The Inheritance by Tilly Bagshawe

I read "Do Not Disturb" by Tilly Bagshawe and liked it so thought I'd read this book of hers too.

Anyone who has read Tilly Bagshawe before will know the formula. There will be an arrogant, driven, womanising man as the male lead in the red corner, and a successful and beautiful female lead in the blue corner. There will be friction between them. In this book the friction is over a house - The Furlings, "the most beautiful estate in Sussex, if not the whole of England," in the picturesque village of Fittlescombe.

The Furlings estate was under Flint-Hamilton ownership for three centuries and Tatiana "Tati" Flint-Hamilton, an only child, believes it is her birthright. But her father disinherits her after some scandalous behaviour in her teenage/young adult years. So the house goes to some distant cousins, "a family of rich Australians" - the Cranleys, of which the father, Brett, is the arrogant womaniser character.

Tati makes it her aim to get her house back but the court case goes against her so what can she do now? Meanwhile Brett Cranley has secretly fallen in love with Tati and, with just one card to play to keep her in his life, he makes sure that Furlings stays in his possession.

Overall the story has a lot of interweaving storylines, mainly involving the residents of the village, Fittlescombe, and lots of love triangles as you'd expect. I didn't think it was as good as "Do Not Disturb" because the friction between the two leads was not played out as effectively, and neither was I completely satisfied with the ending, but in its own right "The Inheritance" is a good read nonetheless.

Publication date: 19 June 2014

Amazon UK link: The Inheritance

What every man thinks about apart from sex by Shed Simove

Shed Simove with his book

If I were to compare this book to literature past then I would have to say that it was like the chapter entitled "The average director's knowledge of football". That is also blank but this comparison would be missing the point of this book. 

from Len Shackleton's famous autobigraphy "Clown Prince of Soccer". This book is what it is. A novelty product designed to make you laugh. And laugh you will. In fact it is ideal for sharing as it is so quick to get to the punchline. And because it is cheap it would make a great gift perhaps for the/a man in your life, or maybe you could buy it for the secret Santa gift you will inevitably need to get at Christmas time.

Of course if you disagree with the author you could also buy this book and fill in each page with what you believe men do think about apart from sex, like a football on page 1, a pint of beer on page 2, a Ferrari on page 3, and after that I struggle. But you can use the blank pages fro whatever you want (one Amazon reviewer already mentioned to write a novel in).

However one word of caution on this product, if you are after a substantial read then steer clear and maybe buy something else, like Shed Simove's other book to find out why he makes these products, or maybe Len Shackleton's book or perhaps the pop-up Pamela Anderson book you've been promising yourself, whoops...


(Book is available here)