From the bestselling Australian author of The Hating Game comes the clever, funny and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two elderly women - under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager

Distraction (n): Something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on. See: Teddy Prescott.

Ruthie Midona is twenty-four (going on ninety-four) and fully committed to her job at a luxury retirement village. Keeping herself busy caring for the eccentric residents means that Ruthie can safely ignore her own life - what little there is of it.

Teddy Prescott is practically allergic to a hard day's work. When he rocks up as the retirement village's newest employee, Ruthie is less than impressed. The last thing she needs is a distraction as irritating (and handsome) as this selfish rich kid.

Lucky for Ruthie, her favourite pair of mischievous residents need a new assistant to torture . . . so she hands over Teddy, ready for them to send him running.

Except Teddy may be about to surprise her - not just by surviving the old women's antics, but by charming Ruthie so much, she starts to remember that there's more to life than work . . . Could Teddy be far more than simply an unwelcome distraction?

'I inhaled Second First Impressions - I had to force myself to slow down because I didn't want it to end. It's a truly adorable, heart-warming, swoon-worthy love story. A book hasn't given me the warm-fuzzies like this for a very long time' BETH O'LEARY, author of The Flatshare
'A delight. Will make you laugh. Charming, funny and heartwarming' Kirkus
'The warmest, coziest, sweetest book of the year, an absolutely perfect blend of humour and heart' EMILY HENRY, author of Beach Read
'A hilarious and cute romcom set in a retirement village with the quirkiest, most likeable heroine ever' ALLIE REYNOLDS, author of Shiver
'After a sweet, funny and heartwarming love story, then look no further' FIONA PALMER, author of Secrets Between Friends
'The definition of a feel-good romance. This story and these characters will grow on you until Ruthie and Teddy are wrapped around your heart' Herald Sun
'Tender ... beneath Thorne's fresh and breezy writing style is a story with real depth.' Bookpage
'It's Thorne's storytelling, which gives her seniors as much life as her twentysomethings, that proves as delightful as an early bird special' USA Today
'An addictive romance filled with deep feeling, crackling attraction and cackling laughs . . . will have your heart squeezing and soaring from beginning to end.' The Washington Post

From the worldwide bestselling author of The Hating Game comes a sweet and spicy rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein's sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man . . .

For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule. When assisting in her brother Victor's ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realizes that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance to let a man get to know the real her. For the first time, Angelika embarks upon a project that is all her own.

When her handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. Her resurrected beau (named Will for the moment) has total amnesia and is solely focused on uncovering his true identity. Trying to ignore their heart-pounding chemistry, Angelika reluctantly joins the investigation into his past, hoping it will bring them closer. But when a second suitor emerges to aid their quest, Angelika wonders if she was too hasty inventing a solution. Perhaps fate is not something that can be influenced in a laboratory? Or is Will (or whatever his name is!) her dream man, tailored for her in every way? And can he survive what was done to him in the name of science, and love?

Filled with carriages, candlesticks, and corpses, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is the spooky-season romcom that reminds us to never judge a man by his cadaver!

'Take everything you've come to love in a Sally Thorne novel: witty banter, a sexy, toe-curling romance, and voice that pirouettes off the page, but add one part Tim Burton. Dear reader, that is what's waiting for you, and we are OBSESSED. This is Sally Thorne at her absolute best' Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author

Harper F, Historias en Femenino

Segundas primeras impresiones es el esperado regreso de la autora de Cariño, cuánto te odio que nos vuelve a sorprender con una comedia romántica en la que no todo es lo que parece y demuestra lo importante de las nuevas oportunidades.

Ruthie Midona lleva años trabajando en la administración del complejo Providence, a la entera disposición de los adinerados residentes y de las especies raras de tortugas que rondan por el impecable césped. Sigue una rutina sin apenas cambios. Hasta que conoce a Teddy Prescott, el hijo del nuevo propietario de Providence, y su nuevo vecino. Alto, tatuado y con el pelo más maravilloso del mundo, Teddy está ahorrando para hacer realidad su sueño de abrir un salón de tatuajes. Es la definición personificada del riesgo, y deja deslumbrada a Ruthie a primera vista… hasta que la confunde con una ancianita.

Ruthie descubre la forma perfecta de vengarse de Teddy y su insultante primera impresión: las residentes más excéntricas acaban de poner un anuncio (¡sí, otro!) en busca de un ayudante personal a quien atormentar. Las Parloni tienen noventa años, son unas pequeñas amenazas andantes y ninguno de sus ayudantes ha durado ni una semana. Ruthie reconoce a un pusilánime en cuanto lo ve y está más que dispuesta a ofrecerles a Teddy.

Para sorpresa de Ruthie, Teddy demuestra ser el empleado definitivo y despliega su encanto por toda la villa, incluido el corazón de Ruthie, llenándolo con su visión chispeante, nunca seria, de la vida. Pero con el futuro de Providence pendiendo de un hilo y los planes de la familia de Teddy amenazando con destruir el pequeño universo de Ruthie, ¿estará Teddy ahí cuando más lo necesite?