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|title=Chances

|author=Freya North

|reviewer=Mary Malone

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=400

|publisher=0007326661

|isbn=978-0007326662

|website=http://freyanorth.com/

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Sharing a business with ex-lover, Tim, is a disaster for Vita. How can she possibly move on when he's popping into their souvenir shop every day? Though she shed the two-timing love rat from her bed over 12 months before, his presence casts dark shadows on her days. But ridding him from her life isn't a likely option and escaping into her precious classic fiction is sometimes the only way she can ignore her troubled thoughts. She cannot afford to buy his share of the business and she isn't prepared to risk losing 'That Shop' with its delightful trinkets and resident shoplifter!

What's most admirable about Freya North's storytelling is her ability to get straight into the story. She avoids lengthy lead-ins, relying instead on her seamless narrative and lively, three-dimensional characters to maintain pace and keep the reader turning pages. And though Vita's quest for true love is at the heart of the story, the relationship between Oliver and Jonty is intriguing as is Vita's changing relationship with Suzi - Tim's latest squeeze!

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