Ice Creams at Carrington’s (34 page)
Q: Have you always wanted to work at Carrington’s?
A: Yes, ever since I was a little girl visiting the Mulberry-On-Sea store with Mum, it’s a special place that holds lots of memories for me.
Q: You hang out with the FABULOUS Eddie who is the king of fashion … can you give us your best fashion tip?
A: Always check where your skirt is after using a public bathroom.
Q: If you were to recommend something from Sam’s Cafe that we should all try, what would it be?
A: Oh definitely my favourite cupcake, the red velvet with a swirly buttercream icing peak. Mm-mmmm.
Thanks for the wonderful questions Megan and I hope to see you instore very soon
xxx
Dear Reader
This is the fourth story in the Carrington’s series and I really hope you enjoy it!
Firstly, a big, huge MASSIVE thank you to everyone who takes the time to chat to me via my website or on Twitter and Facebook; I couldn’t do it without you. You mean the world to me. You spur me on and make it all worthwhile. Thank you so much xxx
Special thanks to my fantastic agent, Tim Bates, for putting up with me and for continuing to tell me what’s normal. Many thanks also to my wonderful editor, Kate Bradley, for keeping me calm and making me laugh and for telling me I’m a drama queen, I wear it like a badge of honour. Many thanks to the amazing Harper team – Kimberley, Martha, Jaime and Liz – for their support, talent and expertise. And to Penny for perfect pruning.
Thanks as always to Kimberley Chambers, Miranda Dickinson, Elizabeth Haynes and Sasha Wagstaff – your generosity and friendship is so very much appreciated.
Lisa Hilton and Caroline Smailes – thank you my dear friends for always being there and for propping me up when I needed it most during the writing of this book!
A big thank you to Janine Quinn and Lisa Maguire for New York, Tim Smyth for Andorra, Liz Banner for Isabella’s Italian, Louise Micu and Ann Faithfull for telling me about Winifred at Hanningtons and Naldo Morelli for all things ice cream, especially the truly scrumptious Morelli bubble gum flavour ice cream which I can highly recommend, it’s very mm-mmm, as Georgie would say.
Jadzia Kopiel, for helping me to keep on keeping on – you’re the wisest woman I know. My lovely, supportive father-in-law, Dr Brown, for helping with the medical details and for sharing the memories of his family’s department store, Brown’s in Newtonards. I hope I’ve captured a whiff of the memory. Yeeman To, for being a fantastic sales assistant and telling me all about it; your generosity is very much appreciated and any exaggerations or fabrications are totally down to me.
QT, for patiently waiting until I had finished this book before we could go to the cinema to see
Frozen
! You mean the whole world to me, sweetheart, you’re the bravest, brightest, funniest little girl who makes all the right choices (well, most of the time
And to my readers, book bloggers and dear friends online, you are all magnificent. I love chatting to you and feel honoured to be a part of your lives; it’s truly awesome how the world is a far smaller place now that we have social media. So come join the party. I love seeing pictures of your handbags, kittens, puppies, Christmas trees, copies of my books, cupcakes (well, all of the cake, to be honest), chatting about
Revenge
,
Corrie
,
EastEnders
,
The Good Wife
and all of the films and TV shows that we love. I feel honoured when you get in touch to share personal things with me – to tell me how the Carrington’s series has helped you through a difficult time in your life, or how you found the courage to come out after reading about Ciaran and Eddie; your own experience of bullying from hearing Georgie’s story – your time in care as a child, too; or how you got that dream job, or that you just want to know what ‘blimey’ means. So find me on Twitter
@alexbrownbooks
,
Facebook.com/alexandrabrownauthor
or at
www.alexandrabrown.co.uk
and I promise to reply as quickly as I can.
Now, please sit back, relax and enjoy
Ice Creams at Carrington’s
. I wrote this one for you!
Luck and love
Alex xxx
Alexandra Brown is the author of the Carrington’s series; set in a department store in the pretty seaside town of Mulberry-on-Sea, it follows the life, loves and laughs of sales assistant, Georgie Hart.
Alexandra is the former City Girl columnist for
The London Paper
and has written for a range of publications including
YOU Magazine
,
Cosmopolitan
and
Elle
. When she isn’t writing, Alexandra likes to indulge her online shopping addiction while watching trashy TV and tweeting way too much. She lives near Brighton, on the South Coast of England, with her husband, daughter and a very shiny black Labrador puppy.
Website:
www.alexandrabrown.co.uk
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/alexandrabrownauthor
Twitter:
@alexbrownbooks
Cupcakes at Carrington’s
Me and Mr Carrington
Christmas at Carrington’s
New to the fabulous series of the world of Carrington’s? Try CUPCAKES AT CARRINGTON’S, the first book in the series
Georgie Hart loves her job – running the luxury handbag concession at Carrington’s department store in the pretty seaside town of Mulberry-on-Sea, and treating herself (once too often!) to a red velvet cupcake with buttercream icing in Carrington’s café.
But Georgie is thrown into disarray when Carrington’s is plunged into a recession-busting makeover, cueing the arrival of
femme fatale
Maxine, who wields the axe in her immaculately-manicured hands. It spells a recipe for disaster for Georgie and soon she is fighting not only for her job, but also for the attentions of her gorgeous boss, James. And when hot newcomer Tom arrives, who may or may not be the best thing since sliced bread, Georgie must decide where her loyalties really lie …
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Fancy a festive treat? Try
Christmas at Carrington’s
, a deliciously indulgent read and the follow up to
Cupcakes at Carrington’s
Georgie Hart loves Christmas time at Carrington’s Department store. Running the luxury handbag department, she adores helping customers in the hunt for the perfect gift for the perfect someone. And this year is no exception – now she has the hunky Tom, Mr Carrington himself, to spend the special day with.
But when Tom springs a surprise, Georgie’s plans are thrown into chaos. Carrington’s is getting a fresh lease of life in a hot new reality TV show, featuring formidable retail guru, Kelly Cooper.
As the first show airs, Georgie is shown in a far from flattering light. Worse is to come when Kelly’s vile daughter appears to get her claws into Tom. Georgie fears this will be the worst Christmas ever, but Santa still has a little surprise for her stocking this year – she’ll just have to wait until Christmas to find out …
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