Review: Temporary

Temporary by Sarina Bowen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sarina Bowen does it again (and Sarah Mayberry of course).

Reminded me a little of Talk British to Me, I was relieved to find that it was by a totally different author.

Grace Kerrington is a young woman who has given up on her dreams of art and fashion to study marketing and business in order to look after her 15 year old sister Olivia whilst their mother is off getting high with her latest squeeze. In order to get Olivia into a good school they have to live in a really bad apartment.

Grace has recently stopped working as a bartender and is temping for the Walker Group with a hope of getting a permanent position when she gets called into her boss' office. The head honcho of the Walker Group, Victoria Walker has called from their headquarters in Australia, her brother, who lives in New York, has died and she needs someone to catalogue and handle the sale of all his belongings.

Callan Walker is the black sheep of the Walker dynasty who spends his days on yachts with super models and various hangers-on. He learns of his uncle's death from a stranger at a party and is horrified to find that his mother had him created without any funeral service or even informing Callan. He is then astonished to find that his uncle left everything to Victoria rather than the plethora of charitable causes he had always intended. Convinced there must be a later will, Callan flies to New York determined to find the missing will and honour his uncle's wishes.

At first Callan thinks Grace is just another of his mother's raptors - all sharp suits and sharper teeth but soon he catches glimpses of the real Grace and realises that she is not at all what he thought.

This was pretty low angst for Sarina, I'm used to her wringing my heart strings with the awful lives her heroes/ heroines lead but although Grace was struggling she didn't have the terrible life/ background that I have come to expect.

I just enjoyed every single word. There's LOADS of coffee, a cute dog, fascinating neighbours, family strife, a bit of a mystery and 100 days of Callan - I know I'd sign up!

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