Archive for February 16th, 2011

Laura Swan is the type of mum who hates her kids sports day, mainly because after having three kids, her body just isn’t what it used to be. But after promising her daughter Grace she’d participate in the Mum’s Run, Laura finds herself utterly embarrassed after falling during the race, not least because her husband Jed was there to witness it with his sexy new colleague Celeste.

Vowing to not be humiliated like that again, Laura joins a tub-club and meets Danny, who she finds herself clicking with. As they both take up running together, Laura finds herself questioning her marriage and how she and Jed have ended up in a such a rut. Can they work through their problems or will Laura end up running away from their marriage for good?

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Belinda Jones is back on 21st July 2011 with her next novel California Dreamers. I love Belinda’s books because she always takes us to an exotic country. We’re headed back to California in her next book (we visited California a few years back with the amazing The California Club) and I must admit, I’m really looking forward to the book and I really hope the cover matches the Living La Vida Loca cover. Here’s the synopsis:

Ever wished you could make-over your life?

Make-up artist Stella is an expert at helping other people change their images, but when it comes to transforming herself, she doesn’t even know where to start.

So when her new friend, glamorous Hollywood actress Marina Ray, summons her a movie set in California, Stella can’t resist the chance to start afresh - it is the land of sunshine and opportunity after all!

But are they really friends or does Marina have an ulterior motive? What is the secret that both women are hiding about the nautical (but nice) men in their lives? And what will it take to really make both of their California dreams come true?

In a Pacific Coast journey that takes in Los Angeles, the world’s most romantic ranch and California’s very own castle in the sky - this story of friendship, long-distance love, kissing (and making up) is the perfect escapist read.

I have read and loved both of Rebecca Chance’s previous books, so I’m looking forward to her new release this year, Bad Sisters. I love the purple of the cover but feel that the shoe doesn’t really fit in with anything which is a shame, it just seems a bit too generic for me! Either way, I’ll still be reading the book as it sounds fantastic. It’s due out on 4th August and here’s the synopsis:

“Three ambitious, rivalrous sisters. And a deadly secret, which one of them is determined to keep buried at any cost …Deeley is the fake wife of a Hollywood TV hunk, who is secretly gay. But Deeley’s five-year contract is up, and his cut-throat publicist wants Deeley out. So, dejected and penniless, Deeley wends her way home to London, hoping to re-establish links with her two estranged elder sisters …Devon is married to the nation’s-favourite-rugby-hunk Matt, and has her own highly successful TV career, as the sexy hostess of her own cookery show. But behind her buxom facade, Devon is lonely and frustrated, and when a live celebrity cook-off shows her up as a fraud, she leaves sweet Matt and runs off to Tuscany, to learn a few lessons - not just in cookery - from an Italian master. Lastly, there’s Maxie: a politician’s wife, Maxie is fiercely ambitious. She’s furious when Deeley, hard on her luck, sells the sisters’ childhood story to a tabloid newspaper, revealing their impoverished roots and unsavoury parentage. The story undermines Maxie’s carefully cultivated image, and the fallout threatens to be devastating. But Maxie is only too aware that there is much more Deeley could yet reveal. What murderous secret lies in the sisters’ past? And just how far will Maxie go to keep it buried?”