Archive for September 16th, 2009

Juliet and Rick Joyce have been married for 25 years but they feel as if the spark is burning out.

Not only that but Juliet’s mother and father have just separated and her mother has decided she wants to live with the Joyce’s; Juliet & Rick’s two children are beyond spoilt; and Juliet’s father has announced he’s gay.

Throw in Steven Aubrey, the man who jilted Juliet at the altar 26 years ago, and there’s bound to be trouble.

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Muriel Zagha’s debut novel, Finding Monsieur Right, is due out on the 21st of January 2010 and it’ll be one I’ll be keeping my eye out for as it sounds like a fab read:

This is a tale of two cities…two girls…and a life-altering swap.

Daisy’s just landed the perfect job: spending a year in Paris writing about fashion. Swapping homes with French student Isabelle seems like the perfect arrangement. Sensible Isabelle, however, finds London bewildering.

But all her assumptions about crazy English guys are overturned when she meets hunky gardener Tom. Meanwhile, fun-loving Daisy discovers that Paris is the City of Love, and more than one Monsieur Right…

Abby McDonald’s debut novel The Popularity Rules is due out at the end of this month on 25th September, and it is a great read (review coming on Friday), but in the mean time here’s something new for you. The author Abby took to the streets of London armed with a video camera and asked us normal women whether we know anything about ‘popularity rules’.