The God of Good Looks

''Phenomenal! A book worthy of a standing ovation'' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Getting a second chance is a beautiful thing... Bianca Bridge''s personal and professional lives are in tatters. She has lost her beloved mother and has only a distant relationship with her self-made father. And now, she''s been outed as the mistress of a government minister - ending her journalism career before it had even started. All but unemployable, she is astonished when tyrannical make-up artist Obadiah Cortland, Trinidad''s legendary ''God of Good Looks'', hires her as his new assistant. At first, Bianca can''t stand her fierce new boss - and he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when her ex threatens both their futures and working together becomes their last resort, she begins to glimpse another Obadiah beneath the facade he''s so carefully cultivated. ''I loved it'' India Knight ''A glittering will-they, won''t-they Bridget Jones re-boot'' Nikki May, author of Wahala ''A punchy romance with plenty to say about Caribbean class, poverty and sexism. Bianca Bridge is a heroine to root for'' Observer ''Wickedly funny... Mc Ivor uses the metaphor of make-up to examine privilege, corruption and truth. Bianca is a hugely endearing heroine'' Daily Mail

Autorentext
Breanne Mc Ivor is an award-winning writer. Her short story collection, Where There Are Monsters, was published in 2019. Mc Ivor holds degrees in English from the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh and has a certificate in Advanced Professional Makeup Artistry. She lives in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago. The God of Good Looks is her debut novel.

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*'Dazzling ... I didn't want it to end' Coco Mellors author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein*

'Phenomenal! A book worthy of a standing ovation' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn, author of *Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?***

Getting a second chance is a beautiful thing...

Bianca Bridge's personal and professional lives are in tatters. She has lost her beloved mother and has only a distant relationship with her self-made father. And now, she's been outed as the mistress of a government minister - ending her journalism career before it had even started.

All but unemployable, she is astonished when tyrannical make-up artist Obadiah Cortland, Trinidad's legendary 'God of Good Looks', hires her as his new assistant.

At first, Bianca can't stand her fierce new boss - and he lets her know the feeling is mutual. But when her ex threatens both their futures and working together becomes their last resort, she begins to glimpse another Obadiah beneath the façade he's so carefully cultivated.

'I loved it' India Knight

'A glittering will-they, won't-they Bridget Jones re-boot' Nikki May, author of Wahala

'A punchy romance with plenty to say about Caribbean class, poverty and sexism. Bianca Bridge is a heroine to root for' Observer

'Wickedly funny... Mc Ivor uses the metaphor of make-up to examine privilege, corruption and truth. Bianca is a hugely endearing heroine' Daily Mail

Zusammenfassung

Sometimes you need to clash to make an impact.

Bianca Bridge is like an eyeshadow palette. She's a vibrant kaleidoscope of big personality and even bigger dreams, with a tendency towards messiness and fallout. Case in point: ruining her career prospects and hopes of becoming a writer by having an affair with a married government minister.

Fiercely confident and uncompromising, her tyrannical new boss Obadiah Cortland - makeup artist and legend in Trinidad's beauty scene - is like a statement red lipstick. 'The God of Good Looks' is a facade he has perfected over years of slipping through the island's rigid class barriers, and he knows as well as Bianca that the tiniest smudge can ruin your image.

When Bianca's ex threatens both their futures, this clashing combination must find a way to work together to save everything they care about. But might they actually bring out the best in each other?

Sparkling, big-hearted and life-affirming, The God of Good Looks is a story about prejudice and pride, the masks we wear and who we can become if we dare to take them off.

'Phenomenal! A book worthy of a standing ovation. I will never forget how this novel made me feel' LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN, author of Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

'A dazzling delight ... I didn't want it to end!' COCO MELLORS, author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein

'A glittering will-they, won't-they Bridget Jones re-boot' NIKKI MAY, author of Wahala