Archive for March 21st, 2011

Cat Gallagher is about to liven up the town of Lissamore. She’s a bit of a free spirit - she doesn’t get along with her famous artist father who is rather partial to a lot of drink, and hates her wicked stepmother with a passion. She finds herself homeless and starts squatting in various empty homes. One of those empty homes happens to belong to some dear to Lissamore resident Rio Kinsella’s heart - her son Finn’s Hollywood heart-throb father Shane. Rio finds herself in a shocking personal situation when a dear friend becomes ill, and does something born out of a desperation to keep them happy, despite the knock on effect it has on everyone around her, including her son Finn and his new friend Cat Gallagher. Will Rio and Cat be able to sort out of the messes that are their lives, and finally settle down to be happy once and for all?

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Thanks to the lovely people at Headline, we have five copies of Julie Cohen’s novel Getting Away With It to giveaway to you all today! We’ll be doing a Twitter interview with Julie tomorrow, so do head along to Twitter to check that out. All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous novel (it really is fabulous, Chloe and I both enjoyed it) is to fill in the form below! The giveaway will end on Sunday 27th March and is open to UK residents only. Good luck!

Liza Haven couldn’t wait to escape the small village where she grew up with her perfect identical twin sister, Lee. Her life in LA as a stunt woman is reckless, fast and free - and that’s just the way she likes it. But when a near-fatal mistake drives her home, she finds Lee gone and everyone in the village mistaking her for her twin sister. Liza has to deal with her ailing mother, the family ice cream business, and Lee’s dangerously attractive boyfriend. Liza’s always been the bad twin, but as she struggles to keep up the masquerade and puzzle out where her sister has gone, she realises it’s not so simple. She’s spent her whole life getting away with it - is it finally time to face up to who she really is and where she really belongs?

Alice Peterson was a promising tennis player until Rheumatoid Arthritis brought an end to that. She wrote all about her battle in memoir A Will To Win before turning her hand to fiction. Monday To Friday Man, her third novel, is due out on 21st July and it sounds like a brilliant read.

What do you do if you’re 34, single and recovering from being jilted two weeks before your wedding day? This is the dilemma Gilly Brown finds herself in. While friends are marrying, having children and moving into the depths of the countryside, Gilly finds herself alone in London and holding on to her fractured family with their tragic past. It’s time to meet new people. So, she decides to get a Monday to Friday lodger, and after a succession of alarming interviews finally finds the perfect one in the shape of handsome reality television producer Jack Baker. Gilly falls for Jack’s charm and is transported into an exciting social whirlwind of parties, dining out and glamour. When Jack is introduced to Gilly’s family and friends, it’s only the attractive and eccentric Guy, the newest recruit to her dog-walking group, who isn’t quite so convinced about Jack’s intentions. As Guy watches them grow closer, his suspicions of Jack and his feelings for Gilly deepen. Is Jack so perfect after all… and what exactly does he get up to at the weekends?