Delighted to feature The Prosecco Effect by Cheri Davies.
A piece of writing advice commonly given to new writers is: write what
you know. Like many authors, I write under more than one name. In my other author
incarnation, I draw inspiration from newspaper articles, overheard
conversations, observations on the life I see around me, but rarely on my own
lived experience. But in my ‘Cheri’ guise I’ve drawn extensively on my personal
experience for my Stage
Door series of novels, of which The Prosecco Effect is the first.
Before I was a writer, I was an actress and like the heroine of The Prosecco Effect I spent many glorious months touring the length
and breadth of Italy, playing Gwendoline in Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. The company visited all the iconic Italian cities
and it was a time of my life I shall never forget. I fell in love with Italy,
and Wilde, if not a zillionaire restaurateur like my heroine Felicity. Sadly.
Or maybe not. I adore my fella – a penniless musician – and that was the
hardest things about the tour: being apart from him.
I drew on all of this for the novel – and then I ramped up the stakes,
and some! Felicity is a former soap opera star (I wasn’t) and she’s been jilted
– I escaped that one too. Phew.
Her Italian lover, Orlando, is seriously loaded
(see above re. my fella) and, like her, seriously talented. He’s Italy’s answer
to Jamie Oliver. But his director father is a nightmare – the #metoo movement
emerged because of men like him – and his family are involved in all kinds of
shady deals. And don’t get me started on Orlando’s stepmother…
But Orlando
isn’t the only one with a troubled past; Felicity is damaged too. Felicity and
Orlando are hugely ambitious; their careers mean everything and show business
has a nasty habit of destroying relationships. Can their love survive?
Can love shine brighter than a
super trouper spotlight for Felicity and Orlando?
Felicity Joy is a
fallen star: axed from the leading role in a TV drama and jilted at the altar,
her life is a mess. A six-month theatrical tour of Italy offers escape: a chance
to rebuild her career, mend her broken heart and indulge in her favourite
cuisine.
Orlando Locatelli is an
Italian restaurateur superstar. But his family are big trouble and his theatre
director father has a penchant for his leading ladies.
Damaged by secrets and
with careers their number one priority, Felicity and Orlando aren’t looking for
love. But when they meet, the attraction is instant.
Will theirs be a brief
encounter or can they overcome their fears to be together forever?
An uplifting, irresistible romance
set in Italy and the glamorous world of show business – a perfect, sunny read
Cheri Davies is a mother to ginger boys and
author of The Prosecco Effect. A
former actor, Cheri loves to write romance and intrigue set in the glamorous
world of show business. The Prosecco Effect is the first book in the Stage Door
series, following the adventures of Felicity Joy and Orlando Locatelli in
Italy.
The second – out in the New Year – takes the couple to New York City,
where the pressures of celebrity begin to take their toll. Cheri has published
four novels and numerous short stories in another guise. An unsporty girl,
Cheri surprised herself, and many others, when she broke the school long jump
record aged 12. It was the first time she’d jumped – competitively.
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