Operation: Valentine by Perth-born women's fiction author Loretta Hill is her Perth-set standalone holiday-themed f/m contemporary romantic comedy novella centred around a heroine determined to win herself a match in time for Valentine's Day
, with or without the help of an online dating website
, free courtesy of publisher Random House Australia's Random Romance imprint, which quite frankly sounds like it should be promoting unexpected polyamorous hookups, which would probably make the line's contents rather more interesting, to me, at least
.
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the
UK, and in
AU also, of course, and seems to be free in pretty much all the other worldwide regional Amazons I spot-checked). Doesn't seem to even exist yet in most of the other stores I checked, save
Kobo, which claims that the edition which shows up upon search is unavailable in Canada, the US, and the UK, though that could be a glitch that they'll fix and freebie in one or more regions later, so there's some price-drop check linkage if you're feeling optimistic.
Description
From the author of the bestselling The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots and One Little White Lie, comes a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about dating in the modern world.
"Once upon a time, there was a young girl called Sarah Dubert who needed to fall in love in six weeks . . ." Thanks to food poisoning, broken dates, airport malfunctions and even death, Sarah Dubert has never had a boyfriend on Valentine's Day.
However this year she's determined to break the curse and snare herself a man before Big V. Signing herself up to the online dating site soulmates.com, she begins eliminating possible candidates through dates at her favourite bar, The Blue Saloon . . .
Owen Black, the handsome new owner of The Blue Saloon, likes his women fast, experienced and temporary. A woman on a mission to find love - particularly one with a six-week deadline - would normally have him running for the hills. So why is he so uncharacteristically interested in Sarah's search? And, more importantly, the success of her dates.?