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A Serving of Scandal
by
Prue Leith
Kate McKinnon is thirty-six and mother to Toby. She used to be a restaurant chef but that all stopped when Toby - now five - came along and changed everything. Now she has a small but thriving business catering for private clients, companies and some government departments. Her life is on an even keel. Then she gets a job cooking lunch at the Foreign Office and has her fir...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 1st 2011
by McArthur & Company
(first published October 14th 2010)
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A Leisurely Romance
Kate McKinnon is planning to do exceptionally well at her first catering job with the Foreign Office. She does and in the process impresses Oliver Stapler, Foreign Secretary, who starts to use her same catering firm for his dinners. Kate is raising her son Toby alone after breaking up with the boy's father. Oliver is married to a woman who is far more interested in her horses than his career. Gradually, they find that they're interested in each other and the problems begin.
On...more
Kate McKinnon is planning to do exceptionally well at her first catering job with the Foreign Office. She does and in the process impresses Oliver Stapler, Foreign Secretary, who starts to use her same catering firm for his dinners. Kate is raising her son Toby alone after breaking up with the boy's father. Oliver is married to a woman who is far more interested in her horses than his career. Gradually, they find that they're interested in each other and the problems begin.
On...more
Originally Reviewed at Novel Escapes
First, please do not judge this book by its cover! I did. And I was wrong. Whoever designed this one was way off or if the publisher is trying to package chick lit in a different way, this is definitely not the way to go. A Serving of Scandal sat in my to be read pile for ages before I finally picked it up, but I was pleasantly surprised when I did.
Now the cover doesn’t really work because the photo of the woman along with the title had me expecting something...more
First, please do not judge this book by its cover! I did. And I was wrong. Whoever designed this one was way off or if the publisher is trying to package chick lit in a different way, this is definitely not the way to go. A Serving of Scandal sat in my to be read pile for ages before I finally picked it up, but I was pleasantly surprised when I did.
Now the cover doesn’t really work because the photo of the woman along with the title had me expecting something...more
This is i suppose considered to be a novel of the "chick lit" variety but to be fair it had a really engaging storyline and quite a serious theme.
Set in the environs of politics and the catering world, Kate McKinnon is making quite a good business out of catering for political conventions and side line private work but when she strikes up a friendship with Oliver Stapler a prominent political figure scandal ensues when a disgruntled worker leaks their friendship to the press thereby putting a so...more
Set in the environs of politics and the catering world, Kate McKinnon is making quite a good business out of catering for political conventions and side line private work but when she strikes up a friendship with Oliver Stapler a prominent political figure scandal ensues when a disgruntled worker leaks their friendship to the press thereby putting a so...more
Poor Kate McKinnon, definitely dealt the short end of the stick when it comes to love! Caught in a terribly situation with a very public figure her life is in shambles. She can't even load her van without the photographers harassing her! With no help from the Foreign Office, she tries to keep her life as normal as possible. Oliver is unable to help her - on the advice of his advisers, he is dealing with his own personal issues!
This was a cute story, the characters were well written and engaging....more
This was a cute story, the characters were well written and engaging....more
I have always found Prue Leith an interesting personality and have followed her career as a professional chef and food writer in the press so of course it will be no surprise that when she started writing fiction, I wanted to read them. I have now read four of her five novels including this one, starting with Leaving Patrick in 1999, Sisters in 2002, and The Gardener in 2008. Her novels are not great literature but they are enjoyable and realistic, as she draws on her own life experiences as a b...more
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A Serving of Scandal was a fun book to read, it got a bit long in some places, but overall the characters were interesting and honorable given the situation. Overall it was a good read by a "new to me" author. I will definitely be checking out more of her work.
A Serving of Scandal was a fun book to read, it got a bit long in some places, but overall the characters were interesting and honorable given the situation. Overall it was a good read by a "new to me" author. I will definitely be checking out more of her work.
Enjoyed this book. The characters were real and the storyline, modern. It was a bit slow at first. And the alternating between character chapters became predictable. However, the dialogue was good, the supporting characters were believable and who doesn't love a romance set in London? Will definitely read more of this author.
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I started this and never cared about finishing it, so I gave up. It may be an awesome book, but I was not inclined to finish it to find out.
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Belmain May
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