Since November 2009January Releases
Posted on Monday, January 4th, 2010 by LeahThere will be twelve book releases in January and there a few I can’t wait for - in particular Becoming Scarlett by Ciara Geraghty, Coming Home by Melanie Rose, The Celebrity Mother by Deborah Wright and A Sister’s Gift by Giselle Green!
Jennifer Weiner - Best Friends Forever - 7th January 2010
A story about betrayal and loyalty, family history and neighbourhood secrets, living through sorrow, finding love where you least expect it, and the ties that keep best friends…forever. Addie Downs and Valerie Adler were eight when they first met and decided to be best friends forever. But, in the wake of tragedy and betrayal during their teenage years, everything changed. Val went on to fame and fortune. Addie stayed behind in their small Midwestern town. Destiny, however, had more in store for these two. And when, twenty-five years later, Val shows up at Addie’s front door with blood on her coat and terror on her face, it is the start of a wild adventure for two women joined by love and history who find strength together that they could not find alone.
Sarah Duncan - Kissing Mr Wrong - 7th January 2010
A warm and sexy romance from the author of A SINGLE TO ROME. Lu Edwards may write and illustrate books for children, but she’s certain she doesn’t want children of her own. She believes in travelling light, with not even a goldfish to tie her down, until Nick – a WWI expert with more baggage than Heathrow, right down to the kids, ex-wife and hamster – blows into her life. He’s absolutely not Mr Right, but as he helps Lu trace a strand of her family history, she finds herself being drawn into his chaotic but warm world. Being the wicked step-mother was never a role Lu fancied playing, though, and she’s not sure that loving Nick will be enough for a happy ever after together…
Lindsey Kelk - I Heart Hollywood - 7th January 2010
Celebs, sunshine and beautiful boys!enough to lead a girl astray? Angela Clark can’t believe her luck! she’s an English girl living in New York with a dream job at hip magazine The Look and a sexy boyfriend. Her latest assignment takes her to Hollywood to interview hot actor and fellow Brit James Jacobs.Thrown in at the deep end she heads west with best friend Jenny dreaming of Rodeo Drive and Malibu beach. Soon Angela discovers that celebrity life in Hollywood is not all glamour, gloss and sunshine. Despite his lady-killer reputation, the only person who seems genuine is James. Then a paparazzi snaps them in an uncompromising position and suddenly Angela is thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons! Can she convince all those close to her — especially her boss and her boyfriend — not to believe everything they read? And will Hollywood ever win Angela’s heart?
Debby Holt - Recipe For Scandal - 7th January 2010
Living with her partner, Tony, his parents and their precocious teenage son, Alberta Granger considers she belongs to the perfect modern extended family. With her catering business booming and her daughter embarking on a glittering career in London, Bertie reckons she can cope with the mild irritants of her difficult stepson’s visits and her father’s ongoing disapproval of Tony. But some truly shocking news is about to rock Bertie’s world to its foundations. As a torrent of tabloid headlines engulfs the family in a very public scandal, Bertie is forced to face the fact that some of her nearest and dearest, those closest family members she thought she knew so well, have been keeping secrets, leading mysterious double lives she knew nothing about. As revelation follows revelation, old wounds re-open and former grudges re-surface. Is Bertie’s family unit tight enough to survive? Is her relationship with Tony solid enough to withstand the battering? And, when temptation arises in the form of a handsome stranger, is Bertie herself strong enough to resist?
Melanie Rose - Coming Home - 7th January 2010
A freak snowstorm leaves a young woman unconscious and stranded. Coming to, she has no recollection of who she is or how she happened to be stuck in the middle of unfamiliar countryside. All she recalls is the warm arms of a passing stranger coming to her rescue and carrying her to safety! She awakes in an idyllic country cottage, a cottage belonging to Vincent, a recently widowed city banker who uses it as his rural getaway. Dashing and polite, the woman can’t think of a better knight in shining armour. While the housekeeper isn’t best pleased about her arrival, Vincent’s six-year-old daughter Jadie, can hardly contain her excitement, chattering away excitedly. Trouble is, she’s been mute for the past two years! As she struggles with flashbacks to her past, memories come back to the woman which aren’t her own, bringing with them a stream of questions. What secrets does Vincent hide? Why has Jadie being silent for so long? Will she ever discover her true identity? Or is she, as Jadie believes, an angel come to save them all? An enchanting and magical novel about forgotten lives and second chances for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Sophie Kinsella.
Ann Pearlman - The Cookie Club - 7th January 2010
On the first Monday of December, every year, twelve friends gather in the evening with batches of homemade cookies wrapped in beautiful packages. They drink wine, they eat and they take turns telling the story of the cookies they have baked. Somehow these stories are always emblematic of the year that has just passed, as complicated and rich as our own lives. Lives full of sisterly love and conflict, yearning for babies and grandchildren, passion and disillusionment with men, a secret decade long affair, the loss of a job, the death of a child …These women are as imperfect as real women, made heroic by their ability to resolve conflict, to endure and support each other. The Cookie Club is as involving, heartwarming and uplifting a story as you’ll ever read.
Ciara Geraghty - Becoming Scarlett - 7th January 2010
Now, Scarlett is back in her childhood home with her plan in tatters and a baby on the way, while John Smith – actuary, proper grown-up and Scarlett’s boyfriend – has left her to join an archaeological dig in a tiny village somewhere in Brazil. But that’s not the worst bit. The worst bit is she can’t be sure who the father of the baby is . . . even though she’s slept with exactly four-and-a-half men in her entire 35 years. As a distraction, Scarlett throws herself into her job as a wedding planner, but even that’s not going smoothly. Because of her growing feelings for her most important client’s husband-to-be . . . In the end it’s the person she thought she knew best – herself – who surprises her the most. Join Scarlett as she tries, for the first time ever, to navigate life without a plan
Bapsy Jain - Lucky Every Day - 7th January 2010
Lately, Lucky’s life has seen nothing but trouble. Her marriage to the wealthy and charming Vikram ended badly, and along with it, her career as a successful entrepreneur. It’s time for her to start over and Lucky is more than ready to move on. So Lucky goes to New York where her quest to get her life back on track begins with promise. A voluntary assignment as yoga instructor brings her some new and unusual friends, and a chance encounter with her old friend, Amay, makes her realize that a second chance at love might just be possible. And when she finds a job with an old associate, she can’t help but think that leaving Bombay was the best decision she ever made. But a series of dramas leaves Lucky feeling betrayed and looking for answers yet again. Her new life may not be everything she thought it was but she soon learns that only she has the power to change her destiny.
Karen Swan - Players - 15th January 2010
Harry Hunter was everywhere you looked – bearing down from bus billboards, beaming out from the society pages, falling out of nightclubs in the gossip columns, and flirting up a storm on the telly chat show circuit. Harry Hunter is the new golden boy of the literary world. With his books selling by the millions, the paparazzi on his tail, and a supermodel on each arm, he seems to have the world at his feet. Women all over the world adore him but few suspect that his angelic looks hide a darker side, a side that conceals a lifetime of lies and deceit. Tor, Cress and Kate have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Through all the challenges of marriage, raising children and maintaining their high-flying careers, they have stuck together as a powerful and loyal force to be reckoned with – living proof that twenty-first-century women can have it all, and do. It is only when the captivating Harry comes into their lives that things begin to get complicated, as Tor, Cress and Kate are drawn into Harry’s dangerous games . . .
Gemma Townley - A Wild Affair - 21st January 2010
Jessica and Max are finally going to tie the knot, and Jessica is determined to have the biggest, best wedding ever. The only problem is, recently Max has been evasive - and when Jessica follows him and sees him in an apparent tryst with an attractive woman, it’s the last straw. The next thing she knows, she’s drunk at a bar, cosying up to the top rival of Max’s firm, and letting some top-secret work details slip… details that could cost Max everything. The next morning Jessica is deeply ashamed of her actions, and when a series of events leads her to discover an important truth about her past, she realises she shouldn’t have doubted the only man she’s ever loved. But as evidence of her own indiscretion surfaces, she knows that the same can’t be said about her. Is her Big Day, as well as her job and reputation in jeopardy?
Deborah Wright - The Celebrity Mother - 21st January 2010
Karina West was once the darling of the gossip pages and the top of the British pop charts. But now all that’s fading away, and she needs something more - something both to make her life more fulfilled and more importantly, to get her back in the tabloids. And how better to achieve this double whammy than by adopting a poor, needy child from a far-off country? All that sweet, ten-year-old Devika wants is a new mummy who will take her away from her Delhi orphanage and let her have a home and a family again. She prayed to Krishna for this to be so, but was she ready for a blonde, British popstar to sweep her up and back to London? Karina and Devika are soon front-page news, but neither of them realise just how far their emotional journey will take them.
Giselle Green - A Sister’s Gift - 21st January 2010
Two sisters. Best of friends. Worst of enemies. The stunning new novel from the English Jodi Picoult. Hollie Hudson and her husband Richard are fast losing hope of ever having their own child. But Hollie is unable to give up her dream of having her own family and so calls on her last chance - her wayward sister, Scarlett. A 24-year-old blonde bombshell, she is the antithesis of her darker, more reserved older sister but capable of giving Hollie the miracle she so desperately wishes for. Having almost single-handedly brought Scarlett up after their runaway mother abandoned them, Scarlett knows she owes Hollie everything - and now it’s time to pay her back with the ultimate gift! Plus she has an ulterior motive. Back from the Amazon where she’s been working with endangered species and threatened tribes, Scarlett finds being back home difficult. Especially as the past - and past feelings - come back to haunt her. Meanwhile, an ever-desperate Hollie is faced with the decision of a lifetime if she’s ever to get the baby she wants, but just how much is she willing to put at stake? Find out more in this mesmerising and heartbreaking tale from a stunning British talent about sacrifice, sisterhood, long-held secrets and dangerous desires.
Tara Moore - RSVP - 21st January 2010
When Ashling Morrison becomes engaged to the love of her life, Rossa Granville, she sets in motion a chain of events that will see two wealthy and powerful Irish families clash as never before. Ashling: Despite her privileged upbringing, Ashling Morrison has spent her life wishing she could escape from the shadow of her beautiful, charismatic stepmother, Coppelia. Now, on the eve of her engagement party, she may finally get her wish. After all, her fiance Rossa is the perfect partner, and the Granvilles the perfect family… Honoria: For Honoria Granville, her grandson’s engagement to Ashling Morrison represents the culmination of years of plotting, manipulation and deceit. But now the trap has been set - all she must do is wait for her prey… Carrick: As the natural heir to the Granville estate, Carrick has struggled to balance the demands of duty with freedom. But when Carrick realises that he is about to be disinherited in favour of his brother, Rossa, he decides to act… Coppelia: Sexy, ruthless and avaricious, Coppelia Morrison always gets what she wants. But when she discovers that her stepdaughter, Ashling, has become engaged to the grandson of her life-long enemy, she knows she’ll need to do everything within her power to stop the wedding..
Mink Elliott - The Pi**ed Off Parents Club - 21st January 2010
First-time mum Roxy feels perennially ticked off. She and her partner Jack have left London for a new life in the village of Riverside, with their ten-month-old daughter Joey.
But their new house resembles a building site and Roxy is struggling to cope with parenthood.
With no family or friends to turn to for help, Roxy sets up a club in order to meet like-minded parents, and so begins The Pissed-Off Parents Club.
Hilarious and refreshingly original, this is a story telling it like it is — for mums and dads of all descriptions.
Muriel Zagha - Finding Monsieur Right - 21st January 2010
This is a tale of two cities…two girls…and a life-altering swap. Daisy’s just landed the perfect job: spending a year in Paris writing about fashion. Swapping homes with French student Isabelle seems like the perfect arrangement. Sensible Isabelle, however, finds London bewildering. But all her assumptions about crazy English guys are overturned when she meets hunky gardener Tom. Meanwhile, fun-loving Daisy discovers that Paris is the City of Love, and more than one Monsieur Right…
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