Archive for March 2nd, 2011

Jenny Hannigan is the type of girl who likes a good party. But what she really craves, after a difficult childhood, is a man and a family to call her own. So when she meets recently separated politician Richard Allam, she falls head over heels for him and he her. However Jenny’s not exactly the model of politician’s girlfriend so Richard hires Dev Tennant, publicist extraordinaire to spin Jenny to the public and make their transition from private to public easier on everyone.

However, as Jenny finds herself moulded into the perfect politician’s arm candy, she begins to wonder if this is the life she wants after all and if Richard is as charming as she first believed. But just what does this reformed party girl really want?

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Last year, in September, I read one of my favourite novels of 2010 in A Moment Like Forever by Martina Reilly. It was an intriguing novel and I loved the plot twist, it blew me out of the water in fact. The book will be out in paperback this week so to celebrate, we have an interview with the lovely Martina!

1. Tell us about your latest novel A Moment Like Forever?

A Moment Like Forever is being published in paperback in March. It’s about lots of things, but mainly it’s about loneliness and the redeeming power of friendship. It tells the story of Andrea and Lexi, two best friends, who, whilst travelling through Australia were involved in an accident. Andrea was left facially scarred while Lexi vanished. The book begins two years after this event. Andrea, who still misses her friend, is now a near recluse. She enjoys her life though, working from home, taking care of her terrifying cat Baz and advising her boss Alistair on how to capture the girl of his dreams. Then one evening, Andrea’s sister asks if she and her yoga obsessed boyfriend Luke can come to stay and slowly they bring life and all it’s drama back into Andrea’s world. Meanwhile, Lexi too has found a life of sorts in a small beach town called Salue. The book follows both Andrea and Lexi and slowly and very shockingly (I hope for the reader) the mystery about Lexi is uncovered. It’s a funny comic novel but one I hope that has real heart.

2. Are you currently working on a new novel? If so, can you tell us anything about it and when it might be published? (I’m really hoping the answer to the question is ‘yes’ and ‘soon’ as I love your novels!)

Aw, thanks so much! To be honest, I’ve written a number of things in the last couple of years but the commercial fiction book is provisionally titled “Even Better Than the Real Thing” and it’s about art forgery. It asks the question – what would you do if you discovered that your dead father had conned the art world out of millions with a fake painting painted by YOU? This is the dilemma artist Eve faces and together with her attractive neighbour Larry, they head to Florida with a plan to get the fake painting back. They do this by posing as art collectors. The book is about fakes, not just in art but in life and wonders do we ever truly know anyone? And in whom can we place our trust. It’s a lot of fun, quite plot driven but it does have a serious point to make and I dare anyone not to fall in love with amoral Larry. As for when it’s coming out – hopefully 2012, but I’ll let you know!

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Headline sent out an email to their newsletter subscribers containing the new book cover for Adele Parks’ latest novel Men I’ve Loved Before which was released at the end of last year. I loved the book, and indeed the original cover, but I have to say the new cover is very pretty too! However, I do wonder whether it’s a bit too light and fluffy looking considering the serious subject matters in the book, and therefore I think the older cover perhaps suits this book a bit more. Which do you think is the better cover?