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Prime Time Love: A funny romantic comedy that will have you laughing out loud (Abigail Love Book 1) Kindle Edition

3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 907 ratings

WARNING: This book contains strong language, unnecessary violence and irreverent British humour, and should therefore not be read by anyone.

Can a girl fall for a guy if his name sounds like a mechanically operated sex toy?
Abigail Love and her new cameraman, Will, were in the same class at school. Ten years later they find themselves working for the same company, but at first, neither can remember who the other one is. As they start to date, what happens when they find out, especially when Will realises that it was Abigail who'd teased him into early therapy?

This laugh out loud romantic comedy is perfect for fans of Nick Spalding, Matt Dunn and Tracy Boom.

"Brit comedy at its best."
Mrs. L. A. Stone, Amazon.com

“Prime Time Love is another hilarious sarcastic book from the brilliant mind of David Blake.”
Ldub, Amazon.com

"Great, just like all of his other works have been. I look forward to additional books by him."
Carol Lampert, Amazon.com

"Everything about this book is hilarious. If you haven't read any of David Blake's previous books, you don't really have to in order to enjoy this one; however, I guarantee that once you do read it, you'll be eagerly seeking out the rest of his work. He has such a dry wit and outrageous sense of humor that you'll find yourself laughing out loud at some of the farcical shenanigans that take place almost non-stop throughout the book. This book came at just the right time when I needed a "pick-me-up" and was guaranteed to put a smile on my face and lighten my mood each time I picked it up. If you haven't already, you need to discover this gem of an author. There are far too few books like this out there, so we need to cherish this one."
DTChantel, Amazon.com

"David Blake is still delivering laughs in the British manner. Apologetic, diffident thoroughly British humor in ridiculous situations is his stock in trade. Old characters and new ones interact in a Portsmouth based story featuring Abigail Love, a You Tube TV News reporter who is not bothered overmuch by factual reporting. Her growing attraction to Will Wankett, a shy, introverted young man with an iPhone whose video capabilities he finds paid work with, is hampered by a past acquaintance between the two as children. Inspector Capstan, Sgt. Dewbush, and Morose all make appearances of various levels, with Morose going through multiple career challenges in a new life. Spinning off current events such as Brexit and terrorist bombings, the two main characters jump from one event to the next. Thoroughly fun!"
Georgia Brousseau, Amazon.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Blake is the author of the new series of laugh out loud Abigail Love books. This first one is a funny British romantic office comedy that is basically a love story, sort of. It’s also been described as chic lit, but it’s probably not. However, people are saying that it is one of the best rom com books that they’ve ever read, although probably not as good as those written by Nick Spalding, or anyone else for that matter. He’s also written a series of almost funny books about Inspector Capstan that form the back story to this new series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N4PSIGV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Oak Publishing Ltd (January 18, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 18, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2455 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 907 ratings

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No. 1 International Bestselling Author with over ONE MILLION books sold!

Having sold over a million books around the world, and with number one bestsellers in both the UK and Australia, David is best known for writing fast-paced crime thrillers that are impossible to put down.

When not writing, David likes to spend his time mucking about in boats, often in the Norfolk Broads, where most of his books are based.

THE DCI TANNER SERIES

1. Broadland

2. St. Benet's

3. Moorings

4. Three Rivers

5. Horsey Mere

6. The Wherryman

7. Storm Force

8. Long Gore Hall

9. Weavers' Way

10. Bluebell Wood

11. Swanton Morley

12. Stokesby Grave

13. The Bastwick Testament (pre-order)

14. Blackfleet Broad (pre-order)

THE INSPECTOR CAPSTAN SERIES

1. The Slaughtered Virgin of Zenopolis

2. The Curious Case of Cut-Throat Cate

3. The Thrills & Spills of Genocide Jill

4. The Herbaceous Affair of Cocaine Claire

THE SPACE POLICE SERIES

1. Attack of the Mammary Clans

2. The Final Fish Finger

3. The Toaster That Time Forgot

4. Rise of the Retail-Bot

5. Enemy at the Cat Flap

6. The Day The Earth Moved A Bit

THE ABIGAIL LOVE SERIES

1. Prime Time Love

2. Headline Love

STAND-ALONE BOOKS

1. Galaxy Squad: Danger from Drackonia

2. Fish Fingered: Short Story Collection

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Customers enjoy the book's humor and find it entertaining. They describe it as a quick, easy read with a fast pace. Readers appreciate the well-developed characters and their interactions. However, some customers felt the pacing was too slow and the storyline was mediocre.

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9 customers mention "Humor"9 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the humor in the book. They find it funny and entertaining, with British humor in ridiculous situations. The humor keeps them sane and lightens their mood.

"This is the second book I’ve read by this author now and they’ve both been fun, and chock-full of riotous laughs...." Read more

"Fun, easy reading. I enjoyed following the different characters, as well as their interactions. Interspersed with real world problems. Thanks" Read more

"...He has such a dry wit and outrageous sense of humor that you'll find yourself laughing out loud at some of the farcical shenanigans that take place..." Read more

"I couldn't finish this book. It had some situational comedy that was fun, but I didn't like some of the language...." Read more

4 customers mention "Readability"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read with a fast pace. They describe it as a quick, fun read that covers important stories for a small town reporter.

"This was an okay read. I didn’t think it was very funny or romantic, as it stated, and that was what I was looking for...." Read more

"Fun, easy reading. I enjoyed following the different characters, as well as their interactions. Interspersed with real world problems. Thanks" Read more

"Quick little read. Not too graphic in any respect. Fast pace of following a small town reporter as she covers increasingly more important stories." Read more

"Fast. Furious and funny. A silly but funny crime reporter fantasy I actually laughed out loud many times. A good, fast read." Read more

3 customers mention "Character development"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's character development. They find the characters easy to identify with and hilarious.

"...The author excels at depicting characters who are easy to identify with in their desperation to achieve their ends, and out of that desperation..." Read more

"Fun, easy reading. I enjoyed following the different characters, as well as their interactions. Interspersed with real world problems. Thanks" Read more

"...funny books ,a great time in to inspector capstan the characters are unbelievable funny and the story line hilarious" Read more

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Customers dislike the pacing and feel the book is poorly written. They find the story mediocre and the characters unlikable.

"...The story was mediocre, and characters not very likable. Not any that I’d want to follow." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017
    This is the second book I’ve read by this author now and they’ve both been fun, and chock-full of riotous laughs. Not so much zingy one-liners coming at you as great situational humor.

    The author excels at depicting characters who are easy to identify with in their desperation to achieve their ends, and out of that desperation comes the most outlandish behavior and comical circumstances. Take our bad guy. “If it weren’t for him turning from Police Chief Inspector, to mass murderer, to escaped convict, to criminal mastermind, to invading insurgent, I doubt we’d have had the success we’ve had so far.” Now that’s one hell of a character arc that might just make Hannibal Lecter of Silence of the Lambs fame feel personality deprived and lacking in a sense of direction. But he’s not even the character I’m referring to. The one doing the talking, the one the quote is excerpted from is the head of the news show, desperate to fill the air time now that the bad guy of the century that has been holding everyone enthralled is no longer available to generate headlines. Now you can just imagine what the newsroom chief will do to fill that void. Though not to worry, turns out news of the bad guy’s death is greatly exaggerated, and you can just imagine what extremes our bad guy will go to in order to stay out of prison after just escaping. He’s yet another very desperate, determined man. The book is full of these characters who will simply not be deterred from their objectives. At any costs.

    Then there’s the matter of our budding heroine who will do anything, and I do mean anything for a news story, determined to make her mark in the viciously competitive youtube market where you’re either getting a billion hits or you’re one of infinitely many nobodies. And she’s determined not to be a nobody. So pointing a camera at a comatose patient while he grants her a very quote-worthy interview is no problem. All that takes is sticking the microphone in front of his mouth so the camera can’t tell his lips aren’t moving and the rest involves sending the script to the sound effects guy. It’s outlandish behavior, but it makes perfect sense coming from a newsgirl so bent on getting ahead in the industry that she’ll do whatever it takes.

    I’ll leave it to the reader to decide what the author’s actual theme is, but I couldn’t help but see the social satire and profundity about the human condition as it is today radiating from every page in glorious Technicolor. Far too many of us have far too unreasonable expectations for ourselves and one another in a globally competitive economy that drives everyone sooner or later to this kind of insanity. Maybe Blake didn’t mean to argue this theme, but it’s a major takeaway all the same. So, if you like to avoid reflecting on the human condition whenever you can because it involves too much deep thinking, you’d just rather laugh away your problems, congrats, you’ve finally found a book and an author who will make reflecting on the human condition far easier than you think, all while keeping you sane by keeping you laughing. You just might be the last sane person on earth, though, if the medicine takes.

    I should probably mention, for those whom it might concern, that in addition to being a comedic-thriller, this is also a romance. And the dynamic between the newswoman and the cameraman is subject to the same laws of the rest of this twisted universe. So have fun with that.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017
    This was an okay read. I didn’t think it was very funny or romantic, as it stated, and that was what I was looking for. The story was mediocre, and characters not very likable. Not any that I’d want to follow.
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018
    Fun, easy reading. I enjoyed following the different characters, as well as their interactions. Interspersed with real world problems. Thanks
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2017
    Not funny...minimally risque...could be better with some revision...
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2017
    Everything about this book is hilarious. If you haven't read any of David Blake's previous books, you don't really have to in order to enjoy this one; however, I guarantee that once you do read it, you'll be eagerly seeking out the rest of his work. He has such a dry wit and outrageous sense of humor that you'll find yourself laughing out loud at some of the farcical shenanigans that take place almost non-stop throughout the book. This book came at just the right time when I needed a "pick-me-up" and was guaranteed to put a smile on my face and lighten my mood each time I picked it up. If you haven't already, you need to discover this gem of an author. There are far too few books like this out there, so we need to cherish this one.
    7 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017
    I couldn't finish this book. It had some situational comedy that was fun, but I didn't like some of the language. I thought this was a cozy mystery and I didn't expect to find vulgarity.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2018
    Lots of laughs in this one. Abigail manages some unexpectedly good news stories in this one. It definitely lightens your mood
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2017
    I don't like to write reviews that are not positive but I felt this book was so bad I could not finish it, actually, not even close to finishing it. Don't bother with this one.
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  • jaybour
    4.0 out of 5 stars TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE COMMA
    Reviewed in Canada on October 16, 2021
    Astounding! There is nary a sentence in this novel that escapes comma faults. The author or editor simply sprinkled commas over the text and let them fall where they may. I spent an enormous amount of time highlighting these glitches for the record. The result was not a sprinkling but a deluge! What a way to destroy what could have been a great read. To the author: invest in a competent proofreader.
  • Steve
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great British farce
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on August 15, 2017
    Great laugh, enjoyed it a lot...funniest bit the 'accidental' shootings. Looking forward to the next one up in the smoje
  • Grandma's Footsteps
    4.0 out of 5 stars A book to make you laugh at UK life today
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2017
    Very amusing and just the thing to read if you're feeling under the weather. Totally unbelievable story line but so full of acute observations on life in the UK and so readable, that you forgive the plot and just settle back to enjoy the humour and insights into current events and social media.
  • Sasha
    2.0 out of 5 stars Weird story, not funny, repetitive gags
    Reviewed in Australia on January 25, 2019
    This book took a long time to finish. I kept hoping it would achieve the accolade of laugh out loud as described. Didn’t even get a chuckle. I kept waiting for the humour. The story line was eccentric and unbelievable ... I suppose that was the funny bit. The worst was the repetitive phrase to do with the character’s name ... I lost count as to how many times reference was made to blanket and the innuendo rhyming surname. I was looking for a funny book to read, but I got a bizarre story line that was simplistic in its delivery. The romantic comedy bit was superficial and totally predictable. Sorry I spent the time finishing it. Should have dumped it while I had the chance.
  • cat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book now if you want to laugh again
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2017
    I loved this.
    It was so funny, I haven't laughed at a story in ages.
    I found it hard to put it down,especially at night when I would be laughing out loud and my husband thought something had happened luckily he went back to sleep quickly so I could get on reading.
    The style of writing reminds me of "BLOT ON THE LANDSCAPE".

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