The Little Lady

You know, there are certain 'endearments' and 'pet names' I find kind of demeaning. Little Lady is one of them, but remarkably, Hester Browne's character Mel turns it into a whole job.
Melissa bounces from temp job to temp job and is trying to find some permanent use for her organizing abilities and skills. She gets caught up in something a bit tawdry and as naive as she is, she doesn't realize it's bad thing until the bad thing starts to happen. So. Being the proper and intrepid British Miss she is, she starts her own business, the Little Lady Agency in which Melissa transforms into Honey Blennerhesket, a flirtatious, easy going, life of the party young woman who will clean up bachelors ("Homme Improvement"), buy presents for mothers, girlfriends, and families of bewildered men, as well as pose as a date for those who don't want the fuss of an actual relationship. Mel's own family situation is somewhat nightmarish and owes her father (an MP) a fairly substantial sum so is working to pay it back. Her younger sister is getting married. Her mother is essentially her father's secretary and treats her not so grandly. Mel gets into her own trouble when she starts to fall for one of her clients and begins blurring the lines between work and her actual life and even wonders if perhaps the one for her may be her flatmate.
A quick, fun read, The Little Lady Agency is a good light summer read, chick lit with a little bit of brains and a boost to our self-esteem. I've picked up the second book, Little Lady, Big Apple which I'll read as soon as I finish Stop in the Name of Pants! (Yes, it finally came in and I'm already half way through it. It shouldn't take me more than a couple of days at the most.) It's pretty neat (and annoying) when one book leads to the next and you get caught up in a character's life and are eager to read the next one ....
Keep reading and in the meantime I remain your wrapped in a book Savage librarian.