Book description
Nicky Hobbs loves teaching at the local primary school. She's
idolised by her class - in particular ten-year-old Oscar Samuels - but
she's starting to find she'd quite like some adult adoration for a
change.
Mark Samuels is a frazzled single father working all the hours God
gives to provide for his beloved son, Oscar. But he's unable to see
that Oscar would prefer his presence to his presents once in a while.
Ms Hobbs knows Mr Samuels is a heartless workaholic. Mr Samuels is
certain Ms Hobbs is an interfering busybody. But when they finally
meet they start to discover that first first impressions can be
deceptive. And perhaps they've both got a bit of learning to do...
Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire. A journalist for
twelve years, she turned to writing novels full time in 1998 and shortly
afterwards
Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field
and
Persuading Annie
were published
.
Melissa discovered she had breast cancer whilst writing her first novel
for Random House,
The Nanny
, which hit the
Sunday Times
Top Ten in the spring of 2003. She went on to write another top ten
bestseller,
The Waitress
, and finished her fifth novel
The Learning Curve
in February 2006. Sadly she died two months later, aged 37. A new
literary award, The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, has been
established in her honour. She is survived by her husband, Andrew, and
young son, Sam.
