Madeleine Wickham

What goes on behind closed doors. . . Liz and Jonathan Chambers were in trouble. They can’t sell their old house. Here they are, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn’t wanted to move anyway. Then it seems Marcus Witherstone will solve all their problems. He knows the perfect tenants from London who will rent their old house – glamorous PR girl Ginny and almost-famous Piers. Everything is going to be OK. But soon everyone’s entangled with everyone else, in the most awkward possible way. And as events closed in on him, Marcus began to realise that some deceptions are just a bit too close to home.

A Desirable Residence

Lonneke

This was quite a dissapointment. I really like the books the author writes under the name Sophie Kinsella, but so far the books she writes under her real name aren't great. This story tells the story of three families. Their stories are intertwined, but they all have their own problems and except for Johnathan the characters were so awful and stupid. In thHere end there was somewhat of an happy ending, but I just didn't care. They didn't deserve their happy ending and the resolution was so easy and unbelievable. Why would 3 adults hang out with a 14 year old girl that comes off as a stalker? Does this big shot estate guy think that if his fraud would be discovered they would just forgive him because he did something 'good' with it? There were just so many stupid things. Sometimes there would be a scene I really liked, but the author would always find a way to ruin it before the scene was over.

Honestly the only good thing about this book was the writing style. Wickham/Kinsella has an upbeat writing style that makes you fly through her books and makes you think you kind of enjoy it even when the book isn't great. I would recommend just sticking with the books she's written under her pseudonym though.

Viktoria A

Jessica Ford

Amy Vicknair

Struggling with two mortgages when their former house does not sell, Liz and Jonathan are encouraged by a charismatic realtor to rent the house to a London couple, an arrangement that is complicated by extramarital desires and Liz and Jonathan's troubled teen daughter's obsession with the tenants. By the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series.

A Desirable Residence

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