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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Bond Girl - Giveaway and Review


You know you've read an excellent book when you can wait to tell someone about it and all the best parts of the book. Only in this one, the entire book is filled with the best parts. Bond Girl by Erin Duffy is the story of Alex Garrett, who has dreamed of a career in the finance industry since she was eight, following in her father's footsteps. Only this is a predominantly male industry and not that many women find the success she is hoping for.

She finally attends college hoping that the business and finance classes will be enough to help her understand what it takes to get her foot in the door of Cromwell Pierce, one of the top leaders in Wall Street, also a fierce competitor of her father's company. When she finally is offered the position, she soon finds just how difficult it will be beginning her journey as a Junior, which is the grunt level in the bond trading sector. She has been told she will do whatever is asked of her without complaint and that's where the story gets interesting. I found this book to be a blend of the Devil Wears Prada only in a male dominated finance industry and for an extremely difficult boss named Ed Ciccone or "Chick" as he insists she refers to him.

It's just how far Alex is willing to go that makes the story that much fun. Seeing it as working in an office with 40 men and one other woman, she is forced to deal with all the inside jokes one would expect from having to fetch coffee and pizza whenever the team is hungry or in need of a caffeine boost or being the blunt of practical jokes when the days prove boring and slow. Yet in the end, it shows how much drive and perseverance Alex has to prove her worth at her job.

I received Bond Girl by Erin Duffy compliments of William Morrow, a division of Harper Collins Publishers for my honest review and LOVED it! It was definitely a book I could relate to, when I begin a career in the wireless industry as one of the first women technicians and how to go about proving my self worth in a male dominated field. So my hats off to girls like Alex who can put up with the best of them and not take it personally. A fun-filled 5 out of 5 stars!

For more information on this book, the author and where to purchase a copy of this book, please click on the link below:


Thanks to the generous folks at Harper Collins and William Morrow, they are providing a giveaway copy of this book to one lucky follower of my blog, Reviews From The Heart. Here are the details:

1. Be a resident of the US or have a US shipping address.

2. Be a follower of my blog Reviews From The Heart.

3. Like my Facebook page at Reviews From The Heart by clicking here.

4. Leave me a comment telling me why you would love to win a copy of this book. Don't forget to include your email address. You can use the words (at) and (dot) instead of the symbols.

The giveaway will end on February 21st and I will notify the winner by email.

14 comments:

  1. Sounds great. Count me in, please. US resident

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  2. I am a GFC follower

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  3. I am a follower and email subscriber. Please enter me in contest. I would love to read this book. Tore923@aol.com

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  4. I'd loved to read this book I really enjoy reading about people having a dream and going after it. I'm a gfc follower and like you on fb.
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  5. This sounds like a really great story with a unique heroine. I would love the chance to win a copy. Thanks!
    GFC and Facebook follower (Colleen Turner).
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  6. its always inspiring to read about someone trying to capture their dream..

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  7. i follow via gfc as sweetpea0861

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  8. I follow via fb as mary becker

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  9. I subscribe via email and like you on FB.
    I would like to read this book because it's not the usual kind of book that I read. I want to see how Alex handles the men she has to work with.

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  10. I love books with strong female characters. I live in US. I follow via GFC, email, and Facebook.

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  11. I love rooting for the underdog, this sounds like a great story.
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  12. I would love to win this book because I really like how determined Alex is in the story. It makes for a great read. Please enter me. Thanks!

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  13. Follow on GFC as Anita Yancey.

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  14. I like the fact that the best part of the book is all of the book!

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