Archive for December 12th, 2009

“She’ll Take It” tells us the story of Melanie Zeitgar, a woman living in New York City with dreams of becoming a world famous actress. But Melanie has a downfall…she has a penchant for stealing things. Not enormously expensive items you understand, just the odd sweater from Barneys or the odd pillow from the Homewares shop. But Melanie can’t stop, even when a man comes into her life whose job in life is to help shops detect thieves. Will he suss out Melanie? And more importantly, will Melanie be able to curb her stealing habit?

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Anna Davis caught my eye recently when I read her latest book The Jewel Box, and loved it. It’s set in the 1920′s and follows copywriter/journalist Grace Rutherford as she struggles with her feelings for two men, and also to fight the expectations on women in the 20′s too. I found it a fascinating read, and was really impressed with the amount of research that must have gone into it. Anna was kind enough to grant us an Author Interview, so here it is!

1. Tell us about your latest book.

Set in London in 1927, The Jewel Box is the story of Grace Rutherford, an advertising copywriter by day, a flapper extraordinaire and newspaper gossip columnist by night under the pen name Diamond Sharp. At a party, Grace meets and falls for Dexter O’Connell, a charismatic American writer. Later that same night she finds herself attracted to the dashing John Cramer. Drawn to both men, Grace discovers they are bitter enemies, and is quickly drawn into a web of secrets and lies. Which man, if either, can she trust?

The Jewel Box is about love and lies. It’s about falling in love with two people at once. And it’s also about our relationships with our own past - the elements of our past we’re not proud of and how they come back to haunt us.

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