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The Comeback Girl by Katie Price
Publisher: Century
Release Date: 21st July 2011 (hardback)
Rating: 1/5
Source: Received from the publisher for review
Amazon Summary:

Once upon a time, Eden had it all; she was one of the most successful young singers in the UK, and the darling of the pop industry. Life couldn’t have been better. But just two years after a sell-out tour, Eden is regarded as a has-been, better known for her drinking and the kiss-and-tell stories that a string of men have sold to the papers.

Desperate to get back in the big time, Eden begins recording a new album with songwriter Jack Steele, a man who drives her crazy for all the wrong reasons. And then she’s asked to be a judge on the TV talent show Band Ambition. It’s just the break she needs and she’s determined not to mess it up, so falling in love with Stevie, a contestant on the show, is probably not a very good idea. But Eden has always followed her heart, and she is sure Stevie is ‘the one’.

But is Eden setting herself up for another fall?

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What happens when the power of love challenges the love of power? ‘So, have you met the Prime Minister before?’ Suave PM Julian Jenson has just been re-elected. The nation’s darling, he has an elegance and natural charm in public. But in private the cracks are starting to show. At his side is his wife, Valerie. Trim, tall, well educated but deeply unhappy – with her son and daughter away at school, alcohol is becoming a trusted friend. Sally Simpson is at the peak of her game. Powerful editor of the bestselling magazine Celeb, she can’t wait to take her rightful place by Julian’s side. Sexy TV reporter Isla McGovern has caught Julian’s eye, and she will do anything (or anyone) to get to the top. When the three women meet, so begins a perfect storm, and only one can emerge as the First Lady.

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On Mandy Sanderson’s thirtieth birthday, it seems that she has everything going for her. She has a fab job, even better friends and a fantastic family. The only thing she seems to be missing is someone to love.

Until she meets Jake when she’s having her thirtieth birthday dinner at a posh restaurant. Mandy and Jake seem to click and she finally feels as if she’s found The One. It turns out, though, that Jake is already married with two children. Mandy never thought she’d be someone’s mistress but it seems she may have no choice in the matter…

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At her best friend’s wedding, Angela Clark finds her boyfriend cheating on her in his car. After storming back into the wedding to confront her best friend, Angela flees to New York and ends up staying in the first hotel she comes to.

The girl working on the concierge at the hotel, Jenny, befriends Angela and takes her under her wing, giving Angela a make-over and showing her New York City’s sights. Within days, Angela is dating two guys and has a job blogging about her adventures in the City but will home lure her back?

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Tess Tennant and Adam Smith have known each other since birth. They grew up together as best friends and everyone in Langford expected them to end up together. Until one day, Adam’s mother Philippa drops dead. Tess goes off to London whilst Adam remains in Langford working in a pub.

Years later though Tess returns but her friendship with Adam is completely different to how it was. It all comes to a head when Tess takes a class trip to Rome and by the time Tess returns, Adam has gone.

What went on between Adam and Tess to cause their friendship to fall so dramatically?

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Sally Marshall is single for the first time in 10 years as she’s just split up with her partner Nico. So in a bid to get herself back on the market, Sally decides to set up a dating profile on popular French dating site rendez-vous.

However being a single mum to her four-year-old daughter Lila means Sally feels she limited to the men she may be able to meet. She doesn’t have to worry too much though and ends up going on a succession of dates…

Can she find true love again?

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Living in Paris with her partner, the workaholic Mr Frog, and their adorable toddler, Tadpole, Catherine decides to alleviate the boredom of her metro-boulot-dodo routine by starting a blog under the name of Petite Anglaise. As she lays herself bare about the confines of her stagnant relationship with Mr Frog, about Paris life and about the wonder and pain that comes with being a mother, she finds a new purpose to her day.

As Petite Anglaise, Catherine regains her confidence and makes internet friends, including one charismatic and single Englishman who lives in Brittany, James. And after meeting James one evening in a bar, Catherine feels she has regained her ability to fall in love, too.

Petite Anglaise weaves together many strands which have already struck a chord with the thousands of readers who love her blog: a “fish out of water” perspective of Paris life, the raw emotional drama of a whirlwind, adulterous romance and an honest appreciation of the hardships of single motherhood.

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Isabel Bookbinder is a wannabe author and works for her local paper measuring the column inches on the weeks stories. Isabel decides she is going to be abest-selling author, but is annoyed when her best friend gets an agent before she does.

So Isabel decides to work with one of the countries best selling authors as a PA to get her foot on the ladder but things don’t quite go to plan, and Isabel realises she hasn’t actually written a word of this “best-selling” novel she is convinced she can write…

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