Striking Poses

K. Thompson,  Striking Poses,  2004 r. : When you're burdened with the name of a goddess and your mother's a flamboyant actress, the last thing you want is a career in the limelight. So Aphrodite Delaney opts for a job backstage, grafting as a stylist on cling film commercials, a forlorn Canderella with no invite to the ball until - ping! - the handsome prince of Irish fashion, Troy MacNally, appears centre stage. Suddenly this Cinderella is snowed under with fairy-tale threads and invites to the ball - and the spotlight's right in her face. But there are big bad wolves and spiteful pixies lurking in the dark beyond. Pitted against the bitchiest of witches, Aphrodite develops a rare flair for wickedness herself. From the author of the number one bestselling The Blue Hour comes a modern-day fairy story - a tale of love, sex, revenge and intrigue set in the glittering demi-monde of the Irish fashion world.