Add in a story straight from the newpaper headlines and I was hooked.

Great read! I loved how real and complex the characters and family relationships were. It was carrying me to a book slump so I cut it off.

Painfully slow, very lyrical writing and I didn’t connect with any of the characters. Refreshingly different, full of Parisienne haute couture, fashion spies and a heroine that is perfectly imperfect. This review was originally posted on Twitteresque reviews are for books where I don’t feel like writing a full review but I want to give you a flavour of how I felt during the book. The novel won the 'best foreign book' category in the 2105 Greek Public World book awards, voted for by readers. The Dress Thief won the readers award for the best historical novel at the Festival of Romance inĢ014 and is up for a Romance Writers of America RITA. She was longlisted in the Mslexia new women novelistsĬompetition, and shortlisted for a Daphne du Maurier award for romantic suspense. In 2012, Natalie won the prestigious Harry Bowling Prize and was a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart finalist. Mother to one son and currently guardian to two rescued Labradors, Natalie lives in rural north Suffolk, England’s easternmost county. She has also done stints as a bar-person, encyclopaedia saleswoman and cleaner. Her professional experience includes public relations, freelance copywriting and being a bookkeeper. Plotty and immersive, her novels go behind-the-scenes of glamorous worlds, be that haute couture, millinery or the theatre. Having achieved her dream, she extracts maximum fun from it by writing the kind of books she has always loved reading.

Being a published writer has been Natalie Meg Evans’ goal from an early age.

The Dress Thief by Natalie Meg Evans