Archive for March 16th, 2011

When Sian Bishop moves to the country with her son Rory, she quickly finds herself settling in, making friends with Fiona Mitcham. Her business as a furniture decorator is going well and she loves the little cottage she and Rory call home. When Gus Berresford comes hurtling into Sian’s life it’s the last thing she needs.

Not only is Gus a heart-breaker, but he and Sian have met before. Gus is an entirely unsuitable man for Sian to fall in love with, especially when good friend Richard is offering her everything she could ever need, except love. But who will Sian end up giving her heart to, and what happened the first time Sian and Gus met?

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I adored Shari Low’s 2010 novel Temptation Street so when I saw her new book up on Amazon, along with it’s lovely cover, it made me very happy and excited to read it! The book is called Friday Night With the Girls and sounds like another brilliant book from Shari. It’s due out on 1st September 2011, and here’s the synopsis:

“You should write it all down, Lou, so that your daughter can understand what happened. Everything. Right from the start.’ Lou Cairney’s life has never been dull. But through twenty years of ups, downs and really bad hairstyles, Lou has had the best friends a woman could hope for in Lizzy and Ginger. Growing up together, they shared their dreams and their disasters, broken hearts and career crashes and they survived it all thanks to love, hope and a large dollop of humour. And cocktails. Lots of cocktails. Until now. Lou needs her friends more than ever because her past has just caught up with her in a shocking way. Everyone makes mistakes in life - but Lou has just discovered that she might have made the biggest one of all…”

We originally interviewed Katie Fforde a few years ago but with her becoming chairwoman of the RNA, we figured it would be the perfect time to re-interview her about her job at the head of the RNA as well as asking her about her books, too, of course! Enjoy!

1. Tell us about your latest novel Summer of Love.

It’s about two lovely women – well I like them – one a young mother who’s starting a new life in the country and an older woman who takes her under her wing. They both have a lot of new adventures and have life changing experiences!

2. Can you tell us anything about your next novel?

My new novel is about a television cookery competition. I love food and posh cooking (ie not the every day stuff) and I’m loving the research!

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