Since November 2009American Saturday Book Deal: Abby McDonald
July 3rd, 2010 by Danielle
Abby McDonald has announced on her website that her two adult novels, The Popularity Rules and The Liberation of Alice Love, will be released in the USA in 2011 by Sourcebooks. We don’t have any more information at present, but we’ll let you know as and when we do. For now, here are the synopses for the two books:
The Popularity Rules: Rule 1: All’s fair in love, war and popularity…Kat Elliot is no social butterfly: she’s spent her life rebelling against phony schmoozing - and it’s led her nowhere. Just as she’s ready to give up her dreams and admit defeat, in steps Lauren Anderville. One-time allies against their school bullies, Lauren and Kat had been inseparable. Then one year later Lauren returned from summer camp - blonde, bubbly and suddenly popular, and Kat was left to face the world alone. Lauren finally wants to make amends by teaching Kat the secret to her success: “The Popularity Rules”. A decades-old rulebook, its secrets transformed Lauren that fateful summer. And so, tempted by Lauren’s promises of glitzy parties and the job she’s always dreamed of, Kat reluctantly submits to a total makeover - only to find that life with the in-crowd might have something going for it after all. But while Lauren has sacrificed everything to get ahead, is Kat really ready to accept that popularity is the only prize that counts?
The Liberation of Alice Love: Alice Love keeps her life (and boss, and family) running in perfect order, so when her bank card is declined, she thinks it’s just a simple mistake. But she soon discovers that someone has emptied every penny from her bank account, spending her hard-earned savings on glamorous holidays, sexy lingerie, and a to-die-for wardrobe, and leaving Alice with thousands of pounds worth of debt. With her perfectly-organised world crumbling around her, Alice enlists the help of dashing fraud investigator Nathan and sets about clearing her name. But as she unravels the intriguing paper trail, she makes a shocking discovery: her thief is closer to home than she ever imagined. Following the clues from London to Rome and LA, Alice edges deeper into a seductive new world, where honesty might not be the best policy, rules are made to be broken, and the power of a gorgeous cocktail dress shouldn’t be underestimated. Perhaps her alter-ego’s reckless, extravagant lifestyle is the one Alice should have been leading all along… But as her little white lies begin to stack up, how far will Alice go to find the truth? And whose life, exactly, is she fighting for?
For UK readers (and US readers), we will be interviewing Abby a week on Tuesday and reviewing The Liberation of Alice Love a week on Wednesday!
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*sigh* Poor US readers like me have to wait a whole year? Oh well, i guess it’s worth it.