Archive for December, 2009

Christina Jones has been a huge hit with her latest book “Moonshine“, and the paperback of that is due in January 2010. Her next book is already up for pre-order though, and it’s to be called The Way To A Woman’s Heart, and is due out on September 24th 2010. No cover yet but we’ll post it when it’s available! It sounds like another magical read, and here’s the synopsis:

“Cooking the perfect menu for the perfect date always seems simple at the time…Escaping from corporate city life into the heart of the Berkshire countryside, Sally Ellison had been expecting to find rural tranquillity and a chance to indulge in her favourite pastime ? cooking. So when she meets a devastatingly delicious chef by the name of Ash Lawrence, Sally knows she’s died and gone to food heaven. Things go from divine to celestial for Sally, however, when her favourite top-rated TV cookery programme ? Midnight Feast ? comes looking for a venue to film their latest show. But while Sally is pulling out all the culinary stops to become their most successful contestant ever, Ash is busy cooking up the ultimate recipe for winning Sally’s heart ? or should that be a recipe for disaster…?”

Here is the beautiful paperback cover for Melissa Hill’s latest book Please Forgive Me. It is so beautiful that I’m definitely going to buy it once it’s released on 15th April 2010. Here are our reviews for Please Forgive Me: Leah’s & Chloe’s and here’s the synopsis:

Don’t you wish you could change your life? Leonie thinks she has. The day she leaves for San Francsico, not even her best friend knows where she is.

Now she’s living in a gorgeous apartment, working in a flower shop, beginning to make new friends. Things couldn’t be more different. Until she stumbles on a bundle of mysterious love letters, and begins to wonder if maybe, instead of running away, she needs to start remembering all she’s left behind . . .

Yesterday the nominations for the RNA (Romantics Novelists Association) Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2010 have been announced, and we’re pleased to see lots of familiar books have made it onto the longlist! The shortlist will be announced on February 11th 2010.

The longlist can be found here on the RNA website, but here’s a list of the books we’ve reviewed that have made it onto the list in case you want to have a read of our reviews! Congratulations to all the nominees, and best of luck!

Veronica Henry: Marriage and Other Games

Lindsey Kelk: I Heart New York

Louise Bagshawe: Passion

Katy Regan: One Thing Led to Another

Julia Williams: Last Christmas

Linda Green: 10 Reasons Not To Fall In Love

Miranda Dickinson: Fairytale In New York

Maggie Dana: Beachcombing

Lucy Dillon: Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts

I’ve finally found the cover for Linda Green’s 3rd novel Things I Wish I’d Known and i have to say I’m not overly keen. It’s a bit garish and bold for me, but I do like the sound of the story, so this is a case of don’t judge a book by its cover! It’s due out on May 13th 2010 and here’s the synopsis:

Faced with the stark contrast between the glamorous dreams of her fifteen-year-old self and the present, Claire Cooper is forced to make some life-changing decisions in Linda Green’s sensational new novel.

When Claire discovers a sealed envelope containing a long-forgotten ‘dream list’ she wrote as an idealistic fifteen-year-old, she begins to wonder how the reality of her life turned out to be so different. What happened to the handsome footballer husband, the high-powered law job and the beautiful Georgian townhouse she had her heart set on all those years ago?

Recently divorced and going nowhere fast, Claire returns to her hometown, determined to get her life back on track. But could her obsession with past dreams and lost love ruin her only chance of true happiness?

Heather Hamilton wishes for a lot of things: that she could get a seat on the tube, that she could meet a great man and that she could eat a bag of maltesers without gaining a stone in weight. Typical small wishes that we wish for every day.

Her wishes never come true until one day Heather buys some heather (irony!) from a gypsy and suddenly everything Heather wishes for seems to be coming true. She gets a flatmate, she loses 5lbs, she even gets a fab boyfriend.

Is it really magic?

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Gemma Burgess’s debut novel, The Dating Detox, is due for release on December 24th and I read on Gemma’s website that if you emailed her, you could get the first three chapters. I did so and I also asked if it was OK to post them on the site and Gemma said yes! So… here they are. I’ve read the first three chapters and they’re hilarious and I can’t wait to read the book (look out for my review soon). Visit Gemma’s website to learn more about the book, more about Gemma and to see the fantastic postcards Gemma has made to get people interested in the book! Here’s the synopsis for The Dating Detox and read the first three chapters under the cut! You can also view the three chapters in PDF format by clicking here.

If you can’t date anyone nice, don’t date anyone at all. Dating is a dangerous sport. So after her sixth successive failed relationship, romantically-challenged 20-something Sass decides she’s had enough. The Dating Sabbatical is born. No men, no break-ups, no problem. The result? Her life – up till now joyfully/traumatically occupied with the Holy Trinity of dates, clothes and vodka – suddenly goes from bumpy to smooth. Chastity rocks. No wonder nuns are always singing. Everything seems to fall at her feet. Especially men. Will Sass break the rules before the three-month Dating Sabbatical is up? Why does fate keep throwing her in the path of the irritatingly amusing Jake? Will she ever roll the dice and play again? Or is a love-free life too good to risk losing?

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I’ve just seen online that fabulous chick lit author Cecelia Ahern has given birth to her first child! The baby is a girl who has been named Robin, and both mummy and baby are said to be doing well!

Congratulations Cecelia and her partner David on the safe arrival of Robin from us here at chicklitreviews.com!

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8411606.stm

Kate Lawson, who also has books out under the pseudonym’s of Gemma Fox and Sue Welfare, has her next novel due out on 29th April 2010. It’ll be called Mother of the Bride and sounds like an interesting read!:

Molly Foster’s daughter Jess is getting married! To Molly’s delight - and surprise. And with Molly’s show featuring a wedding countdown, the whole town of Wells-next-the Sea is ecstatic - even as Molly worries that groom-to-be Max’s commitment may not be all it seems!

Meanwhile, Jess’s control freak step-mother Marnie is determined to turn the event into a chi-chi society bash - a world away from the day that Jess envisaged. But does Jess really know what she wants? Especially when she meets the gorgeous Oliver!

Though there’s no going back now - is there? Can Jess take back control of her wedding - or will the mothers of the bride run the show? Grab your big hat and pearls for the funniest read of the year, a must-read for fans of Carole Matthews and Jane Green.