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In a comical Kiwi adventure, a group of bad-ass women band together to reclaim stolen property, confront societal beauty standards, and navigate the chaos of drugs and gangs they are exposed to by their next-to-useless male receptionist.
Zoe owns a boutique recruitment agency and is struggling to manage the awful young man she hired as her receptionist.
Her best friend Mila finds herself accidentally pregnant with her fifth baby, despite her husband's vasectomy and her initial plan to have just one child.
Meanwhile, bold, buxom babe Layla lives life as a solo mum, experimenting with a series of hilarious and disastrous cosmetic procedures.
Their lives take a turn toward the chaotic with the theft of the company foosball table, some hidden drugs, and a gang member named Rage who would really like them back.
An entertaining and fast-paced adventure combining a light-hearted examination of the futility of the 'beauty duty', the value of friendship, and the importance of loving ourselves just the way we are.
Zoe and Mila is the third book from talented Kiwi author Jodie Shelley. If you love humour, adventure and mayhem, you will love this story by Jodie Shelley.

"A fast-paced drama populated with a host of memorable, female characters."