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    Dear Beneficiary

    By Janet Kelly

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    About this ebook

    Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets Last Tango in Halifax in this hilarious debut novel by Janet Kelly. Life begins in her fifties for Cynthia when, released from a dull and dutiful marriage by her husband's demise, she embarks on a passionate affair with a thirty-eight-year-old Nigerian man called Darius. The passionate romance is suddenly truncated when he has to return to his homeland to help his sick parents. Cynthia's grandson helps her get on the internet in a bid to speak to her former lover via email, but when she receives a spam message requesting bank details for a friend who needs medical help, she assumes Darius has been in contact to ask for her support. Hilarity ensues when Cynthia finds herself travelling to Nigeria to try and trace the scammers and her life savings. Join Cynthia on her laugh-out-loud adventure as she proves that women of a certain age can live and love like never before!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccent Press
    Release dateAug 31, 2015
    ISBN9781681468488
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    • 5/5
      For a book about a retired older woman, it was way more raunchy than I was anticipating! But that honestly made it more enjoyable to read. The juxtaposition of an older woman with an exciting active love life embarking on a crazy adventure kept me on the edge of my seat. Anything that could go wrong, did, and I spent the whole book wondering what on earth was going to happen next.
      The book left me caring about the characters, even the criminals. Nothing like an embroidering Nigerian kidnapper to tug at your heartstrings!
      The blurb of "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel meets Last Tango in Halifax" was pretty much what persuaded me to buy it, and I wasn't let down.
      Loved it. An easy fun read for any woman.