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Book News: Lucy Dillon

Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 by Chloe

Lucy Dillon is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors, so I was excited to see her third novel is already listen on Amazon. It doesn’t have a title yet or cover yet, but as soon as it does we’ll post it. It’s not out until December 2nd of this year, so we have a bit of a wait, but there is a synopsis to whet your appetite, and it sounds great! Here it is:

“Juliet had just moved into her dream home when things started going wrong. First with then house itself, then – putting everything else into perspective – her husband Evan’s diagnosis. And now he’s gone, leaving Juliet with just a big cold house and only a rescued terrier for company.

In a bid to keep her mind off her loss, she agrees to dogsit for her mother. Then for her best friend. And then for her neighbour. And before she knows it, she’s the town’s unofficial petsitter, and is privy to the secrets and lives of everyone whose homes she’s going into.

But, as her first Christmas alone approaches, will she be ready to face up to her own secrets? And start rebuilding her own life? And maybe – just maybe – to start to fall in love again…”

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Book Cover: Famous Last Words by Annie Sanders

Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 by Leah

I am a huge fan of Annie Sanders’s books and have read the majority of them so I was pleased when I came across their next title Famous Last Words. It’s due out 19th August 2010 and I have what appears to be the cover. I really quite like the cover, and I think it will look even better in reality. Here’s the synopsis:

Lucy spends her days beavering away at her sewing machine, making divine, flamboyant clothes that express all the passion and flair that she cannot, and at night she sits alone with her latest creations, fretting over her struggling business. Her life is one of unfulfilled ambitions and missed opportunities. Then one evening Lucy meets the beautiful, fey and enigmatic Micah, who has an uncanny knack for foretelling fortunes, and manages to convince even the cynical Lucy. So when Micah tells her that her future isn’t looking too rosy - in fact she doesn’t have one - Lucy embarks on a spree of ‘what the hell and why not’. She faces her demons, confronts those that have annoyed her, and takes risks for the first time in her life, convinced that the accident he predicts will befall her. When the day of her prophesied demise comes - and goes - Lucy storms round to challenge Micah, who sheepishly admits he must have got it wrong this time. The appalled and angry Lucy has a hell of a mess to put right now, and demands that Micah help her do some damage control. So begins an edge-of-the-seat, race-against-time to repair Lucy’s reckless actions. But halfway through Lucy asks herself if everything is worth mending? Has she inadvertently improved her life just as she thought it was about to end? And why is Micah so reluctant to help her untangle her biggest gaffe of all?

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Chick Flick Tuesday: 27 Dresses

Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 by Leah

Chick Flick Tuesday highlights the best chick flicks in the movie world as well as bringing you news on upcoming chick flick releases as well as letting you all know about which chick lit books are being made into chick flick movies!

This week’s pick is the rather fab 27 Dresses which was released in 2008 and stars Katherine Heigl and James Marsden. I watched this about six months ago and I fell in love with it. I thought it was sweet, and funny and had an rather interesting plot. My favourite scene of the entire movie was when Katherine’s character Jane tries on all 27 of her bridesmaid dresses, it was a fantastic scene with some good, bad AND ugly dresses! It’s a definite much watch for chick flick lovers.

Jane is career-oriented and secretly in love with her employer, George. She spends much of her time as a bridesmaid, and has 27 dresses as evidence. Then her structured and ordered life comes unhinged when her younger sister, Tess, re-enters her life, and a reporter, Kevin, is attracted to her. Kevin decides to publish Jane’s secret and her overwhelming wardrobe. Things get even more complicated when Jane finds out she may end up losing George to none other than her very own sister.

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Author Interview: Allie Spencer

Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 by Leah

I absolutely loved Allie Spencer’s debut Little Black Dress novel Tug of Love. It seems the Romantic Novelists’ Association also loved it as Allie won the 2009 RNA New Writer’s Award! I loved Tug of Love so much that I pre-ordered her second LBD adventure The Not-So-Secret Diary of a City Girl and I received it earlier this week and I loved that, too, and you can read my review here! Allie agreed to do an interview with us, and here are her answers!

1. Tell us about your latest novel The Not-So-Secret Diary of a City Girl.

It’s another romantic comedy, this time set in a fictitious bank in the City of London: there are hedge fund traders, financial fraud, some rather nasty loan-sharks, a feckless sister, an especially gorgeous and persistent hero – and a very feisty heroine. It’s a story of stocks, shares and sex in the City.

2. Are you working on a third book? Can you tell us anything about it?

I am working on another book, but I get a bit superstitious talking about them before they’re finished! What I will say, though, is that it the setting is completely different from either ‘Tug of Love’ or ‘City Girl’ – and the hero is my favourite one yet.

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Giveaway: Win A Copy of Katy Carter Wants A Hero!

Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 by Leah

Ruth Saberton has kindly offered us five copies of her debut novel Katy Carter Wants A Hero to give away to our lucky readers. I absolutely LOVED the book - funniest book of the year so far, as far as I’m concerned - and you can read my review here. All you have to do to enter is to email us at [email protected] - easy peasy. Please include your postal address, as the only people to see it will be myself and Chloe. The competition is open to UK residents only and ends on Sunday 25th April at midnight. Good luck!

Katy Carter knows she’s no domestic goddess: she’s scatterbrained, she needs a fire extinguisher at the ready when she’s cooking, and she daily falls off the diet wagon. But that doesn’t stop her fantasising about a hero to call her own. And Katy thinks she’s found him in fiance James, a charming, high-flying city banker. So why, then, does Katy find herself scribbling steamy historical romances every spare moment she gets, and daydreaming about becoming a published author when she ought to be paying attention in staff meetings? As her wedding day looms, Katy determines to become a wife James can be proud of, and employs the help of her best friend Oliver to impress his colleagues and his family. But despite best laid plans, the pair set off a hilarious train of events that leads Katy on a crazy journey through celebrity, chaos, makeovers and, finally, into the arms of her hero…

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Book Review: No Ordinary Love by Anita Notaro

Posted on Monday, April 19th, 2010 by Leah

Lulu has always been the sensible member of her family. She has a good job as a psychologist, lives in a lovely flat and drives a fantastic car. However after a hectic day at work Lulu realises that she’s fed up of listening to other people’s problems and completely turns her life around. She opens up a pet behavioural office, trades her car in for a motorbike and moves into a trailer/caravan and she’s suddenly calmer than she has been in years. There’s even the hint of love on the horizon, but nothing ever runs as smoothly as expected and a tragedy forces Lulu to yet again re-evaluate her life and maybe, just maybe, face up to the problems she faced through her childhood.

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Book News: Homecoming by Cathy Kelly

Posted on Monday, April 19th, 2010 by Chloe

I’ve been scouting around for news of a new Cathy Kelly book for a while now as I really enjoy her books (and so does my mum!), and finally I’ve found something! Homecoming is due out on September 30th, and sounds like a wonderful read.

“Golden Square is a pretty Victorian garden square tucked away in the city, where a group of women live side-by-side. Rae Kerrigan, mother of three grown-up sons, runs the square’s tearooms, Titania’s Palace. Connie O Callaghan, a good-humoured teacher lives with her younger sister. Everyone believes that she’s professionally single, but if so, why does she curl up with romantic novels at night in a pink bedroom bedecked with fairy lights? Into this settled world arrive two new residents: Mrs Levine, a mysterious elderly American and Megan Flynn, a beautiful, young British actress who has just had an affair with the married star of her latest movie. Like magic, their arrival signals huge change for all of the women in Golden Square.”

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Introducing… Author Events & Author Profiles

Posted on Monday, April 19th, 2010 by Leah

At Chick Lit Reviews we work very hard to be able to bring our readers the best possible chick lit site on the web. In recent months we’ve added Chick Lit Classics as well as a weekly Chick Flick Tuesday feature. We’ve also added our Book News archive to our navigation for those looking for the latest news. We’ve also added an Amazon widget to the sidebar showcasing our favourite books as well as an Amazon button to our posts for quick ordering/pre-ordering.

We now have two more new features that have been added to Chick Lit Reviews. Our first is an Author Events page, highlighting all upcoming events featuring our favourite chick lit authors. Most events are announced on social networking sites so we’ve decided to put them all on one page to save any frantic searching/Googling. Let us know if you know of any author events and we can add them to the list!

Our most recent feature - and one I’ve been working on for the past month! - is Author Profiles. I know it’s hard to try and learn more about an author and find out they don’t have a website - or, worse, they have a website that’s never updated with their new releases so what we’ve done is added a page for each author second name letter (A, B, C) then added all the authors of that letter to one page including their name (and any pseudonyms), biography, website and full list of their books along with a picture, if possible. We hope it’s of use to you guys! It’s not totally complete - there are, of course, authors missing and I’m frantically trying to add as many as I can!

Enjoy!
Leah & Chloe

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Archive for April, 2010

Book News: Lucy Dillon

Book Cover: Famous Last Words by Annie Sanders

Chick Flick Tuesday: 27 Dresses

Author Interview: Allie Spencer

Giveaway: Win A Copy of Katy Carter Wants A Hero!

Book Review: No Ordinary Love by Anita Notaro

Book News: Homecoming by Cathy Kelly

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