themselves and their way. I was disappointed w...

Straight on Till Morning (2007)

There is an underlying sense of intelligence lining the backbone of this 'chick-lit'. Be it in the development of our protagonist from the very start; her permeating sense of "quiet unhappiness" shining as empty and vast as the starry sky she gazes at in her sleepless nights, or the way the chara...

Julia Gets a Life (2007)

Virtual Strangers (2010)

One of the worst books I've ever read. Utterly boring. I fell asleep twice while reading this book (Sunday afternoons). The author tries so desperately to be funny that it is exactly the opposite. I couldn't wait to finish this book. As I always finish a book once started I soldiered on and made ...