Bachelor Boys

By Kate Saunders

Book Overview

All the warmth and love in Cassie's childhood came from the Darling family. Escaping from her own remote, chilly parents, Cassie reveled in the exuberant chaos she found at the home of the Darlings--two boys, a cheerful father, and a glorious mother, Phoebe, who always welcomed the lonely little girl next door. Cassie is grown up now, living a suitable life with a suitable boyfriend, until her beloved Phoebe falls ill and comes to Cassie with one last request: Will Cassie help her sons, a pair of incorrigible bachelors, find wives to look after them? It's true they are gorgeously handsome, but they are also unemployed and still living in their mother's basement. Cassie can scarcely say 'No' to Phoebe--but how will she ever find decent girlfriends, let alone wives, for these wildly sexy, and wildly impractical, bachelor boys? Kate Saunders's Bachelor Boys is a story about love and loss that's moving, wise, and wickedly funny

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312339410
• ISBN13: 9780312339418
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Wasn't sure...

after reading some of the other reviews, I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book. I am so glad that I did. I thought the book was great and would recommend it to anyone. I'll be picking up other books by this author.

A HAPPY SURPRISE

Normally, I would never have picked up a book like this, which I guess I consider to be "Chick Lit" and something I won't like. However, it was one of the top 25 recommended books by the Book of the Month Club for 2005, so I took a chance. Bottom line -- I adore this book. Lots of laughs out loud. Would make a really cute movie with all of Phoebe's unusual friends and their paths to luv. The Bachelor Boys themselves? Fabulous fun in their escapades, and you end up loving both of them.

Heartwarming and hilarious

I don't know when I've read a novel that made me laugh and even cry as much as this one. Here and in her earlier book, THE MARRYING GAME, the author has a gift for creating fantastic characters who are lovable and warm without ever being trite or sentimental. Phoebe Darling, the woman who wants the heroine Cassie to find good wives for her dashing but irresponsible sons, is one of the most appealing characters I've ever met, and her boys are pretty irresistible too. As entertaining as any chick-lit I've ever read, with way more heart and brains.