Archive for May 14th, 2009

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The MacLeod sisters are all incredibly different, and boy don’t they know it. Eldest sister Avril is a successful Hollywood agent, choosing to live life mainly away from her family with the high-flying lead actors and actresses of the film industry. Milly, a mum of 3 is constantly putting on a happy front to her sisters but is desperate to lose weight and get rid of her maternity jogging bottoms for good.

Bride-to-be Natalie is determined to be welcomed into the Potterton-Smythe’s family and that her wedding is going to be absolutely perfect, and baby sister Hazel can’t seem to settle anywhere, instead choosing to backpack around the world although she feels at 30 she should be starting to put down roots.

But the MacLeod’s are about to get a big wake up call, throwing all the sisters closer together than they’ve been in years. But are family squabbles and hidden secrets just going to break the bonds of sisterhood even further?

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This week’s Author of the Week is Alexandra Potter. She is the author of 7 novels and was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. She has lived in Los Angeles (which inspired her second novel) and Australia where she worked on Vogue and Cleo (and did rather too much sunbathing). She has also worked as a features writer and sub-editor for women’s glossies in the UK including Elle, More!, OK! and Vogue. She now writes full-time and lives in Notting Hill, London. (Thanks to fantasticfiction for the biography)

Her novels are: What’s New Pussycat?, Going La La, Calling Romeo, Do You Come Here Often?, Be Careful What You Wish For, Me & Mr Darcy and Who’s That Girl? - which I’m currently reading and will review in the near future!

The first Alexandra Potter novel I read was Going La La follwed by Be Careful What You Wish For, Me & Mr Darcy and as I’ve said, the one I’m reading now, Who’s That Girl? I’ve enjoyed all the ones I’ve read so far and when I get the chance I’ll re-read and review Going La La and Be Careful What You Wish For.

Who’s That Girl? was released in January this year and, unfortunately, there’s no news yet of an eight book but I’m hopeful there will be one, I love Alexandra’s style of writing. I also love her latter 3 book covers and think it’s a shame her earlier books haven’t been re-covered and re-printed.

Alison Kervin, author of the successful novels A Wag’s Diary and A WAG Abroad is back this summer with her latest book, Celebrity Bride. This book focuses on the wedding of a Hollywood star to a nobody, and promises to be a fantastic summer read. Here’s the synopsis:

“It’s the celebrity wedding of the season…The news that Hollywood bad boy Rufus George is finally settling down has caused a media storm. Especially since his bride is a civilian - a nobody. Kelly Monsoon is a pretty, curvy theater administrator. She never expected to meet a mega-star like Rufus let alone have him fall in love with her. And when Rufus asks Kelly to come and live with him, in his magnificent mansion, she feels like it’s a fairytale come true. Only this Prince Charming comes with a 12-person entourage, a bevy of beautiful ex-girlfriends and the world’s press camped on his doorstep.

But when Rufus proposes Kelly accepts and the media interest in this new couple hits the roof. However, the small, intimate wedding Kelly always dreamed of is taking on Hollywood epic proportions…Rufus’s manager is trying to book Buckingham Palace for the wedding reception and all Kelly’s mum wants to know is where to buy a nice hat. It’s a clash of cultures: British versus American, celebrity versus civilian - with poor Kelly stuck in the middle, not knowing where she belongs. Will this celebrity bride ever make it up the aisle? ”

The book is due out on 4th June so not too long to wait if it sounds like your thing! It sounds like a great one for the beach if you’re off on your hols, and sure to be another hit for Alison Kervin.

For more Alison, you can visit her website at http://www.alisonkervin.co.uk

Mina and Peter don’t know each other, but they’re about to strike up an unusual friendship. Mina works in a call centre for a car insurance company and happens to take Peter’s call when he calls to report an accident.

Mina is struck by Peter, and he by her, so when he has to call the centre again and asks for Mina, she starts to think more about Cambridge Don Peter. The pair strike up a telephone friendship, finding out they have more in common than they originally thought and getting closer with each conversation.

But their distance, lives and other things get in the way of something more… can Mina and Peter put themselves first for once or will they forever be just Crossed Wires?

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