Take Mum Out

Take Mum Out
Fiona Gibson

Three blind datesTwo teenage boys messing up her plansAnd one man who'll melt Alice's heart.'You need to get back in the saddle…' Alice despises that phrase. She's fine being single – with two slothful teenage boys and a meringue business to run, she has enough on her plate without negotiating the troublesome world of modern dating.However, Alice's three best friends have other ideas. Each one will present her with an utterly delicious, eligible man – all Alice has to do is pick her favourite.

FIONA GIBSON

Take Mum Out

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Source ISBN: 9781847563651

Ebook Edition © March 2014 ISBN: 9780007469383

Version: 2015-04-09

For Gavin, for setting me up on a very significant blind date

(‘I don’t think he’ll fancy you though’)

Table of Contents

Cover (#ua182fde8-c665-5515-9c36-4c5148e7bcfc)

Title Page (#u7555c8f4-69ac-5a6a-b3b5-c9f81fccb4b2)

Copyright (#u97763bd8-4206-5638-a506-72d191c72edd)

Dedication (#uadbf9529-e0bb-59c2-b527-8a86830fcb53)

Chapter One: Inspection day (#u814ea56f-f8d1-52bb-9986-8a94458c4840)

Chapter Two: Four months later (#u0138f4c8-29be-5eb5-8d2a-75da3b6241a7)

Chapter Three (#ud1422270-2766-5e4b-a3ef-1cd25f8430fd)

Chapter Four (#ucc4c6b12-8f30-57be-b96a-6b887ace601d)

Chapter Five (#u30237a9c-9b1d-503f-925e-31999ce7b4f5)

Chapter Six (#u9d9d4c96-b684-5c32-807b-f461fbed701f)

Chapter Seven (#u9d8673e9-cb62-5fc1-8ee1-25d506dde14b)

Chapter Eight (#ub4f6b30b-9e74-55a2-bec6-5692ea91d0ea)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)