Transplanting Holly Oakwood by Di Jones

Transplanting Holly Oakwood is the fourth book in the LA Lights series, but can be read as a standalone.

Holly Oakwood’s cosy life is shattered when her boyfriend has an affair with her best friend. Determined to mend her broken heart by throwing herself into her career, but unable to hide her contempt for her new boss, she loses her job as well.

She leaves London ands a dream job in a Consulate in LA, but that’s when her troubles really begin. She struggles to settle, loneliness begins to bite, and everyone around her is thin and shallow. She loses her confidence, makes a fool of herself once too often, and her new boss hates her. Can she salvage anything from the train wreck of her new life, or should she return to England?

What ensues is a comically entertaining series of events that catapult Holly into new friendships, the promise of romance and the realization that home is where the heart is.

Transplanting Holly Oakwood is a Bridget Jones style romantic comedy and will appeal to lovers of chick lit. If you enjoy Jill Mansell or Sophie Kinsella, Di is a new author you must read. While all the books in the LA Lights series are interconnected and the characters recur, each can be read as a stand alone novel.