THE MISPLACED AFFECTIONS OF CHARLOTTE FFORBES
Book ID/图书代码： 12100013B63195
English Summary/英文概要： Another entertaining novel from this internationally published writer, about tangled relationships, misunderstandings and truculent toddlers.When Charlotte Fforbes inadvertently falls in love with her boss, her usually cool self-control is tested to its limit. Thus far, Charlotte has carefully avoided love’s emotional tar pit, but suddenly she is in it up to her neck. Her first strategy is to ignore it – for one thing, boss Patrick is a husband and father. Then Charlotte is given a clue that Patrick’s marriage may not be as stable as believed, and that is enough to fan a spark of hope into an infatuation-fuelled inferno. Transformed from efficient PA into a woman whose reason has been muffled with duct-tape and locked in a cellar, she’ll now do anything to find a way into Patrick’s heart.Anything includes arranging to be nanny-for-a-month to the small children of Patrick and his wife and two other families at a Lake Como villa. Charlotte’s complete lack of child-minding experience daunts her the least. If she’s to win Patrick, she must also prevent his cousin’s wife being seduced by her charming, feckless ex, while fending off dogs, Gypsy gatecrashers and a large, vengeful ghost from Patrick’s past. But Charlotte’s biggest test will come when she is forced to question whether her affections have been entirely misplaced – and, if so, was this her last ever chance to feel love like this again?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 国际知名作家凯瑟琳.罗兵逊的又一力作。《一场错爱》中有纠结的情感、关系、误解，还有蛮横的孩子等元素。自不经意间爱上老板后，夏洛蒂良好的自制力受到了挑战。她一直小心翼翼地隐藏着自己的爱意，可这块心病却压得她喘不过气。于是她便不想再忍，她采取的第一步战略就是忘记老板帕特里克已为人夫，也有了孩子。后来夏洛蒂发现其实帕特里克的婚姻并不幸福牢固，这点小小的信息足以点燃夏洛蒂希望的火花。现在，为了得到帕特里克的心，她可以不择手段，包括为帕特里克和他妻子以及科莫湖别墅的另两个家庭的婴儿当一个月的保姆。完全没有育儿经验对夏洛蒂来说还不是最让人气馁的，如果要让帕特里克爱上自己，她还要防止帕特里克堂兄的妻子不被自己帅气懦弱的前男友迷得神魂颠倒。在当保姆期间，夏洛蒂还要把大狗，吉普赛人，向帕特里克复仇的鬼魂驱逐门外。可是，这还不是最大的挑战，当有一天，夏洛特突然发现自己爱的人并不是帕特里克时，她还能这样重新爱上一个人吗？（XAT）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 凯瑟琳.罗兵逊于1966年3月7日出生于惠林顿的一个救世军家庭。母亲是未婚先孕，凯瑟琳也不清楚这其中的原因。后来她就读于惠林顿女中（也就是曼斯菲尔德中学），后考入维多利亚大学（她攻读英国文学专业，成绩平平，那时在写作方面也没什么创意）。之后她嫁给了大卫，并育有两子：芬恩（14岁，留着列夫.盖瑞特的发型，爱穿皮夹克，弹电吉他）和卡勒姆（19岁，美术学院的学生，踢足球，创作些图形小说）。他们自1993年起一同工作，卖掉了第一个公司，然后在洛杉矶买了一个网站。之后又去英国生活了一段时间，回国后在海边买了套房子。夫妻俩现在经营营销业务。凯瑟琳通过“成长惠灵顿”激活程序教授那些刚崭露头角的企业家，还是《主权邮报》的约稿人。凯瑟琳是个不错的园丁和厨师，并坚持阅读。她的第一本小说为《达尔.金凯的第二次甜蜜生命》是她利用空余时间写的。她的网站为：www.catherinerobertson.netCATHERINE ROBERTSON was born in Wellington, March 7, 1966, in a Salvation Army home for unwed mothers. Her mother was not, in fact, unwed, so she’s not entirely sure of the rationale behind this. She went to Wellington Girls (as did Katherine Mansfield) and Victoria University (here our paths diverged; Katherine went off to die young, and she gained a so-so degree in English literature, and did absolutely no creative writing). She’s married to David, and they have two boys: Finn (14, Leif Garret hair, leather jacket, electric guitar) and Callum (19, Fine Arts student, plays soccer, creates graphic novels). They have worked together since 1993, and are still married. They sold their first business to set up a dot.com in San Francisco (sheer madness), and escaped briefly to England before coming back to Wellington and their house by the sea. They now own and run a marketing business. CATHERINE ROBERTSON teaches budding entrepreneurs through Grow Wellington’s ’Activate’ programme, and she contributes to the DominionPost weekend magazines. She’s a moderately competent cook and gardener, and she reads compulsively. Her first novel, ’The Sweet Second Life of Darrell Kincaid’ was written in what would otherwise have been her spare time. Her website is: www.catherinerobertson.net
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