And the winner of Maggie Alderson’s newest book How To Break Your Own Heart is.. COMMENT #9: Alison.
I’ll be emailing Alison now for her address and she has 48 hours to reply and if she doesn’t I’ll pick another winner.
Thanks to all who entered, look out for more competitions soon!
Ruth Saberton‘s debut novel under her own name Katy Carter Wants A Hero is due out on the 1st April 2010 published by Orion and sounds like a hilarious read, I for one will be looking out for it. Ruth also writes under the name Jessica Fox for Little Black Dress who are publishing her The Hen Night Prophecies Series. The synopsis for Katy Carter Wants A Hero reads:
Katy Carter knows she’s no domestic goddess: she’s scatterbrained, she needs a fire extinguisher at the ready when she’s cooking, and she daily falls off the diet wagon. But that doesn’t stop her fantasising about a hero to call her own. And Katy thinks she’s found him in fiance James, a charming, high-flying city banker.
So why, then, does Katy find herself scribbling steamy historical romances every spare moment she gets, and daydreaming about becoming a published author when she ought to be paying attention in staff meetings? As her wedding day looms, Katy determines to become a wife James can be proud of, and employs the help of her best friend Oliver to impress his colleagues and his family.
But despite best laid plans, the pair set off a hilarious train of events that leads Katy on a crazy journey through celebrity, chaos, makeovers and, finally, into the arms of her hero…
The cover of Expecting Emily had a quote by Cathy Kelly saying the novel was “Very funny and original” and I thought that was a good sign since I very much enjoy reading Cathy Kelly.
The book started introducing us to the main character, a heavily pregnant Emily Collins.
The first scenes in the book take place in an ante-natal ward of a hospital in Cork so we know straight away Emily is pregnant, and this is what the whole book is centred around.
