Sex With The Ex (Red Dress Ink) [Paperback]

Tyne O'Connell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Red Dress Ink | Publication Date: October 1, 2005

Lola was the hottest publicist in London for one of the city's hippest members' clubs. She had fabulous friends, an apartment to die for ? and her boss, Charlie, was the sweetest man alive. But as celebrity guests enjoyed her latest cocktail party, Lola was having a dramatic epiphany as she spotted her three significant ex-boyfriends chatting over the same bottle of Dom Perignon?.

Editorial Reviews

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Lola, the publicist for Posh House, London's hottest club, personifies her motto of CCC--cool, calm, and collected. But when she spots her ex-husband, Richard, with two of her ex-boyfriends, she begins to wonder why it didn't work out between her and Richard, or the other two men. To the dismay of her sexy boss, Charlie, Lola decides she wants Richard back and begins to pursue him, despite the fact that Richard has a new girlfriend, Sally, and still has the nasty cocaine habit that used to get under her skin. Richard waffles between Lola and Sally, but Lola remains convinced that she and Richard belong together even though her friends and Charlie disapprove. A quick romp with one of her other exes does nothing to dissuade Lola from her conviction. Though it's clear Richard is bad news from the start, Lola is a likable and sympathetic heroine and readers will no doubt enjoy this glimpse into sophisticated London nightlife. Kristine Huntley
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Review

"O'Connell's debut is a delightful, lighthearted romp around Hollywood and the world of reality television." -- Booklist on The Sex Was Great But. . .

"Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne." -- The Bookseller on Pulling Princes

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Red Dress Ink (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373895364
• ISBN-13: 978-0373895366
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,874,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"Bridget Jones on speed. She's funnier, sharper, and there's no way she's going to end up with anyone called Darcy"
THE GUARDIAN
"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK
"Funny exposé of It-girlschool life." ELLE GIRL UK
"Briget Jones for the early teen set."- WASHINGTON POST USA
"A wickedly funny, bitchy, romp set at the heart of the trendy London art scene.
(Publishing News)
"Lightening Fast Comic twists" ELLE UK
"Outrageously funny and a serious contender for the teen chick-lit throne."
- Claudia Mody, The Bookseller

British author Tyne O'Connell, is an international bestselling author of thirteen books - eight contemporary fiction and five YA titles including A ROYAL MATCH and A ROYAL MESS. Her stories are inhabited by British eccentrics and aritos at large. She has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and most UK broadsheets. Cassandra Jardine hailed her as "A modern day Elinor Glyn - the original It Girl" and "The Queen Bee Incarnate". She has contributed stories to the Girl's Night In, Kid's Night In and the Travel Goddess series.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars intriguing chick lit romance, September 28, 2005

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sex With The Ex (Red Dress Ink) (Paperback)

Senior Events Manager and Public Relations Coordinator at Posh House Lola Morton enjoys her work until she sees three of her exes sitting around together. Richard was her spouse until two years ago; Hamish was her college lover; and Jeremy was her first love. After the shock wears off, she begins to wonder if she made a mistake and lost Mr. Right, but which one.

She decides that divorcing Richard was a mistake as he must be the one. Lola begins a campaign to bring him back in her life, but he is seeing someone else. Meanwhile her boss Charlie Orbington is disappointed in her behavior as he thinks the woman he has professionally admired is being a foolish, fickle little girl because she should accept that Richard has found somebody new. Though she hates disappointing Charles, Lola feels she's the one for Richard even if her pet bunny Jean hops away from him.

This is an intriguing chick lit romance starring a fully developed lead female protagonist who colors her past lovers in a positive hue while ignoring the downside including for instance why she and Richard divorced. The story line is fun to follow as Charles scorns what Lola does, but whatever she wants she plans to get, which this time is Richard. Outside of the sherbet solution, sub-genre fans will welcome Lola's zany efforts at second chance at love with ex marks the spot.

Harriet Klausner

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Spoiled Chick Lit Character, September 23, 2005

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T. Cogan "bring it on" (Chicago Area United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex With The Ex (Red Dress Ink) (Paperback)

The writing and wit in this book is very entertaining, so if you want to read something that will hold your interest, by all means check out SEX WITH THE EX.

However, if you're looking for an intelligent character who doesn't have a fabulous wardrobe, killer job you'll never relate to, and a rabbit that humps everything around it, then look elsewhere.

The main character is a witch with a capital B. She cannot seem to figure out that her ex-husband is a coke-snorting dirt bag. Not only does she sympathize with him, but she wants him back. When he has another woman. And coke on him like a milk mustache. And no job.

To get him back for his coke habit she does something in the end that I thought was really immature and almost out of character. It was shocking and horrible, and I won't give it away, but for me the ending really ruined the book. I felt very strongly about Lola, her over-dramatic parents, and her boss who was really nicer to her than he should have been. O'Connell knows how to write characters you'd like to strangle or slap upside the head. She's got a great style, a fantastic sense of humor, but wow! Her characters can be nasty!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sex with the ex bad or good?, September 25, 2005

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Little D (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex With The Ex (Red Dress Ink) (Paperback)

This book by Tyne O'Connell is about a woman, named Lola who's convinced that she should get back together with her ex husband Richard after seeing him with a 'leggy blonde' one night. So she decides to pursue him and get him back, against the wishes of her friends and boss, Charlie.
Without going into to much detail about this book, I have to say I wanted to slap Lola for being such an idiot for wanting Richard back. From what we find about about Richard, he seems like a royal coke-head jerk %$#@!%. I dont see why she wanted to be with him, but as they say 'love is blind'.