Aphrodite's Workshop for Reluctant Lovers - Softcover

'A sharp, funny and dazzlingly clever novel, so stuffed with wit and clever apercus that is not fair on other novelists. But, don't be misled by its exuberance, there is a serious purpose at its heart - and courage in tackling one of society's most enduring myths ' Elizabeth Buchan 'I adored Aphrodite's Workshop for Reluctant Lovers. It's a rare treat to find a romantic novel with such wit, originality and zest, not least about romantic novels themselves. I was completely charmed with the way it worked itself into an impossible knot of plot, then resolved it.' Amanda Craig 'Her touch is light but acute, her tone easy but flecked with real, black sharpness' Observer 'Accurate and telling. Her avoidance of sentiment makes this reader feel that she really cares for her subject' Elizabeth Jane Howard

Rebecca Finch is a highly successful romantic novelist who has fallen out of love with love. When she heads off for a weekend in Paris and doesn't care that she has absent-mindedly left her boyfriend on the platform in Waterloo, things look bad. But when her god-daughter, struck with pre-wedding jitters, asks Rebecca if marriage is a good idea, and she can't think of a single reason to reply 'yes', she realises it's serious. The 'High Priestess of Romance' is having a crisis of faith. On Mount Olympus, things aren't any easier. Aphrodite is stressed because divorce rates are rocketing and nobody is taking her seriously any more, and Eros, going through a difficult phase, seems to be carelessly shooting arrows without even a thought for the basic compatibility of his victims. So with even her favourite earth-bound acolyte, Rebecca Finch, showing signs of disillusionment, Aphrodite resolves to take drastic action