The Accidental SocialiteRelease Date: 04/15/14
Swoon RomanceSummary from Goodreads:Quirky and clumsy twenty-two-year-old Paige Crawford arrives in London on a cold Saturday in January. Just when Paige starts to think that moving thousands of miles away from home with no real plan was a bad idea, Jason Frost appears. Confident and classy, Jason is the complete opposite of Paige and just what she needs in her life, or so she thinks.
But before their romance has time to blossom, Paige trips and falls into the arms of a mysterious man on a drunken night out. She’s snapped by paparazzi, and newspaper headlines the next day suggest that she’s having an affair with a married footballer.
Paige finds herself instantly elevated to tabloid celebrity status which isn’t exactly a picnic, particularly when trying to juggle her new job at Fashionista magazine, a catalog of dating disasters and a nagging doubt that she maybe she can’t conquer London after all.
When a trip back to Canada for Christmas reminds Paige why she left her old life behind, she returns to London with renewed vigor realizing that while jobs, flats and men may come and go, friends in London are forever.
The Accidental Socialite excerpt
It was 3 A.M. and all I wanted was a
cheeseburger.
“Miss, we only sell Big Macs after
midnight,” said the McDonalds employee. My stomach grumbled. My diet since I
got off the plane had consisted mostly of Champagne, Vodka, and seared tuna.
“Yes, I understand that and I will pay for
a Big Mac, but I would like a cheeseburger, so can you, like, remove a patty
and mid bun and hold the secret sauce? Please?”
“Miss, I am sorry but we do not have this
item.”
Liar. He didn’t look sorry. I immediately
wanted to get on the next flight home. It rained cheeseburgers in Canada.
A tall, drunk and incredibly beautiful
blonde South African girl appeared at the till next to me.
“I’ll have a hot dog.” That was my new best
friend, Lucinda.
We walked out of McDonalds with a small
fries to ‘split’, which really meant Lucinda was going to watch me eat them. As
I was elegantly shoving eight fries into my mouth at once, not unlike a
four-year-old, a swarm of camera wielding hyenas approached. One flash
triggered the rest and little white dots burned into my retina. I stumbled,
almost dropping my fries.
What was going on? I looked for the
celebrity garnering all this attention. I couldn’t believe my luck, I was about
to spot someone famous on my first day in London! But when Lucinda slapped the
second fist full of fries out of my hand and pulled me towards a taxi, I
realized with confusion that the so-called celebrity was me.
Growing
up in Edmonton, Canada, a significant amount of Stephanie’s time was
spent making up and acting out stories. She was studying to be an
actress when she realized there weren’t any parts for women being
written. So, Stephanie wrote herself a short screenplay just to be in it
and quickly realized that writing was her true passion. She graduated
from the University of Alberta with an English and Sociology degree and
she also has a Bachelor of Motion Picture Arts from Red Deer College.
She moved to New York on a whim after University and has written a
variety of TV shows including an environmentally friendly lifestyle
series and a tween magazine style show about celebrities. Stephanie
moved to London in 2008 and aside from being obsessed with Eggs
Benedict, shoes, Fruit Roll Ups and travelling, she also works in
Children’s Television.
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