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Boot Camp Bride: A sassy, workplace/enemies-to-lovers rom com to make you smile (LIzzie's Contemporary Romances Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Lizzie Lamb (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
Take an up-for-anything rookie reporter.
Add a world-weary photojournalist. Put them together . . . light the blue touch paper and stand well back!

Posing as a bride-to-be, Charlee Montague goes undercover at a boot camp for brides on the Norfolk coast to photograph supermodel Anastasia Markova. At Charlee’s side and posing as her fiancé, is Rafael Ffinch award winning photographer and survivor of a kidnap attempt in Columbia. He’s in no mood to cut inexperienced Charlee any slack and has made it plain that once the investigation is over, their partnership - and fake engagement - will be terminated, too. Soon Charlee has more questions than answers. What's the real reason behind Ffinch's interest in the boot camp? How is it connected to his kidnap in Columbia? In setting out to uncover the truth, Charlee puts herself in danger ...
And, as the investigation draws to a close, she wonders if she’ll be able to hand back the family engagement ring and walk away from Rafa Ffinch without a backward glance.

Reviews for Boot Camp Bride

A touch of Sophie Kinsella, a smidgen of Jilly Cooper, yet totally Lizzie Lamb! Adrienne Vaughan

This book is above the average contemporary romance for me - the reason why? It's intelligent as well as wildly romantic. India

Entertaining with comedic elements throughout, the pace of this well written tale rattles along at a good rate with sexual tension building from the start. Georgia Rose (Vine Voice)

Boot Camp Bride, however, is no straightforward Rom-Com. Ffinch has a sinister past, and hidden agenda. In cold and dark mid-winter, he drives them in his VW Camper Van into danger and menace at the isolated Boot Camp on the edge of the Norfolk marshes. Mags Cullingford

Undeterred by the alpha male, she managed to fight him with wit and stubbornness. Lizzie Lamb’s characters and style of writing sparkle in Boot Camp Bride. This romantic comedy is classic gold: it is the equivalent of comfort food and a good night out with friends. Lady Bracknell

Boot Camp Bride is a well written and very amusing romance novel which would be ideal for a holiday read or a long winter night in front of the fire. Catherine
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    LIzzie's Contemporary Romances
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    372 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Publication date
    November 28, 2013
  5. File size
    593 KB
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  • Short listed for THE NEW TALENT AWARD at the Festival of Romance, Bedford England
Jane Little
  • Lizzie Lamb's latest, is a perfect follow-up to her brilliant Tall, Dark and Kilted - with added suspense and mystery for good measure. It's that perfect blend of excitement, romance and humor, that she seems to do so effortlessly, but so well. The relationship between Charlee, a trainee intern, and the mysterious but irresistible Rafael Ffinch is cleverly paced, and the twists and turns of the plot keep you guessing and page-turning. Loved the funny, quirky chapter headings, and Lizzie Lamb paints as beguiling a picture of the magical Norfolk marshes,as she did of the Scottish Highlands

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With Scottish, Irish, and Brazilian blood in her veins, it's hardly surprising that Lizzie Lamb is a writer. She even wrote extra scenes for the films she watched as a child and acted out in the playground with her friends. She is shamed to admit that she kept all the good lines for herself. Luckily, she saves them for her readers these days. Lizzie's love of writing went on hold while she pursued a successful teaching career, finishing up as a Deputy Head teacher of a large primary school. Since deciding to leave the profession to realise her dream of becoming a published novelist, Lizzie hasn't looked back. She wrote Tall, Dark and Kilted - which echoes her love of her homeland in every page, not to mention heroes in kilts - and published it.  Lizzie loves the quick fire interchange between the hero and heroine - like in old black and white Hollywood movies - and hope this comes over in her writing.
       For her second novel: Boot Camp Bride she's had enormous fun researching VW camper vans, the Norfolk Marshes and the world of journalism. Not to mention falling in love with delicious hero - Rafael Ffinch.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00GAMZ642
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Romantics Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 28, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 593 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 372 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0957398542
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Book 2 of 2 ‏ : ‎ LIzzie's Contemporary Romances
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 208 ratings

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INDIE CHAMPION 2023 - ROMANTIC NOVELISTS' ASSOCIATION

Hello, I am Lizzie. Writing allows me to celebrate everything I love about my homeland, Scotland, and share those feelings with my readers. I spend summers with my husband touring Scotland in our caravan, researching my next novel, writing, and avoiding the midges. I enjoy imagining the moment when the hero heroine fall in love. The pursuit of the hero-in-a-kilt motivates me to sit front of the computer each day and I have published eight novels: Tall, and Kilted, Scotch on the Rocks, Girl in the Castle, Harper’s Highland Fling Dark Highland Skies its sequel Winter Star in the Scottish Highlands, Boot Camp Bride, and Take Me, I'm Yours. All my novels are available on Kindle Unlimited and as paperbacks. I am currently working on a Christmas novella for 2025 my ninth novel, Holding Out for a Hero. I organise the Leicester Chapter of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and present workshops on indie publishing to new writers. My feel-good/uplifting novels would be very happy to sit alongside those of Jilly Cooper, Jenny Colgan, Jill Mansell, and Carole Matthews on your bookshelf.

Slainte Mhath.

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Customers thoroughly enjoy this book and find it entertaining.

"...The plot is probably overly complicated, but it was still entertaining and touched on current issues -- although this is a comedy...." Read more

"I loved this book. Charlee is a fantastic heroine with real spunk but no silliness that so many chiclit authors seem to think is necessary...." Read more

"I loved this book; the story hooked me in from the beginning! Charlee is my kind of girl, up for anything and always thinking on her feet...." Read more

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"Unique meets quirky in this suspense novel featuring a teasy romance with a snappy sense of humor...." Read more

"...the author and the dialog, but after I did, I thought it was cute and funny...." Read more

"...Charlee is a fantastic heroine with real spunk but no silliness that so many chiclit authors seem to think is necessary...." Read more

"This was a great little (well, maybe not so little) romance book and quite the bargain for less than a dollar...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's language, with its witty dialogue and well-written content, and one customer notes its snappy sense of humor.

"...quirky in this suspense novel featuring a teasy romance with a snappy sense of humor...." Read more

"Well written and edited stand-alone book. This was really a 3.5 for me, but I rounded up...." Read more

"...It was well written and had a well conceived plot. Though formulaic, it isn't boring. Take the chance, I think you'll love it too!" Read more

"...The language in this book is snappy and at the same time beautiful. How does Ms. Lamb do it? Thank you for a fun read." Read more

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Customers love the characters in the book, with one noting that the lead female character is strong.

"...The lead female character is strong, smart, independent and a little hard-headed, which actually made her more realistic and interesting...." Read more

"I loved this book. Charlee is a fantastic heroine with real spunk but no silliness that so many chiclit authors seem to think is necessary...." Read more

"Enjoyed this book, loved the characters, the humor and romance. Hope Lizzie Lamb writes another!!!" Read more

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  • Cynthia Harrison
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a romp!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015
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    Unique meets quirky in this suspense novel featuring a teasy romance with a snappy sense of humor. When cub reporter Charlee is paired with celebrated photo-journalist Rafael, she doesn’t question why a guy like Rafael would chase a story about a Russian supermodel looking less than perfect in a boot camp for brides-to-be. She’s just excited to be the fake fiance of the man who is going to take her career to the next level. Also, there’s chemistry.

    Not that she’s going to let the faux engagement give Rafael license to do stuff to besmirch her honor. Well, not unless he starts treating her more like the smart cookie she truly is and less like a rookie riding on his fame. For one thing, after Charlee gets over the gorgeous part, she sees a world of pain in Rafael, and not a whole lot of interest in knowing her as a person. He’s a dismissive closed book and the whole cover story her boss and Rafael have cooked up is simply too silly for words. It’s rather insulting that they expect her to swallow it whole.

    Charlee knows something big is about to go down in the marshlands of the Norfolk coast and she is determined to find out what it is. Also, she happens to really like that supermodel she’s supposed to be shooting secret candids of and senses the young woman is unhappy with her rich, oily fiancée. Charlee’s new friend may also be in big trouble, and Charlee, with Rafael’s help, is possibly the only person in the world who can get the supermodel home free.

    With a delightful wink to the “marriage of convenience” plot of Regency novels and a dash of banter, this novel manages to be a throwback romp while remaining brilliantly contemporary. Lizzie Lamb has got it going on, and then some.
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  • LA Kristy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended to fans of modern British chick-lit.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2014
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    Well written and edited stand-alone book. This was really a 3.5 for me, but I rounded up.

    I read the author's other book Tall, Dark and Kilted and really enjoyed that. That book took me a few chapters to get connected with the rhythm of the author and the dialog, but after I did, I thought it was cute and funny. Unfortunately, in this story there is a high usage of British slang, and I find it hard to slog through some of it. I actually had to use Google to look up several words I wasn't familiar with because they're not in the Kindle dictionary. That level of disruption makes it difficult to get into the flow of the story.

    The story itself was interesting and the characters were unique and fun. The lead female character is strong, smart, independent and a little hard-headed, which actually made her more realistic and interesting. The lead male character is an adventurer who's come out of a very bad situation. The plot is probably overly complicated, but it was still entertaining and touched on current issues -- although this is a comedy.

    I'd recommend this to fans of modern British chick-lit.
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  • Chicsarah
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2014
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    I loved this book. Charlee is a fantastic heroine with real spunk but no silliness that so many chiclit authors seem to think is necessary. It was well written and had a well conceived plot. Though formulaic, it isn't boring. Take the chance, I think you'll love it too!
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  • PJ Maximus
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lizzie Lamb's books are my cup of tea!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2013
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    I loved this book; the story hooked me in from the beginning! Charlee is my kind of girl, up for anything and always thinking on her feet. And who doesn't love a fake engagement that turns into pure magic! The language in this book is snappy and at the same time beautiful. How does Ms. Lamb do it? Thank you for a fun read.
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  • Lise Plouffe
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2014
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  • Saskia10
    4.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
    Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
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    Thoroughly enjoyable.
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  • ezreader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2015
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    This was a great little (well, maybe not so little) romance book and quite the bargain for less than a dollar. The South American Contra, the Russian Mafia, British country life. So many hours of entertainment for such a small price. I'm anxious to read Ms Lamb's other book, Tall, Dark and Kilted.
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  • Bailey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2015
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    Enjoyed this book, loved the characters, the humor and romance.
    Hope Lizzie Lamb writes another!!!
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  • India
    5.0 out of 5 stars Where's the 6-Star Button?
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2013
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    Seriously though, I finished this book last night and I almost sobbed - I didn't want it to finish, the world that Lizzie Lamb created in the pages of Boot Camp Bridge was so much fun, I could have read on and on and on! This is the second book from this author I have read and I had to admit, I was worried - would BCB be as good as Tall, Dark and Kilted, a book I completely lost myself in. Well, it took me until Chapter 3 to realise it damn well was - every bit as good in fact! The wonderfully named Rafael Fonseca-Ffinch is a total hunk and Charlee is just divine - full of fire and fury. Actually, the pair of them are pretty fiery, particularly when in each other's company, which makes for some very sparky dialogue and laugh-out-loud moments. I'm not going to re-hash the plot, but suffice to say this book is above the average contemporary romance for me - the reason why? It's intelligent as well as wildly romantic. The author loves language and that comes across on nearly every page - each sentence is constructed beautifully and she isn't afraid to use words you have to look up - thank goodness my Kindle Fire makes doing that so easy. The characters are very well drawn and there's attention to detail all the way through - oh, yeah, and a VW Camper - what more can I say? Actually, there's lots more I can say, I can wax lyrical about this book for a long time I loved it so much - but I'll end with sex. Yep, there's sex in the book and sometimes I cringe at such scenes, they are either too graphic or too sappy - in BCB they're neither - they are truly gorgeous. If you want a book that balances humour, romance and adventure in perfect proportions, check this out - I wouldn't hestitate to recommend it to anyone.
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  • crazycatvalou
    5.0 out of 5 stars love me love me not an i can do better than you think
    Reviewed in France on August 15, 2015
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    great book
    as usual lizzie brings us in unexpected story of love me love me not which i adore .montague is being fired for her job and finally her boss recommands her to ffinch a journalist that wants a lady to work undercover for him but things will not work as expected for him ..
    as i read recently it's a book that we want to finish quickly to know the end but as the same time we want it to last as the story is so good thx lizzy lamb
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  • Georgia Rose
    4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining with comedic elements throughout
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 7, 2015
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    Boot Camp Bride is an intriguing romantic romp across the marshes of Norfolk with the naive but enthusiastic Charlee and deliciously sexy and terribly capable leading man, Rafa.

    Charlee Montague is a badly treated intern at What’Cha! Magazine and the fabulously named Rafael ‘Rafa’ Fonseca-Ffinch is a well respected, if somewhat weary, photographer who has reported from some of the most troubled areas of the world and has recently returned from Columbia where things went badly wrong. They team up when Rafa needs Charlee to infiltrate a boot-camp for brides to take a photo of a Russian supermodel, Anastasia Markova. In order to do this they have to get engaged and pretend to be in love. However danger threatens because there are other reasons why Rafa wants Charlee at the boot-camp and then both start wondering how easy it will be to walk away from their “engagement.”

    Here is a delicious snippet from Vanessa, Charlee’s hateful boss.

    “‘For the love of God, Sally, check out what each of them is wearing before you let them loose on the unsuspecting guests. Most of them look like extras from the “Devil Wears Primark”. I’ve never seen so many synthetic fabrics together in one room. A carelessly positioned candle and the whole place could go up.’ Her cold blue eyes treated them to one, last hypercritical sweep before she left the room, leaving a trail of her signature lung-clogging perfume in her wake.”

    Entertaining with comedic elements throughout, the pace of this well written tale rattles along at a good rate with sexual tension building from the start. I found some of Charlee’s reactions to be a little knee-jerk at times and was surprised that no one in her family felt the need to ask her if the engagement wasn’t a bit quick considering none of them had met Rafa before, or even heard of him, but those small points aside although this is a lighter read than I would normally choose I found it a lovely one to wind down on holiday with and it’s definitely one to recommend.
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  • Anita Faulkner
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sassy, sexy and so much fun!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2024
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    I absolutely loved this witty and clever romcom by Lizzie Lamb. Charlee was such a feisty, sassy character, and I loved the depth and complete gorgeousness of Rafa. These two had such brilliant banter and sizzle.

    Great storyline, with a dollop of page-turning mystery too. Highly recommended!
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  • Lady Bracknell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Poignant brushstrokes of humour and vulnerability
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2018
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    Charlee is forced to attend a boot camp to get a scoop for the magazine she works for. I adored the situation set up for this story – such fun! The author is very clever at painting her characters and adding poignant brushstrokes of humour and vulnerability. Oh my, Charlee’s anecdotes will chase away the winter blues!
    Charlee guided me through her adventure, and I could not stop laughing. How does Lizzie Lamb manage to combine humour, adventure and romance? Charlee was feisty, fun, intelligent and clumsy – perfect. Undeterred by the alpha male, she managed to fight him with wit and stubbornness. Lizzie Lamb’s characters and style of writing sparkle in Boot Camp Bride. This romantic comedy is classic gold: it is the equivalent of comfort food and a good night out with friends.
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    Poignant brushstrokes of humour and vulnerability

    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2018
    Charlee is forced to attend a boot camp to get a scoop for the magazine she works for. I adored the situation set up for this story – such fun! The author is very clever at painting her characters and adding poignant brushstrokes of humour and vulnerability. Oh my, Charlee’s anecdotes will chase away the winter blues!
    Charlee guided me through her adventure, and I could not stop laughing. How does Lizzie Lamb manage to combine humour, adventure and romance? Charlee was feisty, fun, intelligent and clumsy – perfect. Undeterred by the alpha male, she managed to fight him with wit and stubbornness. Lizzie Lamb’s characters and style of writing sparkle in Boot Camp Bride. This romantic comedy is classic gold: it is the equivalent of comfort food and a good night out with friends.
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