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    Book Cover: Kissing Mr Wrong by Sarah Duncan

    Posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 by Leah

    sarah duncan kissing mr wrongSarah Duncan’s second novel of 2009 (after A Single To Rome), Kissing Mr. Wrong, is released on the 10nd December and the cover has finally been released; I love the bright colours. It will be her fifth novel! Here’s a useless piece of trivia: before turning to writing Sarah was Rodney’s girlfriend – before Cassandra – on Only Fools and Horses! The synopsis for Kissing Mr. Wrong reads:

    Alex may write and illustrate books for children, but she’s certain she doesn’t want children of her own, and she definitely isn’t interested in men with baggage – until Gus blows into her life. Gus has more baggage than Terminal 5 – ex-wife, kids and a large dog that leaves hairs over Alex’s favourite trousers.

    He’s absolutely not Mr Right, but as he helps Alex trace a strand of her family history, she finds herself being drawn into his chaotic but warm world. But being the wicked step-mother was never a role Alex fancied playing, and she’s not sure that loving Gus will be enough for a happy ever after together…

    Posted in 2009 Releases, Book News | No Comments »

    Book Review: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

    Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by Leah

    sophietwentiesgirlLara Lington thinks of herself as a fairly hip twenties girl, living in the 21st century. But the last thing she expects at her Great Aunt Sadie’s funeral is for Sadie herself to appear and demand for the whole thing to be stopped.

    Lara thinks she’s going mad: how on Earth can she hear and see a dead person? It turns out Great Aunt Sadie is actually a ghost and a ghost with a mission: to track down her missing Dragonfly necklace. Sadie eventually manages to convince Lara to help look for the necklace.

    Can they find it, and can Sadie ever rest in peace?

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    Posted in 2009 Releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | 4 Comments »

    Author Interview: Mary Malone

    Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by Leah

    MaryMalone-BL&WHTI’d never heard of the name Mary Malone until we joined Twitter and Mary tweeted about her newest novel Never Tear Us Apart. Mary then offered us a copy of the book to review and I read it pretty much as soon as it arrived. I absolutely loved it and you can read my review here. Mary kindly agreed to do an author interview with us and here it is!

    1. Describe your novel, Never Tear Us Apart, in a sentence.

    Never Tear Us Apart is a story of revenge and retribution, fuelled by the paranoid voices in a woman’s head.

    2. What, if anything, are you currently working on - will it be another Poolbeg Crimson novel?

    I’m currently working on my fourth novel, Playing With Fire. A ‘who burnt the house down’ story. It will be published by Poolbeg Crimson in May 2010.

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    Book News: The Debutante by Kathleen Tessaro

    Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by Leah

    kathleen tessaro the debutanceOriginally slated to be out on the 1st October this year, The Debutante by Kathleen Tessaro, has been pushed back until April 1st when the hardcover will be released. You’ll have to wait until September for the paperback, though,which is quite a wait if you hate reading hardbacks (like me!), but more on that another day. The cover for The Debutante is gorgeous, the pink works really well on the black and the synopsis also sounds great:

    Can the secrets of one woman’s past change another woman’s future? Cate is a gifted young artist who survives in New York by producing remarkable copies of Old Masters.She arrives in London to stay with her aunt Rachel who owns an auction house, determined to leave the pain of her past behind.

    Cate is sent to Devon with Rachel’s colleague Jack to value the contents of Endsleigh, the grand Georgian home of a former socialite. But inside, its once elegant interiors are now worn with age and dust. Then Cate discovers hidden in the back of one of the bookshelves, an old shoebox containing an exquisite pair of silk dancing shoes from the 1930’s along with a mysterious collection of objects – a diamond brooch, a photograph of a handsome young sailor, a dance card, and a beautiful pearl and emerald bracelet from Tiffany’s.

    Unable to solve the questions in her own life, Cate quickly becomes engaged in solving the mystery of the shoe box and begins to unravel the story of Baby Blythe; bright, beautiful and reckless, she was the most famous debutante of her generation. The clues in the box reveal a tale of a dark, addictive love, a tale that will lead Cate to uncover some secrets of her own.

    Posted in 2010 releases, Book News | No Comments »

    Internet Explorer Issues

    Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 by Leah

    Chloe brought to my attention tonight the fact that in Internet Explorer the site displays two headers, one underneath the original. I’ve been through our CSS/coding and cannot find anything out of the ordinary so as far as I’m concerned the fault lies with Internet Explorer.

    The issue is easily fixed if you click the “Compatibility” button next to your address bar. You could also, of course, switch browsers. I use Mozilla Firefox and the site works perfectly fine. Internet Explorer is a pile of useless junk and keeps getting worse as Microsoft try to make it better.

    I apologise for the disruption and if any HTML-wiz knows how to fix the problem, do let us know.

    You may also experience issues in Firefox with the home page. This is my fault. I’m messing around with the coding, trying to add images and things. Hopefully all will be fine by tomorrow afternoon.

    Posted in Admin | 1 Comment »

    Book Review: Confessions of a Reluctant Recessionista by Amy Silver

    Posted on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 by Chloe

    amy silver confessions of a recessionistaCassie Cavanagh is pretty happy. She’s got a good job as a PA that keeps her in designer shoes and a nice flat, a great boyfriend and great friends too. But Cassie soon finds herself made redundant from the job with a huge credit card debt… oh and her boyfriend has dumped her as well.

    Together with her flatmate xx, Cassie has to learn to live on a budget for the first time in her life, and stick to it. But Cassie isn’t used to not picking out what she wants in a shop, or buying a new outfit just because she wants to.

    The recession is coming to bite her on the bum, and Cassie needs to really become thrifty… can this recessionista cut her debt, and get her life back on track?

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    Posted in 2009 Releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | 6 Comments »

    Book Review: The Nearly-Weds by Jane Costello

    Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009 by Leah

    jane costello the nearly wedsOn the day of her wedding the last thing Zoe Miller expects is to be stood up, but that’s exactly what her boyfriend Jason does. Unable to cope with everyone’s sympathy and questions Zoe flees to America to be a nanny to a rich family.

    On arriving in New York, however, Zoe is told she will instead be heading to Boston to nanny R. Miller’s two children, Ruby and Samuel. Zoe thinks R. Miller is a woman but he turns out to be a widowed husband named Ryan. The children love Zoe immediately but Ryan takes longer for Zoe to crack.

    What will happen, though, when Zoe’s past catches up with her?

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    Posted in 2009 Releases, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | 1 Comment »

    Book News: The Wedding Planner by Melanie La'Brooy

    Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009 by Chloe

    Melanie La’Brooy has a new book out next summer to be called The Wedding Planner. It’s due for release through Piatkus on 3rd June 2010, and sounds like a great read. Melanie’s latest book Babymoon is out now. Here’s the synopsis for her new book:

    “Sabrina Falks is the golden girl - a beautiful, successful actor on a popular television soap, who has recently become engaged to the too-good-to-be-true Edward. Her life is glamorous and seemingly perfect - apart from her recurring desire to run away. Sabrina’s younger sister Mimi is funny and bright but also hopelessly lost; with no career prospects, no money, no love life and a string of disastrous mistakes in her past, all of which seem to be curiously related. Claudia is a successful wedding planner to the stars - who has her own reasons for accepting the job as Sabrina’s wedding planner. When Mimi returns from several years spent overseas, the sisters, who have been estranged for several years, are forced into reconciliation, when Sabrina reluctantly hires Mimi to be her bridesmaid. The sisters and Claudia then do battle; with intrusive paparazzi, out-of-control dress designers and, occasionally, with each other, in a meditation on celebrity culture, the modern wedding and the bittersweet bonds of family.”

    Posted in 2010 releases, Book News | No Comments »

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