Archive for September 4th, 2009

An Offer You Can’t Refuse tells us the story of Lola Malone. At the start of the book, Lola is a 17 year old girl in love with her boyfriend Dougie. But when Dougie’s mother offers her £10,000 to break up with her son, Lola takes the money and leaves Dougie well alone.

But she gets a shock ten years later when the Malone’s come back into her life and she finds out how much she missed Dougie. However, is he going to find out Lola took money for breaking up with him? And will Lola be able to win back Dougie with the help of his sister Sally and best mate Gabe?

(more…)

We have 5 copies of Matt Dunn’s new book The Good Bride Guide to giveaway courtesy of the lovely people at Simon and Schuster! The book is Matt Dunn’s 5th and sounds fabulous, so if you want the chance to win your very own copy, send your name and address to [email protected] and the first five of you will get your copy in the post! We’ll make a post of the winner’s names when we’ve had the first five, and the competition is open to all UK residents. Here’s the book synopsis:

“Ben Grant is fed up with always meeting the wrong girl. Having just celebrated his 29th birthday by being dumped by his 29th girlfriend, he decides he can’t go on like this. Why can’t he be as blissfully happy as his best friend Ashif, about to marry the beautiful Priti, a bride chosen for him by his parents?

Suddenly Ben has a great idea: why not ask his own parents to do the same for him? But while Ben’s parents see this as the perfect opportunity to set their son on the right path to matrimonial bliss, it soon becomes clear that Ben’s idea of the kind of woman he wants to settle down with is quite different from that of his somewhat traditional mum and dad.

Following a series of disastrous dates, Ben starts to realize that he wouldn’t let his parents pick him out a shirt to wear, let alone a woman to marry. But when Ben finally meets the girl he thinks might be ‘the one’, he realizes that maybe he does have something to learn from his mum and dad after all. Can he learn the art of romance from his parents and land the girl of his dreams?”

Good luck!

Another book missing from our September list (although not my fault, I thought it was coming out in December) is Kirsty Scott’s new book Fortune House. It was released on September 3rd and sounds like an intriguing read:

Four generations of the Haldanes are gathering for a family celebration. It ought to be the perfect reunion, but behind the doors of Fortune House, their beloved family home, life is not as idyllic as it seems.

Caroline and David’s marriage, scarred by a tragic loss many years before, is back in the spotlight as David’s retirement is thrust upon them. Meanwhile, their three daughters, Fiona, Deborah and Vonnie, have brought with them not just husbands and children, but crises and conflicts of their own.

As the holiday unfolds, it starts to become clear that the ties that bind the Haldanes together are in danger of unravelling entirely.

There’s also a green cover but I prefer this silver one.