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September Releases from Little Black Dress

Posted By Leah on August 30th, 2009

Little Black Dress have another two releases in September and both sound like good reads:alison gaylin heartless

ALISON GAYLIN - HEARTLESS - 3RD SEPTEMBER

After ditching a high-powered Manhattan job to join her lover Warren in a tiny, quaint Mexican town, Zoe Greene’s ready for a more tranquil way of life. But as soon as she arrives in San Esteban, it’s clear there’s something very strange lurking behind its idyllic appearance.

Creepy local customs, a gruesome recent murder, and Warren’s peculiar disappearances do little to ease her fears. When tourists are killed, Zoe decides it’s finally time to get to the bottom of the sinister goings-on. But it could be asking questions is really only asking for troublemary carter sunnyside blues

MARY CARTER - SUNNYSIDE BLUES - 17TH SEPTEMBER

When lost soul Emily Tomlin a.k.a. Andes Lane moves into a tranquil houseboat on Seattle lake, she hopes to put an end to nine years of tireless travelling. But it’s not long before her life is being turned upside down again, this time by her landlord, Jay, and his extraordinarily gifted but equally infuriating ten-year-old son, Chase.

When Jay is sent down and Andes reluctantly agrees to accompany Chase on his quest to Sunnyside, Queens for the summer, she’s forced to square up to the secrets and lies buried deep in her own past. With romance blossoming and a newly emerging peace of mind, has Andes found her true home at last?

In Our Mailbox: 30th August (#4)

Posted By Leah on August 30th, 2009

In My Mailbox was created by The Story Siren and let’s us show off the books we’ve acquired this week (in the post, from the library, bought). We’ll post the titles of our books and, in brackets, where they’re from and we’ll post the picture below!

mailbox 30th august Leah’s Books: Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow (Quercus), With My Lazy Eye by Julia Kelly (Quercus), I’ll Have Who She’s Having by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke (Twitter competition), Bad Money by Louise Patten (Quercus), Missing You Already by Pauline McLynn (Bought).

Chloe's MailboxChloe’s books: Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (Won), Before We Say Goodbye by Louise Candlish (Sphere), The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark (Transworld) and Other People’s Husbands by Judy Astley (Black Swan at Transworld).