The Gift of Girls by Chloe Thurlow

Thievery, promiscuity and (soft) slavery all feature in this latest acquisition. Its heroine Magdalena Wallace has a head for figures and this helps her secure a great summer job as an intern at City accountants Roche-Marshall. Here she is trusted to check accounts but she doesn't tell her boss that she works at night as a waitress, dressed in fishnets and a corset, at Rebels Casino. 

Magdalena is desperate for the extra money the job brings and she sees an opportunity to earn more when she learns about a 'secret' system from a high-roller, she plays the tables but loses her university savings. Sure that her system will eventually pay out she dips into the accountancy firms clients' money - losing that as well. Her boss finds out. Should he go to the police and report Magdalena, or will she agree to be his slave until the debt is paid. He proposes that she act as a slave for the next six weeks and her debt will then be paid. 

Could The Gift of Girls be Ms Thurlow's most daring novel to date? 

 

This novel could definitely be described as 'racy' and Ms Thurlow leaves nothing to chance. My only concern is that when I first started to read The Gift of Girls I mistakenly believed that I was again reading her previous novel, Being a Girl. 

The similarities between the two novels at the start was off-putting and, I have to say, it did affect how I perceived the novel to begin with - though some may find the familiarity comforting. Aside from this, this latest addition to her repertoire will be sure to keep active imaginations working overtime and the blood flowing to the most sensual organs of the body for many hours to come.

Carrie White, Writer & Reviewer
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