Anything You Can Do is the first book I have read by this author. A feel-good comedy with 168 pages, which makes it relatively short read. It’s also the second book in the Riverside series. I haven’t read the first book and did find this was fine on its own
What would you do if the stars aligned to put everything right in your home?
If Roles Were Reversed …
Caroline and Noel Morton are two people who need a change. One wants to escape the rat race while the other hopes to join it!
When Noel is asked to begin working from home he’s quick to say yes. More time with his three children? How could he not? Meanwhile Caroline is considering starting a new job. How amazing would it be to hit goals and targets and have people actually thank you for a change? And when she receives an offer from the failing Eden Street box company, an organisation in chaos, she’s ready to change the world!
But is an organisation brimming with employees who are tired, disillusioned and waiting to be let go what she really needs? And can Noel work from a chaotic home with three children, an obsessed work colleague and a disillusioned mother ready to thwart his plans at every turn?
Join Caroline and Noel as we return to Riverside to see if everyday changes can guide a relationship back to solid ground or if they’ll further tear it apart!
For fans of Fiona Gibson, Christie Barlow and Tracy Bloom this is a laugh out loud comedy you won’t want to miss!
The story revolves around Caroline and Noel, a couple who are stuck in the everyday routine of work for Noel and parenting and housework for Caroline. Well, what could go wrong? They swap roles and it goes from there.
A great view of how brutal family life can be, and I found it hilarious… on the outside looking in. It is something that I can bet plenty of couples come up against. I found it so real, and the characters themselves are so well drawn.
Told in alternating chapters from Noel and Caroline’s perspectives as they get used to their new roles. Caroline is pulled in two directions, wanting to be there for the children and needing to go to work. Noel soon realises that family life gets in the way of working from home, and it isn’t what he expected it to be.
This was a book I loved more than I thought it would be. I felt like I was with friends, and I caught myself chuckling a number of times throughout. I felt for Caroline as she battled her emotions and went it to work, then as realisation hit Noel, I was like,”Boom! It’s not as easy as your thought, eh?” Almost talking to Noel as if he was with me in real life, too!
A brilliant take on family life overall and one that is such a big subject for many people these days. If you are feeling a bit down and need a lift up, read this book. You will soon have a smile on your face. I am going to be adding more books from this author to my teetering pile of books I want to read!
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and B.R Maycock for my gifted copy of the book.
Purchase Links
UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09HP376ZX
Germany
https://www.amazon.de/Anything-You-Can-Do-Riverside-ebook/dp/B09HP376ZX
AU
https://www.amazon.com.au/Anything-You-Can-Do-Riverside-ebook/dp/B09HP376ZX
US
https://www.amazon.com/Anything-You-Can-Do-Riverside-ebook/dp/B09HP376ZX
Author Bio
Hi Readers, I’m Berni and I’m a rom-commer!
My start: Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and the entire contents of our local library, then Sweet Valley High, Point Horror, Babysitters Club and The Saddle Club before drifting into adulthood where I found Jenny Colgan, Marian Keyes, Patricia Cornwall, Stephen King and John Grisham.
I am now an absolute chick lit, rom com, and thriller addict and former book blogger (you might know me from B R Maycock’s book blog).
My goal is always to give someone something they can settle down with for a bit of escapism and a laugh with small town series, ‘mom lit’ books and sparkly standalones.
Then there’s the official line…
B R Maycock (Berni to all you lovely people!) writes romantic comedies that are warm, sparkly and fun. She can be found in Co. Westmeath, Ireland with her brilliantly out there husband, Keith, their four epic little men, and four cats She has one goal and that’s simply to make readers smile and/ or laugh (a splutter rates highest;)).
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