The Gatecrasher, Madeleine Wickham
The Gatecrasher, Madeleine Wickham
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The Gatecrasher
A Novel

Author: Madeleine Wickham

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/21/2009


Synopsis

Madeleine Wickham is Sophie Kinsella, and The Gatecrasher is just as delicious as her internationally bestselling Shopaholic series. Madeleine Wickham's bitingly funny and edgy style keeps fans coming back for more. So hold onto your haute couture hats, as you dive into the fantastic world of Wickham!

Everything's coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats....if that's humanly possible. Beautiful, charming, and utterly irresistible, her success at crashing funerals to find wealthy men is remarkable. But behind Fleur's Harvey Nichols wardrobe, is a woman with a mysterious past.

Fleur wastes no time in seducing her latest conquest, the handsome and rich widower Richard Favour, and she swoops into his life like a designer-clad tornado. His children are caught up in a whirlwind as their father's new girlfriend descends on the family estate leaving chaos and excitement in her perfume-scented wake. Soon, more than one family member is suspicious of Fleur's true intentions.

Fleur is not one to wear her heart on her Chanel sleeves, but she soon finds herself embracing Richard and his lovable family. But just as Fleur contemplates jumping off the gold-digger train for good and enjoying the ride of true love, a long-buried secret from her past threatens to destroy her new family. Fleur is thrown into a race against time to prove herself to Richard before it's too late. Can she trust her heart or will she cut ties and run away as fast as her Prada pumps can take her?

Take a wild and marvelous ride with The Gatecrasher, whose clever, chic, and sassy style will leave you desperately wanting more wonderful Wickham!

About Madeleine Wickham

Madeleine Wickham is the author of several acclaimed novels, including A Desirable Residence, Cocktails for Three, Sleeping Arrangements and The Wedding Girl. As Sophie Kinsella, she has written a number of bestsellers including the Shopaholic series, Twenties Girl, Remember Me?, The Undomestic Goddess, and Can You Keep a Secret? Confessions of a Shopaholic was made into a major motion picture starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy. Born in London, Wickham studied at New College, Oxford. She lives in London with her husband and family.

About Katherine Kellgren

Katherine Kellgren has recorded over 200 audiobooks and won four Audie Awards, three ALA Odyssey Honors, and eight AudioFile Earphones Awards. In 2011, Kellgren was named the  Best Voice in Young Adult & Fantasy, and she won the Audie award for Best Female Narrator in both 2013 and 2014.  Kellgren has also appeared onstage in London, New York and Frankfurt. She has recorded numerous plays and dramatizations of novels for the radio, including winners of the Peabody Award. She is a graduate of The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In naming Kellgren a “Golden Voice,” AudioFile magazine noted that she is a "marvel with accents...she is definitely a narrator to keep an ear out for." She lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on June 01, 2023

Its bizarre as under her pen name of Sophie Kinsella I love all her books but under this name they are so bang average unfortunately. Three stars.......more

Goodreads review by Lulu on November 26, 2008

This is disappointing, especially coming from the author who gave us the Shopaholic series. The premise is interesting enough: a woman who lives off widowers, hopping from one funeral to another with a little help from a couple of gay friends. But the characters aren't fully developed and I had a ha......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on December 14, 2015

Published: 10/07/2007 Author: Madeleine Wickham This book was light hearted, fun, sweet and had a little bit of mystery in it. Madeleine Wickham (Sophie Kinsella) doesn't disappoint with this book. In my opinion it is one of the best written by Sophie Kinsella. The was the first one of the Madeleine W......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 28, 2008

I picked this up so that I could have a "fluffy book" to read over the holidays, one that I could just pick up and read without doing much thinking. It fit the bill. However I found it was very slow -- at one point, I picked it up and was surprised to find that I was half-way through, despite the plo......more

Goodreads review by Eva on November 02, 2023

Sarò una voce fuori dal coro, ma a me i libri firmati dalla Kinsella come Madeleine Wickham piacciono in media più di quelli firmati Kinsella, che sono comunque molto più famosi ed apprezzati (che alla fine però, sembrano sempre lo stesso libro, ripetitivo all'ennesima potenza). I libri targati Wick......more