Portia MacIntosh Book 11
Portia MacIntosh Book 11
Portia MacIntosh
Readers love Portia Macintosh!‘Portia's books just get better and better!’ Got Books, Babe?‘Hilarious and refreshingly brilliant!’ – The Writing Garnet‘I just couldn't put it down!’ – Sweet Is Always In StyleThe laugh-out-loud new novel from bestseller Portia Macintosh!
About the Author (#ulink_ac0daa2f-4fce-58f4-977d-69a13a877382)
PORTIA MACINTOSH has been ‘making stuff up’ for as long as she can remember – or so she says. Whether it was blaming her siblings for that broken vase when she was growing up, blagging her way backstage during her rock chick phase or, most recently, whatever justification she can fabricate to explain away those lunchtime cocktails, Portia just loves telling tales.
After years working as a music journalist, Portia decided it was time to use her powers for good and started writing novels instead.
Bestseller Portia writes hilarious romcoms, drawing on her real life experiences to show what it’s really like being a woman today – especially one who doesn’t quite have her life together yet.
The Time of Our Lives
PORTIA MACINTOSH
HQ
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
Copyright © Portia MacIntosh 2019
Portia MacIntosh asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
Source ISBN: 9780008330903
E-book Edition © March 2019 ISBN: 9780008328849
Version: 2019-03-06
Table of Contents
Cover (#ud8da7e82-6e12-50a1-9a1f-b498a7c8272b)
About the Author (#u469b429e-3289-5019-a84c-bbeb61dcbb9e)
Title page (#u0cec37e9-7e0f-57d5-86ad-dd4a4eece31f)
Copyright (#u269d136f-8a91-53dc-afe5-53ac787aa4da)
Dedication (#u230a47b8-f438-5834-8c5b-4162e9f3749b)
Prologue (#u287d0789-2324-5ee4-8221-fe80f068cd85)
Chapter 1 (#u2c4163bb-1ce8-572c-b3ab-ff242f2b7366)
Chapter 2 (#uc5339155-ea45-5828-b9e3-835848f48961)
Chapter 3 (#u442c144d-137e-59bb-b395-f39a277d97f0)
Chapter 4 (#u4e778e4b-bb4b-5475-aa2c-7d673b16c618)
Chapter 5 (#u04c0560d-bd95-5556-8c6e-dc793704b5d2)
Chapter 6 (#u4b2f0aa1-9e97-5130-a106-bfb3ccd210ab)
Chapter 7 (#ua25db13f-b37f-56c3-b7df-8f12b4dbe185)
Chapter 8 (#u14b206ab-26f1-5877-83d8-88fff0b12526)
Chapter 9 (#u2006be60-89fb-5d00-99cb-7ba32b86ee72)
Chapter 10 (#u80c73571-6132-5865-b937-8be8bf6b8c94)
Chapter 11 (#u7e7bb483-3bd0-5a61-a78c-80439bcfc195)
Chapter 12 (#u398aad36-4811-5cdf-8e15-b781d2f88056)
Chapter 13 (#u0a7c6360-2b7f-5344-8a0a-adfbab843409)
Chapter 14 (#ud86f82b3-2f93-5b84-bd7e-e4a59bbb5d8a)
Chapter 15 (#uf66fb88b-f335-5f0c-9c13-93ff196977ff)
Chapter 16 (#ub62dab90-80e2-5dfc-8ad5-91bd6ae823c1)
Chapter 17 (#ude1cbbbf-00e5-5ea9-8d0a-72dc6f6b7027)
Chapter 18 (#u822b0495-7688-5aa3-95b4-bf36bd62fc60)
Chapter 19 (#ua6a0edd6-ff0f-5f9a-a024-54e69d0e8017)
Chapter 20 (#u930a8c9a-331b-52e3-b6c7-fcf4d895f503)
Chapter 21 (#u5ab9d8dc-5175-5077-9214-70ba38108849)
Chapter 22 (#u76fc8fde-cdef-5e6a-b140-121f5b15a02d)
Chapter 23 (#u7caf8695-046d-5803-89cc-6a373b789b93)
Chapter 24 (#u90e656d6-cf2a-5b82-a1fe-9628868ab1dc)
Chapter 25 (#u7fa44332-6c2a-5e5e-98d4-fc8d3151f957)
Chapter 26 (#ua725a4a2-4815-5ef1-824e-d05538665c56)
Chapter 27 (#u7cf1d8d1-f883-517e-9807-d563dd90fb32)
Chapter 28 (#u0bc4763f-741c-508b-b02c-73de77b515c1)
Chapter 29 (#u45ca656d-7353-5381-9059-c32863fce3c8)
Chapter 30 (#u697c6b46-ecbb-54f6-b29c-f628adcd2dfc)
Chapter 31 (#uad3612d7-1cc7-5c54-8931-24bcdd6be762)
Chapter 32 (#uf0ea8802-1738-58d9-931f-421dc61b2873)
Chapter 33 (#ubd7eed39-9b9b-50cb-bd37-b25ec26729d0)
Chapter 34 (#ua16b93d0-690e-5265-9514-2e4f7965df95)
Chapter 35 (#u08636b83-e654-5f56-bc8a-b304ca697ba6)
Chapter 36 (#u5d6f0327-c3c7-5121-bf27-d8377655ab15)
Chapter 37 (#ucb78657e-e051-571c-aa44-7157561352a8)
Chapter 38 (#u6e0921e7-6197-5883-9e44-a151e98f5f29)
Chapter 39 (#ucaea5566-02d1-5d66-b6c1-34e79289f2e6)
Acknowledgements (#u9e6be2f4-ff96-54f8-84f7-0c5ab26b3d6e)
Extract (#u7fae3244-fa80-5722-882c-2ea0d8e26aa2)
Dear Reader … (#u8fce316f-865e-504e-9123-f8bae5285688)
Keep Reading … (#u48452050-1dda-5786-966e-548a37b9a5fe)
About the Publisher (#udee8a70f-2797-5e8e-8be4-8e04cf520f59)
For Joe & Joey
Prologue (#ulink_4946b211-b765-58a6-9049-0f011571b655)
New Year’s Day, 2009
I’ve always had bad timing.
I never budget for long enough in the bathroom. I’ve missed more buses than I’ve made. I was even born late – seventeen days late, to be exact – which took me from being the creative, passionate, stubborn Leo that I think I am, to being the organised, practical, shy Virgo that I absolutely am not.
Last night though … last night was something else. Last night it felt like time was actually against me.
Missed connections, a case of mistaken identity – what does it matter? As the clock struck midnight, dragging me from 2008 to 2009, I realised exactly what can happen when you’re in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yep, I’ve always had bad timing. But last night, it ruined everything.
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
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Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/portia-macintosh/portia-macintosh-book-11/) на ЛитРес.
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Portia MacIntosh
Readers love Portia Macintosh!‘Portia's books just get better and better!’ Got Books, Babe?‘Hilarious and refreshingly brilliant!’ – The Writing Garnet‘I just couldn't put it down!’ – Sweet Is Always In StyleThe laugh-out-loud new novel from bestseller Portia Macintosh!
About the Author (#ulink_ac0daa2f-4fce-58f4-977d-69a13a877382)
PORTIA MACINTOSH has been ‘making stuff up’ for as long as she can remember – or so she says. Whether it was blaming her siblings for that broken vase when she was growing up, blagging her way backstage during her rock chick phase or, most recently, whatever justification she can fabricate to explain away those lunchtime cocktails, Portia just loves telling tales.
After years working as a music journalist, Portia decided it was time to use her powers for good and started writing novels instead.
Bestseller Portia writes hilarious romcoms, drawing on her real life experiences to show what it’s really like being a woman today – especially one who doesn’t quite have her life together yet.
The Time of Our Lives
PORTIA MACINTOSH
HQ
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
Copyright © Portia MacIntosh 2019
Portia MacIntosh asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.
Source ISBN: 9780008330903
E-book Edition © March 2019 ISBN: 9780008328849
Version: 2019-03-06
Table of Contents
Cover (#ud8da7e82-6e12-50a1-9a1f-b498a7c8272b)
About the Author (#u469b429e-3289-5019-a84c-bbeb61dcbb9e)
Title page (#u0cec37e9-7e0f-57d5-86ad-dd4a4eece31f)
Copyright (#u269d136f-8a91-53dc-afe5-53ac787aa4da)
Dedication (#u230a47b8-f438-5834-8c5b-4162e9f3749b)
Prologue (#u287d0789-2324-5ee4-8221-fe80f068cd85)
Chapter 1 (#u2c4163bb-1ce8-572c-b3ab-ff242f2b7366)
Chapter 2 (#uc5339155-ea45-5828-b9e3-835848f48961)
Chapter 3 (#u442c144d-137e-59bb-b395-f39a277d97f0)
Chapter 4 (#u4e778e4b-bb4b-5475-aa2c-7d673b16c618)
Chapter 5 (#u04c0560d-bd95-5556-8c6e-dc793704b5d2)
Chapter 6 (#u4b2f0aa1-9e97-5130-a106-bfb3ccd210ab)
Chapter 7 (#ua25db13f-b37f-56c3-b7df-8f12b4dbe185)
Chapter 8 (#u14b206ab-26f1-5877-83d8-88fff0b12526)
Chapter 9 (#u2006be60-89fb-5d00-99cb-7ba32b86ee72)
Chapter 10 (#u80c73571-6132-5865-b937-8be8bf6b8c94)
Chapter 11 (#u7e7bb483-3bd0-5a61-a78c-80439bcfc195)
Chapter 12 (#u398aad36-4811-5cdf-8e15-b781d2f88056)
Chapter 13 (#u0a7c6360-2b7f-5344-8a0a-adfbab843409)
Chapter 14 (#ud86f82b3-2f93-5b84-bd7e-e4a59bbb5d8a)
Chapter 15 (#uf66fb88b-f335-5f0c-9c13-93ff196977ff)
Chapter 16 (#ub62dab90-80e2-5dfc-8ad5-91bd6ae823c1)
Chapter 17 (#ude1cbbbf-00e5-5ea9-8d0a-72dc6f6b7027)
Chapter 18 (#u822b0495-7688-5aa3-95b4-bf36bd62fc60)
Chapter 19 (#ua6a0edd6-ff0f-5f9a-a024-54e69d0e8017)
Chapter 20 (#u930a8c9a-331b-52e3-b6c7-fcf4d895f503)
Chapter 21 (#u5ab9d8dc-5175-5077-9214-70ba38108849)
Chapter 22 (#u76fc8fde-cdef-5e6a-b140-121f5b15a02d)
Chapter 23 (#u7caf8695-046d-5803-89cc-6a373b789b93)
Chapter 24 (#u90e656d6-cf2a-5b82-a1fe-9628868ab1dc)
Chapter 25 (#u7fa44332-6c2a-5e5e-98d4-fc8d3151f957)
Chapter 26 (#ua725a4a2-4815-5ef1-824e-d05538665c56)
Chapter 27 (#u7cf1d8d1-f883-517e-9807-d563dd90fb32)
Chapter 28 (#u0bc4763f-741c-508b-b02c-73de77b515c1)
Chapter 29 (#u45ca656d-7353-5381-9059-c32863fce3c8)
Chapter 30 (#u697c6b46-ecbb-54f6-b29c-f628adcd2dfc)
Chapter 31 (#uad3612d7-1cc7-5c54-8931-24bcdd6be762)
Chapter 32 (#uf0ea8802-1738-58d9-931f-421dc61b2873)
Chapter 33 (#ubd7eed39-9b9b-50cb-bd37-b25ec26729d0)
Chapter 34 (#ua16b93d0-690e-5265-9514-2e4f7965df95)
Chapter 35 (#u08636b83-e654-5f56-bc8a-b304ca697ba6)
Chapter 36 (#u5d6f0327-c3c7-5121-bf27-d8377655ab15)
Chapter 37 (#ucb78657e-e051-571c-aa44-7157561352a8)
Chapter 38 (#u6e0921e7-6197-5883-9e44-a151e98f5f29)
Chapter 39 (#ucaea5566-02d1-5d66-b6c1-34e79289f2e6)
Acknowledgements (#u9e6be2f4-ff96-54f8-84f7-0c5ab26b3d6e)
Extract (#u7fae3244-fa80-5722-882c-2ea0d8e26aa2)
Dear Reader … (#u8fce316f-865e-504e-9123-f8bae5285688)
Keep Reading … (#u48452050-1dda-5786-966e-548a37b9a5fe)
About the Publisher (#udee8a70f-2797-5e8e-8be4-8e04cf520f59)
For Joe & Joey
Prologue (#ulink_4946b211-b765-58a6-9049-0f011571b655)
New Year’s Day, 2009
I’ve always had bad timing.
I never budget for long enough in the bathroom. I’ve missed more buses than I’ve made. I was even born late – seventeen days late, to be exact – which took me from being the creative, passionate, stubborn Leo that I think I am, to being the organised, practical, shy Virgo that I absolutely am not.
Last night though … last night was something else. Last night it felt like time was actually against me.
Missed connections, a case of mistaken identity – what does it matter? As the clock struck midnight, dragging me from 2008 to 2009, I realised exactly what can happen when you’re in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yep, I’ve always had bad timing. But last night, it ruined everything.
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/portia-macintosh/portia-macintosh-book-11/) на ЛитРес.
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Portia MacIntosh
Тип: электронная книга
Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература
Язык: на английском языке
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата публикации: 07.05.2024
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О книге: Readers love Portia Macintosh!‘Portia′s books just get better and better!’ Got Books, Babe?‘Hilarious and refreshingly brilliant!’ – The Writing Garnet‘I just couldn′t put it down!’ – Sweet Is Always In StyleThe laugh-out-loud new novel from bestseller Portia Macintosh!