Juliet, the protagonist of Calling Romeo, Potter's first novel published in the United States, is frustrated with her boyfriend, Will, after he's kept her waiting at a bar on Valentine's Day. New friends such as upstairs neighbor Dorian, and new boyfriend Reilly, with billboard-quality looks, help ease the transition and allow her to believe there might yet be hope for happiness.
Unprepared for the high-energy excesses of life in the big American city, Frankie initially has difficulty adjusting. Suddenly the best option seems to be to get far away from her life in London and head to America where her best friend, Rita, is trying to make it as an actress in Los Angeles. In less than a week, she has gone from happy at work and happy in her relationship to jobless and fiancé-free. Potter's next novel, Going La La, finds twenty-nine-year-old Frankie reeling from abrupt changes in her once-happy life. No matter what choices she makes in work and love, she knows they will have to be made strictly on her own.
Fielding unusual advice from her new friend Vivienne, Delilah juggles the attentions of wealthy media hotshot Charlie and the sweet-natured, more down-to-earth Sam. Confident and determined, Delilah intends to make the best of her new surroundings and be successful in her career and in love. In her debut novel, What's New, Pussycat?, protagonist Delilah has tired of her life in Bradford, England, and she is leaving her boyfriend and her old life behind and heading for the big city.
Most of Potter's works could be described as chick-lit. She has been a magazine journalist for popular British publications such as More!, OK!, and Vogue. SIDELIGHTS:Īlexandra Potter is a novelist and romance author from Yorkshire, England. ADAPTATIONS:Ĭalling Romeo has been optioned for film.
Darcy, Ballantine Books ( New York, NY), 2007.Ĭontributor to magazines and periodicals, including More!, OK!, Elle, and Vogue. Going La La, Fourth Estate (London, England), 2001.Ĭalling Romeo, Black Swan (London, England), 2002.ĭo You Come Here Often?, Downtown Press ( New York, NY), 2005.īe Careful What You Wish For, Hodder (London, England), 2006. What's New, Pussycat?, Fourth Estate (London, England), 2000. Born 1970, in Yorkshire, England married.
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