Archive for May 12th, 2009

Stephanie and James are happily married and living with their son in London.

Or at least that’s what Stephanie was led to believe until she saw a text message on James’ phone which leads her to believe he’s having an affair. Stephanie decides to confront his mistress Katie, and they are both shocked at the lies and deceit of their lover, and decide to get revenge.

But one of the women doesn’t know when to stop… how far will she go to bring down the man who betrayed her? And will the other woman be able to stop her before it goes too far?

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Cally Taylor’s debut novel, Heaven Can Wait, will be released on October 1st and sounds like a very interesting read. I really hope I can get a hold of it. I also love the cover.

‘What would I do without you, Lucy Brown?’ he said, and kissed me softly. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back. I felt that life just couldn’t get any more perfect. And I was right, it wouldn’t. By the end of the next day, I’d be dead.

Lucy is about to marry the man of her dreams - kind, handsome, funny Dan - when she breaks her neck the night before their wedding. Unable to accept a lifetime’s separation from her soulmate, Lucy decides to become a ghost rather than go to heaven and be parted from Dan. But it turns out things aren’t quite as easy as that. When Lucy discovers that Limbo is a grotty student-stylehouse in North London she’s less than thrilled.

Especially after meeting her new flatmates: grumpy, cider-swilling EMO-kid Claire; and Brian, a train-spotter with a Thomas the Tank Engine duvet and a big BO problem. But Lucy has a more major problem on her hands - if she wants to become a ghost and be with Dan she has to complete an almost impossible task. How the hell does a girl like Lucy find a girlfriend for the dorkiest man in England? IT geek Archie’s only passions are multi-player computer games and his Grandma. But Lucy only has twenty-one days to find him love.

And when she discovers that her so-called friend Anna is determined to make a move on the heart-broken, vulnerable Dan, the pressure is really on..

Cally’s second novel is due to be released in 2010 and is currently untitled.

Julie Highmore’s 8th novel, The Message is released on 9th July and the synopsis reads:

Jen has no idea that her neat life is about to unravel. With one misplaced voicemail, she discovers that her marriage is a sham. Numb with shock, she’s hiding from the future when she’s stunned by a face from the past. Kit was Jen’s first love, the one she hoped would never leave. On their airbase in Germany, he was out of her league – a senior officer’s son – but even Kit’s glamorous and disapproving mother couldn’t keep them apart. What began as a glorious summer, though, could not last for ever. Now, years later, Jen and Kit meet again, both troubled, and forced to confront what happened. Together, can they make sense of it all?

Julie Highmore’s seven other novels are: Country Loving, Pure Fiction, Play It Again?, Sleeping Around, Kiss Me Quick, Beautiful Strangers and Your Place or Mine?