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Millie's Fling Kindle Edition

by Jill Mansell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,037 ratings
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Millie's quiet, single summer is about to get turned upside down…

When her dear friend and bestselling novelist Orla Hart invites Millie to spend the summer with her in Cornwall, Millie leaps at the chance to spend the summer alone, recovering from a bad breakup. But Orla has other ideas.

Envisioning Millie as the heroine of her next novel, Orla is determined that Millie should meet the man of her dreams this summer. The trouble is, Millie's taste in men doesn't match with Orla's at all.

Hugh Emerson, dashing young widower, is the one who really interests her. He is also the one man Orla insists she shouldn't get involved with.

With dropped wallets, rollerskating gorillagrams, the world's most flirtatious boss, and a helicopter in the back garden, It's sure to be an unforgettable summer…

A fresh and fun British women's fiction and a great romantic book with plenty of humor, friendship, and some madcap fun.

Fans of Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella, Helen Fielding and Jennifer Weiner will want to escape to Cornwall this summer to find their own romance.

What reviewers are saying about Millie's Fling:

"Millie's Fling is a super cute and wicked funny book and I thoroughly enjoyed myself while reading it. "—Night Owl Romance


"Readers will find a CHARMING ROMP in Jill Mansell'sMillie's Fling."—BookPage

"Ms. Mansell creates such likable and heartwarming characters (like Millie and Orla) that the reader can't help but root for them."—Booking Mama

"Millie's Fling is a feel-good book for chick lit fans or readers looking for a light and funny novel packed with memorable characters."—Diary of an Eccentric

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"Millie's Fling is a feel-good book for chick lit fans or readers looking for a light and funny novel packed with memorable characters." ― Diary of an Eccentric

"Millie's Fling is funny and witty and transports readers to the English countryside. This is one of Mansell's best." ― BookLoons.com

"Mansell is a very talented writer who definitely tapped into the issues of love, work, friendship and moving on. I actually laughed out loud at several points in the book and closed it with a grin on my face." ― Write Meg

"Fans of chick lit - if you haven't read Mansell yet - what are you waiting for!?" ― A Bookworm’s World

"Mansell has a gift for writing charming characters ― most so quirky that you can't help but love them." ― Blog Critics

"Millie’s Fling is a delightful way to spend an afternoon, a feel-good Brit chick lit novel, light and funny, and packed with memorable characters." ― San Francisco Book Review

"Millie's Fling is a super cute and wicked funny book and I thoroughly enjoyed myself while reading it. " ― Night Owl Romance

"If you are looking for good chick-lit, you can do yourself a favour and pick up one of Jill Mansell's books." ― Reading Adventures

"Of course, we get our happy-ever-after, but we get SO MUCH more along the way in MILLIE’S FLING." ― The Long and Short of It

"Jill Mansell never fails to delight me with her books. Her characters are always warm and far from perfect - which makes them so lovable! " ― Books and Needlpoint

" Millie’s Fling is altogether a delightful read about love, love gone wrong, sex, and romance, and the complications those combinations bring." ― ForeWord

" [A]nother cute story by Jill Mansell." ― So Many Books, So Little Time Blog

"I definitely recommend this book for some light, fun reading!" ― S. Krishna’s Books

"Ms. Mansell creates such likable and heartwarming characters (like Millie and Orla) that the reader can't help but root for them." ― Booking Mama

"It was cute and it played out well. I will definitely look forward to more of Jill Mansell's novels. " ― Bellas Novellas

"Jill Mansell has surpassed herself once again in Millie's Fling. Chicklit and women's fiction readers will enjoy this spontaneous journey in Cornwall, England." ― Savvy Verse & Wit

"Readers will find a charming romp in Jill Mansell’s Millie’s Fling." ― BookPage

"An absolute delight!" ― Wendy’s Minding Spot

About the Author

With over 10 million copies sold, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jill Mansell writes irresistible and funny, poignant and romantic tales for women in the tradition of Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella and Jojo Moyes. She lives with her partner and their children in Bristol, England.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003H2Z4GS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks Landmark; Reprint edition (September 1, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1401 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 514 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,037 ratings

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'The queen of witty, heart-warming, feel-good love stories' Red

Jill Mansell’s books are full of love, life and friendship and have been bringing joy to readers for twenty-five years. She started writing fiction while working in the NHS, after joining a local creative writing class. She has since written over twenty Sunday Times bestsellers, including MAYBE THIS TIME, THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING and YOU AND ME, ALWAYS, and her books have sold over 11 million copies around the world.

Jill's hobbies include buying stationery, particularly magical new colours of ink for the fountain pen she uses to write all her books – Jill is one of the few authors who still write their books by hand. Jill also loves people-watching and finding new characters to put in her novels. So when you’re out, make sure to always be on your best behaviour. And beware of beady-eyed authors carrying notebooks . . .

Jill keeps in touch with her readers on Twitter - @JillMansell - and Facebook - /OfficialJillMansell.

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Brittany Gardner
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, wonderful, exciting, a great read - have I said enough?
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2013
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I have recently started reading some of Jill Mansell's books, and I have completely fallen in love with her writing. Her characters are always very in depth and I just love the quirky dialogue that they share. Millie's Fling was no exception. Millie was a character that I couldn't help but love. She was quirky and kept finding herself in interesting situations. I loved her first ever conversation with Hugh, and watching the friendship develop between the two of them was wonderful. They had some of the greatest banter out of all of the characters.

Hester, Lucas, and Orla were all amazing supporting characters. One of my favorite things about Mansell is that she really develops her supporting characters, and I can't help but love them just as much as I love the main characters. Lucas was a womanizer that I wanted to hate but just couldn't. He was so cocky and so funny that I couldn't help but love him, even though his behavior is at times appalling. Mansell still gave him some redeeming qualities, which I loved. Hester, poor Hester, who is so confused and often finds herself in messy situations regarding Lucas and her boyfriend, Nat. Even when she was making bad decisions, I was always rooting for Hester to find her happy ending, just as much as I was with Millie. And Orla, what a meddler! She worked so hard to get Millie's love life the way she wanted it, and even though she was constantly on the wrong track, I loved her for her efforts.

And Hugh, of course I fell in love with Hugh just a little bit. Even when he was being a complete idiot, I still loved him and wanted him as my own hero. This book was just fabulous, and I would definitely recommend it! Thank you to the author for writing another gem!
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Ruth Anderson
4.0 out of 5 stars Warm-hearted, laugh-out-loud funny, and wildly entertaining...
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2013
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When Millie bolted from her boyfriend's oh-so-romantic proposal in Lover's Lane that they move in together (the cheapskate just wanted to save money on his rent) to the side of a would-be jumper, she little realized that her reflexive action would change her life forever. That would-be jumper was best-selling romance novelist Orla Hart, determined to end it all over the heartbreak of her husband's latest affair. But Millie convinced her to give life a second chance -- and when the flamboyant, larger-than-life Orla takes stock of her career and Millie's (lack of a) love life, she concocts an outrageous plan. Millie will be the fictionalized subject of her next book, a literary, true-to-life account of a working class girl's struggle to find love. When Millie first accepted Orla's offer it was merely as a lark -- but having a multi-millionaire author as one's fairy godmother proves more complicated than she'd imagined. Soon Millie is juggling more male attention -- from more unlikely quarters -- than she's seen in an age, but when the one man who actually makes her heart leap isn't a part of Orla's plotline, will she ever realize her own happily ever after?

People, sometimes nothing of a chick lit will do. And if you're at all like me, an Anglophile at heart, a British chick lit is a dream come true. After seeing reviews of Mansell's titles around the blogosphere and purchasing an e-book or two on sale (and promptly losing track of the titles in my Kindle's packed files), I finally decided the holiday weekend was the perfect time to give one of Mansell's novels a try -- and goodness did that risk pay off in spades.

Millie's Fling is a delightful, frothy confection of a novel, replete with humor, misunderstandings (both comic and heart-breaking),and romance. Clocking in at roughly five hundred pages, Millie's Fling is quite a bit longer than I'm used to when it comes to breezy, entertaining fiction of this ilk -- and honestly it could have used a bit of judicial editing to tighten the storyline. But when you're having such fun indulging in pure, fluffy escapism it's hard to fault story length when you've become so wholly immersed in the story's world, with characters who, foibles and all, have become friends.

Mansell as an apparent knack for peopling her novels with delightfully zany, very human characters, relatable in both their triumphs and heartaches. And here, at least, she favors large casts of characters -- for though this novel is called Millie's Fling, that quickly proves to be something of a misnomer. This is hardly a chick lit about one woman's search for love and fulfillment -- in a welcome turn significant page time is given to her entire circle of acquaintance. Her benefactress-cum-employer Orla and her struggling marriage, her housemate Hester and her romantic travails, her affably eccentric, divorced parents, and all of the men who dance in and out of this circle of women whose lives are rife with romantic possibilities receive significant page time. More than one woman's story, this little novel could perhaps be more aptly likened to an ensemble comedy like the film Love Actually -- this is a novel love wherein each experience is as unique and fully realized as the colorful characters that spring from its pages.

While the novel started a bit slowly, once the characters and premise where established the pace picked up and my fingers flew through the pages. Like comfort food or, better yet, chocolate, Millie's Fling is pure, unadulterated escapism at its finest. This is a novel and world that is a joy to lose oneself in, peopled with characters you can't help but love (even when they're incredibly stupid) and a few twists that may surprise you. I absolutely love Mansell's sense of humor and laughed out loud more than once descriptiosn of between Millie's job as a gorilla costume-wearing kissogram to Orla's well-meaning attempts at matchmaking (and Orla's payoff at the end of the novel? PRICELESS). The perfect summer read, for sheer fun my introduction to Mansell's fiction cannot be beat -- and I'll definitely be checking out her other novels sooner rather than later.
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TBreakiron
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book if you like chic lit.
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2012
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Got this title for free from Amazon as it sounded like a very promising read that I might end up liking. While reading it you learn of Millie who ends up coming to the attention of famous author Orla after she saves her while she was at her lowest point after a painful break up with her man. Considering how women can sometimes bond over certain things like loser boyfriends the two quickly bond and Orla is suddenly inspired by the idea for her next novel. She'll set up Millie with a man and then write a novel loosely based on the experiences that Millie has over the course of the summer and the romance.

The rest of the book we watch as Millie navigates her way through they men that Orla thinks she should be with and men she herself is attracted to. We read about her and her roomates adventures over the course of the summmer and some things are funny and some things make you laugh. Does Millie end up getting the happy ever after she has been hoping for or does she push men away when they realize they might end up being the subject of Orla's next romance novel. I enjoyed this book so much that since I have purchased quite a few other Jill Mansell books and have not been disappointed yet. If you are looking for a light but absorbing read this is a good choice to check out. Since it's set in England I may have even learned the definition of a few new words and what those words mean on the other side of the pond.
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Laura Wheeler
5.0 out of 5 stars Light and addictive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2023
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Total escapism, hooked from the first page. Interesting characters which got into situations which were believable. I'd forgotten how much I liked Jill's style. Finding the next book to move onto now!
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Maria Laura Rodriguez
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok to spend a good time
Reviewed in Spain on June 19, 2014
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Nice, sweet, very funny and well written although utterly predictable from page one. I did spend a good time and enjoyed the read though.
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Rita Giugliano
4.0 out of 5 stars Coinvolgente e divertente.
Reviewed in Italy on December 19, 2013
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Come tutti i libri di Jill Mansell, la storia è coinvolgente e divertente, con continui capovolgimenti e sconvolgimenti.
Un ottimo modo per svagarsi, dimenticando per un po' la vita di tutti i giorni.
Un po' prevedibile la fine, ma sempre presenti trovate divertenti.
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mary
5.0 out of 5 stars ..mal wieder ein richtiger Seitendreher!
Reviewed in Germany on February 4, 2013
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Wiedermal ein Buch, bei welchem man fast nicht aufhören kann zu lesen sobald man begonnen hat. Sehr unterhaltsam und spannend!
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Yeetcha
5.0 out of 5 stars Touchant, drôle, génial...
Reviewed in France on December 27, 2012
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Comme tous les livres de Jill Mansell, une fois commencé, impossible de s'arrêter! Millie's fling est a présent mon préféré. Tous les personnages sont intéressants, l'histoire est touchante. On a pas envie de fermer se livre et de quitter Millie et tout son p'tit monde!
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