Archive for June 22nd, 2010

A few months ago I received Chrissie Manby’s new book Getting Over Mr Right and I couldn’t wait to read it as I’m a huge fan of her work. I read it a month or so ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, you can see my review tomorrow in fact. I asked if we could interview Chrissie and here it is for you all. Enjoy!

1. Tell us about your latest release Getting Over Mr Right?

GOMR is my fourteenth novel. It’s about Ashleigh Prince, a thirty-something Londoner who reacts very badly to being dumped. Very badly indeed. If you’ve ever been embarrassed by the way you obsessed over an ex, you’ll feel much better after reading this book.

2. Can you tell us about what you’re currently working on?

I’m working on a novel called ‘What I did on my holidays’ which is about a trip to Majorca that goes badly wrong. I am also working on a horror movie. Comedy. Horror. I enjoy mixing things up.

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Thanks to the fabulous publishers at Little, Brown, we have a great giveaway for you today! We have 5 copies of Ronni Cooper’s summer bonkbuster Rock Chicks to giveaway to our readers, lucky you!

All you have to do is fill in the competition form on this page, and that’s it! No emails to be sent, just fill in and submit the form and we’ll do the rest. The competition is open to UK residents only and closes on Sunday 27th June 2010 at midnight. We’ll pick the winners using random.org and you’ll be notified via email if you win. 1 entry per household.

Good luck!!

“The groupie Coco LaBiba has the beauty, she has the money, but she just needs sex, music and fame to get high. She won’t give up her wild ways for anyone ? except the one guy she can never have. The wife Marny Rammer ? pretty, shy, devoted wife of the band’s lead singer. But there’s a price to pay when superstardom comes knocking on your husband’s door, and for Marny it comes in a dangerous pile of fine white powder…The manager Lori Wyatt is the girl from the sticks turned kick-ass band manager who can play any man at their own game ? business, or pleasure ? and who will do anything she can to sky-rocket her boys to the top. Anything.”

This giveaway has now closed.

Veronica Henry’s next book, which was originally called Starstruck, has had a name change before it’s release on 21st October 2010 and will instead be called The Birthday Party. The cover has also finally been released and it’s quite different to Veronica’s previous books. I can’t quite decide if I like it. I mean the purple is nice but I don’t know, I suppose it is lovely. Here’s the synopsis:

Delilah Rafferty has lived out her tempestuous marriage to hell-raiser Raf in the full glare of the media spotlight. Now, from the luxurious comfort of her beautiful kitchen, Delilah is planning her birthday party, a night that will see a star-studded gathering of friends and family celebrate in traditional Rafferty style. But she has more on her mind than just invitations… Raf has been offered a part in a movie he can’t refuse. But will that mean he’ll succumb to the temptations he’s struggled so hard to resist for the last ten years - beautiful women and too much wine? And Delilah’s three daughters, Coco, Violet and Tyger, are building careers of their own, only too aware that the press are waiting for them to slip up. For although the Rafferty girls might look like angels, they are only human. As with all families, there are secrets and rivalries bubbling away, and on one gloriously starry night, it’s all going to come spilling out This is your invitation to a birthday party of the year…