Archive for August 14th, 2009

Lucy Dawson’s third novel What Every Woman Wants was originally due for release in February 2010 but has been delayed by 7 months and will now be released on 2nd September 2010. It sounds like another cracker from Lucy:

Kirsty is happy with her husband, Joe. But they have one issue: Joe really, really wants a baby. He always assumed this was on the cards, but now the time to make a decision has come, Kirsty really isn’t sure she wants the same thing.

But Joe’s relentless pressure leads her to make a catastrophic decision - a moment of madness borne out of isolated frustration. The one moment of temptation that she hopes no one will ever know about goes horribly wrong.

When she stands to lose everything, what will Kirsty do?

A realese date and synopsis have been released for Emily Giffin’s next novel Heart of the Matter. It’s due for release on 22nd July 2010 and sounds fabulous:

As the wife of a leading paediatric plastic surgeon, Tessa Russo can’t help but contemplate how fragile life can be. How one moment you can be going about an ordinary day, and the next, everything you once took for granted can be snatched from you. Tessa knows how lucky she is, still madly in love with her husband after seven years, with two beautiful children. Yet beneath the perfect facade, the cracks are beginning to show…

Valerie Anderson takes nothing for granted. But with one phone call, her world is turned upside down forever. As a single mother, she was always protective of her son Charlie, and will live to regret how one seemingly insignificant decision leads to a terrible accident - one that will leave Charlie forever scarred.

It is only when Nick Russo, Charlie’s surgeon, enters their lives, that Valerie finally dares to hope again. As the lives of two very different women dramatically intersect, they are forced to question everything they hold dear, and face a future that neither one had ever envisaged.

Click here to read a sneak peek of Heart of the Matter!

Catherine Reilly still lives at home with her sisters and her father, for whom she is the carer. She’s single and not particularly outgoing, which is why it is a complete shock for her family when Catherine applies to be on the global singing competition “Star Maker”.

She auditions and amazingly makes it through - but Catherine really doesn’t have a clue of the madness that awaits her as she carries on in the competition. Richard Forster, the worlds music mogul, has got his eye not only on Catherine but a few others in the competition too. Is it all going to be too much for the shy girl from Ireland or will she be able to make all her dreams come true and become a true star?

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