The god of good looks

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Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian high society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government minister is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. When Obadiah Cortland, make-up artist and legend in the island’s beauty scene, offers her a job as a lowly assistant, Bianca reluctantly accepts that working on his beauty magazine is the closest to her dreams she’s going to get. But Obadiah has a reputation for being aloof and tyrannical, and it will take all the strength her mother taught her to endure it. Obadiah may be as fierce as she’d been warned, but there are surprises to discover in Bianca’s new role: unexpected friendships, the art and artistry involved in make-up, and a revolution in her idea of what it really means to be beautiful. Most surprising of all, she begins to suspect there might be cracks in Obadiah’s carefully crafted façade.

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‘Dazzling ? I didn’t want it to end’ Coco Mellors author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein

‘Phenomenal! A book worthy of a standing ovation’ Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

Getting a second chance is a beautiful thing?

Bianca Bridge’s personal and professional lives are in tatters. She has lost her beloved mother and has only a distant relationship with her self-made father. And now, she’s been outed as the mistress of a government minister – ending her journalism career before it had even started.

All but unemployable, she is astonished when tyrannical make-up artist Obadiah Cortland, Trinidad’s legendary ‘God of Good Looks’, hires her as his new assistant.

At first, Bianca can’t stand her fierce new boss – and he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when her ex threatens both their futures and working together becomes their last resort, she begins to glimpse another Obadiah beneath the façade he’s so carefully cultivated.

‘I loved it’ India Knight

‘A glittering will-they, won’t-they Bridget Jones re-boot’ Nikki May, author of Wahala

‘A punchy romance with plenty to say about Caribbean class, poverty and sexism. Bianca Bridge is a heroine to root for’ Observer

‘Wickedly funny? Mc Ivor uses the metaphor of make-up to examine privilege, corruption and truth. Bianca is a hugely endearing heroine’ Daily Mail

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Weight 0.269 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.4 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

304

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K