Archive for July 19th, 2010

Just when Jill Murray’s finally figured out how to manage on her own, her ex-husband proves that he can’t even run away reliably. After seven long years missing in action, he’s back—crashing into the man-free existence Jill and her ten-year-old daughter have built so carefully. And what’s a good mother to do? To a child, even a deadbeat dad is better than no dad at all.

Jill’s life just hasn’t turned out quite the way she planned. By now, she’d hoped to be jetting around the world as a high-end cultural coach. Instead, she’s answering phones for a local travel agency and teaching cooking classes at the community center.

Enter free-spirited entrepreneur Billy, who hires Jill as a consultant for an upcoming business trip. Is their relationship veering off in a new direction? And what about her ex? Jill couldn’t possibly still have feelings for him . . . could she? Suddenly, her no-boys-allowed life is anything but.

They say that every seven years you become a completely new person, but Jill isn’t sure she’s ready for the big change. It takes a Costa Rican getaway to help her make a choice—not so much between the two men in her life, but between the woman she is and the one she wants to be.

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Chick lit author Melissa Hill is now going to be writing Crime Thrillers with her husband Kevin, and has just signed a book deal with publishers Simon & Schuster. The first book, ‘Taboo’, which is to be released under the pen-name of Casey Hill is the first in a series.The books are said to be along the lines of Patricia Cornwell’s novels. Don’t worry though, Melissa has told me she’ll still be writing her fabulous chick lit novels too! Her next book, Something From Tiffany’s, is due out in 2011!

Source: http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/chicklit-author-signs-sixfigure-deal-for-crime-thriller-2263855.html

I really enjoyed Louise Patten’s debut novel when it was released last year, but I absolutely hated the cover; it was so, so ugly. They re-designed the cover for the paperback release and they’ve continued the trend with her second book Good As Good which is out on September 30th 2010. I’m looking forward to the book after enjoying Louise’s first. Here’s the synopsis:

Edie Quentance is the ugly duckling in a family of charming conformists. For generations, Quentance Bank has managed the wealth of its rich and aristocratic clients, and when Edie is pushed into joining the family bank, she finds the work very dull indeed. She passes the time trying to uncover the truth about her great-grandfather Kit, whose love of the sea she has inherited. Kit Quentance was rumoured to have carried a fortune into the Titanic lifeboat with him - money that has never been found. Edie’s excavations in the family archive unearth some shocking and far more recent secrets. She realises that Quentance Bank is not the paragon of old fashioned probity it pretends to be. As she tries to right her family’s wrong-doings, Edie’s position becomes increasingly dangerous. Her twin brother, her parents, her uncle - she no longer knows whom she can trust.