Astrid Parker has it all under control

Audiobook Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail, written by Ashley Herring Blake, translated by Petra Kubašková. Read by Eliška Nejedlá, directed by Jakub Tabery. Bright Falls #2 The contemporary romance series Bright Falls continues with its second instalment, which fulfils the theory that opposites attract. For Astrid Parker, any kind of failure is unacceptable. She broke up with her fiancé a year ago and has been focusing on her career ever since. (Her friends would say she's obsessed with work, but Astrid is simply driven.) When Astrid gets an offer to take on the renovation of the Everwood Inn as an interior designer, she jumps at it immediately. And not just because the project is set to be televised as part of a popular renovation show. For Astrid, the Everwood is the perfect distraction from her failed relationships and a chance to finally earn her domineering mother's approval. But Astrid hadn't counted on Jordan Everwood, the granddaughter of the inn's owner and a carpenter, who is supposed to be in charge of the renovation alongside Astrid. Jordan disagrees with every attempt at modernisation that Astrid proposes. Jordan is determined to keep her family's history as untouched as possible, especially when her own personal life is in shambles. And when Jordan's determination escalates into a tiny bit of sabotage that gets on Astrid's last nerve, the show's production team asks Astrid and Jordan to lean into their rivalry a little for the sake of entertainment. However, their rivalry can't gradually turn into something else entirely. Into possibilities that will force Astrid to decide what success means to her: the life and career that are expected of her... or the life she truly wants? ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE Ashley Herring Blake is an American author of children's fiction, best known for her debut Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World and Girl Made of Stars, a Stonewall Honor Book recipient. She enrolled in college as a voice major but changed her mind before her first semester. Blake holds a master's degree from Berry College. Before becoming a writer, she worked in a bookshop, as a teacher, and as an ABA therapist. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her family. She is openly bisexual. In 2019, her debut novel Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, about a 12-year-old girl grappling with her attraction to girls in the aftermath of a natural disaster, was selected as a Stonewall Honor Book. Her third young adult novel, Girl Made of Stars, about a bisexual teenager whose brother is accused of raping her best friend, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. ELIŠKA NEJEDLÁ An alumna of the Prague Conservatory, she has been engaged at the A. Dvořák Theatre in Příbram since 2016. Besides theatre, she also sings in the band Corebells.