*Starred Review* Kinsella, author of the popular Shopaholic series, offers a charming stand-alone tale about how modern technology changes lives. Poppy Wyatt is beside herself when she loses her engagement ring and her cell phone in quick succession. When she finds a cell phone in a trash can at the hotel where she lost the ring, she seizes it, giving out the number so that people can contact her if they find the ring. It proves to be a company phone that belonged to the now former assistant of businessman Sam Roxton, who is none too pleased that Poppy has claimed it as her own. He reluctantly agrees to let her keep it until the ring is found as long as Poppy is willing to send him any business e-mails that come to the phone. It's not long before Poppy decides to answer several e-mails she thinks Sam is neglecting, while Sam points out a few issues in Poppy's seemingly perfect engagement. Readers will know that Poppy and Sam are destined to be together, but getting there is a delightful and exciting ride. One of Kinsella's best.--Huntley, Kristine Copyright 2010 Booklist

Twenties Girl, 2009, etc.) latest should be exactly what her fans are hankering for. And physical therapist Poppy is easily as charming and daffy as shopaholic Rebecca Bloomwood--minus the retail obsession. Screwball romance with a likable and vulnerable heroine.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Poppy Wyatt looses her engagement ring at a fancy hotel in the chaos surrounding a fire alarm. Her cell phone is stolen soon after, but Poppy lands a lucky break when she finds another phone discarded in a trash bin. She gets more than she bargained for, however, as her life becomes entangled with that of the phone's owner-businessman Sam Roxton. Sharing the phone and reading each other's texts and emails give Poppy and Sam a unique insight into each other's lives, as two strangers turn into unlikely friends. VERDICT Poppy, narrated with energy and enthusiasm by Jayne Entwistle, is full of good intentions that end up getting her in a mess of trouble, but she will keep listeners laughing as she tries to sort things out. ["Best-selling author Kinsella's latest frolic is a bona fide winner," read the starred review of the Dial: Random hc, LJ Xpress Reviews, 2/10/12.-Ed.]-Theresa Horn, St. Joseph Cty. P.L., South Bend, IN (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

In her newest (after The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic), Kinsella pens her most lovably neurotic protagonist yet, throws her into a thoroughly modern romantic love triangle, and creates a laugh-out-loud comic caper. Physical therapist Poppy Wyatt is engaged to Magnus Tavish, a pseudo-celebrity academic and author of a book on cultural symbolism. A week before they're to be married, Poppy loses her emerald engagement ring-a Tavish family heirloom. In a hard-to-believe twist of fate, she ends up finding a stranger's cell phone in a garbage bin, which belonged to the former personal assistant of a handsome executive, who agrees to let her hold onto the mobile (whose number she's already given to everyone who might have information on the ring) until she gets her jewelry back, as long as she forwards any and all important messages his way. As Poppy continues her frantic quest to plan her wedding and impress her fiance and his equally erudite parents, her life begins to intertwine with the mysterious exec in a way she never thought possible. Fresh, fast-paced, and fiercely funny, Kinsella proves once again that in chick-lit, it's less about the predictably feel-good denouement, and more about the rollicking good ride it takes to get there. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.