Little White Lies: A Novel of Love and Good Intentions

Author: Gemma Townley

ISBN:

9780345486868

Little White Lies: A Novel of Love and Good Intentions by Gemma Townley tells the story of Natalie Raglan, a 20-something just looking for adventure. When Natalie quits her job in Bath, England for a more exciting life in the big city of London, she realizes that sometimes adventure isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Natalie gets an apartment in London and a job at a high-end clothing shop in town. She doesn’t have much of a social life and is disappointed by her new life in the big city. Natalie’s new life is so pathetic that she doesn’t even get her own mail delivered to her house; she receives letters addressed to the previous tenant Cressida Langdon. After several boring nights in, Natalie goes out with co-workers, gets hammered and comes home and opens one of Cressida’s letters. Intrigued by the letter with a phone number for a man named Simon Rutherford, Natalie, in a drunken stupor calls the number.

With good intentions to tell Simon who she really is, Natalie goes on a few dates. The right time to tell Simon never arises, so Natalie continues to live a fake life as Cressida Langdon, Reiki healer and socialite extraordinaire.

Having just discovered Gemma Towney this summer, I’ve been excited to read more of her books, so I’ve been picking up as many as I can.

I do love Gemma Townley’s writing, but Little White Lies wasn’t one of my favorites. The story had a slow start, but eventually picked up.

I found the book a bit predictable, as the theme of ‘pretending to be someone else’ has definitely been done in books and movies before. It was easy to see where the story was going, but I still wanted to read on just to make sure.

The book has a very happy ending with a few unexpected turns.

Natalie is absolutely charming as a main character…she does some silly things and you will definitely laugh out loud while reading!

3/5