Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval, Published by Choc Lit, Pages: 347 (e-book)
The blurb:
Take a ride with Love Taxis, the cab company with a Heart …
Rosalie Heart is a well-known face in Irlwick – well, if you drive a bright pink taxi and your signature style is a pink anorak, you’re going to draw a bit of attention! But Rosalie’s company Love Taxis is more than just a gimmick – for many people in the remote Scottish village, it’s a lifeline.
Which is something that Marc Petersen will never understand. Marc’s ruthless approach to business doesn’t extend to pink taxi companies running at a loss. When he arrives in Irlwick to see to a new acquisition – Raventhorn, a rundown castle – it’s apparent he poses a threat to Rosalie’s entire existence; not just her business, but her childhood home too.
On the face of it Marc and Rosalie should loathe each other, but what they didn’t count on was somebody playing cupid …
My Review:
I enjoyed this book which is not something I would usually say about anything that involves the colour pink! I have a rather strong dislike for pink ever since I bought a flat with a pink, seashell, bathroom suite and had to live with it for about four years until I could afford to replace it!
The main character, Rosalie Heart, is both endearing and damn right annoying in equal measure. She lives up to her name and most certainly has a big heart. She cares deeply for the small community she lives in and her little, pink, taxi provides an essential service for most who live there. She is also portrayed as the typical female cliché – scatterbrained, erratic and emotional. Three things I am, personally, never comfortable with. She does have inner strengths which come to the fore throughout the story and it was these which kept me reading. I simply wish they had been a more visible part of her character.
Marc Petersen is the stereotypical male lead – handsome, moody, dark of nature and battling with demons. Everything about Rosalie irritates him and he intends to make his visit to Scotland as short as possible. Naturally, things don’t quite go to plan and many unexpected twists and turns come along which has him re-evaluating his options on a daily basis. The story plays out well and the plot was more than good enough to have kept me turning the pages to see where it would go.
This book ticks all the right boxes to be a fully signed up member of the Chick Lit genre and is perfect for lazy afternoons when you simply want to get lost in a story and be unaware of time passing by.