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September Releases from Little Black Dress

Posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Leah

Only two Little Black Dress releases in September and both sound fab. First up is the penultimate Hen Night Prophecies book by Jessica Fox (aka Ruth Saberton) with Unlucky In Love and then we have the fab Kate Lace with a new release, A Class Act!

Unlucky In Love by Jessica Fox released on 16th September

The fourth novel in this addictive new series, THE HEN NIGHT PROPHECIES, following the fortunes of five different girls, each given their own puzzling prophecy at a friend’s hen night, focuses on Libby,‘A danger to men…’ Risk-taker Libby Foster wishes she thought things through more – maybe then she’d avoid being humiliated at work over her reckless romantic attachments. So it’s just as well that she’s swearing herself off men and escaping to a Thai island to work on location casting for a romance-slash-action film. But is she really such a danger to the opposite sex? A series of bizarre events in the serene beach surroundings have Libby fretting, but could it be she’s met her match in Craig, the daredevil martial arts instructor training her cast?

A Class Act by Kate Lace released on 30th September

A passionate tale of love, luxury and falling for the first time. Tilly de Liege may be Lady of the Manor, but it’s not quite as fabulous as it sounds - the de Lieges may be high society but they’re also flat broke. When boarding school-bound Tilly meets skater boy Ashley from the local comprehensive, it feels like the start of something special. Bur fate – and Tilly’s father – are soon conspiring against them. Then moneyed older man Marcus appears on the scene… Are Tilly and Ashley star-crossed lovers or simply poles apart?

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Book News: Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

Posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 by Danielle

With over twenty novels to her name, many of which are bestsellers, Maeve Binchy is quite an accomplished writer. Her newest novel Minding Frankie is due out 30th September 2010 in hardback and February 2011 in paperback. The story sounds intriguing and I’m sure it’s going to be a huge hit. Here’s the synopsis:

Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child and she doesn’t have much time.

Noel doesn’t seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything, he could well be Frankie’s best hope.
As for Lisa, she is prepared to give up everything for the man she loves; surely he’s going to love her back?

And Moira is having none of it. She knows what’s right, and has the power to change the course of Frankie’s life . . . but Moira is hiding secrets of her own.
MINDING FRANKIE is a story about unconventional families, relationships which aren’t quite what they seem, and the child at the heart of everyone’s lives . . .

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Book Cover: The Time Is Now by Pauline McLynn

Posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 by Leah

Pauline McLynn is yet another actress who has turned to writing and she seems to be a fairly popular author. I actually have two of her books on my shelf to read, Brights Lights & Promises and Missing You Already, and they sound fab. Her latest book The Time Is Now is out in hardback in July, and paperback in January 2011. The cover for The Time Is Now is vastly different from her previous covers, and seems far more grown up than you might expect. Here’s the synopsis:

A masterful story of secret lives in the streets of Soho. In the heart of Soho lies an elegant townhouse that is home to a group of extraordinary people. Over the past century, the inhabitants of Broadwick Street have experienced life to the full - war and peace, austerity and wealth, love and death. From an outbreak of typhoid to a stolen painting, the interlinking stories that emerge will enchant and enthrall Pauline McLynn’s many fans as she transports her readers to Soho past and present.

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Book News: All the Hopeful Lovers by William Nicholson

Posted on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 by Chloe

This isn’t a book that I would have especially picked out to feature on the site, but I was sent a copy to review by the publishers and it really caught my eye… it’s chick lit by a man! The press release describes the author William Nicholson as following in the footsteps of Marian Keyes and the like, so I am curious to read it and see if that claim is true! It’s out on 2nd September, and is the second in a trilogy of books, although they are apparently stand alone books too. Here’s the synopsis:

“Belinda, just fifty, wistfully reflects how much better she is at sex now than when she was young and gorgeous, and then discovers to her fury that her husband Tom is having an affair. All the Hopeful Lovers tracks the emotional rollercoaster she lives through over the seven days following her discovery. At the same time we learn what’s going on inside the mind of Tom and of his lover Meg. Weaving through this web of middle-aged lovers is a tangle of teenage ones, as Belinda’s flirty daughter Chloe tries to set up Jack with shy Alice, without realising that Jack is full of secret longings for her. These personal dramas are unfolding in December in the tense run-up to Christmas: our own familiar world, rendered pacy, funny and emotionally on the button. Every reader will find a character here who is trying to love as they have loved, and is making a mess of it as they have.”

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American Saturdays News: She’s Gone Country by Jane Porter

Posted on Saturday, August 21st, 2010 by Danielle

Jane Porter, author of Mrs. Perfect and Easy on the Eyes has a new release out this week! And though, I’m not a huge fan of this particular cover, the synopsis for She’s Gone Country sounds quite good and I’m definitely eager to get through my reading pile so I can read this one. It’s out August 23rd and September 28th in the UK. Let me know, what do you think of the cover? Do you think you’ll pick it up based on Porter’s reputation and the book’s synopsis? Take a look:

Shey Darcy, a 39-year-old former top model for Vogue and Sports Illustrated led a charmed life in New York City with a handsome photographer husband until the day he announced he’d fallen in love with someone else. Left to pick up the pieces of her once happy world, Shey decides to move back home to Texas with her three teenage sons. Life on the family ranch, however, brings with it a whole new host of dramas starting with differences of opinion with her staunch Southern Baptist mother, her rugged but overprotective brothers, and daily battles with her three sons who are also struggling to find themselves. Add to the mix Shey’s ex-crush, Dane Kelly, a national bullriding champ and she’s got her hands full. It doesn’t take long before Shey realizes that in order to reinvent herself, she must let go of an uncertain future and a broken past, to find happiness-and maybe love-in the present.

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Book News: Everything We Ever Wanted by Sara Shepard

Posted on Friday, August 20th, 2010 by Leah

Sara Shepard’s debut adult novel was released last year and her second adult novel Everything We Ever Wanted is due for release on 30th September. It sounds like an incredibly gripping read so I think I’ll definitely be on the look out for it. I also think the cover is actually pretty nice. Here’s the synopsis:

How do you choose between your family and your history? Emotional and compelling storytelling from Sara Shepard, author of All the Things We Didn’t Say. A late-night phone call on a Sunday evening rarely brings good news. So when Sylvie, a recently-widowed mother of two, receives a call from the head teacher of the school she’s on the board of, she knows it won’t be something she wants to hear. The school was founded by her grandfather, and she’s inherited everything he strived to build up - a reputation, a heritage, the school and the grand old family house. And with this inheritance comes responsibility. So when her son Scott is whispered to be involved in a scandal that led to the death of one of the boys he coaches at the school, it throws the family into chaos: Sylvie has to decide between her loyalty to the school that has been part of her family legacy for years and her son who she feels wants nothing to do with her. She starts spying on the dead boy’s father, making an unlikely connection. Sara Shepard’s compelling new novel tells how hard it can be to really, truly connect to people, how making quick, easy judgments can come back to haunt you, and how the life you always planned for - and always dreamed of - often doesn’t always turn out the way you imagined at all!

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Book Cover: Getting Away With It by Julie Cohen

Posted on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 by Leah

I really love Julie Cohen’s Little Black Dress books, and I was so excited when I learned she was writing a full-on, proper novel for Headline Review. Getting Away With It will be released on 28th October, and the cover has finally been released and I have to say, I love it! The book itself sounds really, really good and I can’t wait for it to be released! Here’s the synopsis:

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?

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American Saturdays News: The Thurber House Prize for American Humor

Posted on Saturday, August 14th, 2010 by Danielle

The 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor Finalists were just announced and one of the three contenders happens to be Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhonda Janzen. This book has been on my to-read list for some time now and this may just have given me the nudge I needed to pick it up very soon. Congratulations and Good Luck!

Here’s a bit about the award itself:
Started in 1997, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects the three finalists from a selection of seven or eight semi-finalists. Books submitted for a prize year had to have been published the prior year.

The winner is announced at a special awards ceremony at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City where James Thurber once lived. The winner of the prize receives $5,000 and then is the guest entertainment for the annual December Thurber Birthday Gala

About Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhonda Janzen:
Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. Needing a place to rest and pick up the pieces of her life, Rhoda packed her bags, crossed the country, and returned to her quirky Mennonite family’s home, where she was welcomed back with open arms and offbeat advice. (Rhoda’s good-natured mother suggested she get over her heartbreak by dating her first cousin—he owned a tractor, see.)

Written with wry humor and huge personality—and tackling faith, love, family, and aging—Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead.

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September Releases from Little Black Dress

Book News: Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

Book Cover: The Time Is Now by Pauline McLynn

Book News: All the Hopeful Lovers by William Nicholson

American Saturdays News: She’s Gone Country by Jane Porter

Book News: Everything We Ever Wanted by Sara Shepard

Book Cover: Getting Away With It by Julie Cohen

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