The Benevolent Bee: Capture the Bounty of the Hive Through Science, History, Home Remedies and Craft - Includes Recipes and Techniques for Honey, Beeswax, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Pollen, and Bee Venom
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The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Helped to Bring Down a Polygamous Cult
Rebecca Musser and M. Bridget Cook
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Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the 'dangerous'...
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Albion's Glorious Ile: A Hand-Colouring Book from the Songs of Poly-Olbion
Anne Louise Avery and William Hole
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated When Polly Met Olly in Books
Sep 3, 2019
So we meet Polly--a British ex-pat--who is being interviewed for a job at a successful dating agency. It turns out that Polly isn't so good at the dating thing in real life though, as shown in these quotes:
"Didn't you send him a peach and aubergine emoji with a question mark and a winky face when you were drunk?"
"What about that guy you called Mike for four dates then it turned out his name was Matt."
She gets the job and, quite quickly, she's asked to check out a rival firm who is stealing some of their clients. So Polly goes to the other firm as a possible client and meets Olly, the owner. They seem to have an instant connection, a spark, but Olly turns a little cold and clinical towards the end of her interview. They meet by accident a few more times as Polly explores the area surrounding her new office. We don't see him all that often in the book until near the end, to be honest. She's too busy trying to find the perfect partner and setting up dates for her clients.
As the books name suggests, they do end up together but not before hitting a few bumps along the way. It's on a really slow burn and does come a little out of left field when they finally admit they have feelings for each other but after that, the happiness they feel when they're together was really cute.
I loved the camaraderie between Polly and her friend Gabe, he teases her terribly at times but I had to smile. And her friendship with her boss, too, was pretty cool. They made quite a good team at the whole dating agency thing.
I think this was quite enjoyable and will look out for further releases to see if they're as cute as this one was.
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