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Kitto's Angels
Amy is recently separated and is struggling to make ends meet and pay her rent. Her female boss announces to her that she herself does escort work without sex and suggests that Amy join her. Amy is reluctant at first until her landlord suggests other ways of catching up on her rent arrears. Amy, because of her stunning looks, is successful at escorting and ends up on a national circuit where she gets involved with French big business and people smuggling from Paris. Escaping Paris she ends up picking grapes in a French vineyard where she meets Damien, the love of her life and hopes that her past is behind her.
294 pages, Paperback
Published January 10, 2017
About the author
Stephenson Holt
207 books44 followersStephenson Holt is an author that physically writes between 5am and 8am each morning, leaving that painting to sketch and dream for the rest of the day. Sometimes he returns into normality but not for long periods. For most of his life he is constructing one novel while sketching the next novel – it keeps the mind fresh.
His favourite sketch and dream places are;-
I. Lying on a beach listening to the waves.
II. A favourite armchair in the conservatory with heavy rain on the roof.
III. Laying in a hot bath staring at a tiled wall.
IV. Sitting next to a canal where he used to fish as a boy.
V. Motorway driving.
VI. That chair in the corner of the greenhouse, shielded from the sun by that grapevine and next to the olive tree, full of bird feeders.
VII. Gardening with a corner of his eye on the sparrow returning to the nest in the eaves above him and imagining he’s the sparrow looking down on himself.
VIII. Running a familiar route where he doesn’t have to concentrate on where he’s going.
When stuck for inspiration he will;-
I. Listen to an episode of “The Invisible College” a series of ten minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 that sit nicely on an iPod.
II. Listen to a three album collection converted to CD of Jack Kerouac reciting and backed by either piano or saxophone. Including “Poetry for the beat generation” and “American Haikus.”
III. Fight like a superhero with a six year old grandson.
IV. Walk in the hills.
His favourite sketch and dream places are;-
I. Lying on a beach listening to the waves.
II. A favourite armchair in the conservatory with heavy rain on the roof.
III. Laying in a hot bath staring at a tiled wall.
IV. Sitting next to a canal where he used to fish as a boy.
V. Motorway driving.
VI. That chair in the corner of the greenhouse, shielded from the sun by that grapevine and next to the olive tree, full of bird feeders.
VII. Gardening with a corner of his eye on the sparrow returning to the nest in the eaves above him and imagining he’s the sparrow looking down on himself.
VIII. Running a familiar route where he doesn’t have to concentrate on where he’s going.
When stuck for inspiration he will;-
I. Listen to an episode of “The Invisible College” a series of ten minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 that sit nicely on an iPod.
II. Listen to a three album collection converted to CD of Jack Kerouac reciting and backed by either piano or saxophone. Including “Poetry for the beat generation” and “American Haikus.”
III. Fight like a superhero with a six year old grandson.
IV. Walk in the hills.
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July 11, 2021
The second book in The Three Girls trilogy, this continues the story of Rebecca and Kitto from the first book, Waiting for Kitto. Life has moved on for them and they are now living at Rebecca’s house and vineyard in France, trying for a baby and eventually becoming involved with Amy, divorced and down on her luck until a solution to her increasing financial problems is suggested to her. Her personal story arc fits in with that of Rebecca’s former life, although Amy has no way of knowing this at the outset.
It’s a story which shows the value of supportive friends working together and helping each other out, and for that I liked it. Where it gave me a problem is that it touches on subject matter which I have used in one of my own books, that of the perils of getting involved in the sex trade, even at the level of escort who doesn’t have to do anything else at the end of the evening out unless they want to; in which case it’s a matter for escort and client and nothing to do with the agency.
Whereas I tried to keep the goings-on in my book ‘sanitised’, shall we say, the author here goes for gritty reality and shows the workings of a very nasty sex-trafficking organisation, and these are not for the squeamish; of which I am one. Personal taste aside, though, I need to be fair; it was extremely brave to bring these issues to the fore, and for that bravery I am going to award the maximum star rating.
It’s a story which shows the value of supportive friends working together and helping each other out, and for that I liked it. Where it gave me a problem is that it touches on subject matter which I have used in one of my own books, that of the perils of getting involved in the sex trade, even at the level of escort who doesn’t have to do anything else at the end of the evening out unless they want to; in which case it’s a matter for escort and client and nothing to do with the agency.
Whereas I tried to keep the goings-on in my book ‘sanitised’, shall we say, the author here goes for gritty reality and shows the workings of a very nasty sex-trafficking organisation, and these are not for the squeamish; of which I am one. Personal taste aside, though, I need to be fair; it was extremely brave to bring these issues to the fore, and for that bravery I am going to award the maximum star rating.
July 1, 2017
I received this book from Goodreads First-reads. This had no influence on my review.
After reading the blurb for this book I was really excited to get into it. Unfortunately it did not live up to my expectations. It took me awhile to get interested in it. It was the story of Amy who was tired of being broke and looking for a way to make extra money. Her boss, Nicole, suggested she become an escort. It was something she had done and it was good money and you didn't have to do anything you didn't want to. That turned out to be a very bizarre escort service and that is where the story picked up.
One thing I had a problem with was the way the story jumped between characters and locations with no warning. In one paragraph you are dealing with Amy and her job. In the next paragraph you are in a French vineyard with someone you never heard of. I did finish it as it was only right where I had won it but I was disappointed in it.
After reading the blurb for this book I was really excited to get into it. Unfortunately it did not live up to my expectations. It took me awhile to get interested in it. It was the story of Amy who was tired of being broke and looking for a way to make extra money. Her boss, Nicole, suggested she become an escort. It was something she had done and it was good money and you didn't have to do anything you didn't want to. That turned out to be a very bizarre escort service and that is where the story picked up.
One thing I had a problem with was the way the story jumped between characters and locations with no warning. In one paragraph you are dealing with Amy and her job. In the next paragraph you are in a French vineyard with someone you never heard of. I did finish it as it was only right where I had won it but I was disappointed in it.
May 25, 2022
This novel follows a woman who enters the escort trade, only to find that the wealthy man who wants her services dies in a bomb blast in Paris; while she lives and even finds her way to a French vineyard, the people connected to the wealthy man turn out to be quite evil and haunt her. The story moves along well, the characters are interesting, and the writing is good; I recommend it.
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