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Love by the Book

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Great fun - a gripping read and very touching

Funny, fresh, sassy and totally captured the zeitgeist when it comes to dating. If you loved GIRLS, you'll love this!

Honest, funny and cringingly relatable

Funny and honest this is a refreshing look at the modern dating scene

Melissa's engaging voice and sharp humour ift this above other dating novels

A clever premise, wittily delivered in upbeat, wisecracking style. Lauren's encounters provide a colourful snapshot of modern men and dating mores, while her breezy promiscuity makes Bridget Jones look positively nun-like. All good, dirty fun - and there's a great twist to how she gets her guy in the end. American Pimentel writes lyrically of her adopted city, and her insights into the British are as spot-on as they are hilarious

Frank, refreshing . . . such a satisfying read

Witty, frank and candid, this book takes the reader on a hilarious tour through the world of modern dating

An American living in London, Lauren is intelligent, beautiful and loves to party. So why can't she convince a man she isn't after something more serious than scrambled eggs and goodbye in the morning? 
 
Determined to snare some regular male affection, she embarks on a project: each month she will follow the rules of a different dating guide - from refusing to pay the bill to chatting up every man in her path - and will switch seamlessly to the next book at the end of each month. 
 
Lauren's love life is about to get scientific . . .

*PREVIOUSLY TITLED AS AGE, SEX, LOCATION* 
 
A hilarious take on modern dating, Love by the Book is Bridget Jones's Diary for HBO's Girls generation. 
 
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Can a single girl really have no-strings sex minus the heartache? 
 
Lauren moves to London looking for fun, not commitment. So why do the men she dates assume she's searching for The One and run for the hills? 
 
It's time for drastic action. Lauren turns her love life into an experiment, vowing to obey the advice of a different dating guide each month. She'll follow The Rules and play The Game to discover the science behind being a no-strings siren. 
 
But modern dating is more complicated than swiping right - and Lauren's about to discover that the things you run from tend to catch up with you . . . 
 
 
'Great fun - a gripping read and very touching' Marian Keyes 
 
'Laugh-out-loud funny' Elle 
 
'If you loved Girls you'll love this!' Katy Regan

Melissa Pimentel grew up in a small town in Massachusetts in a house without cable TV and therefore much of her childhood was spent watching 1970s British comedy on public television. At twenty-two, she made the move to London and has lived there happily for thirteen years, though she has sadly never come across the Ministry of Funny Walks. She spends much of her time reading in the various pubs of Stoke Newington with her husband (everyone thinks they're weird but they don't care) and being awoken in the night by her two squabbling cats, Roger and BoJack. She works in publishing.

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Great fun - a gripping read and very touching

Funny, fresh, sassy and totally captured the zeitgeist when it comes to dating. If you loved GIRLS, you'll love this!

Honest, funny and cringingly relatable

Funny and honest this is a refreshing look at the modern dating scene

Laugh-out-loud funny

Melissa's engaging voice and sharp humour ift this above other dating novels

Frank, refreshing . . . such a satisfying read

Witty, frank and candid, this book takes the reader on a hilarious tour through the world of modern dating

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