PAPERBACK RUTHLESS WOMEN MELANIE BLAKE

RUTHLESS WOMEN BY MELANIE BLAKE

Paperback published by Head of Zeus 8th July 2021

AMBITION CAN BE DEADLY

On a tiny private island of the coast of Jersey, the cast and crew of Falcon Bay are at breaking point. Their show was once the world’s most popular soap opera, but ratings are at a all time low. And when the new network owner, the malevolent Madeline Kane, arrives, it’s clear she’ll do whatever it takes to get it back to the number one slot.

Director Farrah, star Catherine and producer Amanda are the passionate, ambitious women trying to hold the production together. But thanks to their corrupt boss, Jake Monroe, their careers are under threat. Now, as Madeline’s pressure to revive the show intensifies, a battle of the sexes is unleashed.

Can these women team up to bring down their rivals? Or will jealousy, betrayal and revenge rip their friendships apart? As the story reaches its shocking climate, one thing is for certain only the most ruthless woman will survive.

MY REVIEW

Ruthless Women is the my type of book I would read over again.

I’m so pleased that my favourite book is the Sunday Times bestseller and the hottest book of 2021. Over 100,000 copies have been sold. It’s perfect for summer reading, or whatever the whether.

What has been said about Ruthless Women.Does for TV what The Devils Wears Prada did for fashion:Ok!

A twist so shocking you’ll be talking about it for years : Daily Mirror.

All rise for the new queen of the bonkbuster : The Times.

A must read romp with real bite: Heat.

Treachery and lust shockingly good: Sun Glitz, glamour and ambition perfect: women & Home

Ruthless women going to be the most eagerly anticipated novel of 2021. It’s shocking, sexy and bursting with scandal. Ruthless Women is an erotically charged thriller set on an international TV soap, it takes readers on a wild ride behind the scenes of beloved TV drama Falcon Bay, beamed globally to millions three days a week from its picturesque location in the Channel Island. But even in this beautiful coastal spot, tension swirl. Once one of the world’s most popular soap operas, but now with ratings and syndication at an all-time low, the production has been sold to an American business woman, beautiful and malevolent Madeline Kane.

I loved reading Ruthless Women about ambition can be deadly and the fierce talk in the meeting room.

In meeting room 6 producers, writers and executives met daily to create and manage the stories designed to keep their millions of viewers tuned in to the soap opera Falcon Bay.

Arrogant Jake Monroe had been promoted to controller of the drama by the networks new owners. I would have been in tears if Jake spoke to me like this in aboard meeting. ‘ Is this it ?’ he asked, pointing at the board and meeting every person’s eyes one by one, sending shivers down their backs. ‘What’s the matter with you ? ‘ he growled.

READ IF YOU DARE HOW JAKE TALKS IN THE MEETING ! PART OF PAGE 7 

Mousey girl, who was new and hadn’t been told that stillness was required when Jake’s mood turned, was trembling,clearly feeling even colder now she’s been shouted at. With shaking hands she slowly started tucking the wrap around herself, almost like a comfort blanket. This caught Jake’s eyes she raged on, his handsome face now almost pink with anger.

This is supposed to be the ” Creative Zone”, people,’ he yelled, using his fingers to make inverted commas in the air. ‘And none of you lazy fuckers are creating shit. No, actually, that’s not true. All of you are creating shit – shit that no one is watching’

As Mousey began tucking the last edge of the wrap under her leg, Jake could stand it no longer. He clicked his fingers and pointed at her. ‘ Get out ! You’re fired.’

I found the whole story fascinating as Ruthless Women is inspired by Melanie‘s behind the scenes knowledge of British Soap operas.

I would like to thank very much Midas and Head of Zeus for sending me a printed paperback to read and review ready for release day. I have had a wow of a time reading Ruthless Women and I can’t wait to read Melanie Blake’s next book.

About Melanie Blake

At 15 Melanie Blake dreamed of being a writer, but was told by her English teacher that the only thing she’d ever write were labels for factory boxes. Severely dyslexic, and desperate to escape a childhood of poverty and religious extremism in Stockport, she left school with no qualifications and run away from home. Against all odds, Melanie managed to blag her way onto the lowest rung of the showbiz ladders, working as an extra on Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Eastenders and a camera assistant on Top Of The Pops. It was during this time that she got her first big break aged 21, when soap icon Claire King chose Melanie to be her agent. Her agency was an immediate success, and she would go on to represent the likes of Patsy Kensit, Michelle Collins, Stephanie Beacham, Emily Lloyd, Denise Welch, Jennie McAlpine, Laila Morse, Daniella Westbrook, Amanda Barrie, Gillian Taylforth and Nadia Sawalha earning herself the tag Queen of Soaps. Melanie still represents a high-profile stable of some of the best-known faces on British television but is also now enjoying success in her own right as a columnist, producer, author and playwright. She lives in London.

Melanie wrote her first book The Thunder Girls when she was working in the music industry as a young woman, that was published by Pan Macmillan. She adapted it for the stage herself and it went on to break box office records at the Lowry Theatre. Her second novel Ruthless women has been even bigger success, going straight into the Sunday Times hardback fiction chart at number 4 staying in the top 10 for a month, also charting in Australia,Canada and New Zealand.