Archive for October 22nd, 2009

The story follows the lives of the residents of Bridgewater House, an old mansion which has been converted by developers into smaller individual flats.

It begins by telling us the story of Louise, who is moving out of her family home with her 3 children Nick, Tim and Justine after her marriage has fallen apart.

She is moving into Bridgewater House, and her children are not necessarily pleased about it.

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The fantastic Catherine Alliott returns in 2010 with her next book One Day In May. It’s due for release on 4th March 2010 and sounds fantastic, as always. I also love the cover and can’t wait to read it; I’m so glad Catherine is back with regular releases:

Single mother Hattie has plenty of reasons to be happy with her life. Her antiques business is flourishing, her teenage son is settled at boarding school and she’s enjoying a fling with a younger, very sexy man. But all that changes one fine day in May when Hattie’s job takes her back to the idyllic village of Lower Hamble and painful memories of her first love - Dominic Forbes, the married politician she worked for many years ago, the man who changed the course of her life – come flooding back…

Things come to a head when Hattie bumps into Dominic’s widow and his gorgeous older brother, Hal, in the village and she finds her world turned upside down. Will Hattie come clean about what really happened with Dominic all those years ago? And, if she does, is she ready to face the consequences? Whatever happens, Hattie comes to realize that you can’t keep running from your mistakes. It’s time to move on and maybe, just maybe, let herself fall in love again…

This week’s Author of the Week is the fabulous Jane Costello. I recently read (and reviewed) Jane’s second novel The Nearly-Weds and I absolutely loved it. Jane’s writing style is easy to get into and her heroines are very likeable and down-to-earth. Jane’s biography from her site reads:

Jane Costello is a former journalist for newspapers including the Daily Mail and Liverpool Echo. Until 2007 she was the Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post, a job she’d held for four years. She lives in Lancashire with her husband and two young sons. Jane’s books, Bridesmaids and The Nearly-Weds, have been translated into numerous languages.

As I said, Jane’s easy writing style makes her a must-read for me. I look forward to getting her first novel Bridesmaids as it sounds fab. Jane’s third book, My Single Friend, is due for release on 15th April 2010 and also sound fantastic. I wholly recommend The Nearly-Weds particularly if you like Paige Toon, the style of writing and loveable heroines are very similar! Jane’s book covers are also fab, no? I love the text.