Archive for December 4th, 2009

It’s 1982 and Dora Jerusalem has just come to London and has managed to land a job at glossy magazine Modern Woman. When she meets Guy Boleyn at a party, her whole world changes as she finds herself falling in love with him.

Meanwhile in 1958, two sisters are getting ready to go to a ball. Once they arrive, in their home-made dresses, the hostess’s sons make a beeline for them and nothing will be the same again.

Finally, in 1939, a young teenager is sitting crying in a Harley Street waiting room, when an older woman offers her sanctuary. Just what is it the connects these three generations of women and why is it so important to hear all of their stories?

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Ruth Gilligan may only be 21 but she’s already had two novels published, Forget and Somewhere In Between. Her third novel, Can You See Me?, will be published by Hodder on April 1st 2010 and sounds fantastic. I adore the cover, also. Here’s the synopsis:

When Alice arrives on campus amidst the ancient splendour of Cambridge University, she thinks she’s found her wonderland. Then one night something happens – one inexplicable act ruins everything and she finds herself alone. Alice will not admit defeat; having practically raised her two brothers single-handedly, she is good at being strong. Too good.

But Soon her dark secret becomes too much and the cracks begin to show. Her weekly meetings with Flo, the stranger on the bench, become her lifeline. And try as she might to bury the dark truth of that awful night, she begins to realise that some things have to be faced up to. It’s time for Alice to look at her broken reflection and start to put the pieces back together…

I loved Lucy Diamond’s latest book Hens Reunited and I was so happy when I saw her fourth book was already up on Amazon. It seems Pan Macmillan have finally given Lucy a decent book cover, one that’s modern and that will make people pick the book up. I love the cover for Sweet Temptation and can’t wait until it’s released on 7th May 2010. Here’s the synopsis:

Maddie’s getting it from all sides. Her bitchy new boss at the radio station humiliates her live on air about her figure, her glamour-puss mum keeps dropping not-so-subtle hints that Maddie should lose weight and her kids are embarrassed to be seen with her after the disastrous Mums’ race at their school sports day. Something’s got to change…

Maddie joins the local weight-watching group expecting more humiliation but instead finds two unlikely allies – bitter divorcee Lauren who, despite running a dating agency, has signed off romance for ever and shy Jess, the beautician, who’s desperate to fit into a size 10 wedding dress for her Big Day.