Best Friends and Bastards [Kindle Edition]

Jaci Byrne (Author)

Book Description

According
to most, 39-year-old Australian, Angie Romeo, is living a blessed life. Living
on Sydney's sublime northern beaches, married to a handsome and successful
realtor, and a well-respected Nurse Unit Manager of a busy obstetrics unit, she
should have 'no worries, mate', as the Aussie saying goes.

However,
for Angie, this is far from the truth.
Although she suspects her husband George of having had past dalliances,
she chooses to live in complete denial, believing that a baby will solve this
dilemma. Only problem: her biological clock is ticking, and no baby in sight.
And her interfering mother just keeps adding fuel to the proverbial marital
fire.

Booking
a romantic holiday to Bali for her and George in order to reinvigorate their
marriage, Angie soon finds herself in a situation far out of her comfort zone,
and she is forced to face the truth. Her world is turned upside down as she
begins to suspect her best friends of being right bastards. And some of the
people she thought of as right bastards could just well become her best
friends.

Written with
splashes of compassion, streams of humour, rivers of emotion and oceans of
passion, 'Best Friends and Bastards,' by Jaci Byrne is a waterfall of brilliant
reading and a real page turner packed with action and intrigue.

Product Details

• File Size: 411 KB
• Print Length: 224 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Jaci Byrne; 1 edition (December 16, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006N9346Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,525 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blast from the Past January 25, 2012

By Ms. Sara J. Green

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Not sure why but I just imagined this all occurring a couple of decades ago. I used to live on the northern beaches and it took me back. Fortunately I have also visited Bali many times (the traffic there is now horrendous) and I remember hippy Upmarket Byron oh so well. This is not the type of book I would normally read (I am more crime psychological thriller guy) but this had me turning the pages. I almost felt as though I knew the main red headed character who kept getting in her own way. A good frolicking read.

Please note this review was written by the hubby of Sara as I bought it on her account.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing book February 25, 2012

By Ingrid Honaker Davis

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Although the reviews for this book were very good, I really did not like it at all. In fact, I was happy when the book came to an end. I did not like the main character who everyone in the book describes as "self-absorbed" including the main character's mother. I am fine with reading about flawed characters but this main character was annoying, quick to make judgements but not when it counted. I found the relationships btw the main character and the rest of the characters to not ring true or not well developed enough to understand their relationship. I also found the pseudo spiritualism in the book to be very annoying and distracting. If you want to read about a self-absorbed woman's spiritual journey that is funny and at least has good characters read " Eat, pray, love." Not this book. Sorry.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A good blend of comedy and drama February 21, 2012

By Perry Martin

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I really enjoyed this book. Jaci Byrne writes with the confidence of a bestselling author. I wish her much success and hope she writes many more novels.

The story made me laugh in places and drew a tear or two in others. It was a good blend of comedy and drama and it was filled with memorable characters. Plus, thanks to this book, I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to Steve Miller's "The Joker" again without cracking a smile.

More About the Author

From an early age, having been accused of being a 'notorious exaggerator' one too many times, Jaci Byrne knew she was destined to perform in some form or another.

Her dancing aspirations flew out of the window after realising that her slightly chubby thighs were not ballerina material.

And although her acting roles were quite prolific she soon tired of being a supporting act (think tree, think pumpkin.)

A singer? Perhaps not...

It was aboard a ship, aged 13, whilst immigrating to Australia from the UK with her family that Jaci discovered her penchant for the written word. Having become infatuated with a fellow passenger, a Dutchman seven years her senior, who spent his days in the ship's library writing to his girlfriend back home, Jaci sat close by writing of their unrequited love and hoping he would notice her.

He didn't, and when her writings were discovered by her irate father Jaci was confined to her cabin for the remainder of the trip for being (you guessed it) a 'notorious exaggerator,' amongst other expletives.

But the penny had finally dropped... Yes, perhaps she was a notorious exaggerator, but she was very good at it! A writer was born!

However, as with most women - maturity brought reality: an education, a career in nursing, marriage, two children, and mortgages. You get the picture.

Fast forward twenty years. Now happily 'empty-nestled' on the Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia, old marriage and career a distant memory, Jaci lives with the love of her life, husband Doug, and devotes her time to her beloved writing.

Her debut novel, 'Best Friends and Bastards' was released on Amazon in December 2011,and her second novel, 'The Girls' Weekend' was released in April 2012. Her latest novel, 'Penny Lane' is now available. Inspired by Jaci's love of the Beatles' music the novel was coincidentally released on the 50th anniversary of the Beatles first single release Love Me Do.

Jaci's work is interwoven with twists and turns, humour and compassion, intrigue and passion. She writes about relationships, about ordinary women facing extraordinary situations. About you, about me, about we, and about how we interrelate.