Blurb:
Estranged from her English family,
Camilla Fetherwell now lives in the United States and owns a successful
catering business. Returning home for her father's funeral, she reunites with
her first love, Billy, whom she hasn't seen since her father broke up their
teenage romance. Billy seems eager to resume their love affair. But after one
blissful night together, things take a turn.
Camilla suspects her father may have led a
secret life, and when Billy reveals something he, too, has discovered, her
apprehension grows. Billy holds her heart, but their relationship might be
tainted by what her father hid. A reunion seems impossible.
Her life feels as splattered as her catering
apron. As she watches her food stylist make a strawberry look luscious with a
swipe of lipstick, Camilla wonders if a gloss has been put over a family
secret? Can she and Billy survive what's underneath?
My
review:
Anyone who looks at the cover of this book may think it’s a sweet
romance. Or, the title may give them the impression it’s a little steamy.
They’d be wrong. This book is so much more than expected.
When someone dies with a secret that affects others, untangling
that secret may become complicated. In this story, as in real life, it seems
that one deception leads to another. The author conveys this in a way that will
surprise you rather than confuse you. You become involved in the drama and not
able to stop reading until you find the truth.
Ms. Spence also did a wonderful job developing her characters –
flaws and all.
There’s a great secondary story that fills out the main character,
Camilla, without distracting from the main plot.
To sum it up – this could happen in any family, it’s that
realistic. But I hope it never happens in mine.
I wouldn’t mind seeing these characters in a sequel. Perhaps what
happens next for Camilla’s sister or Rachael?
I got mine at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Lipstick-Strawberry-Margaret-Ann-Spence-ebook/dp/B0716X9MB9
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