Archive for July 7th, 2010

When Lily moved to Australia with her mother aged 16, the last thing she expected was to fall in love with someone, but fall in love she does. It doesn’t help, though, that the man she falls in love with not only has a girlfriend in England, but is also twelve years older than her. When he departs for England to join his girlfriend Lily is heartbroken and finds that, even 10 years later, she still can’t forget him.

So when her boyfriend of two years, Richard, proposes, she’s quite literally gobsmacked before eventually accepting despite the fact she can’t forget the man who broke her heart a decade ago. So what’s Lily going to do when her past comes back to haunt her and she realises that she will have to break the heart of one of the men who loves her?

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Louise Douglas, author of The Love of My Life and Missing You, is up for a Brit Writers’ Award for Missing You - the only chick lit author nominated! - and we thought we ought to let you all know so you can vote for this fantastic book! There’s tough competition - Terry Pratchett! - so every vote will be vital.

All you need to do to vote is to either email the name of the winning book to [email protected], or text in your vote to this number here: 07772 311901. Only one entry is allowed and the winner will be announced on July 15th at the Brit Writers’ Award Ceremony!

You can view the full list of nominees here. (Not that you need to, because you’re voting for Louise, right?)

We posted just a few days ago about Sheila O’Flanagan’s next book Stand By Me and we can finally reveal the cover to you all. The book is out on 2nd September 2010 and as well as sounding like another fab read, it also has such a beautiful cover. It’s bright and fairly summer-y, despite the fact it’s not out until the Autumn and I for one can’t wait for this! Oh, and you can read the Prologue on Sheila’s website! Here’s the synopsis:

Dominique (‘Domino’) lives a charmed existence as wife to one of Ireland’s most successful businesssmen, Brendan Delahaye – until the day Brendan disappears, leaving his company in disarray and Domino and their daughter alone to face the music. STAND BY ME is the story of Domino’s recovery and her journey from obliging and dependent wife to a stronger and happier woman, with a new man ready to step into the gap left by her deserting husband. And that’s when Brendan comes home, handsome and charismatic as ever, expecting life to carry on just as it was before...