Archive for March 17th, 2011

Christie Lynch hasn’t had it easy. Her husband Nick suddenly died, and Christie has been left bringing up their two children on her own, as well as the debts her husband left her with and the big house that needs a lot of work doing to it. So when Christie is offered the chance to appear on hit TV show “Tart Talk”, she takes it and quickly becomes a huge success. She then finds herself given the job of replacing the queen of Daytime TV Gilly when she goes on maternity leave, although not without a fight. Christie soon finds herself struggling with the confines of fame, especially with her children Libby and Fred finding it hard too, never mind the fact Christie is finding herself becoming attracted to single neighbour Richard. Will Christie be able to juggle her responsibilities at work and at home, as well as find out what her agent Julia Keen is up to AND make everyone happy all at the same time? Will it a new beginning or a bad ending for Christie?

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During a recent interview with author Catherine Ryan Hyde we discussed a bit about covers as well as her upcoming book, Don’t Let Me Go, which is due out September 29. Being that I’m a huge fan of Catherine’s as well as someone who adores book covers, I asked if Chick Lit Reviews might be able to reveal the cover for Don’t Let Me Go.

Graciously Catherine’s publishers, Transworld UK, agreed and I’m now extremely pleased to share with you the official cover and synopsis for Don’t Let Me Go; which I must say is quite stunning.

GRACE
Ten-year-old Grace knows that her mum loves her, but her mum loves drugs too. There’s only so long Grace can fend off the ‘woman from the county’ who is threatening to put her into care. Her only hope is…

BILLY
Grown-man Billy Shine hasn’t left his apartment for years. People scare him. And so day in, day out, he lives a perfectly orchestrated, silent life within his four walls. Until now. . .

THE PLAN
Grace bursts into Billy’s life with a loud voice and a plan to get her mum clean. But it won’t be easy, because they will have to confiscate the one thing her mum holds most dear . . . they will have to kidnap Grace.

Thank you so much to both Catherine Ryan Hyde and Transworld UK for this fantastic opportunity!

After the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Keris Stainton decided to set up Authors For Japan, where you can bid on any number of book-related items and all the proceeds will go to help those in Japan. She took inspiration from the Authors in Queensland drive that helped those in Queensland a little while back.

There are hundreds of things you can bid on: YA books, critiques, help from authors and you can find it all here: http://authorsforjapan.wordpress.com/

Here are some of the Chick Lit related items:

- Character name in Kate Harrison’s next novel
- Character name in Sarra Manning’s third adult novel
- Signed copy of The Hating Game by Talli Roland
- Signed copy of Men I’ve Loved Before as well as signed proof of About Last Night by Adele Parks
- Signed copy of The Disengagement Ring and Girl In A Spin plus name in Clodagh Murphy’s new novel
- Signed copy of From Notting Hill With Love Actually along with signed proof of Breakfast as Darcy’s by Ali McNamara
- Signed copy of Three Nights In New York plus character name in Michelle Jackson’s next novel
- Dedication in the front of Jill Mansell’s next novel
- Signed hardbacks of I Did A Bad Thing, 10 Reasons Not To Fall In Love and Things I Wish I’d Known by Linda Green
- Critique of submissions package & signed copy of Getting Away With It by Julie Cohen
- Your pet in Ruth Saberton’s third novel
- Signed Proof of Sam Baker’s new novel & character name
- US Copies of My Best Friend’s Girl plus Marshmallows for Breakfast by Dorothy Koomson
- Exclusive short story by Miranda Dickinson plus signed copies of both her novels
- Signed pre-release copy of Meet Me At The Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
- Character name in Melissa Hill’s next novel
- Signed copy of A Family Affair plus character name in next novel by Caprice Crane
- Signed copies of The Bridesmaid Pact and The Summer Season by Julia Williams
- Signed set of books plus dedication in Nina Bell’s next novel

Bidding closes on Sunday, so please do check it out and donate to what is a fantastic cause.