Archive for May 5th, 2009

Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders, under their pen name of Annie Sanders, have a new novel out on August 20th called Getting Mad, Getting Even. Their previous novels are Goodbye, Jimmy Choo, Warnings of Gales, The Xmas Factor, Busy Woman Seeks Wife and The Gap Year For Grown-Ups. The synopsis for Getting Mad, Getting Even reads:

Georgie and Flick are a girl’s best friend - and secret weapon. Their agency, Domestic Angels, provides invaluable help to armies of harassed women. After years of hard work, Georgie and Flick have built a small but grateful clientele - doing everything from booking the plumber to replacing dead hamsters. Then one evening, they are visited by a pale, nervous-looking woman who makes the strangest request yet. Her husband has combined a take-over with a leg-over. Would Georgie and Flick help her get her own back? It isn’t long before word gets out. Inundated with requests from angry wives, Georgie and Flick begin to wonder whether all these men are really as black as they are painted. Meanwhile, the disgruntled husband of a client has rumbled them. It may be that they aren’t the only masters of revenge after all…

I’m currently reading Warnings of Gales and have Goodbye, Jimmy Choo and Busy Woman Seeks Wife to read.

Olivia Ryan‘s “Tales From” trilogy have been popular with many chick lit readers. The first 2 titles, Tales from a Hen Weekend, and Tales from a Wedding Day were well received, and both made good reads. For fans of the characters, they are making a comeback in the third novel, called Tales from a Honeymoon Hotel.

The book is due out on 2nd July and here’s a synopsis of the plot to whet your appetite.

“Korcula Town, Croatia - Stay at the friendly and romantic ‘Hotel Angelo’. Perfect for honeymooners, this hotel overlooks the beautiful little harbour, and has enchantingly romantic views …” Childhood sweethearts, Gemma and Andy Collins, are madly in love and have come to Korcula for the perfect honeymoon after their perfect wedding.

Chosen because its recommendation in a wedding magazine, they soon find they are not the only honeymooners at the hotel when they meet the young and strangely matched Jo and Mark Weston, and older couple, Ruby and Harold Dimmock.

However, soon each couple’s relationship is laid bare when their marriages are threatened. They all realise that an immediate post-wedding happy-ever-after is not always guaranteed, but also that true love is worth fighting for ..

Sounds like its going to be a great summer read, we look forward to its release in a couple of months time!

Lizzie Walsh is happy with her boyfriend Tom, and her job as a counsellor at Life, a counselling centre in Dublin, where she lives.

But behind her happy facade lies a deep and painful secret - her sister Megan was murdered as a teenager and Lizzie and her family have never got over it. The murderer, Joe Jones, was sent to prison for life after the crime, but one day Lizzie is horrified to see Joe on her way home.

She makes a decision to follow him and this spirals into an out-of-control obsession with revenge and growing hate. But is it ever going to be enough for Lizzie?

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